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Month of May is looking pretty crowded. 8 games in 4 weeks with a midweek EA Sports cup match before that. I can't see why the league couldn't be started two or three weeks earlier to avoid this buildup of games.
SERIES NO. 9 Fri. 29 April
MIDWEEK - SERIES NO. 10 Mon. 2 May
SERIES NO. 11 Fri. 6 May
MIDWEEK - SERIES NO. 12 (Mon. /Tues. 9/10 May)
SERIES NO. 13 Fri. 13 May
SERIES NO. 14 Fri. 20 May
SERIES NO. 15 Thurs. 26 May
SERIES NO. 16 (Mon. /Tues. 30/31 May)
Same last year. Why can't they have just one mid week game a month over the season rather than squash it all into a month. Expensive month for fans going to all the games.
Well as a result I'm sure some won't go to some of the matches. Only a natural situation to occur.
Setanta Cup final is the 14th too. Likely to cause at least 2 games to be called off for that weekendQuote:
Originally Posted by northwestexile
I agree, the league should be started a week or two earlier than it is to avoid this build-up of games. The LoI must have one of the longest off-seasons in Europe.Quote:
Originally Posted by northwestexile
For most clubs, that means an extra week or two's wages to pay. It's probably more cost effective for clubs this way.Quote:
Originally Posted by legendz
Would one week make or break a club? Would the attendance difference be large enough between a midweek and weekend game cancel out at least some of the extra week along with the extra sponsorship revenue/general interest that a weekend game may bring? Also there is the fact that with European competitions about a month after is fatigue a problem (which I suppose is a bit harder to quantify)Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
If they had to go with one of:
1) adding an extra week or two to the league season
2) reducing the number of league games
Which of the two options will be the most cost effective?
Of course there would be extra gate receipts for a weekend over midweek match, but for the vast majority of clubs the extra revenue would not nearly match the additional costs (this ignores the fact the half of the clubs - the away teams - would have increased costs with no extra revenue)Quote:
Originally Posted by northwestexile
No, but there's a thing called the middle ground. It'd likely help a club.Quote:
Originally Posted by northwestexile
So the first division is slighly lobsided with games (33) and every year its ment to go 16/17 and the following year 17/16. This year the powers have made it the same as last year meaning we had 16 games last year and again 16 this year. How fair is this? last year twice away to monaghan, twice away to Finn Harps, and the same this year. A level playing field it certanly is not
They should be able to set it in away that the top 6 from last season, which will include sides relegated from the Premier, get the extra home game. It'd be some small reward for finishing in the top half.
I was just checking the Danish League. They are the highest placed league on the coefficient table at present where teams have to play more that twice in the league. They have the same format of the LoI Division One. 12 clubs playing each other three times. They have it set-up that the top 6 at the end of the season have 17 home games the next season. The lower 6, including the two promoted clubs play 16 home games. Why oh why are the FAI incapable of applying that same format to the number of home games!?Quote:
Originally Posted by gael353
Who says that's a great system? Seems to protect the strong clubs.
It's seems fair in that finishing in the top half earns the seeding with the advantage of an extra home game. Seems the fairest way in a league where they play an odd number of games.
It's not fair on a club which gets promoted though.
The fairest way is how it is supposed to work in the LOI - home and away every second season.
Exactly but they cant even do that right.Quote:
Originally Posted by osarusan
Why are all the fixtures on May 26th, which is a thursday?? The only thing i could think of was that Ireland were playing that friday, but i've checked and they're not.
Wales meet Northern Ireland in the Celtic Cup. Seems there won't be any league games up against Celtic cup games.Quote:
Originally Posted by monkey9
Were the Celtic Cup games changed? Just checked their fixtures there and there's games on the Friday and Sunday, so the obvious thing to me wold be to stick league fixtures on the saturday. I#m guessing the Sunday game was originally down for Saturday?