1st Divison run in!

Well two things would make me side with Ash other than being Town supporters.

I know one of the Monaghan supporters has said this already but we are pumping all our money into the new stadium to get a premier licence for next season and we have the chairman of the Eircom League who I would take it will get a pretty high position at the table in the new league set up when the Eircom league is disbanded at the end of the season.

Even with all the speculation, no one has got clear clarification how this is being decided. Think the 12 are already picked. On everything other than the football side we will score 100%

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Originally Posted by Battery Rover

On everything other than the football side we will score 100%

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And there folks, in a nutshell, is everything that is wrong with this "new dawn" for Irish football :( :rolleyes:

I don't think anyone totally believes that this will be decided by on the field activities even though it should be.

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And there folks, in a nutshell, is everything that is wrong with this "new dawn" for Irish football :( :rolleyes:

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another 2 cents from The Giller (jaysus he must have spent a fortune now ;) )

Full Story Eleven-a-side.com

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“Will promotion be based on who gets the most points in this year’s First Division race? Or will the membership of next season’s Premier Division be decided by a nod and a wink?

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[B]I don't think anyone totally believes that this will be decided by on the field activities even though it should be.

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There be another nutshell :(

Jaysus, Athlone is full of them :)

Whats the point in promoting a team with a less than good squad of footballers based on other factors if they would just get relegated in their first season anyway and a club that was passed over gets promoted

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Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Think the 12 are already picked. On everything other than the football side we will score 100%

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Is it not 10:confused:

12 next year, then 10 for 2008.

Im willing to bet that one of the teams to be shafted is UCD
Not that I agree with it.I think they will be the fall guys

Would the Dundalk pitch be a negitive factor? I cant see the big Premier clubs (Shels, Cork, Derry) agreeing to play on it.

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Would the Dundalk pitch be a negitive factor? I cant see the big Premier clubs (Shels, Cork, Derry) agreeing to play on it.

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I can't see them having any choice once it's UEFA approved

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Originally Posted by Battery Rover

On everything other than the football side we will score 100%

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I wouldn't be so sure. The proposals are made out in such a way so that they're vague so the FAI can make up their own mind about it.

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Originally Posted by Battery Rover

I don't think anyone totally believes that this will be decided by on the field activities even though it should be.

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Sure aren't the proposals outlined as been 50% on the field and 50% of the field.

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Originally Posted by hoops1

Im willing to bet that one of the teams to be shafted is UCD
Not that I agree with it.I think they will be the fall guys

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I think Rovers, Galway and Dundalk will go up, UCD and Bray down.

The pitch in Dundalk is terrible and Dunfermline were made dig up theirs by the SFA despite them approving it the year before.

The Dundalk pitch is nothing like Dunfermline's old pitch. It has a Fifa 2 star cert and Drogheda used it to train on before their first game in Europe as that is what they were playing on in Finland

dont think this pitch should be allowed in the premier league as it has to be an advantage to dundalk no matter what.the pitch in scotland was also fifa approved as are many in the lower leagues in italy.the scotish league decided it was an advantage dunfermline dug it up and relayed grass.in the new league next year the fai should and will look at this in the criteria.if dundalk cant survive without the income from renting out their plastic pitch i dont think they should be considered.

Any club trying to promote their home games, increase attendances, be professional and organised, try to look after away supporters, have a goalkeeper and corner flags, etc., should be penalised.

Its unfair on Limerick.

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Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

a good pitch is considered an unfair advantage!?!

only in ireland

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no you miss my point
this pitch cant be classed as good for top class competative football.didnt say it was not a good pitch what im saying is players iv spoken to say the ball bounce,tackles etc are different on plastic

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Originally Posted by Guitd

no you miss my point
this pitch cant be classed as good for top class competative football.didnt say it was not a good pitch what im saying is players iv spoken to say the ball bounce,tackles etc are different on plastic

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write a letter to FIFA then, because they regard it as an excellent playing surface!

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Any club trying to promote their home games, increase attendances, be professional and organised, try to look after away supporters, have a goalkeeper and corner flags, etc., should be penalised.

Its unfair on Limerick.

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The corner flag incident you allude to happened at a time when ye were teethering on bankruptcy (God willing it will happen again).

We had three injured goalkeepers this season and another one the Fai wouldn't let us use.... What would Galway have done?? :rolleyes:

As for looking after away fans I don't recall ever getting any special treatment in Terryland, you just go in and knida stand around, maybe watch a bit of the game ;)

Don't worry about the hooligans, they're only kids :rolleyes:

Besides its been said by other Limerick fans on this forum, you don't like Rathbane?? Then don't come, your custom won't be missed

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Any club trying to promote their home games, increase attendances, be professional and organised, try to look after away supporters, have a goalkeeper and corner flags, etc., should be penalised.

Its unfair on Limerick.

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and can i ask all Galway fans to try not to litter our ground on Friday evening. Its this insane ripping up of newspapers into little bits and throwing them around the ground makes it a bitch to clean up on Sat morning.

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and can i ask all Galway fans to try not to litter our ground on Friday evening. Its this insane ripping up of newspapers into little bits and throwing them around the ground makes it a bitch to clean up on Sat morning.

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If this quote isn't an incentive for every right minded Galway fan to empty every shedding bin in work and bring the contents to Limerick on Friday I dunno what is!

I wasn`t a fan of this pitch when the club put it in last august, I thought it was a ridiculous idea and far too expensive at 500k, but it was in for the long term, and any negative feelign I had on it, was replaced by at least we were back playing home game sin oriel after a 5 or 6 mth delay.

Then this season started, and you know what the quality of the surface was so good most of us forgot it wasn`t real grass, the ball moves very smooth with no high bounce, and the adavantage is when BOTH teams attack, it makes for a very fast moving game, Drogs were first up and played us off the park in the second half.

The pitch is a 2005 fifa approved surface, the appearance is off actual 'grass blades' compared to Dunfermlines flat, hockey style , hard carpet type. Also it was an experimental 2002 fifa surface, most if no all clubs who particpated have since (grant asssisted) removed the pitch.

I`ve noticed no complaints from 'footballing' sides like rovers, drogs etc, ie teams who like to pass it about

The following message was copied and paste from the Dundalk Website

"Off the field we had two UEFA officials as our guests on Thursday night.Dr.Jan Ekstrand and Mr. Rolf Hediger were guests of honour after theycontacted me a number of weeks ago.Dundalk F.C. have been invited to partakein the UEFA Pilot Project , which is a continuous study on pitches likeours. We are delighted to have been invited to participate and are in good
company with Clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Salzburg, HJK Helsinki and Glasgow Rangers the chosen ones, also taking part."

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Originally Posted by gael353

and can i ask all Galway fans to try not to litter our ground on Friday evening. Its this insane ripping up of newspapers into little bits and throwing them around the ground makes it a bitch to clean up on Sat morning.

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I am going to ensure that we now have 3 bags(minimum) full of confetti for Friday night!!!:)
Hopefully you'll be cleaning it up on Saturday aswell!:)

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The following message was copied and paste from the Dundalk Website

"Off the field we had two UEFA officials as our guests on Thursday night.Dr.Jan Ekstrand and Mr. Rolf Hediger were guests of honour after theycontacted me a number of weeks ago.Dundalk F.C. have been invited to partakein the UEFA Pilot Project , which is a continuous study on pitches likeours. We are delighted to have been invited to participate and are in good
company with Clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Salzburg, HJK Helsinki and Glasgow Rangers the chosen ones, also taking part."

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Chrost on a moped dont tell me this was last thursday:eek: What an impression that must have left.

KOH

ny hoop - bad news for you - i`ve just checked our official website - afraid so - this quote was taken from the commerical managers weekly column !

Welcome to Ireland

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I`ve noticed no complaints from 'footballing' sides like rovers, drogs etc, ie teams who like to pass it about

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Exactly, Rovers train on artificial surfaces. I have zero problem with Dundalk's pitch. Off the pitch however....

KOH

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I am going to ensure that we now have 3 bags(minimum) full of confetti for Friday night!!!
Hopefully you'll be cleaning it up on Saturday aswell!

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Do they let you play with it in the creche?? Surely a choking hazard??

You could have an eye out with all that confetti

Easily as dangerous as imaginary stones ;) :rolleyes:

There were real stones that hit Rovers fans during the game. How can you not understand that?

You're just a WUM you obviously dont even go to games.

FAO Galway fans do not stand opposite the main entrance to this dump.


KOH

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They were real stones that hit us aswell.Good old Limerick eh!:rolleyes:

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You're just a WUM you obviously dont even go to games.

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I've only missed one game this season (Bloody Dundalk Thursdays), I even braved Tolka for the Rovers game. The stewarding there is good in fairness. He even told us going in not to go into the main stand as we'd be attacked. So up to the family stand we went. Got spat on up there but at least I wasn't killed :)

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Originally Posted by Lim till i die

I've only missed one game this season (Bloody Dundalk Thursdays), I even braved Tolka for the Rovers game. The stewarding there is good in fairness. He even told us going in not to go into the main stand as we'd be attacked. So up to the family stand we went. Got spat on up there but at least I wasn't killed :)

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You got spat on?? Oh of course you did:rolleyes: The spit couldnt reach you cos you're so far down from the weight of the chips on your shoulders.

Any normal Limerick fans at that game can confirm this non incident?

Tell you what. I'll stick to what actually happened. Suppose the Galway fans were hit by imaginary stones too?


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Originally Posted by NY Hoop

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Define normal, we all follow Limerick F.C. :p

gael353, sadloserkid, monkfish, gspain..... gael got the worst of it I merely got reflected spit if you will :)

I'm not complainin thogh these things happen at football grounds, kinda like little babbies throwing pebbles around and Galway fans not telling them to shag off (just to clarify not at the Galway fans, just playing amongst themselves)

BTW I accept the Rovers incident was a different circumstance as those stones were coming from an area outside the ground which the club has no control over and which our fine gardai won't go to :rolleyes:

What I would debate is the seriousness of the stone throwing. Fact is when your more burberry clad fans moved behind the goals for the second half, a large section of the rovers support stayed put suggesting maybe it wasn't as bad as you make out??

Watch yourself Lim Til I Die, these Rovers fans will start using big words by their standards like 'WUM' and 'THE' and then state something and say that its the truth and anyone who disagrees is a 'WUM'.

Oh and NY Hoop is you disagree with that why don't you follow your own advice, look up your petty 'ignore list' and ignore what I'm saying? :cool:

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Originally Posted by Lim till i die

I accept the Rovers incident was a different circumstance as those stones were coming from an area outside the ground which the club has no control over and which our fine gardai won't go to :rolleyes:

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And the difference in Dundalk is??........... :confused:

..........Wait a second, there is no difference. :rolleyes:

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I've only missed one game this season (Bloody Dundalk Thursdays), I even braved Tolka for the Rovers game. The stewarding there is good in fairness. He even told us going in not to go into the main stand as we'd be attacked. So up to the family stand we went. Got spat on up there but at least I wasn't killed :)

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I spoke to two Limerick fans at the tunnell shortly after the final whistle, there was no mention of any problems and no mention of spitting.
On a seperate point, if an area of the ground is closed ( behind the goal at Limerick ) it should be cordoned off.

"The seriousness of the stone throwing" :rolleyes:

A polite lob as opposed to a full on frontal throw ?

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If this quote isn't an incentive for every right minded Galway fan to empty every shedding bin in work and bring the contents to Limerick on Friday I dunno what is!

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Well they do it every time they come down now im all for atmosphere but this is just annoying, so instead of letting them do it as per usual i just thought id ask them not to. Its simple really dont throw that ****e around the place and ye wont get hit with rocks :rolleyes: conor H may still want to throw it though :D

so your saying Gael353 that if there is any confetti thrown you will throw stones at those people?