20 matches!
How would the Shield work with 11 teams? Groups of 5 and 6? 4 and 4 and 3? Invite in some junior sides?
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20 matches!
How would the Shield work with 11 teams? Groups of 5 and 6? 4 and 4 and 3? Invite in some junior sides?
Clubs have their budgets done based on 27 games and the shield will have zero interest. Time the clubs copped on and spoke with one voice.Quote:
Originally Posted by disgruntled
If Limerick have legally shown they shouldn't have been denied the chance to apply for a licence, then the clubs piping up about this is irrelevant.
What will likely happen - unfortunately for Limerick fans - is that O'Sullivan will have his licence denied and it'll be back to 10 teams
Most likely, although O'Sullivan would probably go to court again, and would argue that FAI's earlier attempt to not allow Limerick to even apply for a licence is evidence of predjudice or whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Could get very very messy.
Don't know about that! I'm perfectly happy to build from the ground up with Limerick United rather than continue with POS' circus. I'm sure I'm not alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
It's little fecking wonder Limerick has not been producing international players when you read this kind of nonsense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cruyff
It's an absolute scandal what D1 clubs are having to deal with. Were they consulted on a change to 20 games? Of course not.. If a league was trying to kill off its clubs it couldn't do a better job than the way D1 has been handled recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
That's the problem with football in this country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr A
Its all Me Me Me :mad:
No one see the bigger picture.
Its never changed in all the years I've followed football the game.
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Originally Posted by disgruntled
Worse will have to wait for licences to be issued on the 6th February 15 days before the season kicks off ffs!
So it’s ok for rovers and **** the other teams in the 1st division.
I assume some kind of legal barrier must now exist to kicking Shams B out of the First Division right? Why else would they still be trying to accommodate them?
Its very inconvenient on the other 1st Div clubs here who don't know where or who they'll be playing.Quote:
Originally Posted by gufct
The FAI were at fault here.
You can't refuse to let a club apply for a licence & the court showed that.
They should have left all the clubs apply for licences & then give them to the clubs who fulfilled the criteria.
But logical thinking was never an FAI strong point
You can't allow a club entry to a competition & then just throw them out again.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
That's against any kind of common justice.
The FAI wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
What happens to season tickets when a club ends up with a 20 game season?
10 home games and selling season tickets for 14/15 home games.
This could get very messy indeed.
In all this **** rovers have applied and followed the rules . If Pos has a gripe then rovers have 100Quote:
Originally Posted by disgruntled
Rovers are more in need of a striker than a victim mentalityQuote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
And bear in mind that I haven't heard a withdrawal of the threat to refuse to play Shams B. So it could yet be an 18 game season!
All 9 clubs wrote to FAI saying they will refuse to play Rovers B. Will Pat O Sullivan agree to do the same?
Refusing to play Rovers B is just daft.
He may have to play Rovers B... In limerick colours if he gets a licence as he has feck all else playersQuote:
Originally Posted by Trainee
Don't see how. No licenses have been issued yet so therefore Shams B aren't actually in the league yet. Like Limerick and all clubs they are allowed apply for a licence to compete in the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
In fairness though licenses should be done and dusted before teams even get back into preseason.
But if they revoked the offer now, couldn't Sham also go the legal route? Unless it is laid down in black and white somewhere that the FD has to be ten clubs, they could claim they are being treated unfairly by being asked to give way. As stated, they've broken no rules, and are presumably budgeting for a B side to exist.
Provisional fixture list released, a Shield makes up the first 6 weeks of the season, then the 20 games.
The whole thing may well be scrapped anyway, but just one small point - does anybody else think that Rovers II should be the club with no fixture on the final day of the season, seeing as they wouldn't be promoted anyway?
Good idea for rovers to be fixtureless on last day.
Where did u see the fixture list?
https://www.sseairtricityleague.ie/n...e-list/id-3120Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
There seems to be no shield final...it just finishes and goes straight into league games.
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Originally Posted by osarusan
They really do it on purpose, don't they?
Why could the loi not have a first division cup like that they did in the 02/03 shortened season when Harps beat Kildare Co in the Final. This takes the biscuit!
The greatest cup victory ever known in the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
in your lifetime eh Nigel!Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Such a relief for Shels that we got promoted in time to avoid this latest epic s-hiteshow from the FAI
The most spectacular trophy I have ever seen in personQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Truely WT absolute FQuote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
Fixtures of Shield make it seem like it was a real rush job.
Only way I can think it make it worthwhile would be to give the winner a promotion spot, or a play-off berth.
Would be a great incentive if the final was to be played in the Aviva as a curtain raiser to the FAI cup final. (subject to the shield finalists not being in the FAI cup final).Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
I assume they haven't put a date in as they were rushing to get these fixtures out to get POS lawyers off their backs and could'nt get the logistices sorted.
Would they really do the Shield group games before the season started, and then do the final at the end?Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Also when was the draw for this Shield?
That's because they expect the Shield winners will get decided in the Courts.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954
#GLITW
TBH All these fixtures are provisional as i cant see Limerick getting a Licence, it will be a 10 team 27 game league with no shieldQuote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
I do like the idea of a first division cup though.
Thinking about it the first division is finished way before the cup final so a mid season final would make more sense.
Way back - in the one division era - they tried the Shield (two rounds of matches) first half before the League and second half after. Didn't boost attendances, though ...
Well well ,there we were thinking we would have none ,now we could have three step forward Limerick Fc,Limerick United and ..wait for it.....Treaty United...….its going to be GREAT.
That's just tempting fate. I can see the 2022 headline now: One More Broken Treaty for Limerick. Don't feed the pun-merchants, hey?