New rules for next season
Players can only transfer in either November or Jan,thats it.
Maximum of only 20 players allowed on each team.
A walk over will cost ya 150 euro an the second one will see ya gone.
There could be some sence in the old Aul dog yet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
All changes are across the board
Your club secretary should already be aware of these changes.Premier to division 3 it dosent matter.20 signed players per squad.I am presuming that if a player jacks a team in of his own accord then the club would have to cancel his registration before they are allowed sign another player.Your club secretary will or should ask all these questions next Tue night at the Aul AGM.;)
Overall marks on the Aul Agm
I arrived to hear disco music from the upstairs venue the Agm is ususlly held in an thought to meself they jumped into bed
with the Msl an are havin a party..Mores the pity but up stairs was booked for a party an the rest of us special people were crammed into what looked like the parlor in O'Connors downstairs.
When we were all squased in the fun started.The commitee itself looks alot like DADS ARMY if anyone can remember the programe.The chairman especially akin to Capt Mannering trying to control his crew .they gave a few things a go ie, mainly listening to clubs but never really looked comfortable when asked to explain what was bein discussed.All farts an aches an pains from the top table.Laugh of the night came when Capt Mannering asked for the mobiles to be turned off in the middle of a particularlly impotant question.It rang an rang again ,he got very miffed until on of his fellow platoon realised it was his phone.Cue uncontroled laughter.
For proposed changes , youth players have to be registered with the Aul if they are to be used at junior level an are only allowed 5 games with the Aor B side,6th game with who ever makes them an A or B player if you follow my drift.Apparently clubs were usin there youth players when ever they wanted too an it was totally illegal because the Aul an Youths league are not connected.There were a few very red faces amoungst the floor when that was said I can tell ya when they realised they could have been thrown out of whatever competition they were in league or cup.Passed on the night..
Only 2 windows for transfers.November an January.Passed on the night as well.
A player can only register for 2 junior clubs in any one season. Not passed.Sorry lads but even though the majority of clubs in the Aul might not agree with it an wouldnt pass the rule the Fai will be bringin this one on board before Christmas so its comin whether it was passed or not.For the record I agree with it.Secondly as there are only 2 chances to transfer each season an considering how long it takes to transfer it amounts to the same thing anyway.
Big fines for walkovers,possible expulsion.Passed on the night.No more caves or driveways to tog off in,,,,pardon me if I giggle but cant see much of a change to this one.
Balls again were on the agenda with heated debate on why Umbro were trying to get us to handle there expensive balls,hehehe.When they had perfectly good cheap ones available in your local Statoil with every 5 euro of petrol.No but honestly they are pawning off balls on us for between 40 an 50 euro an they also have a ball for 25 but they neglected to tell the Aul that before the Aul purchesed 150 of the expensive ones.Umbro an quality,sorry but it dosent work for me..
The debeate which got everyone hotunder the colar was the venue.The biggest turnout in years an we were in a front room,no jokin 60 people in a room 30 by 30.I played against some of the lads that were there on the night in my younger years an I didnt get this near to them on the pitch when they were markin me.
All jokes aside it was good to see the Aul are tryin to improve,all be it slowly but its still a step forward.So of the proposals were just a bit beyond the ability of our league to impose.Good ideas just a bit to much to move forward so quickly but again it was impressive to see that they are actually tryin.I just hope the clubs react in the right manner an become more of a help than a hindrence.Some of the questions an answers that came from the floor just went to show all that was backward about the teams in the Aul rather than the league itself.You hear clubs complaing about fixture pile ups because they have good runs in the cups an are forced to play lots of games late on.My advice,go out in the first round of all the cups an be finished your season in January.Mayfield an Blarney all weathers are there to be used now.We for one will no longer be callin any games whatso ever off if the weather is bad.League or cup.We played every weekend of the season an we still finished up basically one of the last to finish.Teams call off games because there short a few of there regulars or the lads are away ect ect,only foolin your self lads an then ye whinge about a backlog of fixtures.
Only 2 sour notes :(, that Richie Browne is steping down as Fixture Secretary.I thought Richie was bang on in fairness to deal with an a nicer gent you will never meet.For those of ye who complain prepare for things to get a lot worse because of whats on the commitee now I cant see anyone doin as good a job.
Jp got a mention for winning his Junior caps in last seasons AGM minutes ,but him an Pa Connors also played out in the Cross with the Amatures against the USA close season an Pa was also selected for the Trianglular Competition in the Isle of Man this season,yet nothin said.When was the last time the Aul had 2 players capped at Junior level,let alone Amature level.:mad:
