Setanta Cup goes ahead

**thischarmingman** · 28/07/2009, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by superfrank

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...251492116.html

I am very surprised to see this being mentioned in the IT today. A bit excited, but also very wary on our behalf.

For what it's worth, Irish Mirror stated that they expected Bray to get the place too.

**p�l-dcfc** · 28/07/2009, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by EalingGreen

Interesting question.
Perhaps the IL and LOI should each nominate a club to play in a two-leg qualifier (H & A), with the winner going through as the ninth team?
I assume there should be time (just) and it might create a little bit of interest as a "curtain raiser".
Mind you, if the IL club were the winner, how would it be received South of the border that there would be 6 NI clubs out of 9 in the competition (5 IL + DCFC)?

No one care about the NI/RoI divide I would think... It's between the leagues rather than the legislative bodies.

The playoff would be good craic. Someone ****e from our league against someone more ****e from your league. Could be quite the comic spectacle.

**dcfcsteve** · 28/07/2009, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by The Midget Gem

Sure who else would you invite?

I'd be up for it myself, if ten others were....?

**dcfcsteve** · 28/07/2009, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by EalingGreen

Mind you, if the IL club were the winner, how would it be received South of the border that there would be 6 NI clubs out of 9 in the competition (5 IL + DCFC)?

EG - only a handful of IL fans like yourself seem unable to get their heads around the fact that the political boundaries and domestic football boundaries on the island don't overlap perfectly. They don't. No big deal.

LOI fans see DCFC as an LOI club, and rightly so. Thankfully, so do a lot of IL fans - particularly those who can see past a theoretical border on a map.

Regardless - doesn't matter how many sacrificial IL christians get thrown into the Setanta collisseum, all bar at least one of them would still be shredded by the lions of the LOI...... (I'm feeling all Spartacus at the moment)....

**wintz** · 28/07/2009, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

EG - only a handful of IL fans like yourself seem unable to get their heads around the fact that the political boundaries and domestic football boundaries on the island don't overlap perfectly. They don't. No big deal.

LOI fans see DCFC as an LOI club, and rightly so. Thankfully, so do a lot of IL fans - particularly those who can see past a theoretical border on a map.

Regardless - doesn't matter how many sacrificial IL christians get thrown into the Setanta collisseum, all bar at least one of them would still be shredded by the lions of the LOI...... (I'm feeling all Spartacus at the moment)....

With wage structures south of the border what do you expect?

Though, Shels, Drogs, Cork it has its disavantages

**brendy_�ire** · 28/07/2009, 11:45 AM

According to ILS Group 1 is Cliftonville, Cork and Sligo.

**brendy_�ire** · 28/07/2009, 11:47 AM

Group 2 is Linfield, Derry and St Pats.

**Mr_Parker** · 28/07/2009, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

According to ILS Group 1 is Cliftonville, Cork and Sligo.

ILS - always one step ahead of foot.ie

**brendy_�ire** · 28/07/2009, 11:48 AM

And then Coleraine, Bohs and Glens.

**p�l-dcfc** · 28/07/2009, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

Group 2 is Linfield, Derry and St Pats.

If true, I'm devastated we didn't get Coleraine.

**The Betting Man** · 28/07/2009, 11:48 AM

Any idea who we got

**The Betting Man** · 28/07/2009, 11:49 AM

edit just seen that now

**brendy_�ire** · 28/07/2009, 11:54 AM

I'm sick of the sight of Linfield.

**The Betting Man** · 28/07/2009, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

I'm sick of the sight of Linfield.

Wouldnt mind swaping Glens for Linfield always wanted to go and watch Bohs play in windsor park but the Glens would of been the 2nd team up north that I wanted in the group.

Roll on the end of August

**sheao** · 28/07/2009, 11:59 AM

Bray are supposed to be replaceing us in the competition should be fold.

**Rovers Maniac** · 28/07/2009, 12:03 PM

Can see the FAI spinning the old fudge about it being an invitational tournement and letting in Shams or somebody else. They should allow Bray a crack at it as they would not come across to many big pay days.

**Steve Bruce** · 28/07/2009, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by brendy_�ire

I'm sick of the sight of Linfield.

Believe me when I say this, we are equally as sick of the sight of Derry City.

**oriel** · 28/07/2009, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by sheao

Bray are supposed to be replaceing us in the competition should be fold.

Can someone explain this one to me please ?

Bray ?

**pineapple stu** · 28/07/2009, 12:22 PM

Highest placed non-qualifying team from last year's LoI apparently.

Top five all in, so Bray are next.

**BrayUnknowns** · 28/07/2009, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by oriel

Can someone explain this one to me please ?

Bray ?

Yeah can someone explain it to me aswell ?

i'll be honest, we are shocking at the mo and would be a bad advert for Irish football if we where to enter it, we have no f*cking team and were loosing players by the day.

Unless we bring in 4/5/6 players by the time the window closes then we should not enter it if we are invited.

How much does each club roughly get for playing in it ?

Edit - Cheers for that Stu. So if Cork do go under then Bray are in, very interesting indeed. I can still see the FAI coming up of a wa not to allow us into it and putting Shamrock Rovers in ahead of us.