The Good, Bad and Ugly of 2008

The Good:
Bohs played some pretty good stuff this season
Pats adventures in Europe
Limerick finally turning a corner
Fingal adding a somewhat stable and competitive club to the league
The A League
Rovers beating the GAA

The Bad
Galway, Bray, Sligo and all the other minor financial troubles (relatively speaking)
Cork's adventures in Europe
Bohs running away with the title
Attendences not really picking up across the board, falling in some cases
Fingal adding yet another Dublin club to the League
This Boylesport nonsense
Rumours of Bohs financial worries (if they go bust next year there will be a clear pattern between winning the league title and going bust the next season)

The Ugly
Arkaga RRSing Cork
Drogheda's financial crisis
The FAI's inability to manage this league being exposed quite clearly
An increase in negative press for the league

So what's people's thoughts? Has this been one of the worst year's for the league in recent memory? What have I missed off the list?

The Good

Increased tv coverage
The quality of MNS
Paul Cook's interview voice each week on MNS

The Ugly
Toe-rags and schooligans turning people away from attending a LOI game

the Good
MNS
More live games
Bohs running away with the League

The Bad
Derry fans getting WAY above their station and doing themselves a serious disservice

The Ugly
Rico sans moustache

I wouldn't say it is the worst season in a long while. The coverage of the League has grown hugely, and despite the financial troubles as mentioned above many clubs have had a serious reality check and the future looks bright.

The Good
MNS
Drogs being brought back down to earth.
Dundalk beating Waterford, Shels and Fingal.
Dundalks Financial Status and staying out of the negative coverage

The Bad
Dundalk losing the subsequent games against lesser sides.
Financial problems and awful over optimistic budgeting

The ugly
Paul Doolin

Its not been a vintage season alright.

The Good:
Pats and Drogheda's performances in Europe
Improved standard on the pitch IMO
Minor progress in grounds: The Cross, Terryland
MNS
Clubs awakening to the realism of full time football and that it is not currenlty viable in this country
The competitiveness of the First Division

The Bad:
The uncompetitiveness of the Premier Division in the end
The standard of the officialdom of the league - both on and off the field
Roddy Collins continued self-appointed justice-in-chiefness
An Eddie Gormley postmatch press confrence

The Ugly:
Player-poaching
Court cases
NRA
The Credit Crunch

The Good
Our new ground getting under way
MNS
Live coverage - even though we bottle it every time we are on live.
clubs getting a reality check that was much needed
An exciting relegation battle

The Bad
Drogs stadium plans going belly up.
More financial woes
poor crowds
poor EL coverage in national rags.

The Ugly
Examinership
Roddy Collins
Recession making it harder to get sponsors for next season.

The Bad
Derry fans getting WAY above their station and doing themselves a serious disservice

Does that include the Derry fans who raised money for your shoddily run sinking ship of a club?

Not to get above my station or anything...

The Good
Our new ground finally getting started
Bohs outstanding form.
Drogheda and Pats in europe.
MNS-Really good show.
Good players coming through like Mc Ginn,Jay O'Shea etc.
Keith Fahey Top Top player.
More live tv coverage than ever before.
Cork winning the Setanta cup.

The Bad
Financial meltdown!
Poor crowds
General Irish sporting public's apathy towards the league.
Harps defence-Schoolboy is'nt the word.

The Ugly
Drogheda's Demise
Pete Mahon's selective memory.
Roddy Collins face
Harps losing every derby

Originally Posted by McDee

The Bad
Derry fans getting WAY above their station and doing themselves a serious disservice

Does that include the Derry fans who raised money for your shoddily run sinking ship of a club?

Not to get above my station or anything...

must have missed that one.

Tell you what - how about we get Roddy to send up another pair of his brother's gloves so you can keep them in storage for the next time you need a dig out...

The Good
MNS
The only amateur side in the League making the League Cup Final
The challenge coming from the A Championship
Better grounds and training facilities on the way
Passionate fans, as demonstrated on this forum
Impressive consistency from Bohs
On a personal note, the graciousness of Cork fans and the support Derry fans give their team


The Bad
MNS not doing any features on 1st division clubs (forget matches)
Financial instability
Schooligans
Standard of officials , linesmen in particular
English Premiership still wins for some when it conflicts with a LOI games
Self inflicted bad publicity
Quality of food at some grounds
The weather for most of ‘summer football’

The Good
CPO improving and getting more active
FAI Fans Forums
Extratime
Improvements at Turners Cross Stadium
MNS

The Bad
Losing some quality players from the league for absolutely nothing
Inactivity of LOI Fans in unified efforts to improve situation
Roddy's demented rant about the league (weirdo)


The Ugly
Arkaga
NRA
Thomas Davis GAA
RTE trying to not show MNS even though they are the national broadcaster

The Good
Clubs finally being pulled up for spending money they don't have

The Bad
Paul Doolin's struggles with hair getting into his eyes,thus rendering his chances of accurate assessments of games almost impossible

The Ugly
The dress sense of guests on MNS - Rico's shoes, Roddy's shirt's, O'Connor's, well, take your pick

The Good
Ground Improvements by many
Tallaght Stadium nearly there and Harps Stadium started
MNS
Pat's and Drogheda in Europe
Youths in League Cup Final
Bohs league performance
The relegation fight
The promotion fight

The Bad
The lights on the Youths training pitch
The farce as a result
Ineligible players, floodlight failures, unplayable pitches
Hints of match fixing
Crowds not improving as much as previous few years

The Ugly

Financial crisis in general
Cork and Drogs examinership

The Good

MNS
League Cup Final and run to it
Better grounds and training facilities on the way
Passionate fans, as demonstrated on this forum
Impressive consistency from Bohs
Steps forward of league made in Europe

The Bad

Financial instability
Ineligible players, floodlight failures, unplayable pitches
Schooligans
Standard of officials , linesmen in particular
Self inflicted bad publicity

The Ugly

Financial crisis in general
Cork and Drogs examinership

lol at someone calling Fingal a stable club. What differentiates them form all the other Sugar Daddy clubs?

Originally Posted by LeixlipRed

lol at someone calling Fingal a stable club. What differentiates them form all the other Sugar Daddy clubs?

They haven't posted losses for this year, we await next year to be fair