QuoteFair point. But this is a reoccuring theme with some clubs as they use their A players for important games and at the end of the season to keep clear of relagation.
Never said that. What i said was that a "b" was for 2 reasons.Originally Posted by rava
So you are all for clubs playing the same players for their A & B teams
Mayo league would love you, they could just continue on as before. Inver brought up a frightening case a couple of years ago when they played a super league teams b team, their manager had watched this teams A team play Erris the night before and 7 of the players used started the match against them, 5 of which had started the game against Erris. So explain to me how this is right.
The fact that a player played for two teams in his club in one weekend is to do with the clubs resources being stretched, injuries, or progression to the next team, etc... not a concious decision by a club to have 1 squad for all. That would be impossible if games were on the same time.
Fair point. But this is a reoccuring theme with some clubs as they use their A players for important games and at the end of the season to keep clear of relagation.
I cant remember a "B" team in relegation trouble this year.(i may be wrong!)
congrats to the mayo oscar traynor team that pulled off a great result against galway yesterday. a 1/4 final to look forward to which has never been done before.
Manulla were in danger of being involved in relegation at one stage but managed to pull out of trouble playing a few A players. One in particular played against us and got them a point single handedly...
I dont know where you got that information from. Didn't Mick Wallace reach the 1/4 Final only two years ago and didnt Fergie get to the semi final a few years back also.
i think that you're missing the point being made by the lads here.the fact is that some teams are playing 'a' team players in some of their bigger games,be it for steering clear of relegation or for a promotion push.i'm all for a player trying to better himself by producing displays for the 'b' team and progressing to the first team.like you said isn't that what a 'b' team is for but the example that rava had displays an inherent fault in the system that needs to be eradicatedI thought that the idea of a "B" team was to allow players to progress to a clubs first team, or to provide football for a guy who cant get into the first team. you cant blame any club for putting the best team it can out on a pitch on any given day. Any club will do it, and its up to the other clubs to get to the stage that they have the same "problem".
Typical response. Divisions premier, 1st and 2nd is not there for the purpose of keeping Celtic, Westport, Snugboro etc as ''super' league contenders or to ensure that the county has a great supply of teams to the Junior Cup, Connacht Cup, etc.I thought that the idea of a "B" team was to allow players to progress to a clubs first team, or to provide football for a guy who cant get into the first team. you cant blame any club for putting the best team it can out on a pitch on any given day. Any club will do it, and its up to the other clubs to get to the stage that they have the same "problem".
Say I am a player suited to the standard of premier division through to divison 2. Good player but probably not good enough to hack it in the Super League. With the current system I can probably look forward to playing in the same division for most of my career. Not a nice prospect. Why can I not get out of the division? The system is designed to keep larger clubs with more players and their b and c teams playing at an artificially high level with clever usage of the rules and clever bending of the rules if only on a couple occassions in the year. Likewise training expertise and extra facilities already give them a start. Playing against higher opposition in traning and in training games also give them an artificial advantage.
If I wanted to be cruel I could say 'Why should these teams have more than one team playing in the league'. Why should players be able to play for 2 or more different teams in the same league? If they have more than one team they should have more than one club? If they want to keep big squads then let there be a reserve league. Keep the standard high at all levels of the league not just the top 5 or 6 teams.
O jesus. What BS. So much wrong with the above, words fail me.
Surely if the big guns are playing 'A' players in the lower leagues it would mean the standard would have to be improve down there. I also believe that the Wesports and Celtics are much more interested in winning major tiltles than fielding big guns in division 1 and 2 matches throughout the year.
The only time I see problem arising is at playoff time and the main culprit on that score spend half the year fielding teams with 9 and 10 players. if the opposition down there aren't able to take advantage of that during the season then they have no right to get promoted in the first place.
Oscar Traynor Draw
A Desmond v AUL
B Cork AUL/Limerick v Wexford
C Roscommon v TSDL/MSL/WWEC
D UCL v Mayo
Semi Final Draw
C v B
A v D
Ties to be played weekend of the 14th/15th of February 2009.
Ties ABC to be played weekend 17th/18th January if MSL qualify they will play same weekend, if TSDL qualify they will play weekend of the 23rd/24th of January.
Cork play Limerick and WWEC play MSL this weekend, the MSL will play the TSDL on either the 27th or 28th of December or 10th of January.
Please note the draw for the 6th Round of the Junior Cup will take place on Sunday the 4th of January 2009 on 2FM between 10 and 11.
Due to backlog in games the 6th Round will be played on the 31st of January and the 1st of February 2009.
If the teams are not using the players then they should have no objection to the league bringing in tighter rules. See problem solved.
Tough draw for mayo away to UCL.
The biggest problem for me is the inconsistency of it. I've seen results this year that don't make any sense between teams at the top of division 2B and "B" and "C" teams. One week you play them and struggle to get a result or get beaten, then the next week your rivals beat them by 6 goals. I don't care if "A" players play with "B" teams as long as it is the same for all games over the course of the season and not only for selected matches.
I'm not denying that some teams use A team players etc in B games. But the inconsistency comes from playing at that level in the first place. I saw a good few Boro B games this year. They'd beat a team one week, the next week with 9 or 10 the same players, couldn't string two passes together. There seemed to be a different 11 every week for the B team.
Snugboro B didn't regularly use A team players however there were exceptions. A couple of lads who didn't make the A 16 on a matchday, might of played if they were eligible. And a couple of players used it to test their fitness after injury.
On the flipside, there were a couple of lads who signed for the A team last year, didn't get many games and couldn't play for the B's. Do you think the system is fair to them?
It most certainly is not fair to them. Thats why the reintroduction of the five game rule may be the best option.
That is hard to police, and doesnt take into account the timing of a players injury. I agree with joe denilson
What exactly are you agreeing with.
I guess he's agreeing that the inconsistency comes from the teams, not from playing A team players.
I have attended a lot of premier games in the last few seasons and the consistency of the b teams is largely influenced by players available. I wouldnt like to see a reserve division, I just dont see the point. But some restraints have to be put in place for the B teams as most teams involved in the league have called for.
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