Mayo League division 2009

**walshek** · 22/12/2008, 10:45 AM

i agree totally with that this should be battered out the door. should there not be a vote on this throught all clubs involved.

**Closed Account** · 22/12/2008, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by The Don

I really dont know how they came up with it, but clubs outside the super league should stand up and be counted in their opposition to this drivel.

Agreed, Super League clubs should complain too. Nobody wants a situation where halfway through the league, teams with no chance of winning the league or getting relegated are rolling over week in and week out and
lowering the standard of the league.

**sinabhuil** · 22/12/2008, 11:38 AM

So if say Castlebar B and Westport B finish in the top 2 places in Premier no one will get relegated from the Super League. Crazy. What if one of the super league teams keep getting hammered? They will lose many, many players.

**rava** · 22/12/2008, 12:06 PM

This seems to be a Manulla driven idea. The question has to be why though. Were they prompted to suggest this when the Mayo league get together in November.

**walshek** · 22/12/2008, 12:11 PM

ohh lord what going to happen next? are we going to have a super league where no-one can go up and down. when will this rulling be sent out? in the league book in the middle of may? bit late then

**NoelM** · 22/12/2008, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by rava

This seems to be a Manulla driven idea. The question has to be why though. Were they prompted to suggest this when the Mayo league get together in November.

It was one of the proposals along with 1 team being relagated/promoted from/to the Super league and the idea of a reserve league.

**walshek** · 22/12/2008, 12:17 PM

really stupid question. have all clubs to vote on these matters or is it at the decression of the MIGHTYS ONES

**theboy** · 22/12/2008, 5:03 PM

this is my opion only, why dont they have an 8 team super league, westport,celtic, ballyheane, manulla,ballina,erris, s&f , the boro. these in my views are the best 8 teams in mayo, maybe play each other 3 times, this way there are competitive games week in week out, then 1 goes down and one comes up in a 1 day play off.
i think this would improve the quality of games in the SL.
maybe this season 2 teams should go down, no one comes up, and start fresh for the 2010 season.

but with regards to this season ahead, with b teams finishin 1st and 2nd, this might push other clubs in the prem league, knowing that finishing 6th wont get u to the SL.

**GoodFootball** · 23/12/2008, 6:48 AM

Originally Posted by theboy

this is my opion only, why dont they have an 8 team super league, westport,celtic, ballyheane, manulla,ballina,erris, s&f , the boro. these in my views are the best 8 teams in mayo, maybe play each other 3 times, this way there are competitive games week in week out, then 1 goes down and one comes up in a 1 day play off.
i think this would improve the quality of games in the SL.
maybe this season 2 teams should go down, no one comes up, and start fresh for the 2010 season.

but with regards to this season ahead, with b teams finishin 1st and 2nd, this might push other clubs in the prem league, knowing that finishing 6th wont get u to the SL.

Reserve league is the only way to go if their not happy with the current system...to say that no team from the premier division can take their place in the super league is out of sorts and to say that no team in the super league can get relegated is unfair too.

Who's to say Ballyglass, Urlar, Claremorris, Ballinrobe, Achill wont turn the corner and be better sides than ur super 8 in the future. Ten or so years ago Ballyglass were one of the best sides in Connaught...

**the grape vine** · 23/12/2008, 8:06 AM

i not sure a Reserve leageue is the way to go,celtic,westport and manualla all have C team's and if the C players played with the reserve team and the B players played with the C team. at least 2 off the above team's would be back in the premier leageue within 2yrs and the problem would started all over again.

**GoodFootball** · 23/12/2008, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by the grape vine

i not sure a Reserve leageue is the way to go,celtic,westport and manualla all have C team's and if the C players played with the reserve team and the B players played with the C team. at least 2 off the above team's would be back in the premier leageue within 2yrs and the problem would started all over again.

Not sure we are on the same wavelength, reserve league means no B teams or C teams in the ML proper, they all play in one reserve league? So really you'd have 30 teams, 3 divisions and a competative reserve league of B and C teams!

Could work in principal...

**the grape vine** · 23/12/2008, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by GoodFootball

Not sure we are on the same wavelength, reserve league means no B teams or C teams in the ML proper, they all play in one reserve league? So really you'd have 30 teams, 3 divisions and a competative reserve league of B and C teams!

Could work in principal...

so westport B and C, celtic B and C and manualla B and C all in the same league !!!!!????

**Cannon Balls** · 23/12/2008, 12:39 PM

Is it time for the Connaught senior league to return? I know it�s not the mayo leagues decision if it starts up again, but they could certainly get the ball rolling. Top teams from Galway, Sligo/Leitrim, Mayo and Roscommon form a 2 division league and then the B teams could take the place of the A teams (except in the case of the likes of Ballina Town, where their B team could not go straight up to the Super)

I know this might bring down the standard of the county leagues but going on this debate there doesn't seem to be any simple/quick fix.

**theboy** · 23/12/2008, 6:30 PM

Originally Posted by GoodFootball

Reserve league is the only way to go if their not happy with the current system...to say that no team from the premier division can take their place in the super league is out of sorts and to say that no team in the super league can get relegated is unfair too.

Who's to say Ballyglass, Urlar, Claremorris, Ballinrobe, Achill wont turn the corner and be better sides than ur super 8 in the future. Ten or so years ago Ballyglass were one of the best sides in Connaught...

We're not on about 10 years or so ago, and i think u have missed my point was we start off with those 8 teams before named, with 1 going up from the permier and 1 goin down, if the likes of the ballyglass's, urlaur etc turn a corner then they would move up into the SL forcing other teams out.

**minivan man** · 24/12/2008, 9:21 AM

there was 15 b or c teams in the mayo leagues last season. you could split them into 2 sections of 7 and 8 teams still giving them football. this league would be a very compeditive league as well.

**GoodFootball** · 24/12/2008, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Cannon Balls

Is it time for the Connaught senior league to return? I know it�s not the mayo leagues decision if it starts up again, but they could certainly get the ball rolling. Top teams from Galway, Sligo/Leitrim, Mayo and Roscommon form a 2 division league and then the B teams could take the place of the A teams (except in the case of the likes of Ballina Town, where their B team could not go straight up to the Super)

I know this might bring down the standard of the county leagues but going on this debate there doesn't seem to be any simple/quick fix.

Leinster have that going, but the strong teams play in both. Ballymun and Kevins in DDSL and the likes of Wayside in the LSL. It wont have the effect you think it will. Some teams will want to play connaught senior and others wont therefore it will just split into 2 codes. Negative for Mayo League I think

**GoodFootball** · 24/12/2008, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by minivan man

there was 15 b or c teams in the mayo leagues last season. you could split them into 2 sections of 7 and 8 teams still giving them football. this league would be a very compeditive league as well.

Agree