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    Meetings to make one Division held.

    Three meetings over the last 3 days are said to have taken place in Monaghan, Dublin and i think Limerick so clubs can press the idea of having one divison of 14 or 16 teams according to the Star.

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    14/16 teams?

    What happens the other 6/8? Kicked out (Mervue, Athlone, Monaghan, Longford, etc) or liquidated (Cork, Derry)?

    Which teams were in attendance, I wonder? Only current Premier teams looking after their own interests, or the whole league?

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    14 or 16? Are there really 6-8 teams going bankrupt?

    Or is The Star inventing **** again?

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    Star talking complete rubbish.

    Were the meetings not a review of the information gathered during the stakeholder feedback process?
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    Would be a disaster. What would the teams in the bottom/middle of the table have the play for. Stick with a ten team league.

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    I think they are looking at making the A division more stronger and competitive at the same time of making the Premier Division more exciting and competitive and helping those "big" clubs stuck in the 1st division with attendances, money etc. I would say the majority of those clubs that would lose out would be in the A division and they will look to have it sown like the Spanish leagues where the A teams are quite competitive against smaller sides, abit like the current set up however making it alot more less of a joke like atm!

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    Pats fans commentary team interviewed Sadlier at HT in Derry; he said that although he didn't make the meeting this week, it looked like the 10 team format would be maintained. Don't know where this came from.

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    So what would the 16 teams be?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    14/16 teams?

    What happens the other 6/8? Kicked out (Mervue, Athlone, Monaghan, Longford, etc) or liquidated (Cork, Derry)?
    How would you pick any of those teams??? Why not throw UCD in there sure?? All that club does is starve every other sports club in UCD of money. I have represented UCD at international level (I didn't get paid!!!)and all the members in my club had to fundraise... you won't see any players in the UCD soccer club busting their holes fundraising or paying out of their own pocket...
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    Right

    This is a non story

    Clear?
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    Quote Originally Posted by L.T.F.C. View Post
    How would you pick any of those teams??? Why not throw UCD in there sure?? All that club does is starve every other sports club in UCD of money. I have represented UCD at international level (I didn't get paid!!!)and all the members in my club had to fundraise... you won't see any players in the UCD soccer club busting their holes fundraising or paying out of their own pocket...
    I think he pretty much mentioned the bottom of the league (he's forgotten Kildare).

    UCD AFC gets sweet f-all from the college - about enough, I understand, to cover the running costs of the intervarsity team. And whatever about the players, the volunteers running the club do plenty of fundraising. I'm tempted to put this information in my sig, but this has been explained so many times that I'm beginning to suspect that the people who go on about UCD's funding can't read English good.

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    The ten team league is a joke, too many low scoring games as teams are so familiar with eachother.

    I'd welcome a 16 team league, it would be better for football as a whole ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackholesun View Post
    The ten team league is a joke, too many low scoring games as teams are so familiar with eachother.

    I'd welcome a 16 team league, it would be better for football as a whole ...

    bhs
    Have to agree, it's all very stale and needs a massive shake up. This is the LoI however and nothing is ever set in stone, if it doesn't work after it'll revert back to how it is now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John83 View Post
    I think he pretty much mentioned the bottom of the league (he's forgotten Kildare).
    Thank you.

    LOL at the notion that no UCD player has ever fundraised. Do you think the college paid for our trips to Asia in the 70s? I recall players being asked to get individual sponsorship up to a couple of years ago too.

    Anyawys, I think Maribor's post is the most important.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John83 View Post
    I think he pretty much mentioned the bottom of the league (he's forgotten Kildare).
    Last time I checked Limerick and Finn Harps were behind us too........

    Anyway, there was a meeting yesterday evening in Monaghan to discuss the findings of the League Review, whether that strayed into changing the format in anyway, I haven't a clue.

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    Top 14 teams would be the current 10 in the premier, Shels, Waterford, Spoorting Fingal and Limerick/Athlone or Monaghan

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    Quote Originally Posted by saintmaniac
    Pats fans commentary team interviewed Sadlier at HT in Derry; he said that although he didn't make the meeting this week, it looked like the 10 team format would be maintained. Don't know where this came from.
    And I hope it never comes.

    The 10-team league has failed twice, and it shouldn't be given more than another season. If it wasn't for us, attendances would have gone down the floor completely.

    A 10th place finish in most leagues = a comfortable mid-table finish. Here, it leads to panic, chaos, and failure.
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    Any reformat of the league has to meet UEFA conditions and that means it cannot happen next year as there is a 3 year gap between each one of these meetings to organise/reorganise the league. This point was raised at the end of last year when Athlone Town were struggling to stay afloat and people asked why we could not call for a single league structure.
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    this is stupid in my view, i would think dropping the bottom 2 clubs in the 1st division to the A Championship would be no loss. I still think a AIL with one 12 team Loi below would be best but untill that happens i think 2*10team leagues is best
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    Quote Originally Posted by MariborKev View Post
    Right

    This is a non story

    Clear?
    Yeah we are all clear but it's todays topic of debate, tomorrow we talk about Derry city using Queens head money to pay the players, Shamrock Rovers being the bestest club in the world and how UCD have no Support.

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