I think this is the answer to all that followed - one northside team is reportedly to have lost 9 players on the one plane! We ourselves have half a team over in Oz!
Second place deserves something and play offs may be the way to go. This season the two runners up in Div 1 for example could have played each other and then the winner plays the 3rd bottom side in Prem A.
I think the standard dropping is maybe a bit of "The good oul days". Some very good sides out there. The Grattan situation is a freak occurence and Ballyvolane changed a lot of players over the summer.
In the 3 MSL divisions there are teams tailed off. Its a strange but common occurence that winning teams turn over a lot of players after the success. We lost 8 of our double winning 19 in the summer that followed for various reasons.
Congrats to all the winners, especially Inish after the long wait!
I do think 10 teams is enough for the top two divisions, if the Mossie stays.
The Mossie is better at the start, but could a space be found for a chunk of even 4 league games early doors, on maybe AOH 1st round day.
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