Postonements

[Dodge]

We couldn't get a game postponed this time last year when John O'Flynn, one of our top players, was playing in a real international match yet one year on 6 clubs manage to get a postponement because a few of their fringe players are playing in some meaningless Mickey Mouse amateur tournament. It doesn't make sense!

It does when you read that they changed the rule in the off season I think its stupid that a game should be called off for one player but Shels, Bohs and Cork wanted it that way...

And seeing as Fahey has played practically every game he's been available for he's hardly a fringe player...

[Macy]

We couldn't get a game postponed this time last year when John O'Flynn, one of our top players, was playing in a real international match yet one year on 6 clubs manage to get a postponement because a few of their fringe players are playing in some meaningless Mickey Mouse amateur tournament. It doesn't make sense!

That's why they changed the fúckin rules, or is this another Dublin conspiracy against Cork?

[Roo69]

We couldn't get a game postponed this time last year when John O'Flynn, one of our top players, was playing in a real international match yet one year on 6 clubs manage to get a postponement because a few of their fringe players are playing in some meaningless Mickey Mouse amateur tournament. It doesn't make sense!

there hardly fringe players now !

Alan Cawley (Shelbourne)
Keith Fahey (St Patrick's Athletic)
Wes Hoolahan (Shelbourne)
Colm James (Bray Wanderers)
Gerard Rowe (Shelbourne)
Hugh Davey (UCD)
Alan McDermott (Shelbourne)
Darren Murphy (Cobh Ramblers)
Ger O'Brien (Kildare County)
Chris O'Connor (Bray Wanderers)
Robbie Doyle (Bohemians)
Willie Doyle (UCD)
John Flood (Bray Wanderers)
Darryl Murphy (Waterford United)
Eamon Zayed (Bray Wanderers)

All play regular 1st team football, as well as some of them playing at international level

[Colm]

It does when you read that they changed the rule in the off season I think its stupid that a game should be called off for one player but Shels, Bohs and Cork wanted it that way...

But surely they should have made sure this new rule only applied to actual international games? I'm delighted we didn't release any of our players for this farce anyway.

And seeing as Fahey has played practically every game he's been available for he's hardly a fringe player...

He's hardly in the class of John O'Flynn though.
I can't understand why Pats released Fahey for this tbh. Likewise with Bohs-Doyle and Shels-Hoolahan.

[Schumi]

6 clubs manage to get a postponement because a few of their fringe players are playing in some meaningless Mickey Mouse amateur tournament.

Can't speak for other teams but three of our first 11 are playing in this and if we didn't get the game postponed, I'd imagine we'd have pulled them out of the squad for this tournament. If the league want to play in this yoke, they have to allow postponements.