Personally I'd love games to be on a saturday or sunday afternoon but think gates would suffer.
Summer football for me - better weather and it is a great help to our clubs in Europe which I hope we'll be one again some day in the not too distant future.
What do ye make of the possibility Limerick could be playing in a regional Division One?
It would be a disaster.Originally Posted by legendz
Personally i'm trying not to think of that and hope we can get at least 3rd in the league and be in the play off and if not then grab one of the automatic spots.
I think you're right. It's why I'm surprised it looks like coming about. It'll be great for Tralee and new clubs but it should not be hitting established clubs. Surely a Division One of 8 below a Premier of 16 is better than a split and a regional league.
To most the people who go to Limerick games week in week out it probably won't make a huge difference because they will go regardless but for the rest it would hit Limerick hard.
I wouldn't mind seeing teams like Tralee and Carlow in the First Division purely for the spread but to play them 4 times a season is not appealing to the general public. I would think 1 match against the likes of Shels at home would have a higher attendance than the two games against Tralee put together. This is where the biggest killer will be.
Last edited by Jofspring; 08/12/2010 at 3:52 PM.
That's it as well. The clubs in the A Championship would have built more if they worked their way by right to a national league. Because clubs like ours in Tralee and others aren't ready for a national league, it's ridiculous to be demoting Limerick and the other Division One clubs to a regional league.
It'll be great for Limerick to be part of a Premier of 16. If the club came up short and was in Division One, it'll be better on in a national league of 8 than a regional league of 8.
The Regional First Division as bandied about is a joke.
Northern Section has Harps, Longford, Athlone, Mervue, Salthill.
Southern Section has Cork, Waterford, Shels, Limerick, Wexford.
It also includes the addition of 5 A Championship clubs and Fanad Utd from Donegal, making the two sections of 8.
I can't see why clubs would not want a Premier of 16. Even if you are a club in the bottom half of Division One, surely they are better on in a Division One of 8 that is a national league than in a regional league of 8?
I'd rather keep the football in the summer personally. When we are playing qualifiers for the Champions League in a few years, at least the players will be match fit and not having to put off their summer holiday
Castletroy_Blue's infamous 2011 season predictions: Europe!
CB, your the definition of optimism!! Gotta love it.I'd rather keep the football in the summer personally. When we are playing qualifiers for the Champions League in a few years, at least the players will be match fit and not having to put off their summer holiday
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