FAI to sign deal with Endemol

[BonnieShels]

A League XI would be a complete joke; on a hiding to nothing. It would be different if one of the clubs were invited, but that's difficult because of European commitments. I don't think the clubs should have anything to do with this. And after the master-stroke of the €10 tickets yesterday, the FAI have turned around and shot themselves in the foot again. I realise they need to pay for the stadium, but it would actually be better to have four foreign teams in this tournament than suffer the embarrassment of this years Airtricity v Man Yoo yet again.

Completely agree. Precisely my thoughts on it. What an inept organisation. It would be impossible to fathom how,they are capable of this insanity if you weren't Irish.

[osarusan]

In fairness to the FAI, the options other than a LOI representative team are no LOI team/representation at all, or one LOI club as the representative.

With the former, I think they'd be open to criticism of ignoring the LOI completely, and with the latter, they'd be open to allegations of favouritism (at least unless the process of deciding which LOI team is chosen is made transparent).

[legendz]

I don't think any club club should get preferential treatment for this anyways, it's a good chances for the best players in the domestic game to raise their own profiles.

Thomond Park isn't Limerick's ground. The club need to focus on this more and how some people in county Limerick still feel alienated from the club from the time of the name change to Limerick City.

[osarusan]

The club need to focus on this more and how some people in county Limerick still feel alienated from the club from the time of the name change to Limerick City.

And you don't think a high profile friendly with the added plus of generating revenue to help with the purchase of and or improvement of our own ground would help in this regard?

You would rather we didn't hold any friendlies at all until our own ground was ready to host them?

[passerrby]

BTW Delaney confirms in today's papers that it was ndemol who stopped the Limerick/Barca friendly

I mean we all guessed it at this stage but there he is confirming it

was it a siged deal then or was that only agreed this week

[Dodge]

Presume it was signed and they were waiting for one of the clubs to agree before trumpeting it.

But with the FAI, who knows.

For the record I've absolutely no bother with a League selection being involved in these games.

[marinobohs]

Presume it was signed and they were waiting for one of the clubs to agree before trumpeting it.

But with the FAI, who knows.

For the record I've absolutely no bother with a League selection being involved in these games.

Agreed Dodge RE LOI select - how can a team that so narrowly won the League be better than a team selected from the whole League ? Funny how this suggestion comes up when shams win the League, I dont recall any clamour for Bohs to play Man ure last time. Just get a decent manager to manage the LOI select this time .

[Charlie Darwin]

Well presumably the team that has played together for months/years will be better than one that has played together for a couple of days.

[Dodge]

I dont recall any clamour for Bohs to play Man ure last time

We were being kind to you by not bring up the fact that you were only available to play the friendly after being thumped by TNS...

[marinobohs]

Well presumably the team that has played together for months/years will be better than one that has played together for a couple of days.

Would presume the team with the better players (surely a League wide select ?) would be better. Agree though (as posted by earlier contributors) that some training sessions for LOI X1 should be possible.

Maybe a playoff - League Champions V League select X1 for right to play in 4 team tournament ? As this is going to be an annual event a playoff as suggested (similar to bog ball all star games) would make it interesting and the prize of a place in the Aviva competition would make it competitive. Would depend on fixture organisation but if number of league games reduced could be possible.

[marinobohs]

We were being kind to you by not bring up the fact that you were only available to play the friendly after being thumped by TNS...

As (much) older Pats fans will just about recall (it has been a while) Champions League can be a difficult place As for "thumped" I will be equally kind and not mention "10 -0" so.

[Charlie Darwin]

Would presume the team with the better players (surely a League wide select ?) would be better. Agree though (as posted by earlier contributors) that some training sessions for LOI X1 should be possible.

Maybe a playoff - League Champions V League select X1 for right to play in 4 team tournament ? As this is going to be an annual event a playoff as suggested (similar to bog ball all star games) would make it interesting and the prize of a place in the Aviva competition would make it competitive. Would depend on fixture organisation but if number of league games reduced could be possible.

I wouldn't presume that at all. The standard of footballer doesn't vary that much in this league and I think a team that trains and plays together for a season would be better placed to play in a tournament than any XI from the other teams in the league. I'm not just putting Rovers in that bracket: Sligo, Fingal and even Bohs (depending on what their squad is like) would be similarly well-drilled. More preparation time is a must for any League XI but they'll always be improvising to a degree.

[Dodge]

As (much) older Pats fans will just about recall (it has been a while) Champions League can be a difficult place As for "thumped" I will be equally kind and not mention "10 -0" so.

Can't beat topical humour. Your replies are one short of "your ma"

[marinobohs]

Can't beat topical humour. Your replies are one short of "your ma"

Oh dear, was that a raw nerve ?

[pineapple stu]

No, it was you replying like a ten year old yet again. You asked a question, it was answered and your reply was "Yeah, well - you lost 10-0 once". Grow up, mb.

[Dodge]

Yep, nothing bugs me more than people who simply can't accept a light hearted barb without replying with one back, about something completely irrelevent to the point (ie the reason no one calmoured for BOhs to play man u)

Its cringeworthy stuff

Trust me, I'm well over our humiliation at the hands of Zimbru. You'll be happy to know your loss to TNS helped

[marinobohs]

No, it was you replying like a ten year old yet again. You asked a question, it was answered and your reply was "Yeah, well - you lost 10-0 once". Grow up, mb.

Slagging Bohs good, Slagging Pats bad ? how unlike you to have double standards where Bohs are concerned Stu. dodge made a remark about Bohs and europe i responed in kind RE Pats.

No harm done.

[marinobohs]

Trust me, I'm well over our humiliation at the hands of Zimbru. You'll be happy to know your loss to TNS helped

Glad we could help. never really found another LOI clubs defeat helped/made up for my own clubs defeat but takes all kinds. Bit "in the land of the blind" for my liking as I prefer to see all LOI teams do well.

[osarusan]

You're an example to us all.

[Dodge]

Glad we could help. never really found another LOI clubs defeat helped/made up for my own clubs defeat but takes all kinds

Not to labour the point, but it stands to reason that the more embarressing results for Irish teams that have happened since Zimbru, the less embarressing our result becomes.

Now if you wanna discuss which result was worse, PM me as this is way off topic now