Quotereminds me of the old joke about the PA calling out the names of the fans before kick offOriginally Posted by oldyouth
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Darren Meenan did well to energise Longford through the second half.
Some great ties left in the 4th round.
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reminds me of the old joke about the PA calling out the names of the fans before kick off
is it time to just ask EA to sponsor the Leinster/Munster/Connaught/Ulster cups (might have to copy the GAA and move a team or two) with the winners given places in the semi final of the overall EA cup.
Might make the managers play full teams in the earlier rounds and draw a few more in...plus winning your provincial championship puts you 1 match away from another final....
Something has to change
Effectively scrap the Leinster Senior Cup and any other provincial cups and replace it with an EA Sports Cup that has a regionalised draw up to the semi-finals?
Can't see it doing anything to enhance the current low levels of interest in the EA Sports Cup.
No, I obviously didn't explain that well enough..
Not scrap them, have the winners of each cup go straight into the semi final of the EA cup.
Its the semi final anyway before anyone go's to watch the EA cup and I know for me if Rovers winning the Leinster Senior cup meant entry into the semi final of the EA cup id be more interested in the Leinster senior cup and more likely to care and show up for those matches (saddo that I am id be there anyway)
Plus the managers might be more inclined to play at least a semi first string team which would encourage more people to show up.
Bit like giving the last Europa league spot to the FAI cup winners makes it more important, getting into the semi final of the EA cup would make the Leinster Senior Cup(and the others) more important.
Something has to change.
Last edited by sbgawa; 03/05/2018 at 4:04 PM.
That makes the League cup much more difficult for Leinster clubs.
Its harder for a Leinster team (other than Killkenny) to win the hurling all Ireland
And we could always move Bray into Munster and Dundalk into Ulster...
It wouldnt be the first time people have tried that one. Síle de Valera when Minister of Arts Heritage and Gaeltacht turned down an invite to launch an exhibition in Dundalk citing that as Dundalk was in Northern Ireland she couldnt accept the invite. It was probably a civil servant who was responsible but regardless her grandfather would have loved that one....well if its good enough for the GAA why not balance the provincial cups by placing teams in another province. League Cup groups in the past have seemed a bit odd in the early round groups. For as long as there isnt a reserve league of sorts the Leinster Senior Cup does serve a purpose if not knocked out early and it can give youth players the experience of playing some hard as nails junior/former LoI players. Just on the age and history of the competition I wouldnt like to see it totally scrapped but maybe only allowing LoI (premier?) u19-23's sides compete and have the 4 provincial winners in the age category's National cup semis.Its harder for a Leinster team (other than Killkenny) to win the hurling all Ireland
And we could always move Bray into Munster and Dundalk into Ulster...
I think the competition should be player later on the year, when there are many teams that are out of the FAI Cup and can't compete for anything in the league, then they'd be more interested in getting results here. Specially the First division ones that can't relegate
There is no Ulster or Connacht Senior Cup like Leinster/Munster.
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You'll never get LOI teams to take the LSC or MSC seriously, realistically speaking. The EA Sports Cup is already regionalised in its early rounds, and I wouldn't say that it has helped. These provincial cups are just too small-fry. Limerick won the MCS the year they were relegated as I recall, and withdrew from it this year.
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Bluebell United beat Drogs 2-0 last night.
Dundalk play Bohs on Tuesday evening in Oriel.
The excitement for that match is crushing me!!
Be interesting enough to see how the young lads fare against a non league team that winning the trophy would mean something so might have a bit of bite to their game be it Bohs or Dundalk.
Awful match that Dundalk managed to won 3-1 following a spurt of life from them late in the 2nd half.
Biggest news from tonight's match was Sean Gannon played 50 minutes.
Dundalk to play Shamrock Rovers in the next round sometime in Sept 2028
Good to see Gannon back and a strong performance from Adorjan. Jarvis was also prominent. Karolis Chvedukas made his first start on his return from injury. He has a distance to go to reach full match fitness but I am suspect that he could yet play a significant part in Europe and later part of the season.Awful match that Dundalk managed to won 3-1 following a spurt of life from them late in the 2nd half.
Biggest news from tonight's match was Sean Gannon played 50 minutes.
Dundalk to play Shamrock Rovers in the next round sometime in Sept 2028
Poor performance overall with a lot of players well off the pace.
Rovers in Tallaght always tends to be interesting, especially if they are fired up to win the LSC trophy
Well it could lead to their cup final!!
Be interesting to see if Bradley plays the u12s for this one or goes closer to full strength. Possibly a mix of the the first team and the u8s.
If the U8's can jump in to tackles then its a no brainer for Bradser!! Best chance of some silverware for Rovers now that Bohs have been dispatched!!
The U8s have been dealing with Roberto Lopes' head-height tackles for the past two years so they're well hardened at this stage. To be fair, most of them are already taller than Aaron Bolger.
Pats v Wexford game is off.
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