Bohs,Shels,Cork hold their own in scot prem?

[Rebal Boy]

I think they could nearley do a Celtic League out of it. Thats the only way we'll find out if the EL and the SPL can compeat together. What do ye think. If it can happen in Rugby why not Soccer. I'd say the likes of City, Bohs, Shels and maybe Drogs would be able for it. It doesn't look like it would happen. If Celtic and Rangers moved to the English League it would be an idel time to do it.

[Pablo Escobar]

thats possible conor, but i cant see 1st of all hoe you can slag off the scots leauge, when your a fan of the kdl, and second of all when your a fan of the loi, ever hear of the saying peopl in glass houses cant throw stones.

Any way the kdl leauge is shokin, the top teams in the lsl would chalange a lot of teams in the el prem now there's a thread to start. Glenmore, and the likes would with out doubt hold there own in the el prem.

Well if you call getting beaten 9-0 by Cork City "holding your own", then I'd have to agree!
Cork City 9-0 Glenmore Dundrum. 1st round of FAI Cup 2 years ago!
Scorers: John O'Flynn-3, Georgie-2, Woodsie-2 Warren-1 someone else (anyone remember?)

[Jim Smith]

So, if Shels play the Duns next season and beat them 10-2 on aggegragate, it would give no insight into whether or not Shels are better than Duns?

When that happens it will give you some insight.

[joeraki]

So, if Shels play the Duns next season and beat them 10-2 on aggegragate, it would give no insight into whether or not Shels are better than Duns?

yep that would be a tough one to call on whos better if it happened Stupiest thing I seen on here in ages

[ShelsTim]

Sara is no example. We never saw how he did in the eL. If he was given a proper go maybe he'd have scored double his SPL tally and proved we are a weaker league. Hunt and Foran have done just ok, hardly set the world alight. No idea about Byrne but Dempsey has been doing well. But then again they have better facilities and you could argue better team mates.

He didn't impress at u-21 and Pat Fenlon obviously felt he wasn't good enough to get into a team alongside Crowe, Byrne and O'Neill. Hunt and Foran weren't great in our league either, especially Foran. Either way, they haven't played **** enough to warrant thinking that the eL teams would do **** in the SPL.

[eoinh]

Plus all these players replacements are obviously of a higher standard.

[rerun]

Having been in Inverness only 2 months ago, I can assure you that the reason they're playing at Pittodrie isn't because the Caledonian Stadium is 'bad', it's because it just isn't good enough for the SPL.

In it's pre-development state it is still better than any ground in the EL, including Tolka. Only Windsor Park on this island would be better than it.

It'll be a lovely wee stadium when they finish the new stand.

Will they finish it ? I heard ICT were moving from Caledonian Stadium and there was going to be a supermarket built there. Either ways, it is better than most (if not all) if the club stadia in Ireland.
So, if Cork/Shels/Bohs were in the SPL, where would they play their home games ? as mentioned previously, I doubt any stasium in Ireland would meet the required criteria.

[paudie]

If I could turn the original question on its head a bit I wonder how the likes of Dunfermline and Livingston cope:

1. Without any TV deal money
2. Without moneyspinning visits from Rangers and Celtic 3 or 4 times a year
3. Competing in a country where soccer is not by far the most popular sport. This has implications for getting sponsorship, government funding etc
4. With average attendances less than 4,000

Eircom league clubs are in this position and in particular Shels performance (and to a lesser extent Cork City's) in Europe this season was excellent considering this.

Maybe we don't give the clubs we support enough credit for the good job they do most of the time.

[Pablo Escobar]

I just remembered Cork City's other scorer in the 9-0 win over Glenmore Dundrum!
I think it was Colin P.O'Brien with the 9th!

I'll never forget that game because of John O'Flynn beating the keeper to the ball and left him nearly needing a hip replacement when Flynny went around him for his 1st goal!

[GavinZac]

how is cork to a lesser extent? shels beat some croatians and icelanders (very unconvincingly). we beat swedish and dutch teams and drew with a french team.

[paudie]

how is cork to a lesser extent? shels beat some croatians and icelanders (very unconvincingly). we beat swedish and dutch teams and drew with a french team.

Its arguable that the teams Shels played were of a higher standard. Beating the champions of Croatia and drawing with Deportivo was no mean feat. Lille are a clear second in France at the mo.

NEC were crap, Malmo weren't up for it and Nantes haven't set the French league alight this year.

I'm not doing down City's performance (they played brilliantly in all the games) but you'd have to say Shels were probably of a higher standard.

[Soper]

Sligo Rovers drew at home, in the intertoto,in 96 i think it was, 0-0 with Heerenveen, and 3-3 with Nantes(they only equalised because of some of the remtards we had in our team).

Rovers outclassed both of those sides, with mostly new signings who hadn't yet gelled, way before any competitive matches.Those were great achievments.Then they lost twice away, which was embaressing.

it's in the irish psyche to play for the big occasions, which is why, as well as the league getting better, irish teams are getting better and more experienced in europe.