An interesting 10 year old thread is included under "similar threads" at the bottom of this page...
http://foot.ie/threads/22988-Fenlon-...-year-contract
People have been saying the league is declining in standard since ever I remember.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
An interesting 10 year old thread is included under "similar threads" at the bottom of this page...
http://foot.ie/threads/22988-Fenlon-...-year-contract
The league must be the equivalent of the Sunday afternoon 5 a side at this stage the way it's been declining in standard for so long.
I don't recall a year on here since I joined this forum that's not had a fan of a former champion of the previous few years stating that the league is in decline.
Last edited by nigel-harps1954; 02/10/2015 at 11:53 AM.
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There's simple criteria to determine whether the league is in decline or not:
Criteria 1: My team has been rubbish for a long time now
Conclusion: League is in decline
Criteria 2: My team won trophies in the recent past but have dropped off now
Conclusion: League is in decline
Criteria 3: My team is improving and challenging for trophies but haven't won anything yet
Conclusion: League is in decline
Criteria 4: No team has qualified for the group stages of a European competition
Conclusion: League is in decline
Criteria 5: My team is winning trophies
Conclusion: League is the strongest it has ever been and is on the cusp of European greatness (with a favourable draw!!)
Probably missing a few scenarios but that basically covers most of the scenarios and fans opinions on here.
The league obviously was at its peak when our champions of the time reached the last 16 of the European Cup and that was even before the European Cup was diluted with non champions and became the Champions league...waltzed through preliminary rounds, none of this play-off malarkey - among the top 16 champions in Europe!!
The sudden decline must have happened when one of our UEFA Cup qualifiers were beaten 14-0 the season after another LoI side were unluckily beaten 2-1 by the same English team. At least that what it looks like in the record books
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