No.
If you win the First, you should get promoted
In fairness though should there not be a playoff between 10th place in the premier and 1st in the first division.
No.
If you win the First, you should get promoted
I agree but is it not unfair that teams ranked 10,11 &12 lose and team no 13 goes ahead of them.
The divisions are being re-aligned somewhat
It's almost as if the FAI wanted to make it look like they were doing something, while doing as much damage as possible.
Relegate three with very little warning and make the First Division almost completely pointless for nearly all teams in 2017.
The FAI need to start Waterford off with a handicap in the interests of keeping the First Division alive. -10 points maybe.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
They didn't even ask the first division clubs for their opinions on anything, don't see why the premier clubs would have to formally agree to anything.
Realistically, would there be any competition? You'd assume third last would have a much bigger budget, far superior squad and better levels of fitness. It would just be to give the 1st division a bit of interest towards the end and one potential money spinner to cap it off.
Adding a play-off to 3 teams already relegated would be all sorts of ridiculous.
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It's just a shame that for 7 out of 8 teams, it will be all for nothing come the end of the season.
No play offs (or to be totally accurate no proposal for play offs will be put to the FAI) as two teams opposed the idea. Us and Waterford? Athlone?! I doubt the FAI would have gone for it anyway.
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...on-its-return/
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Would've been great to somehow find a way to make a play off work, but not in a way where the team that tops the division could be denied promotion
Everyone votes for their own interest right throughout Irish football. Can't blame a team who think they can win the division for wanting to avoid a playoff, but I'm surprised that two teams voted against it. Everyone is assuming Waterford will walk the division, but maybe its not as clear cut as we think.
I expect us to be right up there with them to be honest. I don't think they're an awful lot stronger than us at the moment so I'll be disappointed if we're not.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Sadly, I have to agree with this.
I don't think there'll be much between us and Longford, and neither are anywhere near as strong as, say, Limerick were last season. I also think that Cobh, Shels and UCD will be decent too, and whilst us and Longford are probably favourites, I expect a much tighter division than most think.
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