QuoteIt seems strange that the announcement on fixture changes is only being made now.
The european dates were known for months and the draw specifics for several weeks. Why now?
Cork City v Derry City scheduled for Friday, July 20 has been moved to Monday, July 23 at Turner’s Cross, with kick-off at 7.45pm. In the event of Cork City and/or Derry City progressing to the Second Qualifying Round of their respective European competition, then the fixture will be postponed until a later date.
Shamrock Rovers' trip to Waterford, scheduled for Friday, 20th July, has been moved to Sunday, 22nd July at the Regional Sports Centre, with kick-off at 3pm. In the event of Shamrock Rovers progressing to the second qualifying round of the Europa League then the fixture will be postponed until a later date.
Sligo Rovers' home game against Dundalk, scheduled for Saturday, July 21, has been moved to Sunday, July 22 at the Showgrounds, with kick-off at 7pm. In the event of Dundalk progressing to the second qualifying round of the Europa League then the fixture will be postponed until a later date.
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It seems strange that the announcement on fixture changes is only being made now.
The european dates were known for months and the draw specifics for several weeks. Why now?
Because the FAI are busy creating atmospheres in Bray.Originally Posted by Ezeikial
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Why is the Dundalk sligo game gonna be moved when they progress? They're at home the Thursday before and after right? Seems like they'd be better off getting the game played on the Sunday, rather than postponing it and ending up with major fixture congestion later if they've a successful euro run.
It's not like their reserves wouldn't beat Sligo anyway
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Also harsh on sligo to have a home game postponed, when it doesn't seem necessary.
Presumably the rationale from the FAI in postponing matches is to give each of the teams every opportunity to progress in the next round if they get through the current one - that is a laudable and worthy policy.
I don't know if the individual clubs have a say in reversing this, but if they have I'm surprised that Dundalk have opted to run with this potential postponement. In my opinion it would be preferable from Dundalk's perspective to play this match on Sunday in the hope of maintaining the gap in the league table, particularly as there is no travel involved in any potential second round 1st leg. Presumably Sligo would also prefer to play it. The subsequent home fixtures (Bohs 27 July & Rovers 3 Aug) may be more important postponements if Dundalk make further progress
While the postponement might be a short term advantage, if dundalk were to reach the group stages again for example, or even the playoff round, it would be a major hindrance to fit in later I'd imagine.
I actually made up a second 11 for dundalk that I thought they might play instead of postponing matches. I thought that might have been part of the thinkijng in signingv so many players
They were already playing games that regularly earlier in the year. We all were! But yeah, they've got 2 teams that could finish top 4.
The same situation applies for all clubs playing in European competition - perhaps it is because of low expectations for others to qualify for the next round that the discussion appears limited to Dundalk.
Personally, I think that it would be preferable for the Sligo V Dundalk match to go ahead next Sunday irrespective of the result against Levedia Tallinn
Depending on when the Dundalk game gets rescheduled we could go from June 30th to September 15th without a home league game.
League Cup and FAI Cup games at home at least
Unless a team is playing Wednesday-Tuesday in Europe, regular league fixtures should not be postponed.
If a team is playing Tuesday-Tuesday, they should play a league fixture on Friday.
If a team is playing Wednesday-Wednesday, they should play a league fixture on Saturday.
If a team is playing Tuesday-Wednesday, they should play a league fixture on Friday or Saturday.
If a team is playing Thursday-Thursday, they should play a league fixture on Sunday.
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Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
When the postponements were announced it was very likely it was only dundalk and us that would be in Europe after the 1st round, and us having the bye in the next round eases the pressure on us a bit. Dundalk are the only ones like to play 4-6 Euro games in the coming weeks.
I don't think it's that clearcut. The dundalk situation is one thing they're home both games, but if you were away both of those games for example, playing a league game jn between wouldn't be reasonable. Even with only one of them away, depending on location its a big ask. I think there should be leeway as needed, I'm just not sure dundalk needed it in this particular scenario
Absolutely no reason for the Sligo game to be even considered to be postponed.
Get it played and out of the way, 3 hour journey for gods sake, the squad would be back in Dundalk well in time to be in for light training even at 10am on the Monday.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
That would make perfect sense, and where exceptional travel commitments arose it could still be relaxed by League.It would, of course, clarify matters and relieve us of the traditional blarney that surrounds this issue every year.
Dundalk v Bohs confirmed for Sunday 29th July, 7pm kick off.
Sligo must be delighted to hear about this, they were treated very poorly in all of this, especially the sheer length of time between last and next home game.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
At least the league are consistent - notIs this left totally to the clubs to decide (if they can) ? does the league only intervene if the clubs cannot agree ?
Gavin & his mates seem to be making it up as they go along.At least the league are consistent - not
What happened to Derry was all wrong.
They come back from Minsk & they have to make the longest journey in the country to Cork.
Play a game yes but make it a shorter journey Sligo, Dundalk or something like that.
Sending Rovers to Waterford wasn't a great idea either even though they won down there.
It isn't iike the League just found out about the European draws last week
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