Agree with you there. The league cup final is a great day out, it usually pulls in a sell out crowd in whatever ground it’s in and it’s an opportunity for a trophy, particularly for smaller clubs that let’s face it haven’t/won’t have many better opportunities at winning one. Take Cobh, Limerick, Galway, Drogheda all making the final in the last decade for example, granted Drogs were the only one to win it out of those but if any of those underdog sides were to win the final it’d be one of the most historic days in their history. The earlier rounds are also a great opportunity for competitive game time for lads that aren’t playing as much as they’d like in the league. Straight away I can think of 6 or 7 pats players that could’ve done with the league cup/LSC being around this year.
A European place for the winner is a non runner though, I like the idea in theory but with just 4 European places available, 3rd place in the league is absolutely deserving of a euro spot and the FAI Cup obviously deserves a spot ahead of the League Cup.
EDIT: Ha! Just saw EYG's post after I posted mine. Both thinking along the same lines
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