Rams v Limerick

[depor]

The new criteria are suitably vague for the purposes of the FAI. My opinion (and I should stress that it is just my opinion) is that even if Cobh were to win the division they'd be kept down behind Shamrock Rovers, Galway United and possibly Dundalk. There's gonna be twelve teams in this new super league and they're basically being handpicked. Rovers and Dundalk have the history and tradition and Galway have been pretty savvy these last few seasons so I think they're gonna be ushered into this new league. Granted it means that you could go straight up next season... unless the league thinks of a way of screwing the less favoured clubs over again.

have to agree with ya there. the vaguer the criteria the easier it is for the fai to make excuses and twist their way out of making fair decisions.

[Comic Book Guy]

I would have to disagree with the whole tradition thingy when choosing the teams for this new division, after all if the same argument was to be applied,(let's say hypothetically) that something similar happened in England 4 years ago), then on tradition (i.e trophies won etc.) and financial criteria , the likes of Chelsea would be rightly shafted, it could be argued then that the likes of Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa would have had a stronger case than Chelsea, but we all know what has happened in the last few seasons! Tradition in any league doesn't count for squat, it's the here and now that matters. I never had any faith in the FAI/EL, all the new proposals smack of committee thinking. But, if we finish above the likes of Galway, Dundalk and Rovers at the end of the season and don't make it in to the new super-duper, de-lux, cure-all Premier Division I will be pretty angry, yet I will probably accept it as long as there is a fair and realistic chance of promotion to this new division in the seasons to come.
I won't hold my breath though because I imagine that they will move the goalposts from season to season.

[DmanDmythDledge]

I won't hold my breath though because I imagine that they will move the goalposts from season to season.

The FAI claim that the criteria will only apply this season and won't be used again.

[The Rebel Ram]

The FAI claim that the criteria will only apply this season and won't be used again.

And you could trust them with your life..............

[DmanDmythDledge]

And you could trust them with your life..............

That's why I said claim.