1st Divison run in!

**Battery Rover** · 25/09/2006, 12:35 PM

Well two things would make me side with Ash other than being Town supporters.

I know one of the Monaghan supporters has said this already but we are pumping all our money into the new stadium to get a premier licence for next season and we have the chairman of the Eircom League who I would take it will get a pretty high position at the table in the new league set up when the Eircom league is disbanded at the end of the season.

Even with all the speculation, no one has got clear clarification how this is being decided. Think the 12 are already picked. On everything other than the football side we will score 100%

**Lim till i die** · 25/09/2006, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

On everything other than the football side we will score 100%

And there folks, in a nutshell, is everything that is wrong with this "new dawn" for Irish football

**Battery Rover** · 25/09/2006, 12:44 PM

I don't think anyone totally believes that this will be decided by on the field activities even though it should be.

**Ash** · 25/09/2006, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Lim till i die

And there folks, in a nutshell, is everything that is wrong with this "new dawn" for Irish football

another 2 cents from The Giller (jaysus he must have spent a fortune now

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Full Story Eleven-a-side.com

Dundalk manager John Gill has repeated his plea to the eircom League and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) to clarify the situation regarding the make-up of next season�s new-look Premiership.

�Will promotion be based on who gets the most points in this year�s First Division race? Or will the membership of next season�s Premier Division be decided by a nod and a wink?

**Lim till i die** · 25/09/2006, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

[B]I don't think anyone totally believes that this will be decided by on the field activities even though it should be.

There be another nutshell

Jaysus, Athlone is full of them

**gustavo** · 25/09/2006, 12:54 PM

Whats the point in promoting a team with a less than good squad of footballers based on other factors if they would just get relegated in their first season anyway and a club that was passed over gets promoted

**BohsFans** · 25/09/2006, 1:27 PM

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

Think the 12 are already picked. On everything other than the football side we will score 100%

Is it not 10

**Schumi** · 25/09/2006, 1:31 PM

12 next year, then 10 for 2008.

**hoops1** · 25/09/2006, 2:29 PM

Im willing to bet that one of the teams to be shafted is UCD
Not that I agree with it.I think they will be the fall guys

**Redzer** · 25/09/2006, 2:38 PM

Would the Dundalk pitch be a negitive factor? I cant see the big Premier clubs (Shels, Cork, Derry) agreeing to play on it.

**monutdfc** · 25/09/2006, 3:15 PM

Originally Posted by Redzer

Would the Dundalk pitch be a negitive factor? I cant see the big Premier clubs (Shels, Cork, Derry) agreeing to play on it.

I can't see them having any choice once it's UEFA approved

**DmanDmythDledge** · 25/09/2006, 3:29 PM

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

On everything other than the football side we will score 100%

I wouldn't be so sure. The proposals are made out in such a way so that they're vague so the FAI can make up their own mind about it.

Originally Posted by Battery Rover

I don't think anyone totally believes that this will be decided by on the field activities even though it should be.

Sure aren't the proposals outlined as been 50% on the field and 50% of the field.

Originally Posted by hoops1

Im willing to bet that one of the teams to be shafted is UCD
Not that I agree with it.I think they will be the fall guys

I think Rovers, Galway and Dundalk will go up, UCD and Bray down.

**gufct** · 25/09/2006, 3:38 PM

The pitch in Dundalk is terrible and Dunfermline were made dig up theirs by the SFA despite them approving it the year before.

**marley** · 25/09/2006, 4:02 PM

The Dundalk pitch is nothing like Dunfermline's old pitch. It has a Fifa 2 star cert and Drogheda used it to train on before their first game in Europe as that is what they were playing on in Finland

**Guitd** · 25/09/2006, 8:47 PM

dont think this pitch should be allowed in the premier league as it has to be an advantage to dundalk no matter what.the pitch in scotland was also fifa approved as are many in the lower leagues in italy.the scotish league decided it was an advantage dunfermline dug it up and relayed grass.in the new league next year the fai should and will look at this in the criteria.if dundalk cant survive without the income from renting out their plastic pitch i dont think they should be considered.

**Patrick Dunne** · 25/09/2006, 9:06 PM

Any club trying to promote their home games, increase attendances, be professional and organised, try to look after away supporters, have a goalkeeper and corner flags, etc., should be penalised.

Its unfair on Limerick.

**Guitd** · 25/09/2006, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

a good pitch is considered an unfair advantage!?!

only in ireland

no you miss my point
this pitch cant be classed as good for top class competative football.didnt say it was not a good pitch what im saying is players iv spoken to say the ball bounce,tackles etc are different on plastic

**BohsFans** · 25/09/2006, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by Guitd

no you miss my point
this pitch cant be classed as good for top class competative football.didnt say it was not a good pitch what im saying is players iv spoken to say the ball bounce,tackles etc are different on plastic

write a letter to FIFA then, because they regard it as an excellent playing surface!

**Lim till i die** · 26/09/2006, 8:01 AM

Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne

Any club trying to promote their home games, increase attendances, be professional and organised, try to look after away supporters, have a goalkeeper and corner flags, etc., should be penalised.

Its unfair on Limerick.

The corner flag incident you allude to happened at a time when ye were teethering on bankruptcy (God willing it will happen again).

We had three injured goalkeepers this season and another one the Fai wouldn't let us use.... What would Galway have done??

As for looking after away fans I don't recall ever getting any special treatment in Terryland, you just go in and knida stand around, maybe watch a bit of the game

Don't worry about the hooligans, they're only kids

Besides its been said by other Limerick fans on this forum, you don't like Rathbane?? Then don't come, your custom won't be missed

**gael353** · 26/09/2006, 9:41 AM

Originally Posted by Patrick Dunne

Any club trying to promote their home games, increase attendances, be professional and organised, try to look after away supporters, have a goalkeeper and corner flags, etc., should be penalised.

Its unfair on Limerick.

and can i ask all Galway fans to try not to litter our ground on Friday evening. Its this insane ripping up of newspapers into little bits and throwing them around the ground makes it a bitch to clean up on Sat morning.