Top 12

[Guitd]

forgetting genisses etc. what would your perfect 12 for the eira lega/primer /primier/lega be next season

1. cork
2.bohs
3.shels
4.pats
5.drogheda
6.derry
7.sligo
8.shamrock rvs
9.longford
10.waterford
11.galway
12.dundalk

[Kildare Lad]

Shels
Cork
Derry
Drogs
Pats
Sligo
Bohs
Rovers
Longford
Dundalk
Galway
Waterford

Woops, just realised its the same as the one above!

[steno]

Shels, Bohs, St. Pats, Shamrock Rovers, Cork City, Derry,Drogheda
Sligo Rovers, Longford, Waterford, Bray

and

UCD, they only fall down on attendances which is only a small part of the requirement.

[thedoyler]

Surprised to see the top 2 posts rule Bray out who in my opinion have definitely one of the best 12 stadiums in Ireland, arguably the best pitch, the best location <ie beside the Dart station>, the 8th or 9th best average attendance in the league <depending on your source>, are in a better financial position than many other clubs, have a 5 year record which im sure places them in the top 12, sure the team may be in transition at the moment, but to take bray out of the premier i think would be a disgrace.

[Aaron]

Bohs
Cork
Derry C
Drogheda
Dundalk
Galway
Harps
Longford
St. Pat's
Shels
Sligo
Shamrock Rvs

That would be mine anyway, a lot of clubs outside of Dublin.

[steno]

Bray do have a better record than Galway and Dundalk over the past four seasons and probaly a better average gate as well but both clubs do have ambitious plans and decent setups at present not to mention a decent potential fan base so can see why the top two posts might include them instead of Bray.

To be honest I think its going to be very close between Waterford, UCD, Bray, Galway and Dundalk and are probably the five to watch regarding who will be where in December the rest of the clubs in both division are a foregone conclusion.

[The Stars]

I would love to see.
Derry,Sligo,Harps,Galway,Dundalk,Drogheda,Bohs,
Shams,Shels,PAts,Cork,Longford...but it aint gonna happen

[pineapple stu]

Derry, Shels, Cork, Drogheda, Sligo, UCD, Pat's, Longford, Bohs, Bray, Waterford/Dundalk and Rovers.

Call me old-fashioned, but we hold a league to determine which are the best 12 teams in the country. Why argue with the result it gives?

[stickyjoe]

I`m with Stu on this, I hate what is been done for next season......regardless of attendances etc. the best 12 teams should be in the league

If UEFA refused to allow some irish clubs into europe based on these criteria we`d be going mad

[Paddyfield]

Derry, Shels, Cork, Drogheda, Sligo, UCD, Pat's, Longford, Bohs, Bray, Waterford/Dundalk and Rovers.

Call me old-fashioned, but we hold a league to determine which are the best 12 teams in the country. Why argue with the result it gives?

I reluctantly agree Stu.

However, if Galway United win at the weekend in Kilkenny and Dundalk draw or lose in Finn Park, then we will be in the play-off against Waterford United. That's a big IF



Otherwise, we might be promoted by default

[pineapple stu]

Not beyond the bounds of possibility, I suppose. Haven't looked at the table of late and assumed Dundalk had the play-off spot sealed.

[gustavo]

Bohs
Cork
Derry C
Drogheda
Dundalk
Galway
Longford
Pat's
Shels
Sligo
Shamrock Rvs
UCD

[Mr A]

Haven't looked at the table of late and assumed Dundalk had the play-off spot sealed.

They're playing us at the weekend, and on our current form that's pretty sealed!

[Conor H]

1 Galway
2 Derry
3 Sligo
4 Rovers
5 Dundalk
6 Drogheda
7 Pats
8 Bohs
9 Longford
10 Cork
11 Harps
12 Waterford

[Louth4sam]

Dundalk
Cork
Derry
Shels
Sligo
Pats
Rovers
Bohs
Galway
Longford
Drogs
Finn Harps (If you were going to be fair UCD should be there instead)

[Student Mullet]

(If you were going to be fair UCD should be there instead)

It's not a game of what's fair, it's a game of who you'd ideally like to play against.

UCD
Trinity College
Cork
Dundalk
Derry
Limerick
Pats
Rovers
Bohs
Galway
Longford
Finn Harps

[sligoman]

UCD
Trinity College
Cork
Dundalk
Derry
Limerick
Pats
Rovers
Bohs
Galway
Longford
Finn Harps

Why no us? 9 points a season and all that .

[Neish]

Mine in no particular order

Harps
Shamrock Rvs
Derry
Sligo
Cork
Galway
Drogheda
Dundalk
Longford
St. Pat's
Bohs
Wateford

A decent spread across the country and probably the 12 clubs with the biggest fan bases.

[Student Mullet]

Why no us? 9 points a season and all that .

You're in there:

...
Rovers
...

I dropped shams to make room for TCD, you can't have too many Dublin clubs.

[fbtn]

Bohs
Cork
Derry C
Drogheda
Dundalk
Galway
Harps
Longford
St. Pat's
Shels
Sligo
Shamrock Rvs

That would be mine anyway, a lot of clubs outside of Dublin.

What he said.