Would a merged league increase financial standing?
In 1966,Celtic won a European Cup with a squad of mostly academy players,now a days they need a Greek-man who looks like Jesus to get past Barcelona.
Smaller countries are struggling to keep up with the money and fancy imports in other nations.So I think the only way forward for small countries (like us) is to merge leagues with other small nations in order to increase the standard and financial standing of their leagues.
This would be fairly straight forward for the Celtic nations IMO.The four Welsh teams in the English system,the finalists of the Setanta Cup and six SPL teams would make a fine league.The bottom two get relegated and are replaced by play off winners.The old firm will have some competition and the two big Welsh teams will have an easier route to European football.
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Would a merged league increase financial standing?
Be an absolutely awful idea. Not to mention it would completely kill any hope of a decent league here.
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There is no incentive for the Welsh clubs you mention to join such an endeavour, compared to what they currently have.
I see no attraction for either the LOI or the IL from such a scheme.
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Academy? Maybe local. Like a lot of clubs bar the biggest in Europe at the time.Celtic won a European Cup with a squad of mostly academy players,
a foreigner used to get past a Barcelona side containing foreigners. But they beat them. Didn't they?now a days they need a Greek-man who looks like Jesus to get past Barcelona.
Tony Watt scored the goal... He was in the Airdrie United "Academy" I'm sure.
The only league I want to merge the LOI with is the IL and even then it is not something I want with how things are.Smaller countries are struggling to keep up with the money and fancy imports in other nations.So I think the only way forward for small countries (like us) is to merge leagues with other small nations in order to increase the standard and financial standing of their leagues.
We need to develop our own league. We do not need to take on the problems of the SFL and LOW and IL whilst doing it.
Opinions can be wrong. In this case you are.This would be fairly straight forward for the Celtic nations IMO.
Swansea City have just won the League Cup. Cardiff have spent a fortune trying to get to the EPL and have changed their blinking colours in the process. I'm sure their true desire is to play in Easter Road and Terryland (Oh wait, no team play there)... eh the Brandywell...The four Welsh teams in the English system,the finalists of the Setanta Cup and six SPL teams would make a fine league.The bottom two get relegated and are replaced by play off winners.The old firm will have some competition and the two big Welsh teams will have an easier route to European football.
This has short-term novelty value in your own head. Nothing more.
I figured this was going to be a discussion about potential real mergers like Ukraine and Russia and Czech and Slovak which are being mooted.
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There's also the womens football BeNe league between Belgium and the Netherlands.
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It wouldn't work, especially not in this format. The Welsh wouldn't want to join it (well, Newport or Wrexham might, I suppose), the Scottish might be fairly indifferent, and the FAI/IFA teams would get tanked every week, which wouldn't really attract the barstoolers.
At the moment, the best thing would be some sort of Celtic Cup, along the lines of the Setanta, only marketed well and containing relative glamour teams like Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Dundee, and the Welsh clubs if they wanted to participate. That would be slightly more likely to get off the ground, and the LOI clubs could use the big cup ties to boost their image and get people through the gates.
It wouldn't be a panacea, but anything that would increase the profile of the league is a good thing.
And League of Ireland ties could look forward to glamour "away" ties against Celtic in such locations as the Aviva Stadium and Thomond Park.
That's the other one I missed out on. Cheers.
I was gonna go look at the teams but the fact that Villa was bought in from Valencia and Messi whilst foreign was an academy player I felt it didn't warrant further dissection beyond my implication.
I don't get what the OP's actual problem was with Celtic "relying" on Samaras was to be honest.
Is Sligo "relying" on Elding the major problem with the LOI or Shams previous usage of Twigg for that matter?
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Ah yeah, I'm just yankin' your tail.
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So, what happens to everyone other than Sligo Rovers/Derry/Shams in your system? We just make do, keep trying for the prize of losing in a play-off to Scottish teams?
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