Conroy Report

Farcical Just like the story about Dalymount in the Irish Times last week.

deise316 wrote: Neil O'Riordan reporting a backlash from clubs against the 10 team premier division here; https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/386652/league-of-ireland-restructure-plans-in-turmoil-as-only-four-clubs-favour-ten-team-leagues/ What does that actually mean though ? Stay at current status , or FAI force through their 10 team premier anyway ?

It means nothing. It's voted on. If the bray chairman changes his mind he doesn't get a do over.Bohs are panicking and their pet journo writes this rubbish.

Edited by roverstillidie - 05 Jan 2017 at 2:23pm

other than the FAI saying it was the PCA that Proposed the change is there anywhere where the PCA proposal was published as I've never seen any PCA statement.

gufct wrote: other than the FAI saying it was the PCA that Proposed the change is there anywhere where the PCA proposal was published as I've never seen any PCA statement.

It just highlights the lack of direction from the LOI as a whole by clubs and the FAI.

Edited by Bitored - 05 Jan 2017 at 6:00pm

Bitored wrote: It just highlights the lack of direction from the LOI as a whole by clubs and the FAI.   Everyone involved has ideas but there`s no one willing to take it by the scruff of the neck and drag it forward.   All this proves is the clubs and FAI are equally inempt.

The PCA is a great idea and scruffing necks. Unfortunately some clubs within it won't hold the discipline - see SPA FC over the 5k or Cork and Bohs voting against their own proposal.

Delighted we've done this, ten team premier is an horrific idea and yet to see one good reason for it

As article says, only four clubs in favour and at that they didn't believe they were agreeing to it that quickly, fai seem to have ignored this bit - Despite the close 6:4 split, the PCA informed the FAI that it would support a smaller top flight in principle, subject to investigating what effects such a move would have and to accompanying changes in the funding and marketing.

What's the benefit of 10 teams? Play the same teams 4 times and could potentially end up being 7/8 times overall. Will that increase attendances? Don't think so

Even more clubs are going to have lower attendances now given the majority of first division teams will have nothing to play for, instead of 3/4 clubs with nothing to play for its 5/6 now.

What's better for harps? One less home game or an extra game next year against Cabo?

Rich get richer, poor get poorer, there's 20 teams in the leagues, not 4/5 as top teams tend to forget.

Edited by nvidic - 05 Jan 2017 at 7:53pm

Bitored wrote: roverstillidie wrote: Bitored wrote: It just highlights the lack of direction from the LOI as a whole by clubs and the FAI.   Everyone involved has ideas but there`s no one willing to take it by the scruff of the neck and drag it forward.   All this proves is the clubs and FAI are equally inempt. The PCA is a great idea and scruffing necks. Unfortunately some clubs within it won't hold the discipline - see SPA FC over the 5k or Cork and Bohs voting against their own proposal. It may have been a good idea but the execution has been horrendously shambolic. Not having all 20 clubs was always going to undermine it. Even before Bray back tracked there was still only 6 clubs out of 20 in favour of a 10 team league.

If all clubs were on it it would defeat the purpose. Clubs like Dundalk, Cork and Rovers have different priorities to Cobham or Athlone. The PCA came about as a result of the smaller clubs driving the agenda