16 Team League
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Topic: 16 Team League
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Subject: 16 Team League
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 7:10pm
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As continued from the Dundalk thread Most of us seem to think it will be a 16 team league next year. Im pretty convinced myself. 19 doesnt fit into 16, so in Big Brother Style :Geordie Accent: Who goes? You decide Teams currently in the LOI Shelbourne Potential Teams Monaghan United any others? ------------- Irish Times Fantasy 6 Nations League Name: YBIG League Password: YBIG |
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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 7:14pm
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16 team league with no relegation will not happen. Forget it. What would the minnow clubs like Shels do for the last 3/4 of the season when they realise they are going to finish nowhere? Then you will be whining games mean nothing. ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 7:23pm
You're always so abrasive 
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Posted By: roverstillidie
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 7:26pm
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Ok, Ill get into it. The three to go are Shels, Salthill and Dundalk as they are the smallest teams in areas that are too crowded. ------------- He is Karl Pilkington in the LOI section and Karl Marx outwith it |
Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 8:43pm
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roverstillidie wrote:Posted By: Funsize Crouchy
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 11:18pm
| Why 16 tho? Why not 18 or 20? |
Posted By: Clonbhoy
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 12:43am
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The number of teams in a league is hardly the most important thing right now. Surely we should be more worried that every team that starts a season can finish it, however many that is. ------------- A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes to his friends. @withgodlygrace |
Posted By: smart man
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 12:13pm
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I have been going to League of Ireland games for 45 years was at one last Saturday night. While their is a hard core support for the game at that level I dont think in will ever return to the interest of 50 years ago. New clubs cant just spring up the FAI tried that with Sporting Fingal, town like Tralee, Castlebar and Carlow will never be able to Support a team in the league. I dont know what the answer is but clubs just cant go on pulling out of the league. Monaghan lasted over 20years one would have thought that over that period support would have grown.Try the 16 team league by all means but in a few years we could be talking about cutting it to 12 teams with four more clubs gone to the wall. ------------- alive and kicking |
Posted By: MayoMark
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 12:59pm
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Posted By: B.O.B
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 5:10pm
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Take Wexford, Mervue and Salthill out. Bring Cobh and Galway back. 18 team league. That is of course if Dundalk don't go to the wall.
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Posted By: moose
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 5:50pm
| Why not 20 teams? With 20 teams playing each other twice it would mean more revenue, better away trips and more interest in general. |
Posted By: GINN
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 5:50pm
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What is cobh's ground like? Do they draw much support from outside the town?... I would imagine many corkonians would favour Cork City. ------------- NINE 11 - YBIG FANTASY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS 2011/12 |
Posted By: saintjoey
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 5:50pm
| has to be a relegation or the league will be worse than it is now. |
Posted By: Clonbhoy
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 5:53pm
I thought I was going mad!!The number of teams shouldn't matter, once they are well run. That is the first thing. There has to be relegation and we need a proper pyramid system ------------- A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes to his friends. @withgodlygrace |
Posted By: moose
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 6:53pm
| Playing each other twice is essential and there has to be enough games for maximum gate revenue and sponsorship. More teams in the league does make a difference. We should bring more teams into the LOI, 22 is not enough. Well 20 and a half at he moment!!! |
Posted By: Clonbhoy
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 7:44pm
ffs man we can't finish a league with ten or twelve!!! ------------- A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes to his friends. @withgodlygrace |
Posted By: Shoco
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2012 at 11:40pm
20 teams would mean a much longer season, more midweek matches which would reduce attendances and income than a normal weekend game, the longer season also means longer player contracts which in turn means its more expensive for the clubs -------------  YOUR 3 IN A ROW LEAGUE CHAMPIONS |
Posted By: moose
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2012 at 9:21am
Well if thats the attitude we might as well scrap he league and completely forget about it. It makes this thread pointless
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Posted By: GINN
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2012 at 10:27am
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Who do you support moose? ------------- NINE 11 - YBIG FANTASY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS 2011/12 |
Posted By: Clonbhoy
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2012 at 11:36am
Exactly, this thread is the most pointless thing I have read. There is no point deciding the amount of teams if we can't get that number of financially ready teams. This has been the FAI's problem, handing licences out to everyone so we had 22 teams starting the season. When we get the same number of teams starting and ending a season, when clubs are under proper supervision and know what they have to do to get a licence, then we can start deciding how many teams would be an ideal number. There is no point answering questions we are not,at the moment, prepared to ask ------------- A man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes to his friends. @withgodlygrace |