LOI Talk, Rumours, Gossip, Transfers etc 2018

djpbarry

ScienceNerd wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0224/770477-league-of-ireland-prize-money-to-increase-by-50/

Prize money for the SSE Airtricity League will increase by €160,000, it was announced today.

League Director Fran Gavin revealed that the total prize fund will be €475,500 for coming season at the official launch at the Aviva Stadium.

It had previously been €315,000, with many clubs complaining that the low level of reward for competing in the league made it difficult to stay afloat.

It represents a 50% increase from last year.

Great news

The increase in prize money is welcome, but the kitty is still less than half the total that will be awarded to clubs just for qualifying for Europe (€1.15 million).

dfx-

€160,000 across the two divisions is something like €8,000 each extra. How does it break down, presumably the winners get a larger share of the increase..

Bateman

They've actually spread it around quite well, which is surprising.
The breakdown of the Premier Division prize money is as follows:
1 - €110,000
2 - €55,000
3 - €35,000
4 - €25,000
5 - €21,000
6 - €19,500
7 - €18,500
8 - €18,000
9 - €18,000
10 - €17,500
11 - €17,000
12 - €17,000

djpbarry

Bateman wrote: »

They've actually spread it around quite well...

They've spread it too much. Sixth place only gets €2,500 more than twelfth?

dfx-

To be honest, the spread should probably be more biased in favour of the bottom sides. The top four will get their prize money from europe and the league prizemoney should be aimed at the sides below that.

topmanamillion

djpbarry wrote: »

The increase in prize money is welcome, but the kitty is still less than half the total that will be awarded to clubs just for qualifying for Europe (€1.15 million).

The league is never going to be able to compete with the European prize kitty. The best we can hope for is a fair spread of prizes money which I think the new structure achieves.

djpbarry wrote: »

They've spread it too much. Sixth place only gets €2,500 more than twelfth?

The current structure means every club gets their prize money back. In the previous set up a PD side had to finish 5th or higher to do better than a second placed FD side. It's unavoidable when fairness/low prize money is being balanced.

To Elland Back

The increase in prize money is a sham. LOI matches are to be streamed live by an online betting company (forget the name). The deal meant that every club were to get €10,000 from the company. However, the FAI insisted that it be given to them to add on to the existing prize fund. Smoke and Mirrors, typical of the FAI

That_Guy

Oh look, another kit launch for the Republic of Ireland with zero advertising/promotion of the league on the FAI Facebook page.

:rolleyes:

peteeeed

That_Guy wrote: »

Oh look, another kit launch for the Republic of Ireland with zero advertising/promotion of the league on the FAI Facebook page.

:rolleyes:

you sure , they were teasing it on their FB page last week and yesterday

Mars Bar

peteeeed wrote: »

you sure , they were teasing it on their FB page last week and yesterday

I think you have picked him up wrong. He's annoyed that all the FAI Facebook page is doing is writing about their jersey launch and nothing about the fact that the league starts back today.

Paz-CCFC

djpbarry wrote: »

They've spread it too much. Sixth place only gets €2,500 more than twelfth?

Before, they only got €3,000 more than 12th, so it's not that much of a difference. More importantly is that 6th place get an extra €11,000 themselves, so I don't think they'd be too worried that 12th gets close to that, too.

dfx- wrote: »

To be honest, the spread should probably be more biased in favour of the bottom sides. The top four will get their prize money from europe and the league prizemoney should be aimed at the sides below that.

Last season, 1st place received 41% of the total prize money. Now it's 29%. That's definitely a move in the right direction. You have the be careful about assuming 4th place will get Europe and affecting their prize money accordingly. That only happens if one of the teams above them win the cup. If that doesn't happen, but you gave them less prize money assuming that it would, then they're left with no European money and lower league money, too.


Here's last season's prize money table for comparison:

Omackeral

A lazy article from Sportsjoe.ie but here's the crux of it. They rank the nicest Premier Division jerseys.

12- Wexford Youths



11- St. Pats Athletic



10- Galway United



9- Shamrock Rovers



8- Derry City



7- Sligo Rovers



6- Bohemians



5- Cork City



4- Longford Town



3- Bray Wanderers



2- Finn Harps



1- Dundalk

CHealy

Some top jerseys this year, I particularly like Galways new one.

Omackeral

Drogheda United's is gorgeous too but obviously they're not Premier Division

gimmick

Omackeral wrote: »

A lazy article from Sportsjoe.ie but here's the crux of it.

Do they have any other type of article?

Omackeral

gimmick wrote: »

Do they have any other type of article?

Dunno, it's my first and last time clicking on one of their links.

gimmick

Omackeral wrote: »

Dunno, it's my first and last time clicking on one of their links.

Good.

The Mig

gimmick wrote: »

Do they have any other type of article?

I'm shocked they didn't mention Conor McGregor in the jersey article

CHealy

***YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THIS IRISH UFC FIGHTER HAD FOR BREAKFAST TODAY***

GLaDOS

They pump out rubbish with no thought or effort and then watch people trip over themselves to disagree with them in the comments. It's pretty funny.

Mushy

At least people may become aware of the league starting though.

djpbarry

Paz-CCFC wrote: »

Last season, 1st place received 41% of the total prize money. Now it's 29%. That's definitely a move in the right direction.

Fair point – I wasn’t aware of that.

But, as others have said, the top sides will make plenty from European qualification, so it makes sense to take a bit more off them, and give the lower sides more of an incentive to improve their league position towards the season’s end. So, for example, you could have the top side earning three times as much (€59,438) as the bottom side (€19,812), with prize money incrementing by the same amount for each position (€3,602) as you move from bottom to top.

Bateman

The spread has definitely been done the right way, I don't think anyone wants a "permanent top 4" pulling away. Or maybe they do...

The Mig

prodsc

I don't see any streaming of any LOI game tonight on any site, be it gambling site or not. With the IFA league (NI) games are listed but not always available.

Maybe they are not up an running yet.

Cork v Bohs on tv is ok for tonight. Would be good if Dalymount was up and running next week!!

Oat23

prodsc wrote: »

I don't see any streaming of any LOI game tonight on any site, be it gambling site or not. With the IFA league (NI) games are listed but not always available.

Maybe they are not up an running yet.

Cork v Bohs on tv is ok for tonight. Would be good if Dalymount was up and running next week!!

They are on BWIN. Well, the Cork & Pats matches are. The Derby at Finn Park is the game I wanted to watch, but they aren't showing it.
I thought stable internet might be a problem in Ballybofey alright..

I'm watching the Pats match


You need a non-IE IP and a non-IE BWIN account. That might be why you're not seeing them on there.

topmanamillion

Oat23 wrote: »

They are on BWIN. Well, the Cork & Pats matches are. The Derby at Finn Park is the game I wanted to watch, but they aren't showing it.
I thought stable internet might be a problem in Ballybofey alright..

I'm watching the Pats match


You need a non-IE IP and a non-IE BWIN account. That might be why you're not seeing them on there.

Piss poor quality. Makes a laughing stock out of people that were talking about it being a threat to attendances.

overshoot

Oat23 wrote: »

They are on BWIN. Well, the Cork & Pats matches are. The Derby at Finn Park is the game I wanted to watch, but they aren't showing it.
I thought stable internet might be a problem in Ballybofey alright..
.

not sure why ours wasnt on, the camera was installed a few weeks ago i thought i seen somewhere they tested it too.
internet should be grand seeing as the stadium is in the middle of the town.
you should probably be glad you didnt see it anyway, would have been tough viewing unless you were a harps fan!

prodsc

Were there any games streaming tonight(sat)?

awec

Glenavon have signed Ian Morris from St Pats.

What's he like? Have to admit I've never heard of him.

Says he can play a few positions, but which one is his actual position?

kksaints

awec wrote: »

Glenavon have signed Ian Morris from St Pats.

What's he like? Have to admit I've never heard of him.

Says he can play a few positions, but which one is his actual position?

Mostly centre midfield although he made his debut for us at centre back. Injured a fair bit for the half season he was with us for and had injury problems for Northampton before us. He was ok nothing special but not rubbish either.

monkey9

Decent passer of the ball as well. Likes to spray it about.

MD1990

Any Limerick fans here? Anyone know if Limerick or any other LOI club signed Kyle MacLeod? Came on vs Galway in a friendly & played very well. He also was on trial at Cork.

cms88

So I've started working in Waterford for the next 12 months and have decided to follow Waterford utd. Got a season ticket and looking forward to the first home game this week!

CHealy

cms88 wrote: »

So I've started working in Waterford for the next 12 months and have decided to follow Waterford utd. Got a season ticket and looking forward to the first home game this week!

Fair play man.

MD1990 wrote: »

Any Limerick fans here? Anyone know if Limerick or any other LOI club signed Kyle MacLeod? Came on vs Galway in a friendly & played very well. He also was on trial at Cork.

Saw him while he was on trial at City and was impressed, he's from San Diego, he asked Caulfield could he come over on trial when JC was in the US in the off season. He actually said that while he was an excellent player, he has really struggled with getting up and going to training everyday in Irish weather, where he is used to sun 300 days a year.

Frogdog

Went to my first LoI game last week - St Pats v Galway. Really enjoyed it, despite the result. I've followed the Premiership since I was young, but recently I've been getting fed up with it. More into the Irish team now, and obviously trying to support the grass roots.

I picked St Pats as they're the closest team to where I live in Dublin (I'm a blow-in from Kerry), my next door neighbours have been supporting Pats since the mid 60s and I met one of them at the game, and there's a couple of Kerrymen in the team this year too - easy decision on who to support

I'll be attending every St Pats game I can this season. Monday nights generally aren't great nights for me, but Fridays are fine.

Darkglasses

https://twitter.com/ShamrockRovers/status/707959581478133760

Very nice touch by the club + players. I'd be embarrassed as heck to receive the call though

CHealy

Darkglasses wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ShamrockRovers/status/707959581478133760

Very nice touch by the club + players. I'd be embarrassed as heck to receive the call though

Galway done that aswell weeks ago.

eire4

CHealy wrote: »

Fair play man.



Saw him while he was on trial at City and was impressed, he's from San Diego, he asked Caulfield could he come over on trial when JC was in the US in the off season. He actually said that while he was an excellent player, he has really struggled with getting up and going to training everyday in Irish weather, where he is used to sun 300 days a year.

Hahah well if he is from San Diego where the weather is pretty much perfect all year round I can easily see Irish weather being quite the shocker for him.

That_Guy

Darkglasses wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ShamrockRovers/status/707959581478133760

Very nice touch by the club + players. I'd be embarrassed as heck to receive the call though

Will they be ringing to apologise at the end of the season when it all goes tits up? :pac:

djpbarry

Chris Forrester called into the Ireland squad for the upcoming friendlies.

Lots of talk of him being in the Championship next season - O'Neill obviously wants to have a look at him as one for the future.

Iang87

MD1990 wrote: »

Any Limerick fans here? Anyone know if Limerick or any other LOI club signed Kyle MacLeod? Came on vs Galway in a friendly & played very well. He also was on trial at Cork.

I heard Limerick picked him up subject to visa clearance which can be a bit of a process it seems. (have a read of John o sullivans column on thescore.ie today)

cms88 wrote: »

So I've started working in Waterford for the next 12 months and have decided to follow Waterford utd. Got a season ticket and looking forward to the first home game this week!

I hope its a miserable horrible experience for you. I'll see you there

White Horse

Deserved call up for Forrester.

He has become a much better player in England. He is much more disciplined and doesn't go missing in games.

djpbarry

I seem to be noticing errors on RTE's reporting of the LOI on a weekly basis:

After their surprise 3-1 defeat to Galway United last time out, St Pat's manager Liam Buckley is expecting another testing encounter.

...

Kevin O’Connor and Josh O’Hanlon ensured Longford got out of the blocks quickly, scoring the goals to sink Wexford Youths. They'll hope to keep momentum going against the Saints and would revel in deeping Fenlon's anguish.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0310/773973-at-a-glance-sse-airtricity-league/

Shoddy, shoddy "journalism".

Oat23

djpbarry wrote: »

I seem to be noticing errors on RTE's reporting of the LOI on a weekly basis:
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0310/773973-at-a-glance-sse-airtricity-league/

Shoddy, shoddy "journalism".

The article also had our manager down as 'John' Robertson yesterday.

His name is Dave.

prodsc

Any games being streamed tonight?

Lovely Bloke

djpbarry wrote: »

I seem to be noticing errors on RTE's reporting of the LOI on a weekly basis:
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0310/773973-at-a-glance-sse-airtricity-league/

Shoddy, shoddy "journalism".

Oat23 wrote: »

The article also had our manager down as 'John' Robertson yesterday.

His name is Dave.

It's the same mistakes and general apathy crossing over from the good aul Errortel days in RTE.

joeysoap

Oat23 wrote: »

The article also had our manager down as 'John' Robertson yesterday.

His name is Dave.

Or Rodney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eucpZjDCat0

djpbarry

djpbarry wrote: »

Chris Forrester called into the Ireland squad for the upcoming friendlies.

Lots of talk of him being in the Championship next season - O'Neill obviously wants to have a look at him as one for the future.

Wonder what Richie Towell makes of it...

CSF

djpbarry wrote: »

Wonder what Richie Towell makes of it...

Probably not a lot, but I don't think he's in much of a position to complain. Forrester has come in a league lower like a duck to water, whereas Towell hasn't made his impact yet at Brighton. That's the next step for him before international call ups of any kind.