Greatest League in the World 2024 [new thread available]

joeysoap

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

A massive failure hopefully.

Why would you say that? (I accept begrudgery is very Irish)

I hope he does well

Omackeral

joeysoap wrote: »

Why would you say that? (I accept begrudgery is very Irish)

I hope he does well

Probably not a reflection on Barraclough but more so the Northern Ireland Team. Plenty on here hate them.

BonnieSituation

joeysoap wrote: »

Why would you say that? (I accept begrudgery is very Irish)

I hope he does well

Cos its Themmuns.

I always had that issue with North MO'N. Wanted him to do well out of it; wanted the Irish Football Association Representative Team to crash and burn.

A dichotomy difficult to reconcile you would agree.

It'll be the same for Ian.

Omackeral

Omackeral wrote: »

Probably not a reflection on Barraclough but more so the Northern Ireland Team. Plenty on here hate them.

Exactly that. You won’t hear a Spanish person wishing a new Portuguese manager well or a Liverpool fan wishing a new Manchester United manager well, so I’m not sure why it’s begrudgery when we don’t.

Zebra3

Rivalry in football shocker!!! :eek:

Dr. Bre

I’d cheer for England over the North

Omackeral

Dr. Bre wrote: »

I’d cheer for England over the North

Who's anthem would you rather though?

NIMAN

Dr. Bre wrote: »

I’d cheer for England over the North

Why?

pgj2015

Omackeral wrote: »

Who's anthem would you rather though?

liechtenstein

joeysoap

When the euros were on whose results were glanced at after ours and Engerlands? I agree the flags etc are a bit off-putting but I don’t mind non iron doing ok - as long as it’s not against us.

Anyway I doubt most ‘Other’ supporters know the difference between us

Most of their supporters would slit you, and everyone belonging to you, from ear to ear if they thought they’d get away with it. I’d rather see any other team on the planet win ahead of them.

artanevilla

When you think about it, some of the songs at Orange marches are actually pretty catchy.

overshoot

So anyway.... Good to see Sligo got back to training, given they're supposed to be on of the clubs with the breaks on must be positive.

I've seen I've seen there's 3 proposals on the table,
1-finish of the 18 games and have 12 teams next year with a playoff
2-finish the 18 games and keep the status quo, 1up/down and playoff.
3-?? Any ideas? Is this start from scratch or 3 rounds?

Eir sport going to have a piece on at 8pm Monday 'out of their league' following a few players in the PFAI off season camps. Looks interesting.

wadacrack

Worrying signs for leagues similar in size to LOI

https://twitter.com/marcboal/status/1276888796425007104

Zebra3

wadacrack wrote: »

Worrying signs for leagues similar in size to LOI

https://twitter.com/marcboal/status/1276888796425007104

Nothing to do with the sizes of the league, to do with local outbreaks.

joeysoap

Article in Sunday Times today on Robbie Keane.Very sympathetic to him.
Poor Robbie on €250,000 a year was treated very badly. Poor Robbie etc.

Same author ( Paul Rowan) is co writing a book on our friend John Delaney, which is due out in September . If the article on Robbie is anything to go by...........

wadacrack

Zebra3 wrote: »

Nothing to do with the sizes of the league, to do with local outbreaks.

These leagues have no resources to test effectively (weekly) or isolate etc. Their are no local outbreaks in Iceland. Starjnan have had to postpone 3 games. This obviously hasnt been a problem in the Premier League when a Norwich player tested positive. Its 12 active cases atm according to Worldometers. With no testing in LOI atm and some part time players it will be a challenge to keep the environment safe

Irishmale0399

joeysoap wrote: »

Article in Sunday Times today on Robbie Keane.Very sympathetic to him.
Poor Robbie on €250,000 a year was treated very badly. Poor Robbie etc.

Same author ( Paul Rowan) is co writing a book on our friend John Delaney, which is due out in September . If the article on Robbie is anything to go by...........

If you are part of the click you are OK it seems. Find it very funny how very few journalists have not mentioned Gavin, McGlue, Walshe or LOI board members past and present (some from our own club) etc. in all of this. JD was the fall guy at the end, however the rest are all hanging in there or are walking away scot free as things stand today.

Dr. Bre

joeysoap wrote: »

Article in Sunday Times today on Robbie Keane.Very sympathetic to him.
Poor Robbie on €250,000 a year was treated very badly. Poor Robbie etc.

Same author ( Paul Rowan) is co writing a book on our friend John Delaney, which is due out in September . If the article on Robbie is anything to go by...........

Robbie also made a few quid from transfers

Irishmale0399

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Robbie also made a few quid from transfers

Who is his brother in business with??? It is all one big family looking after each other.

Omackeral

I'm currently running a tournament on the games subforum. It's to determine the best crest club in the world. Three LOI efforts were nominated if you can believe that. If you fancy jumping on board, click on the link below. Some real crackers in it.

The Ultimate Football Crest Tournament: Europe vs Rest of the World

MonkstownHoop

Omackeral wrote: »

I'm currently running a tournament on the games subforum. It's to determine the best crest club in the world. Three LOI efforts were nominated if you can believe that. If you fancy jumping on board, click on the link below. Some real crackers in it.

The Ultimate Football Crest Tournament: Europe vs Rest of the World

UCD?????

Zebra3

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

UCD?????

UCDD? :pac:

Cape Clear

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Robbie also made a few quid from transfers

As did Pat Devlin

joeysoap

But he’s not drawing water from a stone nor feeling cheated and sorry for himself.

......Well maybe he is but he’s hiding it better :rolleyes:

dfx-

wadacrack wrote: »

These leagues have no resources to test effectively (weekly) or isolate etc. Their are no local outbreaks in Iceland. Starjnan have had to postpone 3 games. This obviously hasnt been a problem in the Premier League when a Norwich player tested positive. Its 12 active cases atm according to Worldometers. With no testing in LOI atm and some part time players it will be a challenge to keep the environment safe

Iceland is also back open for business is it not? Bars open, phased re-opening since May

It does demonstrate that we are not going back to the way it was attendance-wise anytime soon..

wadacrack

dfx- wrote: »

Iceland is also back open for business is it not? Bars open, phased re-opening since May

It does demonstrate that we are not going back to the way it was attendance-wise anytime soon..

Yes , League of Ireland could be in trouble if this virus is suppressed at low levels. Maybe will have to revert to part time in the future

Nunu

Cape Clear wrote: »

As did Pat Devlin

Damien Duff’s ‘advisor’.

...and back in the day the whole of south county Dublin & north county Wicklows schoolboys football ‘adviser’ too...complete closed shop.

Gavin "shels"

Out of their League on Eir Sport 1 at the moment, about 4 LOI players at the start of this season trying to get contracts.

Eggs For Dinner

Gavin shels wrote: »

Out of their League on Eir Sport 1 at the moment, about 4 LOI players at the start of this season trying to get contracts.

Damn, wanted to watch that

joeysoap

Vinny Perth got his UEFA pro licence. (+ Neal Fenn, John Cotter, Dave Rogers, Damien Duff and 13 others).

Alan Reynolds and Giller also hold them.

See Cameron Dummigan is back at Dundalk but I suspect he’ll go on loan to another club. I thought he was ok but he’s up against Sean Gannon.

Gavin "shels"

Eggs For Dinner wrote: »

Damn, wanted to watch that

Missed the first 10 mins myself, it's worth a watch. Will probably be repeated a few evenings during the week.

dan1895

https://twitter.com/SSEAirtricityLg/status/1277929922787528704?s=19

We're back bitches!!!!

Awesomeness

I'd prefer more games but happy enough with that. Dundalk rovers in Oriel will be some occasion. Hopefully fans allowed by then.

Sligo need to hit the ground running but I can see an asterisk beside Waterford to save them

MD1990

Fans probably wont be allowed in.

Wonder will RTE & Eir show more games now that the big GAA games wont be on during the July & August.

Chardee MacDennis

So what is happening exactly? Just two rounds and the league is done for the year?

grayzer75

Chardee MacDennis wrote: »

So what is happening exactly? Just two rounds and the league is done for the year?

Yep

MD1990

4 month break. 13 games. Then a 3 month break.

Not exactly ideal for players to improve considering the LOI has many young players.

Will have a knock on affect in that far less players may get moves resulting in some transfer fee's for clubs.

johnnyryan89

Happy to see the first division play offs are still there.

Starlord_01

Wonder how many clubs are currently back training.

dan1895

Starlord_01 wrote: »

Wonder how many clubs are currently back training.

Dundalk, Rovers, Derry, Bohs, Shels and Sligo from what I've seen on social media. There may be others.

Chardee MacDennis

grayzer75 wrote: »

Yep

but why? I'm not sure I get it...

grayzer75

Chardee MacDennis wrote: »

but why? I'm not sure I get it...

I'm not sure why myself, they could've did 3 rounds but chose not to. It'll be though for teams who had a poor start to catch up.

Wilberto

dan1895 wrote: »

Dundalk, Rovers, Derry, Bohs, Shels and Sligo from what I've seen on social media. There may be others.

We (Cork City) are back as well since last week.

Richard Hillman

I don't understand why they can't juts either go back as normal with the current point/positions, or just void the first 5 games.

If it's one thing the LOI has it is time. We have until May to complete the season. They could have just completed the season as normal.

Oat23

I'm assuming they picked this option because the money they have available will only cover two rounds of games.

Once again the FAI's decades of mismanagement f*cks the league over. The ideal solution would probably be playing all games through to around mid-December, surely? No money for that though because they've p*ssed it all away.

Irishmale0399

Richard Hillman wrote: »

I don't understand why they can't juts either go back as normal with the current point/positions, or just void the first 5 games.

If it's one thing the LOI has it is time. We have until May to complete the season. They could have just completed the season as normal.

Very simple....finish what you started or start something completely new. But the half arsed effort which has been deemed the solution is a further testament that the FAI is still being influenced by its past.

Irishmale0399

Oat23 wrote: »

I'm assuming they picked this option because the money they have available will only cover two rounds of games.

Once again the FAI's decades of mismanagement f*cks the league over. The ideal solution would probably be playing all games through to around mid-December, surely? No money for that though because they've p*ssed it all away.

Sick part of it is they have spent more on investigations, legal fees and audits in the last 12 months than they have on restarting the LOI.

CSF

MD1990 wrote: »

Fans probably wont be allowed in.

Wonder will RTE & Eir show more games now that the big GAA games wont be on during the July & August.

Really surprised that wasn’t confirmed with the announcement. Obviously it might have led to the announcement being delayed a bit.

Ashbourne hoop

Is the FAI Cup being played ?