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Surely the reserve start will be reconsidered. Clubs will be playing a lot of seniors throughout there reserve teams

Hopefully. Personally I think it's a terrible idea. In theory from someone looking from the outside in it could work. When you get down to the nuts and bolts of it, it won't.

1st. You can't just give a months notice and say oh yeah reserve leagues start then. Managers and players have plans and schedules made up and in place gearing towards an expected May start like the last 2 or 3 years. Training will now be impacted with the smaller clubs will be down 10 or 12 senior players training as will leave the training having to be split.

2nd, when are these games going to be played? Friday night suited most players well as gave the option of Sunday off. But if they are Friday night again that means Sunday won't be free as how can a team train Friday night if half the team are away playing a game, which means can't train Thursday night, so Sunday's and Tuesday will be the only option to get an entire squad training together.


3rd, the reserve players will lose out, senior managers will be using them games as glorified challange matches to see senior fringe players in action.

4th, the small club will suffer again as once the reserve leagues are run off the reserve players will not bother training with the senior team and numbers fall and training suffers as a result.

So like I said, in theory it could work, in reality it will just make life more difficult for the smaller club

I believe that 12 out of the starting 15 players of the championship game last played by the clubs may not play. However as mentioned this reserve league would be used more as boosters for senior fringe players. Ruins the reserve league really

I find it hard to believe that Galway keeper is still holding to that jersey!

Surely in the county of Galway there's a man better in the club scene not getting the chance?

League football should be finished before the championship starts.

Simple as.

How would relegation/promotion play offs work?

Bottom one goes down.

Why have play-offs?

Finish leagues before the championship starts.  Not fair on players playing into mid December.

What is the answer for 2 teams promoted to division 1, and 1 team relegated from division 1 ?

Aghyaran haven't a clue out here to say the least.

Moy should see this game out comfortably

so is there no football untill mid may now

Still have the div 2 playoff between aghyaran and the moy, then the winner to play Fianna

Said it once and I'll say again, all errigal won was a semi final.

Great to see trillick win it, keeping the back to back hunt ongoing.

After todays game any division 2 team should be licking their lips from the chance they have to get into senior football in this playoff

Errigal beat Moortown and Ardboe and now they're one of the best teams in Ireland.

I'm away.

Couldn't agree more, only thing errigal have won is a semi final, and people are saying one of the best team in Ireland? Haven't heard worse.

East tyrone football has dropped significantly, specifically in junior but as well as senior, can't see the oneill cup coming to an eastern team for a long time

Am I right in saying after this year the Fianna will have 5 managers in 5 years?

Are coalisland now in big trouble?

Moortown put on a decent show against errigal
Errigal tabled the orange men from the loughshore
Ardboe beat coal island

This is comparing apples to oranges to say the least.
Moortown didn't put on a show at all, having received pity goals towards the end of the match to make the scoreline look more reasonable against half of an errigal team.
Altough I do believe the Coalisland men will be in bother,  knocks on key men such as Quinn.