League football

So Naas, Moorefield and Celbridge through to the Div1 semi finals.  

To be joined by either Carbury ( 12 Pts ), St. Laurence's, Confey or Athy ( all 11 pts ).

Carbury play St.Laurence's in the last game.

Athy play Celbridge and Confey play Castledermot.

Don't think Celb are gauranteed yet?

umpireonditch wrote:

Don't think Celb are gauranteed yet?

Naas Moorefield and Celbridge have 14 points
Carbury have 12 points. Athy StLaurences confey have 11 points

Celbridge are in. if carbury get to 14 .Celbridge are still in on the head to head .
if carbury win , they will be 4th team into semis

Any good reason these league games are being played on a tuesday? Not really fair on lads who have to travel from dublin down to south of the county

Due to hurling championship I'd say.. but certainly awkward enough during the week.. ie kilcock travelling to monasterevin Tuesday night.

yeah down to hurling is the reason....

Castledermot and clogherinkoe relegated from div 1.

Semi finals are.. moorefield v carbury. And celbridge v naas.

Is that it now 'til the championship resumes for 6 of the 10 teams in Division 1?

Yeah that's it until championship. In the height of summer there will be no football for these lads for minimum 5-6 weeks. Joke!

And then they give out about fellas going to America for the few months.. who could blame them.

Is there an arguement to be made for playing the Aldridge Keogh and Dowling cups at this time of the year?

bigball wrote:

Is there an arguement to be made for playing the Aldridge Keogh and Dowling cups at this time of the year?

Or expanding number of league games in a competition that matters but can be played minus intercounty guys...

Straffan bet clane by 10 this week. What's that about? Are straffan an improved side now? Where are the 3 clane lads who were on the Kildare minors in 2015.

are the league semi finals and finals going ahead without the county lads ?

Said it at the time that this new format would cause ructions. But some posters were all about the "more competitive games". That worked out well..

My own club has 7 starters gone abroad for the Summer, struggled to round up 15 players for TMH game on Tuesday. I know a few other clubs are in the same boat. Clogherinkoe are getting kicked off the pitch every week too.

Straffan are a decent side. Mcloughlin playing well for clane, not sure what the story with ciaran kelly is

Can anyone tell me what's happens now with div 2 ?

there is another 2 games and I think the top 2 go up to Div 1

Taibi wrote:

Said it at the time that this new format would cause ructions. But some posters were all about the "more competitive games". That worked out well..

My own club has 7 starters gone abroad for the Summer, struggled to round up 15 players for TMH game on Tuesday. I know a few other clubs are in the same boat. Clogherinkoe are getting kicked off the pitch every week too.

Even in the old format lads going away for the summer would have the same impact on clubs...whats different ??

8 teams in Div 1 with no games for 6 weeks have something to grumble about while other clubs in Div 2 - 4 have another 2 games to play but they will have 3 -4 weeks of challenge matches once the league finishes

Spot on Lomond, Its not a surprise to teams that the break is coming. It happens every year. Plan around and have your challenge games lined up to coincide. It Clogherinkoe are getting kicked around every week then they don't belong in Div 1. That's why they get relegated. Div 1 came down to the last 2 rounds to decide the four semi finalists and at least 50% of the teams were in with a shout with a few games to go. That has to be a good thing. Its easy to moan and blame the new format but if lads want to go away for the summer the majority of them will go even if there is league football to be played.

How can people be giving out about the new league format. Division 1 has been very competitive as said already with basically all teams playing for something up to the last week. Division 2 and 3 have nearly as many games as other years and it has been competitive. There is always going to be one or two teams that struggle in a league no matter what the format. All players want a break after the league and with this format it allows players get away for holidays. The last thing players want is a league running straight into a championship with no break. 15 league games was too many this format worked very well. Maybe start the leagues a week or two later or have more breaks during it. It's never going to be perfect but this year was a big improvement.

lomond wrote:

there is another 2 games and I think the top 2 go up to Div 1

Top 2 in div 2 and 3 are promoted and play in the league div final.. bottom 2 relegated..I assume it's the same at the bottom of div 3.

Possible 6-7 week "break" for 8 Division 1 teams in the height of Summer, and that's assuming Kildare go out at the QF stage. Come on, lads, that's crazy!

The break then allows teams to prepare in an organized fashion for the championship. There needs to be a clean break between league and championship also for grading purposes. In order to close the gap you could start the league 3-4 weeks later, move the pre-season cups until after the league or introduce a summer league for teams who are want to play (optional participation). Otherwise clubs just need to be organized and set out a program of games. There is plenty of advance notice so no excuses not to plan around the break.