Saturday Evening games

[pony]

hey everyone,

just wondering what people think of the Sat evening league games?

For myself personally i think it's rubbish, i have to work a lot of saturdays and will miss a load of games.

I'm also a good drive from Tralee for the late evening fixtures this is a disister.

They should have let it be, left the games on on Sundays. I know its supposed to help to get a bigger away attendence to games but its not very helpfull for home supporters, when the journey is a long one on a sat eve.

Just wondering if anyone is of the same opinion??

[mickmack]

If you are living near where the match is on (circa 30 miles) the sat evening is ok. Suits people with kids more I'd say

[mrtierneyesq]

I'd say players are delighted to have sundays off. For myself, it makes no odds

[austinstacksabu]

But sure most of the time, they are travelling home on a Sunday after a Saturday night away.

[mrtierneyesq]

Are they? That would really surprise me. I assume they have a night out and back early Sunday, so still free. Though wouldnt it be much better for them to be home for their saturday night

[sullyschoice]

I personally like the floodlight games and think it has added a new dimension to the league, just like the league not starting until the new year. However I suffer cold turkey between end of September and Start of Feb now.

Kerry have three tough games coming up...will do well to make the semis I think, but are grinding out the results so far.

I was going to go to the Limerick game but instead am saving my trip for the Tyrone game.

[mickmack]

How does this league work this year? will there be quarter finals? How many teams from kerrys group will qualify?

[mrtierneyesq]

With two division 1 leagues, isnt it the same as usual, top two from each in Semis? Of course I'd be delighted if it was top four into quarters, but I wouldnt agree with it, as it's unfair on the top 1 or 2 if the others get in having been well off the pace, and it would reduce competetiveness overall I feel.
Top 4 only are guaranteed first division next year I think. Bottom two go into division 3

[sullyschoice]

You are right.

Top Two for semis in 1a and 1b

3rd and 4th also stay in Division 1 next year.

5th and 6th go into Division 2

7th and 8th go into Division 3 (disaster situation).

Next year its the usual two up two down promotion /relegation scenario, but the sting in the tail is that those in Division 4 do not play in the qualifiers if beaten early on in the championship...go straight into the Tommy Murphy Cup (unless they are beaten in the provincial final that is..)

Simple isnt it

[kerrygold]

bizzare going from 1 to 3 in one relegation drop.what good is that to teams like fermanagh.

theres too much tinkering with the league,wasn't the 4 div.system deemed to be not working few years ago,how long will it take till they decide to revert back again just for the craic or is it thats there too many highly paid officials in croker trying to look busy.

so will only eight teams be in a position to win the league next spring,boring,do ye remember laoise coming from div.3 in '86 to win the league and getting their arses subsequently kicked in aughim or kildare coming from div.2 in '91 to lose to a fluke vinny murphy goal in the league final and subsequently run a ground v louth in the first round.

rashers,paul curran played centre forward for dublin in that league final,was there a forward crisis back then?.

[tadhgeen]

I like the Saturday evening games and I agree that the lights add a new dimension. I would suspect that the players much prefer Saturday evening games as most will have Sunday to chill out before the start of the working week.