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Am I the only one who has an issue with this Cork v Meath is on Saturday the 23rd at 7.00pm - Yet, there is a full round of B league fixtures scheduled for the same day with 9 of the fixtures on at the same time! I am involved with a B team and was really looking forward to the start of the B league - but I had planned on going to the game in Cork with my young lad - won't be able to now! Royalblufill (Meath) - Posts: 284 - 13/02/2019 12:35:37 2165078 Link
Replying To Royalblufill: "Am I the only one who has an issue with this Cork v Meath is on Saturday the 23rd at 7.00pm - Yet, there is a full round of B league fixtures scheduled for the same day with 9 of the fixtures on at the same time! I am involved with a B team and was really looking forward to the start of the B league - but I had planned on going to the game in Cork with my young lad - won't be able to now!" Your right it's mind boggling stuff. Plus the a league is on Sunday for small panels that's a killer on club. The club player is dirt in there eyes Reco (Meath) - Posts: 419 - 13/02/2019 14:35:20 2165124 Link
Replying To Royalblufill: "Am I the only one who has an issue with this Cork v Meath is on Saturday the 23rd at 7.00pm - Yet, there is a full round of B league fixtures scheduled for the same day with 9 of the fixtures on at the same time! I am involved with a B team and was really looking forward to the start of the B league - but I had planned on going to the game in Cork with my young lad - won't be able to now!" Your right it's mind boggling stuff. Plus the a league is on Sunday for small panels that's a killer on club. The club player is dirt in there eyes Reco (Meath) - Posts: 419 - 13/02/2019 14:50:19 2165127 Link
We are fixed for 4pm. Like most lads at college I work Saturday day time. Reco is right - club player down the list and the B player is even further down the foodchain. In the meantime we have no football game this weekend and the county is off seasiderblues (Meath) - Posts: 262 - 13/02/2019 16:49:45 2165170 Link
In fairness to the CB B league has to be started so don't see what else they can do unless they have no A league and just play B league next weekend. I would be more concerned with the 3pm throw in times for all A league games on a sunday afternoon what is the deal with that? is it to give lads more time to recover if playing B league? that's the whole sunday gone and not to mention all the sport missed on the day. sam1996 (Meath) - Posts: 436 - 14/02/2019 08:10:30 2165235 Link
Replying To seasiderblues: "We are fixed for 4pm. Like most lads at college I work Saturday day time. Reco is right - club player down the list and the B player is even further down the foodchain. In the meantime we have no football game this weekend and the county is off" That is not a coincidence either. Just in case god forbid clubs had their county players available. Dublin clubs have round 1 league games this weekend and county players are available to play. BigJoe14 (Meath) - Posts: 565 - 14/02/2019 09:36:32 2165242 Link
Replying To Reco: "Your right it's mind boggling stuff. Plus the a league is on Sunday for small panels that's a killer on club. The club player is dirt in there eyes" I like the aspect of A and B leagues on the same weekend as it provides everyone in a squad with meaningful game time on the same weekend, however I do understand that this puts pressure on smaller squads, although I think more football for individuals/teams is only a good thing. The one change I would make is I would play the A League first on the Saturday and the B League on the Sunday as players may be wary (not allowed) about playing a B League game the day before a important A League game and risk injury. The timings of games from the county board is mind boggling though. Three o'clock on a Sunday is not the time for league games this time of year as that is your entire Saturday and Sunday down the drain for one game. If it were up to me there would be no games on Sundays at all and instead have A leagues on Fridays and Saturdays and give players the chance to then enjoy there weekends. And as the day light increases throughout the year have games mid week. BigJoe14 (Meath) - Posts: 565 - 14/02/2019 09:56:55 2165250 Link
Replying To BigJoe14: "I like the aspect of A and B leagues on the same weekend as it provides everyone in a squad with meaningful game time on the same weekend, however I do understand that this puts pressure on smaller squads, although I think more football for individuals/teams is only a good thing. The one change I would make is I would play the A League first on the Saturday and the B League on the Sunday as players may be wary (not allowed) about playing a B League game the day before a important A League game and risk injury. The timings of games from the county board is mind boggling though. Three o'clock on a Sunday is not the time for league games this time of year as that is your entire Saturday and Sunday down the drain for one game. If it were up to me there would be no games on Sundays at all and instead have A leagues on Fridays and Saturdays and give players the chance to then enjoy there weekends. And as the day light increases throughout the year have games mid week." I agree on 95 percent of that but very hard on small squads.midweek games yes I would b up for that.you should send your plans into co board maybe they take some advice from it. Reco (Meath) - Posts: 419 - 15/02/2019 13:56:16 2165494 Link
So am I right in saying ye want: No games sundays No games saturday afternoons No games the day any Meath teams are playing No A and B league games the same weekend No weekday games as there's no light. Before even getting around to the fact there's also 7 rounds of hurling league to fit in, and usually there's rounds called off due to bad weather. Does anyone honestly believe the county board could schedule anything based on this impossible conditions? CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1391 - 15/02/2019 16:04:21 2165523 Link
Replying To CastleBravo: "So am I right in saying ye want: No games sundays No games saturday afternoons No games the day any Meath teams are playing No A and B league games the same weekend No weekday games as there's no light. Before even getting around to the fact there's also 7 rounds of hurling league to fit in, and usually there's rounds called off due to bad weather. Does anyone honestly believe the county board could schedule anything based on this impossible conditions?" I was told 3pm games were to allow county players time to get back from cork to play with club royal1967 (Meath) - Posts: 145 - 15/02/2019 19:08:06 2165556 Link
Replying To seasiderblues: "We are fixed for 4pm. Like most lads at college I work Saturday day time. Reco is right - club player down the list and the B player is even further down the foodchain. In the meantime we have no football game this weekend and the county is off" Hey do you know that the hurling leagues are played this way and have been done so for years and do you know what ... there is no moaning Brownepat (Meath) - Posts: 463 - 15/02/2019 19:45:25 2165560 Link
Replying To Brownepat: "Hey do you know that the hurling leagues are played this way and have been done so for years and do you know what ... there is no moaning" No because the hurlers are too busy moaning about everything else and too busy dealing with that massive chip most of them carry on their shoulders Aloblack (Meath) - Posts: 265 - 15/02/2019 20:02:51 2165567 Link