Greatest League in the World 2026 [LOI Thread]

In the end 3 current LOI players made their debut last night with Leavy and Brennan coming off the bench

12 of the squad who played last night also played in the LOI and that’s not counting Travers (underage with Rovers) and Hodge (on loan with Derry but injured in pre season)

8 of the 11 who finished (+ those two) play/played LOI

Galway vs Dundalk this Friday has been moved to Turner's Cross. That's simply outstanding from all concerned.

The decent thing to do would be to reverse the fixtures like Dundalk did at the start of the season when their pitch wasn't ready.

I'm sure Dundalk would have offered this, in the circumstances, so I am curious why a decision to move the game to Cork is made. That is just madness!

Everything about that is so stupid. A 3+ hour journey for both sets of fans on a Friday...why not put it on a Saturday at least?

Or play it in Sligo or Longford, or Athlone if you don't mind the crap pitch.

Think it’s harsh for Dundalk to be getting criticism when it’s absolutely not their business to be getting it sorted, and you’d have to imagine this should have been sorted long ago with contingencies for the possibility that Galway GAA had games during Championship season

Did Dundalk not look after their business well in advance and get the fixtures scheduled accordingly?

Apparently Galway where offered the use of Athlone but chose against it as they thought it would give Dundalk an advatage playing on a plastic pitch.

Fo the 1st time in a very long time, I am not really too keen on going to Celtic Park to watch us v Bohs this Friday night. Sad to say.

We are so bad to watch, the football is terrible, Lynch and his band of cronies irritate me just to see them on the touchline. Plus the pitch is awful and there is next to no football played. After a long week working, the idea of heading to the game is just not talking to me.

Need this fraud out or else our 2 euro matches will be 2 bad beatings. Probably too late now, he should have been gone long time ago.

Good god I hope no LOI team draws an Israeli opponent in Europe.

Regionalised draw should make that less likely but Bohs could get one in the second qualifying round because they’ll be in the draw with a different teams seeding rather than their own (they’re the only ones who have a chance of being seeded in the 2nd qualifying round draw too which contributes since Israel will only have an unseeded team in that draw).

Rovers (or anyone else who overcomes the odds and gets that far) could absolutely get one in the playoff or league stage too.

This is the worst take I've read today.

You either have a principle or you don't. The let's boycott unless it affects me is a poor take.

I'm not suggesting any club boycott a tie, I think it would be the wrong decision. I also feel that for the national team though.

Ya if it was my team id not be looking for a boycott. It's Uefas decision to make, rightly or wrongly. I'm the same in regards to the National team. Other countries have moved fixtures and played Israel in a neutral venue. Didn't our u21s play them in the last year or two and one of female national teams in hockey or basketball or something else. Play them, beat them and donate all money to Palestinian causes.

Would you want them to?

We would have to. We'd be the greatest hypocrites of all time if we didn't. Fingers crossed that we are not faced with the situation.

We have survived without European money for several years. The members would support it.