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Post by flynnfan on May 25, 2013 11:51:00 GMT
Said pretty much the same thing last year. And the one before that. Etc.
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Post by stu on May 25, 2013 15:08:04 GMT
Same time next summer then?
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Post by jonathandearth on May 28, 2013 16:17:22 GMT
The League of Wales should kick off on St David's Day every year and have their big finale at Christmas.
An advantage of this would be that by the time that the top clubs need to play in Europe - late June and July -then they will be full warmed up, rather than playing them cold as pre-season matches like they do.
Also, no competition against other football or rugby during the summer months - may even attract fans from around the UK, particularly those teams near the seaside.
The FAW Premier Cup could also be re-introduced. Played from the end of July to the start of the English League, as pre-season warm up for the 4 big Welsh clubs and to include the top 4 League of Wales clubs.
Playing during the summer may attract some interesting short term loan signings too.
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Post by welshiron on May 29, 2013 12:23:22 GMT
Three months of (relatively speaking) glorious weather with no competition for footie fans from the big boys next door. Oh well, there's always netball.  Netball season has finished sorry, the Dragons were robbed in the superleague final by Bath |
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Post by Tim P on May 29, 2013 16:58:30 GMT
Would the FAW be able to force this change?
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Post by stu on May 29, 2013 18:03:09 GMT
I don't see why they couldn't but lets face it, we'll all be cheering on Ireland tonight because our association couldn't even be bothered to organise a game.
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Post by flynnfan on May 29, 2013 18:33:34 GMT
The way I see it , there are two options, both of which are far preferable to the current situation:
1) Summer league. Like Jon Dearth said, kick off on St Davids Day, then go through till early December. (Cue lots of 'Christmas comes early for champions Bangor' etc headlines)
2) Long winter break. Kick off the season in mid May- go through for six months till mid November, then a 3 month break till mid February. Then come back and finish the season off until mid April. Then a one month gap until the new season starts. ( not dissimilar to quite a few European countries)
Surely either would be better than the current shite?
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Post by Tim P on May 30, 2013 11:44:58 GMT
Option 1 seems preferable.
Seriously think if people started emailing the FAW it could kick start things.
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Post by flynnfan on Jun 22, 2013 13:21:01 GMT
I don'T much like eggball union, Wales don'T have a cricket team... I'm bored..
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2014 14:50:27 GMT
I don't think that a summer league is being considered seriously enough by anyone within Welsh football. Wouldn't it make more sense for the football season to run from March-November in Wales? (especially at amateur and youth level) A futsal or 5 a side season could be properly introduced between november and march which would keep people fit + develop other aspects of their game. This is an interesting report: "Should Scottish football be moved to the summer?" www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/22337539 I think the prospect of a summer season should at least be considered more seriously. |
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Post by alarch on Jun 4, 2014 9:55:40 GMT
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Post by bale-droed on Jun 4, 2014 10:41:02 GMT
Well I heard from a co-worker that one of them is regarding the yellow card of Tarw Sheet during the Rhoose Bala Town 3rd round cup game
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Post by alarch on Jun 4, 2014 10:47:13 GMT
I heard it was Dom Da who got the yellow card.
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Post by bale-droed on Jun 4, 2014 14:11:32 GMT
I heard it was Dom Da who got the yellow card. No mate it was Tarw Sheet in the 12th minute after bringing down Dic Fecer |
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Post by alarch on Jun 4, 2014 15:53:02 GMT
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Post by georgetm1 on Jun 5, 2014 13:40:59 GMT
It sounds to me that the investigation by Fedbet was unprofessional and shoddy. They got one of the matches scores wrong in their report, including the date. The FAW always have someone from an ethics institution in each game there to make sure there is nothing dodgy going on and they found nothing to report in both the games. Plus Fedbet went straight to the EU and the press without consulting the league or any of the teams accused. So I am taking this with a massive pinch of salt.
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Post by ladotelli on Jun 6, 2014 13:49:59 GMT
I know for a fact some games have been fixed in the Welsh premier league this season but none of those games have been flagged up so perhaps this is the tip of the iceberg.
Take a look at bet365 or any betting site right now. At the moment you can bet on Italian under 19s, Indonesian super league, Swedish regional football, Yemen league as well as international amateur darts. No wonder these games are fixed.
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Post by alarch on Jun 7, 2014 11:23:06 GMT
This could be nothing, but it's too easy to dismiss this out of hand. Federbet has no interest in making random accusations. You have to think that they have information pointing to exceptional bets being placed on the matches in question. Whether or not the evidence is substantial enough is another matter.
If someone in the Far East is placing a huge bet (or series of bets) on a specific and unusual result in a League of Wales match, there would be very strong grounds for suspicion. Just because the results of LOW matches are already subject to monitoring doesn't mean that the results are kosher. It could be that the betting markets that are being monitored aren't sufficiently comprehensive. The protestations of the League of Wales clubs are understandable, but add nothing to the discussion, as it is highly unlikely that the officials of the clubs would have been corrupted. It only takes one or two players to corruptly affect a result.
The devil, as always, is in the detail. I would love to know what has led Federbet to make these allegations. Are the relevant bits of the report available onliine?
I have to say that there have been a number of occasions when I've witnessed defensive errors of such breathtaking incompetence, or monstrously stupid challenges, and wondered - was that sheer stupidity or was the player bought? It's a shame it's not legally possible to post such idle speculation. Perhaps someone (not me of course) could start a thread "Idiotic defensive errors (but which, for the sake or clarity, are definitely not corrupt)".
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Post by fred on Oct 30, 2014 19:26:21 GMT
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Post by leggybach on Oct 31, 2014 2:39:32 GMT
I'd imagine that most top leagues in Europe see similar sums placed on them just the threat of fixing is greater in Wales as it's semi-pro. Similarly, matches at WPL level tend to be pretty similar with regard to discipline, throw-ins, corners etc so might be safe bets - I'm saying this after seeing 3 games last weekend!
Can't see that the Conference South and lower would be much different to be honest, just not a priority for the FA as it's not their top league.
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Post by biwmares on Jan 19, 2015 22:46:25 GMT
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Post by cadno on Jan 19, 2015 23:06:53 GMT
Thanks, nice read!
It was a good game between Port Talbot and Bala on Clwb on Sunday, great commentary too!
IF we qualify for the euros it would be class if someone recorded the Radio Cymru commentary to our games haha.
Wayne Phillips is brilliant for Wrexham games.
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Post by alarch on Jul 14, 2015 21:03:05 GMT
Disappointing performance from TNS. Having seen quite a bit of them on S4C over the years I thought they'd show more quality. As it was, they would have managed a creditable 0-0 draw, and an outside chance of progression, had it not been for a criminal dawdling on the ball from Seargant, resulting in him being dispossessed for the goal.
I wonder how much of the poor quality of distribution, and general lack of sharpness, was down to the quality of opposition (who were decent but nothing special), and how much down to early season issues? To my mind, there needs to be a move to summer football - at least for a trial period, or, an extended winter break starting after the New Year fixtures until mid March, and the season finishing in June. I'm really surprised that the latter suggestion hasn't been made - as it seems to be a sensible compromise that would allow teams competing in Europe the best chance of progression.
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Jul 14, 2015 21:30:41 GMT
League of Ireland opted for this , march till November I think, seems to improve them, also play alot of uk clubs in a pre season that helps them with qualifies shamrock into round 2 of qualifies
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Post by alarch on Jul 14, 2015 21:34:29 GMT
That's one way to go - but why not have an extended winter break (effectively close season) instead? This seems to me to be the best of both worlds. What problems, if any, would there be with an early January to mid March break?
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Post by jenko on May 25, 2016 7:54:53 GMT
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Post by welwyn on May 25, 2016 9:11:48 GMT
Another case of 'don't judge an article by the headline.'
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Post by cymroircarn on May 25, 2016 9:20:55 GMT
Maybe he did and he decided they were not good enough?
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Post by bale-droed on May 25, 2016 9:26:05 GMT
IF another marc lloyd williams comes along or rhys griffiths 2006 then maybe
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Post by alarch on May 25, 2016 9:34:23 GMT
A lot of good stuff from Mike Harris - and a fair bit of nonsense. The idea of excluding players from outside the Championship as part of some sort of protectionist measure for Welsh Premier player involvement is ludicrous.
However, there may be something to be said for including one or two of the best players from the Welsh Premier in a training squad once a year. This could serve two purposes - a motivation for players playing in the WPL, but also it could help the management team gauge where the best quality of the WPL is at in direct comparison with the English based players - a sort of monitoring exercise. I think the best players in the WPL are probably at League One level or thereabouts - so why not have a look at them? After all we're already calling up the likes of Tyler Roberts to training camps with no expectation that he'll actually play, why not WPL players once in a while?
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