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Originally Posted by Red Hand Devil
What the standard of support???
No offence man, but the standard of football has fuck all to do with lack of support. The top teams have been professional for a good few years and slowly alot more teams are following suit. Of course full-time status gives the players more time to bond as team-mates and find out their strengths & weakness's are, but the crowds are no bigger than when they were 20yrs ago when it was amateur & the standard has improved but so to has the lower leagues in Engalnd so Irish football is not much better off in terms of quality, European competition is how you rate leagues so judge it for yourself!
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If more fans go to watch Irish league football there will be more money in the league. Not just from gates, but from TV, sponsorship etc.
If there is more money in the Irish game, then surely they would be able to keep/attract better players and bring in better managers/coaches. Sure, they wont be able to keep the top players but perhaps you wont loose players to lower English Championship or Div One teams if the wages are increased and the standard improves.