Ciaran McBride, joint manager of Carrickmore, has criticized the current Tyrone Division One league format for causing long delays at the end of the year. He suggests alternative solutions like a final between the top two teams or awarding the title to the team with the highest league points.
Carrickmore joint manager Ciaran McBride has called for a revamp of the Tyrone Division One league format to avoid lengthy delays at the end of the year. His team went 11 and a half weeks without a competitive game ahead of last weekend’s semi-final, due to the involvement of opponents Errigal Ciaran in the Ulster Club Championship. But Carrickmore got the better of a shadow Errigal side to set up a meeting with Dungannon in this Saturday’s final. “It has to be looked at.
Anybody with any ounce of brains has to look at this thing and say, we shouldn't be playing at this time of the year,” said McBride. “Anybody that has any interest in player welfare should not be playing at this time of the year. It should be long gone and wrapped up before the Championship, really. It's a long wait, it's something, I suppose, we're going to have to look at and see how we fix this.” McBride feels semi-finals should be scrapped, and the league winners decided either by a final between the top two teams or by awarding the title to the team that finishes first in the league table. “Well, if you want to have a league final, have an actual league final. I don't think anybody would object to that between the two teams at the top. I'm not trying to show my age, but when I was playing football as a teen, I was top of the league. Look, there's an argument for and against. Errigal were handicapped this year, they had so many county men, but they still ended up top of the league, and they got a trophy, a shield, for coming top of the league. To me, that would be more sensible. “The team at the top wins the league. What's the reward for busting yourself and winning the league? To me, that was always the wa
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