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Originally Posted by Celticnut
The best Eircom League teams would easily compete with most SPL teams so it's not the huge step up you are making it out to be
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The only way to make comparisons between different league's quality is on European record and the SPL's is miles better than the Irish leagues (both of them). Not sure of stats but SPL teams have made it to at last 6 European finals in the last 40 years with a good few semi-final appearances in the European cup too. Two of the finals have been in the last 6 years so its not all ancient history. Its not just the Old Firm either. Aberdeen and Dundee United have been in Euripean finals. People forget that as well as getting to a Uefa final, Dundee UNited also got to the European cup final around the same time. Sorry but there is simply no comparison between the top Scottish and top Irish leagues. Not sure about the League of Ireland but I have seen some Irish League games (northern Ireland) and the standard is absolutely laughable. It always looks like pinball, shots never go in cleanly and its all argy bargy.