YKPAIHIAH Premier League - 2013-14

Starting a new thread with the news that Kryvbas have had their appellate to the attestation recinded.

Hence, they will not participate in the league and Hoverla stay up.

 

They should of gone to Lutsk to play the last game...

Instead their bluff was called by the PL and in 5 days their appeal to the YFF was dismissed.

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There has been a debate on going about Hoverla just staying up.

According to PL regulations they have a right but the regulations also indicate that they have to pass attestation once again. This will be known by June 14.

The "other" persha liha would be PFC Oleksandriya - which may be closer to your home town but by no means better suited to enter the PL after their season performance.

 

The PL in their regulations should have the ability or discretion to hold a playoff match especially if a non relegated team either withdraws or is expelled as Kryvbas was.

 

More intrigue....

Stal Alchevsk refuses promotion into the PL due to costs and inadequate infrastructre. The club administration don't want to play their games away from Alchevs'k.

http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/51b85b88.html

 

The club easily would have passed attestation if the moved to Olympiysky Stadion in Donets'k, but the club president want to keep playing in Alchevsk and in his town. They do have a plan to improve their facilities but they are not ready.

Basically the PL has priced these Persha Liha teams out of getting attestation.

There are rumours that 3rd place PFC Oleksandriya also do not want to get promotion.

The PFL might want to think about shrinking their membership to 14 teams. Its been spoken by the President of the PL that some teams are just not worthy

 

PFC Oleksandriya informed the PFL that they are not willing to be promoted...

Bukovyna Chernivtsi has indicated an interest but will need a plan for their infrastructure issues.

Possibly the PL will play with 15 teams.

 

Bukovyna also did not apply...

The PL approved the attestation for Metalurh Zaporizhya.

The Kozaks get a lease of life and stay in the PL for the 2013-14 season.

 

Such is the state of the Persha Liha.
What is obvious from the current list of teams is the they should flush some more teams.

Usually I'm against this. Having 16 *was* the ultimate. But the elite teams SD, DK, MX, DD have progressed so much and left the other teams behind that the PL, should IMO reduc the competition to 8 teams - playing each other 4 times. This would limit the competition to 28 games per season which would be less than what is now. The difference is that the top clubs would give fans far more intriguing games than some of the crap that was played this past season.

 

I don't think it would improve competiveness except isn't it better financial and quality of games played if Shaxtar face Dynamo in 4 league games...

Scotland's big clubs were much the better financially when they had Celtic play Rangers 4 times / season.
Scotland's PL sent Rangers to the 4th level of competition because of bankruptcy so they have missed out and a big cash cow this season. Result of course was the same - Celtic were champions. But Scottish soccer has not improved much and Celtic & Rangers were constantly threatening to go to the English Leagues...

 

There was a press release that Bukovyna did not apply, but I think that was premature because I think the reaction to apply to the PL was delayed. Once it it was evident that the FFU was going to be involved in the confirmation process then "bid processes" had begun...

Also their are some Bukovyna fans who are not so convinced that PL was the way go.

You seem to have forgotten that under "Grisha" there were some unscrupulous decisions.