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    Cork city
    Dundalk
    Shams
    Bray
    Derry city
    St Pats
    Galway
    Limerick
    Rovers
    Bohs
    Harps
    Drogheda

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah View Post
    Cork city
    Dundalk
    Shams
    Bray
    Derry city
    St Pats
    Galway
    Limerick
    Rovers
    Bohs
    Harps
    Drogheda
    Not much optimism in Sligo going into the season
    Here on a technicality.

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    At least Harps are not bottom of everyones predictions table haha

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    Premier League:
    Dundalk
    Cork
    Derry
    Shamrock Rovers
    St. Patricks Athletic
    Bray Wanderers
    Sligo Rovers
    Limerick
    Bohemians
    Galway
    Finn Harps
    Drogheda


    First Division:
    Waterford
    Longford
    UCD
    Shelbourne
    Wexford
    Cobh Ramblers
    Cabinteely
    Athlone

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    Quote Originally Posted by PartySaint View Post
    Not much optimism in Sligo going into the season
    Mixed - the likes of Kearns and Sadlier have been excellent pre-season but the strikers haven't been great. Hopefully one of them starts to score.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam_Heggy View Post
    At least Harps are not bottom of everyones predictions table haha
    Not bottom, but from what I've counted, 31 have ye in the bottom 3

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    Dundalk
    Cork
    Derry
    Shams
    Bray
    Pat's
    Limerick
    Rovers
    Bohs
    Galway
    Harps
    Drogheda

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    Dundalk
    Derry
    Cork
    Sligo
    Bray
    Shamrock R
    Galway
    St Pats
    Bohemians
    Drogheda
    Finn Harps
    Limerick

    First Division:
    Longford
    Waterford
    Shelbourne
    UCD
    Athlone
    Wexford
    Cobh Ramblers
    Cabinteely

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    Quote Originally Posted by wonder88 View Post
    Dundalk
    Derry
    Cork
    Sligo
    Bray
    Shamrock R
    Galway
    St Pats
    Bohemians
    Drogheda
    Finn Harps
    Limerick

    First Division:
    Longford
    Waterford
    Shelbourne
    UCD
    Athlone
    Wexford
    Cobh Ramblers
    Cabinteely
    Come off the drugs

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    Quote Originally Posted by pineapple stu View Post
    Wouldn't be surprised to see either Pat's or Bohs go down this year.

    Not saying it's going to happen of course, but they've both been going backwards lately, and with three down, it's not really a season for going backwards.
    Yeah agree with Pats, at 6/1 with PP worth a punt too

    I also did some other bets

    Double top scorers
    Mark O'Sullivan (Waterford) @ 3/1 Sean Maguire (Cork City) @ 4/1

    And Double To Win
    Cork City @ 11/4
    Waterford FC @ 8/11

    Think Horgan and Boyle will be too much of a loss to Dundalk, and Maguire will fire Cork to the title, but it will be a close thing and i am really looking forward to this years league....

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    Quote Originally Posted by thomas72 View Post
    Come off the drugs
    That was my first thought also
    [/B][I]P.Esc.

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    Pats are definitely better than last year. No question about that. If Derry's foreign lads work out they could be a danger as McEneff and McNamee are terrific. Rovers midfield is superb but the rest of the squad has question marks. Cork and Dundalk have loads of new players so we'll see if they settle soon. Full expect them to be top 2 but don't think they'll be so far ahead of the ready as recent seasons

    Drogheda's squad looks the weakest but Pete Mahon is a great manager to have for a fight

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dodge View Post
    Pats are definitely better than last year. No question about that. t
    There definitely is questions about that
    Here on a technicality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dodge View Post
    Drogheda's squad looks the weakest but Pete Mahon is a great manager to have for a fight
    Of course I am completely biased here but I think Drogs are a bit better than most people's predictions.

    Mahon is a good manager and the preseason signings have been very interesting. We have a few ex. Premiership players, some promising younger players and three Brennan brothers 🙂 . I really think we will surprise a few people but as said - I am completely bias.

    Anyhows I am looking so forward to the season kicking off tonight. If Drogs win I wonder will Paddy's offer to buy me out of my fiver bet at 500-1 to win the league 😋🤗
    Drogheda United in this together

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    Premier Division
    1. Cork City
    2. Dundalk
    3. Shamrock Rovers
    4. Derry City
    5. St Patrick's Athletic
    6. Bray Wanderers
    7. Sligo Rovers
    8. Bohemians
    9. Limerick
    10. Galway United
    11. Finn Harps
    12. Drogheda United

    First Division
    1. Waterford
    2. Longford Town
    3. UCD
    4. Cobh Ramblers
    5. Shelbourne
    6. Wexford
    7. Cabinteely
    8. Athlone Town


    FAI Cup: Derry City
    League Cup: Shamrock Rovers
    First Manager Sacked: Shane Keegan
    Top Scorer: Sean Maguire

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    Boss, you didn't seem to have much hope for you boys, would you be thinking of tweaking this a little after last nights (with respect) surprise result?
    Last edited by oriel; 25/02/2017 at 10:53 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oriel View Post
    Boss, you didn't seem to have much hope for you boys, would be thinking of tweaking this a little after last nights (with respect) surprise result?
    With the greatest respect to Drogheda, even their most ardent fans will (and have) admitted it was a complete smash and grab. They were improved in the second half, no doubt, but we dominated the first half and it would not have been unjust if we went in 2-0 or 3-0 up at the break.

    They came for a draw and went away with three points, which is a poor reflection on us and a concern, because we ran out of ideas in the second half, they stuck ten men behind the ball and played on the break. We lacked a clinical edge when we were on top, that will have to be remedyed very quickly or we will find ourselves quickly adrift. I didn't see anything last night from Drogheda to suggest they would be outside the bottom 3. That's not having a cut at Drogheda, they were well organised, as all Pete Mahon's sides are, but they were limited. Our fans are disgusted and rightfully so, we shouldn't be losing to teams like that at home. We have to be much better, you can't fault Drogheda for their gameplan, our finishing was atrocious and if you don't take your chances, you're always liable to be sucker punched.
    Last edited by Olander; 25/02/2017 at 10:06 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Olander View Post
    With the greatest respect to Drogheda, even their most ardent fans will (and have) admitted it was a complete smash and grab. They were improved in the second half, no doubt, but we dominated the first half and it would not have been unjust if we went in 2-0 or 3-0 up at the break.

    They came for a draw and went away with three points, which is a poor reflection on us and a concern, because we ran out of ideas in the second half, they stuck ten men behind the ball and played on the break. We lacked a clinical edge when we were on top, that will have to be remedyed very quickly or we will find ourselves quickly adrift. I didn't see anything last night from Drogheda to suggest they would be outside the bottom 3. That's not having a cut at Drogheda, they were well organised, as all Pete Mahon's sides are, but they were limited. Our fans are disgusted and rightfully so, we shouldn't be losing to teams like that at home. We have to be much better, you can't fault Drogheda for their gameplan, our finishing was atrocious and if you don't take your chances, you're always liable to be sucker punched.
    Any worries that this resembles Keegan's Wexford Youths last season?

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    Quote Originally Posted by White Horse View Post
    Any worries that this resembles Keegan's Wexford Youths last season?
    Well with respect to Wexford Youths last year, we would bigger resources, we have more quality than they would've had and we have a lot of established Premier Division players with experience, who should theoretically be better with full time training.

    I was somewhat surprised and happy to see so many people writing us off and tipping us for relegation on here and on many other forums. In my opinion, we have a better squad than the last two years, where we stayed up relatively comfortably, but we will need it this year because Drogheda will be stronger than Wexford and Limerick will be a lot stronger than Longford.

    Over the last few years we have tended to have squads of 27 or 28 players. This year we have gone for quality over quantity and brought in established players like David Cawley, Gavan Holohan, Ronan Murray. We only really lost Ryan Connolly to Shamrock Rovers, I feel we have adequately replaced him with Murray, Holohan and Cawley.

    I wouldn't hit the panic button yet, but that was a game we really should have won comfortably.
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    Bad start for Galway, but that's all it is, you need to see where you are after 5 or 6 games, that's generally a good sign. Dundalk were hammered 4-1 to Drogs on the opening night of 2014. Still have nightmares about that match!
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