2015 Predictions

[nigel-harps1954]

It's that time of the year folks. Time to over-inflate your teams chances, and to border on the ridiculous in season predictions.


Premier Division:

1. Cork City
2. Shamrock Rovers
3. Dundalk
4. St. Patrick's Ath
5. Sligo Rovers
6. Bohemians
7. Derry City
8. Bray Wanderers
9. Drogheda United
10. Galway United
11. Limerick
12. Longford Town

First Division:

1. UCD
2. Shelbourne
3. Finn Harps
4. Athlone Town
5. Cobh Ramblers
6. Wexford Youths
7. Waterford United
8. Cabinteely


FAI Cup: Dundalk
League Cup: Shamrock Rovers
Play-off: Limerick

First Manager sacked: Peter Hutton

[El-Pietro]

Premier Division:

1. Dundalk
2. St. Pats
3. Cork City
4. Shamrock Rovers
5. Sligo Rovers
6. Bohemians
7. Longford Town
8. Derry City
9. Drogheda United
10. Galway Unied
11. Bray Wanderers
12. Limerick

First Division:

1. UCD
2. Shelbourne
3. Athlone Town
4. Cobh Ramblers
5. Finn Harps
6. Wexford Youths
7. Waterford United
8. Cabinteely

[Ezeikial]

Paddy Power says:



St Pats
Dundalk
Shamrock Rovers
Cork
Sligo Rovers
Derry
Longford
Bohs
Galway
Limerick
Drogheda
Bray


Paddy remains blissfully unaware of the First Division

[outspoken]

Premier
1 Dundalk
2. Cork city
3. St pats
4. Shams
5. Sligo
6. Derry
7. Bohemians
8. Limerick
9. Drogheda
10. Longford
11. Galway
12. Bray

First
1. Athlone
2. Shels
3. UCD
4. Wexford
5. Cobh
6. Waterford
7. Harps
8. Cabinteely

[Martinho II]

Premier
1 Cork City
2. St Pats
3. Shams
4. Dundalk
5. Sligo
6. Bohemians
7. Derry
8. Limerick
9. Galway
10. Drogheda
11.Longford
12. Bray

First
1. Shels
2. Wexford
3. Athlone
4. UCD
5. Harps
6. Waterford
7. Cobh
8. Cabinteely

[cobhlad]

Premier
1. Cork City
2. Dundalk
3. Rovers
4. Pats
5. Sligo
6. Bohs
7. Derry
8. Drogheda
9. Galway
10. Bray
11. Longford
12. Limerick

First
1. Shels
2. Athlone
3. UCD
4. Cobh
5. Harps
6. Wexford
7. Waterford
8. Cabinteely

[PartySaint]

Paddy Power says:



St Pats
Dundalk
Shamrock Rovers
Cork
Sligo Rovers
Derry
Longford
Bohs
Galway
Limerick
Drogheda
Bray


Paddy remains blissfully unaware of the First Division

They have the first division odds up.

Rovers
Pats
Dundalk
Cork
Sligo
Longford
Derry
Drogs
Bohs
Bray
Galway
Limerick


UCD
Athlone
Wexford
Shels
Harps
Waterford
Cobh
Cabinteely

FAI Cup: Pats
League Cup: Sligo

[placid casual]

Premier Division:

1. Cork City
2. Shamrock Rovers
3. St. Patrick's Ath
4. Dundalk
5. Derry City
6.Longford Town
7.Sligo Rovers
8.Drogheda United
9. Limerick
10.Bohemians
11. Bray Wanderers
12. Galway United



First Division:

1. Shelbourne
2. Finn Harps
3. UCD
4. Athlone Town
5. Cobh Ramblers
6. Waterford
7. Wexford Youths
8. Cabinteely


FAI Cup: Shamrock Rovers
League Cup: Cork
Play-off: Galway

First Manager sacked: Owen Heary

[outspoken]

Great to see the last 2 posts putting us in 6th position. Not so confident Myself.

[gufcfan]

Premier Division:


12. Galway United

Play-off: Galway

Who is the lucky club you're backing to go bust?

[gufc2000]

It's that time of the year folks. Time to over-inflate your teams chances, and to border on the ridiculous in season predictions.


Premier Division:

1. Cork City
2. Shamrock Rovers
3. Dundalk
4. St. Patrick's Ath
5. Sligo Rovers
6. Bohemians
7. Derry City
8. Bray Wanderers
9. Drogheda United
10. Galway United
11. Limerick
12. Longford Town

First Division:

1. UCD
2. Shelbourne
3. Finn Harps
4. Athlone Town
5. Cobh Ramblers
6. Wexford Youths
7. Waterford United
8. Cabinteely


FAI Cup: Dundalk
League Cup: Shamrock Rovers
Play-off: Galway

First Manager sacked: Peter Hutton
If we end up finishing 10th, and still have to play a play-off I'll be very worried!

[nigel-harps1954]

If we end up finishing 10th, and still have to play a play-off I'll be very worried!

Ah yes, good spot. Seemingly planning it without really thinking about it.

[sligoman]

Premier Division
1. Shams
2. Dundalk
3. Sligo Rovers
4. Cork
5. Pat's
6. Bohemians
7. Drogheda United
8. Derry City
9. Bray Wanderers
10. Longford Town
11. Limerick
12. Galway

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

FAI Cup: Sligo Rovers
League Cup: Cork

First Manager sacked: Tommy Dunne
Top Goalscorer: Dinny Corcoran/Morten Nielsen, either one of them, I don't mind.

[White Horse]

Premier Division
1. Dundalk
2. Sham Rovers
3. Cork
4. Pats
5. Sligo Rovers
6. Bohemians
7. Derry City
8. Longford Town
9. Galway
10. Bray Wanderers
11. Drogheda United
12. Limerick

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

FAI Cup: Dundalk
League Cup: Dundalk

First Manager sacked: Martin Russell
Top Goalscorer: Fagan

[Olander]

Premier Division

1. Dundalk
2. Rovers
3. Pats
4. Cork City
5. Sligo
6. Derry City
7. Longford Town
8. Bohs
9. Galway Utd
10. Drogheda Utd
11. Limerick
12. Bray Wanderers

First Division

1. Athlone Town
2. UCD
3. Wexford Youths
4. Shelbourne
5. Finn Harps
6. Cobh Ramblers
7. Waterford Utd
8. Cabinteely

FAI Cup: Rovers
League Cup: Dundalk

First manager sacked: Martin Russell
Top Goalscorers: Mikey Drennan/Danny Furlong

[poster]

Premier:

1. Shamrock Rovers
2. Cork City
3. Dundalk
4. St Pat's
5. Sligo Rovers
6. Derry City
7. Bohs
8. Galway
9. Drogheda
10. Bray
11. Longford
12. Limerick

First:

1. Shelbourne
2. UCD
3. Athlone
4. Harps
5. Cobh
6. Waterford
7. Wexford
8. Cabinteely

FAI Cup: Dundalk
League Cup: Shams

First sacked: Tony Cousins
Top scorer: Danny North or Dinny Corcoran

[TheBoss]

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

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


FAI Cup: Cork City
League Cup: Dundalk
Play-off: UCD

First Manager sacked: Peter Hutton

[oriel]

Premier Division:

1. Dundalk
2. St. Pats
3. Cork City
4. Shamrock Rovers
5. Sligo Rovers
6. Bohemians
7. Longford Town
8. Derry City
9. Drogheda United
10. Galway Unied
11. Bray Wanderers
12. Limerick



Just curious EL, why are you going for Cork one place lower than last season? I would have thought you may be better set up better to challenge this season?, maybe not.

[ATFC-1887]

Premier Division
1. Dundalk
2. Sham Rovers
3. Pats
4. Cork
5. Sligo Rovers
6. Derry
7. Bohs
8. Drogheda
9. Bray Wanderers
10. Galway
11. Longford
12. Limerick

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

FAI Cup: Shamrock Rovers
League Cup: Dundalk

First Manager sacked: Tony Cousins
Top Goalscorer: Prem: Fagan First: Garbhan Coughlan or Philly Gorman

[littlebray]

Just for giggles, arithmetical mean of the predictions so far:

=1. Dundalk 2.21
=1. Shamrock Rovers 2.21
3. Cork 2.57
4. Pats 3.14
5. Sligo Rovers 5.0
6. Derry 6.7
7. Bohemian 7.0
8. Drogheda 9.07
9. Longford 9.21
10. Galway 9.8
11. Bray Wanderers 10.28
12. Limerick 10.8

Top four very tight indeed, bottom five pretty competitive!

[PartySaint]

Everyone has had Pats in their top 4 (Except Sligoman) but no one has us to win it. Dundalk, Cork and Rovers the only 3 to be predicted winners so far

[Sam_Heggy]

Harps will win it all this year.
This is our year.

[patrickccfc]

1. Dundalk
2. Cork city
3. St pats
4. Shamrock rovers
5. Sligo rovers
6. Bohemians
7. Derry city
8. Limerick
9. Longford
10. Galway
11. Drogheda United
12. Bray

1. Athlone
2. Shelbourne
3. Wexford
4. Ucd
5. Finn harps
6. Cobh
7. Waterford
8. Cabinteely

FAI Cup: Cork City
League Cup: Shamrock Rovers
Setanta Cup: St Pats
Play-off: Shelbourne

First manager sacked: Tony cousins
Top Scorer: Christy Fagan

[nigel-harps1954]

Just for giggles, arithmetical mean of the predictions so far:

=1. Dundalk 2.21
=1. Shamrock Rovers 2.21
3. Cork 2.57
4. Pats 3.14
5. Sligo Rovers 5.0
6. Derry 6.7
7. Bohemian 7.0
8. Drogheda 9.07
9. Longford 9.21
10. Galway 9.8
11. Bray Wanderers 10.28
12. Limerick 10.8

Top four very tight indeed, bottom five pretty competitive!


Just because you're too lazy to do the First Division:

1. UCD 2.0
2. Shelbourne 2.30
3. Athlone 2.31
4. Finn Harps 4.69
5. Wexford 5.07
6. Cobh 5.23
7. Waterford 6.46
8. Cabinteely 8.0

Interestingly, not one person has predicted Cabinteely to finish off the bottom.
Only Athlone, Shelbourne and UCD predicted to win First Division.

[Sam_Heggy]

First Div:

Athlone
Wexford
UCD
Shels
Harps
Cobh
Waterford
Cabinteely

[WoodquayBoy]

1. Shamrock Rovers
2. Cork city
3. Dundalk
4. St Pats
5. Bohemians
6. Derry City
7. Sligo Rovers
8. Longford Town
9. Drogheda United
10. Bray Wanderers
11. Galway United
12. Limerick

1. Shelbourne
2. UCD
3. Wexford
4. Finn Harps
5. Athlone Town
6. Waterdord United
7. Cabinteely
8. Cobh Ramblers

FAI Cup: Bohemians
League Cup: Derry City
Setanta Cup: Really?!?!
Play-off: UCD

First manager sacked: Owen Heary
Top Scorer: Karl Sheppard

[Spudulika]

Last time I'd put Dundalk down in the relegation zone and it worked a treat, though now I'll be brave a little.

1. Shamrock Rovers
2. Dundalk
3. St Pats
4. Cork city
5. Sligo Rovers
6. Derry City
7. Bohemians
8. Longford Town
9. Drogheda United
10. Limerick
11. Galway United
12. Bray Wanderers

1. Shelbourne
2. Athlone Town
3. Wexford
4. Finn Harps
5. UCD
6. Waterford United
7. Cabinteely
8. Cobh Ramblers

FAI Cup: Dundalk
League Cup: Shamrock Rovers
Play-off: Galway United

Europe:
Dundalk - Draw and Loss 2nd R CL
Cork City - 3rd R EL
St. Pats - 3rd R EL
Rovers - 2nd R EL

[El-Pietro]

Just curious EL, why are you going for Cork one place lower than last season? I would have thought you may be better set up better to challenge this season?, maybe not.
We haven't been great in pre season, I think teams will be better set up to deal with our style of football, we won a lot of games 1-0 or 2-1 last season, other teams will improve...take your pick!

[Jofspring]

1. Dundalk
2. St.Pats
3. Cork
4. Shamrock Rovers
5. Sligo Rovers
6. Derry City
7. Bohemians
8. Longford
9. Drogheda
10. Bray Wanderers
11. Limerick
12. Galway

1. Shelbourne
2. Athlone
3. UCD
4. Finn Harps
5. Wexford Youths
6. Waterford
7. Cobh
8. Cabinteely

In the premier I reckon the top 4 could be interchangeable and the same with the bottom 4. Most teams near the bottom will be relying on players staying injury free, a couple of injuries to any of those squads could be the difference.

The first division is completely up for grabs. I have Cobh second from bottom but they have signed well and could easily be one of the top teams this year.

[Jofspring]

We haven't been great in pre season, I think teams will be better set up to deal with our style of football, we won a lot of games 1-0 or 2-1 last season, other teams will improve...take your pick!

I know it was only the munster senior cup but from what I saw of cork, there wasn't much creativity going forward and when they pushed on they become very vulnerable at the back on the counter attack. Set piece marking was dreadful when you consider the height advantage they had at the back. I reckon cork will have to play wih a fairly conservative approach to protect the back 4.

[kksaints]

Premier

1.Dundalk
2.St Pats
3.Shams
4.Cork
5.Sligo
6.Derry
7.Longford
8.Bohs
9.Drogs
10.Bray
11.Galway
12.Limerick

First
1.Athlone
2.Shels
3.UCD
4.Wexford
5.Finn Harps
6.Cobh
7.Waterford
8.Cabinteely

FAI Cup. St Pats
League Cup. Shams
Top Goalscorer. Fagan.

[Captain2007]

Premier Division:

1. Shamrock Rovers
2. Dundalk
3. St. Patrick's Ath
4. Cork
5. Derry City
6.Sligo Rovers
7.Drogheda
8.Bohemians
9. Limerick
10.Bray
11. Longford
12. Galway United



First Division:

1. UCD
2. Shelbourne
3. Waterford
4. Athlone Town
5. Finn Harps
6. Wexford Youths
7. Cobh
8. Cabinteely


FAI Cup: Shamrock Rovers
League Cup: Shamrock Rovers

[passinginterest]

PREM
Cork
Dundalk
Shamrock Rovers
St Pats
Sligo
Bray
Bohemians
Derry
Limerick
Longford
Galway
Drogheda

FIRST
Athlone
UCD
Wexford
Shelbourne
Cobh
Waterford
Finn Harps
Cabinteely


FAI Cup: Dundalk
League Cup: Sligo
Top Goalscorer: Christy Fagan

[seand]

I don't really understand so many people floating Shamrock Rovers to the top, is it just the Fenlon factor? SQuad doens't look any better than recent years.

[nigel-harps1954]

I don't really understand so many people floating Shamrock Rovers to the top, is it just the Fenlon factor? SQuad doens't look any better than recent years.

Maybe the additions of Keith Fahey, Danny North, Mickey Drennan and these lads from Hibs, as well as Stephen McPhail getting a pre-season with the club, combined with getting rid of a lot of the underperformers of recent years will have helped. They've as strong a starting 11 as anyone in the league now and they'll be hard to beat.

[White Horse]

I don't really understand so many people floating Shamrock Rovers to the top, is it just the Fenlon factor? SQuad doens't look any better than recent years.

I think they'll be very similar to Cork last season. They'll grind out a lot of wins. Rovers were a tough team to play after Fenlon came in.

[Spudulika]

I don't really understand so many people floating Shamrock Rovers to the top, is it just the Fenlon factor? SQuad doens't look any better than recent years.

That and some decent signings. He is a good coach and has control over the board. So it's just a matter of time.

[vinnie]

1. Rovers
2. Cork city
3. St. Pats
4. Dundalk
5. Bohemians
6. Bray Wanderers
7. Sligo
8. Derry City
9. Longford Town
10. Drogheda United
11. Galway
12. Limerick

1. Athlone Town
2. UCD
3. Shelbourne
4. Finn Harps
5. Wexford
6. Waterford United
7. Cabinteely
8. Cobh Ramblers

FAI Cup: Bray Wanderers
League Cup: Derry City
Setanta Cup: Rovers


First manager sacked: Martin Russell
Top Scorer: Ciarán Kilduff
Most Red Cards: Pat Flynn

[oriel]

I think they'll be very similar to Cork last season. They'll grind out a lot of wins. Rovers were a tough team to play after Fenlon came in.

That's true, that 0-0 draw towards the end of the season in Oriel Pk was one of the toughest points we earned all season.

Not sure they will win it though, I dont see their forward line being stronger than last season for starters.

I`m still thinking up my predictions, changed it twice already !

[Ezeikial]

They've as strong a starting 11 as anyone in the league now and they'll be hard to beat.

That is a standard pre-season foot.ie statement for the last 3 seasons.

Without doubt they will be hard to beat - in typical Pat Fenlon style. They have signed a number of players who are unproven or unknown in this league and the impact of Mickey Drennan and Gareth McCaffrey in particular, along with the fitness of Danny North will be key to their title chances

[littlebray]

Here are the results of the second count, incorporating predictions from 10pm last night to 5pm today.

New position (previous position); 1st coefficient; 2nd coefficient

Premier

1. (=1) Dundalk 2.21 2.14
2. (=1) Shamrock Rovers 2.21 2.23
3. (3) Cork 2.57 2.64
4. (4) Pats 3.14 3.09
5. (5) Sligo Rovers 5.0 4.95
6. (6) Derry 6.7 6.64
7. (7) Bohemian 7.0 6.86
8. (9) Longford 9.21 9.05
9. (8) Drogheda 9.07 9.23
10. (11) Bray Wanderers 10.28 10.00
11. (12) Limerick 10.8 10.09
12. (10) Galway 9.8 10.32


First

1. (3) Athlone 2.31 2.18
2. (2) Shelbourne 2.30 2.23
3. (1) UCD 2.0 2.32
4. (5) Wexford Youths 5.07 4.54
5. (4) Finn Harps 4.69 4.73
6. (6) Cobh Ramblers 5.23 5.86
7. (7) Waterford 6.46 6.73
8. (8) Cabinteely 8.0 7.86

[outspoken]

What's with all the bottom of the table predictions for cobh? They have put together their best squad since returning to the league

[Longfordian]

I never get these right but here goes anyway

1 Shamrock Rovers
2 Dundalk
3 Pats
4 Cork
5 Sligo
6 Bohs
7 Derry
8 Longford
9 Galway
10 Drogs
11 Bray
12 Limerick

Realistically the bottom half could finish in any order. I'd like to think we'll have enough experience to grind out enough points to stay up but it won't be easy. Just have a feeling Shamrock Rovers are bound to be a lot better this year.

First:
1 Athlone
2 Shels
3 Wexford
4 UCD
5 Harps
6 Cobh
7 Waterford
8 Cabinteely

That division will be ridiculously tight aside from Cabinteely though so again I could be way off.

FAI Cup: Cork
League Cup: Dundalk
Setanta: Who's in it again? Er..Dundalk?
Leinster Senior Cup: Longford

[Town Legend]

Premier Division

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



First Division

1. UCD
2. Shelbourne
3. Wexford Youths
4. Athlone Town
5. Finn Harps
6. Cobh Ramblers
7. Waterford United
8. Cabinteely FC

[nigel-harps1954]

What's with all the bottom of the table predictions for cobh? They have put together their best squad since returning to the league

Like who?

[Cuyahoga]

Premier Division

1. Cork City
2. Dundalk
3. Shamrock Rovers
4. St. Pats
5. Sligo
6. Bohs
7. Longford Town
8. Limerick
9. Derry City
10. Drogheda United
11. Galway United
12. Bray Wanderers


First Division

1. Athlone Town
2. UCD
3. Wexford Youths
4. Finn Harps
5. Waterford United
6. Cobh Ramblers
7. Cabinteely United
8. Shelbourne

[SwanVsDalton]

Premier Division

1. Shamrock Rovers
2. Cork City
3. Dundalk
4. St. Pats
5. Sligo
6. Bohs
7. Derry City
8. Longford Town
9. Galway United
10. Drogheda United
11. Limerick
12. Bray Wanderers


First Division

1. Shelbourne
2. UCD
3. Wexford Youths
4. Athlone
5. Finn Harps
6. Cobh Ramblers
7. Waterford United
8. Cabinteely

[Ezeikial]

Premier Division

1. Dundalk
2. Shamrock Rovers
3. St Pats
4. Cork City
5. Sligo
6. Derry City
7. Bohs
8. Longford Town
9. Galway United
10. Drogheda United
11. Bray Wanderers
12. Limerick


First Division

1. Shelbourne
2. UCD
3. Athlone
4. Wexford Youths
5. Finn Harps
6. Cobh Ramblers
7. Waterford United
8. Cabinteely

[sulywaterfordfc]

Premier Division:

1. Shamrock Rovers.
2. Cork.
3. Dundalk.
4. Pats.
5. Sligo
6. Derry.
7. Bray.
8. Galway.
9. Bohs.
10. Longford Town.
11. Drogheda.
12. Limerick.

Top scorer: Fagan.

The entire division is more or less up for grabs tbh it's nearly impossible to predict what will happen.

First Division.

1. Shels.
2. Athlone.
3.UCD.
4. Waterford.
5. Wexford.
6. Harps.
7. Cobh.
8. Cabinteely.

Again probably bar the bottom the table the league is up for grabs but I see Athone Shels and UCD been the top three.

Top scorer: Hughes.

League Cup: Sligo Rovers.
FAI Cup: Cork.
Setenta Cup: Dundalk.

A lot are underestimating Waterford this year on ths basis of probably our the worse season in the clubs history and don't expect us to improve. But we do have some very talented young players in the squad this season - I'd like to point out U19s lost just one league game all season (Hearing 8 or so on top of the 20 first team players have signed for the first team). Our biggest problem is there next to no experience in our squad, at a guess our average squad age is probably about 21. Willie Jon Kiely is probably our most experienced player, although Vinny Sullivan and John Frost are now coaching at the club which is great experience to have around the squad. We're looking like we'll be competitive this season and don't see us as been 'guaranteed points' to any team unlike last year.

[Louth4sam]

1 Pats
2 Dundalk
3 Rovers
4 Cork
5 Sligo
6 Derry
7 Longford
8 Bohs
9 Galway
10 Drogs
11 Bray
12 Limerick

Can't see past Pats winning with Dundalk and Rovers battling for second which could go either way.
Dundalk are stronger than last year apart from up top and while being very difficult to beat we won't be getting anything close to scoring as many goals as we did last year. If we are close to top going in to the transfer window and get someone decent in we might have a chance.
Cork's style of play and Caulfield's inexperience will be found out badly this season but their squad is still strong enough to there or there abouts.

Sligo could be dark horses this year. I have them at fifth but they really could pull off a few shocks and challenge for Europe.

FAI Cup: Rovers
League Cup: Dundalk
Setanta: Dundalk