How do you think it will finish?

[KR's Post]

Just a look at how i think it will finish!!!

1. Cork City
2. Shelbourne
3. Drogheda United
4. Bohemians
5. Waterford United
6. Derry City
7. St. Patricks Athletic
8. Bray Wanderers
9. Finn Harps
10. Shamrock Rovers
11. U.C.D
12. Longford Town

Anyone else like to add to this.... ;)

[pineapple stu]

Longford are too low, Bray too high (sorry! :) ), think we're better equipped for the Premier than Harps (going purely on the two Cup runs - us beating Cork and drawing with Drogs twice, Harps getting hammered by Shels).

Very hard to see anyone challenging Shels and Cork though. I'd say there'll be a bit of a gap between second and third. I'll go with...

1. Shels
2. Cork
3. Bohs
4. Longford
5. Drogs
6. Derry
7. UCD
8. Waterford
9. Pat's
10. Harps
11. Rovers
12. Bray

[harps1954]

Longford are too low, Bray too high (sorry! :) ), think we're better equipped for the Premier than Harps (going purely on the two Cup runs - us beating Cork and drawing with Drogs twice, Harps getting hammered by Shels).

I think Harps are better equipped than UCD (going purely on League placing last season - us finishing first, UCD finishing second). I would like to have seen how UCD would have done against a Shels team in Tolka Park that was flying at that stage. Cup games are one off and you shouldn't base your hopes on how you did in Cup games. Three years ago, we were top of the First Division, Shels were top of the Premier and we beat them in the Cup. Still didn't matter come the end of the season when we finished second and missed out on promotion in the play-offs. And if you want to talk about the League Cup, we reached the semi-finals only to be beaten by the eventual winners.

I can't really see any of the three promoted sides finishing in the top half, or even close to it.

For me I think it will be

1. Shels
2. Cork
3. Bohs
4. Longford
5. Drogheda
6. Pats
7. Waterford
8. Harps
9. Derry
10. Sham Rovers
11. UCD
12. Bray

[sonofstan]

1 Bohs
2 Cork
3 Shels
4 Derry
5 Waterford
6 Longford
7 UCD
8 Harps
9 Drogs
10 Pats
11Bray
12 Rovers

[Slash/ED]

1 Bohs
2 Cork
3 Shels
4 Derry
5 Waterford
6 Longford
7 UCD
8 Harps
9 Drogs
10 Pats
11Bray
12 Rovers

You'd never guess you were a Bohs fan :D

[Roo69]

1. Shelbourne
2. Cork City
3. Bohemians
4. Drogheda United
5. Longford Town
6. St. Patricks Athletic
7. Derry City
8. U.C.D
9. Waterford United
10. Bray Wanderers
11. Shamrock Rovers
12. Finn Harps

[pineapple stu]

I think Harps are better equipped than UCD (going purely on League placing last season - us finishing first, UCD finishing second). I would like to have seen how UCD would have done against a Shels team in Tolka Park that was flying at that stage. Cup games are one off and you shouldn't base your hopes on how you did in Cup games.
True, but we did beat Cork the week after a European quarter-final, and were the better team in our home game against Drogheda when they were second in the league and had yet to collapse. Cup games are once-offs, but when you do it three times? Yez beat us to the title by a point, and head-to-head, we each won once and drew one, so the league says we're about even - not three places behind like you have us! ;) Plus we always do poorer against poor teams and better against good teams - draws against Limerick, Monaghan, Kilkenny and Cobh (twice) cost us the title, but we won't have to play them next year...

Still, at least no-one has either of us last yet! :D

(Edit - until Roo69 posts at the same time as me! :p )

[corkharps]

1. Shels
2. Drogheda
3. Shamrock Rovers!
4. Cork
5. Longford
6. Bohemians
7. St Pats
8. Finn Harps
9. Derry
10. UCD
11. Waterford
12. Bray

Roddy to do a job at Rovers and big Pat to fall out with Lennox! ;)

[sonofstan]

You'd never guess you were a Bohs fan :D

OK - first and last reflected what I want to happen rather than what I rationally think will happen ( tho' I wouldn't be too sure about rovers staying up, or even staying alive), but the rest was what I think will happen - Derry have gotten better by far since Kenny arrived, and Drogheda were nearly the most useless team I saw last season (us against DC the first two times and Pat's early on just pip them ); have no idea how they - Drogs - did so well against everyone else. Thinl UCD will do better than Harps, though I'd rather the converse.

[carrickharp]

1. Shels
2. Cork
3. Drogheda
4. Bohs
5. Longford
6. St Pats
7. Rovers
8. Harps
9. UCD
10. Waterford
11. Bray
12. Derry ;)

[KR's Post]

[QUOTE=corkharps]12. Bray

:( :( :( :(

[Dazzy]

12. Derry ;)

Thats hopeful, but i reckon Shams will be sitting there.

[BobtheDrog]

1. Shels
2. Drogs
3. Cork
4. Longford
5. Bohs
6. Waterford
7. Derry
8. Rovers
9. Pats
10. Harps
11. UCD
!2. Bray

[Éanna]

1. City
2. Shels
3. Bohs
4. Drogs
5. Derry
6. Waterford
7. Rovers
8. Pats
9. Harps
10. Longford
11. UCD
12. Bray

[Passive]

Lads, it's far too early to be even talking about next season! So much is going to happen between now and March. Especially with us.

[Gary]

1. Shels
2. City
3. Drogs
4. SPA
5. Derry
6. Bohs
7. Longford
8. Waaherfur
9. Harps
10. UCD
11. Shams
12. Bray

[Longfordian]

1. Shels
2. Cork
3. Bohs
4. Drogs
5. Longford (hopefully higher but I'll try and be neutral)
6. Derry
7. Pats
8. Harps
9. Waterford
10.UCD
11.Rovers
12.Bray

[Partizan]

1. Shels
2. Cork
3. Bohs
4. Drogs
5. Longford (hopefully higher but I'll try and be neutral)
6. Derry
7. Pats
8. Harps
9. Waterford
10.UCD
11.Rovers
12.Bray

I'll have a stab at it.

1. Shels
2. Cawwk
3. Drogs
4. Bohs
5. Blues
6. Derry
7. Longford
8. Pats
9. Harps
10. Students
11. Rovers
12. Bray

[Partizan]

I'll have a stab at it.

1. Shels
2. Ca(w)k
3. Drogs
4. Bohs
5. Blues
6. Derry
7. Longford
8. Pats
9. Harps
10. Students
11. Rovers
12. Bray

[Stevo Da Gull]

[QUOTE=corkharps]12. Bray

:( :( :( :(

Sorry man, but.......
1. Shels
2. Cork
3. Drogheda
4. Bohs
5. Derry
6. Waterford (another one against the odds)
7. Pats
8. Rovers
9. Harps
10.UCD
11.Longford
12.Bray :(

(yeah I'm a pesimist and I'd love to be proven wrong)

Of course this is based on current squads, so unless nothing changes between now and the season's beginning then that predictions not to be taken too seriously.

[Maz]

Whats the story with Bray people having Longford so low in the list! Think you underestimate us!

1. Shels
2. Cork City
3. Drogs
4. Longford Town
5. Waterford
6. Bohs
7. Derry
8. Pats
9. Harps
10. Rovers
11. UCD
12. Bray

[Stevo Da Gull]

Whats the story with Bray people having Longford so low in the list! Think you underestimate us!



5 decent players out and 1 (who I dont know much about so cant comment on) in just makes me think that it could be a slippy season in Flancare Park- But I'm pretty sure that things will change between now and the season's begging.

[harry crumb]

1. Cork
2. Shels
3. Drogs
4. Bohs
5. Longford
6. Derry
7. Waterford
8. UCD
9. St. Pats
10. Harps
11. Rovers
12. Bray

[gustavo]

1 shels
2 cork
3 drogheda
4 shams
5 bohs
6 waterford
7 longford
8 pats
9 bray
10 harps
11 ucd
12 derry

[mypost]

With Crowe going to Shels, Bohs hopes of winning the league have gone with him, Shels to run away with it, Cork will get second again, Rovers will (just about) stay up, UCD will take Home Farm's place as bottom of the league, and Waterford to be the surprise package...at the bottom!!

After 33 league games, the table should look:

1. Shels (by a few kilometres) :(
2. Cork (best of the rest)
3. Bohs (disappointing season)
4. Drogheda (Rovers' landlords)
5. Longford (mid-table respectability)
6. Derry (Kenny's recovery)
7. Bray (stable season)
8. Rovers (Roddy's miracles) :)
9. Pat's (just clear)
10. Finn Harps (long struggle)
11. Waterford (chronic defensive problems)
12. UCD (annus horribilis)

Cup winners: Bohs (keeps Farrelly in job) :mad:

Promoted: Kildare, Play-off: Galway/Cobh
Bottom of the heap: Limerick once again.

Shels to go looking for "four in a row" in 2006: Now where have I heard that one before??? ;)

[dancinpants]

1 Shels
2 Cork
3 Bohs
4 Derry
5 Drogs
6 Longford
7 Pats
8 Rovers
9 UCD
10 Waterford
11 Harps
12 Bray

[joeraki]

1 Shels (can't really see past them)
2 Cork (depends on away form, and Dolans motivation skills, great when doing well, think back to Pats days when doing bad)
3 Bohs (20+ goal strikers don't grow on trees as they'll soon find out, might finish lower than 3rd)
4 Drogs (think they'd want to be higher with the players they bought, no European finish and they'll do a Dundalk )
5 Pats (wasn't sure to put them 5th or 10th)
6 Waterford (lost their keeper who was worth a few points to them)
7 Longford (good cup team, not a great league team)
8 Derry (haven't done anything in ages, don't expect much
9 Harps (will do well to stay up, depending what local talent they have)
10 UCD (bound to annoy the top teams by taking points, will stay up)
11 Rovers (if Tallaght had of sorted I'd say top 5, but morale and wages might be a killer again
12 Bray (if Zayed goes so do they)

In saying all that, things could change with a few signings here and there, but I can't see any more of the big players moving

[joeraki]

Forgotten Divison

Dublin City (welcome home seery to where you belong but I think they'll go back up and join UCD for double fun for everyone)
Sligo (could be their year, nice ground and set up)
Kildare (could win it, depends on how the new players start off)
Galway (achievers again)
Dundalk (Get rid of the usless high earners and bring in some unknown talent and ya never know)
Monaghan (the bottom 5 in no particular order)
Cobh
Athlone
Kilkenny
Limerick

[crc]

The great thing about football is there's always a few surprises!

1. Cork
2. Shels
3. Bohs
4. Longford
5. Derry
6. Waterford
7. Drogs
8. Pats
9. Harps
10. Rovers
11. UCD
12. Bray

Cup: Derry
LC: Sligo (why not? :D )
Setanta: Glentoran

[dublinwanderer]

I see most of you think Bray are going to have a bad season but i think we're going to surprise some people this year. There is a lot of young talent in the squad and a few signings wont harm that. Obviously we're not going to challenge for the league (shels all the way) but a good cup run and mid-table finish is on the cards.

1. Shels
2. Cork
3. Derry
4. Drogheda
5. Bohs
6. Longford
7. Bray
8. Pats
9. Harps
10. Ucd
11. Waterford
12. Rovers

Cup Winners: Bray
Cup Runners Up: Derry

League Cup : Harps
Runner up : Longford

First Division :
1. Kildare (its about time they played shels etc.)
2. Sligo
3. Galway
4. Dublin
5. Dundalk
6. Cobh
7. Athlone
8. Monaghan
9. Kilkenny
10. Limerick

[kevincronin2000]

1. Cork City
2. Shelbourne
3. Drogheda United
4. Bohemians
5. Derry City
6. Waterford United
7. UCD
8. Finn Harps
9. Shamrock Rovers
10. Saint Patricks Athletic
11. Longford Town
12. Bray Wanderers

Leauge Cork City, Fai Cup Bohemians, Leauge Cup Drogheda United, Setanta Cup Cork City.

[De Town]

11. Longford Town

Sorry but I don't think Harps, Rovers, UCD and maybe Pats will finish ahead of us. I might be wrong but I can't see it happening.

1. Shels
2. Cork
3. Longford (I really think we could have a good season when we get the Drogs players in and we will get a few more after that aswell, we won't be challenging for the league though. the top 2 will pull away from the pack)
4. Drogs
5. Bohs
6. Waterford
7. Derry
8. Pats
9. Harps
10. UCD
11. Rovers
12. Bray

[pineapple stu]

Forgotten Divison
True - forgotten about it already! :eek:

No-one stands out this year really...will go with...

Kildare (Ten points or so clear of fourth last year; look like they're going to come up sooner rather than later; what they do when they come up is another issue)
Galway (Don't know why; if they can improve their away record, they'll do well)
Dundalk (Highest turnover in the league - get rid of Geoghegan and bring in three payers who'll actually play and they could do well)
Dublin City (Don't see them challenging this season - they look like they're back to where they were two years ago while others have moved on)
Sligo Rovers
Athlone Town (Couple of decent signings, but then I tipped them last year as well...)
And then Monaghan, Cobh, Limerick and Kilkenny, though not in that order necessarily. Interesting to see what happens Limerick if they get into their new (or old, whichever way you want to look at it) ground.

[kevincronin2000]

True - forgotten about it already! :eek:




And then Monaghan, Cobh, Limerick and Kilkenny, though not in that order necessarily. Interesting to see what happens Limerick if they get into their new (or old, whichever way you want to look at it) ground.

Watch out for Cobh this year they may well be at the top half of the table this year under new management and will make a few good signings.

[gael353]

Bottom of the heap: Limerick once again

Hah, no chance!

First Division will be
1 Dublin City
2 Kildare County
3 Limerick
4 Dundalk
5 Cobh
6 Athlone
7 Galway United or is it Devon??
8 Sligo (being backed by some cos they have a nice ground :rolleyes: )
9 Kilkenny (promoted for sure as they have best ground)
10 Monaghan

[Carlin]

Good to see everyone writing us off :p

1. Shels
2. Bohs
3. Corkies
4. Drogheda
5. Derry
6. Pats
7. Longford
8. Waterford
9. UCD
10. Finn Harps
11. Scum
12. Bray

[Risteard]

1. City
2. Shels
3. Bohs
4. Drogs
5. Waterford
6. Derry
7. Longford
8. Pats
9. Rovers
10. Harps
11. UCD
12. Bray

[sligoman]

Premier Division
1. Cork City
2. Shelbourne
3. Waterford United
4. Bohemians
5. Drogheda United
6. Longford Town
7. Derry City
8. St.Pat's Ath
9. U.C.D.
10.Bray Wanderers
11.Shamrock Rovers
12.Finn Harps

First Division
1. Kildare County
2. Sligo Rovers
3. Dublin City
4. Galway United
5. Cobh Ramblers
6. Kilkenny City
7. Dundalk
8. Athlone Town
9. Limerick
10.Monaghan United

Others
F.A.I Cup Final-Waterford United Vs. Kildare County(3-1-Waterford)
League Cup Final-Sligo Rovers Vs. Drogheda United(2-1-Sligo ;) )

[sligoman]

8 Sligo (being backed by some cos they have a nice ground :rolleyes: )

What do you mean? :confused:

[sligoman]

1 shels
2 cork
3 drogheda
4 shams
5 bohs
6 waterford
7 longford
8 pats
9 bray
10 harps
11 ucd
12 derry

Gustavo how could you forget about first division? :rolleyes: Hello? Sligo Rovers?

[dortie]

1. Shelbourne (Hate to say it)
2. Cork City
3. Derry City
4. Bohemians
5. Drogheda United
6. Waterford United
7. St. Patricks Athletic
8. Shamrock Rovers
9. Longford Town
10. Bray Wanderers
11. Finn Harps
12. UCD

[SÓC]

1. Shelbourne
2. Cork City
3. Drogheda United
4. Bohemians
5. Derry City
6. St. Patricks Athletic
7. Longford Town
8. Waterford United
9. Shamrock Rovers
10. Finn Harps
11. UCD
12. Bray Wanderers

[1 9 2 8]

Harps to go down Shams in the play-offs $hel$ will probably will it again. In 1st division no one really stands out maybe Home Farm or Kildare. Fingers crossed it will be Rovers that go up but we're going to need a lot of very good signings

[Beavis]

Have feeling Waterford will be a suprise relegation candidate.Can very good when on form(that black right winger is a great player) but if they went on a bad run of games and got sucked into a relegation battle I wouldn't fancy them in a dogfight.Anyway my league prediction:

1 Shels
2 Cork
3 Bohs
4 Derry
5 Rovers
6 UCD
7 Drogheda
8 Longford
9 Pats
10 Finn Harps
11 Waterford
12 Bray

[Partizan]

Beavis,

that black fellah, Jose is gone and what have I said before about writing us off.

Are you Noel King in disguise? :p

[carrickharp]

Here are my true predictions, Derry won’t go down :mad:
1. Shels :(
2. Cork
3. Drogheda
4. Bohs
5. Longford
6. St Pats
7. Rovers
8. Derry
9. Harps
10. UCD
11. Waterford
12. Bray

First Division :
1. Kildare
2. Dublin :mad:
3. Galway
4. Sligo
5. Athlone
6. Cobh
7. Dundalk
8. Monaghan
9. Limerick
10. Kilkenny

[Roo69]

1. Shels (by a few kilometres) :(
2. Cork (best of the rest)
3. Bohs (disappointing season)
4. Drogheda (Rovers' landlords)
5. Longford (mid-table respectability)
6. Derry (Kenny's recovery)
7. Bray (stable season)
8. Rovers (Roddy's miracles) :)
9. Pat's (just clear)
10. Finn Harps (long struggle)
11. Waterford (chronic defensive problems)
12. UCD (annus horribilis)


Love you :D

[LFC in Exile]

Here are my true predictions, Derry won’t go down :mad:
First Division :
1. Kildare
2. Dublin :mad:
3. Galway
4. Sligo
5. Athlone
6. Cobh
7. Dundalk
8. Monaghan
9. Limerick
10. Kilkenny

Dublin Harp, have to disagree with you. This is Limerick's year. Promotion is our target - it might not be this year - but no more re-election for us. :)

[Hibs4Ever]

1. St Pats (Sorry, I just can't bring myself to pick anyone else)
2. Cork
3. Shels
4. Drogs
5. Harps (Will be the surprise team)
6. Bohs
7. Longford
8. Rovers
9. Bray
10. Waterford
11. UCD

[fosterdollar]

1. cork/shels (would go for cork for very narrow victory)
2. shels/cork (ditto)
3. bohs (getting bottom line results but all mid tablers could make this spot)
4. drogs
5. longford
6. ucd (has to be surprise team from div1, i'll go for college)
7. derry
8. pats
9. waterford
10. harps/rovers (go for harps here winning well fought battle over rovers)
11. rovers/harps (ditto)
12. bray (not up to it squad-wise)

Think the top and bottom are easier to predict with mid table providing best entertainment after shels/cork battle.