2017 Predictions

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

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

[PartySaint]

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

Not much optimism in Sligo going into the season

[Sam_Heggy]

At least Harps are not bottom of everyones predictions table haha

[ForzaForth]

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

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

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.

[patrickccfc]

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

[poster]

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

[wonder88]

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

[thomas72]

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

[bennocelt]

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....

[Pablo Escobar]

Come off the drugs

That was my first thought also :D

[Dodge]

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

[PartySaint]

Pats are definitely better than last year. No question about that. t

There definitely is questions about that

[SeanDrog]

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 😋🤗

[TheBoss]

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

[oriel]

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?

[Olander]

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.

[White Horse]

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?

[Olander]

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.

[oriel]

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!

[bluewhitearmy]

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 珞

Ye have a hell of a lot better a squad than Bohs anyway so thats one and I am definitely not bias.

[SeanDrog]

Ye have a hell of a lot better a squad than Bohs anyway so thats one and I am definitely not bias.

Cheers BWA, I am amazed at bohs predictament this year, when I was a kid bohs were unbeatable (for us lol), strange seeing them in a weakened state. When Shels declined I expected bohs to flourish. In fact no one Dublin club has taken the lead role in Dublin (one for a thread topic).

Separately I see cobs are miffed with Wexford
http://www.extratime.ie/articles/18413/henderson-marks-late-wexford-qualiser-a-disgrace-as-cobh-draw-opener/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Given I had a bet on cobh I wholeheartedly agree with them ;)

[ToberonaTornado]

Incredible match and one i remember well.

How the reporter can imagine that there was 1800 at that game is even more lunatic than how it went.About 900/1000 at it and when the match ended hardly one in the stand or in the Shed but on the pitch boundary walls.

That was an Oriel night never to be forgotten!

Anyway:

Dundalk
Shams R.
Cork City
Lims
Pats
Sligo
Derry
Bray W
Bohs
Harps
Galway
Drogs

Cup - Lims
LC - Derry
1ST Div - Longford
Top scorer Mcmillan

First sacked - Long

Slow night.
My twitter is full of politics and Black Friday crap so remembered this and thought i'd resurrect it.
I got the bottom 3 right(no great achievement there) total flunk on the rest.:(

[El-Pietro]

This was tougher than usual - the relegation battle is going to be very interesting. I think everyone from Pats down could be in trouble, and I didn't want to pick a third team to be relegated.

1. Cork City - I'm a little bit confident, so this means well definitely finish 3rd.
2. Dundalk - They will have a slow start but will come strong
3. Shamrock Rovers - Closer than in previous years but not close enough
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4. Derry City - I don't fancy them this year but I don't really think any of the teams outside the top 3 will be all that good.
5. Sligo Rovers - Their manager impressed me last year, could make a push for Europe.
6. Bray Wanderers - if they don't go bust - I think they might go bust
7. St. Patricks Athletic - Not as bad as many think they will be, not all that good either
8. Bohemian F.C. - Shane Supple will be their best player
9. Limerick - they will struggle to keep goals out
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10. Galway United - Right about where they usually end up
11. Finn Harps - Sorry Harps fans
12. Drogheda United - Sorry Drogs fans

First:
1. Waterford United - easily
2. Longford Town
3. Cobh Ramblers
4. U.C.D.
5. Wexford
6. Shelbourne
7. Athlone
8. Cabinteely

F.A.I. Cup - Is it time for Shamrock Rovers to win... nah. Derry City
League Cup - Cork City - We're due one.

Edit: Top Goalscorers
Premier: Sean Maguire
First: Mark O'Sullivan - with 16

I got the top 4 and the bottom three right. Bray as well. 8 out of 12 isn't bad.
Why was I so confident about Longford though?

[fieldofmarkets]

That was pretty good.
You can stick Limerick in for 10th in your next one.

[bennocelt]

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....

Happy enough with that. :D

[Philosophizer]

Happy enough with that. :D
Hats off. Outstanding predictions!

[Longfordian]

I got the top 4 and the bottom three right. Bray as well. 8 out of 12 isn't bad.
Why was I so confident about Longford though?

Everyone expected us to do well, myself included, but the closed season signings pretty much all turned out to be disastrous. Then Davy O’Sullivan got injured and was out for three months.