The Close Season Prediction/Opinion Thread

Yes, it's once again that exciting time of year as we all wait for the wonders of the LOI off-season to unfold before our eyes. Enough of this football crap hogging the headlines- it's time to get down to the real nitty-gritty of licensing, tax certificates, financial meltdowns and of course transfers.

In light of this, it might be fun to try to predict what will transpire over the winter.

Number of winding up orders faced by Cork City:
Number of winding up orders faced by other clubs (specify who):
Percentage staff turnover at Dundalk:
Licensing failures (who and why):
Fudgey fudge?:
Will Derry be in the league next year, and at what level:
What clubs will not start next season:
Most sensational transfer deal:
Number of Galway clubs in the LOI by next season:
Will/should A League Be continued?:
Will/should U20 league be continued?:
Will any lessons be learned from this season:
What will the LOI review bring forth?:

Number of winding up orders faced by Cork City: 6
Number of winding up orders faced by other clubs (specify who): 0
Percentage staff turnover at Dundalk: 94.3258%
Licensing failures (who and why):
Derry - Obvious,
Cork - Foras undercover agent working from within the FAI to bring TNB down,
Dundalk - no ground for Galway when Salthill and Mervue get preference for Terryland [for a percentage of the rent] so, the FAI move Galway to Oriel just to p!ss Dundalk off and make a dvd about it.
Wexford - money problems but Wallace's hair is the main reason,
Kildare - they simply won't apply,
Fudgey fudge?: Allowing Derry city 69, enter at First Division level
Will Derry be in the league next year, and at what level: Yes First division
What clubs will not start next season: Take your pick
Most sensational transfer deal: Conor Gethins to Man United for 37 Million.
Number of Galway clubs in the LOI by next season: 24
Will/should A League Be continued?: Yes and yes
Will/should U20 league be continued?: Yes - and under an improved system with more games
Will any lessons be learned from this season: :p
What will the LOI review bring forth?: an untried but exciting 12 team premier division

Number of winding up orders faced by Cork City:One, tomorrow when they get booted out
Number of winding up orders faced by other clubs (specify who):0
Percentage staff turnover at Dundalk:60%
Licensing failures (who and why)Derry, Salthill, on appeal both will get in
Fudgey fudge? nope
Will Derry be in the league next year, and at what level:yews and should be A league
What clubs will not start next season:Kildare and maybe SD
Most sensational transfer deal:Cork city squad to waterford/Limerick/galway
Number of Galway clubs in the LOI by next season on appeal 3
Will/should A League Be continued? yes cos its good for the league
Will/should U20 league be continued? as the under 19 league it will continue
Will any lessons be learned from this season:yes, and bohs will win the 3 in a row
What will the LOI review bring forth?: picturs of past clubs, derry/cork/kildare/kilkenny/james gate etc

Number of winding up orders faced by Cork City: Hmmm....at least 2
Number of winding up orders faced by other clubs (specify who): 1...Derry
Percentage staff turnover at Dundalk: 100%
Licensing failures (who and why): The FAI will be the licensing failure because they'll grant all
Fudgey fudge?: In a variety of flavours
Will Derry be in the league next year, and at what level: Yes, 1st division, see Fudgey Fudge!
What clubs will not start next season: Kildare County, Shelbourne may sulk too
Most sensational transfer deal: Christiano Ronaldo to Sporting Fingal, not breaking the 65%
Number of Galway clubs in the LOI by next season: 1, they'll all merge
Will/should A League Be continued?: Yes/Yes
Will/should U20 league be continued?: Yes/Yes
Will any lessons be learned from this season: No, Sean Connor will find employment again
What will the LOI review bring forth?: The report which had previously finished fifth after the third place report is found to be a photocopy of the Genesis Report

Number of winding up orders faced by Cork City: 3 possibly given the number of cases against the club
Number of winding up orders faced by other clubs (specify who): None
Percentage staff turnover at Dundalk: 70%
Licensing failures (who and why): Derry given what has gone on there recently .
Fudgey fudge?: No.
Will Derry be in the league next year, and at what level:Yes, in the first division
What clubs will not start next season: Salthill, Kildare
Most sensational transfer deal: Andy Cole to Cork City
Number of Galway clubs in the LOI by next season: 3 at least
Will/should A League Be continued?: Yes
Will/should U20 league be continued?: Ya
Will any lessons be learned from this season: That to mush messing around with LOI clubs can lead sides in serious trouble
What will the LOI review bring forth?: That the league will have to turn to part time football to secure a league in this country .

I predict Dundalk will be wearing candystripes next season for most away games as it will make most of their new team find their team mates and not get confused aka the manu team V Southampton years ago.

What indeed was the accumalative number of games Dundalk players missed this past season through suspensions??They averaged a sending off every second game so its going to be around the 40/50 mark maybe?

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Originally Posted by Red&White Rover

Can we add an "Accumaltive number of games Dundalk players will miss through suspension" category?

I say 127

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That can go in the predictions thread for next season. This is the close season one :)

Number of winding up orders faced by Cork City: 0
Number of winding up orders faced by other clubs (specify who): 1 (Derry)
Percentage staff turnover at Dundalk: 99.9999999%
Licensing failures (who and why): Cork for obvious reasons
Fudgey fudge?: No fudge
Will Derry be in the league next year, and at what level: Yes, First Division
What clubs will not start next season: Kildare, Cork City
Most sensational transfer deal: Ryan Guy to Bohs
Number of Galway clubs in the LOI by next season: 3 (Galway, Mervue, Salthill)
Will/should A League Be continued?: Will & should
Will/should U20 league be continued?: Will & should
Will any lessons be learned from this season: No more dual contracts
What will the LOI review bring forth?: Not much

I love the way people answer these polls seriously. :p