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Anyone brave enough to start this off?
Most if not all club squads should be completed now, bar a few trialists and maybe some very late additions, which can / has happened up to start of season before.
I have my list of 1-10 (I think) in my head, but would only know as much about FD to post top 5.
What do we usually do?
PD 1-10
FD - Top half?
FAI Cup Winners
Top Scorer (PD)
First Manager to leave (PD)
(not sure if League Cup is on in 2022, Dundalk must be longest holders of that, from 2019!)
Premier Division :
1.Rovers
2.Derry
3.Pats
4.Bohs
5.Dundalk
6.Shelbourne
7.Sligo
8.Drogheda
9.Harps
10.UCD
First Division:
1.Waterford
2.Galway
3.Cork
4.Bray
5.Treaty
6.Wexford
7.Longford
8.Cobh
9.Athlone
Top scorer:Eoin Doyle
FAI Cup:Rovers
First manager gone:Liam Buckley
Here we go then:
1. Hoops
2. Candystripes
3. Supersaints
4. Lilywhites
5. Gypsies
6. Real Reds
7. Bit O' Red
8. Drogs
9. Harps
10. Students
1. Tribesmen
2. Blues
3. Rebel Army
4. De Town
5. Seagulls
6. Treaty City
7. Erm, The team that play in Pink
8. Ramblers
9. Shannonsiders
Top Scorer - Eoin Doyle
FAI Cup - Derry. Please!
First manager to go - Damien Duff(Resigns)
Feels strange that the season starts in two weeks - a lot of clubs' squads seem unfinished still. Bohs and Dundalk the most obvious two in that.
Rovers - Won the league by 16 points and signed Jack Byrne. Seems a no brainer
Derry - Close between them and Pat's I think, but while Pat's have signed the better player in Doyle, Derry triumph in terms of quantity and I think that'll stand to them.
Pat's - See above
Shels - Pre-season has felt a bit like a title race where nobody wants to win - or come fourth, in this case. I've no idea who'll be here, but I do expect a gap from fourth to third, and a bit of a bunch below that like last season. I'll go with Shels for fourth as Duff has a good reputation as a coach and there was a feeling Morris underachieved, but the wheels could very easily come off of course.
Sligo - Kenny will be a big loss and I don't think they've replaced him
Bohs - Kelly will be a big loss and I don't think they've replaced him. Or the others they've lost
Harps - Ollie to kick enough shins to stay up again. If he can get UCD Mahdy back, then they could well score enough to come ahead of one of Sligo/Bohs/Dundalk. If he can get the foreign contingent to understand him, they could pip two of those.
Dundalk - Fairly underwhelmed with their squad tbh. Hoban, McMillan and Benson are proven, but their squad is very thin and they don't seem to have the academy behind them that Bohs/Sligo do. I'd be worried if I were a Dundalk fan.
UCD - As play-off winners we should finish last, but I think we have enough to stay up. Only losing one player (Doyle) was an unexpected boost, and if the new signings can make the same impact last year's did (Todd and Brennan the stand-outs) then we have a definite chance. Whether so young a team can cope with so many games is another issue, and we'll need to start better than in 2019.
Drogheda - Have lost a lot of players to Pat's/England, and they might struggle as a result.
First Division - God knows. Half the teams shouldn't even be in it, and mis-management makes it hard to tell who'll actually put together a run of form to get out of it this year. Picking names out of a hat, I'll go -
Cork
Galway
Brayteely
Treaty
Wexford (could be dark horses actually)
Waterford
Longford
Cobh
Athlone
Premier Division:
1.Shamrock
2.Derry
3.Pats
4.Bohs
5.Dundalk
6.Sligo
7.Drogheda
8.Shels
9.Finn Harps
10.UCD
First Division:
1.Galway
2.Waterford
3.Cork
4.Bray
5.Treaty
6.Longford
7.Wexford
8.Athlone
9.Cobh
Top scorer:Graham Burke
FAI Cup: Derry
First manager gone: Damien Duff (to walk after a tantrum about something)
Premier Division:
1.Rovers
2 Dundalk
3.Derry
4.Bohs
5.Pats
6.Sligo
7.Shels
8.Finn Harps
9.Drogeda
10.UCD
First Division:
1.Cork
2.Bray
3.Galway
4.Waterford
5.Treaty
6.Longford
7.Wexford
8.Athlone
9.Cobh
Top scorer: Hoban
FAI Cup: Bohs
First manager gone: Damien Duff- almost a banker this one.
Not much faith in Damien Duff hanging around :D
1. Finn Harps
That'll do.
Premier Division:
1.Rovers
2 Derry
3 Pats
4.Shels
5.Dundalk
6.Sligo
7.Harps
8. Bohs
9. UCD
10 Drogs
First Division:
1.Cork
2.Waterford
3.Galway
4. Bray
5.Treaty
6. Wexford
7. Longford
8. Cobh
9. Athlone
Top scorer: Gaffney
FAI Cup: Shamrock Rovers
First manager gone: 007
Premier Division:
1. Rovers
2. Derry
3. Pats
4. Dundalk
5. Bohs
6. Sligo
7. Shels
8. Drogheda
9. Harps
10. UCD
First Division:
1. Waterford
2. City
3. Galway
4. Longford
5. Brabinteely
6. Treaty
7. Wexford
8. Cobh
9. Athlone
Top Scorer: Eoin Doyle
FAI Cup: Derry
First manager out: Martin Russell
Have a feeling myself that he might not hack the ups and downs of management.Quote:
Originally Posted by joey B
Premier Division:
1. Rovers
2. Pats
3. Derry
4. Bohs
5. Dundalk
6. Shels
7. Sligo
8. Drogheda
9. Harps
10. UCD
First Division:
1. Waterford
2. City
3. Galway
4.Brabinteely
5. Wexford
6. Longford
7. Treaty
8. Cobh
9. Athlone
Top GS - Eoin Doyle 20+
FAI CUP - Bohs
First Manager to leave - Russell Athlone
1. Rovers
2. Derry
3. ahhhhh what’t the point the rest crap
FAI Cup Derry
Top scorer: McGonigle (by a mile)
Premier Division:
1. Shamrock Rovers
2. Derry City
3. Dundalk
4. St. Patrick's Athletic
5. Sligo Rovers
6. Bohemians
7. Drogheda United
8. Finn Harps
9. Shelbourne
10. UCD
First Division:
1. Waterford
2. Cork City
3. Bray Wanderers
4. Galway United
5. Longford Town
6. Treaty United
7. Wexford
8. Athlone Town
9. Cobh Ramblers
FAI Cup Winners: Shamrock Rovers
Top Scorer (PD): Pat Hoban
First Manager to leave (PD): None
First Manager to leave (FD): John Caulfield
I think Shamrock Rovers should romp home again, could be close between 2nd to 6th and then another gap with 7th to 10th all close battling for relegation
Premier Division:
1. Shamrock Rovers
2. Derry City
3.Sligo Rovers
4. Dundalk
5. St. Patrick's Athletic
6.Shelbourne
7.Bohemians
8. Finn Harps
9.Drogheda Utd
10. UCD
First Division:
1. Waterford
2. Cork City
3. Bray Wanderers
4. Galway United
5. Longford Town
6. Treaty United
7. Wexford
8. Athlone Town
9. Cobh Ramblers
FAI Cup Winners: Shamrock Rovers
Top Scorer (PD): Aidomu Emakhu
First Manager to leave Keith Long
Most boring ego maniac : Kerr to retain his title
1. Shamrock Rovers
2. Derry City
3. St. Patrick's Athletic
4. Dundalk
5. Bohemians
6. Sligo Rovers
7.Shelbourne
8. Finn Harps
9.Drogheda Utd
10. UCD
First Division:
1. Waterford
2. Cork City
3. Galway United
4. Bray Wanderers
5. Longford Town
6. Treaty United
7. Wexford
8. Athlone Town
9. Cobh Ramblers
FAI Cup Winners: Derry
Top Scorer (PD): Pat Hoban
First Manager to leave: Damian Duff
On DFC, I am a little worried on MF strength, a lot will depend on the two Welsh lads but I would have gone for a bit more steel in the middle, if Benson and Sloggett can start off well that might close the gap too, but likes of McEleney / Patching / Murray from the middle will be hard to replace. Duffy simply irreplaceable, hence was thinking long and hard over 4th v 5th!
Premier Division:
1.Homeless
2.Derry
3.Pats
4.Gypos
5.Snake FC
6.Sligo
7.Drogheda
8.$hels
9.Finn Harps
10.UCD
Top scorer: Eoin doyle
FAI Cup: Derry City
First manager: Duff , does a legger.
1. Rovers
2. Derry
(Title race between two. Seems like Rovers by a mile. Duffy and Fats are great signings if Fats is not injured. If Patching and Dummigan are the same players for Derry as Dundalk, I wouldnt expect too much).
3-6 Dundalk/ Sligo/ Pats/ Bohs...
(All weaker from last year. A lot of changes at Dundalk and Pats and Bohs. Sligo losing Mahon and Kenny is difficult.)
7-9 Shels- Drogheda- Harps
(Havent been to impressed with Shels payers brought in, Drogheda had some intresting signings, but lost so much. Harps I think will be weaker from last year).
10. UCD
(finshed 3 in last years first and added no players. And might lose some in the summer (when they normally get better)).
Really all teams apart from Rovers and UCD have changed too much to really know anything at this time.
Top Scorer: Hoban
FAI Cup: Dundalk
First Manager: Duff or Buckley
Premier Division :
1.Rovers
2.Derry
3.Pats
4.Bohs
5.Shels
6.Dundalk
7.Sligo
8.Harps
9.Drogs
10.UCD
First Division:
1.Waterford
2.Galway
3.Cork
4.Treaty
5. Longford
6. Bray
7.Wexford
8.Cobh
9.Athlone
Top scorer: Gaffney
FAI Cup: Harps
[COLOR=#333333]1st Manager Doherty[/COLOR]
While we are favourites to finish last, it's not true we've added no new players. We've added five.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa