Alternative Predictions for 2010

[Mr A]

It's that time of year again boys and girls!

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments:
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad:
First club (if any) to enter examinership:
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo:
First Club (if any) to be subject to a winding up order:
First Club (if any) to go under completely:
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein:
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc:

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season:
Most bizarre reason for points deduction:
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year:
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts:
Galway United Red Card count prediction:
Most bizarre radio diatribe:
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why):
Next club to give Roddy a job:
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park:
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised:
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season:
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year:
How many times will Bray get relegated?:
Will they actually go down:
Any other random prediction?:

I'll add more in if anybody has idea for more.

[Sam_Heggy]

T'was only a matter of time.

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments: Finn Harps, we just don't pay anyone, it's the way forward, it worked for Derry.
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad: Dundalk
First club (if any) to enter examinership: all 22, start with a clean slate and mad spending
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo: Derry City but it will have to be submitted twice to be safe.
First Club (if any) to be subject to a winding up order: Shamrock Rovers
First Club (if any) to go under completely: Shamrock Rovers
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein: All
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc: 2 weeks

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season: 21
Most bizarre reason for points deduction: Corner flags clashing with the team shirts
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year: 12
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts: High
Galway United Red Card count prediction: 54
Most bizarre radio diatribe: Does Roddy Collins count?
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why): Yes, and until Sligo get beat
Next club to give Roddy a job: Club Destroyers (Bolivia)
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park: Zero, sure they are building a new ground
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised: Not as many as the great Galway Derby between Mervue and Salthill.
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season: 4
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year: 90
Any other random prediction?: I predict that some people may actually think that my predictions are serious in any way.

[Gaillimh Al]

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments: Sligo Rovers
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad:All for sale as is
First club (if any) to enter examinership:Drogheda United
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo: Bohemians
First Club (if any) to be subject to a winding up order:Dundalk - very easily wound up
First Club (if any) to go under completely:Wexford Youths
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein:Green Party more likely
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc:whenever licencing commitee meets next year

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season:Two
Most bizarre reason for points deduction:Dundalk asking for postponement due to clash with Astro-League Finals
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year:Twelve
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts:Immense
Galway United Red Card count prediction:Two, Connor's lads wont be playing on a car park every second week
Most bizarre radio diatribe:Pat Kenny crying on air the day after Bohs miss out on CL group stages thanks to last minute OG by Mark Rossiter
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why):Yes, 12 seconds
Next club to give Roddy a job:The Wright Venue
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park:Finn Harps new ground will be built before then
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised:17
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season:Two
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year:Depends on how hungry he is
Any other random prediction?:Average crowd for all three Athlone-Longford "Town" Derbies to be 345.

[brayfan08]

how many times bray get relegated?

[Mr A]

how many times bray get relegated?

Tis in, good one.

[brianw82]

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments: Bohs
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad: Fingal
First club (if any) to enter examinership: Drogheda
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo: Drogheda
First Club (if any) to be subject to a winding up order: Drogheda
First Club (if any) to go under completely: Mervue
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein: none
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc: n/a
How many times will Bray get relegated?: 17
Will they actually go down: with a fight

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season: 2
Most bizarre reason for points deduction: Pats field a team of women
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year: 0
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts: Moderate
Galway United Red Card count prediction: 15
Most bizarre radio diatribe: Stephen Kenny complaining about the standard of hotels available in Ballybofey
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why): His brother Steve stops him at the door
Next club to give Roddy a job: Boca Juniors
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park: Unlikely
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised: 3
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season: 2
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year: 30
Any other random prediction?:
Paul Cook loses his car keys.
Pete Mahon leaves Pats to compete in the Seniors Strongman contest.
Chris Turner's bird hooks up with one of the Westlife lads and moves to Sligo.
Georgie gets a job picking up used betting slips in a Cork Paddy Power shop.
Roddy leaves Boca Juniors to manage in the Maldives.
Mark Doninger proves to be a sensation, and is re-signed by Newcastle in July in a swap deal for Kevin Nolan. Nolan subsequently declares for Ireland and reveals his family's roots in Cranmore.

[PartySaint]

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments:Fingal
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad:Fingal
First club (if any) to enter examinership:Fingal
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo:Fingal
First Club (if any) to be subject to a winding up order:Fingal
First Club (if any) to go under completely:Fingal
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein:5
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc:What History?

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season:7
Most bizarre reason for points deduction:Cork City For A Scoop after Tom Caughlan streaks in turners X and robs all the corner flags
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year:3
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts:Ubber Hilarious
Galway United Red Card count prediction:19, 18 of which will come in the last game to try beat Dundalks record
Most bizarre radio diatribe:Jason Byrne crying after his Ireland cap was robed by a Rovers fan
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why):He will return and then become host
Next club to give Roddy a job: Fingal (it explains my answers to the first 6 questions)
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park:HA!!
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised:0 (not even the cup final)
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season:22
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year:101
How many times will Bray get relegated?:4
Will they actually go down:Yes No Yes No
Any other random prediction?:
How many times Pat Fenlon says 'I dont care what <insert managers name> thinks: 47

[Doomofman]

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments: Fingal
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad: Drogheda
First club (if any) to enter examinership: Galway
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo: Bohs
First Club (if any) to be subject to a winding up order: Galway
First Club (if any) to go under completely: Galway
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein: Huh?
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc: Never

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season: 2
Most bizarre reason for points deduction: Bray, for having a ground that's far too cold
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year: 2
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts: Medium
Galway United Red Card count prediction: 12
Most bizarre radio diatribe: Anything by Shoddy
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why): He wont
Next club to give Roddy a job: Limerick
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park: Zero
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised: 8
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season: 2
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year: All of them?
How many times will Bray get relegated?: Twice
Will they actually go down: Nope
Any other random prediction?: Pats to win the league

[peadar1987]

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments: Fundalk
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad: Galway
First club (if any) to enter examinership: Galway (All their fans will have crossed over to Salthill)
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo: Bohs (the Liffey counts as an "embargo", right?)
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein: All of them. The Sinn Féin/GAA conspiracy with inside man TNB worked so well they'll try it again this season
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc: 1 week

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season: Finn Harps sign a young striker from Gaul. His moustache is the envy of the league, but after 10 games it emerges he's been on performance enhancing drugs. He is given an 8 month ban, and Harps are deducted 10 points. They still win the first division at a canter.
Most bizarre reason for points deduction: See above
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year: None. Although it will be involved in several monetary property transferrals, which are not the same thing, and still count as revenue and can be used to raise the salary cap
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts: Amber
Galway United Red Card count prediction: 11 per game, after the return of Crypto to the City of the Tribes, players deliberately commit cynical fouls in order to get to the bog first
Most bizarre radio diatribe: Roddy, after burning down Old Trafford to activate an obscure release clause in his contract as Manchester United manager, only to find that Tom Coughlan's ambitious Atletico Fingal project has been refused a license, and he's now unemployed. Again.
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why): Yes, and ten seconds in when he's engaged in a ferocious punch-up with the Maltese cameraman while Richard Sadlier sketches the scene.
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park: Drogheda stack up all the previous proposals behind one of the goals, and people sit on the bales of paper. It has a capacity of 5,000, and better toilet facilities than the Carlisle
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised: 4 in the league, 4 between the cups, twice in the Europa League quarter finals, and once in a benefit for the victims of the Galway crypto outbreak
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season: None. The city is fenced off and quarantined. The clubs form their own league, and manage to get a club into the Champions League group stages.
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year: 1, by riding really fast at him on a bike
How many times will Bray get relegated?: 8, but still end up as champions of all three divisions
Any other random prediction?: Were the rest of them not random enough?!

[The Lep]

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments:Fingal
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad:Fingal
First club (if any) to enter examinership:Fingal
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo:Fingal
First Club (if any) to be subject to a winding up order:Fingal
First Club (if any) to go under completely:Fingal
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein:5
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc:What History?

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season:7
Most bizarre reason for points deduction:Cork City For A Scoop after Tom Caughlan streaks in turners X and robs all the corner flags
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year:3
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts:Ubber Hilarious
Galway United Red Card count prediction:19, 18 of which will come in the last game to try beat Dundalks record
Most bizarre radio diatribe:Jason Byrne crying after his Ireland cap was robed by a Rovers fan
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why):He will return and then become host
Next club to give Roddy a job: Fingal (it explains my answers to the first 6 questions)
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park:HA!!
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised:0 (not even the cup final)
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season:22
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year:101
How many times will Bray get relegated?:4
Will they actually go down:Yes No Yes No
Any other random prediction?:
How many times Pat Fenlon says 'I dont care what <insert managers name> thinks: 47

A bit of wishful thinking there

[El-Pietro]

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments: Dundalk
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad: Bray Wanderers
First club (if any) to enter examinership: Sporting Fingal
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo: Bohs
First Club (if any) to be subject to a winding up order: Bohs
First Club (if any) to go under completely: Bray to begin second half of the season with an underwater pitch in a bid to improve attendences and gain an advantage in home games. Still releagated. No change to crowds
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein: None, but Tom Coughlan still attempts to blame them, along with every other political party in Ireland, the FAI, RTE, FIFA, UEFA, the NBA, Tim Henman and Hasbro for his not getting a license for 2011
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc: N/a

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season: 1
Most bizarre reason for points deduction: Bray, for having an underwater pitch.
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year: Just the once, to Tom Coughlan, who pays by cheque
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts: Overload
Galway United Red Card count prediction: 26
Most bizarre radio diatribe: hard to top TNBs one from earlier this week in fairness
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why): He will attempt to break into the studios but Pat Dolan will sit on him crushing his lungs and saving us all from having to listen to him again
Next club to give Roddy a job: Tralee Dynamos
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park: .01%, plenty of plans though
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised: 4 including the Annual All Preists over 75 5 a side Indoor Football Challenge Match
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season: 5
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year: 39
How many times will Bray get relegated?: Once, but they will remain a Premier Club regardless. They soon realise that they dont need to try and win games anymore and become the most profitable club in history, relying purely on prize money, as they have little to no expenditure anymore
Will they actually go down: Not a chance
Any other random prediction?: George O'Callaghan to finish the season with FC Carlow

[Bluebeard]

Very hard to tell at this stage, but I think that Peadar1987 is winning.

[sheao]

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments: Dundalk
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad: Drogheda
First club (if any) to enter examinership: Sporting Fingal
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo: Bohs
First Club (if any) to be subject to a winding up order: Bohemians
First Club (if any) to go under completely: Drogheda
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein: None
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc: 1 year

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season: 1
Most bizarre reason for points deduction: Team walks off the pitch after a contraversial points decision
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year: 2
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts: Overload
Galway United Red Card count prediction: 9
Most bizarre radio diatribe: Tommy Couglan
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why): Yes,6 weeks for bringing up the Paul Cook story again .
Next club to give Roddy a job: Cobh
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park: None at all
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised: 2
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season: 3
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year: 24
How many times will Bray get relegated?: Depends, i'll go for 2
Will they actually go down: Yes
Any other random prediction?: Cork City FORAS Co -Op to go up .

[Dillonman]

That Bohs v Dundalk televised games question should read Bohs v Galway televised games or even Sean Connor v Pat Fenlon touchline rows on TV!!!

[kid creole]

I dont get the Sinn Fein bit , enlighten me.

[Schumi]

I dont get the Sinn Fein bit , enlighten me.

Tom Coughlan was on Cork radio ranting about how everyone had done him down. I think one of the Foras guys is a Sinn Fein member so they got the blame too.

[Hitman]

Tom Coughlan was on Cork radio ranting about how everyone had done him down. I think one of the Foras guys is a Sinn Fein member so they got the blame too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg1iZ2ZBhns

[BobtheDrog]

First Club (if any) to miss wage payments: Galway
First Club (if any) to transfer list entire squad: Galway
First club (if any) to enter examinership: Fingal
First club (if any) to get a transfer embargo: Fingal
First Club (if any) to be subject to a winding up order: Fingal
First Club (if any) to go under completely: No-one
Number of these directly attributable to Sinn Fein: 1
Time until they reappear a division down, magically purged of debt but keeping their history etc: 12 days

Number of clubs to gain asterisks this season: 2
Most bizarre reason for points deduction: selling Dalymount 3 times
Number of times Bohs will sell Dalymount this year: 3
Level of hilarity in Bohs leaked accounts: very high
Galway United Red Card count prediction: 6
Most bizarre radio diatribe: Georgie explaining why after 12 minutes of his most recent comeback for Cork he felt the time was right to move on
Will Roddy return to MNS, and if so how long before he gets the boot again (and why): yes he'll survive the season
Next club to give Roddy a job: Dundalk
Likelihood of any significant work actually being done to United Park: no chance
Total number of Bohs-Dundalk fixtures televised: 5
Number of league clubs in Galway by start of next season: 3
Number of players Pat Scully gets through during the year: 29
How many times will Bray get relegated?: 1
Will they actually go down: yes
Any other random prediction?: