QuoteIt doesn't work if you try to jinx the oppositionOriginally Posted by vinnie
Why are all the predictions leaving out the obvious, which team will have the dreaded * beside their name in the table?
It doesn't work if you try to jinx the opposition
An alternative predictions thread generally appears before the season starts.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
A Bohs double, I`ll have whatever you`re on Vinny
1 Dundalk
2 Rovers
3 Bohs
4 Cork City
5 Bray
6 Pats
7 Derry
8 Sligo
9 Galway
10 Wexford
11 Harps
12 Longford
Cup Winners - Bohs
League Cup- Rovers
Division 1 Limerick
Have Pats lost all their players with half of these predictions?
1 Dundalk
2 Cork
3 Pats
4 Rovers
5 Bohs
6 Derry
7 Sligo
8 Bray
9 Galway
10 Wexford
11 Longford
12 Harps
Can see it being a very tight battle for relegation.
Dundalk
Cork
Pats
Rovers
Boys
Longford
Bray
Wexford
Galway
Finn harps
Derry
Sligo
Fai cup- pats
Lge cup - Dundalk
Sacked- Sligo guy
Europe - dundalk & cork - 1 game
Rovers & pats- 2 games
Typo or intentional?
1 Dundalk
2 Cork
3 Rovers
4 Pats
5 Bohs
6 Bray
7 Sligo
8 Derry
9 Galway
10 Longford
11 Wexford
12 Harps
FAI Cup - Rovers (The Cup Specialists)
Top Scorer – Fagan, if he keeps fit
Lge Cup – Cork
FD – Limerick
Play off - Cobh
I think the same top 3 as last season, however I don’t see the winning points margin being as big as last seasons’ gap of 11. Dundalk may have lost Towell, but McEleney is a decent replacement from what was available in Ireland, Benson should offer options in MF too and by all accounts the squad is fitter and stronger than last season. I don’t think we are that strong up front though, but it was the same as last year, playing one up top means goals can flow right across the side from the attacking players particularly Horgan, and likes of McEleneny & Finn should add goals too, Kilduff with a first full season should do better than last season, the worry is McMillan won’t score enough, however having the same back 4 for the 3rd season running should see us over the line.
Cork have strengthened, and Bolger will add some steel in the middle, they’ve done well in the last 2 years, but they need to win a trophy this season, or they will only be remembered as also rans. Rovers as always under Fenlon will be dangerous, I don’t see them being better than Dundalk, they will challenge Cork though and like them also need to get some silverware. I think Bohs will really challenge Pats for top 4, and with a good run themselves Pats might make the top 3.
It’s going to be very tough for Wexford & Finn Harps, first time up for one, first time in a long time up for the other.
Last edited by oriel; 12/02/2016 at 9:26 AM.
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Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
Premier
1. Dundalk
2. Rovers
3. Pats
4. Cork
5. Sligo
6. Bohs
7. Bray
8. Derry
9. Galway
10. Longford
11. Harps
12. Wexford.
First.
1. Limerick
2. UCD
3. Cobh
4. Drogheda
5. Shels
6. Athlone
7. Cabinteely
8. Waterford
Top Scorer: McEleney
First Manager Gone: Mathews
I know it is only pre-season but McEleney is looking a class act. His pace, passing, and power have surprised me. he looks like a completely different player to the one I saw playing for Derry.
We will be a different team without Towell, but not a worse one.
Cork look better in midfield and going forward. I think they will score a lot more goals. The area where they look weakest is at the back. That used to be their strength. It will cost them in this league.
Shamrock Rovers and St Pats do not look as if they have made a leap forward. Unlike Bohs. Those lads are going to do things this season.
Domestic treble for Dundalk with the Malone Cup and President Trophy staying where they are......
Rovers will undoubtedly be better this season and the main threat to a 3 in a row for Dundalk. Pats are the team flying under the radar this preseason and will be closer too. I still think Caulfield's safety first mentality could hold Cork back but I haven't seen them as WH has so his observations may mean the total opposite, they might as well give it a go this season rather than playing the averages and hoping to capitalise on others dropping points. Bohs were a real tough nut for Dundalk last season and definitely a team on the up.
Heart and head says Dundalk, Shams, Bohs, Cork and Pats. Youths automatic relegation with Longford, Galway, and Derry trying to avoid the play-off. I think Harps could grind out enough results to stay safe and with good home crowds helping make Finn Park a tough trip away. Dont know what Sligo we shall see this season but should be good enough to top the mid-table group.
A double double is a big ask so Cork to pick up the cup. Rovers the league cup.
UCD and Limerick will be nip and tuck for promotion. Cobh have been building well and Drogheda have a management team that knows how to get out of the 1st division so will push the top 2.
I'll have a wild punt on Caulfield to go this season if they have a slow start and haven't changed ways from the last 2 seasons to kick on. Derry will probably stick with Sheils but a tough season for him especially with the disruption of work on the Brandywell. If there is no news of a contract extension for SK and a job in England's 2nd or even upper 3rd tier comes along during the summer...well I dont want to contemplate that any further!! Cant see Longford or Galway improve much under Cousins or Dunne respectively so any persistent run of poor form and they're off.
Looking forward to the Bray soap opera returning.
Really? McEleney is a fantastic signing for Dundalk, but surely he hasn't changed that much after 4 weeks of Graham Byrne's marvelled training regime. He's always been Derry's best player anytime I've seen them play in recent years. He stood out a mile and Stephen Kenny should get the best out of a very good player, just like he did at the Brandywell.
roddy collins you're a flanker you're a flanker!
The Zika virus is a cause for concern worldwide,except in Dundalk, where myopia is the main concern
While your vision and hyperopia is stunning:
Premier:
Dundalk
Cork
Shamrock Rovers
St.Pats
Sligo
Bohemians
Bray
Derry
Galway
Longford
Finn Harps
Wexford
First:
Limerick
UCD
Shelbourne
Cobh
Drogheda
Waterford
Athlone
Cabinteely
FAI: Cork City
League Cup: Shamrock Rovers
Sacked: Mick Cooke (he is over Bray right?)
Asterix*: Bray
Drogheda will surprise a few people this year.
First:
Limerick
UCD
Shelbourne
Cobh
Drogheda
Waterford
Athlone
Cabinteely
1. Dundalk
2. St. Patrick's Athletic
3. Cork City
4. Shamrock Rovers
5. Bohemians
6. Bray Wanderers
7. Derry City
8. Galway United
9. Longford Town
10. Sligo Rovers
11. Wexford Youths
12. Finn Harps
1. Limerick
2. Drogheda United
3. UCD
4. Cobh Ramblers
5. Waterford United
6. Shelbourne
7. Athlone Town
8. Cabinteely
Fenlon, Cousins, Cooke, Cooke's successor, Robertson, Mathews & Gormley all to get the bullet. I'll go with Bray, Sligo, Limerick, Drogheda, Shels, Waterford and Athlone to fail to pay players at some point during the season.
The Leinster Senior League needs a strong Bohemians
Surprised to see Drogheda so low in so many predictions.
Premier Division
1. Rovers
2. Bohs
3. Dundalk
4. Pats
5. Bray
6. Cork
7. Harps
8. Derry
9. Sligo
10. Youths
11. Galway
12. Longford
1st Division
1. Drogs
2. Shels
3. Limerick
4. Cobh
5. Cabinteely
6. UCD
7. Athlone Town
8. Waterford
League Cup - Dundalk
FAI Cup - Cork
Top Scorer - Danny North
Sacked 1st - Tony Cousins
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