Positions

**sligoman** · 30/12/2006, 5:53 PM

Originally Posted by monkey magic

galway, as it stands, are the ONLY team that might finish below us...

look, you've got into the premier, fine, but ffs get rid of the attutide that your gonna win the champions league in five years

FACT is galway at present have a WEAKER squad then that which finished third in the first division.

Waste of time talking to him monkey, he'll find out at the end of the season.

**pineapple stu** · 30/12/2006, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by The Sheliban

3) UCD

Ah now - even I'm not that confident!!

**DmanDmythDledge** · 30/12/2006, 11:25 PM

I thought he was taking the p�ss.

**pineapple stu** · 30/12/2006, 11:27 PM

Yeah - he did have Shels to win the league as well. But the rest of the table seems to make some sort of sense.

**Iorfa** · 31/12/2006, 3:15 PM

1st Division

1) Waterford Utd
2) Dundalk
3) Finn Harps
4) Athone Town
5) Cobh Rambers
6) Monaghan Utd
7) Kidare County
8) Kilkenny City
9) AN Other
10) AN Other

**DmanDmythDledge** · 31/12/2006, 3:41 PM

Originally Posted by Conor H

Bray were ****e last year and don't seem to have any indictations that they'll be much better this year.I would safely say that last years top 3 in the 1st Divison would have been better than Waterford,Bray and Longford.Considering we've strengthened our squad and neither Bray or Longford have done so i think we'll at least survive.With TC at the helm i think 7th is a realistic position.

Galway have made one good signing in O'Flynn and have lost some of their best players from last season. Hardly a "strengthened" squad.

Bray have got load of a whole load of crap players and have signed good players like Cawley and Delaney. With their current squads Bray will finish ahead of Galway.

Also I can't understand how people think that Rovers, Galway or Sligo will finish so high up the table. Rovers and Galway still have First Division teams and Sligo have lost a whole host of important players from last year and have only signed one player to date. They will more than likely bring in more, but with the squad they have at the moment they will be bottom half.

My predictions (with current squads):

1. Drogheda
2. Derry
3. Cork
4. Pats
5. Bohs
6. UCD
7. Bray
8. Rovers
9. Sligo
10. Galway
11. Longford

Can't put Shels anywhere as their squad could turn out to be completely different.

**Olander** · 31/12/2006, 3:44 PM

so u think ucd will finish 6th with no goalkeepers?

**DmanDmythDledge** · 31/12/2006, 3:47 PM

Originally Posted by Olander

so u think ucd will finish 6th with no goalkeepers?

We have a very good youth keeper actually

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**CollegeTillIDie** · 31/12/2006, 4:53 PM

Well need I remind folks at this point that's it's supposed to be three down and one up automatically at the end of 2007 with possibly a play-off where 9th in the Premier plays 2nd in the First.

**sligoman** · 31/12/2006, 4:56 PM

Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

Well need I remind folks at this point that's it's supposed to be three down and one up automatically at the end of 2007

, didn't know that. Thought it was in the 2008 season that was in place.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 31/12/2006, 5:44 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

, didn't know that. Thought it was in the 2008 season that was in place.

You're right, it is 2008.

**Soper** · 31/12/2006, 5:47 PM

We will win the league

McDonalds signing Van Der Vaart

**The Stars** · 31/12/2006, 6:12 PM

Great,all we need now is another striker,2 centre halfs and we will walk this league. (rollseyes)

**Soper** · 31/12/2006, 6:15 PM

No need to roll them, I'm not Sean Connor

**gael353** · 01/01/2007, 3:59 PM

1st Division

1) Dundalk
2) Athlone
3) Waterford Utd
4) Finn Harps
5) Cobh Rambers
6) Kildare County
7) Kilkenny City
8) Monaghan Utd
9) Wexford/Wallace/Dolan/Yellowbelly/strawberry celtic
10) Limerick FC

**The Sheliban** · 01/01/2007, 7:01 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Yeah - he did have Shels to win the league as well. But the rest of the table seems to make some sort of sense.

Just think the quality of the League next year is going to go down rather than up, which will tend to even things up and help the sides that get the ball on the floor and try to play football. As such, UCD could well have a very good season.
And I firmly believe that, conditional on who we appoint as manager, Shels will still be up there at the end.

**pineapple stu** · 01/01/2007, 10:04 PM

I agree with the first bit anyway. We've to replace Pat Kavanagh in particular, and to a lesser extent Darren Quigley and Gary Dicker (both are kind of replaced already, but the replacements need a few games obviously to bed in) and could do very well.

However, I can't see Shels being up there, to be honest. So far, Williams, Delaney, Ndo, Cahill, Stuart Byrne, Fenlon and Crawley are gone, with O'Neill and Rogers seemingly almost confirmed at Pat's and Dillon taking legal action to have his contract rescinded. The U-21s went on strike for one game as well last year over unpaid wages and I'm sure some would be happy to move on if they got the chance (if you have the next Conor Kenna, we'll take him off you!) If I were a manager or a player, I wouldn't touch Shels with a ten-foot barge pole, to be honest. That would leave, for the moment, a squad of (going off your website) -

Heary
Harris
Hawkins
Moore
Baker
Byrne
Crowe
Kearney
Ryan
O'Halloran
Ennis
Mulhall

That's only 12 players, of whom several have been linked with moves away. They obviously won't all move, but even two or three more players will leave you struggling for an XI with the quality throughout that Shels are used to, let alone a squad. With the UK transfer window only opening today, legal action now being taken to allow contracted players to rescind their contracts and leave for free and any full-time players highly unlikely to sign, Shels look to be in serious trouble ahead of next season. Wouldn't surprise me to see youz go largely part-time next season, to be honest.

**Dodge** · 01/01/2007, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by The Sheliban

Just think the quality of the League next year is going to go down rather than up

Must be a Shels fan point of view. I think it'll increase greatly.

**DmanDmythDledge** · 01/01/2007, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by Hooperatzi

pats signing well, a scully led aggressivly hungry rovers, drogs sniffing around, a new black and tan manager, a stable derry with nusty...

I can't understand how you could even have put Rovers in the same sentence as those teams

**Kildare Lad** · 01/01/2007, 11:15 PM

1. Derry City
2. Drogheda United
3. St.Patricks Athletic
4. Cork City
5. Bohemians
6. Shelbourne
7. Sligo Rovers
8. Shamrock Rovers
9. UCD
10. Galway United
11. Longford
12. Bray Wanderers

1. Dundalk
2. Waterford United
3. Athlone Town
4. Cobh Rambelers
5. Kildare County
6. Finn Harps
7. Wexford Youths
8. Monaghan United
9. Kilkenny City
10. *Whoever fills the other spot*