2016 Predictions

Its that time of year.

Winner; Dundalk, think Pats will run them close though
1st Division; UCD
Top 4/Europe; same
Cup winners;Pats
League cup; who cares
Surprise package; Wexford to be mid table
Top Scorer; Fagan
Asterisk; Something isn't right at Limerick, hope I am wrong

PD- fyffes banana's
1D- Limerick
Europe- fyffes,junkie's, carkies,Hoops
Relegated- sligs
Promoted- students
Cup- junkies
LC- fyffes
Manager axe-paratrooper
Scorer- Benson
Surprise package- Ben mohhamad at gypos.
* - none



Edited by skinnymalinx - 29 Jan 2016 at 6:04pm

pre Madonna wrote: Forgot first manager axed, a toss up between Robertson and Shiels

Not a hope we'll sack shield - long term project from what I hear he will be given massive leeway.

He went out and invested some of the player budget on GPS monitors, dietician, sports science guy. That's an indication that he's under no pressure to hit the ground running

Winner; cork - fats will be no replacement for the fitness and consistency of towell
Relegated: longford
1st Division; limerick
Top 4/Europe; cork, pats, dundalk, bohs
Cup winners;pats
League cup; bohs
Surprise package; none
Manager for the bullet: Para (makes a change from firing them)
Top Scorer; akinade
Asterisk; bray if any


Edited by Stillhuntinghenry - 29 Jan 2016 at 8:22pm

I was amazed anybody gave him a job at all. He will be entertaining at least.

Winner; Someone other than Dundalk I'd be very surprised if they do 3 in a row as losing Towell has brought them back to earth. Shams and Corks business has been disappointing. Pats seem to have signed well. Pats for me.
1st Division; Limerick if they don't go bust
Top 4/Europe; same
Cup winners; Cork
League cup; who cares?it's not even a proper league cup.
Surprise package; Waterford to be higher than second from bottom in the FD.
Galway to be top 6 in the PD.
Top Scorer; Fagan
Relegated: Wexford/ possibly ourselves or Harps for a play off lottery.
Asterisk; I'd fear for Limerick/Cabinteely/Bray

Edited by Bitored - 29 Jan 2016 at 9:01pm

Joe Stalin wrote: Why would you worry about limerick? The club is rick solid now, very sustainable business model.

Rock solid business model? They've increased their budget despite being relegated. If Pat o'Sullivan couldn't afford to plow money into them this time last year facing into a PD season what's changed facing into a FD season?
The pitch maintaince is unsustainable for them so they've been forced to let Munters reserve/youth teams play on it/cut it to ribbons to help with costs.
Nothing about any of that scream sustainability to me.
If they storm the FD like everyone expects they'll probably get away with it and have a few bumper crowds during a title run in next October. My fear would be improved sides like UCD put it up to them and/or they get below expected crowds when people can't be bothered to turn our for Cabinteely part 2.