Countydamus brings us the latest Trust News

It is traditional at this time of year for people to reflect on the year just past, to make resolutions for the future, and to make predictions about the year to come. So in the spirit of New Year's Day, this edition of True Blue's Trust page has been compiled by the Clairvoyant, Countydamus, who has kindly agreed to share his 14 predictions with us. Countydamus has a pretty chequered track-record on his predictions - this time last year he rather feebly failed totally to predict County's record breaking run, despite 5000 other people subsequently daiming that they knew it was going to happen all the time. In fact, in the prediction league Countydamus is rather more relegation fodder than promotion candidate. But nevertheless, here are his predictions for 2008. You never know some of them might be right.

1. County will start 2008 by winning this afternoon, though Morecambe will be stiff opponents, and Sammy Mcllroy will be keen to beat one of his former clubs.
2. County will play some fantastic football until the end of the season, and will win more games than they lose.
3. County will lose a few games, and every time that they do the same few hotheads will go on the messageboards and call for wholesale sackings. Luckily, the dub board will keep ignoring the hotheads. Somebody will make the connection between the club being owned by fans and its board not taking hasty dedsions.
4. When the sands of time have slipped through the hourglass of fate. County will find themselves in the playoffs. Alas, Countydamus's crystal ball is hazy on what happens next.
5. One weekend in March, Sale Sharks will have a game on the Sunday following County's game on a Saturday rather than on a Friday. This will make no difference to the pitch, which will still look more like Morecambe Bay with the tide out than a football field.
6. Stockport MBC will make an announcement about Booth Street at some point in 2008.
7. County will reach Wembley in at least one competition.
8. fans@stockportcounty.com will receive at least 10 complaints about season ticket holders not getting priority on Wembley tickets, even though County canbarely use their full 30,000 ticket allocation.
9. info@stockportcountytrust.com and fans@stockportcounty.com will receive numerous sensible comments as well. Each one will get an answer, and the club will make improvements based on these comments. Opposition fans contacting County will continue to express astonishment that a club actually talks to its fans.
10. During 2008, six league teams will enter administration, and two will go out of business completely. None of these teams will be owned by its fans. Nevertheless, some people will continue to argue that trust ownership isn't suitable for football.
11. Milton Keynes Dons excel themselves by bringing 43 fans to Edgeley Park, even though they are top of the division.
12. Brentford fans will walk from West London to Edgeley Park for the last game of the season. Brentford will still lose.
13. County will announce an innovative season ticket scheme. County sell a record number of season tickets for the new season yet again. Some people complain that this doesn't show enough respect to people who brought season tickets in previous years.
14. County start the new 2008-9 season unbeaten until Christmas. Jim Gannon turns down offer to become new manager of Manchester City, following City's drop to bottom of the Premier League.

Countydamus's opinions are of course his own, and may not be relied upon for betting purposes. The value of his predictions may go down and rarely go up.

Season's greetings from Countydamus, the sage of Edgeley, to all County's fans and to our very welcome visitors from Morecambe, on behalf of the owners of Stockport County.