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Post by Brunt's Left Foot on May 31, 2017 22:40:37 GMT -5
Hammersmith Hardman usually makes these but he's been visiting the board much less frequently the past few months and since the domestic season is now over I thought I'd get cracking with the thread for the new English football season.
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Post by Brunt's Left Foot on May 31, 2017 23:06:09 GMT -5
Now for the most fun part....the way too early league table predictions that will look silly come the end of next season.
1. Manchester City
2. Manchester United
3. Chelsea
4. Tottenham Hotspur
5. Liverpool
6. Arsenal
7. Everton
8. Newcastle United
9. Leicester City
10. Southampton
11. Bournemouth
12. Swansea City
13. Watford
14. West Bromwich Albion
15. Stoke City
16. West Ham United
17. Crystal Palace
18. Burnley
19. Huddersfield Town
20. Brighton & Hove Albion
It's getting harder and harder every year to predict the teams towards the bottom.
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Post by Markw on Jun 1, 2017 6:11:04 GMT -5
1. Chelsea
2. Manchester United
3. Manchester City
4. Arsenal
5. Tottenham
6. Everton
7. Liverpool
8. Southampton
9. Bournemouth
10. Leicester (There's not a position we could finish in this table that'd come as a huge surprise anymore)
11. West Brom
12. West Ham
13. Newcastle
14. Brighton
15. Swansea
16. Burnley
17. Stoke
18. Huddersfield
19. Crystal Palace
20. Watford
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Post by Brunt's Left Foot on Jun 1, 2017 13:20:53 GMT -5
And of course the Championship predictions:
1. Aston Villa
2. Derby County
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3. Norwich City
4. Middlesbrough
5. Fulham
6. Brentford
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22. Millwall
23. Burton Albion
24. Barnsley
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Post by Markw on Jun 1, 2017 13:31:13 GMT -5
1. Fulham
2. Brentford
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3. Leeds
4. Sheffield Wednesday
5. Sheffield United
6. Sunderland
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22. Birmingham
23. Millwall
24. QPR
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Jun 1, 2017 14:11:00 GMT -5
Thought it was fitting you do the thread now we aren't in the Premier League  |
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Jun 1, 2017 14:19:57 GMT -5
1. Tottenham Hotspur
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2. Chelsea
3. Manchester City
4. Manchester United
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5. Arsenal
6. Liverpool
7. Everton
8. Leicester City
9. AFC Bournemouth
10. West Ham United
11. Southampton
12. Newcastle United
13. Stoke City
14. West Bromwich Albion
15. Crystal Palace
16. Brighton & Hove Albion
17. Swansea City
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18. Burnley
19. Watford
20. Huddersfield Town
Championship:
1. Reading
2. Aston Villa
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3. Derby County
4. Sheffield Wednesday
5. Middlesbrough
6. Fulham
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22. Queens Park Rangers
23. Barnsley
24. Burton Albion
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Post by Brunt's Left Foot on Jun 14, 2017 5:25:00 GMT -5
Generous start to the season for us. Hardly any 'big' teams in the first couple of months.
Only downside is that if we don't get the points then we're in for a long hard season.
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Post by Brunt's Left Foot on Aug 4, 2017 17:51:05 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 22:38:42 GMT -5
1. Manchester City
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4. Manchester United
5. Tottenham
6. Liverpool
7. Everton
8. Southampton
9. Leicester
10. Bournemouth
11. Stoke
12. Newcastle
13. Crystal Palace
14. Watford
15. West Brom
16. Brighton & Hove
17. West Ham
18. Swansea
19. Huddersfield
20. Burnley
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Post by Dan on Aug 5, 2017 4:14:00 GMT -5
Between the two Manchester Clubs for me this Season. City edge it on paper, but I still feel that they have to be much more fine tuned and clicking to be on form, which is harder to be as consistent. United already have the basis to not lose as they showed last year, and will only be stronger this Season. I'd lean with them to be able to grind out a few more 1-0's.
Not optimistic at all for our hopes though. If anything, we're weaker than last Season, and our squad is wafer thin despite having Europe to contend with. In all honesty, I could see it going tits up by January. The Hazard to Madrid rumours will pick up, Morata wont fire, and we've got too many setbacks early on. I would have taken Belotti over Morata given the choice, he suits our system more and is more of a working, dynamic, all round number 9, more akin to what Diego was. Morata on the other hand, is still relatively unproven despite being fairly experienced, but his game is a lot more about poaching and coming alive in the box. Our transfer policy is baffling, especially selling Chalobah for next to nothing but taking the £45million punt on Bakayoko. Matic to United is a headsgone for me. He may look leggy these days, but he's an absolute Jose player and he'll only make them stronger. Not many will enjoy playing against a midfield of Pogba, Matic & Fellaini. Units. I'm Wembley bound for the Charity Shield tomorrow, not got my hopes up.
1. Manchester United
2. Manchester City
3. Tottenham
4. Arsenal
5. Chelsea
6. Liverpool
16. Swansea
17. Bournemouth
18. Brighton
19. Watford
20. Huddersfield
I'll lean towards Real Madrid for a third successive Champions League too. Their strength in depth is just too much as shown last season, and their Midfield is the best in the World by far. Barca look an absolute mess from the board down, and still have no real idea of how to resolve their tactical issues which is baffling. Last minute overpriced panic buys will force their hand due to the loss of Neymar. PSG might actually surprise everyone and threaten in Europe sooner than everybody expects too. They'll be relatively fresh throughout Europe due to a less rigorous League campaign, and their front line is outrageously dynamic with the addition of Neymar.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2017 10:57:17 GMT -5
Very interesting to see ABBA penalties in the CS. Even more interesting to see if we can see Courtois' penalty among the stars tonight.
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Aug 7, 2017 0:14:52 GMT -5
Was good to see, some positive signs for sure. Nice to see most, if not all the players looking like giving a damn (on a separate note, there was nothing wrong with what Darron Gibson had said the previous week). Liking Simon Grayson a lot, don't think promotion will happen or even playoffs but to change the mentality at the club is much more important. |
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Post by AV1 on Aug 11, 2017 12:07:29 GMT -5
Not looking good for Liverpool at all this season. Putting all the eggs in one basket with the transfer targets has massively backfired and I fully expect Coutinho to go now.
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Post by Brunt's Left Foot on Aug 11, 2017 14:39:44 GMT -5
Not looking good for Liverpool at all this season. Putting all the eggs in one basket with the transfer targets has massively backfired and I fully expect Coutinho to go now. Think he'll do a Suarez, one more season then off to Barcelona. Great first half between Arsenal and Leicester, hopefully more to come. |
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Post by Taylor on Aug 11, 2017 14:47:49 GMT -5
Great start to the season! Really enjoyable first half. Hoping for an upset but all to play for now.
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Post by Taylor on Aug 11, 2017 15:09:30 GMT -5
Great performance by Leicester! There's more goals in this game yet though you feel.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2017 15:57:16 GMT -5
 37 more games. My heart won't be able to take this. |
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Post by Taylor on Aug 11, 2017 16:45:01 GMT -5
Fair play to Arsenal for plugging away, although you feel Leicester deserved something from the game. A draw would have been about right but that's what separates the bigger teams from the rest.
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Post by Taylor on Aug 12, 2017 5:34:38 GMT -5
Hopefully today's games can match up to yesterday's season opener!
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