Table predictions

[Dave]

1. Manchester City
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal
5. Manchester United
6. Tottenham
7. West Ham
8. Everton
9. Fulham
10. Leicester
11. Wolves
12. Southampton
13. Brighton
14. Crystal Palace
15. Burnley
16. Newcastle
17. Watford
18. Bournemouth
19. Huddersfield
20. Cardiff

 

[Gaz12321]

Only going to do Top 7 and bottom 3...

1. City
2. Liverpool
3. United
4. Chelsea
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5. Spurs
6. Arsenal
7. West Ham
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18. Fulham
19. Huddersfield
20. Cardiff

 

[mase]

I was kinda looking forward to seeing Wolves do ok this season but now I absolutely hope they get relegated.

Giving a goalkeeper the number 11 shirt is bang out of order.

 

[Red Deserato]

1. Man City
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Tottenham
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5. Man United
6. Chelsea
7. Everton
8. West Ham
9. Wolves
10. Leicester
11. Burnley
12. Fulham
13. Bournemouth
14. Brighton
15. Crystal Palace
16. Newcastle
17. Southampton
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18. Watford
19. Huddersfield
20. Cardiff

 

[The Paranoid Pineapple]

This'll be wrong.

1) Manchester City
2) Liverpool
3) Manchester United
4) Tottenham Hotspur
5) Chelsea
6) Arsenal
7) Everton
8) Leicester City
9) Crystal Palace
10) West Ham United
11) Burnley
12) Wolverhampton Wanderers
13) AFC Bournemouth
14) Newcastle United
15) Brighton and Hove Albion
16) Watford
17) Huddersfield
18) Southampton
19) Fulham
20) Cardiff City

 

[Red Deserato]

This'll be wrong.

1) Manchester City
2) Liverpool
3) Manchester United
4) Tottenham Hotspur
5) Chelsea
6) Arsenal
7) Everton
8) Leicester City
9) Crystal Palace
10) West Ham United
11) Burnley
12) Wolverhampton Wanderers
13) AFC Bournemouth
14) Newcastle United
15) Brighton and Hove Albion
16) Watford
17) Huddersfield
18) Southampton
19) Fulham
20) Cardiff City

Seems good enough, not sure why you've put palace so high and Fulham so low though.

 

[markwwfc1992]

I was kinda looking forward to seeing Wolves do ok this season but now I absolutely hope they get relegated.

Giving a goalkeeper the number 11 shirt is bang out of order.

We're reserved Ikeme's number 1 for the remainder of what was his playing contract. Still though unsure why Patricio is 11, goalkeepers usually wear 13 don't they?

 

[Abertawe]

1) Manchester City
2) Liverpool
3) Manchester United
4) Arsenal
5) Chelsea
6) Tottenham
7) Huddersfield
8) Newcastle
9) Everton
10) Leicester
11) Burnley
12) West Ham
13) Fulham
14) Brighton
15) Bournemouth
16) Crystal Palace
17) Southampton
18) Watford
19) Wolves
20) Cardiff

 

[Red Deserato]

1) Manchester City
2) Liverpool
3) Manchester United
4) Arsenal
5) Chelsea
6) Tottenham
7) Huddersfield
8) Newcastle
9) Everton
10) Leicester
11) Burnley
12) West Ham
13) Fulham
14) Brighton
15) Bournemouth
16) Crystal Palace
17) Southampton
18) Watford
19) Wolves
20) Cardiff

Wolves in 19th and Huddersfield in 7th?!

 

[Abertawe]

Wolves in 19th and Huddersfield in 7th?!

Big season for Huddersfield. Many forget last season was a slog for them - an unexpected play-off final and then the step up to the PL is not easy. This summer unlike most teams the majority of their players have had a good rest. One of the most cohesive teams in the league and they've added quality like Sobhi & Mbenza.

Wolves are pretty shite. We were horrific last season and we handled them with ease - this when they had breathing space at the top of the champ and us languishing at the bottom of the prem. They've sold a crucial player in Douglas and a proven scorer in that disgusting colour of theirs. The incomings are a million miles off what's needed to battle their way to safety. They're like the opposite of what has made previously promoted teams successful. The cohesion of Swansea, Bournemouth, Burnley, Huddersfield - they come nowhere near. When they inevitably lose a few on the trot these individuals will start turning on eachother and will only care about personal reputation and not the team.

 

[Red Deserato]

Big season for Huddersfield. Many forget last season was a slog for them - an unexpected play-off final and then the step up to the PL is not easy. This summer unlike most teams the majority of their players have had a good rest. One of the most cohesive teams in the league and they've added quality like Sobhi & Mbenza.

Wolves are pretty shite. We were horrific last season and we handled them with ease - this when they had breathing space at the top of the champ and us languishing at the bottom of the prem. They've sold a crucial player in Douglas and a proven scorer in that disgusting colour of theirs. The incomings are a million miles off what's needed to battle their way to safety. They're like the opposite of what has made previously promoted teams successful. The cohesion of Swansea, Bournemouth, Burnley, Huddersfield - they come nowhere near. When they inevitably lose a few on the trot these individuals will start turning on eachother and will only care about personal reputation and not the team.

I Can see your point in regards to Huddersfield but I don't think they'll finish that high as I think that in terms of the talent in that team they are nowhere near top 8 quality. I can say the opposite about Wolves. The new players may take time to settle but they favored building on the momentum as they resigned most of the loanees that got them out of the championship which means fewer players will have to settle into the squad. Although they could lack cohesion at the start of the season, IMO the talent will see them through in the end

 

[mase]

We're reserved Ikeme's number 1 for the remainder of what was his playing contract. Still though unsure why Patricio is 11, goalkeepers usually wear 13 don't they?

I like the 'sentiment' (not sure thats the right word?) behind him not having number 1, but you can't give him number 11 And yeah, one of your other keepers has 13 i think

 

[The Paranoid Pineapple]

Seems good enough, not sure why you've put palace so high and Fulham so low though.

Palace - there's usually a team that makes the top half against expectations and I fancy that, with a full season under Hodgson, they may be the side to do it this season.
Fulham - I don't know. Perhaps others are seeing something I'm not, but I look at their squad and it suggests a season of struggle, rather than comfortable survival. I don't watch much Championship, and I do gather they played some nice stuff last year, but that's rarely much of an indicator when it comes to how a side will fare in the Premier League.

Largely guesswork though, really, and it wouldn't massively surprise me to see the latter finish above the former!

 

[Abertawe]

Thing is half these teams will replace their manager which will change things. If Wolves get in Big Sam for example I'd back him to turn it around.

 

[Red Deserato]

Thing is half these teams will replace their manager which will change things. If Wolves get in Big Sam for example I'd back him to turn it around.

Nah he'd just insist on route 1 football and pie and chips as a pre match meal

 

[Abertawe]

Nah he'd just insist on route 1 football and pie and chips as a pre match meal

Unfair and untrue. There's perhaps some nextgens taking his spot now but he was revolutionary in terms of sport science - one of the most radical English coaches there's been.

 

[markwwfc1992]

There's more chance of being struck by lightning on the same day than our owners ditching our project to hire Big Sam.

 

[Jockney]

Can't be bothered to do a full table, but here's my hashtag reckon:

Liverpool to win the league: upwards momentum, very strong all over the park, plus there are rarely ever consecutive title winners.

Palace to finish top half: because they're fucking Palace and literally nothing bad ever happens to them. Even in the seasons they struggle, they make a sterling comeback or dramatically stay up on the last day.

Everton to make a strong start, find themselves in the top 4, then implode in December.

Huddersfield are basically Bradford c. 2001, will be in the bottom three all season and finish there but without necessarily embarrassing themselves.

The Wolves surge will end in anti-climax, as they finish comfortably safe without ever looking like troubling the top half. Probably a few of their better players will turn out to be reasonable Premier League players, but short of a top six/top eight side. Be interesting to see how much is invested beyond that -- potentially Man City/Chelsea money?

 

[markwwfc1992]

Be interesting to see how much is invested beyond that -- potentially Man City/Chelsea money?

Fosun want to build a 50k seater stadium from the end of the season, away from Molineux.

 

[mistermagic]

I think the Swan guy doesn't like the Wolves guy very much. Fair play to the wolf not taking the bait and jumping in the water where the swan would kill him. The wolf could himself entice the swan out of the water and kill him as it's his territory.

Or maybe the swan was making a reasonable claim and not enticing the wolf to jump I don't know.

 

[markwwfc1992]

I think the Swan guy doesn't like the Wolves guy very much. Fair play to the wolf not taking the bait and jumping in the water where the swan would kill him. The wolf could himself entice the swan out of the water and kill him as it's his territory.

Or maybe the swan was making a reasonable claim and not enticing the wolf to jump I don't know.

I'd rather let our team do our talking on the pitch, I'll be sure to revisit some of these quotes before the end of the season

 

[The Paranoid Pineapple]

The imagery evoked by a wolf and a swan going at it HAMMER AND TONGS makes makes me wonder whether Wolves are still producing programme covers like this?

Because if so it'll be worth having them back just just for that. If not then I am disappoint.

 

[markwwfc1992]

The imagery evoked by a wolf and a swan going at it HAMMER AND TONGS makes makes me wonder whether Wolves are still producing programme covers like this?

Because if so it'll be worth having them back just just for that. If not then I am disappoint.

Afraid not, Jody Craddock had been doing the program artwork since last season. Local artist Louise Cobbold is supposed to be doing them for this campaign.

 

[mistermagic]

FUN FACT! Wolves and Swansea only played each other once in the league over the past 20 years and both games were played in October 2008. Both sides won at home, Swansea 3-1 and Wolves 2-1. However, Wolves won the league that season (also the last time Wolves won the 2nd division from last season backwards).

 

[markwwfc1992]

FUN FACT! Wolves and Swansea only played each other once in the league over the past 20 years and both games were played in October 2008. Both sides won at home, Swansea 3-1 and Wolves 2-1. However, Wolves won the league that season (also the last time Wolves won the 2nd division from last season backwards).

I think your stat is wrong. We played each other in the Premier League as recently as the 2011/12 season, drawing both games 2-2 at Molineux, and 4-4 at the Liberty Stadium.

 

[mistermagic]

I think your stat is wrong. We played each other in the Premier League as recently as the 2011/12 season, drawing both games 2-2 at Molineux, and 4-4 at the Liberty Stadium.

Ah balls!

 

[snortingfrogs]

1. Liverpool
2. Man City
3. Arsenal
4. Wolves
5. Everton
6. Chelsea
7. Burnley
8. West Ham
9. Fulham
10. Man Utd
11. Tottenham
12. Leicester
13. Watford
14. Huddersfield
15. Crystal Palace
16. Bournemouth
17. Brighton
18. Southampton
19. Newcastle
20. Cardiff

 

[markwwfc1992]

1. Liverpool
2. Man City
3. Arsenal
4. Wolves
5. Everton
6. Chelsea
7. Arsenal
8. West Ham
9. Fulham
10. Man Utd
11. Tottenham
12. Leicester
13. Watford
14. Huddersfield
15. Crystal Palace
16. Bournemouth
17. Brighton
18. Southampton
19. Newcastle
20. Cardiff

Not complaining with 4th but you have Arsenal twice and no Burnley.

 

[snortingfrogs]

Not complaining with 4th but you have Arsenal twice and no Burnley.

Ah, fixed that now.

 

[big mean bunny]

1 Merseyside reds
2 Manchester BlueMoons
3 Gunnersaurius
4 Oldham Athletic
5 Trafford Centre
6 Merseyside Blues
7 Harods
8 Turf Moor wanderers
9 1966 World Cup squad
10 Lobos FC
11 Wales
12 Chelsea
13 Middlebrook
14 Banksy
15 The Sports Direct Arena
16 Wimbledon
17 London whites
18 Crystal Palace
19 Holmfirth
20 Colne Dynamos
21 Stockpprt County