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10 Predictions For The Summer

  • 07-05-2012 10:58pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭


    Thought this would be a good idea, similar to the ante-post predictions thread but obviously we can check back once the summer transfer window is over and don't have to wait until after the season.

    All you have to do is list 10 things (in no particular order) you think will happen this summer, football related. Only ''rule'' is to try and keep it as realistic as possible. Obviously most people will be likely to make more predictions concerning their own club so that's fine.

    Anyway, I'll start:

    1) Germany will win Euro 2012
    2) Sunderland will sign Steven Fletcher to lead the line
    3) Kieran Richardson will leave and sign with a club much closer to London
    4) Roberto Martinez will take the West Brom job left by Roy Hodgson
    5) The big transfer saga of the summer will concern Robin Van Persie and it will end with him signing for Manchester City
    6) Arsenal will be linked with big money replacements, but will sign Clint Dempsey from Fulham
    7) Manchester United will spend big on the centre of their midfield
    8) Newcastle will sell 3 of their current starters for healthy profits
    9) Aston Villa will sack McCleish but struggle to get their first choice replacement in, leaving fans happy that he's gone but disappointed with his replacement
    10) Steven Ireland will move to the MLS

    Just a bit of fun anyway. Fire up your predictions lads :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    Paully D wrote: »
    Thought this would be a good idea, similar to the ante-post predictions thread but obviously we can check back once the summer transfer window is over and don't have to wait until after the season.

    All you have to do is list 10 things (in no particular order) you think will happen this summer, football related. Only ''rule'' is to try and keep it as realistic as possible. Obviously most people will be likely to make more predictions concerning their own club so that's fine.

    Anyway, I'll start:

    1) Germany will win Euro 2012
    2) Sunderland will sign Steven Fletcher to lead the line
    3) Kieran Richardson will leave and sign with a club much closer to London
    4) Roberto Martinez will take the West Brom job left by Roy Hodgson
    5) The big transfer saga of the summer will concern Robin Van Persie and it will end with him signing for Manchester City
    6) Arsenal will be linked with big money replacements, but will sign Clint Dempsey from Fulham
    7) Manchester United will spend big on the centre of their midfield
    8) Newcastle will sell 3 of their current starters for healthy profits
    9) Aston Villa will sack McCleish but struggle to get their first choice replacement in, leaving fans happy that he's gone but disappointed with his replacement
    10) Steven Ireland will move to the MLS

    Just a bit of fun anyway. Fire up your predictions lads :)

    You sly dog!!! :D

    Haha, good idea though I'll give it a go:

    1) Germany/France for 2012 actually. Can't make up my mind which.
    2) Curbs to Wolves
    3) McLeish to get sacked and join a championship side midway through year
    4) Taarabt and Barton to leave QPR regardless
    5) Ba to go to France, Newcastle to sign Pieters and one or two unheard of players
    6) Hazard to City, Gaitan to Utd
    7) A star will be born at Euro 12 and will go City/Chelsea.
    8) RVP will leave! Dunno if City or Barca is the destination.
    9) Dempsey to Arsenal I agree on. Jelavic aswell perhaps if RVP leaves
    10) Ireland will get knocked out of group but boy will we have the craic :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,704 ✭✭✭G.K.


    1) Germany to win Euro 2012
    2) Eden Hazard to join Man City
    3) Leeds to not sell any transfer-listed player
    4) Tottenham to sign Nelson Olivera after a stellar Euros for a ridiculous fee.
    5) Liverpool to keep Aquilani
    6) Newcastle to sell someone from the established starting XI
    7) Swansea to loan a Barcelona player.
    8) Norwich to buy a player from abroad.
    9) Aidy White to sign for Norwich
    10) O'Shea to play more minutes than Kelly at the Euros, winning me a bet with a fellow schoolmate and blogwriter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,973 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    1) Germany will win Euro 2012.
    2) Spain won't make the final.
    3) Gareth Bale will make a big money move, but will stay in the EPL.
    4) Higuain will move from Real Madrid to Juventus.
    5) Glasgow Rangers will survive in some form or other.
    6) RVP will stay at Arsenal (there's a risky one for you).
    7) Kaka will be in the EPL next season.
    8) Llorente will move to Barca (then rarely play).
    9) England won't get out of their Euro2012 group.
    10) I will be lucky to get 1 or 2 of these right.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    John Terry to have a fine old time.
    Off the pitch that is.

    2. Keane to Aston Villa ( ;) Kryogen)


    3. Roy Keane to take over West Brom

    4. Jose Mourinho to take over Aston Villa

    5. Ireland to go to the finals, meeting Germany and losing in 90 minutes of time, late goal from Robbie in semis- to catapult us into final

    6. Dempsey to Tottenham

    7. RVP to stay, Rooney to go.

    8. Balotelli to be kept on, Tevez to leave, Man City to sign big star striker

    9. Alex Fergusson to announce his succesor.

    10. Sigurdson to be signed for Man Utd.


    Edit: Wait Kryogen, you mean Roy Keane to Wolves as manager, or Robbie Keane to Wolves as player?
    Guess former is more likely.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    1. Germany for the Euros also.
    2. Keane to Wolves
    3. Van Persie will stay at Arsenal
    4. Steve Kean will get the WBA job :p
    5. Ireland will get out of the group with 4 points
    6. Toni Kroos will be a huge star by the end of the Euros
    7. United will sign Moussa Dembele
    8. Grant Holt will still be a monster
    9. Carlos Tevez will leave Man City
    10.Eden Hazard will join Man City


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    1. Holland will win Euro 2012
    2. West Brom will hire Roberto Martinez.
    3. Villa will sack Alex McLeish and hire Steve Bruce.
    4. Man Utd will (finally) sign Wesley Sneijder.
    5. Van Persie and Bale will leave the EPL for Barcelona.
    6. Juventus will break the bank and sign Edinson Cavani from under the noses of Chelsea and City.
    7. City will sign Gonzalo Higuain and offload Tevez and Dzeko.
    8. Wolves will hire Curbishley
    9. Liverpool will keep faith with Dalglish but he'll be gone by October/November.
    10. Chelsea will replace Di Matteo.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    kryogen wrote: »
    1. Germany for the Euros also.
    2. Keane to Wolves
    3. Van Persie will stay at Arsenal
    4. Steve Kean will get the WBA job :p
    5. Ireland will get out of the group with 4 points
    6. Toni Kroos will be a huge star by the end of the Euros
    7. United will sign Moussa Dembele
    8. Grant Holt will still be a monster
    9. Carlos Tevez will leave Man City
    10.Eden Hazard will join Man City

    Was actually thinking this earlier I actually think this may happen, with Curbishley to WBA perhaps. Really can't see Tevez going though!

    Someone mentioned Higuain- for some reason I think he'll join Chelsea.

    Also Mario Balo to make headlines for wrong reasons at euros. Czech rep to be the surprise package if you will.

    If QPR stay up I reckon they might sign a huge name (maybe Kaka)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    1. Blackburn will go into administration and Venkys will disappear.
    2. John Terry will leave or be forced out of Chelsea after his trial.
    3. Dalglish will move upstairs.
    4. Ireland will get 0 points in the Euro's.
    5. All is not what it seems with James McCarthy.
    6. Shamrock will be knocked out of Europe after their first tie.
    7. Ronaldo will get a bad injury in the Euro's leading to Real Madrid taking a landmark case against either the Portugese FA or UEFA, thus changing International football forever and possibly the beginning of the end.
    8. A high level footballer will come out as being gay.
    9. The Euro 2012 final will be decided by a catastrophic refereeing mistake.
    10. The Euro's will be plagued by fan trouble in both Poland and the Ukraine. Including Ireland fans who wont be able to handle the stronger beer.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,292 ✭✭✭✭ctrl-alt-delete


    Paully D wrote: »
    season.

    3) Kieran Richardson will leave and sign with a club much closer to GOD

    ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    1. Blackburn will go into administration and Venkys will disappear.
    2. John Terry will leave or be forced out of Chelsea after his trial.
    3. Dalglish will move upstairs.
    4. Ireland will get 0 points in the Euro's.
    5. All is not what it seems with James McCarthy.
    6. Shamrock will be knocked out of Europe after their first tie.
    7. Ronaldo will get a bad injury in the Euro's leading to Real Madrid taking a landmark case against either the Portugese FA or UEFA, thus changing International football forever and possibly the beginning of the end.
    8. A high level footballer will come out as being gay.
    9. The Euro 2012 final will be decided by a catastrophic refereeing mistake.
    10. The Euro's will be plagued by fan trouble in both Poland and the Ukraine. Including Ireland fans who wont be able to handle the stronger beer.
    Gee Richard you're living up to your name. watching far too many soap operas I think :D :pac:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    1. Liverpool will move Kenny upstairs by Xmas
    2. Roberto Martinez will get found out and not get so much credit for barely keeping a team in the league!
    3. Holland to win euros
    4. Van Persie to real Madrid with higuin going to arsenal
    5. Drogba will go to china for the money
    6. Steve Bruce will be managing blackburn
    7. Jose mourniho will be back to England by Xmas with man city
    8. Charlie Adam will join west ham on loan
    9. Schoolers to play next season
    10. Chelsea to get second to man city with utd third


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    1. Liverpool will move Kenny upstairs by Xmas
    2. Roberto Martinez will get found out and not get so much credit for barely keeping a team in the league!
    3. Holland to win euros
    4. Van Persie to real Madrid with higuin going to arsenal
    5. Drogba will go to china for the money
    6. Steve Bruce will be managing blackburn
    7. Jose mourniho will be back to England by Xmas with man city
    8. Charlie Adam will join west ham on loan
    9. Schoolers to play next season
    10. Chelsea to get second to man city with utd third

    psst!

    Read the thread title again ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,463 ✭✭✭Kiwi_knock


    1. Germany will win the Euros
    2. Ireland will not get out of our group but will win one game
    3. Hazard to Man City
    4. RVP to stay with Arsenal
    5. McLeish to be sacked and replaced by Paul Lambert
    6. Ranieri to be named new manager of WBA
    7. Martinez to stay at Wigan
    8. Dalglish to remain with Liverpool
    9. Reading will be big spenders
    10. Portsmouth will cease to exist, while Harry Redknapp will continue to be lauded in the media as a great guy.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,351 ✭✭✭Orando Broom


    1. Ireland will get something out of the Spain game
    2. John Terry and Bobby will get the Chelsea job.
    3. Ferguson will hire a continental assistant
    4. Germany will win the Euros
    5. Berbatov will sign for a German club
    6. United will sign three relative unknowns
    7. Ryan Giggs will retire
    8. Steven Gerrard will be properly linked/ engage in talks with a European club.
    9. Shay Given and Richie Dunne will join Robbie Keane at Reading
    10. Paul Scholes will sign for Oldham Athletic


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭Mikeyt086


    1. Neither Germany nor Spain will win the Euro's.
    2. England will be eliminated by the time Rooney plays in the 3rd group game.
    3. Ireland will fail to get out of the group but return to a hero's welcome.
    4. Manchester United will sign Shinji Kagawa (and muppets who dont watch football will claim for Asian shirt sales).
    5. Robin Van Persie will stay at Arsenal.
    6. Eden Hazard will not end up in the Premier League.
    7. Yakubu will move to Qatar/UAE/Dubai. (Steve Kean might go with him for safety reasons)
    8. Neymar to Barca after the Brazil World Cup 14 will be confirmed.
    9. Chris Hughton will be appointed manager of WBA.
    10. Ravel Morrison will be arrested for something stupid after West Ham promotion.


  • Registered Users Posts: 958 ✭✭✭eugeneious


    1. Netherlands will win the Euros.
    2. RVP will stay Arsenal.
    3. Tevez will stay at City.
    4. M'villa will join Arsenal.
    5. Juve will be Europe's biggest spenders.
    6. Kagawa will join Man Utd.
    7. Martinez will stay at Wigan.
    8. Mcleish will be replaced by Curbs.
    9. Ireland will make it out of their group.
    10. Dalglish will resign.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭Rekop dog


    Find it amazing that nobody has picked Spain to win the Euros yet. They could nearly field 3 seperate sides that would all make at least the Semi's


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Mikeyt086 wrote: »
    4. Manchester United will sign Shinji Kagawa (and muppets who dont watch football will claim for Asian shirt sales).

    Somebody said this to me the other day :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭Mikeyt086


    Somebody said this to me the other day :pac:

    Yeah someone said it to me too. I'm using it as an indication that whoever said it does not watch football outside of the Premier League and is not worth getting into a serious football conversation with. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭carlop


    1. Spain won't win the Euros.
    2. Sneijder will be named player of the tournament.
    3. Ireland will finish with 2 points, and score 1 goal.
    4. Cavani will go to Juventus :(.
    5. Dalglish will resign/be nudged out.
    6. Real Madrid will spend 20 million on a right-back, who will be a flop.
    7. United will buy a striker, creating panic that no centre-mid will be signed, but will eventually buy someone slightly underwhelming.
    8. Borja Valero will be the signing of the summer, wherever he goes.
    9. Some major incident will happen in Ukraine, and UEFA will be slaughtered for awarding them the tournament in the first place.
    10. A plucky African side will win the Olympics.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭djfitzerjnr


    Predicitons
    1) Germany will win the Euro's
    2) Kenny will get moved on, unfortunately

    Probables
    3) Aquilani to Fiorentina
    4) RVP to Man City

    Certainties
    5) Dempsey to Everton
    6) Vertgoten (sp) to Arsenal
    7) Balotelli & Adebyaour to leave City
    8) Kuyt to leave Liverpool for Feyenoord
    9) Darren Fletcher to retire and take up coaching role at United.
    10) A long drawn out high profile player linked with Liverpool with endless twitter rumours/citings but no end-product.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,832 ✭✭✭✭Blatter


    1. Spain will win Euro 2012
    2. United will shake up their backroom staff
    3. Dalglish will leave Liverpool
    4. Martinez will be the new Liverpool manager
    5. City will sign Thiago Silva
    6. Chelsea will sign Modric
    7. United will sign Kagawa and Clyne
    8. RVP will leave Arsenal
    9. Tottenham to sign Hoilett
    10. Kuyt to leave Liverpool


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Blatter wrote: »
    1. Spain will win Euro 2012
    2. United will shake up their backroom staff
    3. Dalglish will leave Liverpool
    4. Martinez will be the new Liverpool manager
    5. City will sign Thiago Silva
    6. Chelsea will sign Modric
    7. United will sign Kagawa and Clyne
    8. RVP will leave Arsenal
    9. Tottenham to sign Hoilett
    10. Kuyt to leave Liverpool

    Point 5. I think Barca will lead the chase for Thiago Silva myself, would be very upset to see City get him :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,363 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    1. Ireland will get out of Group C - Will face France in the Quarters.
    2. Germany will win the tournament.
    3. Huntelaar top scorer with 6 goals.
    4. Hamburg will sign a Chelsea reserve :eek:.
    5. RvN will go back to the Eredivisie.
    6. Drogba to Anji.
    7. Chelsea will sign Papiss Cisse to replace Drogba.
    8. Biggest spenders will be PSG. Dzeko will be their big signing.
    9. League of Ireland v SPL in Europa League Qualifiers. League of Ireland will win :).
    10. After them killing thousands of stray dogs. One will still manage to get on the pitch at Euro 2012 in Ukraine.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭Rekop dog


    1, Portugal to emerge from their group at the expense of Germany or Holland
    2 Spain to win on the bridle
    3 Billionaire to take over a midtable Prem side
    4 Hazard to City
    5 Udinese sign a bunch of unknown South Americans only to sell them on for massive profits a year later
    6 Andy Carroll in drunken incident at the Euros.
    7 Kenny to resign
    8 Adebayor to leave Prem
    9 Spurs to actually spend big on a centre forward.
    10. 'Arry in shock move to Chelsea.


  • Registered Users Posts: 833 ✭✭✭Ganymede Glow


    1. France will win the Euros
    2. England wont get out of their group
    3. Ireland will get at least 4 points in the group
    4. Hazard will join City but will turn out to be ****e
    5. Martinez will get the Villa job after McLeish gets sacked
    6. Rafa Benitez will get the Liverpool job after Kenny Dalglish is sacked
    7. David Villa will join Liverpool
    8. Kagawa will join Man United and take the league by storm
    9. Arsenal will keep RVP and win the league
    10. Di Matteo will be sacked by xmas and Capello will take over


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,063 ✭✭✭✭event


    5. All is not what it seems with James McCarthy.

    what do you mean here, is this in reference to him not going to Euro 2012?

    do you mean his father hasnt got cancer?
    Mikeyt086 wrote: »
    4. Manchester United will sign Shinji Kagawa (and muppets who dont watch football will claim for Asian shirt sales).
    Somebody said this to me the other day :pac:

    well thats because it was "confirmed" the other day on twitter, but turned out to be made up


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,870 ✭✭✭✭klose


    Saying a team won't win the euros is playing it a bit safe with the predictions :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭WallyGUFC


    1. Ireland to make the Semis, losing to Germany on penalties.
    2. United will sign Falcao ;)
    3. Dalglish will be replaced.
    4. McCleish will go.
    5. Pogba will stay at United.
    6. Unfortunately, can also see something bad happening in Ukraine...
    7. Deschamps will leave Marseille.
    8. Argentina to win the Olympics.
    9. McClean will transfer to AC Milan on the back of a hatrick against Italy.
    10. Some manager will no doubt be sacked in Serie A :P


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,832 ✭✭✭✭Blatter


    kryogen wrote: »
    Point 5. I think Barca will lead the chase for Thiago Silva myself, would be very upset to see City get him :(

    Think Real could be in for him as well, they could do with him. It'll be interesting to see if Milan are willing to sell.


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