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Upcoming Premiership Season Predictions for your club

  • 10-08-2006 02:07PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,057 ✭✭✭


    Fot the new season(English PL only please - LOI has kind of started so is not really "Upcoming")
    Team
    Optimistic Position
    Realistic Position
    Most Important Player
    Breakthrough Player
    Best Signing

    to start the ball rolling

    Team : Man Utd
    Optimistic Position 1st
    Realistic Position: 2nd
    Most Important Player : Rooney
    Breakthrough Player : Rossi
    Best Signing:Carrick :p


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,745 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    Team : Aston Villa
    Optimistic Position 6th
    Realistic Position: 10th
    Most Important Player : Davis
    Breakthrough Player : Gabby Agbonlahor
    Best Signing:None so far, but Petrov hopefully


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 295 ✭✭johnos


    Team : Bohemian FC
    (Very) Optimistic Position: 5th
    Realistic Position: 8th
    Most Important Player : Joxer
    Breakthrough Player : Joxer
    Best Signing: hmmm...
    FAI Cup is our only hope now...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,818 ✭✭✭Bateman


    Chelsea 1st, 1st, Shevchenko, Mikel, Kalou


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,122 ✭✭✭✭Nalz


    Team : Man Utd
    Optimistic Position 1st
    Realistic Position: 2nd / 3rd
    Most Important Player : Rooney / Scholes
    Breakthrough Player : Jones / Rossi / Evans
    Best Signing:Carrick (though the return of Scholes, Smith and Ole seem like new signings!)
    Hopeful Signings: Senna, Torres


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 186 ✭✭futuredeath


    Team - Liverpool
    Optimistic Position - 1st
    Realistic Position - 2nd
    Most Important Player - Gerrard(shock shock)
    Breakthrough Player - Anderson, Paul
    Best Signing - Bellamy/Pennant/Gonzalez (can't really choose yet)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    Team : Shelbourne
    Optimistic Position: 1st
    Realistic Position: 1st
    Most Important Player : Jason Byrne / Joseph Ndo
    Breakthrough Player : Not sure if any player has 'broken through' this season
    Best Signing: Sean Dillon


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,206 ✭✭✭gustavo


    Team : Sligo Rovers
    Optimistic Position: 4th
    Realistic Position: 6th
    Most Important Player : Burnsy
    Breakthrough Player : Gary Curran
    Best Signing: Keith Foy


    oops well you did say "your club"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,269 ✭✭✭p.pete


    Liverpool, 1st, 1st, Gerrard, Gonzales, Pennant.

    Only joking about the 2nd 1st :) but I always hope we win the league (regardless of justified optimism or not), realistic is top 4 finish.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,746 ✭✭✭Drag00n79


    Team: Liverpool
    Optimistic Position: First
    Realistic Position: Second
    Most Important Player: Steven Gerrard
    Breakthrough Player: Paul Anderson or Danny O'Donnell
    Best Signing: Craig Bellamy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭Bacchus


    Team: Liverpool
    Optimistic Position: 1st
    Realistic Position: 2nd
    Most Important Player: Steven Gerrard
    Breakthrough Player: ??
    Best Signing: Bellamy/Pennant/Gonzalez (Too early to choose but Bellamy is the safest bet to do well)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 743 ✭✭✭Mad Dog


    Team: Chelsea
    Optimistic Position: 1st
    Realistic Position: 1st
    Most Important Player: Terry
    Breakthrough Player: Diarra
    Best Signing: Ballack


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,097 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    Team : Liverpool
    Op position : 1st
    Realistic: 2nd
    Most Important Player: Gerrard
    Best signing: Bellamy
    Breakthrough: Gonzalez


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭Limerick Dude


    Team : Newcastle
    Op position : 4th
    Realistic: 6th
    Most Important Player: Parker
    Best signing: Duff
    Breakthrough: N'zogbia


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    Team : Man Utd
    Optimistic Position: 1st
    Realistic Position: Depends :)
    Most Important Player : Scholes
    Breakthrough Player : Jones
    Best Signing: Carrick(what choice do I have)

    Why don't we just have the real thread of, who's gona win the premiership, so we can have all the fun arguments, whether United/Arsenal are slipping, who'll come 2nd, whether Spurs can make it, when will Newcastle **** up, etc etc etc


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭eirebhoy


    Team: Celtic
    Optimistic Position: 1st
    Realistic Position: 1st
    Most Important Player: Nakamura
    Breakthrough Player: Teddy Bjarnason
    Best Signing: Jarosik


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭Playboy


    Team: Spurs
    Optimistic Position: 3rd
    Realistic Position: 5
    Most Important Player: Ledley King
    Breakthrough Player: Tom Huddlestone
    Best signing: Have high hopes for Zokora and Berbatov. Ekotto also looks good. Praying that we sign Martin Petrov for the left wing and a decent right back .. would be happy with Chimbonda or Lucas Neill


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 20,665 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Team : Blackburn Rovers
    Optimistic Position : 4th
    Realistic Position : top 7
    Most Important Player : MGP
    Breakthrough Player : Sergio Peter, if he gets a run of games ahead of MGP, lol
    Best Signing : Benni McCarthy


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Team Liverpool
    Optimistic Position - Teh Winners!
    Realistic Position - Second
    Most Important Player - Gerrard
    Breakthrough Player - Gonzales or Anderson
    Best Signing - Pennant

    Mike.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,920 ✭✭✭evad_lhorg


    i wonder how many of these chelsea fans are jumping on the bandwagon now that they are winning. anyway


    Team : Man utd
    Optimistic Position - 1
    Realistic Position - 3
    Most Important Player - Rooney
    Breakthrough Player - bardsley
    Best Signing - ehh hopefully Torres. I refuse to say carrick.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 386 ✭✭Revelation Joe


    Team: West Ham United
    Optimistic Position: 4th
    Realistic Position: 7th
    Most Important Player: Dean Ashton
    Breakthrough Player: Mark Noble
    Best Signing: Pantsil - I hope!

    Del


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  • Posts: 9,005 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mad Dog wrote:
    Team: Chelsea
    Optimistic Position: 1st
    Realistic Position: 1st
    Most Important Player: Terry
    Breakthrough Player: Diarra
    Best Signing: Ballack
    Overstepping the mark with Diarra.Do you think he really would go to you and compete with your superstar midfield?:eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,745 ✭✭✭✭Villain


    evad_lhorg wrote:
    i wonder how many of these chelsea fans are jumping on the bandwagon now that they are winning. anyway

    You know it bugs me somethiing unreal when I hear Man United and Liverpool fans from Ireland say that, ever wonder why the majority of Man U and Liverpool fans started supporting their clubs, I doubt they would be supporting if they had had no success in the last 20 years:rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Attractive Nun


    Team: Manchester United
    Optimistic Position: 1st
    Realistic Position: 2nd
    Most Important Player: Rooney
    Breakthrough Player: Jones
    Best Signing: Carrick :o
    Overstepping the mark with Diarra.Do you think he really would go to you and compete with your superstar midfield?

    I think you have the wrong Diarra.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,555 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    There's also Alou Diarra


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    irish1 wrote:
    You know it bugs me somethiing unreal when I hear Man United and Liverpool fans from Ireland say that, ever wonder why the majority of Man U and Liverpool fans started supporting their clubs, I doubt they would be supporting if they had had no success in the last 20 years:rolleyes:

    According to some Liverpool hav'nt had any success in the last 20 years - okay 15! Most Pool fans here are, I guess, post Golden Era in terms of age but they are still fans. Unles they are all ancient mariners like me.

    Mike.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 495 ✭✭tetsujin1979


    Team: Man City
    Optimistic Position: 6th
    Realistic Position: 12th
    Most Important Player: Dunne
    Breakthrough Player: Does Ireland count as "breakthrough"? If not, then Ishmael Miller
    Best Signing: Hamann, no contest


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭Take it


    Team: Liverpool
    Optimistic Position: Second
    Realistic Position: Third
    Most Important Player: Steven Gerrard
    Breakthrough Player: Gonzalez(sp?)
    Best Signing: Pennant

    Would love to think we will gain ground on Chelsea but i don't think we have the quality to over take them, Suspect Arsenal to have a good year but I think they are on par with Liverpool wouldn't be surprised if both home and away games end in draws, Spurs look good but carracks a big loss they won't be an easy team to beat, as usual Man U will defiantly be up there I suspect we can beat them in Anfield though and they could do us over in Old Trafford


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 743 ✭✭✭Mad Dog


    I think you have the wrong Diarra.


    I suspect you haven't seen too much of this lad and he's
    a player who will get more chances in the Makelele role
    this season as Maka is not getting any younger and Diarra
    is a young player who Mourinho rates very highly. And as
    the caption states Breakthrough Player I think this
    might be his season. Top class player for the future IMO.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭gracehopper


    Team : Man Utd
    Optimistic Position: 1st
    Realistic Position: 2nd
    Most Important Player : Rooney
    Breakthrough Player : Rossi
    Best Signing: Carrick

    I think United will have enough fire power to finish ahead of pool, Arsenal and spurs but i dont see anyone catching Chelsea this year. The class they have brought in coupled with Mourinho's organisation will make them ultra consistent this year.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭gandalf


    Team : Arsenal
    Optimistic Position 1st
    Realistic Position 2nd-3rd
    Most Important Player : Cesc Fabregas or Kolo Toure
    Breakthrough Player : Alexandre Song (just have a feeling about this lad eventhough he's getting alot of stick at the moment!)
    Best Signing : Tomas Rosicky (not exactly alot of choice at the moment !!)


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