Upcoming Premiership Season Predictions for your club

TheMonster · 10-08-2006 02:07PM #1

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

Villain · 10-08-2006 02:12PM

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

johnos · 10-08-2006 02:21PM

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...

Bateman · 10-08-2006 02:23PM

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

Nalz · 10-08-2006 02:26PM

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

futuredeath · 10-08-2006 02:41PM

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)

_blank_ · 10-08-2006 02:55PM

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

gustavo · 10-08-2006 03:01PM

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"

p.pete · 10-08-2006 03:05PM

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.

Drag00n79 · 10-08-2006 03:39PM

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

Bacchus · 10-08-2006 04:34PM

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)

Mad Dog · 10-08-2006 04:52PM

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

Tusky · 10-08-2006 04:55PM

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

Limerick Dude · 10-08-2006 04:58PM

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

PHB · 10-08-2006 05:55PM

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

eirebhoy · 10-08-2006 06:29PM

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

Playboy · 10-08-2006 07:01PM

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

Rikand · 10-08-2006 07:03PM

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

mike65 · 10-08-2006 07:34PM

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

Mike.

evad_lhorg · 10-08-2006 08:13PM

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.

Revelation Joe · 10-08-2006 08:20PM

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

10-08-2006 08:55PM

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:

Villain · 10-08-2006 09:01PM

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:

Attractive Nun · 10-08-2006 09:22PM

Team: Manchester United
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 2nd
Most Important Player: Rooney
Breakthrough Player: Jones
Best Signing: Carrick

the_dazzler wrote:

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.

astrofool · 10-08-2006 09:28PM

There's also Alou Diarra

mike65 · 10-08-2006 10:25PM

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.

tetsujin1979 · 11-08-2006 02:19AM

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

Take it · 11-08-2006 02:22AM

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

Mad Dog · 11-08-2006 12:01PM

Attractive Nun wrote:

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.

gracehopper · 11-08-2006 12:20PM

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.

gandalf · 11-08-2006 12:20PM

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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