Manchester United related:
1) Berbatov will be United Player of the Season
2) Rooney will be played on the left at least ONCE during the course of the season
3) van der Sar will stay for ONE more season after Sir Alex discovers Ben Foster is Saha II and PIG is crap
4) United will sign one more player.
5) Michael Owen will notch up + 10 league goals
6) Commentators will mention how much we miss Ronaldo and Tevez after failing to score in a high profile match.
7) United will win a domestic cup with kids.
8) Michael Owen will be boo-ed at Anfield
9) Giggs and Neville will sign ANOTHER contract extension while Scholes joins Oldham.

General football related:
1) Marca will 'reveal' that Madrid teammates are frustrated at Ronaldo's selfishness
2) Arsenal will finish above Liverpool *(if Alonso does leave)
3) Newcastle sacks another manager
4) Carlos Tevez will sit on the bench at least 7 games throughout the course of the league season
5) Michael Owen will get called up by England National Team
6) England will get knocked out by penalties.
7) Both United and Madrid do not make it pass the semi finals of Champions League
8) Inter to face Barca at the finals of the Champions League.
9) Quieroz gets the sack.
10) Manchester City finishes below Everton
11) One ex-Tottenham player will rejoin Tottenham.
12) The England National Team will include at least 2 players who have less than 10 caps (possibly Welbeck and Wilshere or Foster)
13) Almunia will openly reveal that he wouldn't mind playing for England....again.
14) One player will reveal how he rejected City's approaches.

This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Aug 4 2009, 01:55 PM

AC MILAN to SerieB but somehow win the Champions League....LOL

GTG

fail

1) At least two managers will be sacked this season
2) Manucho will return to the EPL
3) One player will reveal how he rejected a big club
4) A few players will be injured for 3-4 months
5) At least one of the promoted clubs will actually manage to beat 2 giant clubs.
6) One of the giant clubs will suffer 2 draws, 1 win, and 2 losses.

I will give my prediction on all other teams...

Liverpool:
Previously thought they would be a strong contender but as for now, I predict may not do that well compare to last season unless there are some massive reinforcement for the loss assets

Chelsea:
Strong contender but may not win the title this season.

Manchester City:
Will have a lot of players' morality issue of not being able to play in first team. Spiky has a lot of works to be done to manage all the players.

Everton:
Will still be an improved team but may not achieve the same rank as last season.

Arsenal:
Still a strong team but Will have consistency problem of keep winning to cope for top places with the current competitiveness of BPL.


note: This is only a prediction and is pure based on personal views & are not against any team. Everyone is free to air their views on anything (in a good manner).

This post has been edited by davidlow7: Aug 4 2009, 02:46 PM

Portsmouth for relegation unless takeover happens in time.

Thats actually not giving a prediction on other teams, more like predicting your own team(Man U).
You could simply sum up the above post with a line as so:
Predictor Uno: Man United is going to win the BPL.

so EPL got only 6 teams ?

liverpool
chelsea
man city
everton
arsenal

and man utd

Another star foreign player will use the excuse of "I hate the English weather/ My missus wants me to move/ Playing for (insert team name here) has always been my dream" to want a move away to "greener" (the color of the bills?) pastures abroad.

On what account did i even said there are only 6 teams. Surely he cant be predicting a lesser BPL team to win the league?
Alright lets end the arguement. TS has his views and i respect them.
Mine : Villa to go one better this season.

This post has been edited by visionary1993: Aug 4 2009, 03:45 PM

City will win d epl

Good topic... But perhaps people reserve their comments to avoid offending anyone...?

Anyway, here are some of mine (I'm an Arsenal fan btw):

Prem Title: Liverpool
Statistically, they should have won last year if Gerrard and Torres were fit. If they keep hold of the squad, I think they will be odds on to win. If they don't... well you cannot possibly rule out Man Utd despite losing CRon.

Champs League spots: Same old same old.
As someone mentioned, Man City may face problems with their big squad. On the flip side, Villa may face problems with their small one. Year after year, I always feel that Spurs may pose a threat, but year after year I worry for nothing. But this year with ol 'Arry on board, they may be darkhorses.

Relegation Candidates
Burnley and Wolves to go back down (Wolves for no reason other than the top team from Championship always goes down!). Possibly Hull as well.

Player of the Year: Arshavin!!!
Ok slight bias here. But this guy is really something. If we were to challenge this year, you can bet your bottom dollar that we will depend heavily on the Russian. While I'm a bit pessimistic about our title chances, I think we will still be in the top 4 and his performances will play a key role.

Best Signing Michael Owen...?
Ideally, I should wait till the end of the window for this... But so far, there hasn't been a transfer to the prem that made everyone stand up and take notice. So I'll just go for Owen, who'll probably get a decent amount of goals... And he cost nothing too!

Worst Signing: Adebayor!!
Ok slight bitterness here. But 25 mio is a lot of money. Having said that, Roque Santa Cruz may struggle as well, as his record only shows one good year in Blackburn.

First Managerial Casualty
Probably one of the promoted clubs. Possibly also that guy Hart at Pompey. If Man City fails to break the top 4, expect Mark Hughes to be shown the exit door.

Others
1) Much closer race to the La Liga, but Barca to nick the title.
2) Don't watch much Serie A so I'll just tembak... er... Juventus?
3) World Cup winners.... England!... Ok I'm not much of a comedian... maybe Germany because Germany will always be GERMANY during tournaments.

This post has been edited by Zan81: Aug 4 2009, 03:57 PM

Opinions in bold.

If he plays like last season (or even preseason. Did you guys see that last minute goal against atletico? Phenomenal), definitely. At less than 20m, he was best signing for last season. And I'm a Liverpool fan.

you guyz got time machine arr??

my only prediction.....tevez will be sold next season..

It's "Sparky" mate, not "Spiky"

Liverpool - Midfield might suffer when Macherano injure after Alonso departure
Chelsea - still as a strong contender, potential problem still lie on Ancelotti
Arsenal - still need to strengthen defense, no doubt Arshavin is man to watch this season

Champions League will be fight between La Liga and BPL team

1) El Classico will end up 0-0 in one of the two matches.
2) Liverpool will get more penalties than Manchester United in the league.
3) Barcelona will have 3 players in the top 4 for World Player of the Year and Ballon d'Or
4) Madrid will get thumped ONCE.
5) Madrid will win a game by a margin of 4 ONCE in the season.
6) Manchester City will sign another 30 million player during the January window.
7) Bayern Munich will run away with Bundesliga before the winter break.
8) Arsenal finally signs an outfield player above the age of 30 (Campbell as well )
9) Gareth Bale finally wins a league game.
10) Anderson does not score from open play in the league.
11) Messi to have a better season than Ronaldo.
12) Benzema to have a better season than Ibrahimovich.
13) Steve McMahon will predict that United will not win any trophies this season.

This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Aug 4 2009, 08:05 PM

Manchester United will not win the EPL this season.
Manchester City will not break top 4 this season.
Chelsea Will need some more decent signing to be true contender for the title.
Liverpool will win the EPL,if Alonso and Mascherano somehow did not leave.
Lyon will win Ligue 1 france by a big margin.
Inter Milan will somehow win the Serie A title,after close battle with Juvents.
Real Madrid will not win anything this season,despite they made big signings.
Barcelona will still win the Primera División,after close battle with Real Madrid.
Some club from England will win the UEFA Champions League,while some clubs from Spain will win the 1st Europa League.
Owen will be the best signing of the season,while Ronaldo and any player bought by Man City will be the worst signing of the season.
Tevez will start complain and complain and complain again and again after a series of defeats by Man city,demanding a move from City at the end of the season.
Barcelona will not win the World Club Cup.

This is only prediction,so don't be mad.

Strong competition between Man United and Chelsea again in BPL.

This post has been edited by maxizanc: Aug 4 2009, 10:33 PM

this is the most entertaining post in this whole thread so far.

Liverpool :
- Reina will have the most clean sheets of the season.
- Agger will not have more appearances then Skertel.
- At least 2 red cards will be suffered.
- Gerrard will score less than 10 goals.(BPL)
- Kuyt will have more assists than goals.(BPL)
- Torres will score less than 20goals.(BPL)
- Home record of at least 75% wins at Anfield (14 games win out of 19 games)

hmmmm...

1-Half of the seasons...no real title contenders..
2-Winter transfer will decide the league winner.
3-Winter Winner wont wont EPL..
4-Chelsea,Arsenal,MU,Liverpool,Everton,Aston,Spurs and West Ham will rock the top 8 and the ranking rapidly change.
5-Arshavin sure great..
6-If Ancelotti can really play the diamond formation well..Chelsea a true title contender..
7-Last transfer day will be busy.
8-Barca won the league.
9-Mancity sign Mourinho...at winter time..
10-Mourinho sign MU after world cup..
11-Best 11 will be dominate by top 8 i just mention..
12-at least one team promoted will be relegate.

1st Managerial Casualty? MARK HUGHES. after City opens 5 losses in a row. hahahahha

POTY = Arshavin.. hell yeah!

Surprise of the season - believe it or not, a lot of people didn't give Burnley any props... but i think they'll survive.

9 and 10 is daft.

Sir Alex Ferguson will not sign a Spanish player.. ever!

EPL
1) owen is the best value-for-money signing by scoring at least 15 goals in all competition
2) mark hughes will be sacked before christmas
3) m.city will not break into top 4, aston villa got bigger chance
4) at least 1 star player in city will make noise
5) spurs will sign another striker
6) hull and 2 promoted clubs will relegate
7) mu will have problem scoring goals
8) liverpool will struggle without alonso
9) chelsea will be strong challenger, but start weakly
10) arsenal still have the same 'no leader/senior' problem

Other
1) barca win the league with rm closely behind
2) inter continue to dominate italy
3) cl semi final will be clubs from spain/england only

Owen and Foster gets injured during warmup vs Chelski next week.

This week.

oops my bad.

nooooooooooooo i wanted either oshea/ brown get injured at least 1 month. ( due to fantasy selection headache)

Man Utd will not win the league this season. (4 in a row is really beyond my wildest fantasy) Will start hoping for no 19 in the 10/11 season

We will not face Real Madrid in the UCL.

We will reach the final of UCL.

1. spurs wont break into top 4
2. citeh wont win the BPL
3. someone in arsenal will get injured halfway. arsene will say he will be out for 6 weeks, but does not play till next season
4. arsenal will meet RM in CL. i just know it.

he signed ricardo the spanish goalkeeper last time

Also Pique

1. Tevez will again make noise due to lack of first time (Adebayor and Santa Cruz will be first choice)

2. Citeh will have free scoring forward but at the same time have free leaking defense

3. Man Utd will have problem again for scoring

4. Man Utd will struggling opening of the season

5. Arsenal will having problem again for inconsistent youngster.

6. Chelsea will have a tough opening season because Ancelotti needs to adjust his style of play in BPL

7. Zola's WHU will have tough time this season due to his unknown as first season last year..this year managers around will have better understanding on Zola's tactics

8. 3 of the promoted teams will be sitting at the bottom from start till end.

9. Big four will struggle to beat one of the three promoted team this season

10. Liverpool will be struggle with the departure of one defender and midfielder to Real

11. Portsmouth will be joining the 3 promoted teams down there battle for survivor

12. Fulham enjoy an overachievement last season but this season will be at mid-table battle

13. Barca won't enjoyed another free scoring team this season because Ibra is not same quality as Eto

14. Real-Barca rivalry match will be exciting than last season. Don't expect another 6-2 happen

15. Real's new coach will be sack end of the season even if they manage to win something

16. Mark Hughes will be the first coach in BPL to kiss bye bye before X'mas.

17. Every year people talking about Spurs in top 5, top 8 but Spurs always disappointed them..so no different for this season

18. A thin Villa squad will be again battle for UEFA spot this season so do Everton

19. More facts from Benitez again.

20. Ancelotti fine for enjoying his cigar during BPL match

21. Anderson first goal of the season

and more..lazy to think any

This post has been edited by beck_ken: Aug 5 2009, 09:41 PM

POOL FTW!!!!! this is THEIR YEAR!!!

I'd say that Owen got injured in the midst of the first few games. Rafa to sneakily nab Villa or Silva just before the transfer window close. Just my wishful thinking =)

Jimenez to be one of the best signing too!

This post has been edited by ik3da: Aug 5 2009, 09:40 PM

-liverpool will not win bpl
-real madrid will not win la liga n ucl

bias. anyone who sees this would know that u're die hard united fan who hates liverpool bcz u like united.
Berbatov can never be the player of the season unless he scores 4 goals in a game like last time he did in tottenham.
Arsenal finish above Liverpool? they sell Adebayor, they sell Eboue and still they bought nothing. they should have been grateful if they finishes above everton.
Although i'm Pool fan, i don't think pool can win the title this season unless they can find someone who can replace Xabi.

With current situation, i think the top 6 in order will be Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton, City.

it just his prediction...why so serious???

90% of it was prediction.. the two parts i mentioned were rather his hopes next season.

lol chill bro...of cource anyone will be bias towards their club..

Does it matter to you how we judge our own player for OUR OWN awards?

Certainly even a player from any other club were to score 1000000goals every match, he still WONT STAND A CHANCE to win that said award.. pffft

This post has been edited by befitozi: Aug 6 2009, 02:43 AM

This prediction have a high possibilities..

CHELSEA vs LIVERPOOL - UCL! Again !

Hilarious, entertaining, fun, brilliant post you have in here. What more can i say. You made my day.

haha....lol good one..

Good one.

Here is my other prediction, Nani will become UNITED player of the season.

I bolded United just in case some other club fans try to say that I'm being biased

arsenal will pawn newly promoted club BIG TIME !

10. The apoplectic manager send off to the homestand at Old Tafford twice for berating referees for their 'beyond the pale deportment'
11. City winning FA cup.
12. United only winning FA Charity shield . (w/o CR7 orTevez)
13. Arsenal winning League cup
14. Chelsea winning EPL title. (no CR7 or Tevez)
15. Liverpool winng CL
16. Mrs Vidic goes continental (upstairs) unless
17. Vidic gets a payraise (he deserves more $$$$) or divorce
18. Scholes breaking some legs (one of them his):
19. Every gunners loves Diaby fest

This post has been edited by niuchin: Aug 6 2009, 11:47 AM

Man, not Chelsea and Liverpool again... It is like watching a repeat match over and over again. I rather MU plays RM and then RM to play against Liverpool in UCL finals It will be fun to see how MU go against CR and Liverpool to go against Alonso / Arbeloa (assuming that they get to play and not sidelined).

Please read before making any accusations.

1) As mentioned, I said Berbatov will win United Player of the Season which is a Manchester United award.
2) I do believe Arsenal will finish above Liverpool. Yes, they sold Adebayor, Toure and Eboue and I think they won't miss Adebayor that much at all with a fit and healthy Eduardo, van Persie and Vela who looks like a cracking player. I may be optimistic but Ramsey and Wilshere have looked brilliant so far and could have something to say about the league standings. Vermaelen I know little about but when fit, their first team defense look decent

Sagna-Song*-Gallas-Clichy

*Vermaelen will surely start ahead of Song though it seems

trust me UCL final is between AC MILAN and REAL MADRID.... the biggest encounter... the biggest fixtures of all time...

Assuming that Man City wins everything... Shouldn't the LMA Mgr of the Year award go to the Sheikhs?

Only a diehard City (or a closeted united wannabe City) fan will say that.

If so, both semifinals will be refereed by Norvegians.

This post has been edited by niuchin: Aug 6 2009, 11:56 AM

kaka will show his madrid's kit at his house's windows to the fans as he rejected city... loyal huh...

and the next 6 months, he is switching clubs, man utd maybe...

loyal???

think again...

No la, its Liverpool trashing United , 4-0, 8-0 (half time , full time scores ) at the 'barn' ebeu. Gerard get knighted after that.
After the game at RM suite, a certain apoplectic red nose manager throw a fit ( I mean a fist) at a certain one dog & pony (you know the dancing prancing twinkle toes) show for bolting the horse manu barn.

Can you share whatever you smoking? That goes for you too zwanvedder.
My mother say not to disagree (maybe she meant assume) too much with anybody with last name starting with letter Z.

This post has been edited by niuchin: Aug 6 2009, 12:52 PM

is just a prediction thread, why so serious about it, u can just laugh in front of the screen after reading his predictions to ease your anger

oh ya, don't underestimate Arsenal even through they sold Adebayor and Toure, their main weakness is defensive, if Wenger solve it in this season, they will be a scary team

1. Manchester United will have a slow start at the early stage of BPL, at the bottom 3 in the first 4 games, collecting 3 points out of possible 12.
2. People will taunt,tease and laugh looking at the position of Man utd initially.
3. In the end, man utd will at least finish top 3.

I doubt Leonardo Di Caprio's ability

hmm

Biggest fixture in terms of what? I reckon if you consider the number of people worldwide who will be tuning in, a Liverpool vs. Manchester United final would top that.

And a Real Madrid v Barcelona final would top everything

Not this season. The two Classicos will be a record audience I think. I've never seen the top 6 players in the world slugging it out in one match. It's unheard of.

Torres to join Real Madrid

And to climax it Liverpool trouncing United 8-0.

Heinze joins Liverpool

Not in a million years
Unless you mean Miguel Torres...but he's already on our books

Cesc to AC Milan

steven gerrard joins man utd

This post has been edited by skystrike: Aug 6 2009, 05:50 PM

My Top 5 predictions




This one is a guarantee.

juve to get the third stars
prediction is it.

both aint gonna happen..

barcelona regretting spending so much and trading eto'o for ibrahimovic

2009/2010 season
1.manchester united
2.chelsea
3.liverpool
4.arsenal
5.aston villa
6.everton
7.tottenham
8.manchester city
9.fulham
10.west ham
11.wigan
12.stoke city
13.bolton
14.wolves
15.sunderland
16.blackburn
17.portsmouth
18.hull city
19.burnley
20.birmingham

a lot of ppl are overestimating aston villa... their defense without Laursen will be doomed. I can see them finishing at most only at 6... and most probably out of Europa qualifications...

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Added on August 9, 2009, 6:01 pmLike tat's reli ur own award... United does not equal to u... United player of the year will most probably belongs to Rooney... Berbatov have a long way to go, althou i admit that he's good...

I donno what r u trying to arise... I'm commenting on a person's biasness... not about rivalry between two clubs... Again, THIS IS NOT UR OWN AWARD.

MAN UTD IS MAN UTD, YOU IS YOU, YOU'LL NEVER BE MAN UTD.

AND WE'LL NEVER WALK ALONE.


And don't there exist a rule where predictions are not allowed in this subforum?
Close the thread.

This post has been edited by LukeMjstc: Aug 9 2009, 06:01 PM

Arsenal to win the league

and yes, that prediction is made solely using my heart and nothing come from my head at all

There isn't such a rule so the thread remains open.

Chelsea win the shield..hehehhe will be real within a few hours...

Dude, i don't understand why you're really against this thread,.

i predict there will be at least a brawl between 2 sets of fans in the champions league and europa league

and i predict rooney will score at least twice in the league this season

bcz there exists some ppl who like to boast about their team of support. and as long as it exists, no point creating a public discussions for all clubs... go to their own club thread to talk watever they like.

arsenal will be winter champ, then falls to 3rd around jan to march, struggle to flight till month of apr, eventually come back and nick the title at the final game with only 1 point lead

liverpool as usual, struggle on away game, placed no.4

chelsea will meet ac milan at ucl group stage

birmingham, reading, blackburn will relegate,

mu will meet real madrid at quarter final

southampton will promote

owen hagreaves will injure badly again (out for at least 2 months)

it's unusual for liverpool to struggle on away game... i guess u din study enough about football last season...

I guess TS should have just bolded the PREDICTION word.

Woah epic self pwnage?

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Added on August 10, 2009, 2:38 amReally man, where is the sense?

So if we predict Berbatov as United's Player of the Year, how is that remotely close to bias, especially coming from a fan of another club? So, share with us the reason that it would be less bias if we predicted Rooney to win. Do you even understand what bias means? Maybe you din study enough about english in your life.

This post has been edited by befitozi: Aug 10 2009, 02:39 AM

hehe i like this prediction. all us gooners will get heart attacks

On the on-going disagreement; these sort of threads don't mean anything especially when there is no basis for the predictions, more so if it's from the heart, not the mind.

Firstly I'll start with some things I got right & wrong last season;

Right
1) Hull City would finish no higher than mid-table despite an impressive start. They would falter and run out of adrenaline when the cup competitions began because they simply don't have the squad depth, nor the luxury to 'throw' games away as they need the money.
2) Man Utd will win the league even though they had a slow start to the season. Same thing happened the year before.
3) Fernando Torres would prove that he wasn't a flash in the pan and in fact, show us all that he's suited for the Premiership.


Wrong
1) Liverpool would not contest the league.
2) Djibril Cisse was an underdog for the Golden Boot Award.
3) Xabi Alonso would not leave Liverpool in the post season.
4) Lucas would come good.

Well that's just what I can remember. As for this season...

1) Mark Hughes will not finish the season and manager of Man City.
2) Arsenal will fall drop out of the top four especially if they lose Cesc Fabregas.
3) Jose Mourinho makes a shocking return to the Premiership as manager of Man City?!?!?!
4) Liverpool finishing the season empty handed again.

We'd be hearing "Oh yes, they do miss then incisiveness and creativity of Alonso" whenever Liverpool draws, from the same commentators that asked "Does Liverpool really need two defensive midfielders in a game like this?" last season.

Strong rumours going round that he's being 'offered' or shopped around?.






Barca main target is Jonny Evans. A good replacement for Marquez or Puyol. A good tandem linkup with Pique.

By 'offering' Vidic (at a premium price) Man U is probably shaking the grass to smoke out the snakes. Just like CR7 sale. The rest of the above rumour remains to be confirmed.
My prediction is Vidic will be gone if not pre it will be post season. Man U will profit from his (£7m cost from Spartak) sale.

It will quell the financial rumours if United make some mega signings (like Ribery, Villa or Agüero) to show money is not a problem.