Decided to create a thread to mention the predictions I've got right and wrong in football. Man of few words, so I'll just get the ball rolling and hope you guys can chip in.

Things I got wrong:
1) Edwin van der Sar should be dropped early this season
- He went on to break the Premier League record.
2) Gary Neville is too old to play in top level football
- He goes on and produce some sterling performances in the league.
3) Ronaldo should have been sold to Madrid as he's not suitable for English football, he's a continental player
- Continental player my ass, he scored 42 and was World Player of the Year!
4) We'd get steamrolled by Chelsea with Giggs and Fletcher in the centre
- We won 3-0 and didn't give Chelsea a sniff.
5) There was no need to sign Patrice Evra!
- After the worst 45 minutes from a debutant, he's gone on to become the best left-back in the world IMHO.
6) Chris Eagles would replace David Beckham after playing very well against Leeds United at Elland Road a couple of seasons back in the League Cup AET win.
- He got sold to Burnley?! WTF?
7) We'd get found out with Tevez and Rooney playing together and find it hard to break teams down without an old fashion centre-forward.
- Yeah right, we won the Double!

To be fair, if I were the gaffer, I'd have sold Louis Saha earlier than he would so I got that right.

Other things I got right:
2) We'd win the Champions League with Owen Hargreaves in our team.
3) Rio Ferdinand would go on to become one of the best centre backs in the world. This was when he was Player of the Year at Leeds United.
4) Vidic would be a better centre half than Brown to partner Ferdinand - this was when Vidic had a tough half season.
5) Arsenal would never win the Champions League under Arsene Wenger (even when they faced Barca, I bet on Barca) and so far, I've been proven right. I still stand by that.
6) The biggest shocker of them all:



Why did I predict so?

If there ever was a prediction I'd have love to get wrong, it'd be that. My wallet did go thicker by several ounces because of that though

This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Feb 20 2009, 12:01 AM