21/22 Predicion Thread

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FFS lads its BPLsmas eve


PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner:
Rest of top 4:
Relegated:
Top scorer:
Best player:
Best manager:
First manager sacked:
Best signing:
Worst signing:
Outlandish prediction:
Any other thoughts?

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner:
Runner up:
Other semi-finalists:
Top scorer:
Outlandish prediction:

CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner:
Runner up:
Playoff winners:
Outlandish prediction:

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup:
League Cup:
Europa League:
La Liga:
Serie A:
Bundesliga:
Ligue 1:

YOUR TEAM
League Position:
Best player:
Worst player:
Unsung hero:
Best signing:
Worst signing:
Will your manager last the season?:
Outlandish prediction:
Any other thoughts?


prediction*

[Baz]

I’ll never top predicting a man dying, but I’ll have a go at filling this in after rugby and love island.

[Giggles]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: Liverpool
Rest of top 4: Manchester City, Chelsea, Leicester
Relegated: Watford, Brentford, Brighton
Top scorer: Mane
Best player: van Dijk
Best manager: Klopp
First manager sacked: Potter
Best signing: Grealish
Worst signing: Someone at Spurs
Outlandish prediction: Arsenal bottom half, if that’s even outlandish
Any other thoughts? Haven’t a clue

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner: Paris SG
Runner up: Liverpool
Other semi-finalists: The Manchesters
Top scorer: The young lad at City with the stupid haircut, edit: Sancho?
Outlandish prediction: Does anything of interest happen in the Champions League?

CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner:
Runner up:
Playoff winners:
Outlandish prediction:

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: Manchester City
League Cup: Liverpool
Europa League: Sevilla
La Liga: Real Madrid
Serie A: Juventus
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich
Ligue 1: Paris SG

YOUR TEAM
League Position:
Best player:
Worst player:
Unsung hero:
Best signing:
Worst signing:
Will your manager last the season?:
Outlandish prediction:
Any other thoughts?

[SincereTheRebel]

Did the totals get done from last seasons predections?

[Shindig]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: Man City
Rest of top 4: Liverpool, United, Chelsea
Relegated: Norwich, Brentford, Watford
Top scorer: Kane. Salah's the only other contender I can think of but Harry keeps himself sharp and fit enough just to squeak by.
Best player: Bruno Fernandes
Best manager: David Moyes
First manager sacked: Tuchel. Chelsea's a club that loves to pull the trigger. A mildly disappointing start and it's curtains.
Best signing: Adam Armstrong? I feel like any of the big ones hitting their stride would be meeting expectations.
Worst signing: Jack Grealish. He won't make the massive impact people were hoping at City whilst Villa will struggle without him.
Outlandish prediction: Mike Ashley travels to work by helicopter. This gives him plenty of opportunities to die.
Any other thoughts? It feels a little anticlimactic. The Euros felt big and nobody's splashing the cash. Any club that is has bet the farm on one player. I'm not that excited for any of it. It's the lingering legacy of Covidball.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner: Juventus
Runner up: PSG
Other semi-finalists: Atletico, Man City
Top scorer: Ronaldo. All penalties.
Outlandish prediction: The financial problems at Barca run so deep they struggle to field a team of registered players.

CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner: Bournemouth
Runner up: Fulham
Playoff winners: Middlesbrough?
Outlandish prediction: I dunno, Middlesbrough going up sounds outlandish to me.

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: Man City
League Cup: Man City
Europa League: Real Madrid
La Liga: Real Madrid
Serie A: Inter
Bundesliga: It's bloody Bayern.
Ligue 1: Paris Saint-Germain

YOUR TEAM NEWCASSEL
League Position: 14th
Best player: Saint-Maximin
Worst player: Javier Manquillo? All the easy answers have been sold off.
Unsung hero: Maybe Cairan Clark has a good year. Joelinton looks better out wide so probably him.
Best signing: Willock, unless we sign someone else.
Worst signing: As above.
Will your manager last the season?: Yes. Easily.
Outlandish prediction: Mike's helicopter death results in a hasty sale to new owners.
Any other thoughts? Nah. I'd like us to bring more in than just Joe but everybody's holding their cards.

[Lofty]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: Man City
Rest of top 4: Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool
Relegated: Brentford, Norwich, Crystal Palace
Top scorer: Son
Best player: KDB
Best manager: Pep
First manager sacked: Vieira
Best signing: Grealish
Worst signing: Sancho
Outlandish prediction: Aubameyang less than 10 goals
Any other thoughts?

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner: PSG
Runner up: City
Other semi-finalists: Bayern, Atlelti
Top scorer: Mbappe
Outlandish prediction: United and Liverpool dont get out of the group

CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner: Fulham
Runner up: West Brom
Playoff winners: Huddersfield
Outlandish prediction: Derby not relegated somehow

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: Arsenal
League Cup: City
Europa League: Villareal via finishing third in CL group
La Liga: Atleti
Serie A: Inter
Bundesliga: Bayern
Ligue 1: PSG

Arsenal
League Position: 6th
Best player: Saka
Worst player: Willian
Unsung hero: Pepe
Best signing: White
Worst signing: Tavares
Will your manager last the season?: Yes
Outlandish prediction: Smith-Rowe double figures for both goals and assists
Any other thoughts? Xhaka manages 2 red cards and 2 hilarious errors before christmas.

[Shindig]

I forgot about Vieira. How long did De Boer last?

[niko_cee]

4 games I think. First international window was curtains for him.

[Ian]

Lofty, United collapsed out of the group last year after the ideal start. I don't think it happening again is outlandish.

[Lofty]

Lofty, United collapsed out of the group last year after the ideal start. I don't think it happening again is outlandish.

Yeah but they have signed the greatest defender and winger ever to have played the game according to the internet.

[Jimmy Floyd]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: Man City
Rest of top 4: Liverpool, Chelsea, Man U
Relegated: Norwich, Burnley, Watford
Top scorer: Mohamed Salah
Best player: N'Golo Kanté
Best manager: Marcelo Bielsa, as it always is
First manager sacked: Not sure who manages Watford these days, but him
Best signing: Marc Guehi to Crystal Palace
Worst signing: Demarai Gray to Everton
Outlandish prediction: Vieira to actually do quite well at Palace
Any other thoughts? It could really do with a relatively established team, let's say Everton/Newcastle/West Ham, having a stinker and getting relegated for our entertainment. Surprise relegations are far too rare.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner: Chelsea
Runner up: Man City
Other semi-finalists: Man U, Liverpool
Top scorer: Cavani?
Outlandish prediction: English teams to go entirely unbeaten all year except by each other.

CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner: Fulham
Runner up: West Brom
Playoff winners: Coventry
Outlandish prediction: It is my great pleasure to announce that Oumar Niasse has returned once again to English football (to Huddersfield, on a free), so I predict he will score at least ten goals this season.

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: Man City
League Cup: Man City
Europa League: Ferencvaros
La Liga: Real Sociedad
Serie A: Juventus
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich
Ligue 1: them lot

YOUR TEAM
League Position: 3rd
Best player: N'Golo Kanté
Worst player: Timo Werner
Unsung hero: Ben Chilwell
Best signing: Romelu Lukaku
Worst signing: Marcus Bettinelli
Will your manager last the season?: Yes
Outlandish prediction: At some point we will have an insane injury crisis and end up having to use a comically large number of youth players
Any other thoughts? We should be strong all year, which is actually less fun as a fan than it was under Lampard, when either triumph or disaster was possible every week.

[Baz]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: Liverpool
Rest of top 4: Chelsea, City, Leicester
Relegated: Norwich, Wolves, Crystal Palace
Top scorer: Salah
Best player: Trent Alexander-Arnold
Best manager: Xisco
First manager sacked: Arteta
Best signing: Marc Guehi
Worst signing: Junior Firpo
Outlandish prediction: Man United to finish outside the top 6.
Any other thoughts? I'll win the TTH FPL.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner: Liverpool
Runner up: Bayern
Other semi-finalists: PSG & Chelsea
Top scorer: Lewandowski
Outlandish prediction: Errr, Ronaldo to cry

CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner: Stoke
Runner up: Fulham
Playoff winners: THE MIGHTY BLADES
Outlandish prediction: Surridge to score 30+

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: Leeds
League Cup: Man City
Europa League: Lyon
La Liga: Real Madrid
Serie A: Juventus
Bundesliga: Bayern
Ligue 1: PSG

YOUR TEAM
League Position: 1st
Best player: Trent Alexander Arnold
Worst player: Konate
Unsung hero: Tsimikas
Best signing: Doku if we get him?
Worst signing: Konate
Will your manager last the season?: 100%
Outlandish prediction: League and Champions League double, at least.
Any other thoughts? The kits are awful.

[Kikó]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: city
Rest of top 4: Liverpool, Chelsea, Man UFC
Relegated: Norwich, Watford, palace
Top scorer: Kane
Best player: Kane
Best manager: Brentford's dude
First manager sacked: Whoever is managing Watford
Best signing: Kane
Worst signing: Sancho
Outlandish prediction: it's going to be another boring League
Any other thoughts?

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner: city
Runner up: real Madrid
Other semi-finalists: psg, Bayern
Top scorer: Kane
Outlandish prediction: Messi to not run riot.

CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner: Fulham
Runner up: West Brom
Playoff winners: Bournemouth
Outlandish prediction: Coventry to get into the playoffs

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: Man UFC
League Cup: City
Europa League: Sevilla
La Liga: Real
Serie A: Juventus
Bundesliga: Bayern
Ligue 1: PSG

YOUR TEAM
League Position: 3rd
Best player: Bruno
Worst player: AWB
Unsung hero: Mctomminay
Best signing: Varane
Worst signing: Sancho
Will your manager last the season?: probably unless he's really bad at the start
Outlandish prediction: United to win a cup.
Any other thoughts?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've just looked up the Watford question. Xisco Muñoz.

Nope.

[Ian]

I remember him as the Xisco who used to pop up on later CMs/early FMs occasionally. That's it.

[Ian]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: Man City
Rest of top 4: Liverpool, Chelsea, United
Relegated:Norwich, Brentford, Watford. My thinking for Brentford is based entirely on the fact that I saw a headline the other day with their manager saying they "plan to attack" the Premier League. Most of the times when teams come up and bang on about wanting to PLAY OUR WAY they go down, and we already had Leeds do well last year so if there's a finite amount of those sorts of seasons to go around then Brentford might be shit out of luck.
Top scorer: Salah
Best player: Van Dijk. Or at least after a year without him it'll look that way.
Best manager: Bielsa
First manager sacked: Xisco probably, just because he's Watford manager.
Best signing: if Villa can get 20-odd league goals out of Ings I reckon that'd be in with a shout.
Worst signing: Jason Dancho when OGB sticks him on the bench for 8 months and plays somebody entirely unsuitable on the right wing. Lindelof, maybe, just to keep him in the team. (I don't know, I think all the 'big' signings will at least be fine and I dunno enough about the other players.)
Outlandish prediction: I don't know how outlandish it is to say Leicester might finally not fall over before the top four finish line. Probably "not very" but it's as outlandish as I can think of without just making up a silly fib.
Any other thoughts? I am not excited for football to be back and to be staring down the barrel of dozens more United games.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner: I don't really care so long as City and PSG are disappointed again.
Runner up: One of City or PSG hopefully, having been defeated in the most heartbreaking fashion.
Other semi-finalists: Who knows? Liverpool and Bayern. Let's say them.
Top scorer: Haaland.
Outlandish prediction: PSG's front three to fall over each other and be a bit underwhelming. That's probably wishful thinking though.

CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner: Coventry City
Runner up: Coventry City.
Playoff winners: Coventry City.
Outlandish prediction: Coventry City. Dunno what just putting a team name here would mean but maybe one of them will be right.

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: City
League Cup: Who cares?
Europa League: Villareal. Emery fucking loves it.
La Liga: Atletico.
Serie A: Juventus.
Bundesliga: Bayern, obviously.
Ligue 1: PSG, even more obviously.

YOUR TEAM
League Position: 4th.
Best player: Fernandes
Worst player: Martial.
Unsung hero: Probably McTominay.
Best signing: I suppose Varane, not necessarily because he'll be "better" than Jason Dancho (I've decided to stick with this unfunny joke) but because he'll make more of a difference to results overall, I think.
Worst signing: I suppose as the other signing anybody cares about it'll be Dancho by default but I'm not really sure what the point of signing Heaton was. I also learned right now that we've signed old United yoof Paul McShane, but presumably as a coach and he'll never actually play.
Will your manager last the season?: We won't be bad enough for the Glazers to pull the trigger. They might get rid when we hit May and have again won nothing.
Outlandish prediction: United aren't interesting enough for anything outlandish to happen.
Any other thoughts? I really, truly cannot be arsed with another season of OGBall.

[Dave.]

@Baz surely your "Outlandish prediction" and "Any other thoughts?" are the wrong way round?

[P_3]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: Liverpool
Rest of top 4: Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd
Relegated: Norwich, Watford, Crystal Palace
Top scorer: Mohammed Salah
Best player: Trent Alexander-Arnold
Best manager: Jurgen Klopp
First manager sacked: Xisco Munoz
Best signing: Romelu Lukaku
Worst signing: Raphael Varane
Outlandish prediction: 2 points separating the top 3 at the end

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner: Liverpool
Runner up: Paris Saint Germain
Other semi-finalists: Man City, Chelsea
Top scorer: Mohammed Salah
Outlandish prediction: Barcelona to fail to qualify from the group stage

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: Liverpool
League Cup: Liverpool
Europa League: Leicester
La Liga: Real Madrid
Serie A: Juventus
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich
Ligue 1: Paris Saint Germain

YOUR TEAM: LIVERPOOL
League Position: 1st
Best player: Mohammed Salah
Worst player: Ben Davies
Unsung hero: Roberto Firmino
Best signing: Ibrahima Konate
Worst signing: N/A
Will your manager last the season?: Of course
Outlandish prediction: Roberto Firmino to outscore Sadio Mane

[Gray Fox]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: Liverpool
Rest of top 4: Chelsea, City, Manchester UFC.
Relegated:Southampton, Norwich, Brentford.
Top scorer: Mo Salah
Best player:Kev De Bruyne
Best manager: Herr Klopp
First manager sacked: Insert Watford Binman here.
Best signing: Jadons Ancho
Worst signing: Grealish
Outlandish prediction: Top 4 to be way clear of all others.
Any other thoughts? I really don't think Grealish is the player City needed. They only actually finished on 86 points last year. Despite there claiming to be improvements, it was largely the entire Liverpool defence overruning hospital wards that really won them the league.
The top 4 could legitimately finish in any order this year. I still genuinely believe Liverpool have the best first XI, but the two in blue have the squad game by far. I'm hoping all of our injuries can piss off this year.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner:City
Runner up:Bayern
Other semi-finalists:Liverpool, Chelsea
Top scorer: Lewandowski
Outlandish prediction: Someone will forget away goals aren't a thing and end up fucking up because of it.

CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner: West Brom
Runner up: Barnsley
Playoff winners: Stoke
Outlandish prediction: Derby to get the lowest championship points record too.

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: City
League Cup: Liverpool
Europa League: Sevilla
La Liga: Atletico Madrid
Serie A: Juventus
Bundesliga: Bayern
Ligue 1: PSG or else Smallpockets disappears.

YOUR TEAM
League Position: 1st
Best player: Trent
Worst player: Adrian
Unsung hero: Bobby Firmino. People get way too hung up on the goal tally.
Best signing: Konate looks like being it. Exactly what we needed. Takes the pressure off the injury prone pair and Virgil might not now have to play every game.
Worst signing:
Will your manager last the season?: I genuinely don't think he could possibly get sacked if he tried.
Outlandish prediction: Harvey Elliott to ANNOUNCE HIMSELF.
Any other thoughts?In reality I think we'll challenge but injuries/luck may determine the top 4 order. I also reckon Klopp might push for a cup this year too.

[Reg]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: Man City
Rest of top 4: 2. Chelsea, 3. Man United, 4. Liverpool
Relegated: 18. Palace, 19. Watford, 20. Norwich
Top scorer: Lukaku
Best player: De Bruyne
Best manager: Bielsa
First manager sacked: Vieira
Best signing: Lukaku
Worst signing: Tom Heaton for his inability to displace De Gea and Henderson
(Not that) Outlandish prediction: Leeds to still be comfortably clear of relegation despite Bamford only scoring about 8
Any other thoughts? Fans!

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner: PSG
Runner up: Man City
Other semi-finalists: Real Madrid, Liverpool
Top scorer: Messi
Outlandish prediction: Football to be better with fans.

CHAMPIONSHIP
I don't know, gone are the days when I needed to worry about such teeny clubs.

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: Leicester
League Cup: Man City
Europa League: Leicester
La Liga: Real Madrid
Serie A: Juventus
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich
Ligue 1: Lille, oh no it's not them that have Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, so PSG

YOUR TEAM
League Position: 14th. I must be getting old. Where's my false hope at the start of the season? (Some would say it's still there.)
Best player: Dunk and Bissouma tied
Worst player: N/A, great bunch of lads
Unsung hero: Burn
Best signing: Mwepu
Worst signing: N/A, we've not made many
Will your manager last the season?: Yep
Outlandish prediction: Lamptey to return from injury and be recorded running faster than the speed of light
Any other thoughts? Looking forward to attending my first game (at some point) since 19-20's loss to Palace and getting a punctured tyre on the way back. It should be an improvement.

[niko_cee]

Depending on how that 14th comes about (ie if it doesn't come off the back of a late run of form/everyone else down there being shit) then that still probably qualifies as false hope.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Outlandish prediction: It is my great pleasure to announce that Oumar Niasse has returned once again to English football (to Huddersfield, on a free), so I predict he will score at least ten goals this season.

A quick update on this. Oumar Niasse has been released by Huddersfield. My prediction remains.

[Kikó]

PREMIER LEAGUE
Winner: city
Rest of top 4: Liverpool, Chelsea, Man UFC
Relegated: Norwich, Watford, palace
Top scorer: Kane
Best player: Kane
Best manager: Brentford's dude
First manager sacked: Whoever is managing Watford
Best signing: Kane
Worst signing: Sancho
Outlandish prediction: it's going to be another boring League
Any other thoughts?

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Winner: city
Runner up: real Madrid
Other semi-finalists: psg, Bayern
Top scorer: Kane
Outlandish prediction: Messi to not run riot.

CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner: Fulham
Runner up: West Brom
Playoff winners: Bournemouth
Outlandish prediction: Coventry to get into the playoffs

OTHER WINNERS
FA Cup: Man UFC
League Cup: City
Europa League: Sevilla
La Liga: Real
Serie A: Juventus
Bundesliga: Bayern
Ligue 1: PSG

YOUR TEAM
League Position: 3rd
Best player: Bruno
Worst player: AWB
Unsung hero: Mctomminay
Best signing: Varane
Worst signing: Sancho
Will your manager last the season?: probably unless he's really bad at the start
Outlandish prediction: United to win a cup.
Any other thoughts?

At least one of these will be right at the end of the season.

[Ian]

Looks like a handful of us did the same thing, just because Watford.

[P_3]

Outlandish prediction: Barcelona to fail to qualify from the group stage

I'll take it.