We are now less than one month away from the start of the new season and as such we can officially stop pretending to care about international football. Last season's winners were a tie between @HetsAreFeds and
@Avalon, unfortunately my prediction was way off as Conte turned out to be a bald fraud with a hairpiece. This season will be different though I assure you. 1000 Marseybucks to whoever was closest at end of season.
1. Tottenham (Kane stays, Madison is the long awaited Modric replacement, Son comes back to form, Llorris no longer in net thank god, no europe to worry about can focus 100% on domestic, if the backline gets improved they might even do the double but don't want to get too optimistic)
2. Manchester City (Haaland sophomore slump and probable injury, team in general lacking motivation as they've won everything already)
3. Manchester United (I like ETH. Onana is as good a DDG replacement one could find, they have some really great players, particularly Bruno Fernandes has always impressed me, feel like if they can finally put it all together again they could even win the league this season but for now third feels right.)
4. Liverpool (Fabinho, Firmino, Hendo and possible Thiago exits leave Liverpool midfield in question again, but I believe in Klopp, they'll make some moves and be up there in the thick of it once more.)
5. Arsenal (Declan Rice overrated, the English love to hype up their own. You can find a player like him for 10-30 million in Italy, Spain, Germany etc., Arsenal are a young squad who will be playing with the expectations that last season's 2nd place finish bring, I don't think they live up to them.)
6. Chelsea (Poch contracts HIV after it is revealed his wife has been cucking him for years with a series of POZZED BVLLS, losses his hair, kills himself shortly after getting the sack. Chelsea rebound in time to finish sixth but it is all for not as new FA anti-racism rules forces the club to dissolve shortly after the season ends. Chelsea supporters are round up en masse and executed humanly.)
7-17. Who Cares
18. Sheffield United (Managers last name is Heckingbottom, nah)
19. Bournemouth (why is this still a thing frick off already)
20. Luton Town (kek)
Last seasons predictions can be found here
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1. Manchester City
2. Arsenal
3. Liverpool
4. Manchester United
5. Newcastle United
6. Aston Villa
7. Chelsea
8. Tottenham Hotspur
9. Brighton
10. West Ham United
11. Crystal Palace
12. Brentford
13. Fulham
14. Wolverhampton Wanderers
15. Burnley
16. Everton
17. Nottingham Forest
18. Sheffield United
19. Bournemouth
20. Luton Town
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Aston Villa wins ECL, Manchester City makes history, but they do NOT win the FA Cup, while Arsenal wins the FA cup.
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The last time you posted that marsey at a prediction, Newcastle finished 4th
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Once is not a pattern, nor is it a guarantee of breaking into top six perennial contender ranks, as a Leicester supporter you should know that better than most.
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Newcastle have been in top 4 form since Howe took over. It's been a season and a half now, and we're strengthening this summer. CL will tire us out, but I'm hoping we can stay competitive.
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Big difference between an oil club like Newcastle, who will inevitably make it a big 7, and Leicester who never had a chance to consistently break the big 6 monopoly and getting fricked over hard due to the pandemic and a lack of money.
Aston Villa is my crazy wildcard prediction of the season
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Yes but these things still take time. When City got oil money they went out and bought the likes of Tevez , Berbatov, Robinho etc. for crazy fees and it still took 4 or so years before they were firmly top 4. Newcastle doesn’t seem to be taking that approach, either from FFP or a different philosophy it looks like they want to buy promising youngsters and develop them without fear of getting poached any longer. In five years sure Newcastle could be part of big six but I still think it’s too early to say. Howe is a great manager tho.
Villa has never impressed me and I expect a regression to lower mid table.
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