Posted May 30, 20168 yr Follwing on from the 2015-16 before season thread found here: http://www.theshedend.com/topic/28297-the-201516-before-season-thread-plz-sticky-okay-stuck/ Most questions are two-part. As in what is your opinion of who was best/worst (outside of who win what what competition, be top scorer, etc) and how it compared to what you picked at the start of the season in the other thread (assuming you participated) ---- EPL and Europe ---- 1. What's your predicted EPL top 4? (and Chelsea's finishing place if outside top 4) League finished as follows Leicester City Arsenal Tottenham Man City How does this compare to your pre-season expectations? 2. 3 EPL teams to be relegated? League finished as follows Aston Villa Norwich City Newcastle How does this compare to your pre-season expectations? 3. Premier League Top Scorer? Won by Harry Kane How does this compare to your pre-season expectations? 4. Premier League Most Assists? Won by Mesut Ozil How does this compare to your pre-season expectations? 5. Player of the season in the Premier League & In Europe? (answer both) 6. Young player of the season Premier League? (23 and younger at start of the year) 7. Champions League winning team? Real Madrid won it How does this compare to your pre-season expectations? 8. EPL overachieving team (relative to finances) 9. EPL underachieving team (as above) 10. EPL most improved team (based on finishing ladder position from one year to the next) 11. EPL biggest declining team (as above) 12. EPL manager of the year ---- Chelsea ---- 1. Chelsea best player? 2. Chelsea top scorer? 3. Biggest improver? 4. Biggest decliner? 5. Surprise packet (Chelsea player who will do better than most think) 6. Biggest disappointment (opposite of above) 7. How far Chelsea will go in the Champions League (group stage, round of 16, quarters, etc) 8. Broadly how well Chelsea will do in the cups (FA and League) 9. Most over and under used Chelsea player this season
May 30, 20168 yr ---- EPL and Europe ---- 1. What's your predicted EPL top 4? (and Chelsea's finishing place if outside top 4) Arsenal, United, Chelsea, City (2/4) 2. 3 EPL teams to be relegated? Villa, Norwich, Watford (2/3) 3. Premier League Top Scorer? Aguero (Kane) (0/1) 4. Premier League Most Assists? Fabregas (Ozil) (0/1) 5. Player of the season in the Premier League & In Europe? (answer both) Predicted Sanchez/Messi (if using Squawka stats as a guide Ozil was the 'highest ranked' PL player, Messi 'highest ranked' in Europe) (1/2) 6. Young player of the season Premier League? (23 and younger at start of the year) Sterling (Dele Alli) (0/1) 7. Champions League winning team? PSG (0/1) 8. EPL overachieving team (relative to finances) Leicester were this season's overachieving team imo but I predicted Bournemouth, arguably had it not been for Leicester's unbelievable achievement Bournemouth would have been this year's overachievers (half point) (0.5/1) 9. EPL underachieving team (as above) Chelsea but I predicted Everton at the start of the season - I felt they had a potential CL qualification team in the making so for me a close second (half point) (0.5/1) 10. EPL most improved team (based on finishing ladder position from one year to the next) Leicester obviously but predicted Newcastle (0/1) 11. EPL biggest declining team (as above) Chelsea (again predicted Everton, half point) (0.5/1) 12. EPL manager of the year Wenger (Ranieri obviously) (0/1) ---- Chelsea ---- 1. Chelsea best player? Hazard (Willian was POTY) (0/1) 2. Chelsea top scorer? Diego (16 goals in all competitions) (1/1) 3. Biggest improver? Cuadrado (arguably I'd say Traore was the biggest improver) (0/1) 4. Biggest decliner? Ivan (relative to last season's performance arguably I'd say Ivan was our biggest decliner when played at RB) (1/1) 5. Surprise packet (Chelsea player who will do better than most think) Van Ginkel (arguably I'd say Traore was this year's surprise packet) (0/1) 6. Biggest disappointment (opposite of above) Falcao (1/1) 7. How far Chelsea will go in the Champions League (group stage, round of 16, quarters, etc) Semis (Round of 16) (0/1) 8. Broadly how well Chelsea will do in the cups (FA and League) FAC Quarters, 5th Round (went out in 4th round) (1/2) 9. Most over and under used Chelsea player this season Overused: Fabregas Underused: Baba Subjective, tbh I don't really have an opinion on who was over/underused... fwiw I felt Hiddink managed the squad efficiently over the course of the campaign, in most cases giving minutes to those who needed them the most given the circumstances/league position, e.g. selecting Matic over RLC v Liverpool, Tammy v Leicester, Miazga v Villa (Championship "level" opposition) etc - no rating Total - a subjective 11.5/27 (43%) Edited May 30, 20168 yr by the special one
May 30, 20168 yr Note: you don't have to have contributed in the previous thread today share your thoughts and opinions on here Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
May 30, 20168 yr i only got one right ivan as the biggest decliner predicted aston villa to be the most improved team
May 31, 20168 yr Never doing this again I think I jinxed everything, everything I said was complete opposite lol
May 31, 20168 yr ---- EPL and Europe ---- 1. What's your predicted EPL top 4? League finished as follows Leicester City Arsenal Tottenham Man CityHow does this compare to your pre-season expectations? Chelsea Man Utd Arsenal Man City 2. 3 EPL teams to be relegated? League finished as follows Aston Villa Norwich City NewcastleHow does this compare to your pre-season expectations?West Brom Bournemouth Watford 3. Premier League Top Scorer Won by Harry Kane How does this compare to your pre-season expectations? Aguero 4. Premier League Most Assists? Won by Mesut Ozil How does this compare to your pre-season expectations? Cesc Fabregas 5. Player of the season in the Premier League & In Europe? (answer both) Hazard and Ronaldo 6. Young player of the season Premier League? (23 and younger at start of the year) Sterling 7. Champions League winning team? Real Madrid won it How does this compare to your pre-season expectations? Barcelona 8. EPL overachieving team (relative to finances) Newcastle 9. EPL underachieving team (as above) Tottenham 10. EPL most improved team (based on finishing ladder position from one year to the next) Aston Villa 11. EPL biggest declining team (as above) Stoke 12. EPL manager of the year Mourinho ---- Chelsea ---- 1. Chelsea best player? Hazard 2. Chelsea top scorer? Costa 3. Biggest improver? Oscar 4. Biggest decliner? Willian 5. Surprise packet (Chelsea player who will do better than most think) Falcao 6. Biggest disappointment (opposite of above) Mikel 7. How far Chelsea will go in the Champions League (group stage, round of 16, quarters, etc) Final/semis 8. Broadly how well Chelsea will do in the cups (FA and League) Fa cup Semis League cup Final 9. Most over and under used Chelsea player this season Over Hazard Under Remy [/quote\]
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