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Edited July 30, 20223 yr by Amputechture

5 minutes ago, thebluekid said:

Poundland version?! Hahahahaha. Great joke.

You don't seriously rate him above Aubameyang, do you?

7 minutes ago, Argo said:

You don't seriously rate him above Aubameyang, do you?

I don’t know. Honest answer. I replied and then had my doubts. I’d put him up there, I think he will genuinely nab a 25 goal season this year. He’s hitting a peak and Arsenal seem to be creating chances and finding their feet.

4 minutes ago, thebluekid said:

I don’t know. Honest answer. I replied and then had my doubts. I’d put him up there, I think he will genuinely nab a 25 goal season this year. He’s hitting a peak and Arsenal seem to be creating chances and finding their feet.

Pre season is different to the real thing. Last year they were 17th in terms of big chances created and there's a reason Arteta has been compared to Pulis.

Aubameyang has been around a 2 in 3 striker for every manager he's had since 2015, apart from Arteta.

1. Chelsea

2. Scum 

3. sh*tty 

4. Spuds 

5. Manure

6. Arteta

...

18. Leeds 

19. Bournemouth

20. Fulham 

 

Why not? 😁

18 minutes ago, Brigadeiro Mk II said:

1. Chelsea

2. Scum 

3. sh*tty 

4. Spuds 

5. Manure

6. Arteta

...

18. Leeds 

19. Bournemouth

20. Fulham 

 

Why not? 😁

5th - 7th

Hopefully we get at least one of the players we're supposed to be chasing, to improve our chances.

2 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

No-one tipping Newcastle to muscle into the mix ?

This was the table for the second half of last season : 

Yeah interesting shout. I like Eddie Howe and think he’ll do ok. They haven’t been as lavish as I thought they would be - I was expecting Neymar type signings from them. They’ve bought solid players. 
 

I’m not convinced Eddie Howe can coach a team defensively which is where I think he might fall down. 

5th or 6th. 

If we can make one two more first team signings then top 4 will be likely.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Oh you know me, my dear @axman2526. The ever optimistic when it comes to football, otherwise my pessimistic worldview will take over me completely.

But you never truly know in football... wheels do come off at wrong times, it's a WC year and crazy things can happen at a tournament, players get injured or mentally fatigued (Hey, Jorgi will get a full month rest)... and if Newcastle managed the 3rd best record in 2nd half of the season, nitpicking 1-0 victories with a 25:20 GD and a backline of Dubravka, Burn, Lascelles, Targett and Trippier, then why couldn't we do even better with Koulibaly, Thiago and ??? 

What I do know is this year will once again be filled with my blatant idiotic optimism and your profetic pessimism. Last season one of them or maybe their combo at least contributed to Madrid pipping the scum to the CL title and preventing a sports calamity, so let's both do our best this year, shall we?

24 minutes ago, Brigadeiro Mk II said:

Oh you know me, my dear @axman2526. The ever optimistic when it comes to football, otherwise my pessimistic worldview will take over me completely.

But you never truly know in football... wheels do come off at wrong times, it's a WC year and crazy things can happen at a tournament, players get injured or mentally fatigued (Hey, Jorgi will get a full month rest)... and if Newcastle managed the 3rd best record in 2nd half of the season, nitpicking 1-0 victories with a 25:20 GD and a backline of Dubravka, Burn, Lascelles, Targett and Trippier, then why couldn't we do even better with Koulibaly, Thiago and ??? 

What I do know is this year will once again be filled with my blatant idiotic optimism and your profetic pessimism. Last season one of them or maybe their combo at least contributed to Madrid pipping the scum to the CL title and preventing a sports calamity, so let's both do our best this year, shall we?

3rd-5th

There’s always a team that implodes or under performs. United haven’t made any signings so they could be in with a shout but maybe ot will be us?

10 hours ago, comtrend said:

Chilwell in form, to playing Azpilicueta, Alonso

Just to this point. From watching our pre-season I think it's obvious for most that Chilwell will need a lot of time to get back into last years form. It's not unusual that you need at least a season to find your groove again after such an injury so expectations on him for this season should be tempered. And with that said we have a massive problem at LWB because Alonso will give us the same problems he's always given us and we will be nowhere near as good as we were when we were flying last season.

Same goes for James at RWB really. Tuchel even said last season that his body can't handle playing at RWB for very long every time. So what do we do when he's either out injured (which will happen this season too) or needs rest? We have no one even remotely close to his quality to step in when he's out there either.

Defence is still a mess as well as our attack as well.

Fifth or sixth is my prediction right now.

Prediction

1. Liverpool
2. Manchester City
3. Tottenham Hotspur
4. Chelsea
5. Arsenal
6. Manchester United
7. Newcastle United
8. Leicester City
9. West Ham United
10. Aston Villa
11. Wolves
12. Brighton & Hove Albion
13. Crystal Palace
14. Brentford
15. Everton
16. Nottingham Forest
17. Leeds United
18. Fulham
19. Southampton
20. Bournemouth

I normally wait until the first 7 or 8 matches are complete, got 3 of the top four right and CFC placed right the last 4 seasons. 

Doing at this stage with players getting back to fitness and late transfers does not work for me.

Liverpool look good again after seeing the Charity shield.

Too hard to predict right now, I'll see how we look once the transfer window closes. I'm expecting a difficult start though, nothing like how we started last season.

3 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

Too hard to predict right now, I'll see how we look once the transfer window closes. I'm expecting a difficult start though, nothing like how we started last season.

You reckon we could challenge if we end up with Fofana, Cucurella and potentially another midfielder or forward?

Could get interesting if Kante and Kova somehow manage to stay fit for the majority of the season. Or is this all just wishful thinking?

20. Chelsea - nope without Lukaku

1. City

2. Liverpool 

3. Chelsea

4. Tottenham

5. Arsenal

6. West Ham United

7. Newcastle

8. Brighton

9. Aston Villa

10. Manchester United

11. Crystal Palace

12. Leicester

13. Everton

14. Southampton

15. Wolves

16. Brentford

17. Nottingham Forrest

18. Fulham

19. Leeds

20. Bournemouth

I want to wait till the transfer window ends before the predictions but for now...***

 

1. Man City

2. Liverpool

3. Chelsea

4. Man U./ Spurs

5. Spurs/ Man U

6. Arse

 

18. Leeds

19.Forest

20. Fulham

 

 

***

Man u, Spurs and arse...my gut is playing up about those 3. 

-Man u. Have been annoyingly too quiet.

-Even with the conte factor, Spurs ain't Chels.

-And Idk if Jesus is the last piece of the puzzle for arse.

But something isn't sitting right when I think of table positions for those 3. I think one of them may surprise me and I'm leaning towards Man u.

 

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by Simplymo
Autocorrect

1. @Valerie

2 @erskblue

3 @coco

4 @Mod

5 @Scott Harris

6 @RMH

..............

18 @Gol15

19 @axman2526

20 @Munkworth

I’ve been trying to figure out what Arsenal, Spurs and United are going to be. Could see either, or both, Arsenal and Spurs finishing top 4. Especially if we dick about the beginning of our season playing players that shouldn’t be here. 
 

I think City or Liverpool “slip up” this season and don’t finish 1, 2. So here it goes:

1. Chelsea

2. City

3. Liverpool

4. Contes people

5. Arsenal

6. Probably United but f**k them so Wolves?

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okay not Wolves, probably Newcastle or West Ham

 

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by chiefBlueCFC

PL winners!! 

(3rd if Pool and City don't slip) 

I predict that Marlang Sarr won’t win Player of the Year!