2022/23 Predictions thread.

[TheGreatBarryB]

Why is Fulham rated as high as is? They’ve signed no one and lost their best young player

 

[Zidane98]

I reckon Forest are going to be the surprise package. There always is one every season.

 

[Jatz]

Why is Fulham rated as high as is? They’ve signed no one and lost their best young player

They did blitz the championship last season.

Not that that always counts for everything but it surely counts for something.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

They did blitz the championship last season.

Not that that always counts for everything but it surely counts for something.

Seven points less than Norwich season before.

 

[Jatz]

Seven points less than Norwich season before.

With 31 more goals scored.

I'm not missing your point, I just think there should be more optimism around Fulham than a Forest for instance.

 

[largebus]

Premier League:
1. UAE 0 Socceroos 1
2. Like Mourinho and Graham, Levy will fire Conte when they get close to a cup final
3. Boss part of Mareseesahd
4. Geordie Arabia
5. Blue is the colour, sanctions are no longer the game
6. Norwich scarves because Glazers out
7. Arteta out fam by September
8. Vieira to replace Arteta
9. Liverpool West Midland branch
10. Chipstealers
11. Europa League bottlers
12. Portugal West Midland branch
13. We sold Solanke to them for way too much
14. Rodgers out by September
15. Brentford
16. Liverpool former Southampton branch (now located in Birmingham)
17. More Champions Leagues than UAE
18. Shite part of Mareseesahd
19. Fulham
20. Leeds
To Get Promoted:
FA Cup: Glazers
League Cup: Kroenkes
Top Scorer: Håland
1st Manager Sacked: Rodgers
Best Transfer: Håland
Worst Signing: Lingard, or de Jong if Man Utd get him
Champions League: Doha Saint-Germain
Europa League: Braga
Europa Conference League: Hammer Time
Ligue 1: DSG
Serie A: Red Milan
Bundesliga: Bayern
La Liga: Not Fake Madrid
World Cup: République Française

 

[chef]

 

[Cruyff14]

Premier League:
1. Man City
2. Liverpool
3. Spurs
4. Chelsea
5. Arsenal
6. Man United
7. West Ham
8. Newcastle
9. Aston Villa
10. Crystal Palace
11. Leicester
12. Wolves
13. Brighton
14. Southampton
15. Brentford
16. Fulham
17. Leeds
18. Everton
19. Forrest
20. Bournemouth

To Get Promoted: WBA, Boro, Norwich
FA Cup: Man City
League Cup: Man City
Top Scorer: Kane
1st Manager Sacked: Lampard
Best Transfer: Haaland
Worst Signing:
Champions League: Bayern
Europa League: Spurs
Europa Conference League: Atalanta
Ligue 1: PSG
Serie A: Milan
Bundesliga: Bayern
La Liga: Real Madrid
World Cup: Brazil or France

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Premier League:
1. Man City
2. Liverpool
3. Spurs
4. United
5. Chelsea
6. Arsenal
7. Newcastle
8. West Ham
9. Wolves
10. Crystal Palace
11. Brighton
12. Villa
13. Brentford
14. Southampton
15. Leicester
16. Forest
17. Bournemouth
18. Everton
19. RB Leeds
20. Fulham

To Get Promoted: Couldn't care less. I'll go with Hull. Are they in the Championship still?
FA Cup: Spurs
League Cup: Liverpool
Top Scorer: Son
1st Manager Sacked: Lampard (would be Tuchel if Abrahamovic was still around)
Best Transfer: Dean Henderson / Yves Bissouma
Worst Signing: Neco Williams
Champions League: Real Madrid
Europa League: United
Europa Conference League: Atalanta
Ligue 1: PSG
Serie A: Inter
Bundesliga: Bayern
La Liga: Barcelona
World Cup: Spain

 

[joop]

Premier League:
1. Man City
2. Spurs
3. Liverpool
4. Arsenal
5. Chelsea
6. Man Utd
7. West Ham
8. Newcastle
9. Wolves
10. Villa
11. Brighton
12. Palace
13. Leicester
14. Southampton
15. Forest
16. Leeds
17. Brentford
18. Fulham
19. Everton
20. Bournemouth

To Get Promoted: Norwich, Hull, Sheffield Utd
FA Cup: Chelsea
League Cup: Liverpool
Top Scorer: Kane
1st Manager Sacked: Lampard
Best Transfer: Halaand
Worst Signing: Sinisterra
Champions League: Bayern
Europa League: Sevilla
Europa Conference League: Atalanta
Ligue 1: PSG
Serie A: Milan
Bundesliga: Bayern
La Liga: Barcelona
World Cup: Brazil

 

[DBAH0]

Premier League:
1. Man City
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. Spurs
5. Man Utd
6. West Ham
7. Arsenal
8. Crystal Palace
9. Brighton
10. Newcastle
11. Leicester
12. Aston Villa
13. Nottingham Forest
14. Brentford
15. Wolves
16. Everton
17. Leeds
18. Southampton
19. Fulham
20. Bournemouth

To Get Promoted: Boro, Burnley, WBA.
FA Cup: Man City
League Cup: Liverpool
Top Scorer: Salah
1st Manager Sacked: Bruno Lage
Best Transfer: Haaland
Worst Signing: Richarlison
Champions League: Liverpool
Europa League: Sevilla
Europa Conference League: West Ham
Ligue 1: PSG
Serie A: Inter
Bundesliga: Bayern
La Liga: Real Madrid
World Cup: Argentina

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

With 31 more goals scored.

I'm not missing your point, I just think there should be more optimism around Fulham than a Forest for instance.

They're in the Norwich mould of too good for the Championship but not good enough for the PL.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

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

To Get Promoted: Norwich, Blackburn, Boro
FA Cup: Man City
League Cup: Spurs
Top Scorer: Kane
1st Manager Sacked: Bruno Lage
Best Transfer: Haaland
Worst Signing: Neco Williams
Champions League: Man City
Europa League: Man United
Europa Conference League: Atalanta
Ligue 1: PSG
Serie A: Napoli
Bundeliga: Bayern
La Liga: Real Madrid
World Cup: Brazil

 

[Frank Bunn]

Premier League:
1. City
2. Liverpool
3. Spuds
4. Chelsea
5. United
6. Newcastle
7. Arsenal
8. Hammers
9. Leicester
10. Wolves
11. Crystal Palace
12. Brighton
13. Villa
14. Brentford
15. Southampton
16. Leeds
17. Fulham
18. Forest
19. Everton
20. Bournemouth

To Get Promoted: Burnley, Huddersfield, Watford.
FA Cup: Liverpool
League Cup: City
Top Scorer: Haaland
1st Manager Sacked: Lampard
Best Transfer: Haaland
Worst Signing: Neco Williams
Champions League: City
Europa League: Barcelona
Europa Conference League: Hammers
Ligue 1: PSG
Serie A: Juventus
Bundesliga: Bayern
La Liga: Real Madrid
World Cup: Brazil

 

[Frank Bunn]

Personally I believe this may be Spurs' season for a number of reasons:

• Conte wins titles in his second season at wherever he goes. He is a top class manager
• Spurs have had a huge transfer window
• There's some minor transition at Liverpool / City
• Kane & Son aren't getting any younger. Can see them both putting a huge season in while they are still at the top of their games.

For me all these factors lining up could see Spurs winning the title this season.

Conte actually won the title in his first year at Chelsea - with a 43 point turnaround! But it followed one of those weird recent Mourinho seasons where he seemed to sabotage his team. Chelsea had won the league 8 points clear the season before, so you could say it was return to form.

Looking at Spurs incoming players I think they have mostly added depth rather than improved the quality of their first 11. At their best they can beat anyone. They took 6 points off City last season. But they are inconsistent. They lost the 4 games against Chelsea and United, and also lost games to Burnley, Brighton, Southampton, Wolves and Palace. In total they lost 11 games. City lost 3, Liverpool 2.

It would be good to see Spurs challenge for top spot but I think with Haaland firing City might be even more dominant.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Personally I believe this may be Spurs' season for a number of reasons:

• Conte wins titles in his second season at wherever he goes. He is a top class manager
• Spurs have had a huge transfer window
• There's some minor transition at Liverpool / City
• Kane & Son aren't getting any younger. Can see them both putting a huge season in while they are still at the top of their games.

For me all these factors lining up could see Spurs winning the title this season.

This only works if it's posted by chef

 

[jod23]

Yeah I don't see the need to gang up on Jod. This is a discussion forum and he is allowed to have his opinion (which he gives good reasons for expressing)


Personally I believe this may be Spurs' season for a number of reasons:

• Conte wins titles in his second season at wherever he goes. He is a top class manager
• Spurs have had a huge transfer window
• There's some minor transition at Liverpool / City
• Kane & Son aren't getting any younger. Can see them both putting a huge season in while they are still at the top of their games.

For me all these factors lining up could see Spurs winning the title this season.

I dont reckon Spurs have any hope of winning the league this season and it's not because they arent a good side or havent recruited well or havent got a top class manager. But it's just harder to win the league nowadays than at any other time before.

Usually it was 80-85 points will get you a very good chance to win the league. Now 90+ is bare minimum. The last six seasons the winner has had 93, 86, 99, 98, 100 and 93. Man City have only gotten better buying arguably the best young striker in world football.

Spurs have lost double digit games in all of the past three seasons. Can Spurs suddenly jump to the ridiculous consistency levels you now need to compete or win the league? Not so quickly IMO. It can be done, we did it to compete with City but it was a gradual build to get to where were at.

I think Spurs should look to close to gap, get 85ish points and try to only lose 5-6 games. Then build on that the following season to reduce those losses to 1-2 to get in the range of being able to win a PL title.

 

[Zidane98]

I dont reckon Spurs have any hope of winning the league this season and it's not because they arent a good side or havent recruited well or havent got a top class manager. But it's just harder to win the league nowadays than at any other time before.

Usually it was 80-85 points will get you a very good chance to win the league. Now 90+ is bare minimum. The last six seasons the winner has had 93, 86, 99, 98, 100 and 93. Man City have only gotten better buying arguably the best young striker in world football.

Spurs have lost double digit games in all of the past three seasons. Can Spurs suddenly jump to the ridiculous consistency levels you now need to compete or win the league? Not so quickly IMO. It can be done, we did it to compete with City but it was a gradual build to get to where were at.

I think Spurs should look to close to gap, get 85ish points and try to only lose 5-6 games. Then build on that the following season to reduce those losses to 1-2 to get in the range of being able to win a PL title.

Their recent failures have been due to shite recruitment (Bale money spending spree) and signing managers like Mou & Nuno.

Now they have Conte and have had a great transfer window. That combined with a Kane rennaisance could see them win the league for sure. The stars are certainly lining up for it.

 

[jod23]

Their recent failures have been due to shite recruitment (Bale money spending spree) and signing managers like Mou & Nuno.

Now they have Conte and have had a great transfer window. That combined with a Kane rennaisance could see them win the league for sure. The stars are certainly lining up for it.

No chance IMO. City will get 100 points this season and I cant see Spurs beating that.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

No chance IMO. City will get 100 points this season and I cant see Spurs beating that.

Spurs will get 1,000 points

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Spurs will get 1,000 points

Thanks Drew Carey.

 

[Jatz]

I dont reckon Spurs have any hope of winning the league this season and it's not because they arent a good side or havent recruited well or havent got a top class manager. But it's just harder to win the league nowadays than at any other time before.

Usually it was 80-85 points will get you a very good chance to win the league. Now 90+ is bare minimum. The last six seasons the winner has had 93, 86, 99, 98, 100 and 93. Man City have only gotten better buying arguably the best young striker in world football.

Spurs have lost double digit games in all of the past three seasons. Can Spurs suddenly jump to the ridiculous consistency levels you now need to compete or win the league? Not so quickly IMO. It can be done, we did it to compete with City but it was a gradual build to get to where were at.

I think Spurs should look to close to gap, get 85ish points and try to only lose 5-6 games. Then build on that the following season to reduce those losses to 1-2 to get in the range of being able to win a PL title.

This is very well thought out and reasoned.

I think it'll be City low 90's, Liverpool mid to late 80's and then Spurs late 70's.

 

[Zidane98]

No chance IMO. City will get 100 points this season and I cant see Spurs beating that.

There's definitely a chance for Spurs this season. Son & Kane firing at their best plus a whole lot of new signings and an actual class manager who gets results. It would be remiss to write them off.


City are also in a minor transition, as are we. I highly doubt either team will get many more points than last season.

 

[Sozabarus]

Why are people so off Chelsea to even make top 4? I know they lost Rudiger but Koulibaly is a good replacement and they’ve brought in Sterling who is a level above the likes of Pulisic and Ziyech.

 

[Jatz]

Why are people so off Chelsea to even make top 4? I know they lost Rudiger but Koulibaly is a good replacement and they’ve brought in Sterling who is a level above the likes of Pulisic and Ziyech.

I was really interested to hear TT talking about how he thinks they'll start slow/be off the pace early. Didn't sound promising to me.