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Isco press conference at Madrid
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[Billy Big Bollocks]

My predictions

1. Chelsea
2. Man United
3. Arsenal
4. Man City
5. Spurs
6. Everton
7. Liverpool
8. Sunderland
9. Swansea
10. West Brom
11. Aston Villa
12. Stoke
13. West Ham
14. Southampton
15. Newcastle
16. Norwich
17. Cardiff
18. Fulham
19. Hull
20. Crystal Palace

 

[panty]

So apparently there might be some movement on Gareth Bale situation today with regards to a bid.

Any Madrid fans hearing anything?

I just wish it was over now, so we could go and buy Lamela, Willian, Coentrao and Alderwield.

Bale will be the next Mourinho

FUCK THIS

 

[Sleeplessnights]

I'm surprised why clubs don't at least attempt crowd source funding initiatives like this.

It could be counted as merchandising thus counting towards the FFP income.

Because we already pay over inflated prices for tickets and merchandise.

There's fans who would really like to see a player at their club, opening a kickstarter like page could work and would be slightly hilarious.

It definitely beats the shirt buying website that was claiming they'd help bring Ronaldo back and turned out to be fake.

 

[justjohn]

Im glad that more people are picking city ahead of chelsea for the title. Everytime chelsea get picked as the favourites, they end up having a disastrous season. Let's just fly under the radar and keep the pressure of us.

 

[confuziz]

1. City
2. Chelsea
3. Spurs
4. Arsenal
5. Liverpool
6. United

 

[kingellesar]

Im glad that more people are picking city ahead of chelsea for the title. Everytime chelsea get picked as the favourites, they end up having a disastrous season. Let's just fly under the radar and keep the pressure of us.

Flying under the radar with Mourinho as manager?

Ha.

 

[spidye]

Good bye Luiz

you were always great when you played

 

[sohois]

Cissokho is far worse than Enrique. Maybe he was good once but those days are long gone. He's nothing more than backup. Siqueira would have been an actual improvement.

 

[Vivalaraza]

Darren Bent joins Fulham on loan.

 

[kingellesar]

Darren Bent joins Fulham on loan.

Wtf? Loan?

Amazing deal for Fulham then. Seriously though, the laziest front three in the league now. Bent, Berbatov and Taarabt.

 

[Walshy]

Cissokho is far worse than Enrique. Maybe he was good once but those days are long gone. He's nothing more than backup. Siqueira would have been an actual improvement.

Cissokho has had one bad season, last year.

Confident that Rodgers can get the best out of him as well.

 

[bjaelke]

2013/14 Season Predictions - Part 1

1.Cheslea
2.United
3.City
4.Spurs
5.Arsenal
6.Liverpool
7.Sunderland
8.Everton
9.Swansea
10.West Brom
11.Norwich
12.West Ham
13.Newcastle
14.Southhampton
15.Aston Villa
16.Cardiff
17.Stoke
18.Fulham
19.Hull
20.Crystal Palace

My predictions

1. Chelsea
2. Man United
3. Arsenal
4. Man City
5. Spurs
6. Everton
7. Liverpool
8. Sunderland
9. Swansea
10. West Brom
11. Aston Villa
12. Stoke
13. West Ham
14. Southampton
15. Newcastle
16. Norwich
17. Cardiff
18. Fulham
19. Hull
20. Crystal Palace

1. City
2. Chelsea
3. Spurs
4. Arsenal
5. Liverpool
6. United

01) Manchester City
02) Chelsea
03) Tottenham
04) Manchester United
05) Liverpool
06) Arsenal
07) Newcastle
08) Everton
09) Swansea
10) Aston Villa
11) Southampton
12) West Brom
13) Norwich
14) Sunderland
15) Fulham
16) Hull
17) West Ham
18) Stoke
19) Cardiff
20) Crystal Palace

1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Tottenham Hotspur
4. Manchester City
5. Arsenal
6. Liverpool
7. Swansea City
8. West Ham United
9. Everton
10. Aston Villa
11. Southampton
12. West Bromwich Albion
13. Sunderland
14. Norwich City
15. Newcastle United
16. Fulham
17. Crystal Palace
18. Stoke City
19. Cardiff City
20. Hull City Tigers

1. Man City
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4.Tottenham
5.Everton
6. Man Utd
7.Swansea
8.Liverpool

*Teams I don't care about*

18.Newcastle
19.Sunderland
20. Hull

Middlesborough to get promotion.

1. City
2. Chelsea
3. Spurs
4. Utd
5. Arsenal
6. Liverpool

18. Palace
19. Stoke
20. Hull

Still not comfortable saying this is my final prediction, because it isn't, and won't be until the transfer window closes. The teams as they are now though...

1. Manchester City
2. Chelsea
3. Manchester United
4. Tottenham Hotspur
5. Arsenal
6. Liverpool
7. Swansea City
8. Everton
9. West Brom
10. West Ham
11. Newcastle United
12. Southampton
13. Aston Villa
14. Norwich City
15. Sunderland
16. Fulham
17. Crystal Palace
18. Stoke City
19. Cardiff City
20. Hull City Tigers

My first go the predictions roundabout

Premier League

1. Manchester City
2. Chelsea - Coming second will be good continuity after Real Madrid
3. Manchester United - Moyes only major trophy being the charity shield
4. Liverpool
5. Tottenham Hotspur
6. Arsenal
7. Swansea City Newcastle United
8. Everton
9. West Ham United
10. Newcastle United
11. West Bromwich Albion
12. Norwich City
13. Southampton
14. Aston Villa
15. Crystal Palace
16. Sunderland
17. Cardiff
18. Stoke City
19. Hull
20. Fulham - Bent to do a good job here

FA Cup - Liverpool
League Cup - Tottenham
Player of the Year - Stevie Gerrard

My predictions:

1. Manchester City
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Tottenham
5. Manchester United
6. Liverpool
7. Swansea

Arsenal will win the FA Cup (lol)
Chelsea manages to get to the CL semi-finals

Time for the eagerly anticipated Hitcher prediction. Arkon, contain yourself.


At the start of the transfer window:

1 Manchester City
2 Chelsea
3 Manchester United
4 Arsenal
5 Tottenham
6 Liverpool
7 Everton
8 Swansea
9 West Brom
10 Newcastle
11 Fulham
12 Southampton
13 West Ham
14 Aston Villa
15 Cardiff
16 Norwich
17 Sunderland
18 Stoke
19 Hull
20 Crystal Palace


Now:

1 Manchester City (-)
2 Chelsea (-)
3 Tottenham (up2)
4 Manchester United (down1)
5 Arsenal (down1)
6 Liverpool (-)
7 Swansea (up1)
8 Everton (down1)
9 Southampton (up3)
10 West Ham (up3)
11 West Brom (down2)
12 Norwich (up4)
13 Sunderland (up4)
14 Aston Villa (-)
15 Cardiff (-)
16 Newcastle (down6)
17 Fulham (down6)
18 Stoke (-)
19 Crystal Palace (up1)
20 Hull (down1)

- Spurs have done some brilliant business, especially if they keep Bale. Soldado is a beast
- Man Utd have done nothing, and Moyes will need a season to adapt I think
- Arsenal have done nothing, and are already facing something of an injury crisis
- Swansea have done some very good business, Bony will succeed, and they've kept Williams & Michu
- Everton will need a while to adapt to Martinez, managerial downgrade
- Southampton have kept all of the players they wanted to keep, will be further acclimatised to Pottecino or whatever his name is, Wanyama will beast
- West Ham will get the best from Carroll and Downing
- West Brom have not replaced Lukaku, Odemwingie will cunt it up all season
- Norwich have had perhaps the best summer for upgrades in theory
- Sunderland will be frightened into getting results by the mentalist at the helm, got rid of the shit deadwood
- Kinnear lol
- Dunno why I've lost faith in Fulham. Think Bent will prop them up.
- Hughes will get more out of the strikers at his disposal than Pulis did
- None of the promoted clubs have strengthened significantly as far as I can tell, not good enough at this level unless one of the established teams has a shocker

 

[Carbonox]

Wtf? Loan?

Amazing deal for Fulham then. Seriously though, the laziest front three in the league now. Bent, Berbatov and Taarabt.

You'd think with them Fulham might do well on paper but they'll still end up finishing 14th or some shit.

Spoiler

above newcastle

 

[bjaelke]

Premier League: transfer window summer 2013 – interactive

 

[LegoArmo]

1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Tottenham Hotspur
4. Manchester City
5. Arsenal
6. Liverpool
7. Swansea City
8. West Ham United
9. Everton
10. Aston Villa
11. Southampton
12. West Bromwich Albion
13. Sunderland
14. Norwich City
15. Newcastle United
16. Fulham
17. Crystal Palace
18. Stoke City
19. Cardiff City
20. Hull City Tigers

 

[Mr.Marston]

1. Man City
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4.Tottenham
5.Everton
6. Man Utd
7.Swansea
8.Liverpool

*Teams I don't care about*

18.Newcastle
19.Sunderland
20. Hull

Middlesborough to get promotion.

 

[Wilbur]

Anyone that isn't tongue in cheek and thinks United finish outside the top four or City finish as low as four genuinely need their head examined.

 

[LegoArmo]

Anyone that isn't tongue in cheek and thinks United finish outside the top four or City finish as low as four genuinely need their head examined.

I think it might be very close between the top 4, with the team in 5th (Arsenal) a bit behind. Any of those 4 teams could swap places off one result.

Or that's what I hope it's like come the end of the season.

 

[kingellesar]

Anyone that isn't tongue in cheek and thinks United finish outside the top four or City finish as low as four genuinely need their head examined.

.

STITCHED UP BY THE FIXTURES.

 

[Fry]

bb gif

Dude, this is such a huge spoiler...

 

[Lambda Pie]

05) Liverpool

awfully generous for a side who can't beat Celtic's youth squad.

 

[bjaelke]

awfully generous for a side who can't beat Celtic's youth squad.

That was before this tweet.

Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews 1h
Sky sources: Liverpool open talks with Anzhi Makhachkala to sign forward Willian #SSN

 

[Clegg]

Line ups:

De Gea

Rafael
Vidic
Rio
Evra

Carrick
Fellaini

Kagawa
Ozil
Rooney

RVP

 

[willow ve]

So apparently there might be some movement on Gareth Bale situation today with regards to a bid.

Any Madrid fans hearing anything?

I just wish it was over now, so we could go and buy Lamela, Willian, Coentrao and Alderwield.

Willian is over rated. We could use Lamela. Alderweireld would be good as we seem to have defenders made of glass.

This Bale transfer is turning into Modric 2.0. At this point we simply need to sell him off. He's a want away player and I can smell the "injuries" that will plague his season already. If we don't cash in soon we'll be stuck trying to sell an overweight Bale in January for 1/2 the price.

 

[LegoArmo]

Line ups:

De Gea

Rafael
Vidic
Rio
Evra

Carrick
Fellaini

Kagawa
Ozil
Rooney

RVP

Fabregas on the bench? I'm confused.

 

[Lambda Pie]

That was before this tweet.

Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews 1h
Sky sources: Liverpool open talks with Anzhi Makhachkala to sign forward Willian #SSN

Willian is over rated.

.

 

[Joel Was Right]

It's the same year with Arsenal. It's not a question of Wenger being unable to identify quality players but one of actually securing them. Take Mata for example. Wenger wanted him but didn't secure the deal quick enough thus giving Chelsea opportunity to snap him.

We've fallen so far behind our 2003-2004 status that now we'll need to be signing two or three players of the quality of Suarez just in order to be put into the same bracket as the two Manchester Clubs and Chelsea. But after another fruitless summer, we're left gasping for just one decent signing to reinforce our 4th place aspirations against continuously stronger opposition from Liverpool and Spurs.

If we continue on this path it is inevitable that we will sooner rather than later eventually concede even that.

The travesty is Gazidis and Wenger have been public with their admission that Arsenal's financial model -- albeit the correct one for the club's health -- cannot compete against that of the elite in Europe and that FFP will be our saving grace. Meanwhile, you have clubs increasingly mocking FFP with ludicrous money being spent. If being unable to compete for titles is a foregone conclusion, then what shall we make of team's around us potentially topping us? How can we continue to maintain even our lowly position of 4th if we regress in squad size/quality every year?

 

[Fergie]

@EASPORTSFIFA: Confirmed #FIFA14 club partners: @FCBarcelona, @realmadriden, @MCFC, @LFC, @SpursOfficial, @BVB, @PSG_inside, @acmilan, @valenciacf [CONT]

@EASPORTSFIFA: [Continued...] Confirmed #FIFA14 club partners: @OL, @NUFCOfficial, @SouthamptonFC, @Atleti, @SevillaFC, and @RBetisOficial!

I hope Valencia and Clev don't look generic. Lol.

 

[Sleeplessnights]

I hope Valencia and Clev don't look generic. Lol.

They need to start showing the next gen version, they've only showed replays so far.

 

[bud23]

The wait is finally over. Only one more day.

 

[Clegg]

Fabregas on the bench? I'm confused.

I didn't want to be completely unrelistic in my squad predictions.

Modric is on the bench tho.

 

[Mr.Marston]

It's the same year with Arsenal. It's not a question of Wenger being unable to identify quality players but one of actually securing them. Take Mata for example. Wenger wanted him but didn't secure the deal quick enough thus giving Chelsea opportunity to snap him.

We've fallen so far behind our 2003-2004 status that now we'll need to be signing two or three players of the quality of Suarez just in order to be put into the same bracket as the two Manchester Clubs and Chelsea. But after another fruitless summer, we're left gasping for just one decent signing to reinforce our 4th place aspirations against continuously stronger opposition from Liverpool and Spurs.

If we continue on this path it is inevitable that we will sooner rather than later eventually concede even that.

The travesty is Gazidis and Wenger have been public with their admission that Arsenal's financial model -- albeit the correct one for the club's health -- cannot compete against that of the elite in Europe and that FFP will be our saving grace. Meanwhile, you have clubs increasingly mocking FFP with ludicrous money being spent. If being unable to compete for titles is a foregone conclusion, then what shall we make of team's around us potentially topping us? How can we continue to maintain even our lowly position of 4th if we regress in squad size/quality every year?

FFP is a joke. Arsenal still won't be able to compete with the teams above them financially. Which means they will always lose out on the best players.

 

[Batigol]

1. City
2. Chelsea
3. Spurs
4. Utd
5. Arsenal
6. Liverpool

18. Palace
19. Stoke
20. Hull

 

[Mastadon]

I've only seen Cissokho play in the CL recently, but he was pretty solid from what I remember. Especially against Lille.

 

[Fergie]

They need to start showing the next gen version, they've only showed replays so far.

Yeah not long left till launch. I'm waiting on the demo as well. Same with PES.

 

[Yurt]

Paolo Rossi wants us to keep Matri.

Rossi I'm beginning to think your World Cup heroics were a fluke. -_-

 

[PowderedToast]

sky saying that suarez is now training with the first team squad.

 

[bjaelke]

sky saying that suarez is now training with the first team squad.

Maybe Daily Fail was right all along?

 

[Tc91]

Maybe Daily Fail was right all along?

Seems that way

Eurosport Transfers ‏@eurosportmoves
BREAKING: Luis Suarez trained with the Liverpool first-team squad this morning but it is yet unclear whether he apologised to team-mates

Stan Collymore ‏@StanCollymore
Suarez training with #LFC first team squad today.

Ben Smith ‏@BenSmithBBC
As some have already said, Luis Suarez did indeed train with #LFC 1st team squad today.

 

[K1LLER7]

This transfer window needs to end.

 

[Fergie]

This transfer window needs to end.

Not yet.

 

[rvy]

I apologize. I no bad. I make goal. I want CL ring.

Liverpool 4 eva.

 

[Willkiller]

Still not comfortable saying this is my final prediction, because it isn't, and won't be until the transfer window closes. The teams as they are now though...

1. Manchester City
2. Chelsea
3. Manchester United
4. Tottenham Hotspur
5. Arsenal
6. Liverpool
7. Swansea City
8. Everton
9. West Brom
10. West Ham
11. Newcastle United
12. Southampton
13. Aston Villa
14. Norwich City
15. Sunderland
16. Fulham
17. Crystal Palace
18. Stoke City
19. Cardiff City
20. Hull City Tigers

 

[Clegg]

This transfer window needs to end.

Why would you want it to close before we've signed anyone?

 

[kingellesar]

Anyone want a Battlefield 3 origin key?

 

[K1LLER7]

Why would you want it to close before we've signed anyone?

We aren't signing anyone!

;_;

 

[Walshy]

Sky Sports News ‏@SkySportsNews 3m
Sky sources: Luis Suarez has made an apology for his conduct #SSN

---

Well that's that then.

 

[rvy]

Anyone want a Battlefield 3 origin key?

Do I have to sell you my butt?

Shady offer.

 

[kingellesar]

Do I have to sell you my butt?

Depends....whats it like?

No, free to anyone who wants it.