10 BOLD predictions for the forthcoming season

by sportform Thu 06 Aug 2015, 10:38 pm

Ok, I've done this a couple of times before so let's get some predictions up for this season.

1) Stoke to finish in the top 8 places.
2) West Ham to be bought out by people from Qatar.
3) Claudio Ranieri to be sacked before Christmas.
4) Liverpool to finish at least 10 places higher than Everton.
5) Bournemouth will be in the top 10 after the first 10 games before they inevitably fall to relegation.
6) Christian Benteke to be top goalscorer.
7) Jack Grealish to make his England debut.
8) Patrick Bamford to score 20 goals.
9) Man Utd to lose away to one of the promoted teams.
10) Man Utd reach the Champions League Final.

by Duty281 Thu 06 Aug 2015, 10:58 pm

Thank you. thumbsup

1) Arsenal win the Premier League
2) Theo gets 18+ goals in the league!
3) West Ham and Villa relegated
4) Bournemouth survive
5) Roy Hodgson retires after leading England to a glorious, heroic...defeat on penalties at Euro 2016!
6) Wales make the semi-finals of Euro 2016
7) A major doping scandal in football to be revealed by the Sunday Times
8) John Terry retires after leading Chelsea to Champions League glory
9) Ross Barkley has a Harry Kane-esque season, leading to much hype
10) Sir Alex Ferguson comes out of retirement after LVG buggers off in Feb/March

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 06 Aug 2015, 11:37 pm

1) No Man United player will be allowed criticism on here except Rooney.
2) Rooney will score 25+ prem goals and still be labelled as not good enough for Man United.
3) Sturridge to be in a wheelchair at a Liverpool game.
4) Wilshere to be injured whilst taking a selfie.
5) Kenny Dalglish to be second favourite for the liverpool job when Brenda leaves.
6) Tim Sherwood to be revealed as Steve Coogan's newest character.
7) Andy Carroll to score for England.
8) Ranieri to never play the same team as the week before.
9) Toure not to mention leaving City in the winter transfer window.
10) Watford to sack Flores because they are suspicious of why things are going "too well."

by **Crimey** Fri 07 Aug 2015, 12:44 am

1) Jose Mourinho will drop John Terry and they will have a public falling out.
2) Manuel Pellegrini will be sacked before the end of the season and replaced temporarily by Fabio Capello.
3) Daniel Sturridge will not be fit until Christmas, but stay injury free afterwards.
4) Leicester City will have less than 10 points by January. They will have appointed Sam Allardyce by December.
5) Manchester United will finish bottom of their Champions League group.
6) Premier League top scorer will be a player who doesn't play for top four club.
7) Arsenal will get to the final of the FA Cup again.
8) Fellaini will leave Manchester United in January, for Newcastle.
9) Falcao will score just 6 goals all year, but three will come against Manchester United across the two games.
10) Louis Van Gaal will retired at the end of the season.

by **Hero** Fri 07 Aug 2015, 1:14 am

1) Brendan Rodgers will moan he's not had another of a transfer kitty to compete with the top four, despite blowing over £300m since he joined on mainly dross.
2) Stoke will sign an official agreement with Barcelona to be a feeder club, as part of the deal Messi has to play on a wet Tuesday night in November at the Brittania
3) Watford will disappear from the Premier League in January, no one actually notices, or cares.
4) Mourinho will challenge Wenger to a fight, Wenger sparks him out first round
5) Ched Evans returns to football, first game in he injures Adam Johnson, the tabloid press decide he can have 'convicted r***ist' finally removed from his name.
6) Angel Di Maria moves back to Real in January after someone made his coffee slightly too milky at PSG, he never recovers from the stress.
7) The Arsenal team are the first to introduce selfie sticks into their official team kits, they lose every game against the other top four contenders but take some lovely pictures.
8) Falcao continues to struggle in front of goal so instead decided to join the Australian cricket team.
9) Raheem Sterling is found taking the wrong type of balloon as during a sting by a tabloid newspaper he starts talking like Joe Pasquele
10) Steven Gerrard retires at the end of the season, the press ignore world famine, war, terrorism for several days to pay homage to their Stevie G once more.

by NickisBHAFC Fri 07 Aug 2015, 8:41 am

1. John Terry to start every game (When Fit)
2. Ranari to leave Leciester by the new year
3. Palace to finish in the top 8
4. Newcastle to end near the relegation zone again
5. Harry Kane will score 20 goals or more
6. Big Sam to be back in management by the end of the season
7. Callum Wilson will get an England call up (if he is English)
8. Roberto Firmolo won't score more than 10 goals and will be a flop
9. Gerrard will return on loan
10. Rodgers will say next season will be our year

by Geordie Fri 07 Aug 2015, 9:47 am

8) Fellaini will leave Manchester United in January, for Newcastle

Oh dear god I hope not!!! Sad

by Guest Fri 07 Aug 2015, 10:01 am

1/ Eden Hazard to be more protected that Kate Middleton even though every knows he's the biggest diver in world football.
2/ Six players to be sent off before Xmas after "fouling" Eden Hazard who falls to the ground like he's been shot by a sniper and rolls on the ground more than an Olympic gymnast. Jose to be seen shedding real tears which John Terry collects and sells on ebay.
3/ Eden Hazard to rise from the dead and score the winner AFTER aforementioned six players have been sent off. Feted as a genius by Jose, labelled dirty cheating git by everyone else.
4/ Gary Lineker to have an opinion that singles him out as a more pompous and opinionated twonk than Rio Ferdinand.
5/ Joey Barton to become poet Laureate.
6/ Raheem Sterling to score against Liverpool and "look sad" about it.
7/ Wenger to persist in playing Walcott up front as a striker
8/ Theo Walcott to continue to show poor decision making and fail to run at players like John Terry instead opting to pass back to Mertesacker when in on goal.
9/ Calls for Rodgers to be sacked 25 minutes into the Stoke game.
10/ My wife to look smug as f**k when United beat Liverpool....again!

by Lowlandbrit Fri 07 Aug 2015, 12:38 pm

1- Man Utd will win at least one trophy (does that count as bold yet?)
2- This'll be Wenger's last season
3- Watford will spend all season in the relegation zone
4- Netherlands will fail to qualify for Euro 2016
5- Harry Kane will score fewer than 20 goals (in all competitions)
6- No English team will make the semi-final of a European competition
7- Rodgers will somehow manage to keep his job despite not winning anything
8- Newcastle will finish in the top half
9- Crystal Palace will be in the bottom five at the beginning of May
10- A Football League side will go bust

by Guest Sat 08 Aug 2015, 12:24 am

1. Newcastle United to finish top 8
2. Radamel Falcao to score the first Premier League hat-trick of the season
3. Angel Di Maria & family to be burgled & gassed in Paris. He then forces a move back to Argentina next January
4. Andre Ayew or Jordan Ayew to be the first player sent off for diving this season
5. English clubs to be runners-up in both the Champions League final & Europa League final
6. Jeremain Lens to score the goal of the season
7. Heurelho Gomes is selected as the goalkeeper in the Premier League team of the year, after reproducing the form he showed for PSV
8. James Milner to achieve the most assists this season
9. Bastian Schweinsteiger is a flop & dropped to the U-21's. He's so angry, he's involved in a bust up with Louis Van Gaal in the Wing's restaurant in Manchester.
10. Charlie Adam scores a number of goals, all of which are from inside the six yard box

by CFCNick Sat 08 Aug 2015, 11:20 pm

1. Diego Costa scores less goals than last season
2. Petr Cech makes more clean sheets than Courtois
3. Two established Premier League clubs will be relegated
4. One Manchester club fails to make the top four
5. Falcao makes Torres look good
6. The ending of a Leicester-Watford game will be just as epic as THAT playoff semi final
7. Either Pellegrini or LVG get the sack in May
8. Fabian Delph has a better season than Schweinsteiger
9. More than one team from last seasons top 6 to be eliminated from a cup by lower league opposition
10. Leicester will beat Chelsea and Ranieri will get his own back on Roman 11 years after being sacked for no reason

by sparxz Sun 09 Aug 2015, 9:24 pm

1. No man utd player gets 20+ goals.
2. Swansea run close to 4th place.
3. All 3 promoted teams survive.
4. Top goalscorer to be British.
5. Most players sent off Sunderland.
6. 1st manager sacked bilic
7. Charlie Austin to join prem club and score on club and England debut.
8. Peter cech dropped by Xmas.
9. James Wilson scores a prem hatrick.
10. LVG and Giggs having falling out Giggs leaves position fans turn on LVG get sacked for Giggs to return and lead club to end of season.

by westisbest Sun 09 Aug 2015, 11:54 pm

1 Gestede to score more than Benteke
2 Wenger to be gone by xmas
3 Tim Sherwood to get at least one manager of the month award
4 Gary Monk to get manager of the season
5 Aberdeen to win SPL
6 Spurs to finish in bottom half of the table
7 Forest to get relegated from championship.
8 Alex Neil to be sacked with Lambert making a return.
9 First prem hat rick to be scored by Giroud.
10 Palace will be the last team to lose this season.

by **Crimey** Mon 17 Aug 2015, 6:09 pm

Crimey wrote:1) Jose Mourinho will drop John Terry and they will have a public falling out.

It begins......

by Stella Tue 18 Aug 2015, 2:54 pm

Crimey wrote:
Crimey wrote:1) Jose Mourinho will drop John Terry and they will have a public falling out.

It begins......

Neither of these have happened.............yet!

by Soldier_Of_Fortune Mon 24 Aug 2015, 12:31 pm

Stella wrote:
Crimey wrote:
Crimey wrote:1) Jose Mourinho will drop John Terry and they will have a public falling out.

It begins......

Neither of these have happened.............yet!

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon 24 Aug 2015, 12:51 pm

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:1) No Man United player will be allowed criticism on here except Rooney.

8) Ranieri to never play the same team as the week before.
"

I forgot about the Mata hate.

And the Ranieri one was squashed two games into the season!

by **Hero** Mon 24 Aug 2015, 1:00 pm

Mata's my fave Utd player, I just much prefer him pulling the strings in the middle and having someone that can run at the defence on the flank.

by westisbest Tue 25 Aug 2015, 10:13 pm

westisbest wrote:1 Gestede to score more than Benteke
2 Wenger to be gone by xmas
3 Tim Sherwood to get at least one manager of the month award
4 Gary Monk to get manager of the season
5 Aberdeen to win SPL
6 Spurs to finish in bottom half of the table
7 Forest to get relegated from championship.
8 Alex Neil to be sacked with Lambert making a return.
9 First prem hat rick to be scored by Giroud.
10 Palace will be the last team to lose this season.

mo 9's out the window

by Guest Thu 03 Sep 2015, 9:04 pm

Lowlandbrit wrote:Netherlands will fail to qualify for Euro 2016

1-0 down to Iceland. Cillessen showing that he still can't save a penalty

by Guest Sun 06 Sep 2015, 5:23 pm

John wrote:
Lowlandbrit wrote:Netherlands will fail to qualify for Euro 2016

1-0 down to Iceland. Cillessen showing that he still can't save a penalty

Edging closer Lowlandbrit, it's Turkey 1-0 Netherlands

by Lowlandbrit Sun 06 Sep 2015, 6:15 pm

The unexpected success at the World Cup with the new (injury forced) tactics seems to have got in everyone's heads (it's taken LVG a while to get over it too). The decision to go with Hiddink/Blind (he was supposed to hand over after Euro 2016 originally) instead of Koeman was questioned from the start and you can probably guess how that's developed since.

by Guest Sat 10 Oct 2015, 9:34 pm

Czech 0-2 Turkey

Holland are in serious trouble, Turkey will need a point at home in their final game. More worrying for me, is that Tim Krul might of done his knee.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Tue 13 Oct 2015, 9:09 pm

Czech republic have 10 men and have just scored a third to lead 3-0 in Holland.

Looking at the team though, its no surprise. Dutch football looks scarily weak.

by Guest Tue 13 Oct 2015, 9:16 pm

Tactically a mess too. Depay & Wijnaldum were the big hopes, but they look quite average in my opinion & that's worrying going forward. I'd expect Robben, RVP & Sneijder to all retire tonight.

by westisbest Tue 13 Oct 2015, 9:35 pm

The first time in a long time I think, that Holland have failed to qualify.

by Alistair Wed 14 Oct 2015, 9:47 am

westisbest wrote:The first time in a long time I think, that Holland have failed to qualify.

Not really. For a Euro's perhaps, but they also failed to qualify for the WC in 2002.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Wed 14 Oct 2015, 9:44 pm

LiamB wrote:Tactically a mess too. Depay & Wijnaldum were the big hopes, but they look quite average in my opinion & that's worrying going forward. I'd expect Robben, RVP & Sneijder to all retire tonight.

I watch depay play and I think one thing.

Ryan Babel

by Lowlandbrit Thu 31 Dec 2015, 5:50 pm

Right, let's see how I'm doing so far:

Lowlandbrit wrote:1- Man Utd will win at least one trophy (does that count as bold yet?)
2- This'll be Wenger's last season
~~3- Watford will spend all season in the relegation zone~~
4- Netherlands will fail to qualify for Euro 2016
5- Harry Kane will score fewer than 20 goals (in all competitions)
6- No English team will make the semi-final of a European competition
~~7- Rodgers will somehow manage to keep his job despite not winning anything~~
8- Newcastle will finish in the top half
9- Crystal Palace will be in the bottom five at the beginning of May
10- A Football League side will go bust

Two wrong, one right and the rest mostly not looking so good.

by Guest Thu 31 Dec 2015, 6:00 pm

John wrote:
1. Newcastle United to finish top 8 (no chance)
2. Radamel Falcao to score the first Premier League hat-trick of the season (didn't happen)
3. Angel Di Maria & family to be burgled & gassed in Paris. He then forces a move back to Argentina next January (unlikely)
4. Andre Ayew or Jordan Ayew to be the first player sent off for diving this season (not sure anyone has been sent off for diving, although I know Jordan got a booking for diving in one game)
5. English clubs to be runners-up in both the Champions League final & Europa League final (it's still on)
6. Jeremain Lens to score the goal of the season (doubtful, after witnessing him this season)
7. Heurelho Gomes is selected as the goalkeeper in the Premier League team of the year, after reproducing the form he showed for PSV (Butland or Cech)
8. James Milner to achieve the most assists this season Mesut Ozil has put this one to bed
9. Bastian Schweinsteiger is a flop & dropped to the U-21's. He's so angry, he's involved in a bust up with Louis Van Gaal in the Wing's restaurant in Manchester. (Very bold this one. Not surprised he's been disappointing, LVG did slate him, but no bust-up occurred)
10. Charlie Adam scores a number of goals, all of which are from inside the six yard box (barely played, barely scored)

Had an absolute mare. Time to move on Laugh

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 31 Dec 2015, 6:03 pm

Lens did score an absolute beaut against us, so its not the worst prediction

by Duty281 Thu 31 Dec 2015, 6:05 pm

Duty281 wrote:Thank you.

1) Arsenal win the Premier League - Looking good
2) Theo gets 18+ goals in the league! Ah well...
3) West Ham and Villa relegated Villa yes, West Ham no
4) Bournemouth survive Should do...
5) Roy Hodgson retires after leading England to a glorious, heroic...defeat on penalties at Euro 2016! Obviously
6) Wales make the semi-finals of Euro 2016 Steady as she goes
7) A major doping scandal in football to be revealed by the Sunday Times Still waiting
8) John Terry retires after leading Chelsea to Champions League glory Retires? Yes. Glory? No.
9) Ross Barkley has a Harry Kane-esque season, leading to much hype Is he still playing?
10) Sir Alex Ferguson comes out of retirement after LVG buggers off in Feb/March Well now...

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu 31 Dec 2015, 6:06 pm

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:1) No Man United player will be allowed criticism on here except Rooney. Well, it appears to be collective s***, but Rooney the individual? Scraping there
2) Rooney will score 25+ prem goals and still be labelled as not good enough for Man United. Yeah, I overdid this one
3) Sturridge to be in a wheelchair at a Liverpool game. This is definitely on if it hasnt happened already
4) Wilshere to be injured whilst taking a selfie. Not impossible
5) Kenny Dalglish to be second favourite for the liverpool job when Brenda leaves. Ancelotti was second fav but least I called Brenda's departure
6) Tim Sherwood to be revealed as Steve Coogan's newest character. Still think this is in there
7) Andy Carroll to score for England. I'm gonna admit defeat
8) Ranieri to never play the same team as the week before. Hes not tinkered nearly as much as I hoped
9) Toure not to mention leaving City in the winter transfer window. We shall see...
10) Watford to sack Flores because they are suspicious of why things are going "too well." Things are going "too well"

Heroic predictions, Id say

by dummy_half Mon 11 Apr 2016, 1:43 pm

Interesting to look at some of these. Taking the OP's comments:

1) Stoke to finish in the top 8 places. - Maybe
2) West Ham to be bought out by people from Qatar. - No
3) Claudio Ranieri to be sacked before Christmas. - Well, that's gone rather differently...
4) Liverpool to finish at least 10 places higher than Everton. - I think not, but only by a spot or two

5) Bournemouth will be in the top 10 after the first 10 games before they inevitably fall to relegation. - Part right iirc, started OK, faded but have finished pretty well to ensure safety
6) Christian Benteke to be top goalscorer. - Not unless he has a VERY prolific last 7 games
7) Jack Grealish to make his England debut. - Now struggling to get into the worst team the EPL has seen for a few years
8) Patrick Bamford to score 20 goals. - Disguised as Harry Kane or Jamie Vardy?
9) Man Utd to lose away to one of the promoted teams. - Haven't actually checked the results, but it's the sort of season Man U have had.

10) Man Utd reach the Champions League Final. - Or not

by **Crimey** Mon 11 Apr 2016, 2:23 pm

Crimey wrote:1) Jose Mourinho will drop John Terry and they will have a public falling out.

Not quite, but the players did seem to revolt and Terry may have been a part of that. He wasn't dropped though.

2) Manuel Pellegrini will be sacked before the end of the season and replaced temporarily by Fabio Capello.

His leaving was announced before the end of the season, but he wasn't sacked. If he wasn't leaving anyway, possible he would have been considering the poor league form.

3) Daniel Sturridge will not be fit until Christmas, but stay injury free afterwards.

Came back briefly before Christmas before getting injured again, after Klopp was more strict about how fit he had to be to return has stayed injury free since February.

4) Leicester City will have less than 10 points by January. They will have appointed Sam Allardyce by December.

Very close to being right...

5) Manchester United will finish bottom of their Champions League group.

Finished third and then knocked out of Europa League by Liverpool.

6) Premier League top scorer will be a player who doesn't play for top four club.

I'd need Lukaku to have a really good run of scoring to make this true. Both the top two don't play for the traditional big two teams though.

7) Arsenal will get to the final of the FA Cup again.

Knocked out in the quarters by Watford.

8) Fellaini will leave Manchester United in January, for Newcastle.

Didn't happen.

9) Falcao will score just 6 goals all year, but three will come against Manchester United across the two games.

Has scored ONE goal all year, scored against Crystal Palace.

10) Louis Van Gaal will retire at the end of the season.

Certainly a possibility.

by **Hero** Mon 11 Apr 2016, 2:45 pm

Hero wrote:1) Brendan Rodgers will moan he's not had another of a transfer kitty to compete with the top four, despite blowing over £300m since he joined on mainly dross.
2) Stoke will sign an official agreement with Barcelona to be a feeder club, as part of the deal Messi has to play on a wet Tuesday night in November at the Brittania
3) Watford will disappear from the Premier League in January, no one actually notices, or cares.
4) Mourinho will challenge Wenger to a fight, Wenger sparks him out first round
5) Ched Evans returns to football, first game in he injures Adam Johnson, the tabloid press decide he can have 'convicted r***ist' finally removed from his name.
6) Angel Di Maria moves back to Real in January after someone made his coffee slightly too milky at PSG, he never recovers from the stress.
7) The Arsenal team are the first to introduce selfie sticks into their official team kits, they lose every game against the other top four contenders but take some lovely pictures.
8) Falcao continues to struggle in front of goal so instead decided to join the Australian cricket team.
9) Raheem Sterling is found taking the wrong type of balloon as during a sting by a tabloid newspaper he starts talking like Joe Pasquele
10) Steven Gerrard retires at the end of the season, the press ignore world famine, war, terrorism for several days to pay homage to their Stevie G once more.

Didn't do as well with mine

by Guest Thu 14 Apr 2016, 10:42 pm

John wrote:5. English clubs to be runners-up in both the Champions League final & Europa League final

It's still on

by Adam D Tue 19 Apr 2016, 9:40 am

CFCNick wrote:1. Diego Costa scores less goals than last season
2. Petr Cech makes more clean sheets than Courtois
3. Two established Premier League clubs will be relegated
4. One Manchester club fails to make the top four
5. Falcao makes Torres look good
6. The ending of a Leicester-Watford game will be just as epic as THAT playoff semi final
7. Either Pellegrini or LVG get the sack in May
8. Fabian Delph has a better season than Schweinsteiger
9. More than one team from last seasons top 6 to be eliminated from a cup by lower league opposition
10. Leicester will beat Chelsea and Ranieri will get his own back on Roman 11 years after being sacked for no reason

Impressive!

by **Crimey** Tue 19 Apr 2016, 10:05 am

They are ridiculously good.

by Lowlandbrit Sat 30 Apr 2016, 5:02 pm

Lowlandbrit wrote:1- Man Utd will win at least one trophy (does that count as bold yet?)
2- This'll be Wenger's last season
~~3- Watford will spend all season in the relegation zone~~
4- Netherlands will fail to qualify for Euro 2016
~~5- Harry Kane will score fewer than 20 goals (in all competitions)~~
~~6- No English team will make the semi-final of a European competition~~
~~7- Rodgers will somehow manage to keep his job despite not winning anything~~
~~8- Newcastle will finish in the top half~~
9- Crystal Palace will be in the bottom five at the beginning of May
10- A Football League side will go bust

Thought Bolton were going to go for a while, Wenger's starting to look good though.

by CFCNick Wed 04 May 2016, 8:57 pm

Not been on here for quite a while so let's see how I did

CFCNick wrote:
1. Diego Costa scores less goals than last season - Unless he scores 9 in 2 games CORRECT

2. Petr Cech makes more clean sheets than Courtois - CORRECT

3. Two established Premier League clubs will be relegated - As it stands CORRECT

4. One Manchester club fails to make the top four - As it stands CORRECT

5. Falcao makes Torres look good - I had honestly forgotten Falcao existed

6. The ending of a Leicester-Watford game will be just as epic as THAT playoff semi final - That was asking for something special to happen

7. Either Pellegrini or LVG get the sack in May - Pellegrini gone

8. Fabian Delph has a better season than Schweinsteiger - Can't say how either has performed tbh

9. More than one team from last seasons top 6 to be eliminated from a cup by lower league opposition - Arsenal lost to Sheffield Wednesday, United lost to Boro

10. Leicester will beat Chelsea and Ranieri will get his own back on Roman 11 years after being sacked for no reason - CORRECT

7/10 not bad

by NickisBHAFC Wed 04 May 2016, 10:26 pm

NickisBHAFC wrote:1. John Terry to start every game (When Fit) no
2. Ranari to leave Leciester by the new year - Very wrong, incredibly I felt most confidence about this one!
3. Palace to finish in the top 8 - Wrong
4. Newcastle to end near the relegation zone again - Very correct
5. Harry Kane will score 20 goals or more - Correct
6. Big Sam to be back in management by the end of the season - Correct
7. Callum Wilson will get an England call up (if he is English) - Shame he got injured
8. Roberto Firmolo won't score more than 10 goals and will be a flop - incorrect
9. Gerrard will return on loan - No
10. Rodgers will say next season will be our year

- No

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed 04 May 2016, 10:47 pm

Bold is the key word to this one. And/or absolute Mickey takes

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