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Predictions for your Club (Prem 07/08)

Vokes · 2007-08-08 13:39:53

Similar to last season lets see how bad we are at making predictions for our respective teams in the 07/08 season :) Here's last season's thread for those interested: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054974465 Team, Optimistic Position, Realistic Position, Most Important Player, Breakthrough Player, Best…

08-08-2007 2:39pm

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Similar to last season lets see how bad we are at making predictions for our respective teams in the 07/08 season

Here's last season's thread for those interested: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054974465

Team, Optimistic Position, Realistic Position, Most Important Player, Breakthrough Player, Best Signing

So for me I think...

Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 3rd
Most Important Player: Torres
Breakthrough Player: Insua
Best Signing: Torres

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#2 08-08-2007 2:46pm

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Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 3rd
Most Important Player: Gerrard
Breakthrough Player: None (I assume this is to be a player from our youths/reserves ranks. Not one we have spent a few million on).
Best Signing: Benayoun

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#3 08-08-2007 2:49pm

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Team: Aston Villa
Optimistic Position: 6th
Realistic Position: 9th
Most Important Player: Olof Mellberg
Breakthrough Player: Ashley Young
Best Signing: Nigel Reo Coker (not much to choose from really haha)

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#4 08-08-2007 2:52pm

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Team: Man United
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st or 2nd
Most Important Player: Rooney
Breakthrough Player: Nani
Best Signing: Tevez (soon to be completed)

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#5 08-08-2007 3:03pm

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Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st/2nd
Most Important Player: Gerrrard
Breakthrough Player: Torres
Best Signing: Benayoun

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#6 08-08-2007 3:07pm

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Team: Man United
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st
Most Important Player: Scholes
Breakthrough Player: Pique
Best Signing: Hargreaves

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#7 08-08-2007 3:19pm

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Team: Chelsea
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st/2nd
Most Important Player: Michael Essien
Breakthrough player: Kalou/Mikel
Best signing: Malouda

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#8 08-08-2007 3:24pm

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Team: Man UTD
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position 1st/2nd
Most Important Player: Paul Scholes
Breakthrough Player: Pique
Best Signing: Tevez

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#9 08-08-2007 3:31pm

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Team: West Ham
Optimistic Position: 6th
Realistic Position: 10th
Most Important Player: Dean Ashton
Breakthrough Player: Mark Noble
Best Signing: Scott Parker

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#10 08-08-2007 3:39pm

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Team: Arsenal
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 3rd
Most Important Player: Van Persie/Fabregas
Breakthrough Player: Does Walcott count?
Best Signing: Eduardo da silva

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#11 08-08-2007 4:18pm

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Team: Aston Villa
Optimistic Position: 5th
Realistic Position: 7th
Most Important Player: Barry
Breakthrough Player: Cahill
Best Signing: Out of our 20,000 signings I'd say Nigel Reo-Coker will be the best

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#12 08-08-2007 4:38pm

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Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 3rd
Most Important Player: Carragher
Breakthrough Player: Leiva (if he gets a chance)
Best Signing: Voronin

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#13 08-08-2007 4:50pm

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Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 2nd
Most Important Player: Gerrard
Breakthrough Player: Insua
Best Signing: Benayoun

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#14 08-08-2007 4:50pm

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Shamrok wrote:

Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 3rd
Most Important Player: Gerrard
Breakthrough Player: None (I assume this is to be a player from our youths/reserves ranks. Not one we have spent a few million on).
Best Signing: Benayoun

ditto, arguably Torres instead of Benayoun - for the money I really hope Torres lives up to it

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#15 08-08-2007 5:43pm

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Team: Manchester United
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st/2nd
Most Important Player: Scholes
Breakthrough Player: Gibson (hopefully, for Irelands sake as much as anything!)
Best Signing: Hargreaves

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#16 08-08-2007 5:43pm

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Team: Villa
Optimistic Position: 7th
Realistic Position: 9th-12th
Most Important Player: Luke Moore
Breakthrough Player: Craig Gardner
Best Signing: Nigel Reo-Coker

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#17 08-08-2007 5:52pm

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Team: Man Utd
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st or 2nd (Gut says 1st brain says 2nd)
Most Important Player: Rooney
Breakthrough Player: Pique
Best Signing: Hargreaves

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#18 08-08-2007 5:58pm

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Team: Man Utd
Optimistic Position: 1st (double or treble)
Realistic Position: Top 3
Most Important Player: Rooney
Breakthrough Player: Anderson
Best Signing: Tevez (hopefully)

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#19 08-08-2007 6:07pm

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l'arse
optimistic - 2nd
realistic - 3rd or 4th
fabregas
i don't think Arsenal will have any 'breakthrough' players this season, unless you count Walcott, Diaby and Denilson having more playing time. Bendtner maybe?
eduardo

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#20 08-08-2007 6:12pm

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Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 3rd
Most Important Player: Carragher
Breakthrough Player: Insua or Idrizaj (depends on who gets games)
Best Signing: Benayoun

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#21 08-08-2007 7:16pm

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Team: Aston Villa
Optimistic Position: 7th
Realistic Position: 10th
Most Important Player: Barry
Breakthrough Player: Young
Best Signing: Reo-Coker

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#22 08-08-2007 7:22pm

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Team: Newcastle
Optimistic Position: 5th
Realistic Position: 7th
Most Important Player: Milner
Breakthrough Player: Taylor
Best Signing: Rozenhal (looks rock solid)

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#23 08-08-2007 7:23pm

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Team: Newcastle
Optimistic Position: 3rd
Realistic Position: 5th
Most Important Player: Given
Breakthrough Player: Taylor
Best Signing: Gerimi (can play anywhere)

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#24 08-08-2007 8:06pm

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Team: Everton
Optimistic Position: 4th
Realistic Position: 6th
Most Important Player: Arteta
Breakthrough Player: Lescott
Best Signing: Baines (quality full back, can also play midfield)

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#25 08-08-2007 8:33pm

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Team: Blackburn
Optimistic Position: 6th
Realistic Position: 10th
Most Important Player: McCarthy (his goals are needed)
Breakthrough Player: Derbyshire (big last season, will be bigger after this season)
Best Signing: Rigters (looks like an exciting young player)

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#26 08-08-2007 10:59pm

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Team: Everton
Optimistic Position: 4th
Realistic Position: 6th
Most Important Player: Arteta
Breakthrough Player: Anichebe
Best Signing: Baines

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#27 08-08-2007 11:06pm

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Team: Newcastle
Optimistic Position: 4rd
Realistic Position: 7th
Most Important Player: Rozenhal
Breakthrough Player: Taylor
Best Signing: Gerimi

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#28 09-08-2007 3:54am

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Team:Newcastle
Optimistic Position: 4th or 5th
Realistic Position: 6th
Most Important Player: Martins
Breakthrough Player: Taylor
Best Signing: Geremi

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#29 09-08-2007 10:12am

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Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 2nd/3rd
Most Important Player: Kuyt
Breakthrough Player: Insua or nobody
Best Signing: Do re-signings count?

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#30 09-08-2007 10:53am

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Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 2nd?
Most Important Player: Carragher
Breakthrough Player: Torres (in premiership terms)
Best Signing: Benyoun (could be very important)

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#31 06-05-2008 1:19pm

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*bump*

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#32 06-05-2008 1:28pm

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As I expected more or less, except Sagna had a bigger impact than Eduardo.

A lot of Liverpool fans have been disappointed by the looks of it!

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#33 06-05-2008 2:21pm

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Never posted in the thread originally, but as a Newcastle fan, boy did some of our lads get it wrong. Whatever about getting it wrong on where we'd finish, to say Geremi or Roezenhal would be our best player/most important signing, what we're ya thinking lads?

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#34 07-05-2008 10:13am

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Well i expected United to fight for title with Arsenal and Chelsea,i expected better season position for City,SPurs and Newcastle,just coz of those transfers and everything before this season i expected its going to be hell of the season but it seems names wasnt playing big deal and teams were just regular quality,hope next season will bring that boom in top 10 where everyone will beat anyone,but United to be still 1st;)

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