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Predictions for your Club (Prem 08/09)

Vokes · 2008-08-07 21:04:29

Yes, it's that time again where we place our ballsacks on the chopping board and confidently predict Optimistic Position, Realistic Position, Most Important Player, Breakthrough Player and Best Signing for our respective EPL teams. Last years thread is always good for a laugh with some staggeringly accurate predictions as…

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Yes, it's that time again where we place our ballsacks on the chopping board and confidently predict Optimistic Position, Realistic Position, Most Important Player, Breakthrough Player and Best Signing for our respective EPL teams.

Last years thread is always good for a laugh with some staggeringly accurate predictions as well as some fairly out-there ones (Newcastle fans, bless ). Plus I was fairly on the money with mine :cool:

And so for 08-09, I predict...

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

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#2 07-08-2008 10:12pm

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Team: Man United
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st
Most Important Player: Rooney
Breakthrough Player: Possebon
Best Signing: Tevez, bit of tumbleweed in this department

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#3 08-08-2008 12:07am

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Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 2nd
Realistic Position: 3rd/4th
Most Important Player: Torres
Breakthrough Player: Plessis
Best Signing: Keane

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#4 08-08-2008 12:14am

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Team: Arsenal
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 3rd
Most Important Player: Fabregas
Breakthrough Player: Van Persie - hopefully he'll finally live up to his promise
Best Signing: Atm Nasri, but I'm still hoping we get a dm/cb over the next few weeks

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#5 08-08-2008 12:16am

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Why does it only have to be the Prem?

Team: Watford
Optimistic Position: 6th
Realistic Position: 10th-20th
Most Important Player: Tommy Smith
Breakthrough Player: Theo Robinson
Best Signing: Since we've signed too free agents. Gonna go with John Harley.

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#6 08-08-2008 12:18am

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Team: Aston Villa
Optimistic Position: 5th
Realistic Position: 6th
Most Important Player: Ashley Young
Breakthrough Player: Delfouneso
Best Signing: Friedel

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#7 08-08-2008 12:36am

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Team: Man Utd
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st
Most Important Player: Rooney
Breakthrough Player: Nani? Anderson will imo improve immensely this year. Nani got 14 assists last year so he will improve but not that much.
Best Signing: Berbatov

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#8 08-08-2008 12:40am

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Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 3rd
Most Important Player: Torres
Breakthrough Player: N'Gog or Insua
Best Signing: Keane

To the Liverpool fans saying Plessis will be a breakthrough player. I cant see him getting many games ahead of Mascherano, Lucas, Alonso/Barry.

With the amount of injuries Aurelio gets I think we will see Insua more than Plessis.

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#9 08-08-2008 12:47am

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Team: Man United
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st
Most Important Player: Rio or Rooney...both!
Breakthrough Player: Anderson and Nani but I think they wouldnt be "breaking through" so I'll go with Possebom.
Best Signing: Manucho........by default.....maybe! Does Ronaldo count?! :pac:

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#10 08-08-2008 2:28am

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Team: Aston Villa
Optimistic Position: 5th
Realistic Position: 7th
Most Important Player: Ashley Young
Breakthrough Player: Delfouneso
Best Signing: Friedel (so far!)

I reckon Spurs and Everton will pip us for 5th and 6th. If we can add about 3 more players before close of the transfer window we'll be right in the hunt for 5th.

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#11 08-08-2008 5:30am

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Team: Newcastle Utd
Optimistic Position: 5th
Realistic Position: 8th
Most Important Player: Martins
Breakthrough Player: Enrique
Best Signing: Coloccini

Optimistic as always. I think we'll have a much more consistent season this year in terms of performances. Last year we were dreadful all the way through until the last 10 games or so. I mostly attribute that to Allardyce, the massive overhaul behind the scenes, as well as major changes in the playing personnel.

Still expect one or two, maybe even three more signings before the transfer deadline. And hopefully Alan ****ing Smith off the wage bill if Everton are daft enough!

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#12 08-08-2008 5:51am

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Team: Manchester City
Optimistic Position: 5th
Realistic Position: 10th
Most Important Player: Martin Petrov
Breakthrough Player: Ched Evans
Best Signing: Ben Haim

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#13 08-08-2008 8:57am

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Team: Everton
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 17th
Most Important Player: Andy Van Der Meyde
Breakthrough Player: Phil Neville
Best Signing: No signings

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#14 08-08-2008 10:45am

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Team: Man yoo
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st
Most Important Player:vidic
Breakthrough Player: tevez
Best Signing: do we have any? one of the da Silva might shine in the carling/Fa cup. otherwise. . .

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#15 08-08-2008 11:14am

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Team: Man United
Optimistic Position: 1st (Double)
Realistic Position: 1st (League)
Most Important Player:Vidic
Breakthrough Player: Rafael Da Silva
Best Signing: No Signings as yet, prob Berbatov

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#16 08-08-2008 11:58am

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Team: Pompey
Optimistic Position: 4th
Realistic Position: 6th
Most Important Player:Lasana Diarra
Breakthrough Player: Glenn Little
Best Signing: Crouch. really look forward to his partnership with Defoe.

If we can sign a decent leftback and get SWP then i think we can hang on to the coat tails of the "Big Four" and try and steal 4th spot. This would require one of them to have a bad season though. everton seem to be weaker this year and i'm not convinced about Spurs yet (Although i think it will come). so I think 4th/5th and 6th will be contested between ourselves, Villa and probably Liverpool.

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#17 08-08-2008 12:48pm

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Team: Everton
Optimistic Position: 4th
Realistic Position: 9th
Most Important Player: Mikel Arteta
Breakthrough Player: Jose Baxter
Best Signing: No signings

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#18 08-08-2008 1:10pm

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Edit on my best signing...just watched highlights of Rafael....he's gonna make waves this season.

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#19 08-08-2008 1:21pm

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Team: Liverpool
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 3rd
Most Important Player: Gerrard
Breakthrough Player: Plessis (maybe Dani Pacheco if he gets the games)
Best Signing: Dossena (subject to late signings) I think he could be the answer to the left side problem.

Mike.

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#20 08-08-2008 4:22pm

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Team: Tottenham
Optimistic Position: 4th
Realistic Position: 7th + GOALS
Most Important Player: Woodgatee
Breakthrough Player: bale
Best Signing: Gomez, was going to say modric, but our new keeper is gonna play such a big role this year.....

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#21 08-08-2008 4:27pm

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Team: Manchester United
Optimistic Position: 1st
Realistic Position: 1st
Most Important Player: Rooney
Breakthrough Player: Rafael
Best Signing: N/A. Though it could be who ends up replacing CQ.

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#22 08-08-2008 5:34pm

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Team: Middlesbrough
Optimistic Position: 10th
Realistic Position: 17th
Most Important Player: Afonso Alves
Breakthrough Player: Adam Johnson (if Southgate gives him his game)
Best Signing: Downing signing a new deal

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#23 08-08-2008 6:16pm

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Team: Newcastle
Optimistic Position: 6th
Realistic Position: 9th
Most Important Player: Owen
Breakthrough Player: Taylor
Best Signing: Gutierrez

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#24 08-08-2008 6:24pm

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

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#25 08-08-2008 6:31pm

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Team: Aston Villa
Optimistic Position: 3rd/4th
Realistic Position: 5th
Most Important Player: John Carew
Breakthrough Player: Delfouneso
Best Signing: Luke Young

I still think we might make 3 more signing. The defence is finally taking shape. Kaboul would be a great addition as he could play centre half or a holding role in midfield. Up and down season with Spurs but has huge potential.
Huge season for Carew. We need 20 goals from him this season.
In the little I have seen of Delfouneso he reminds me of Adebayour.
Villa will be very hard to beat this season as they showed last season they can score goals and with the new defence hopefully they will concede alot less.

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