[Archived] League Table Prediction 2008-2009

[the swede]

01. Chelsea (Will be unstoppable this year)

02. Arsenal (Fabregas,Adebayor,Van Persie,Nasri,Rosicky)

03. Manchester United (Will loose the gold after the fifth round)

04. Tottenham Hotspur (Nice work Juande)

05. Portsmouth (Intresting team, solid defence)

06. Liverpool (Rely to much on Steven)

07. Aston Villa (Berry?)

08. Manchester City (One of the strikers to score more then 5 times this year?)

09. Blackburn Rovers (Heaven or hell or something in between. Really can't say)

10. Middlesbrough (Never know where you have these guys)

11. Everton (Need to shape up. Have no midfield)

12. Newcastle United (Spiderman won't appear!)

13. West Ham United (Bye, bye Ljungberg)

14. Sunderland (Who's going to score goals the first months?)

15. Bolton Wanderers (Come on Elmander. At least 10 goals)

16. Fulham (If Bullard stays. Otherwise,The Championship)

17. Hull City (Don't know so much about the team. Better then Wigan)

18. Wigan Athletic (4 years in PL is enough)

19. Stoke City (Nothing)

20. West Bromwich Albion (Nothing)

[Eddie]

Liverpool at 6th?!? Not a chance. If anything, with the addition of Keane and having not lost any key players, I can only see them getting a bit better. I would expect Torres to score a few less this season, but that will be outweighed by what Keane brings in. One team finish above the big four? Unlikely, but possible. Two? Not unless something really changes in the next 10 months.

[Roost]

1. Arsenal

2. Chelsea

3. Manchester United

4. Rovers

5. Liverpool

6. Villa

7. Spurs

8. Portsmouth

9. Everton

10. Sunderland

11. Boro

12. Fulham

13. West Ham

14. Hull

15. West Brom

16. Stoke

17. Wigan

18. City

19. Bolton

20. Newcastle United

I'm allowed to dream!!!

Now thats what I am talking about!!!

[walker00]

01 Chelsea

02 Manchester Utd

03 Arsenal

04 Liverpool

05 Tottenham

06 Portsmouth

07 Aston Villa

08 Everton

09 Newcastle

10 Manchester C

11 Blackburn

12 West Ham

13 Sunderland

14 Middelsbrough

15 Bolton

16 Fulham

17 West Brom

18 Wigan

19 Stoke

20 Hull

[Roost]

Newcastle above Blackburn Walker?.................No chance - however bad our season may be, the barcodes will never finish above us. Keegan will walk by October!

[Mc Love]

I think people are being a bit harsh on Hull, i can see them being a surprise package this season!

As for Rovers, we will finish 8th or 9th IMHO

[Rover down South]

I think people are being a bit harsh on Hull, i can see them being a surprise package this season!

As for Rovers, we will finish 8th or 9th IMHO

I agree, I think they will stay up! I reckon everyone thinks it is a foregone conclusion after what happened to Derby last season.

[philipl]

I'm sure Hull will do at least twice as well as Derby...

The problem the promoted trio have is that when you look at Wigan, Bolton and Fulham, they are all five or six players better. The best hope for survival of the promoted clubs is for one of the middle band of clubs to have an absolute stinker- and that includes Rovers living down to all the worst fears about Ince.

PS Keegan walking by October is presumably why some folk reckon the barcodes will finish above us?

The LT has a go at prediction and places Rovers 10th behind Citeh

[sparky12]

01. Chelsea

02. Manchester United

03. Liverpool

04. Arsenal

05. Tottenham Hotspur

06. Portsmouth

07. Middlesbrough

08. Manchester City

09. Blackburn Rovers

10. Aston Villa

11. Everton

12. Sunderland

13. Newcastle United

14. Wigan Athletic

15. West Ham United

16. Bolton Wanderers

17. West Brom

18. Fulham

19. Stoke City

20. Hull City

boro 7th are you having a joke with us ??

[Martin]

01. Man Utd

02. Chelsea

03. Liverpool

04. Arsenal

05. Spurs

06. Portsmouth

07. Villa

08. Everton

09. Man City

10. West Ham

11. Newcastle

12. Rovers

13. Wigan

14. Sunderland

15. Middlesbrough

16. Bolton

17. West Brom

18. Fulham

19. Stoke

20. Hull

[its_rovertime]

1. Man Utd

2. Chelsea

3. Arsenal

4. Liverpool

5. Portsmouth

6. Everton

7. Blackburn

8. Spurs

9. Aston Villa

10. Middlesbrough

11. West Ham

12. Newcastle

13. Man City

14. Sunderland

15. Fulham

16. Wigan

17. Bolton

18. West Brom

19. Hull

20. Stoke

[Ronin]

1. Man Utd

2. Chelsea

3. Arsenal

4. Liverpool

5. Portsmouth

6. Spurs

7. Aston Villa

8. Blackburn

9. West Ham

10. Everton

11. Middlesbrough

12. Newcastle

13. Sunderland

14. Man City

15. Fulham

16. Hull

17. Wigan

18. West Brom

19. Bolton

20. Stoke

[ricsipontaz]

1. Chelsea

2. Manchester United

3. Liverpool

4. Arsenal

5. Aston Villa

6. Portsmouth

7. Tottenham Spurs

8. Everton

9. Middlesbrough

10. Blackburn Rovers

11. West Ham

12. Manchester City

13. Fulham

14. Newcastle United

15. Sunderland

16. Wigan

17. West Brom

18. Stoke

19. Bolton

20. Hull

[philipl]

Goal.com's preview has some howlers in it.

[Nelsta]

1, Manchester United.

2, Chelsea.

3, Arsenal.

4, Liverpool.

5, Aston Villa

6, Tottenham.

7, Portsmouth.

8, Blackburn Rovers.

10, West Ham.

11, Newcastle.

12, Manchester City.

13, Middlesbrough.

14, Bolton.

15, Fulham.

16, Wigan.

17, Sunderland.

18, West Brom.

19, Hull.

20, Stoke.

[Clitherover]

I'm putting everyone's predictions in an Excel sheet, so get em in by the 16th and we'll see who does the best come years end.

Sounds like fun... What does the winner get.

[American]

There's comedy, there's high comedy and then there's Philip's pre-season predictions.

Not quite as bad this season, though, at least you've finally given up on Pool doing well in the league and United crashing - I disagree with some of your mid-table, but I also think spots 5-15 can be interchangeable at times.

[American Rover12]

The honors of doing it next season.

[my_name_is_Earl]

1. Man United

2. Chelsea

3. Liverpool

4. Arsenal

5. Spurs

6. Aston Villa

7. Everton

8. Portsmouth

9. Blackburn Rovers

10. Man City

11. Newcastle United

12. West Ham

13. Sunderland

14. Wigan

15. Middlesbrough

16. Fulham

17. Bolton

18. West Brom

19. Stoke

20. Hull

[Threepenny Bit Foot]

Here we go for another season

1. Man United

2. Chelsea

3. Arsenal

4. Liverpool

5. Spurs

6. Everton

7. Villa

8. Rovers

9. Portsmouth

10. Man City

11. Newcastle United

12. West Ham

13. Middlesbro

14. Sunderland

15. Wigan

16. Bolton

17. Fulham

18. West Brom

19. Stoke

20. Hull

[scotchrover]

1. Chelsea

2. Man U

3. Arse

4. Liverpool

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5. Spurs

6. Portsmouth

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7. ROVERS

8. Newcastle

9. Citeh

10. Boro

11. Sunderland

12. Wigan

13. West Ham

14. Villa

15. Everton

16. Fulham

17. Stoke

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18. Bolton

19. West Brom

20. Hull

[gillibrand]

There are a lot of starry eyed people on this thread, I think 15 is a good option with the team and management as it stands!

[Clitherover]

Don't know why people keep putting Portsmouth so high, they're not that good.

[alexanders]

What about Spurs then. They are crap defensively.

1. Chelsea

2. Man United

3. Liverpool

4. Arsenal

5. Aston Villa

6. Rovers

7. Everton

8. Spurs

9. Portsmouth

10. Newcastle

11. Boro

12. Sunderland

13. West Ham

14. Fulham

15. Wigan

16. Notlob

17. West Brom

18. Hull

19.Stoke

20. City

[DeadlyDirk]

Man I just about half an hour making all my precitions and giving explanations then the page wouldn't load when I clicked post, here is a less detailed version!

1. Chelsea I see it as a two horse race, Chelsea have a stronger squad if injuries come into play, it really is a tossup between 1 and 2

2. Man Utd Lucky with injuries last year, might not be so lucky this year, it will be close.

3. Liverpool Keane will create and score goals for them, taking the pressure of Torres and Gerrard pushing them closer but still not quite there.

4. Arsenal Nasri coming in for Hleb is more or less a like for like replacement but without Silva and Flamini they lack steel in the middle.

5. Portsmouth Goals in the team and building a strong squad, 5-8 is hard to call.

6. Blackburn A few more signings and were going to have a stronger squad than last year, outfield I see us being better, the difference between 6 and as low as 11th will come down to how well Robinson replaces Friedel.

7. Tottenham Some good players have come in but the majority are unproven in the premiership and I can't bring myself to place them any higher than this.

8. Aston Villa Lost a few key players at the back and I think defenses will now have the knowledge of their pacey counter attacks and deal with them a bit better this year.

9. Everton With Johnson and Carlsley gone they've lost two key players and replaced them with nobody as of yet, could be a tougher year for Everton.

10. Man City Still wonder who is going to get all of their goals, is Jo the answer? Maybe but only time will tell. The grass isn't always greener on the other side.

11. Newcastle Another season of mediocracy for Newcastle, a fit Owen could score the goals to push them higher up, question marks will always remain about their defence.

12. Sunderland Brought in a lot of players, question marks over the quality of a few of them but they'll do alright this year.

13. Wigan A few shrewd signings, the likes of Valencia, Palacios, Cattermole, Heskey and co give them a lot of power, goals may be a problem but I think they'll do okay.

14. West Ham They moan about injuries but other than few such as Ashton I don't see that much quality in the team. Curbishley first to go.

15. Middlesborough Tough to call on Boro, Alves could be one too watch, could break into the top 10 if everything goes right. Adam Johnson looks very promising.

16. Fulham Johnson will dive/score enough penalties to keep them up, they'll be in the battle but just stay up

17. West Brom Strengthened a lot, question marks about the quality of a few but I think they'll scrap enough to stay up.

18. Bolton They lost Anelka and struggled last year, now they've lost Diouf so who knows where the goals are coming from. With the likes of Speed, Stelios and Campo now gone they have also lost a lot of experience. Bye bye Bolton.

19. Stoke They'll give it a good go but lack the quality to stay up.

20. Hull They'll do well not to break Derby's record from last year.