Premier League 2011-2012 Predictions

Rank the teams from 1-20 in the order you expect them to finish

Top scorer?

Most assists?

Team that will score the most goals?

Team that will concede the least goals?

First manager to be sacked?

Who will prove to be the best signing? (of the ones made so far)

Who will prove to be the worst signing? (of the ones made so far)

I'll start.

Rank the teams from 1-20 in the order you expect them to finish
Manchester City
Manchester United
Chelsea
Arsenal
Liverpool
Spurs
Stoke
Everton
West Brom
Aston Villa
Sunderland
Fulham
Wolves
Bolton
Newcastle
Blackburn
Norwich
Wigan
Swansea
QPR


(as a side note, it's quite clear that the Big 4 has now become a Big 6, with a *huge* drop in quality from 7th onwards. You could interchange the positions of pretty much all the teams from 7th down to 18th, and it wouldn't be a major surprise).

Top scorer
Darren Bent

Most assists
Modric if he goes to Chelsea. Charlie Adam if he starts regularly. Otherwise, Ashley Young.

Team that will score the most goals
Man. United

Team that will concede the least goals
Man. City

First manager to be sacked
Kean (Blackburn)

Who will prove to be the best signing? (of the ones made so far)
Aguero

Who will prove to be the worst signing? (of the ones made so far)
Jordan Henderson

Modric? If he plays in the same role as he does with Spurs, he won't get near most assists... he's more often the pass BEFORE the pass that directly leads to the goal, much like Xavi.

Rank the teams from 1-20 in the order you expect them to finish
Manchester United
Manchester City
Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal
Spurs
Everton
Fulham
Aston Villa
Bolton
West Brom
Newcastle
Sunderland
Swansea
Wigan
Stoke
Blackburn
Wolves
QPR
Norwich

Top scorer
Hernandez

Most assists
Young

Team that will score the most goals
Man City

Team that will concede the least goals
Chelsea

First manager to be sacked
Neil Warnock

Who will prove to be the best signing? (of the ones made so far)
Aguero

Who will prove to be the worst signing? (of the ones made so far)
Clichy

Xavier wrote:Modric? If he plays in the same role as he does with Spurs, he won't get near most assists... he's more often the pass BEFORE the pass that directly leads to the goal, much like Xavi.

I'm assuming he'll play in Lampard's role as the furthest-forward midfielder. And if he settles, he'll be the answer to the Torres problem. Torres thrives on through balls that give him space to run behind and use his pace (even though it's less now). Modric is great at that.

Rank the teams from 1-20 in the order you expect them to finish
Manchester United
Manchester City
Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal
Spuuuuurs
Sunderland
Everton
Aston Villa
Bolton
Fulham
Wigan
West Brom
Stoke
Newcastle
Blackburn
Wolves
Swansea
QPR
Norwich

Top scorer
Bent

Most assists
Henderson

Team that will score the most goals
Liverpool

Team that will concede the least goals
Manchester

First manager to be sacked
Steve Kean

Who will prove to be the best signing? (of the ones made so far)
Ahmed Elmohamady

Who will prove to be the worst signing? (of the ones made so far)
Yohan Cabaye

Rank the teams from 1-20 in the order you expect them to finish

Manchester United
Chelsea FC
Manchester City
Arsenal
Liverpool
Spurrrs
Everton
Fulham
Sunderland
Villa
Stoke
Bolton
West Brom
Wigan
Blackburn
Wolves
Swansea
Newcastle
QPR
Norwich

Top scorer?

Sergio Aguero

Most assists?

Luis Suarez

Team that will score the most goals?

Chelsea

Team that will concede the least goals?

Manchester United

First manager to be sacked?

Alan Pardew

Who will prove to be the best signing? (of the ones made so far)

Shay Given/Sergio Aguero

Who will prove to be the worst signing? (of the ones made so far)

For price paid and how little game time he'll get - Phil Jones.

I can see Phil Jones playing quite a lot..at least, if he can play the DM role well enough, I think he'll get more than people are expecting.

christmasborocooper wrote:I can see Phil Jones playing quite a lot..at least, if he can play the DM role well enough, I think he'll get more than people are expecting.

I think Fergie will go for Smalling and Vidic for most of the season at centre back but yeah if he plays DM than maybe he will play a lot.

Man Utd

Luis wrote:

christmasborocooper wrote:I can see Phil Jones playing quite a lot..at least, if he can play the DM role well enough, I think he'll get more than people are expecting.

I think Fergie will go for Smalling and Vidic for most of the season at centre back but yeah if he plays DM than maybe he will play a lot.

Yeah can see Smalling and Vidic being the partnership if Rio is fucked most of the time.

I think Smalling might end up playing right back quite a lot too mind you..given that Rafael and Fabio are injured every other week.

Rank the teams from 1-20 in the order you expect them to finish

Hmm.....

Man Utd
Man City
Chelsea
Tottenham
Liverpool
Arsenal
Fulham
Everton
WBA
Sunderland
Bolton
Aston Villa
Newcastle
Stoke
Norwich
Wolves
Wigan
Blackburn
QPR
Swansea

Top scorer?

Darren Bent!

Most assists?

Ashley Young

Team that will score the most goals?

Man Utd

Team that will concede the least goals?

Man City

First manager to be sacked?

Steve Kean

Who will prove to be the best signing? (of the ones made so far)

Ashley Young

Who will prove to be the worst signing? (of the ones made so far)

Hamit Altintop. Oh wait. Sorry. Umm....Jordan Henderson. Or Kieran Dyer.

Why do people think Bent will be top scorer without the service of Young and Downing this season? I know they've just bought the Zog but I think Bent will find it a bit more difficult this time. Not doubting he'll score plenty of goals because he'll take pens as well but I'd be surprised if he scored as many as last season.

Rank the teams from 1-20 in the order you expect them to finish

Chelsea
Manchester City
Manchester United
Liverpool
Arsenal
Spurs
Everton
Sunderland
Stoke
Aston Villa
Fulham
West Brom
Bolton
Wolves
Newcastle
Swansea
Norwich
Wigan
Blackburn
QPR

It might change slightly depending on if QPR bring in a few good signings they might have a chance of staying up and also if Newcastle lose Barton and Enrique and dont replace them then they might be in trouble.


Top scorer
Aguero

Most assists
Silva

Team that will score the most goals
Chelsea

Team that will concede the least goals
Man. City

First manager to be sacked
Kean (Blackburn)

Who will prove to be the best signing? (of the ones made so far)
Aguero

Who will prove to be the worst signing? (of the ones made so far)
Dyer

Luis wrote:Why do people think Bent will be top scorer without the service of Young and Downing this season? I know they've just bought the Zog but I think Bent will find it a bit more difficult this time. Not doubting he'll score plenty of goals because he'll take pens as well but I'd be surprised if he scored as many as last season.

I can't believe people think Aguero will be top scorer without ever having played a single premiership match. Even in Spain he was only averaging about 15 goals per season.

Luis wrote:Why do people think Bent will be top scorer without the service of Young and Downing this season? I know they've just bought the Zog but I think Bent will find it a bit more difficult this time. Not doubting he'll score plenty of goals because he'll take pens as well but I'd be surprised if he scored as many as last season.

Even with limited service (see: Sunderland) Bent is generally a consistent scorer, so it's a safe-ish bet that he'll be around the top scorers again this year.

It's quite hard to call as nearly all the big guns from recent years have question marks:
-Rooney & Torres, will they be back on form?
-Drogba, will he play enough?
-Berbatov, will he play at all?
-Van Persie, will he stay fit?
-Tevez, will he stay?

I went Hernandez but there's no guarantee he'll play every week either.

Luis wrote:Why do people think Bent will be top scorer without the service of Young and Downing this season? I know they've just bought the Zog but I think Bent will find it a bit more difficult this time. Not doubting he'll score plenty of goals because he'll take pens as well but I'd be surprised if he scored as many as last season.

More importantly, why are so many doughnuts predicting Liverpool to finish above both Arsenal and Spurs? Jaime's got the right idea.

I'm going predict right now that Liverpool will not finish above either.

It's not that they're a bad team at all, it's simply that their squad is anywhere near settled yet - currently so many players who you're not even sure how they're going to fit into the team. Arsenal and Spurs both have their flaws, but I see them being much fluid as a team from the off.

Also, QPR will stay up. You heard it here first

Noah und der Bale wrote:

More importantly, why are so many doughnuts predicting Liverpool to finish above both Arsenal and Spurs?

because they have momentum in their squad improvements while Arsenal and Spuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurs have stalled. For all the potential flaws in signing overpriced Brits, it will do them far more good than being linked with cheaper, better players who end up elsewhere. Arsenal and Spuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurs both look set to lose their best players while Liverpool lose Paul Konchesky and Milan Jovanovic.

Liverpool might not finish above either, and I don't think this thread will influence the outcome.

Darren Bent tends to score a goal every 2 starts wherever he plays so it's a safe if unspectacular bet that he'll be in contention.

Noah und der Bale wrote:

Luis wrote:Why do people think Bent will be top scorer without the service of Young and Downing this season? I know they've just bought the Zog but I think Bent will find it a bit more difficult this time. Not doubting he'll score plenty of goals because he'll take pens as well but I'd be surprised if he scored as many as last season.

More importantly, why are so many doughnuts predicting Liverpool to finish above both Arsenal and Spurs? Jaime's got the right idea.

I'm going predict right now that Liverpool will not finish above either.

It's not that they're a bad team at all, it's simply that their squad is anywhere near settled yet - currently so many players who you're not even sure how they're going to fit into the team. Arsenal and Spurs both have their flaws, but I see them being much fluid as a team from the off.

Also, QPR will stay up. You heard it here first

Whats are your predictions mate?

Rank the teams from 1-20 in the order you expect them to finish
1) Chelsea
2) Man U
3) City
4) Liverpool
5) Arsenal
6) Spurs

...........

Top scorer?

RVP

Most assists?

Downing or Young

Team that will score the most goals?

Man U

Team that will concede the least goals?

Chelsea

First manager to be sacked?

Warnock or Mancini

Who will prove to be the best signing? (of the ones made so far)

Aguero

Who will prove to be the worst signing? (of the ones made so far)

David De Gea (hopefully)
Plus hopefully Poulsen if Hodgson would kindly take him off our hands for free this time

RVP?

WUM!

Interesting WU

You know he's going to get injured. He'll probably not play 20 games never mind score 20 goals.

Yeah you are right, I was WUMMING all along. Great WU isn't it.

Where is your silly list ?

I wouldn't call it great. Just saying...RVP is not going to be a top scorer in England.

I cant be arsed with the league positions one. I'll just say City to win, United to come 2nd.

Top scorer?
Rooney


Most assists?
Downing

Team that will score the most goals?
Liverpool

Team that will concede the least goals?
Man United

First manager to be sacked?
Warnock

Who will prove to be the best signing? (of the ones made so far)
Aguero

Who will prove to be the worst signing? (of the ones made so far)
Henderson

Wayne Rooney ?

My pick scored 7 more goals than him in 3 less games in the league last season Coop. Interesting stat that.

Indeed, Rooney was terrible last season. I believe he's scored more than RVP in about 6 of the last 7 season however.

I decided (unlike you it seems) to go for current form with my pick.

Can I end this with that comment please ?

Form from months ago isnt really current but okay.

@Noah

If you look, I've predicted us to come 5th. As I said, it's a toss up between us and Arsenal for 4th IMO unless Spurs both keep Modric and sign a brilliant striker or two, then they might be in the mix. 'Arry's already made one error in signing Friedel who is now past it and not much better than Gomes. IMO, you and Arsenal will concede a lot of silly goals with clowns in goal.

Arsenal right now still have Fabregas and Nasri so they should finish ahead of us but if they lost one or both they'd be seriously weakened and they still have the problem that their defence is laughable. The next 3 weeks will be the decider on whether Arsenal or Liverpool finish in that 4th spot IMO.

The predictions are just gut instincts, conjecture and a bit of fun.