Premier League 2009-2010 prediction thread!!

[skel1983]

Hahaha, where does that leave Craig " IVE HAD 4512 CLUBS IN 5 YEARS " Bellemy, he makes some shit career moves him, no doubt he will move to an average club like a Fulham or Sunderland.

[ono]

Hahaha, where does that leave Craig " IVE HAD 4512 CLUBS IN 5 YEARS " Bellemy, he makes some shit career moves him, no doubt he will move to an average club like a Fulham or Sunderland.

Lol.

God knows he's got a 4 and half year contract aswell.

We'll play a variation of 4-3-3 with Robinho and Tevez either side of Eto'o/RSC.

The likes of Bojinov, Bellamy etc will be second fiddle or rotation players.

As much as NOTW are saying it's done for Eto'o, it's not quite done yet. He hasn't signed but he is satisfied with the contract offer. Still has a few issues to sort out with Barca as he is tied into club sponsorships etc... so that still needs to be sorted.

It feels strange because the guy who told me about all this mentioned a few weeks ago (not sure if i posted it on here)that we had made a move for Eto'o but he was a difficult character to deal with and he wasn't so keen. Fast forward a few weeks and he's very close to signing.

Good times. Can see us challenging for that 4th spot once a few defenders are brought in. If not, fuck it, we'll win every game 8-4

EDIT: Eto'o is now 100% done and dusted. As is Joleon Lescott. Sorry leftyLee. These will be all announced along with Tevez, this week. Probably on Wednesday 1st July.

[El Kabong]

Everton at 5?!?!?! Man Shitty will get up near the top of the league....I doubt Arsenal and Chelsea will do all that great and Man United definently won't be as good.

LIVERPOOL #1!!!

[BIG H]

Everton at 5?!?!?! Man Shitty will get up near the top of the league....I doubt Arsenal and Chelsea will do all that great and Man United definently won't be as good.

LIVERPOOL #1!!!

Consitently the best team outside the 4 in recent years and finished 5th this season with the 2 best players (Arteta & Yauba) out for most of the season

[skel1983]

Everton at 5?!?!?! Man Shitty will get up near the top of the league....I doubt Arsenal and Chelsea will do all that great and Man United definently won't be as good.

LIVERPOOL #1!!!

Consitently the best team outside the 4 in recent years and finished 5th this season with the 2 best players (Arteta & Yauba) out for most of the season

Everton will be top 7 without a doubt.

[OumaFan]

fulham will again finish ahead of teams that spend a lot more because of those teams' general incompetence. My second favorite team, Tottenham, is a big fan of this incompetence. Although they may be getting better.

well maybe. being in Europe might not be the best thing for Fulham.

[ono]

Eto'o deal has hit a snag.

He's verbally agreed terms and Barca have accepeted the fee, the only problem is, Barca would have to pay him a £10m loyalty bonus for being sold without actually asking for a transfer. So at the minute this looks like being the deal-breaker.


This is why a few days ago Laporta went on Spanish radio talking about the stratospheric offer because he wants people to think Eto'o is wanting to leave because the money on offer is too good to turn down. This way Barca can avoid paying the loyalty bonus on the basis that Eto'o wants to leave. However Eto'o's agent has dug his heels in and basically told Barca that Eto'o is willing to sit out the last 12 months of his contract. His agent has arranged a press conference tomorrow where he will most likely explain Eto'o's intentions to stay unless Barca or maybe even City can chip in with the loyalty bonus.

Problem for Barca is they have a limited transfer budget and because Barca want to sell him, Eto'o is likely to be unsettled so they will have an unhappy player on their hands for 12 months and in any case he will leave on a free. They require the full transfer fee to pursue David Villa so they obviously don't want to have to give half of it to Eto'o to cover a disputable loyalty bonus.

So the situation at the minute is a chess game between Barca and Eto'o with City watching every move. It may even come to the point where we just offer Eto'o a signing on bonus equivalent to his loyalty bonus - that way he doesn't lose out and everyone is happy, or, we could decide he is taking the piss a bit and completely walk away knowing we've added two quality forward players to a team that was already one of the highest scoring teams in the league.

Interesting few days ahead!