Premier League 2009-2010 prediction thread!!

[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!

[HattonTheHammer]

I predict man city and man utd will buy everyone
I predict West Ham will buy nobody and sell everybody (same every year for us)
I predict eto`o will be top goalscorer
I predict 3 of wolves, hull, burnley and birmingham will be relegated
I predict Chelsea will win the title a good 4-6pts ahead of man city
I predict Michael Essien will win the PFA player of the year award

[BIG H]

I predict man city and man utd will buy everyone
I predict West Ham will buy nobody and sell everybody (same every year for us)
I predict eto`o will be top goalscorer
I predict 3 of wolves, hull, burnley and birmingham will be relegated
I predict Chelsea will win the title a good 4-6pts ahead of man city
I predict Michael Essien will win the PFA player of the year award

I predict that if you think City will finish above Liverpool and United you need a check up from the neck up