Premier League 2009-2010 prediction thread!!

[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

[yvonne]

Man City are not shy on buying great players to win next season,Eto for £25million,looks good.Might go to the bookmakers and have a look at what the odds are for them to win seaon 09-10,even known i dont support Man City,if the odds are good then i'll shot a couple of quid on them for a laugh!

[OumaFan]

I wonder if Man City will start attracting glory hound fans, if so and if I was an older fan I would take every opportunity to let them know how useless they are

[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

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

lol,

Given
new rb, Kompany, new CB, Bridge
Elano, Barry, De Jong, Robinho
Eto`o, Tevez

If that side isnt challenging for the premiership in 2010 mark hughes shouldnt be in a job!!

[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

lol,

Given
new rb, Kompany, new CB, Bridge
Elano, Barry, De Jong, Robinho
Eto`o, Tevez

If that side isnt challenging for the premiership in 2010 mark hughes shouldnt be in a job!!

Even better...

GK Given
RB
LB Bridge
CB Kompany
CB Lescott?
MC Barry
MC Ireland
AML Robinho
AMR Wright-Philips
FC Eto'o
FC Tevez

[skel1983]

I cant see you challanging for the title next year, you need time to gel and also create a winning mentality which you havent got just yet, i defintly think you could be 4th and imo your probably favourites to get 4th with your sqaud.

[ono]

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

lol,

Given
new rb, Kompany, new CB, Bridge
Elano, Barry, De Jong, Robinho
Eto`o, Tevez

If that side isnt challenging for the premiership in 2010 mark hughes shouldnt be in a job!!

Eto'o deal is in doubt because Barca are refusing to pay him his loyalty bonus of £13m so Eto'o is threatening to stay for a year and leave on a free next summer. Could still happen but looking bad at the minute.

Elano is likely to leave, plus Ireland is much better all around player. New centre back will be Lescott. We made an enquiry about Maicon for Rb but didn't follow it up. Zabaleta or Richards are both capable anyway.

Finally we are going to make a move for John Terry quite soon. Doubt we'll get him.

[HattonTheHammer]

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

lol,

Given
new rb, Kompany, new CB, Bridge
Elano, Barry, De Jong, Robinho
Eto`o, Tevez

If that side isnt challenging for the premiership in 2010 mark hughes shouldnt be in a job!!

Eto'o deal is in doubt because Barca are refusing to pay him his loyalty bonus of £13m so Eto'o is threatening to stay for a year and leave on a free next summer. Could still happen but looking bad at the minute.

Elano is likely to leave, plus Ireland is much better all around player. New centre back will be Lescott. We made an enquiry about Maicon for Rb but didn't follow it up. Zabaleta or Richards are both capable anyway.

Finally we are going to make a move for John Terry quite soon. Doubt we'll get him.

chelsea mate of mine says this is common knowledge that citeh will offer around 60m in july for JT. Wont happen in a million years though for the reason that chelsea are the only club who can compete financially with city.


PS:Any chance of having a word with that sheikh and giving us onuoha and sturridge on loan for the season

[ono]

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

lol,

Given
new rb, Kompany, new CB, Bridge
Elano, Barry, De Jong, Robinho
Eto`o, Tevez

If that side isnt challenging for the premiership in 2010 mark hughes shouldnt be in a job!!

Eto'o deal is in doubt because Barca are refusing to pay him his loyalty bonus of £13m so Eto'o is threatening to stay for a year and leave on a free next summer. Could still happen but looking bad at the minute.

Elano is likely to leave, plus Ireland is much better all around player. New centre back will be Lescott. We made an enquiry about Maicon for Rb but didn't follow it up. Zabaleta or Richards are both capable anyway.

Finally we are going to make a move for John Terry quite soon. Doubt we'll get him.

Sky Sports | Football | News | City fail in new Terry bid

Bid for Terry rejected thankfully. I'm not a fan.

Not sure what to make of it because our owners surely know that £25m would never be enough to tempt them into selling. Wonder if they are planning something on the quiet.

Eto'o looks like reaching a satisfactory conclusion though. Barca are keen to bring Villa in and that's pushing Eto'o into our arms. He's agreed terms with us, just a discrepency between him and Barca over a loyalty bonus.

Tevez will be announced next week i believe.