wsox8 10 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 pretty obvious since you're in the wrong thread. You can join at any stage in the league but to get a fair start you want your team made before Friday.heh oops, yeah it's early.. I'll use that as my excuse Link to post Share on other sites
mrpaddyx 13 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 This is definatley liverpools season, we can't go without a trophy again.The League Cup could well be heading back to Anfield! Link to post Share on other sites
James D 0 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Just found out that I'll be getting ESPN free with the package I have (which will replace the shitty Setanta). I've also just found out how effing great ESPN is... It's HD, for starters, but along with the Premiership games they'll also be showing Serie A and Bundesliga along with other European leagues too. And then there's UFC of course, and American sports like baseball, hockey and basketball. There's probably other little gems too!Made my day Link to post Share on other sites
James D 0 Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Predictionés Aston Villa 1 - 0 Wigan (I see Villa edging a scrappy win. Having lost Bruce and Valencia in the summer, I think Wigan will struggle a lot this season. They lost Palacios (sp?) and Heskey earlier in the year and managed quite well, but another relatively successful season I fear is beyond them. I'm surprised O'Neil hasn't made a few more signings in the summer to be honest... seemed like they had the perfect opp to build on last season's league position, but they'll be up there in the top 8 still)Blackburn 2 - 2 Man City (I think City will start off slow this year. Terrible pre-season and haven't gelled yet.. could be red cards in this game too)Bolton 1 - 2 Sunderland (Expectations quite high at Sunderland this year and I see them getting off to a good start under Steve Bruce, who I rate highly. Darren Bent could be the difference between a bottom 5, and a mid-table finish this season)Chelsea 4 - 0 Hull (Goes without saying... I fear for Hull this season, it could all be very embarrassing for them)Everton 1 - 0 Arsenal (I really admire Wenger, but he's pushing his transfer policy of selling before buying to the limits... They've lost 2 big name players in Adebayor and Toure, for £40m, and spent £10m on one centre back from Ajax who might be something of a gamble in the Prem. Eduardo is back though and Arshavin will continue to improve on his great start since January. Still not sure if Lescott will be staying at Everton this season after his transfer request, but he'll be playing tomorrow for them anyway. Hard to call, but I think Everton can edge this)Man Utd 2 - 1 Birmingham (We'll win, but I think it'll be much tighter than expected. Up against a newly promoted side under a wiley manager.. We also have a few defensive injuries, one away from an injury crisis actually)Portsmouth 0 - 2 Fulham (Fulham to get off to a good start. Fulham were basically the pound for pound champions last season, finishing 7th. Hodgson is doing great work there, and made some excellent signings... I expect another very impressive season. Portsmouth are in disaster by the looks of things. They've lost Crouch and Johnson and seem to be in decline)Stoke 1 - 2 Burnley (Game of the weekend! Good opener for another newly promoted side. And I think they can take advantage of it.. one of the new sides will surely win their first match and I reckon it'll be Burnley)Tottenham 2 - 2 Liverpool (Interesting. I think it might be quite an open match, especially with both teams having injury worries... I thought Gerrard missing the England match was bs, but apparently he might actually be injured! The new signing Aquilani is also injured. Another tough one, but I'm going with a disappointing start for Liverpool, and Tottenham over-performing slightly on the first day in front of their home fans. I think Crouch is a good signing for Spurs too, like him or not, he performs in the Premiership)Wolves 0 - 2 West Ham (Another newly promoted side will be looking to get off to a good start, but Wolves have had a bad pre-season and West Ham look more and more assured under Zola)Yeah... I was bored. Let's see how badly wrong I get this, it's always difficult predicting the first games of the season though because there's usually a couple of weird results and it's hard to predict how new signings etc will affect things. Link to post Share on other sites
silkyjonson 1 Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I think Arsenal is going to do better than people think this year. Sure they lost Adebayor and Toure, but they are getting Eduardo back and Van Persie will step up and Bendtner is going to come into his own. Past that there Midfield is still dynamite and I think Arshavin and Fabregas are going to cause teams fits, and with such a quality midfield the strikers are going to get great service. So excited to start watching games. Link to post Share on other sites
James D 0 Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I think Arsenal is going to do better than people think this year. Sure they lost Adebayor and Toure, but they are getting Eduardo back and Van Persie will step up and Bendtner is going to come into his own. Past that there Midfield is still dynamite and I think Arshavin and Fabregas are going to cause teams fits, and with such a quality midfield the strikers are going to get great service. So excited to start watching games.What's better than people think? I think they'll finish 4th... I do agree with everything you said, Arshavin, RVP and Fabregas are total class and they play beautiful football, but they're undeniably lightweight in terms of tough tackling midfielders, or one midfield general to take control. The same goes for their defence, it lacks leadership and strength. To win the Premiership (or even finish above Utd, Chelsea or Liverpool), they need to add to their squad in these areas in my opinion. There was talk of Viera coming back to Arsenal, which would have been a great signing, but that didn't happen. Link to post Share on other sites
silkyjonson 1 Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Viera still might come, and Gallas is still a hell of a player. I think they are giong to challenge for the title this year, I think they finish top 3 for sure and possibly 1 or 2. Link to post Share on other sites
yourboygsarida 0 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 I think Arsenal is going to do better than people think this year. Sure they lost Adebayor and Toure, but they are getting Eduardo back and Van Persie will step up and Bendtner is going to come into his own. Past that there Midfield is still dynamite and I think Arshavin and Fabregas are going to cause teams fits, and with such a quality midfield the strikers are going to get great service. So excited to start watching games. Viera still might come, and Gallas is still a hell of a player. I think they are giong to challenge for the title this year, I think they finish top 3 for sure and possibly 1 or 2.hahaha i picked them to go the two ball, chelsea one and zee gunners second. once their midfield gets settled, goodness gracious they might not even need a back line. solid start too Link to post Share on other sites
Chris-LFC 0 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 The 1st weekend was pretty good, except Liverpool. I keep finding myself wanting Man City to do well, yet when chelsea bought a ton of players, i wanted them to fail miserably, kinda wierd lol.I think if any team is going to break into the top 4 it will be spurs, not just because they beat liverpool but because their squad looks pretty good and seems well balanced, and their manager is awesome. Very disappointed in everton though, i expected them to scrape a win vs arsenal. not sure if anyone saw the crystal palace "goal" in the championship? but i thought that was pretty funny! how could a referee and the linesman and all of the officials not see it? rediculous imo, if they don't get to replay the game its a joke. Link to post Share on other sites
silkyjonson 1 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Modric is a pretty good fkn player, I think he is gonna do well for spurs and they have 3 fairly good strikers. If they build that team around Modric and let him be the maestro that team can go far, but I think its gonna be them and Man City fighting for 5th. Link to post Share on other sites
SlapStick 0 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Yea Modric was like the second person put into my fantasy team. Link to post Share on other sites
James D 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Rumours Benitez has quit Liverpool.edit - I think it's not true, after a search. It started on Talksport, then Paddy Power suspended bets on Rafa leaving which fueled a quick rumour. Hmm, the internet. Link to post Share on other sites
rinswun 6 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Rumours Benitez has quit Liverpool.that would be huge but with their midfield depth i'm not sure anyone else could do better.on an unrelated note, the spl really isnt all that great. arsenal pretty much strolled to a 2-0 victory at celtic park yesterday - albeit with a couple of luckyish goals but they were pretty much dominant from about 10 minutes in Link to post Share on other sites
rocketpoker828 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 what a strike by blake...1-0 burnley Link to post Share on other sites
James D 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Yeah great. fml Link to post Share on other sites
rocketpoker828 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 feels like our D misses Vidic a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
rocketpoker828 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 ks;jfalkjsdf;iasdf;jaklsdf, carrick gets his penalty try stuffed... Link to post Share on other sites
James D 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 It was a decent penalty too, just a good save.I think it's pretty obvious that we need some pace to worry Burnley defenders, so get Valencia on.. and obviously get the Berb on too, for me. I think he'd score, definately. Without a doubt. Yeah. Link to post Share on other sites
rocketpoker828 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 fail. sigh. Link to post Share on other sites
rinswun 6 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 robbieblakaldoweeeeeeeee Link to post Share on other sites
LJB723 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 that would be huge but with their midfield depth i'm not sure anyone else could do better.on an unrelated note, the spl really isnt all that great. arsenal pretty much strolled to a 2-0 victory at celtic park yesterday - albeit with a couple of luckyish goals but they were pretty much dominant from about 10 minutes inYeh 2 fluke goals, the gulf in class was so obvious.I'm aware the SPL is pish but aside from probably 6 clubs in England the Prem ain't all that! Cetic put up more of a fight than Everton anyway! Link to post Share on other sites
Chris-LFC 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 burnley Link to post Share on other sites
SlapStick 0 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Yeh 2 fluke goals, the gulf in class was so obvious.I'm aware the SPL is pish but aside from probably 6 clubs in England the Prem ain't all that! Cetic put up more of a fight than Everton anyway!QFT on gulf being obvious but for Scotlands population the SPL is quite impressive. Link to post Share on other sites
DinkDonk 1 Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Rumor is Ferguson is out at Man U.Had to be done. Link to post Share on other sites
silkyjonson 1 Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Rumor is Ferguson is out at Man U.Had to be done. dink whats your name in the league? Just so I know who I have to spite sweat. Link to post Share on other sites
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