The Kraken Posted 22 May, 2012 Share Posted 22 May, 2012 Plus were looking at sacking Barton for Gross misconduct so that frees up another £10m in wages. Should just get on with it and do it then. He'll have little or no sell on value anyway, and the sooner its done the sooner he's off the wage bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 22 May, 2012 Share Posted 22 May, 2012 I'm reserving judgement till I see what Dalek predicts. I am waiting, like last year, to see if we make any key signings in the summer. We messed things up badly last year and were very lucky to get away with it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 22 May, 2012 Share Posted 22 May, 2012 Bookies have us and Reading as joint favourites to go down according to tonight's Echo - that suits me; no pressure and I am sure NC will be looking closely at the odds and seeing if he can overturn them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenSaint Posted 22 May, 2012 Share Posted 22 May, 2012 Atm we will struggle and probably will go down but depending who we sign and what formation we play (id prefer we change it for at least away games) then i'll make a better prediction. Our defence isnt upto premier standards and thats a big worry. We have Lee who i reckon will be our best striker by a mile but i dont think our diamond formation will work in the prem so NA needs a plan B and maybe a plan C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano6 Posted 23 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 23 May, 2012 We now know it'll bet Reading and West Ham going up with us, with Wolves, Bolton and Blackburn coming down, what are your predictions for our new league next season? I've actually been watching this division for a few years now, not just this season, so know a bit about it already. For my money the teams we need to be watching out for are the two from Manchester: United and City. Chelsea are pretty good and could be a force next season plus Arsenal always perform strongly. To be honest I think these teams are the best ones and I personally don't think we'll be able to retain our coveted 2nd spot once more, but then I said something similar a year ago so who knows. My view is that we've now pretty much found our level and it won't be so easy from here on in. Even some of the teams I haven't mentioned are pretty good and may finish above us, those are Tottenham, Newcastle and maybe even Liverpool if they get themselves a good new manager. So my prediction unfortunately is a little on the pessimistic side and say I think we'll finish 17th. I would be happy with that, I think, though wouldn't want us to finish any lower. 1. Manchester City 2. Manchester United 3. Chelsea 4. Arsenal 5. Liverpool 6. Tottenham 7. Newcastle 8. Everton 9. Fulham 10. Sunderland 11. Stoke 12. Southampton 13. Swansea 14. West Ham 15. Aston Villa 16. Wigan 17. West Brom 18. Reading 19. Norwich 20. QPR Be lucky to get 4 out of 20 right, but that's roughly what I think will happen. 1. Man City 2. Chelsea 3. Arsenal 4. Man Utd 5. Tottenham 6. Liverpool 7. Sunderland 8. Everton 9. Newcastle 10. Fulham 11. Reading 12. Aston Villa 13. Stoke 14. Swansea 15. QPR 16. West Ham 17. Southampton 18. West Brom 19. Norwich 20. Wigan 1. Man City 2. U Man U 3. Arsenal 4. Chelsea 5. Tottenham 6. Liverpool 7. Everton 8. Newcastle 9. Sunderland 10. SFC 11. Villa 12. Fulham 13. Wham 14. Swansea 15. Reading 16. West Brum 17. Stoke 18. Narch 19. QPR 20. Wigan 1. Man City 2. Man Utd 3. Chelsea 4. Arsenal ------------------- (CL Qualification) 5. Liverpool 6. Spurs 7. Newcastle ------------------- (Europa Lg Qual.) 8. Sunderland 9. Everton 10. Fulham 11. Villa 12. Swansea 13. Stoke 14. SAINTS 15. West Ham 16. QPR 17. West Brom ------------------ (Relegation) 18. Norwich 19. Reading 20. Wigan me Man City Chelsea Man U Arsenal Liverpool Spurs Everton Newcastle Villa Sunderland Fulham Stoke QPR West Ham Swansea Saints WBA NOrwich Reading Wigan It seems that quite a lot of you are following my suggestion and backing the two Manchester to be at the top next year. I hope you're not all just going on my recommendation and will come after me if they don't lol - it's just my opinion! Also people are following my lead of picking Chelsea & Arsenal followed by Spurs, Liverpool and Newcastle. While it's nice to have people back you up, I was kinda hoping for a bit more variety on the thread rather than everyone just copying the OP (me)'s picks and then filling in the rest willy-nilly. How about other people that know something about football/this league having a stab and coming up with their own choices for who might win this year, not just blindly following the rest. Just looking for an interesting debate here people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineSaint Posted 23 May, 2012 Share Posted 23 May, 2012 Man City Man U Arsenal Liverpool Chelsea Saints Spurs Newcastle Villa Sunderland Fulham Stoke West Ham QPR Swansea Everton WBA Norwich Reading Wigan This will do for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyer Posted 23 May, 2012 Share Posted 23 May, 2012 Should just get on with it and do it then. He'll have little or no sell on value anyway, and the sooner its done the sooner he's off the wage bill. We have to wait until the FA ban him first, the hearing is going on right now and he has to be convicted of something after the red card so we have the grounds for gross misconduct. You cant sack a player before hes been found guilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 23 May, 2012 Share Posted 23 May, 2012 We have to wait until the FA ban him first, the hearing is going on right now and he has to be convicted of something after the red card so we have the grounds for gross misconduct. You cant sack a player before hes been found guilty. Sure you can. If the club believe he's truly guilty of gross misconduct they don't need FA backing to bin him out. The FA ban might just make it a bit easier for them if he appealed it in a court of law. At worst he should be formally suspended IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchen_block4 Posted 23 May, 2012 Share Posted 23 May, 2012 1. Man City 2. Man U 3. Arsenal 4. Chelsea 5. Liverpool 6. Spurs 7. Everton 8. Fulham 9. Newcastle 10. Aston Villa 11. Sunderland 12. West Brom 13. Swansea 14. Stoke 15. Saints 16. QPR 17. West Ham 18. Reading 19. Norwich 20. Wigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Saint Posted 23 May, 2012 Share Posted 23 May, 2012 There are reasons to be hopeful as 3 of these 6 sides could easily go down: 1. Wigan if they lose Martinez 2. Swansea if they lose Rogers 3. Norwich if they lose Lambert 4. West Brom with no Woy 5. Stoke have had a bad run and this could carry on into next year 6. Reading wont be good enough for Prem, but I fear West Ham will stay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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