The Premier League 2017/18 Bold Predictions Thread

[Guest]

Thought I'd pop this up now as we're just a couple of weeks from kick off. Same as usual, 10 predictions. Be as silly or sensible as you want!

Mine:

1) Antonio Conte will be sacked by Christmas. Chelsea will be sluggish out of the gate and Roman will get his gun out.

2) Wayne Rooney will have a blinding season. Reborn and reinvigorated. He'll bag 20+ in all competitions.

3) Spurs will comfortably bag a top 4 spot again. The consensus is that they'll struggle at Wembley but I'm not buying it. The most settled squad in the league will be alright, Jack.

4) Man City won't contest the title. The super coach aint having it all his own way over here and he'll flunk again.

5) Alexandre Lacazette will be the league's top scorer. They'll be served on a plate for him and he'll eat them up. 25+ league goals.

6) Craig Shakespeare will be the first manager sacked. And nobody will shed a tear.

7) Liverpool will be a long way off a CL place. I can see a good cup run or two but consistency in high league finishes has always been an issue and this pessimist expects no different this season.

8) Brighton will comfortably stay up. They'll be that promoted side that surprises a few people, even Nick!

9) Huddersfield will finish rock bottom with a worse total than Sunderland. Hardly a bold claim I know.

10) Man Utd will win the title. Jose seems happy and they'll turn those draws into wins. There's no outstanding team in the thing and Lukaku will make the difference.

I wonder if I'll get one right..

Over to you

[westisbest]

Huddersfield to finish 17th
Boom done

[Crimey]

1) Liverpool will reach the late knockout stages of the Champions League but finish outside top 4 in the Premier League.

2) Wayne Rooney will leave Everton by the end of the year, either to retire or to go abroad.

3) Southampton will be in a relegation battle.

4) Alvaro Morata will score less than 10 league goals.

5) Tottenham will have a better away record than their home record.

6) John Terry will quit football mid-season and become a coach/ambassador at Chelsea.

7) Zlatan will return in January to the Manchester United squad but only start three times.

8) Newcastle will finish 20th, Rafa Benitez will quit in September after no wins.

9) Some desperate side will hire Alan Pardew.

10) Kyle Walker will be second choice right back at Manchester City after Danilo cements first choice spot. Guardiola will play Walker as a centre back at least once.

[Guest]

1) Liverpool will reach the late knockout stages of the Champions League but finish outside top 4 in the Premier League.

2) Wayne Rooney will leave Everton by the end of the year, either to retire or to go abroad.

3) Southampton will be in a relegation battle.

4) Alvaro Morata will score less than 10 league goals.

5) Tottenham will have a better away record than their home record.

6) John Terry will quit football mid-season and become a coach/ambassador at Chelsea.

7) Zlatan will return in January to the Manchester United squad but only start three times.

8) Newcastle will finish 20th, Rafa Benitez will quit in September after no wins.

9) Some desperate side will hire Alan Pardew.

10) Kyle Walker will be second choice right back at Manchester City after Danilo cements first choice spot. Guardiola will play Walker as a centre back at least once.

that is a very precise prediction

[BamBam]

1. Arsenal to do what Liverpool did with Suarez - play blinding football, get cocky then spectacularly blow it after singing about winning the league

2. Wayne Rooney will shout at his teammates a lot, contribute very little and agree to sign for a MLS side

3. Huddersfield and Brighton to stay up, Newcastle doomed

4. City to tear the bottom half a new one in the first half of the season and everyone thinks they've reinvented football, flop against the other challengers and Pep walks at the end of the season

5. Utd either win the league or finish 6th after a Jose implosion

6. Chelsea probably win the league

7. Liverpool realise combining Europe with the league is a lot different to turning up once a week and playing pretty football

8. Stoke get relegated

9. Kane and Alli have storming seasons, but Spurs bottle it again and they both want to leave next summer

[Guest]

1) Daniel Sturridge to get injured.
I'll think of more later.

[BamBam]

Bold predictions, not certainties

[westisbest]

Bournemouth to finish as high as 7th

[NickisBHAFC]

1. Brighton will beat city, then go onto lose the next 4 games.
2. Lacazette will be top scorer
3. Liverpool fans will say it's there year
4. West Ham will win a cup
5. Mark Hughes will get the chop, but will be managing by the time the season ends
6. Lewis Dunk will get an England call up at some point
7. Everton won't finish higher than 7th.

[Duty281]

Right...um...:

1) Huddersfield to finish 12th or higher
2) Liverpool to be in the bottom half at Xmas
3) Wayne Rooney to win the Golden Boot
4) Roy Hodgson to make a return
5) The title to be decided by an unprecedented play-off game, after Chelsea and United finish level on points, goal difference and goals scored.
6) Wenger finally, finally, disappears into retirement
7) All English clubs contesting the CL get knocked out at the group stage

[Guest]

Right...um...:

Oh, hello!

[Duty281]

Right...um...:

Oh, hello!

Evening!

[Guest]

Right...um...:

1) Huddersfield to finish 12th or higher
2) Liverpool to be in the bottom half at Xmas
3) Wayne Rooney to win the Golden Boot
4) Roy Hodgson to make a return
5) The title to be decided by an unprecedented play-off game, after Chelsea and United finish level on points, goal difference and goals scored.
6) Wenger finally, finally, disappears into retirement
7) All English clubs contesting the CL get knocked out at the group stage

That'd be a steep fall of form after they win the title again in October

[Guest]

Retrospective diving bans to be done away with by New Year after a couple of high profile incidents come under scrutiny

[Crimey]

Retrospective diving bans to be done away with by New Year after a couple of high profile incidents come under scrutiny

It'll be just like the "no tugging" rule, where it was heavily penalised in the first couple of weeks and then referees started to forget about it.

[sportform]

1) Tottenham to play a cup final at their 'home ground'.
2) All five English clubs to reach the Champions League quarter finals.
3) A Southampton player to do a Mick Channon windmill style celebration
4) Arsenal to be top in mid-November and everyone to say it's 'their year' before a February/ March slump.
5) North Korea/ USA get banned from the World Cup because of nuclear war.
6) Arsenal lose to Bayern Munich in the last 32 of the Europa League.
7) Newcastle to finish in the top 6.
8) Demarai Gray wins Young Player of the Year.
9) Harry Kane gets 30+ plus Premier League goals.
10) Jesus and Moses to score in the same game.

[nadeem2099]

1. City to spend another £200m in January.
2. Conte to get sacked by January and Costa to be reinstated to the first team.
3. Pogba to dab at least 3 times.
4. Rooney to score against United.
5. Ibra to sign for United.

[Duty281]

Right...um...:

1) Huddersfield to finish 12th or higher
2) Liverpool to be in the bottom half at Xmas
3) Wayne Rooney to win the Golden Boot
4) Roy Hodgson to make a return
5) The title to be decided by an unprecedented play-off game, after Chelsea and United finish level on points, goal difference and goals scored.
6) Wenger finally, finally, disappears into retirement
7) All English clubs contesting the CL get knocked out at the group stage

Well looks like I got number 4! Hope Roy does well.

[Crimey]

2) Wayne Rooney will leave Everton by the end of the year, either to retire or to go abroad.

Couple more controversies and I could be right.

3) Southampton will be in a relegation battle.


Potentially, they have had a semi-decent start, but they are struggling for goals so maybe.

4) Alvaro Morata will score less than 10 league goals.

Has to score less than 7 goals in the next 30+ games.


5) Tottenham will have a better away record than their home record.

So far they have won all their away games (2) and lost/drawn their home games.

7) Zlatan will return in January to the Manchester United squad but only start three times.

Already back, time will tell how many games he plays.

8) Newcastle will finish 20th, Rafa Benitez will quit in September after no wins.

10th after 4 games and already have two wins. 

9) Some desperate side will hire Alan Pardew.

Roy Hodgson turns down Palace and they get tempted to return to FA Cup Final joys?

10) Kyle Walker will be second choice right back at Manchester City after Danilo cements first choice spot. Guardiola will play Walker as a centre back at least once.


It's been the other way around so far, with Danilo playing at centre back.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Some of you must live wild lives by your definitions of "bold" predictions

[westisbest]

Huddersfield to finish 17th
Boom done

Fair play, they did one place better.

[Guest]

I was hacked.

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