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1 citeh :thumbdown:
2 United (Pogba to inspire us to a close finish with Pep's Mercenaries)
3 Chelsea (hugely over-reliant on Morata if Costa leaves)
4 Tottenham (won't enjoy Wembley much)
5 Liverpool (if Firmino does well; otherwise Everton will get 5th)
6 Everton (exciting team, plenty of thrills at Goodison this season)
7 Arsenal
8 Southampton
9 Bournemouth (Defoe & King will score plenty)

.....no man's land....

16 Swansea City
17 Stoke City
18 Watford
19 Brighton
20 Huddersfield Town

Top scorer: Jesus (citeh)
Player of the Year: Pogba (United)
Young Player of the Year: Jesus (citeh)
Best Summer Purchase: Klaassen (Everton)- a class act
Biggest Flop: Lacazette (Arsenal)- will find England very different to France.
Special Mention: Chicharito (West Ham)- will score enough to keep the Hammers comfortable- will sicken me to see the little man wearing that claret rag.... :ohmy:
Best Bargain: Matic (United)... a steal for a player of that quality & experience; Defoe (Bournemouth)... top quality.
To Have a Poor Season: Stoke City...nothing to excite there.
Surprisingly Good Season?: Jay Rodriguez (West Brom)- much better striker than he is given credit for- amazed Saints let him go.
Player to Act the Biggest Twat?: Diego Costa...watch as his 'move' gets nasty- expecting a big fight with Conte before autumn is over.
First Managerial Casualty?: Mark Hughes (Stoke City)- poor summer for Sparky.
Manager of the Year?: They'll give it to Pep, but I'd give it to Eddie Howe, who is doing a fabulous job at AFCB- if he could ever sort out his defence, they could push for Europa League spots.
REASONABLE (ie. not Messi) Player You Wish Your Team Had Signed (but didn't)?: Aubameyang (Dortmund) for United...the thought of a rotation with him, Lukaku & Rashford makes me go all warm & fuzzy...

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I like the way you put the club in brackets after the player's name, to help those on this thread who are a little bit simple.

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You mean Ed. It's OK, you can say it, we all know.

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1 Blue Manc
2 Chavs
3 Red Manc
4 Spuds
5 Everton
6 Liverpool
7 Arsenal
8 Southampton

WGAF

16 Wet Spam
17 Watford
18 Swansea
19 'Uddersfield
20 Brighton

Top scorer: Lukaku
Player of the Year: KdB
Young Player of the Year: Rooney...
Best Summer Purchase: Siggurdson
Biggest Flop: Lacazette or Barkley when he finally goes wherever.
Special Mention: Newcastle - I think Rafa will get them midtable. After which their fans will think they'll be winning the league next year.
Best Bargain: Sandro Ramirez - 5M is a bargain
To Have a Poor Season: Stoke City...nothing to excite there.
Surprisingly Good Season?: Palace
Player to Act the Biggest Twat?: Not sure, but it's going to a Chav. Kenedy is already at it.
First Managerial Casualty?: Clement
Manager of the Year?: Maybe Pep, but I hate to say it but Rafa is going to do a good job.
REASONABLE (ie. not Messi) Player You Wish Your Team Had Signed (but didn't)?: There's still a few weeks left, and we're still doing business, so who knows who else is coming in.

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Another season, another opening day loss for Millwall, glad my expectations have not been disappointed!

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I'm sure your fans painted Nottingham red after

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You must be the only one on the planet who came to that ridiculous conclusion :nod:

City lost badly to an ultra defensive mid table side so are destined for bottom third.

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1 United
2 City
3 Chelsea
4 Spurs
5 Saints
6 Arsenal
7 Liverpool / Everton
8 Everton / Liverpool

9-15 who cares....?!

16 Burnley
17 Newcastle
18 Swansea
19 Brighton
20 Huddersfield

Top scorer: Lukaku
Player of the Year: Sticking my neck out, Pogba
Young Player of the Year: Matt Targett.
Best Summer Purchase: Matic
Biggest Flop: Lacazette
Best Bargain: Van Dijkhead if it's a penny less than £75m.
To Have a Poor Season?: Van Dijkhead hopefully. Or Redmond, as normal.
Surprisingly Good Season?: Saints. Just all of them. Particularly the strikers please.
Player to Act the Biggest Twat?: Lingard is a good shout for this I think. Maybe Zaha, he's a ****.
First Managerial Casualty?: Klopp or Wenger.
Manager of the Year?: Pellegrino for winning us the FA Cup and an unlikely 5th place.
REASONABLE (ie. not Messi) Player You Wish Your Team Had Signed (but didn't)?: Any centre half playing football under the age of 27 and with a value over 15m.


Have you ever watched football before?

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1 United
2 Liverpool
3 Chelsea
4 Spurs
5 Arsenal
6 West Ham
7 Everton


8-15 who cares....?!

16 Burnley
17 Newcastle
18 City
19 Brighton
20 Huddersfield

Top scorer: Kane
Player of the Year: De Bruyne
Young Player of the Year: Sane
Best Summer Purchase: Matic
Biggest Flop: Pogba - again
Best Bargain: Ederson
To Have a Poor Season?: Roo Knee - again
Player to Act the Biggest Twat?: Alli - he should concentrate on football not fighting
First Managerial Casualty?: Wenger.
Manager of the Year?: Maureen - unfortunately
Reasonable player (ie. not Messi) Player You Wish Your Team Had Signed (but didn't)?: Bonucci

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Agreed, good choice.

Good shout - hadn't considered Alli. Potential to spoil himself if he isn't careful. Bit like Dier, they seem to be bad for this.

Bonucci would have propelled you to stand alone favourites.

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Well it's that time of year again, the FA Community Shield.

Arsenal v Chelsea

Winners get a box of broken biscuits, and a case of cherry cordial...........

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Sorry buddy but I've backed Chelsea 3-1 along with, Chelsea to win + both teams to score.

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No need to be sorry, you're trying to make a few quid.

I'm going 3-2 to Arsenal.

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You've got to stop this day time drinking mate.

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It's evening somewhere in the world......

Reminds me of the time I was told by a Tesco manager that they were refusing to sell me alcohol at 8.30am as I obviously had a drink problem if I needed it that early. I pointed out that I was a night-shift Security guard, and that I was on my way home from work.

4 months later, I am working for a different Security company, working at the same Tesco, and the manager had been transferred to another store.