Predictions 2018/19

[xLiaaamx]

Did I just see someone give themselves as right for Rondon as top scorer? 

[Raconteur]

I didn't do the range of predictions everyone here did, but I did make an incredibly wrong league prediction:

 

 

[Disco]

Blinded by the light shining off Aaron Mooy’s baldy napper.

[Raconteur]

And the acrobatics of Mat Ryan - clear Aussie bias coming through

[Shearergol]

Premiership

Winners: Man City RIGHT

Runners Up: Liverpool RIGHT

3rd-6th: Spurs, Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal Right teams, wrong order

Relegation: Huddersfield, Cardiff, Southampton RIGHT, RIGHT, WRONG

Overachievers: Wolves RIGHT

Underperformers: Leicester WRONG

Top Goal Scorer: Aubameyang RIGHT

Break Out Year: Alexander-Arnold RIGHT

Season to Forget: Sanchez RIGHT

PFA Player of the Year: De Bruyne WRONG

PFA Young Player of the Year: Sane WRONG

Manager of the Year: Guardiola PROBABLY

First manager to quit/be sacked: Neil Warnock WRONG

Championship

Winners: Leeds WRONG

Runners Up: Stoke WRONG

3rd-6th: Swansea, Derby, Forest, Bristol City WRONG

Relegation: Rotherham, Bolton, Ipswich RIGHT

 

Newcastle United

Where will we finish?: 14th Close enough

Top Goalscorer?: Perez RIGHT

How will we do in the cup competitions?: League Cup: 3rd round, FA Cup: 4th WRONG, RIGHT

Will Rafa still be manager at the end of the season?: No WRONG

Who will be the first player to be sent off for us?: Dummett WRONG

 

Domestic

League One Promotion: Scunthorpe, Bradford, Walsall WORST PREDICTION IN THE WORLD

League One Relegation: Sunderland, Accrington, Gillingham, Oxford WRONG

League Two Promotion: Notts County, Swindon, Lincoln, MK Dons WRONG, WRONG, RIGHT, RIGHT

League Two Relegation: Morecombe, Grimsby WRONG, WRONG

 

FA Cup: Man United WRONG

League Cup: Wolves WRONG

EFL Trophy: Chelsea U21 WRONG

 

Europe

La Liga winner: Barca RIGHT

Serie A winner: Juventus RIGHT

Bundesliga winner: Bayern RIGHT

Champions League winner: Liverpool Probably

Europa League winner: Sevilla WRONG

World Player of the Year: Salah

 

Other:

 

Will Alan Pardew be managing at the end of the 2018/19 season?: No RIGHT

Will Jose Mourinho still be in charge of Manchester United come the end of the season?: No RIGHT

Where will Sunderland finish?: 22nd WRONG

 

Happy with that.

[Stottie]

Premiership

Winners: Man City (low 90s points) 

Runners Up: Liverpool (mid 80s points) 

3rd-6th: Tottenham, Man U (only thanks to de Gea), Arsenal, Chelsea  de Gea had a bad year, but a good one might have been enough given how crap 3rd and 4th were

Relegation: Southampton, Cardiff, Huddersfield  Southampton needed a new manager to stay up

Overachievers: Us (non relegation), Leicester for 7th  nearly. Based on wages, we are the biggest overachiever.

Underperformers: Man U, Chelsea, Everton, Burnley (15th)  Chelsea slumped but good on the whole, Burnley did slump, Everton took all season to pick it up, Man U look ferked

Top Goal Scorer: Salah Aguero Aubameyang Kane in some order 

Break Out Year: Iheanacho? Batshuayi? Top four will be sniffing around Lascelles next summer, maybe Dubravka too.  Iheanacho was hopeless, Batshuayi didn't play, Dubs was great, Lascelles stopped scoring and now looks dependent on having good ball-players alongside

Season to Forget: if this tournament thing is serious, England's national team will struggle against Croatia and Spain, Sterling could also end up behind Sane and Mahrez.  Totally wrong. England built on what was good fortune at the WC and Sterling is exceptional

PFA Player of the Year: Salah. Not as good as last time, but still very very good.

PFA Young Player of the Year: Sane, Batshuayi outside bet.  Neither played much. Some vital goals from Sane when he did

Manager of the Year: Guardiola  Given how hard it is to repeat, he has to be

First manager to quit/be sacked: Hughes 

 

Championship

Dunno

 

Newcastle United

Where will we finish?: 11th  Close enough

Top Goalscorer?: Rondon 10, Muto will get close if he gets minutes. Mitro will get about the same for Fulham  Not far off. Muto nowhere near though

How will we do in the cup competitions?: Lose to Champo team in league cup, get nightmare draw in FA Cup.  Honestly can't remember.

Will Rafa still be manager at the end of the season?: He'll last to the end of the season, but won't sign again without a takeover  Still praying

Who will be the first player to be sent off for us?: Yedlin?  Can't remember if right, he's a weak link either way.

 

Will Alan Pardew be managing at the end of the 2018/19 season?: Maybe, because the coin is way better than punditry. Not in the Prem though.

Will Jose Mourinho still be in charge of Manchester United come the end of the season?: No

Where will Sunderland finish?: Playoffs  ;D

[Guest]

I nailed the Championship relegation/League 1 promotion bit anyway.

[leffe186]

Is there another one of these threads? Could have sworn I did one.

 

This is (very mildly) interesting too:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/15/premier-league-season-review-predicted-happened

[leffe186]

Overachievers: Us (non relegation), Leicester for 7th  nearly. Based on wages, we are the biggest overachiever.

 

I would have though that would be Burnley?