[Football] Final table predictions

[Perkino]

Anyone feeling slightly chastened this evening

At least its a long season and we've got a couple of easier games coming up

Our squad last season was good enough to finish 15th and we are a better squad now. I expect us to improve. Watford had a poor finish and have lost an important player. Many are predicting they will be relegated. We were poor away from home last season and went with the same today, unfortunately Watford were fitter and better but they were one of 5 sides I thought we could've beaten away

 

[Weststander]

Palace will be top 10 I reckon
Burnley will struggle due to squad size and euro jaunt.
We should finish 16-12. Based on today's performance however, 20th!

In my predicted league, I had Palace as 10th. Over several transfer windows at great cost in fees and wages, they've built a squad of pace and power to rob teams on the counter. In the PL, that works a treat.

 

[lizard]

Anyone feeling slightly chastened this evening

At least its a long season and we've got a couple of easier games coming up

Despite how shite we were today, I still think Watford will go down and we'll survive. (I did tip Burnley for the drop last season though )

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

Anyone feeling slightly chastened this evening

At least its a long season and we've got a couple of easier games coming up

We were as poor as I’ve seen us in years, a decent team would have put 5 past us.

 

[knocky1]

Anyone feeling slightly chastened this evening

At least its a long season and we've got a couple of easier games coming up

I'm 58.

 

[Mackenzie]

Anyone feeling slightly chastened this evening

At least its a long season and we've got a couple of easier games coming up

I'm seldom wrong Mr. H.

 

[Pavilionaire]

1. Man City
2. Liverpool
3. Man Utd
4. Spurs
5. Chelsea
6. Arsenal
7. Everton
8. Leicester
9. Wolves
10.West Ham
11. Palace
12. Burnley
13.Fulham
14.Bournemouth
15.Albion
16.Southampton
17.Watford
18.Newcastle
19.Huddersfield
20. Cardiff

 

[lancyclaret]

Our squad last season was good enough to finish 15th and we are a better squad now. I expect us to improve. Watford had a poor finish and have lost an important player. Many are predicting they will be relegated. We were poor away from home last season and went with the same today, unfortunately Watford were fitter and better but they were one of 5 sides I thought we could've beaten away

I don't understand why Watford would be fitter - unlike the meticulous Hughton to allow this to happen.

How can an overweight Troy Deeney be fitter?

 

[Surf's Up]

Our squad last season was good enough to finish 15th and we are a better squad now. I expect us to improve. Watford had a poor finish and have lost an important player. Many are predicting they will be relegated. We were poor away from home last season and went with the same today, unfortunately Watford were fitter and better but they were one of 5 sides I thought we could've beaten away

If this is true, particularly the fitness issue, its a damning indictment of our pre-season especially as we have been led to believe that this year's pre-season was particularly hard to get the players up to a level of fitness where they could gegenpress for 90 minutes!!

 

[West Upper Seagull]

Anyone feeling slightly chastened this evening

At least its a long season and we've got a couple of easier games coming up

37 games to go for it all to change - and we’re only 3 points behind them !

 

[TSB]

I don't understand why Watford would be fitter - unlike the meticulous Hughton to allow this to happen.

How can an overweight Troy Deeney be fitter?

He could well have been hungrier though.

 

[Lindfield23]

 

[perseus]

1 Manchester City
2 Liverpool
3 Manchester United
4 Tottenham Hotspur
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5 Chelsea
6 Arsenal
7 Burnley
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8 West Ham United
9 Brighton & Hove Albion
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers
11 Everton
12 Newcastle United
13 Leicester City
14 Watford
15 Crystal Palace
16 Fulham
17 Southampton
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18 Bournemouth
19 Huddersfield Town
20 Cardiff City

I'm banking on us playing the same way, but this time not conceding so many from set pieces and the confidence attained from that.

It all went wrong because we suddenly stopped scoring from open play, although we did remedy the set piece problem at both ends.

I completely underestimated Bournemouth and Leicester.