Lancet Fluke said:Oh goody, we've reached the time of year of the predictor threads. I predict that nobody will get all their predictions correct.
Matty said:Team P Pts
Chelsea 38 88
Man City 38 87
Liverpool 38 80
Arsenal 38 79
Tottenham 38 78
Everton 38 76
Man Utd 38 69
Southampton 38 54
Newcastle 38 53
Swansea 38 43
Stoke 38 43
Aston Villa 38 41
West Ham 38 38
Sunderland 38 38
Hull 38 33
Norwich 38 32
West Brom 38 31
Crystal Palace 38 31
Cardiff 38 31
Fulham 38 30
proudbear said:Im sorry but these predictors are a complete waste of time. We have no idea, especially this season.
I mean, who predicted Chelsea to draw with West Brom? Or us to draw with Norwich when we've won there for so long? And thats just last week! Can guarantee something will happen this weekend none of us would have predicted.
Its just too unpredictable.
Gillespie said:cheddar404 said:These predicted league tables are an absolute waste of time.
I couldn't agree more
I suppose it all just a bit of fun, but the way they make the big headline and then back away from saying it's definitive because its based on current form and will change on a game by game basis and is dependent on goals scored and doesn't take injuries or lack of form into account is just plain daft....birchwoodgingerste said:supercity88 said:Dribble said:I saw this earlier, but the caveat they throw in is that their predictions are based on current form and will change on a game by game basis and is dependent on goals scored?
Basically, if we win next week and the others lose or draw it obviously all changes...... Seems a bit obvious and odd too tbh.
In mine I tried to go off past seasons results. But again that ignores change of form/manager/players so can often be different. No one would have expected us to go to Norwich and not win, so that really cocks things up. I try and be conservative where the result is in doubt. All that comes from my predictions is what we all know anyway, it is going to be tight and Chelsea will be our main rivals!
Can it predict injuries or lack of form?
MaineRoadBlue said:My prediction, for what it is worth, is that Liverpool will bindip the title from our back pocket unless we depart both Europe and the FA Cup.
There is no doubt about it, that timing is everything, and they have the momentum. They have benefitted greatly from no european commitments and going out early from the Capital One.
I feel over the next month Arsenal will drift away and that Chelsea will get too enthralled in the Champions League to concentrate on their League form.
Yes, we could win our last 13 league games, including the trip to Liverpool, if that was our only priority. I just feel that any potential 6th round FA Cup commitment or even a replay, added to our Champions League commitments will dilute the attention of both the mind and the body of our best 11. In short, we will end up either resting players, incurring suspensions or even worse still get injuries trying to keep all the balls in the air at once.
For me the priority is winning the Capital One Cup and then giving everything we have to win our final 13 League games using our best 11 players.
Yes the supposed 'Quadruple' would have been nice, but that would take a squad of 25 top players. Beyond our best 13 or 14 we have a lot of mediocrity that gets found out too often.
Richards
Nastasic
Demichelis
Clichy
Garcia
Rodwell
all of that lot are not good enough.
Lescott is the best Premier League partner for Kompany and he needs to be reinstated soonest.