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Just as a bit of fun, why don't we lay down our predictions - can be edited upto the 16th August and then locked?
Be interesting to look back at the end of the season.

Towns finishing position: 15th

Best summer signing: Greaves

Worst summer signing: Delap

Best exisitng player: Hutchinson

Title winner: City

Relegated clubs: Southampton, Leciester, Forest.

Top 4: City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle.

Over-achivers: Fulham

Under-performers: West Ham

Towns top scorer: Hutchinson

First manager sacked: Nuno

Anything else I should add?

Towns finishing position: 13th

Best summer signing: Greaves

Worst summer signing: Delap

Best exisitng player: Davis

Title winner: City

Relegated clubs: Leciester, Forest, Everton

Top 4: City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea

Over-achivers: Ipswich

Under-performers: Everton

Towns finishing position: 16th

Best summer signing: TBC Could still be an ace card delivered as yet.

Worst summer signing: Delap

Best existing player: Morsy

Title winner: Arsenal

Relegated clubs: Leciester, Forest, Everton

Top 4: City, Liverpool, Villa, Chelsea

Over-achivers: Ipswich

Under-performers: Man Utd

First Manager Sacked ?

Just playing devil's advocate here, but wouldn't it be better to have 'player of the season' (as voted for by the fans)?. A 'best' & 'worst' new signing is open to interpretation and can not easily be 'awarded' to any individual. I do like Andy's suggestion of first manager sacked because that will definitely happen at some point.
Just my thoughts and not meant to take away from a great 'just for fun' post which will be worth looking back on at the end of the season.

Maybe we could have two threads . One for each ?

AzzurroMark wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 03, 2024 5:14 am

Just playing devil's advocate here, but wouldn't it be better to have 'player of the season' (as voted for by the fans)?. A 'best' & 'worst' new signing is open to interpretation and can not easily be 'awarded' to any individual. I do like Andy's suggestion of first manager sacked because that will definitely happen at some point.
Just my thoughts and not meant to take away from a great 'just for fun' post which will be worth looking back on at the end of the season.

My goal was just to get peoples personal predictions, not collective. I.e it'll be the player YOU think is the best/worst.

shabba wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:03 am

AzzurroMark wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 03, 2024 5:14 am

Just playing devil's advocate here, but wouldn't it be better to have 'player of the season' (as voted for by the fans)?. A 'best' & 'worst' new signing is open to interpretation and can not easily be 'awarded' to any individual. I do like Andy's suggestion of first manager sacked because that will definitely happen at some point.
Just my thoughts and not meant to take away from a great 'just for fun' post which will be worth looking back on at the end of the season.

My goal was just to get peoples personal predictions, not collective. I.e it'll be the player YOU think is the best/worst.

Fair shout and l guess it will certainly open up more discussion come the season's end , as unless an individual has particularly stood out, views will certainly differ. Personally I think (hope) that Greaves is going to be a huge acquisition for us at both ends of the pitch, and on my viewing of him against Fortuna alone I can see him being voted player of the season if he continues developing to the KM way of playing.

So here we go. I have also added 'first PL manager to be sacked' to my predictions as I think that was a great shout by Andy. Also player to win fans' player of the season;

Towns finishing position: 16th

Best summer signing: Greaves

Worst summer signing: None of them, hopefully

Best existing player: Davis

Player of the season winner: Greaves

Title winner: Arsenal

Relegated clubs: Wolves, Leicester, Forest.

Top 4: Arsenal, City, Liverpool, Spurs

Over-achievers: Ipswich

Under-performers: Chelsea

First PL manager to be sacked: Maresca (Chelsea)

Towns finishing position: 17th

Best summer signing: Greaves

Worst summer signing: Delap

Best exisitng player: Hutchinson

Title winner: Arsenal

Relegated clubs: Southampton, Leicester, Brentford

Top 4: Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Newcastle.

Over-achivers: West Ham.

Under-performers: Fulham.

Towns finishing position: 14th

Best summer signing: Kieran McKenna, does it have to be a player. If not haven't really had chance to check out all new signings. As with the below they just haven't properly featured as yet.

Worst summer signing: Hard to pass judgment, they haven't been properly involved yet or been provided any real chance.

Best exisitng player: Sammy Morsy, perhaps Chaplin or even Hutchison. Walton used to provide hope and be reliable but just hasn't had the opportunity since taking back seat to Hladky. Walton remains with us and now will get his chance, through respect felt in necessary to include the player.

Title winner: Liverpool, it were real painful to admit it but got to be truthful in that they'll be a threat for sure and could go all the way.

Relegated clubs: Wolverhampton, Crystal Palace, either Bournemouth or Leicester.

Top 4: LIverpoool, Manchester C, Arsenal, Tottenham

Over-achivers: Aston Villa

Under-performers: Chelsea, without doubt they're a poor team right now and can expect to achieve little.

Towns finishing position: 18th (Relegated!)

Best summer signing: Greaves

Worst summer signing: Delap

Best existing player: Hutchinson

Title winner: Arsenal

Relegated clubs: Leicester, Forest, Ipswich

Top 4: Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Villa

Over-achievers: Southampton

Under-performers: Brentford

Towns finishing position: 4th

Best summer signing: McKenna

Worst summer signing: none

Best existing player: Massimo

Title winner: Liverpool

Relegated clubs: Southampton, Brentford, Bournemouth

Top 4: City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Ipswich.

Over-achivers: Ipswich

Under-performers: Chelsea

added first manager sacked and towns top scorer.

I reckon Liam has been getting extra motivation from this post lol. Looking like a bargain on his performances so far, albeit a long way to go.

An eye opener for sure

Worst summer signing well if he is we will have a hell of a side and I must admit I thought the same

Lol! I was one of them. So happy he’s proved me wrong. He’s an ox, and my word he can run! He’s quickly becoming my favourite player.

Yep this thread hasn't aged well

Delap has really suprised me. Oddly you'd have to say Ben Johnson is the worst signing so far, not that he has been terrible

AzzurroMark wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2024 10:34 am

So here we go. I have also added 'first PL manager to be sacked' to my predictions as I think that was a great shout by Andy. Also player to win fans' player of the season;

Towns finishing position: 16th

Best summer signing: Greaves

Worst summer signing: None of them, hopefully

Best existing player: Davis

Player of the season winner: Greaves

Title winner: Arsenal

Relegated clubs: Wolves, Leicester, Forest.

Top 4: Arsenal, City, Liverpool, Spurs

Over-achievers: Ipswich

Under-performers: Chelsea

First PL manager to be sacked: Maresca (Chelsea)

Oh dear, that is probably worse than my prediction league efforts....and that's saying something!!!

Haha none of us really did well! Most had Delap as the worst signing, Greaves as the best, nobody had saints to go down?

Think only one person said we’d go down.

I got a League title forecast correct, not prepared to add further word to it but guess in a way it's worth a certain self-applause. To oneself - not them.

Voted for Crystal Palace to drop down, they survive mid-league and win an F.A. Cup trophy. Although somehow knew Leicester was always likely to be a safe bet.

Honestly believed we'd survive or finish lower mid-division. 14th place was a fair estimation back at the time. Just got caught or misled in a wave of hype or euphoria after the two successive promotions. Playing our best "football" in some 25 years, it were easy to believe in better.

Had anyone suggested we'd win only 1 game at Portman Road up until the final game of season you'd have dismissed it out of hand. It would appear ludicrous or so far-fetched it'd be better written within the realms of fiction but that's what we've got. Not Town related, but Newcastle to win a League Cup and Crystal Palace the other major domestic ? Wonder what odds were available for that, although pleased for them in a sense.