I dont think theres any point in starting a new thread for this, last season I dont think anybody responded
.
So I'll just do it in this thread. The PL season starts this weekend. Do we have any predictions?
With our big players back, with new signings in the bag and with more players on the way I've started to feel a little more optimistic!!
This could be our year!
In all seriousness I dont think so. I actually am a little more optimistic than Ive have been of late but unless we can show some major form we're looking at 6th-10th. My predictions go as follows;
Winners Man City
2nd Arsenal
3rd United
4th Chelsea
5th Spurs
6th Liverpool
I think Chelsea will be inconsistent under RDM hence the 4th spot. I think Spurs could flop. Funnily enough whether RVP stays or goes I think Arsenal will be a tougher proposition this season. You can only assume Newcastle and Everton wont be far away from those 6 teams if not in amongst them. As for us we could finish 6th, I dare not predict higher. Theres also the fear we could end up in 10th. Lets see what kind of a start we make.
I think we have to take inspiration from the Olympics, a bit like those long distance runners:
Bide our time,
Stay with the chasing pack,
Get in position and
Strain every muscle in the club and win a sprint finish for 4th. I'm totally f*cking deluded aren't i?
I think that we have to look at the other clubs around us (even behind us) and accept that it's going
to be tough. However, what i want to see is the determination to secure 3 points every game home
and away. None of this giving up with 20 minutes to go stuff. Right up to the 95th minute we need to be
trying. I think that's where Rodgers is mistaken when he says clubs will have
"the longest 90 minutes of
their life" against us:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18971650He should have said 95 minutes!
It's become uber-fashionable amongst the LFC pundits & TAW lads to talk about being in contention for 4th right up
to the final day (as if success now equated to noble failure or something). I can't accept that, if we're in
contention for 4th right up to the final day then we should secure 4th? (i really don't understand the contention
bit?).
1.) City
2.) United
3.) Chelsea
4.) Liverpool
5.) Arsenal
6.) Spurs
Maybe Arsenal and Chelsea are swappable. Tbh, our position is based on bloody-mindedness rather than
belief and is subject to change once the transfer window closes and the nature of our performances home and
away becomes clearer