2018-19 league predictions

[el_dazza]

I can't remember us having one of these last year, so stick your predictions in and we'll check back in May to laugh at just how badly wrong we all were.

Premier League:
PL Relegation:
Championship:
League 1:
League 2:
National League:
FA Cup:
League Cup:
Europa League:
Champions League:
Golden Boot:


My predictions..

Premier League: Liverpool
PL Relegation: Brighton, Cardiff, Southampton
Championship: Nottingham Forest
League 1: Sunderland
League 2: MK Dons
National League: Salford City
FA Cup: Chelsea
League Cup: Man City
Europa League: Lazio
Champions League: Man City
Golden Boot: Gabriel Jesus

 

[el_dazza]

Citeh are the strongest so you’d have to basically say they’re favourites for everything they’re in, except maybe the League Cup if they try and squeak through earlier rounds with far from their strongest team.

Not asking for who’ll be relegated, golden boot, golden gloves, etc?

I'll add those in now.

Add golden glove if you want but I don't really care about that

 

[robfosters]

Premier League: Man City
PL Relegation: Cardiff, Bournemouth, Brighton
Championship: Swansea
League 1: Burton
League 2: MK Dons
National League: Salford City
FA Cup: Arsenal
League Cup: Man City
Europa League: Chelsea
Champions League: Juventus
Golden Boot: Aubameyang

 

[The_One]

Premier League: Man City
PL Relegation: Cardiff, Bournemouth, Southampton
Championship: Derby
League 1: Sunderland
League 2: MK Dons
National League: Salford City
FA Cup: Arsenal
League Cup: Man Utd
Europa League: Arsenal
Champions League: Juventus
Golden Boot: Aubameyang

 

[Rotty]

shouldn't we include top 4?

 

[el_dazza]

shouldn't we include top 4?

Surely the only people fussed about that are the Arsenal fans worried about their 4th place trophy?

 

[explicit4u]

Premier League: City (Reckon Liverpool could come close if they keep that XI fit)
PL Relegation: Soton, Cardiff, Huddersfield
Championship: Swansea

FA Cup: Arsenal
League Cup: City
Europa League: Arsenal
Champions League: Juventus
Golden Boot: Kane

Top 4: City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal

 

[trigg_27]

Premier League: Man City
Top 4: Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal
Relegation: Wolves, Huddersfield, Fulham
Championship: Derby
League 1: Sunderland
League 2: Mansfield
National League: Leyton Orient
FA Cup: Liverpool
League Cup: Arsenal
Europa League: Arsenal
Champions League: Barcelona
Golden Boot: Aubameyang

 

[McBain]

Premier League: City
PL Relegation: Burnley (please), Cardiff, Huddersfield (please)
Championship: Obviously Blackburn
FA Cup: City
League Cup: Man Utd
Europa League: Atletico
Champions League: Barcelona
Golden Boot: Kane

 

[bagsjoni]

Premier League: Liverpool
Top 4: Liverpool,Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea
Relegation: Wolves, Huddersfield, Brighton
Championship: Derby
League 1: Sunderland
League 2: Mansfield
National League: Leyton Orient
FA Cup: Man United
League Cup: Liverpool
Europa League: Arsenal
Champions League: Man City
Golden Boot: Salah

 

[The_One]

Wolves will finish top ten i reckon have a really strong squad

 

[Iron-man]

Premier League: Man City
PL Relegation: Cardiff, Leicester, Huddersfield
Championship:Leeds
League 1Peterborough/Portsmouth
League 2:Lincoln
National League:Salford
FA Cup:Arsenal
League Cup:Liverpool
Europa League:Arsenal
Champions League:Barcelona
Golden Boot:Aubameyang

 

[BaZ87]

Premier League: Man City
Top 4: Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea
Relegation: Cardiff, Huddersfield, Brighton
FA Cup: Liverpool
League Cup: Man Utd
Europa League: Chelsea
Champions League: Man City
Golden Boot: Salah

 

[HangTime]

Premier League: Manchester City
PL Relegation: Cardiff, Huddersfield, Watford.
Championship: Leeds United
FA Cup: Manchester United
League Cup: Manchester City
Champions League: Juventus
Golden Boot: Aguero

 

[manic111]

Premier League: City, although I think Chelsea and Liverpool will both be close.
PL Relegation: Huddersfield, Cardiff, Saints
Championship: Derby
FA Cup: Arsenal
League Cup: Everton
Europa League: Atletico
Champions League: Juve
Golden Boot: Aguero

 

[Rikk82]

Premier League: Manchester City
PL Relegation: Cardiff, Watford, Huddersfield Town
Championship: Middlesbrough
League 1: Sunderland
League 2: Exeter City
National League: Sutton United
FA Cup: Manchester United
League Cup: Liverpool
Europa League: Chelsea
Champions League: Manchester City
Golden Boot: Kane

 

[TNA]

FA Cup: Arsenal
League Cup: City
Europa League: Arsenal
Champions League: Juventus
Golden Boot: Kane

Top 4: City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal

This sounds about right to me actually

 

[4K8KW10]

Man City's 44-pass goal: Reactions to move that took up 2.13% of the match

"Oh my word, what a team goal! They must have kept it for 50-60 passes."

Actually, Robbie Savage, it was *just* the 44 passes as Ilkay Gundogan finished off a superb team move to seal the Manchester derby in City's favour. Still, not bad.

Over the course of a minute and 55 seconds - or 2.13% of the entire game - the hosts produced neat one-touch moves, triangles and dynamic runs, leaving the Red Devils chasing shadows.

And what a time to bring it together, with Jose Mourinho's Manchester United seeking an equaliser in the closing stages after Anthony Martial had halved the deficit to 2-1 at Etihad Stadium.

There was no passing it about at the back, or dilly-dallying with goalkeeper Ederson - nearly every pass in the move happened in either the middle or final third, before working it to Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling and finally Gundogan, who pulled the trigger.

"The reason to pass the ball is to move the opponent," City boss Pep Guardiola said afterwards. "To just pass the ball makes no sense."

The move left Match of the Day 2 pundit Alan Shearer purring. "It was incredible, absolutely magnificent," Shearer said.

"City were full of confidence, and everyone knows what their plan was there - they knew they were keeping hold of the game, to try and get United to come at them.

"United didn't really want to press them - it was half-hearted and, if you do that against City, they will punish you.

"If you give their guys that time on the ball - time to take a touch, to turn, to pick their head up and play their passes when they want to - they will do exactly what they did to United."

In time-honoured tradition, social media went into meltdown.

Former Manchester City playmaker Rodney Marsh called it "THE perfect goal", while BBC Match of the Day host Gary Lineker said City "really are one hell of a side".

Others just went straight in on the gifs...

But it's not all bad for the red half of Manchester. City's move was one short of the 45 produced by United for a Juan Mata goal against Southampton in 2015.

City have previous as well, sticking 52 passes together in scoring against West Brom in the Carabao Cup last season.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46174563