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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
August 14 2009 17:45 GMT
#1
Figured a new thread for the new season would be sweet.

Roma will win PL, La Liga, CL and Serie A. Totti for football bonjwa!
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28747 Posts
August 14 2009 17:49 GMT
#2
i think your prediction is wrong.

EPL fkn exciting this year, chelsea prolly looking strongest, united up there with them, liverpool a little worse and arsenal being a dark horse, then also with city seriously trying to push into top 4..

too bad its also not exciting at all because the coolest team in the league is no longer in it but whaeva
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Holgerius
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden16951 Posts
August 14 2009 18:06 GMT
#3
On August 15 2009 02:49 Liquid`Drone wrote:
i think your prediction is wrong.

EPL fkn exciting this year, chelsea prolly looking strongest, united up there with them, liverpool a little worse and arsenal being a dark horse, then also with city seriously trying to push into top 4..

too bad its also not exciting at all because the coolest team in the league is no longer in it but whaeva

PL is indeed very exciting. United are weaker this year (no real replacement for Ronaldo) whereas Liverpool (they have Aquilani!) and Chelsea are just as good as last season. Arsenal are the big losers of the Silly Season, and if City can make a team out of all their good players they might, as you say, push into top 4. I still believe Roma will win PL, though.

La Liga will be a two horse race, simple as that. No other team will be able to compete with Barca or Real. Barca will be just as good as last year (if not better; Zlatan rules!), so the question is; will Real be able to make all their new superstars work together? But in the end it doesn't really matter; Roma will win.

Serie A is looking weak as hell now that the 2 biggest names are gone (Zlatan and Kaka). A good thing about that is that there is no way of knowing which team will win now that Zlatan is gone (Inter relied soooo much on him). Roma will however end up with the Scudetto thanks to an uninjured Totti.
I believe in the almighty Grötslev! -- I am never serious and you should never believe a thing I say. Including the previous sentence.
kidd
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States2848 Posts
August 14 2009 18:44 GMT
#4
Lets go United! Prove to everyone that you don't need C. Ronaldo to win another title for the 4th time!
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ilj.psa
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Peru3081 Posts
August 14 2009 19:38 GMT
#5
im looking forward to the Barca vs City match, I say 5-0 for Barca if Messi / Iniesta/ Ibra gets playing time ;/
Klive5ive
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom6056 Posts
August 14 2009 20:12 GMT
#6
On August 15 2009 03:06 Holgerius wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 15 2009 02:49 Liquid`Drone wrote:
i think your prediction is wrong.

EPL fkn exciting this year, chelsea prolly looking strongest, united up there with them, liverpool a little worse and arsenal being a dark horse, then also with city seriously trying to push into top 4..

too bad its also not exciting at all because the coolest team in the league is no longer in it but whaeva

PL is indeed very exciting. United are weaker this year (no real replacement for Ronaldo) whereas Liverpool (they have Aquilani!) and Chelsea are just as good as last season. Arsenal are the big losers of the Silly Season, and if City can make a team out of all their good players they might, as you say, push into top 4. I still believe Roma will win PL, though.

La Liga will be a two horse race, simple as that. No other team will be able to compete with Barca or Real. Barca will be just as good as last year (if not better; Zlatan rules!), so the question is; will Real be able to make all their new superstars work together? But in the end it doesn't really matter; Roma will win.

Serie A is looking weak as hell now that the 2 biggest names are gone (Zlatan and Kaka). A good thing about that is that there is no way of knowing which team will win now that Zlatan is gone (Inter relied soooo much on him). Roma will however end up with the Scudetto thanks to an uninjured Totti.

Don't count Arsenal out.
Arsene Wenger believes this is the year, he has stated that he turned down the offer of working at Real Madrid to win the title. I'm not convinced but they have strengthened the squad and will be challengers.
Don't forget Tottenham either. They wont win but they can break the top 4. Jermaine Defoe is in the form of his life, they have a good defence, strong midfield and I believe the best manager in the league.
This PL will be interesting. Personally I think Chelsea will walk away with it, but we'll see.
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kidd
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States2848 Posts
August 14 2009 20:29 GMT
#7
Chelsea is certainly going to be the favorite as I stated in the other thread. Man U will probably be chasing them the entire season for the 1st spot. I love Tottenham but they have always had problems in their defense so hopefully they can get that figured out this season.

Liverpool I don't see being that great of a team they are seriously lacking in defense as well. Arsenal I hate so I won't comment on that team out of pure bias against them.
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Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28747 Posts
August 14 2009 20:43 GMT
#8
yea I really wouldnt rule arsenal out this season.. the thing is that they have such a young team that you can actually expect virtually all of their players to become better than they were last season, them winning at the transfer market isn't a requirement..
I think chelsea is the favourite for the title, united closest competitor, liverpool and arsenal slight chances at winning, and city with a chance at knocking either liverpool or arsenal out of top 4.

and la liga is gonna have barcelona getting about as many points as last season, prolly between 3 and 6 less, real madrid getting some points more than last season, and every other team trailing far behind.
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kidd
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States2848 Posts
August 14 2009 20:46 GMT
#9
I agree Drone, I think even with all of RM signings they will still end up 2nd place rofl
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white_box921
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United Kingdom967 Posts
August 14 2009 21:10 GMT
#10
Looking at the current team (including injuries), just in line with season starting tomorrow, I would say that MU is probably the worst at the moment with Liverpool closing in (depending on Gerrard) and then Arsenal. Chelsea have got all their relatively unimportant players injuried and looks strongest.

MC doesn't looks too good either, and I doubt their players can gel and perform into the top 4 this season. Tottenham is a major unknown because although King is not 'listed' you know whats up with him anyway, the ability to break down any second. I think Villa just lost it a little because Laursen is not here, the same with Barry and their defense look relatively weak.
Telemako
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Spain1636 Posts
August 15 2009 00:53 GMT
#11
IMO Inter attack is better now. Milito + Eto'o are a great combo.

La Liga a two horses race?, sadly yes. If RM keeps Sneijder and Robben they will have way better subs than Barça, but still behind in teamplay for a while.

PL is a hard call. My bet is ManU = Chelsea > L'pool > Arsenal > City
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SoMuchBetter
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia10606 Posts
August 15 2009 01:18 GMT
#12
i doubt city will as good as challenging the top 4. more than likely everton, fulham, villa, tottenham etc will take up spots outside of the 4 with man city behind them
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51548 Posts
August 15 2009 02:14 GMT
#13
On August 15 2009 05:46 kidd wrote:
I agree Drone, I think even with all of RM signings they will still end up 2nd place rofl


just like KTF lololol
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ilj.psa
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Peru3081 Posts
August 15 2009 02:59 GMT
#14
btw I dunno whats happening with Kaka he's playing awful, he was never the same after that injury.
Spinfusor
Profile Joined June 2007
Australia410 Posts
August 15 2009 03:10 GMT
#15
Which injury are you talking about? He did fine in the Confed Cup. At RM he just got a different role plus is still settling.

For me at least, it won't be the end of the world in RM don't win anythinig as long as the football is as sexy as during Galacticos I. I can imagine if we play counter-attacking football we could have a good chance against pretty much anybody this season (Kaka + Ronaldo + Benz/Higuain is ridiculous), but I'd rather take another Quieroz season, than another Schuster season.
zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
August 15 2009 03:56 GMT
#16
newwwww thread
unknown.sam
Profile Joined May 2007
Philippines2701 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-15 07:48:03
August 15 2009 07:42 GMT
#17
im really interested to see how united do w/o ronaldo and who city will put in the 1st 11

edit: here's a great link at new faces in new places in the EPL
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=665107&sec=england&root=england&cc=4716
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33560 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-15 12:28:02
August 15 2009 12:19 GMT
#18
Whoo! Americans get EPL on ESPN2 now. Watching hull vs chelsea atm, hull up 1-0!

Oh, and now 1-1! Heart Drogba
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UbRi
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
Italy603 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-15 13:07:19
August 15 2009 13:00 GMT
#19
wow, i never really noticed how fast anelka is...
actually chelsea is really playing well, so much pace and precision
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9033 Posts
August 15 2009 13:13 GMT
#20
Where can I watch Chelsea vs Hull live besides justintv? dad is using the TV.
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