2014-15 Predictions

[SoccerHQ]

I looked at leicester's squad. It's absolutely nowhere near ours. Nowhere near.

Probably got more flair though. Dunno whether they'll step up or not buy Mahrez and Anthony Knockaert are exciting players to watch in their midfield area.

[SoccerHQ]

Redknapp is an awful manager. He did well at Portsmouth by having a jammy cup run and buggering off before having to reap all the shit that he'd sowed by spending a fortune that they didn't have. He got QPR relegated despite spending shitloads then only just managed to get them up, via an undeserved play-off win against the run of play, having had a budget which would have bankrupted any of their competitors.

They'll start badly, he'll get sacked, deservedly, and they'll appoint someone better than him and stay up.

Even though I don't like the bloke that's harsh. In the last 5 years he's won an FA cup and finished twice in the top 4.

Can't see QPR going down with him in charge.

[Tuscans]

For me where we finish is based on a few things....

How quick Benteke get's back to full fitness.

How long Vlaar and Okore can play together without one of them breaking down.

If Weimann is given more game time through the middle.

If Cole can produce what Villa have missed since....well forever it seems.

If Westwood stops acting like a third centre back and pushes forward more often.

The full back situation is addressed.

I do fear for us again this season, hoping the likes of Leicester, Burnley stink, the QPR project explodes again, West Brom make a change too many, Sunderland was a fluke and Hulls European adventure will cost them dearly.

I see us finishing around 16th-14th. If we rectify some of my points then maybe 12th-10th, depending on the Keane factor of course.

[silhillvilla]

Burnley & WBA are down already so it's all about the 3rd R place.

[Des Little]

We are going to be in the bottom 6 all season. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves or daft. We've not improved the squad, despite having £60m to do so. Say what you like but we have done nothing to persuade me that this season will be any different to the last two. And they were turgid. I'd welcome any valid reasons why I'm being harsh.

[Gregorys Boy]

We are going to be in the bottom 6 all season. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves or daft. We've not improved the squad, despite having £60m to do so. Say what you like but we have done nothing to persuade me that this season will be any different to the last two. And they were turgid. I'd welcome any valid reasons why I'm being harsh.

The only reason I can think of is that for at least half of last season it looked like we could finish about half way up.   If we had not switched off post-Chelsea win then I think we would have finished about twelfth. 

The problem is like you said that we have not really improved for this season, or only slightly if we have, and of course the teams around us have been buying.

Someone said West Brom to go down.  I think they might be alright.  Lescott is just the sort of player you need for a scrap near the bottom, he is psyical, experienced and just the sort I can see popping up with crucial late goals.  They have spent a bif of money elsewhere.   Its the manager who is the gamble, but on balance I don't think they will go down.

[silhillvilla]

Lescott is already unhappy. He will be poor there. We need a good august as sept looks a mare.

[Legion]

I think Southampton might struggle this season.

[silhillvilla]

I think Southampton might struggle this season.

Depends how/if they spend all that cash they've got.

[cdbearsfan]

Redknapp is an awful manager. He did well at Portsmouth by having a jammy cup run and buggering off before having to reap all the shit that he'd sowed by spending a fortune that they didn't have. He got QPR relegated despite spending shitloads then only just managed to get them up, via an undeserved play-off win against the run of play, having had a budget which would have bankrupted any of their competitors.

They'll start badly, he'll get sacked, deservedly, and they'll appoint someone better than him and stay up.

He's a funny one. But you can't deny he did a great job with spurs

He did ok. But again, had a fortune to spend and would probably have done better had he not wasted Bale at left-back for about five years.

[stubbsyandy]

I looked at leicester's squad. It's absolutely nowhere near ours. Nowhere near.

Probably got more flair though. Dunno whether they'll step up or not buy Mahrez and Anthony Knockaert are exciting players to watch in their midfield area.

That Albrighton looks decent too...

[Gregorys Boy]

Lescott is already unhappy. He will be poor there. We need a good august as sept looks a mare.

What do you mean?  Unhappy how?

Same as always the league doesn't start taking shape until about ten or twelve games in, even if we have a poor August and September that is not us down, look at how Palace recovered last season.  It won't help though and would increase the pressure on Lambert given he is in his third season.

[silhillvilla]

Lescott is already unhappy. He will be poor there. We need a good august as sept looks a mare.

What do you mean?  Unhappy how?

Same as always the league doesn't start taking shape until about ten or twelve games in, even if we have a poor August and September that is not us down, look at how Palace recovered last season.  It won't help though and would increase the pressure on Lambert given he is in his third season.

West Brom defender Joleon Lescott is reportedly unhappy at the Midlands club, just four weeks after signing.

Lescott was released by Manchester City at the end of the season and it was widely considered that West Brom had pulled off something of a coup by bringing in the England international.

However the Mirror report that Lescott is unsettled at the club having watched West Brom struggle in the transfer market, contradicting what he was told when he joined, that the club would be competitive in the market.

[Pete3206]

Well that's 100% confirmed then

[Clampy]

Lescott is already unhappy. He will be poor there.

That story is about 2 weeks old and they've brought about 5 new players in. I don't think there's anything in that at all.