Let’s do this!
CHAMPIONS:
CL QUALIFIERS:
RELEGATED:
SURPRISE PACKAGES:
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS:
BEST SIGNINGS:
WORST SIGNINGS:
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE:
MANAGER OF THE YEAR:
PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
TOP SCORER:
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18:
FIRST “PEP OUT" ON THE BOARDS:
FA CUP:
LEAGUE CUP:
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:
EUROPA LEAGUE:
Feel free to discuss the lower leagues but, as always, please no Scottish football chat.
Macheda award?
Josh Harrop commemorative medal.
CHAMPIONS: City
CL QUALIFIERS: Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea
RELEGATED: Swansea, Huddersfield, Brighton
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Huddersfield will go down but a lot more bravely than expected
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Reckon midweek fixtures will catch up with Liverpool and they’ll struggle
BEST SIGNINGS: Klaassen, Morata, Bernardo Silva
WORST SIGNINGS: Ederson, Rooney, Lacazette
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Craig Shakespeare
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Guardiola
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Pogba
TOP SCORER: Kane
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18: Dunno if this is good or bad? Phil Foden, Reiss Nelson and Demi Mitchell might do good things though
FIRST “PEP OUT" ON THE BOARDS: Nobody will say this
FA CUP: Spurs
LEAGUE CUP: Arsenal
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Bayern
EUROPA LEAGUE: Villarreal
CHAMPIONS: Arsenal
CL QUALIFIERS: Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd
RELEGATED: Huddersfield, Newcastle, Spurs
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Brighton
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Man City
BEST SIGNINGS: Alexandre Lacazette
WORST SIGNINGS: Kyle Walker
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Mauricio Pochettino
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Arsene Wenger
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Mesut Özil
TOP SCORER: Alexis Sanchez
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18: Kyle Walker-Peters
FIRST “PEP OUT" ON THE BOARDS: 1 Feb 2016
FA CUP: Leicester
LEAGUE CUP: Liverpool
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Ajax
EUROPA LEAGUE: Arsenal
Typical leftist purity politics. Meet the process halfway
CHAMPIONS: United
CL QUALIFIERS: City, Chelsea, Spurs
RELEGATED: Brighton, Burnley, Watford
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Hudd
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Southampton
BEST SIGNINGS: Idk have there been any yet
WORST SIGNINGS: " "
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Who’s in charge of Swansea rn? Them anyway
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Moo
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Pogba
TOP SCORER: Lukaku
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18: Solanke
FIRST “HOWE OUT" ON THE BOARDS: Sept 10th
FA CUP: United
LEAGUE CUP: City
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: PSG
EUROPA LEAGUE: Seville
we not even guessing who will get the Europa spots? 
YES!
CHAMPIONS: United
CL QUALIFIERS: City, Spurs, Chelsea (that order)
RELEGATED: Watford, Burnley, Brighton
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Huddersfield
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Liverpool
BEST SIGNINGS: Mendy, Chicharito, Lukaku
TURKEYS: Ederson, Lacazette, Rudiger
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Bilic
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Pochettino
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Hazard
TOP SCORER: Lukaku
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18: Solanke
FIRST “PEP OUT" ON THE BOARDS: Me
BOARDS VILLAIN: safebruv
BOARDS HERO: Antchester United
FA CUP: Chelsea
LEAGUE CUP: Chelsea
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Bayern
EUROPA LEAGUE: Bilbao
Phil Jones man marking Neymar out of the game in the final vs PSG before Jesse Lingard rolls one in off the bench in the 112th minute
Maybe not.
CHAMPIONS: Man City
CL QUALIFIERS: City, Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal
RELEGATED: Bournemouth, Brighton, Hudd
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Utd
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Spurs
BEST SIGNINGS: Lukaku
WORST SIGNINGS: Morata
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Shakespeare’s tongue?
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Pep
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: one of the ones that cost £50+ milly
TOP SCORER: Lukaku
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18: Rashford
FIRST “PEP OUT" ON THE BOARDS: Bugduv, opening weekend
FA CUP: Utd
LEAGUE CUP: utd
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Man City
EUROPA LEAGUE: Dunno
CHAMPIONS: Man U
CL QUALIFIERS: Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea
RELEGATED: Burnley, Huddersfield, Brighton
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Bournemouth
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Chelsea
BEST SIGNINGS: Lukaku
WORST SIGNINGS: Morata
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Whoever’s at Watford
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Pep
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Harry Kane
TOP SCORER: Harry Kane
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18: ?
FIRST “PEP OUT" ON THE BOARDS: March
FA CUP: Man City
LEAGUE CUP: Man Utd
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Bayern
EUROPA LEAGUE: Some CL drop out.
I assume we’re talking about League 1, yeah? Who cares about the Premiership anyway?
CHAMPIONS: Wigan
ALSO PROMOTED: Oxford, Bradford, Fleetwood
RELEGATED: Shrewsbury, Oldham, Gillingham, Northampton
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Portsmouth
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Blackburn
BEST SIGNINGS: Conor McAleny, Jack Payne, Mike Williamson, Liam Nash
WORST SIGNINGS: Hmm not sure.
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Karl Robinson
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Pep Clotet
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Conor McAleny
TOP SCORER: Will Grigg
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18:
FIRST “PEP OUT" ON THE BOARDS:
FA CUP: Arsenal
LEAGUE CUP: Bournemouth
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Real
EUROPA LEAGUE: Seville
CHAMPIONS: Manchester City
CL QUALIFIERS: Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United
RELEGATED: Leicester, Watford, Brighton
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Tottenham (after everyone writes them off AGAIN)
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Leicester’s bunch of snakes to slither down to the championship after their deal with the devil expires.
BEST SIGNINGS: Salah, Mushy Pea, Kyle Walker will absolutely crush it.
WORST SIGNINGS: Lacazette, Morata will be ok but nothing special.
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: The Bard
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Pochettino again
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Eriksen
TOP SCORER: Kane
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18: Is this good or bad? Marcus Edwards if it’s good
FIRST “PEP OUT" ON THE BOARDS: September
FA CUP: Manchester United
LEAGUE CUP: Chelsea
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: PSG
EUROPA LEAGUE: Some Spanish team idk
CHAMPIONS: Man City
CL QUALIFIERS: Spurs, Chelsea, United
RELEGATED: Burnley, Brighton, Huddersfield
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Spurs? Everyone seems to be expecting them to fall off
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Liverpool
BEST SIGNINGS: Silva, Matic, Ake, Salah, Walker
WORST SIGNINGS: Rooney, Lacazette, Bakayoko, Ederson
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Shakespeare
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Pep
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Kane
TOP SCORER: Kane
FA CUP: Chelsea
LEAGUE CUP: Arsenal
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Bayern Munich
EUROPA LEAGUE: Lyon
CHAMPIONS: Man Utd
CL QUALIFIERS: Spurs, City, Chelsea (that order)
RELEGATED: Burnley, Brighton, Huddersfield
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Watford
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Southampton
BEST SIGNINGS: Kolasinic, Lukaku, Walker, Chalobah
WORST SIGNINGS: that young backup defender at Southampton, Defoe, Morata
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Pellegrino
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Mou / Poch
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Pogba
TOP SCORER: Lukaku
MACHEDA: Tammy Abraham
FA CUP: Spurs
LEAGUE CUP: Chelsea
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Real (again)
EUROPA LEAGUE: Chelsea after shock drop out of CL group stages
Oh, I was hoping to read some justifications/summaries.
CHAMPIONS: City
CL QUALIFIERS: United, Arsenal, Liverpool
RELEGATED: I struggle to care tbh. Um, Huddersfield, Bournemouth, Brighton
SURPRISE PACKAGES: West Ham, Swansea
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Chelsea & Spurs
BEST SIGNINGS: Kolasinac, Mendy, Chicharito
WORST SIGNINGS: Danilo, Ederson, Matic, Bakayoko
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Guardiola
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Paul Clement
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Silva
TOP SCORER: Lukaku
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18: (assuming this means break-out season) Reiss Nelson, dunno any non-Arsenal young players
FIRST “PEP OUT" ON THE BOARDS: Tomorrow
FA CUP: United
LEAGUE CUP: City
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Juve idk
EUROPA LEAGUE: Arsenal
I don’t really know how either Manchester team will do, just put them as the top two because for both managers, not winning the league this season has to count as a failure. In reality I think they both have issues; City’s defensive issues defo aren’t gonna be fully resolved (although in attack they’ll be scary, particularly with proper fullbacks), whereas for Utd I just don’t see how having a team of giants is a successful strategy in 2017. I’m just not sure you can bulldoze your way through bottom half teams, I don’t think it works like that. Maybe I’ll be wrong though, either way they’ll be a deeply unsatisfying team to watch this season (particularly against other top 6 teams).
I’d be really surprised if Arsenal don’t make top 4 this season. Kolasinac is a class acquisition, and we definitely have the strongest fullback options in the league. Meanwhile a whole bunch of players are gonna perform to a much higher standard than they did last season, particularly Xhaka who looks completely different in a 3-4-2-1 (which has properly rejuvinated us imo, in a way that’s not happened for years). If we sign Jean Michael Seri from Nice we have a very strong XI and good back-up options (esp. Iwobi & Ramsey). If City and United fall a bit short of where they should be then we’d be in with a shout for the title. I think the main thing stopping it happening would be a) Wenger being the opposite of a ‘clinch’ manager at times and b) having too many squad players who we’ve kept becase AW likes but aren’t any good, meaning we give unnecessary game time to the likes of Coquelin and Giroud, who proceed to fuck it all up.
Dunno who’ll finish fourth out of Liverpool and Chelsea. Chelsea will obviously struggle, particularly Kanté who’s never had to deal with regular midweek games and probably isn’t suited to the workload. Morata is a downgrade too, as I’ve said before. Meanwhile Liverpool/Klopp won’t cope well with a top 4 push and CL football, and I don’t really think Salah is that great but I’m probably wrong. Spurs will finish behind them both I think, playing at Wembley will fuck them more than they realise.
Don’t really know enough about anything else to comment.
CHAMPIONS: City
CL QUALIFIERS: United Arsenal Liverpool
RELEGATED: Watford Huddersfield Brighton
SURPRISE PACKAGES: Everton
SURPRISE STRUGGLERS: Chelsea
BEST SIGNINGS: Wazza
WORST SIGNINGS: I’m not sure there are any stand out Turkeys… Arsenal signing a second choice as a first choice striker seems fishy though. Newcastle usually sign several per year, one of theirs?
FIRST SACKING/DEPARTURE: Clement
MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Pep
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Lukaku
TOP SCORER: Lukaku
MACHEDA AWARD 2017/18: one of the ex Chelsea lads.
FIRST “PEP OUT" ON THE BOARDS: Dunno.
FA CUP: Arsenal
LEAGUE CUP: Wazza
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Barcelona
EUROPA LEAGUE: Chelsea
CHAMPIONSHIP top 3: Boro, hard to pick the other two… maybe Wolves or Leeds?
FOREST: 14th. Got everything crossed that we don’t sack Warbs and that our crop of youngsters don’t get squidded.
CHAMPIONS : Arsenal
CL Qualifiers : Spurs, City, ManU
Relegated : Huddersfield, Stoke, Watford
Surprise Package: Newcastle
Surprise Strugglers: Chelsea
Best Signing: Lacazette, Abraham, Merino, Hernandez
Worst Signings: Morata, Hart
First Sacking: Mark Hughes
Manager of the Year: Benitez
Player of the Year: Lacazette
Top Scorer: Lukaku
FA CUP: City
League Cup: ManU
Champions League: PSG
Europa: Everton