Is it really only 4 days to our first game? What happened to the summer? Did you have a good one? As is our tradition... BS Spurs, get yer crazy predicitions in here so we can all laugh at ourselves in a year's time. (I removed the 'signing of the season' category, for obvious reasons ) Last year's: https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/predictions-2016-2017.2034251/ League Champions: Remaining CL Spots: Europa Spots: Relegated: FA Cup: Carling Cup: EPL Top Scorer: Standout Player: ----------- THFC Predictions Position: Leading Scorer: Player of the Season: Surprise of the season: Biggest Disappointment:
League Champions: Man City Remaining CL Spots: Chelsea, Spurs, Man Utd Europa Spots: Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton Relegated: Brighton, Stoke, Huddersfield FA Cup: Spurs Carling Cup: Arsenal EPL Top Scorer: Harry Kane (4 season wonder, he's just a 4 season wonder) Standout Player: Eden Hazard (assuming he's still at Chelsea...) ----------- THFC Predictions Position: 3rd Leading Scorer: Harry Kane Player of the Season: Christian Eriksen Surprise of the season: Kyle Walker-Peters Biggest Disappointment: Mousa Dembele (injuries I reckon, not because he's anything other than brilliant whenever he plays)
League Champions: Man City Remaining CL Spots: Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal Europa Spots: Liverpool, Spurs, Everton Relegated: West Ham, Huddersfield, Brighton FA Cup: Liverpool Carling Cup: Spurs EPL Top Scorer: Lukaku Standout Player: Gabriel Jesus ----------- THFC Predictions Position: 5th Leading Scorer: Kane Player of the Season: Eriksen Surprise of the season: Janssen (more a hope than a wish) Biggest Disappointment: Wembley or Janssen
League Champions: Manchester City Remaining CL Spots: Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool Europa Spots: Tottenham Hotspur (& Arsenal) Relegated: Burnley, Brighton, Huddersfield FA Cup: Tottenham Hotspur Carling Cup: Chelsea EPL Top Scorer: Harry Kane Standout Player: Bernardo Silva ----------- THFC Predictions Position: 5th Leading Scorer: Harry Kane Player of the Season: Harry Kane Surprise of the season: might regret this before transfer deadline ... but .... Moussa Sissoko. Biggest Disappointment: don't think any player will. Missing out on CL, perhaps dropping out of CL early again.
League Champions: London Blue Remaining CL Spots: Manchester Red, Manchester Blue, Spurs Europa Spots: London Red, Liverpool Red* Relegated: BHA, Huddersfield, Bunley** FA Cup: Manchester Blue Carling Cup: Manchester Red EPL Top Scorer: Harry Kane Standout Player: Eden Hazard ----------- THFC Predictions Position: 3rd Leading Scorer: Janssen...who am I kidding, Harry Kane Player of the Season: Dele - maybe even ELP POY Surprise of the season: N'koudou Biggest Disappointment: Denmark not winning the Women's European Championship * - London Blue if Cortinho is sold. ** - Swansea if Sigi is sold
League Champions: Man City Remaining CL Spots: Chelsea, Spurs, Man Utd Europa Spots: Liverpool, Arsenal Relegated: Swansea, Watford, Brighton FA Cup: Spurs Carling Cup: Everton EPL Top Scorer: Kane Standout Player: de Bruyne ----------- THFC Predictions Position:3rd Leading Scorer: Kane Player of the Season: Alli Surprise of the season: Lamela Biggest Disappointment: Not getting out of CL group again
League Champions: Tottenham Remaining CL Spots: Liverpool, United, City Europa Spots: Everton, Leicester Relegated: Swansea, Brighton and Hove, Palace FA Cup: Tottenham Carling Cup: United EPL Top Scorer: Harry Kane Standout Player: Christian Eriksen ----------- THFC Predictions Position: 1st Leading Scorer: Harry Kane Player of the Season: Dele Alli Surprise of the season: Ben Davies Biggest Disappointment: Danny Rose
League Champions: Spurs Remaining CL Spots: don't matter Europa Spots: hopefully someone who will actually try Relegated: FA Cup: Spurs Carling Cup: Spurs EPL Top Scorer: Kane Standout Player: Kane ----------- THFC Predictions Position: Champions Leading Scorer: Kane Player of the Season: Kane Surprise of the season: Jansen (only because netting 4+ times in the league will qualify) Biggest Disappointment: Winks (only because my expectations are too high - and I really hope I'm wrong with this one) for the record, I do not believe for a second that we'll win a treble - or a double, for that matter. but I do have a sneaking feeling that we will win something this year. and when we do, I will have predicted it. ... all of this will have changed by Sunday.
League Champions: Spurs Remaining CL Spots: Manchesters (2) Leicester City Europa Spots: Chelsea Relegated: Arsenal, Huddersfield, Newcastle FA Cup: Brighton Carling Cup: Man CIty EPL Top Scorer: Jesus (not Christ) Standout Player: Dele ----------- THFC Predictions Position: 1st Leading Scorer: Kane Player of the Season: Dele Surprise of the season: Son ( +12 goals) Biggest Disappointment: Lamela
League Champions: Spurs! (I believe!) Remaining CL Spots: Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool Europa Spots: Arsenal, Man U Relegated: Brighton, Huddersfield, Swansea FA Cup: Arsenal Carling Cup: Man City EPL Top Scorer: Kane Standout Player: DeBryune ----------- THFC Predictions Position: 1st! Leading Scorer: Kane Player of the Season: Kane Surprise of the season: Spurs play well in Wembley Biggest Disappointment: Wenger not 'retired' until after the season is over. Look, I know all of the above is BS... we've made no transfers... we will make bad transfers, because the good ones have already gone.
hmmm ... I actually thought we might win something. a fleeting moment of madness there. nailed Kane as leading scorer, though ... as did everyone else - and not just on this thread, but in the world. and got the player of the season, too; though I'm guessing one or two will want to give it to Eriksen or Verts as a change of pace. Winks as the disappointment is in with a shout, too; but if we're honest, Toby, Lloris, Wanyama, and Rose are all potential candidates, as well. all-in-all I think we have to say it's been a good year. for the third year in a row, I genuinely hate that this team - a team good enough to win something - has failed to do so. but it was always going to be a challenge playing away from N17, and I would've taken a very credible 3rd going in ... so I'm pretty happy today. I'd guess we'll lose Toby, and maybe Rose; but it looks to me like anyone else leaving will be doing so because it's what Poch wants - not the player. As it stands, I think it reasonable to assume that we'll be more competitive next year than this year - and that's really all I wanted from our season away. it hasn't fallen apart. A step sideways, perhaps, or even a small step back, but nothing to derail 'the program'. ... and some special moments along the way. Madrid at Wembley won't be forgotten for a while, I can tell you. let's just get through Russia unscathed, and roll on 2018-19. COYS!
Poch staked out his ideas after the final game... a challenge to Levy to give him the means to take the next step forward. With a new stadium to pay for, who knows how much more Joe Lewis will prise out of his wallet. Ballsy of Poch, to come out with it like that. Great to see that ambition, though it is far from certain to be realized. The elite payers that make a difference can have their pick of where to play, and if it's purely salary that decides it, we will not be able to compete. I'd like to think this club offers something more, something exciting to be involved with. As for special moments, I'd add that win at Chelsea too.