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15 goals this season
Also glad to see Bent get permanent first team action at Sunderland
Also glad to see Bent get permanent first team action at Sunderland
OFFICIAL 2009/2010 EPL Season Post
- Thread in 'Sports & Training' Thread starter Started by jada2001retro,
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How are you gonna act like you're so smart yet you name 5 teams in your "top 4"?
Anyways, Chelsea or Man Utd. are winning the title. I say that Chelsea will win it as long as they get one more striker by the January transfer window. Notonly is Drogba going to miss almost a month due to the African Nation's Cup but I believe that he's suspended for around 4 UCL matches so they willneed a 3rd striker to fill in when necessary. Losing Essien and Mikel wont be as bad since they have some considerable depth in central midfield.
Man Utd. lost their best player and one of the top 2 players in the world so they are a much weaker team than they were the past 3 seasons. A lot of theirsuccess will depend on how many goals Rooney and Berba will bag. They're solid at the back and in Central midfield, but they're going to need some guysto step up big time to replace the 30-40 goals that Ronaldo was scoring for them. I think that Rooney will have a career season (goals wise) although I expecthim to miss atleast 4-5 matches due to injury. Berbatov should be more comfortable with his surroundings and I expect atleast 15 league goals from him.
Liverpool did not do much to improve their team so I do not view them as serious title contenders. Torres will probably get 20 goals though, he'll be theonly reason I watch Liverpool matches. Liverpool had a great run in the 2nd half of last season where Gerrard was on a tear and the team was scoring 3+ goals amatch for 3-4 weeks. That's unlikely to continue IMO. They lost a very influential player in Xabi Alonso and by the team Aquilani makes his debut,Liverpool will have played atleast 6 league games in which they could already be off the pace set by Chelsea/Man Utd.
Arsenal have not improved much either...if anything, they've gotten much weaker by losing Adebeyor and Toure and not addressing their CDM issue. I'mnot even sure we'll be able to get past Celtic in the UCL qualifiers. Oh well, missing out on the UCL this season wouldn't be the worst thing in theworld...they could focus all of their attention on the Premiership and try to retain their top 4 spot again. I expect them to be entertaining as usual and toplay their hearts out...they should beat up on the bottom 12 teams or so but they'll stumble against Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool which'll cost themany title hopes. I look forward to seeing Arshavin play, I expect over 10 goals from him. It'll be fun to see v. Persie light it up for a couple of months,score 15 goals and miss our important matches due to injury.
Man City will be the team that everyone pays attention to. They will be 100% focused on the league and they do not have any excuses to miss out on a top 4finish. I think that Mark Hughes will get fired sometime during the season and a bigger name manager will take over by next summer. They have a ton of depthall around the park, it's just a matter of getting some team chemistry. If they finish in the top 4, I expect some bigger names to join them next summer(other than Robinho, they've only been able to attract 2nd tier players so far).
My predictions...
1. Chelsea
2. Man Utd.
3. Arsenal
4. Man City
5. Liverpool
For some reason I think that Liverpool will have a really disappointing domestic season.
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carlos vela!!!!! i have feeling he'll be doing something special, he's starting right? since adebayor is gone?:
im hoping tottenham can get a little sneaky sneaky.
giovani dos santossssss!!
hoping some mexicanos
can make some noise in england.
i'm not mexican btw. lol
and jozy on loan to hull,
im super psyched for this season cuz ronaldo is somewhere else.
and as someone said, it's definitely more even than years past, so the league is up for grabs pretty much
im hoping tottenham can get a little sneaky sneaky.
giovani dos santossssss!!
hoping some mexicanos
can make some noise in england.
i'm not mexican btw. lol
and jozy on loan to hull,
im super psyched for this season cuz ronaldo is somewhere else.
and as someone said, it's definitely more even than years past, so the league is up for grabs pretty much
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excited to see jozy in EPL...hope he does well
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Did not know that. Good thing I decided on not picking him for my fantasy league team.
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Right now I think the Arsenal striker depth chart looks like this...
1. v. Persie (guaranteed starter)
2. a) Bendtner
b) Eduardo
c) Vela
Vela should get a lot of burn in the FA and Carling Cups but he'll be used mostly as a sub in the league.
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lets go liverpool!!
marionthebarberian
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Originally Posted by Trelvis Tha Thrilla
as much as people bash on ronaldo for his play in the champions league final, this guy did absolutely nothing.
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Originally Posted by Carlos Tevez
How are you gonna act like you're so smart yet you name 5 teams in your "top 4"?
Anyways, Chelsea or Man Utd. are winning the title. I say that Chelsea will win it as long as they get one more striker by the January transfer window. Not only is Drogba going to miss almost a month due to the African Nation's Cup but I believe that he's suspended for around 4 UCL matches so they will need a 3rd striker to fill in when necessary. Losing Essien and Mikel wont be as bad since they have some considerable depth in central midfield.
Man Utd. lost their best player and one of the top 2 players in the world so they are a much weaker team than they were the past 3 seasons. A lot of their success will depend on how many goals Rooney and Berba will bag. They're solid at the back and in Central midfield, but they're going to need some guys to step up big time to replace the 30-40 goals that Ronaldo was scoring for them. I think that Rooney will have a career season (goals wise) although I expect him to miss atleast 4-5 matches due to injury. Berbatov should be more comfortable with his surroundings and I expect atleast 15 league goals from him.
Liverpool did not do much to improve their team so I do not view them as serious title contenders. Torres will probably get 20 goals though, he'll be the only reason I watch Liverpool matches. Liverpool had a great run in the 2nd half of last season where Gerrard was on a tear and the team was scoring 3+ goals a match for 3-4 weeks. That's unlikely to continue IMO. They lost a very influential player in Xabi Alonso and by the team Aquilani makes his debut, Liverpool will have played atleast 6 league games in which they could already be off the pace set by Chelsea/Man Utd.
Arsenal have not improved much either...if anything, they've gotten much weaker by losing Adebeyor and Toure and not addressing their CDM issue. I'm not even sure we'll be able to get past Celtic in the UCL qualifiers. Oh well, missing out on the UCL this season wouldn't be the worst thing in the world...they could focus all of their attention on the Premiership and try to retain their top 4 spot again. I expect them to be entertaining as usual and to play their hearts out...they should beat up on the bottom 12 teams or so but they'll stumble against Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool which'll cost them any title hopes. I look forward to seeing Arshavin play, I expect over 10 goals from him. It'll be fun to see v. Persie light it up for a couple of months, score 15 goals and miss our important matches due to injury.
Man City will be the team that everyone pays attention to. They will be 100% focused on the league and they do not have any excuses to miss out on a top 4 finish. I think that Mark Hughes will get fired sometime during the season and a bigger name manager will take over by next summer. They have a ton of depth all around the park, it's just a matter of getting some team chemistry. If they finish in the top 4, I expect some bigger names to join them next summer (other than Robinho, they've only been able to attract 2nd tier players so far).
My predictions...
1. Chelsea
2. Man Utd.
3. Arsenal
4. Man City
5. Liverpool
For some reason I think that Liverpool will have a really disappointing domestic season.
arshavin will score 20 goals and prob be epl player of the year. rest of their squad is garbage.
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Eduardo, RVP, Fabregas, yeah those guys are pretty garbage.
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Originally Posted by Jada2001Retro
^Eduardo, RVP, Fabregas, yeah those guys are pretty garbage.
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Originally Posted by Jada2001Retro
^Eduardo, RVP, Fabregas, yeah those guys are pretty garbage.
they are average. not good enough to win epl. sry. even fabregas
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so the entire EPL is garbage except man u and chelsea, by your standardOriginally Posted by Curious24
Originally Posted by Jada2001Retro
^Eduardo, RVP, Fabregas, yeah those guys are pretty garbage.
they are average. not good enough to win epl. sry. even fabregas
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Originally Posted by DeadsetAce
so the entire EPL is garbage except man u and chelsea, by your standardOriginally Posted by Curious24
Originally Posted by Jada2001Retro
^Eduardo, RVP, Fabregas, yeah those guys are pretty garbage.
they are average. not good enough to win epl. sry. even fabregas
I think this dude hates everyone except United players. Half of Uniteds roster is old and garbage. The youth of Arsenal > the youth of any other EPL team
2 days to go.
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Tomorrow....yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
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im in..cant wait for tomorrow
...fsc has some interesting games to watch this weekend, arsenal/everton & tottenham/liverpool
heres my lineup, time to do work!
Schwarzer
Hangeland-Bridge-Gary Cahill
Fletcher-Masch-Demps-Tim Cahill
Rooney-Defoe-Torres
Bench
Timmy Howard-Geovanni-Matthew Upson-Mike Turner
heres my lineup, time to do work!
Schwarzer
Hangeland-Bridge-Gary Cahill
Fletcher-Masch-Demps-Tim Cahill
Rooney-Defoe-Torres
Bench
Timmy Howard-Geovanni-Matthew Upson-Mike Turner
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I thought the Chelsea-Hull game was on ESPN tomorrow? It's not showing up in my guide.
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trelvis tha thrilla
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They still havent got a contract done yet. Check out these links for the latest.
EPL Talk originally said the deal was done, but it actually isnt yet.
http://www.epltalk.com/es...ne-up/9899#comment-66668
http://www.epltalk.com/5-...ll-city/10063#more-10063
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trelvis tha thrilla
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Ok, it is apparently official now. ESPN will have the Chelsea game, might be to late to update the TV listings though...
http://www.epltalk.com/breaking-news-espn-to-show-chelsea-v-hull-city-game/10090#comment-66780
http://www.epltalk.com/breaking-news-espn-to-show-chelsea-v-hull-city-game/10090#comment-66780
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lets go Everton, pull the upset.
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anyone else awake?
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Drogba
Chelsea
