Each year at this time we here at Avoiding the Drop stick our necks out and predict what the final Premier League table will look like. In our previous two attempts at this we’ve done surprisingly well- probably because each time one of us makes a prediction based on nothing other than “scientific homerism,” the [...]
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Collective Wisdom or Mob Mentality?: ATD predicts the final Premier League table
Posted in English Premier League, EPL Season Previews, General, Homerism, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Wild Ass Guesses on August 16, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Season Preview: Liverpool Football Club
Posted in Wild Ass Guesses, EPL Season Previews, Homerism, tagged Liverpool, Georger being Georger, EPL Season Previews on August 12, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 17 wins, 7 draws, 14 losses, 58 points and 6th place after hovering near the bottom until the New Year when Roy Hodgson’s reign of horrid tactics came to an end, with King Kenny put back on the throne by benevolent owners Tom Werner and John Henry. Transfers (in): Jordan Henderson (Sunderland, [...]
Season Preview: Chelsea Football Club
Posted in EPL Season Previews, General, Wild Ass Guesses, tagged Chelsea, EPL Season Previews, Snarkers gon' snark on August 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last Year’s Record: 21 wins, 8 draws, 9 losses, 71 points, second on goal differential. Transfers (in): Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht, £20mil), Oriol Romeu (Barcelona,£4.35mil), Thibaut Courtois (Genk, undisclosed), Lucas Piazon (£10.7mil, Sao Paulo, joins in January), The stress of watching Torres get hurt in meaningless international matches (priceless). Transfers (out): Yuri Zhirkov (Anzhi Makhachkala £13.2mil), Michael [...]
Season Preview: Arsenal
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Arsenal, Season Preview on August 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 19 wins, 11 draws, and 8 losses got Arsenal 68 points last year; in spite of the fact that only one team lost fewer games (Manchester United), Arsenal finished three points behind both Manchester City and Chelsea in fourth place. They were knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona in the [...]
Season Preview: Manchester United
Posted in Champions League, English Premier League, EPL Season Previews, General, Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics, Wild Ass Guesses on August 12, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 23 wins, 11 draws, and 4 losses for 80 points and the league championship. United also won the Community Shield and qualified for the Champions League. Transfers (In): David de Gea (Atletico Madrid), Phil Jones (Blackburn Rovers), and Ashley Young (Aston Villa) Transfers (Out): Paul Scholes (Retirement), Edwin Van Der Sar (Retirement), [...]
Season Preview: Bolton Wanderers
Posted in English Premier League, EPL Season Previews, General, tagged Bolton Wanderers, Season Previews on August 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last Season’s Record: Fourteenth place in the Barclays Premier League (12 wins, 10 draws, 16 losses), 46 points. Owen Coyle’s side started the season as the league’s surprise package, threatening for a top seven finish, but once Stuart Holden was injured, their blistering pace slowed, and the club finished comfortably in mid-table. Transfers (In): Darren [...]
Season Preview: Manchester City
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Manchester City, Season Previews on August 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 28 wins, 8 draws, and 9 losses gave them 71 points, which tied Chelsea’s haul for the season; Chelsea’s superior goal difference gave them second place, leaving Manchester City in third and qualifying them for their first berth into the Champions League. City’s also won the FA Cup, beating Stoke City 1-0 [...]
Season Preview: Tottenham Hotspur
Posted in EPL Season Previews, tagged Tottenham Hotspur on August 11, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 16 wins, 14 draws, and 8 losses for 62 points and 5th place. Transfers (In): Brad Friedel (Free from Aston Villa), Cristian Ceballos – Unattached (Free), Souleymane Coulibaly -Siena (£2 million)
Season Preview: Aston Villa
Posted in General, English Premier League, Wild Ass Guesses, The Championship, Scottish Premier League, EPL Season Previews on August 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Last Year’s Record: 12 wins, 12 draws, and 14 losses for 48 points and 9th place. Transfers (In): Shay Given (Manchester City), Charles N’Zogbia (Wigan Athletic) Transfers (Out): John Carew (West Ham United), Carlos Cuellar (Rangers), Stewart Downing (Liverpool), Michael Bradley (Borussia M’gladbach), Kyle Walker (Spurs), Ashley Young (Manchester United), Brad Friedel (Spurs), Isaiah Osbourne [...]
Season Preview: Blackburn Rovers
Posted in EPL Season Previews, Wild Ass Guesses, tagged Blackburn Rovers, EPL Season Previews, Terrible owners, Venkys on August 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Last Season’s Record: 11 wins, 10 draws, 17 losses. 43 points and 15th place, a poor season that saw Big Sam ridiculously get the chop and a backlash against the new ownership regime. Transfers (in): David Goodwillie (Dundee United, £2.8mil [ah heh heh heh heh]), Myles Anderson (Aberdeen, free), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed), two [...]
