GreersElbow
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Wait, so, the team that's only just just managed to beat us to the league title (because we ****ed up) is also the team who hasn't made significant signings, but will finish 11th because Rafa....
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Phil McNulty league table predictions
- Thread starter Dan Gleeballs
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Did he write the 442 prediction 2 seasons ago ?
Sorry, but who is he?
Is there any more significance to it than any of us saying we'll be top half?
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Is there any more significance to it than any of us saying we'll be top half?
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martin tyler
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- Jan 25, 2013
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Doesn't really matter what the so called experts think. They are all Likley to have us or Huddersfield bottom. Nature of the beast, they don't really know anything about our squad, this plum thinks we won the championship and Davy propper is a striker. We know what our squad is about and I hope both us and Huddersfield defy the so called expert opinions
James Richardson's new podcast slated the Albion.
"Newcastle were head and shoulders above the rest of the division" (Championship)
"Huddersfield will be the surprise package next season"
"Newcastle should finish 9th"
All but 1 tipped the Albion for comfortable relegation.
We have no chance on Saturday and will get "battered".
The Football Ramble didn't mention us other than Luke going to the Madrid game and liking Gross.
"Newcastle were head and shoulders above the rest of the division" (Championship)
"Huddersfield will be the surprise package next season"
"Newcastle should finish 9th"
All but 1 tipped the Albion for comfortable relegation.
We have no chance on Saturday and will get "battered".
The Football Ramble didn't mention us other than Luke going to the Madrid game and liking Gross.
Not Andy Naylor
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This is going to be the story of the next few days - plenty of pundits who only ever take notice of five or six clubs giving their ill-informed opinions about the other 14 Premier League teams.
Gritt23
New member
Exactly. That is why these pundits just automatically put promoted teams in their predictions to go straight back down, unless it's a "bigger" club like Newcastle that they will know a bit about from previous Premier League campaigns, in which case they will move them into mid-table.
Worthless nonsense.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Does he write Paul Merson's autocue?
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Phil McNulty eh.....well that's it then we're down......
albionfan37
Well-known member
All very nice and safe predictions complete lack of imagination
This.
The obvious thing to say is that the two new promoted clubs, who haven't any PL experience and who aren't owned by someone pumping in £100m's on players, will drop down. Newcastle get a pass because they kept most of their PL players and are perceived as big. Then add a Burnley, Watford or Swansea to make up the three, and hey presto.
Similarly, pundits top pick Man C, Man U and Chelsea to take the top three in no particular order. They would never admit it, but the bottom line is that their prediction for the top end is based on money and players bought.
Bournemouth, Watford, Swansea and Palace would have all been favourites for relegation in their promotion summers. Everyone got that wrong!
McNulty is just lazily following the obvious odds.
- Jun 27, 2012
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they've now fixed these 2 errors.
- Jun 27, 2012
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Last season Phil McNulty predicted Man City would be champions, Arsenal would be in the Top 4, Spurs would be 5th, Palace would be 11th
And Watford, Burnley and Hull (tick !) would be relegated.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36962933
And Watford, Burnley and Hull (tick !) would be relegated.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36962933
- Jun 27, 2012
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In 2015/16 PM predicted , in the season that Leicester were er, Champions, that they would er, be relegated and finish 19th.
He called the appointment of Ranieri "at best, left field and at worst uninspiring and unwise."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33751507
To be fair he was not alone.
Tough old game this predicting your top 20. Hardly any pundit comes up trumps so not worth fretting about.
He called the appointment of Ranieri "at best, left field and at worst uninspiring and unwise."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33751507
To be fair he was not alone.
Tough old game this predicting your top 20. Hardly any pundit comes up trumps so not worth fretting about.
Dan Gleeballs
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- Nov 24, 2011
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And if you stick your neck out then you're going to upset which ever team is on the wrong end of a bold prediction. Someone on the league table thread tipped relegation for Southampton and was met with how can you say that etc. So what if a pundit tips us for relegation. The link was worth a share but you have to question his lack of knowledge on the teams coming up from the championship though.
1234andcounting
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- Mar 31, 2008
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So poorly written. I would rather read a 16 year old's blog. Well, I wouldn't, but it would provide just about the same level of insight.
"Brighton will be a great place to watch Premier League football this season"; what does this mean. Sitting in a pub on the seafront watching Arsenal vs Chelsea with a pint in your hand?
If he was a player at the Albion I think the consensus would be "get rid".
"Brighton will be a great place to watch Premier League football this season"; what does this mean. Sitting in a pub on the seafront watching Arsenal vs Chelsea with a pint in your hand?
If he was a player at the Albion I think the consensus would be "get rid".
Notice how all these journalists and 'experts' predicting us and Huddersfield to finish in the bottom two never justify it? He hasn't mentioned one negative or area of weakness in his assessments of either of us.
Perhaps it would be more appropriate for them to just admit that they know **** all about either club and are predicting us both to go down because we're not 'big' clubs?
**** 'em, we'll prove them wrong.
Perhaps it would be more appropriate for them to just admit that they know **** all about either club and are predicting us both to go down because we're not 'big' clubs?
**** 'em, we'll prove them wrong.
Could'nt agree more.
We're just lumping all these bullshit, brain dead predictions into one thread.
I know we had a little singsong in "honour"of Holloway at the end of last season and I'm pretty sure we'll be sticking a few of the plethora of identical predictions on our dressing room wall as a motivator!
Good luck for the season boys & girls! Stick it up 'em
Eddiespearritt
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Riddled with inaccuracy it's true - but surely if you're going to predict that a team will finish bottom at least give some reasons why that will happen. "Nice place to watch football, made some signings, Knockeart is a good player blah blah", he actually only writes positives.