[Albion] Season Previews Thread 21/22

[SAC]

The Guardian have now finished their reviews and (as an avereage) they have along with a 12th place finish and they have Watford, Norwich and Brentford to be relegated. In the fan reviews, most reviewers predict Watford, Norwich and either Brentford or Burnley to be relegated.

 

[Silverhatch]

As Potter says every side - apart from the top 6 and Leicester - is vulnerable. Three newly promoted sides rarely find it easy and even sides who navigate season one have to deal with second-season syndrome. New managers at 4 sides. Palace finally twisting rather than sticking. Football finances stretched and basically broken. It’s SO MUCH MORE than just buying an increasingly mythical 20 goal a season striker. Of course we’re in the mix but we have an excellent coach and a brilliant fan-chairman and exec set up. Read our competitor forums. They’re equally perturbed. Even BlueMoon (City’s site) think they’re a centre forward short!!!!

 

[Guinness Boy]

My NSC Season Preview

https://www.northstandchat.com/content.php?892-Season-Preview-2021-22-Hedging-My-Bets

 

[chaileyjem]

The Athletic have us in 12th

https://twitter.com/alexkayjelski/status/1426080895832924161?s=21

The Premier League is back and we might even have a title race… https://theathletic.com/2766808/202...-is-back-and-we-might-even-have-a-title-race/

 

[Stato]

There's a recurring theme in these predictions that I can't quite put my finger on...

They're based on fact.

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There seem to be less predictions of our demise than in any of our previous seasons in the EPL. This year we seem to have changed to being seen by some as possible candidates for a relegation battle, in previous years we were viewed by everybody as dead certs for a scrap. We seem to have earned a little bit of credibility among some pundits, you know, like Sheffield United last summer or Bournemouth the year before.....

....Oh!

 

[Stat Brother]

There seem to be less predictions of our demise than in any of our previous seasons in the EPL. This year we seem to have changed to being seen by some as possible candidates for a relegation battle, in previous years we were viewed by everybody as dead certs for a scrap. We seem to have earned a little bit of credibility among some pundits, you know, like Sheffield United last summer or Bournemouth the year before.....

....Oh!

That's fair, the general rule of thumb seems to be we'd surmount the previously insurmountable and close that 4 point gap to the teams that lurk around 12th to 15th.