End of Season Prediction Game 25/26

[Cobs]

The usual waste of time - let’s have it

Top 5

1) Arsenal

2) Liverpool

3) Man City

4) Chelsea

5) Mancs

 

Bottom 3

18) Leeds

19) Brentford

20) Sunderland

 

Champions League Winners - Liverpool

UEFA Cup Winners - Lyon

FA Cup Winners - Man City

League Cup WInners - Mancs

 

PL Top Scorer - Saka

1st Manager sacked - Keith Andrews

 

Promoted from the Championship

Ipswich, Birmingham, Bristol City

 

 

- So - I’m going for Arsenal to win the league. I think we’ve done too much in the transfer window to seamlessly carry on from last season. I’m expecting a struggle (relatively speaking) pre Christmas before properly gelling and getting our act together afterwards and kicking on to finish runners up and winning Big Ears No.7 

Arsenal - have strengthened where they needed to. I think Saka is gonna have a big season and their defence remains pretty solid.

I also see a return to some semblance of form for the Mancs. No European football will bolster their domestic chances, keeping players fresh and improving on Amorim’s tactical plans. They still have Onana in nets so 5th and a spwany cup win will represent a great season for them and they’ll fancy themselves the season after when it will all turn to s*** once gain.

 

At the bottom I think one of the 3 newbies stays up (at least) - and having learned to defend (a bit) last season I think they’re the best bet of the 3 to do that. Brentford have lost their strike force and have stuck a set piece coach in as manager. I think they’re doomed - though I hope for Hendo/Kelleher I’m wrong on that.

[FakeNewsBear]

Top 5

1st - City

2nd - Liverpool 

3rd - Chelsea

4th - Arsenal 

5th - Spurs

Bottom 3 

18th - Sunderland 

19th - Leeds

20th - Burnley

Champions League Winners - Real Madrid 

UEFA Cup Winners - Roma

FA Cup Winners - Liverpool 

League Cup WInners - Liverpool 

 

PL Top Scorer - Haaland 

1st Manager sacked - Daniel Farke 

 

Promoted from the Championship

Bristol City, Stoke and Southampton 

[stressederic]

Top 5

1) Liverpool

2) Arsenal

3) Man City

4) Chelsea

5) Villa

 

Bottom 3

18) Leeds

19) Brentford

20) Sunderland

 

Champions League Winners - Liverpool

UEFA Cup Winners - Aston Villa

FA Cup Winners - Arsenal

League Cup Winners - Liverpool

 

PL Top Scorer - Salah

1st Manager sacked - Daniel Farke

 

Promoted from the Championship

Southampton, Leicester, Bristol City

4 hours ago, Cobs said:

So - I’m going for Arsenal to win the league. I think we’ve done too much in the transfer window to seamlessly carry on from last season. I’m expecting a struggle (relatively speaking) pre Christmas before properly gelling and getting our act together afterwards and kicking on to finish runners up and winning Big Ears No.7 

Arsenal - have strengthened where they needed to. I think Saka is gonna have a big season and their defence remains pretty solid.

I think this is the big thing for this season. We've made a lot of changes which may well take time to settle. If we do struggle, Arsenal are likely the beneficiaries.

But I keep coming back to the way that Arteta repeatedly kept trying to get Arsenal to shut up shop when 1-0 or 2-1 up in games last season and ended up throwing the points away. Maybe he'll adapt to that with a better striker now but I think that aspect of his character might do for them again.

Edited August 15 by stressederic

[Cobs]

Last season they ended up playing Merino up front - they’ve got Gykores, Havertz & Jesus now back fit (I’m assuming). Saka too.

Zubimendi might be a flop but I expect him to be good and give added control to their midfield.

They (Arteta) certainly have no excuses if they don’t deliver one of the big two trophies this season.

 

City are an interesting proposition after last season’s nothingness. If they and Haaland get their act together they could return to the top. But they’ve lost that air of invincibility they had and I think teams can start matches believing they can get at them and that makes a difference. Oh and they are massive cheats, so fuxk them.

Chelsea, World Champions without a pre-season will drop off at some point.

Everton probably have enough to stay up - the Moyesy doggedness will see them eke out enough pts. Interesting to see how Grealish goes there.

[BigBird]

Top 5

1) City

2) Chelsea

3) Arsenal

4) Liverpool

5) Villa

 

Bottom 3

18) Wolves

19) Leeds

20) Burnley

 

Champions League Winners - PSG

UEFA Cup Winners - Villa

FA Cup Winners - Arsenal

League Cup WInners - Liverpool

 

PL Top Scorer - Haaland

1st Manager sacked - Nuno Espirito

 

Promoted from the Championship

Leicester, Southampton, Millwall

Retaining the Title is hard enough without the excessive changes we have made. Selling Diaz was a monumental blunder while Witz will make us pretty to watch but easier to play against. 

 

[Cobs]

Strong words, BB - but I do agree with your thoughts on the Diaz sale. I’d have given him the new deal myself - maybe we had to for the PSR numbers to work but still…

[faithnomore]

Top 5

1) City

2) Arsenal

3) Liverpool

4) Chelsea

5) Man Utd

 

Bottom 3

18) Sunderland

19) Leeds

20) Burnley

 

Champions League Winners - Real Madrid

UEFA Cup Winners - Porto

FA Cup Winners - Liverpool

League Cup WInners - Brighton

 

PL Top Scorer - Gyokeres

1st Manager sacked - Farke

 

Promoted from the Championship

Leicester, Southampton, QPR

[Case]

Top 5

1. Liverpool

2. Arsenal

3. Chelsea

4. Tottenham Hotspur

5. Manchester United

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Bottom 3 

18. Wolves

19. Burnley

20. Sunderland

——- 

Champions League Winner - PSG

UEFA Cup - Borussia Dortmund

FA Cup - Nottingham Forest

League Cup - Manchester City

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PL Top Scorer - Ekitike

1st Manager Sacked - Keith Andrews (Brentford)

Promoted - Bristol City,  Ipswich Town, Southampton

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Like BB, I wouldn’t have sold Diaz. It’s made us more unbalanced, but I think Gakpo, Ekitike, Nghoma will just about compensate, and CF is clearly better. If we get Guehi, I think we’re stronger at CB than last season. I’d personally have Robbo as starting LB though. Arsenal? Nah, not having it. Gyokeres will score less than 15, and their better players last season (Havertz, Merino) no longer have an obvious starting place. Think they’re weak at RB too. City will crash and burn, Guardiola won’t last the season.

[Cheesecake]

Top 5

1) Liverpool 

2) Arsenal

3) City

4) Chelsea

5) Spurs

 

Bottom 3

18) Sunderland

19) Leeds

20) Burnley

 

Champions League Winners - Liverpool 

UEFA Cup Winners - Porto

FA Cup Winners - Liverpool (Mostly Reserves)

League Cup WInners - Liverpool (Reserves)

 

PL Top Scorer - Ekitike

1st Manager sacked - Keith Andrews

 

Promoted from the Championship

WBA, Southampton, Norwich

[Beardsley]

Top five:

1. Liverpool

2. City (unless they get thrown out of the league)

3. Chelsea

4. Arsenal

5. Brighton 

 

Bottom three:

18. Wolves

19. Sunderland

20. Burnley

 

CL winners:

Liverpool

FA Cup winners:

Liverpool

League Cup winners:

City

 

Top scorer:

Isak

1st mgr sacked:

Amorim

[dyl]

Top 5

1 - Liverpool

2 - Manchester City

3 - Arsenal

4 - Chelsea

5 - Spurs

 

Bottom 3

18 - Brentford

19 - Leeds

20 - Burnley

 

Champions League Winners - Barcelona

UEFA Cup Winners - Villa

FA Cup Winners - Manchester City

League Cup Winners - Spurs

 

PL Top Scorer - Haaland

1st Manager sacked - Farke

 

Promoted from the Championship

Ipswich, Birmingham, Bristol City

[Begbie]

7 hours ago, Cobs said:

The usual waste of time - let’s have it

Top 5

1) Liverpool

2) City

3) Arsenal

4) Chelsea

5) Villa

 

Bottom 3

18) Brentford

19) Burnley

20) Sunderland

 

Champions League Winners - Liverpool

UEFA Cup Winners - Lyon

FA Cup Winners - Chelsea

League Cup WInners - Arsenal

 

PL Top Scorer - Isak

1st Manager sacked - Amorim

 

Promoted from the Championship

Ipswich, Leicester, WBA

 

Think the top 3 will be very tight, but we've got the best first 11 and a manager who's head won't explode. Luck with injuries will be crucial 

[Cam]

Top 5

1) Chelsea 

2) Arsenal 

3) Liverpool 

4) Man City

5) Newcastle 

 

Bottom 3

18) Leeds

19) Burnley

20) Sunderland

 

Champions League Winners - Barcelona 

UEFA Cup Winners - Villa

FA Cup Winners - Arsenal 

League Cup WInners - Man City

 

PL Top Scorer - Haaland

1st Manager sacked - Amorim

 

Promoted from the Championship - Birmingham, Southampton, Ipswich 

[takanohana]

Top 5

1. Us

2. City

3. Chelsea

4. Arsenal 

5. Newcastle 

 

Bottom 3

18. Wolves

19. Burnley

20. Sunderland 

 

Champions League: Us

UEFA Cup: Real Betis

FA Cup: Chelsea

League Cup: Man City

PL top scorer: Haaland

First mgr sacked: Pereira

Promoted from championship: Leicester, Southampton, Bristol City.

[Cobs]

59 minutes ago, Cam said:

Top 5

1) Chelsea 

2) Arsenal 

3) Liverpool 

4) Man City

5) Newcastle 

 

Bottom 3

18) Leeds

19) Burnley

20) Sunderland

 

Champions League Winners - Barcelona 

UEFA Cup Winners - Villa

FA Cup Winners - Arsenal 

League Cup WInners - Man City

 

PL Top Scorer - Haaland

1st Manager sacked - Amorim

 

Promoted from the Championship - Birmingham, Southampton, Ipswich 

Chelsea?

[Cam]

6 minutes ago, Cobs said:

Chelsea?

Yep, I actually fear them. Hopefully everyone can bump this in a few weeks to mercilessly laugh at me as they hover around the relegation zone.

Obviously, I'll claim it as mockering and demand gratitude.

[Hassony]

Top 5

 

 

 

1) Arsenal (They're running out of excuses)

 

 

 

2) Liverpool (because defending a title is very difficult)

 

 

 

3) Man City 

 

 

 

4) Spurs

 

 

 

5) Chelsea 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bottom 3

 

 

 

18) Leeds

 

 

 

19) Burnley 

 

 

 

20) Sunderland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Champions League Winners - Liverpool

 

 

 

UEFA Cup Winners - Vills

 

 

 

FA Cup Winners - Arsenal 

 

 

 

League Cup WInners - City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PL Top Scorer - Halaand

 

 

 

1st Manager sacked - Potter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Promoted from the Championship

 

 

 

Norwich,  Leicester,  West brom

[dyl]

2 hours ago, Hassony said:

Top 5

Is your enter key stuck?

[stressederic]

I'd forgotten Graham Potter existed (which is quite telling in itself) but he's clearly going to be the first manager sacked, isn't he?

[Cobs]

4 hours ago, dyl said:

Is your enter key stuck?

He entered late so is disqualified anyway

[Hassony]

32 minutes ago, Cobs said:

He entered late so is disqualified anyway

I pressed enter on Friday afternoon 

 

And you can stick your fiver up your....

Edited August 17 by Hassony

[Cheesecake]

Doesn’t matter anyway, what sort of mad man predicts a league and cup double for arsenal?

[Hassony]

On 8/15/2025 at 5:35 PM, BigBird said:

Top 5

1) City

2) Chelsea

3) Arsenal

4) Liverpool

5) Villa

 

Bottom 3

18) Wolves

19) Leeds

20) Burnley

 

Champions League Winners - PSG

UEFA Cup Winners - Villa

FA Cup Winners - Arsenal

League Cup WInners - Liverpool

 

PL Top Scorer - Haaland

1st Manager sacked - Nuno Espirito

 

Promoted from the Championship

Leicester, Southampton, Millwall

Retaining the Title is hard enough without the excessive changes we have made. Selling Diaz was a monumental blunder while Witz will make us pretty to watch but easier to play against. 

 

Early pace setter 

 

[BigBird]

2 hours ago, Hassony said:

Early pace setter 

 

Feel sorry for Nuno. Hope Marinakis appoints Mourinho, they deserve each other.

 

[Cobs]

They’ve appointed Ange

i wonder what his odds are on being the next guy sacked?