~~~ Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 West Ham are going to be pish judging by these early European performances so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gy diamond Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Bilic will be lucky to make it to Christmas if the Europa games are anything to go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 They shouldn't have got rid of the legend that masterminded their qualification for Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozam76 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 They shouldn't have got rid of the legend that masterminded their qualification for Europe. But, but, Slaven Bilic IS West Ham! He's a West Ham legend! (only played 50 odd games, then went to Everton in acrimonious circumstances...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 What odds are Villa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 But, but, Slaven Bilic IS West Ham! He's a West Ham legend! (only played 50 odd games, then went to Everton in acrimonious circumstances...) Does he play 'the West Ham way' though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM. Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 First glances at outright on odds checker has Chelsea 13/8 Man city at 11/4 arsenal at 9/2 and utd at 11/2. Don't agree with it myself and no idea why city would have those odds , I would definitely swap man city and utds odds around. I don't reckon Chelsea should be that short either. They huffed and puffed in the final few months of the season not playing well and haven't really strengthened their squad (think they've only signed Begovic and Falcao). Utd, City and Arsenal will all pose a bigger threat than last year aswell so I think 13/8 is pretty poor odds. Think the value is definitely in Man Utd this year, especially if they sign a centre half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 5000/1 to win the league X PHREE MONEY!1!!!1£1!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 Well, if we're predicting who's gonna win the league some twat may as well make a fool of themselves and try to predict the whole league. I'm already making excuses by stating that I don’t know too much about some of the new teams/players in the league. 1, Chelsea: I don't see anyone giving them much competition. Crucially, they can win matches in first gear. Their rivals don't convince me and I reckon they'll only need about 85 points to win the league, which they'll achieve quite easily. 2, Man Utd: probably likely to be the closest contender, but I think their defence isn't good enough to win the league, especially with added uncertainty over their goalkeeper. 3, Arsenal: every year, hipsters predict Arsenal will challenge for the title. Every year, they have a massive mid-season slump leading to calls for Wenger's head, before battering everybody in the last dozen or some games to easily secure a top four place. This year will be no different. 4. Man City: Aguero's brilliant, but he gets injured a lot. With Toure in decline, I think they'll fade a bit before the inevitable sacking of Pellegrini. If you spend all Summer being linked with Pogba then end up with an injured Fabian Delph as your new midfield lynchpin, I don't think you can really expect to be winning the league. And I say that as someone who rates him quite highly. Although I think he's a cock, obviously! 5. Liverpool: their signings seem pretty good. They suffered from missing Suarez and Sturridge last year, but their new midfield signings should chip in more goals than they managed last year when they had to keep picking a semi-retired Steven Gerrard. Benteke will score at least twenty goals, if he stays fit. Too soon to compete for the title though but they could conceivably end up above any of the teams I've picked to finish second-fourth. 6. Swansea: why not? Every year they seem to get better, and this year their signings look impressive. This is probably about my most outlandish prediction but I wouldn't even be amazed if they finished in the top four. 7. Tottenham: no team is as reliant on how well one player does as they are with Kane. Basically, if he does as well as last year, they could finish in the top four. If he fails, they could be mid-table. I suspect that he'll be somewhere in between and so will they as a result. 8. Stoke: they're just effective at what they do. Nowhere near as dull as they were in the days of Rory Delap spending ten minutes per game drying the ball with a towel, albeit still pretty direct. They'll be nowhere near the drop and could challenge for Europe. 9. Everton: if I was them I'd cash in on Stones and use the money to add a bit of creativity which could propel them to contention for Europe. I don't think they will though, so top six/seven will elude them. They should be way better than last season though. 10. Southampton: I'm scared to write them off too much after last year but surely you can't keep selling your best players and still doing well? I don't think they'll have enough to compete too close to the top this year, especially with the added distraction of Thursday nights abroad. 11. Newcastle: probably the most unpredictable team in the league, but I reckon they've bought well and shouldn't have to worry about the drop. They'll lose to Sunderland and beat us, as ever. 12. West Ham: I think Bilic will be under pressure to change the style radically and it'll mean they remain unconvincing in the early stages of the season, as they have been in Europe. Fancy them to finish the season well though given the desire to give the ground a good send-off. Should have too much to get involved in a relegation scrap. 13. Crystal Palace: have retained the team that exceeded expectations last year including, crucially, Bolassie. Much will depend on how well Cabaye does. He could be brilliant or disinterested. If he's anywhere near his best they should be nowhere near the drop. 14. The Villa: 17th last year and sold our best two players. So relegation certainties? Well, for once I'm cautiously optimistic. The abject surrender in the cup final covered the fact that, under Tim The Enchanter, we were generally about mid-table level. We'll miss Benteke and Delph but with the signings we've made we now have more strength in depth in every position. I just want to be safe in April and reckon we can meet that meagre target. Hoping Jordan Veretout can make a massive impact for us. 15. Bournemouth: pissed goals last season, most hilariously at St Andrews. I reckon they'll do okay, especially at their (by Premier League standards) teeny ground. Comfortably safe. They'll definitely get off to a good start as we always, and I mean always, lose away to newly-promoted teams at the start of the season. 16. West Brom: I can't see Pulis getting them relegated. They'll be able to scrap and stay up, just. Fancy Ricky Lambert to score a few in a team whose style will suit his abilities. 17. Sunderland: A big club with a big ground, but who haven't won anything for fucking ages. Seemed to be willing to splash the cash when O'Neill was there but have given up a bit since. Tend to bore people to death each year but do just enough to survive when everyone thought they might finally see the back of them. But enough about us. Sunderland will finish seventeenth. 18. Watford: I don't know any Watford players. For all I know they could be good enough to win the league. They won't though. 19. Leicester: Their end of season run was excellent, but doesn't belie the fact that they were still beyond pish up until about March. Seemed to survive purely by their ostrich-obsessed manager's anger infecting the team. I can't see Ranieri having the same effect. Hopefully all their sex tapes will remain racism-free. 20. Norwich: well, they're Norwich. Getting relegated is just a Norwich sort of thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 1. Chelsea 2. Arsenal 3/4. Man City/Man Utd, can't really separate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I'm also not too sure that Aguero gets injured too often anymore. He used to but last season he was injured once. It just happened to coincide with a month of a hectic schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 Isn't he injured at the moment? I only noticed as I was considering him for my Fantasy Team. Think you're correct overall though, he's played thirty or more league games in three of his four Man City seasons. So I was talking shite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeboy Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I read a bit about him a while ago that said he's taken things out his diet and his overall conditioning, recovery time and performance has improved considerably. Like I said he was out injured 30 days last season and managed to miss something like 9 (?) games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Off to Swindon v Liverpool tomorrow a ground I've not been to before. How quick did that summer break go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigOutYourSoul Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Was having this argument the other day with friends. 365 had United at 6/1 and they were saying there was no value in that. No way city should be half the odds of United this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Excited for the Arsenal Chelsea Glorified friendly Rather watch United vs Aberdeen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 Correct. Couldn't give a shit about the Charity Shield in most years. This year, when it serves as an added reminder of our painful surrender in the Cup Final, I'll be even less likely to watch. Don't really mind who wins the New Firm game but hoping for loads of lunatic tackles, red cards and SCENES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airdrie Onions Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Decent goal from the Ox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Loic Remy doing his best Pipo Inzaghi impersonation in this game. I've lost count of the amount of times he's been caught offside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Climbing all those stairs for a runners up medal in the Charity Shield must be among the most pointless things in football...life even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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