West brom away - draw Sunderland home - win Norwich away - draw West ham home -win Liverpool away - lose Crystal palace home - win 11 points
It`s going to be interesting to see what happens with both clubs in the NE. That Kinnear situation will surely end in tears one way or another. Sunderland got a bounce when PDC arrived - I was at the Sunderland -Saints game at the end of last season, and I thought, for the home side, Sunderland were a bit flat - maybe because safety was nearly assured. PDC could continue to build belief, or just as easily loose the dressing room with his antics and criticism of players. It`s his team this year, with his tactics - it won`t be boring !
Agree with that Aberdeen. Will be a lot of pressure on Di Canio and the press will be foolowing his every move!
I've got 10 points from these, would love to get a result at Anfield but can't really see it. Norwich / West Brom away will both be tough, all 3 home games are massively winneable.
Think we have the chance to do something similar to WBA this year. They had a useful few fixtures to start with and were top 4. I think we can achieve this and suddenly your good start sets the tone for the whole season. Opposition as well as the players themselves then view us as possible European contenders, despite us having played some kind fixtures. This confidence gives us a better chance against the bigger teams. WBA-draw Sunderland-win Norwich-loss WHU-win Liverpool-draw Palace-win
On my predictor ive got you guys down for 4 draws - 1 win(palace) and 1 loss(liverpool). = 7 points. Good Luck for the season.
Cheers but I'm very hopeful we will start a bit better than that. This season we need to turn draws into wins!
I'm suprised so many of you are saying we will beat West Ham at home. How did you come to this conclusion? As far as I can tell, we're still going to struggle to break down defensivley minded teams, with Lambert getting marked out the game, and until I see our new defence in action against a PL team I really have no idea how well they are going to perform. Carroll is a beast on his day, and I believe WH have just signed a new winger so they're going to be whipping it into him from all directions. I think we can expect points against Palace and maybe Sunderland and Norwich.
I went on KUMB last night to see what they were saying about us (I know), I'd love to say they all hate us and put us 19th, but to be fair pretty much all mid table with a few saying 8th or higher.
West Ham aren't really our rivals. They have several local ones they hate more, whereas we have no one (well, no one who counts anyway ).
Not really. Only in Div one and part of that was down to their manager (now gone). Unless you know something historical that I don't know. Though will admit that drawing Brighton would add a little something to a Cup.
Probably just a personal thing Fran. Never liked the club and had a few disappointments against them over the years.
After recent injuries i am gonna go forr West brom away - Loss Sunderland home - Loss (Forum has mental break down) Norwich away - Win West ham home - Win (Pochettino for England) Liverpool away - lose Crystal palace home - win
