How will the Premier League pan out this season? The boffins at Football Manager think they know! The team behind the successful management simulation game have crunched some numbers and come up with a final Premier League table – without and without transfer activity in January. Take a look at the 'final' Premier League tables and an explanation of how it was worked out, below… please log in to view this image Key Points: · Despite back to back losses to Manchester City and Aston Villa, Chelsearecover to beat City to the title by three points. · City suffer defeats to Stoke, Liverpool, Southampton and – perhaps most surprisingly – to QPR as they miss out on retaining their title. · Manchester United finish third thanks to some improved performances in the second half of the season, despite losing to both Spurs and Liverpool. · Southampton’s form is not quite as stunning as in the first half of the season, particularly against teams in the bottom half of the table, but they still secure a European place. · At the bottom of the table, Leicester finish in bottom spot with Hull and Sunderland also finding themselves relegated to the Championship. · Other notable results include a 3-1 City win in the Manchester Derby and a convincing 4-1 Arsenal win in the second North London Derby of the season. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Key Points: · Manchester City pip Chelsea on goal difference by just a single goal in the tightest finish in top-flight history. · Manchester United and Arsenal complete the top four. · Tottenham and Liverpool fill the European places. · At the bottom of the league, Sunderland agonisingly miss out on safety on goal difference after tying for points with both Leicester and Crystal Palace. West Brom and Hull finish below them, both tied on 29 points, but West Brom finish 20th on goal difference. · The major transfers have varying impacts. Bony’s presence might seem to propel City towards the title, but it is in fact Aguero who scores most of their goals with Bony only netting four times at his new club (although Bafetembi Gomis enjoys the freedom of playing as a lone striker and his nine goals lift Swansea to an eighth place finish). · Strootman provides a stabilising influence at United and Sissoko fulfils a similar role at Arsenal. · Berahino’s departure from West Brom consigns them to relegation as they struggle to replace the goals that he brings to the team but his arrival at Spurs give them fifth place after he scores six in ten. Read more at http://talksport.com/football/super...ansfer-deals-150122133412#zEo9XoVXoovffMzR.99
Three more wins and five more draws from what we have now then. Not so sure about that, what with Giaccherini and Alvarez coming back to supply, and Defoe in to finish. There's no way we could gauge their effect from the season so far, simply because they weren't present. I just hope to god they deliver!
Well I've got us down for another 27 points, starting with 3 from Burnley @ home, so they're obviously wrong!
Impossible to predict as it can't account for real world scenarios like how big a **** John Carver can be and there's not a hope in hell they'll finish 9th if he gets the job
Villa finishing 11 points clear of relegation tells me it's all bollocks. Besides they can't take poor refereeing into account which affects the outcome of so many matches. Besides, I've played loads of FM in my time and one thing i've done a lot is split my games to play different systems and changes the outcome significantly. It's all bollocks.
Is someone actually getting paid to write and produce this drivel? I want that job. Don't need to be smart. Don't need to put much thought into your work. Don't need to be held accountable. In general, you can just be a dumbass and collect a salary. Right up my alley.
Last years talksport prediction Spot on eh!! ****ing numpties!! The statistics boffins at Bloomberg Sportshave crunched some numbers into their super computer and come up with a predicted 2013/14 Premier League table, which makes great reading for Chelseafans… image: http://i.imgur.com/KnZcug0.jpg please log in to view this image Read more at http://talksport.com/magazine/featu...emier-league-table-203210#7wmQvr67YTFlKFye.99
Villa to finish on 45 points ! and score 33 goals hehe. We have the easiest home matches left. Gus will get another couple of good players in and we will be all right.
Mmmm, we have only won 3 games lads, out of 20, and lost the home Hull banker 1-3. It's now or never next few games, not knocking owt but all I have seen is VERY average at home with a hostile crowd. We need to lift performance and support to get the 5 wins we need at home, simple as that.
