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The domestic season is back, cementing the ‘end’ of the dismal era of English football that was the 2010 World Cup.
With the passing of the torch football is thankfully, once again, more than a tool to aid James Corden to continue his unstoppable cultural dominance. Bad news for all who are delighted by the webuyanycar.com adverts – Corden is banished, The Premiership is back.
Is it a co-incidence that it comes back at the same time as The X Factor? Is it Simon Cowell running the FA or did Sir Bert Milichip set up Syco Productions? I truly hope the latter.
Anyway to celebrate the beginning of the new season a lot of teams have gone goal mental. In the first two weeks, a staggering four matches have ended 6-0.
To fans of Grandstand, that is four matches ending 6 (six) – 0.
On the opening day Chelsea beat West Brom 6-0. This weekend they matched the score in the away game at Wigan, and the six-up was matched by Arsenal against Blackpool and, most surprisingly, Newcastle against Aston Villa.
To celebrate, here are six words on each team for my prediction for the 2010-2011 season. L’enjoy;
1. Chelsea
Easily the best again, plus Essien
2. Arsenal
Looking tasty but not quite there
3. Manchester United
Expect another April collapse under pressure
4. Liverpool
Roy Hodgson will steady the ship
5. Manchester City
Too many mentals with weak manager
6. Everton
No Europe plus Arteta equals success
7. Tottenham
Will lose points because of Europe
8. Bolton Wanderers
Much better than most people realise
9. Newcastle United
Mike Ashley for Freedom of City?
10. Aston Villa
No manager, no direction, no improvement
11. Birmingham City
Solid defence and competent going forward
12. Sunderland
Could be higher but lacking strikers
13. Blackburn Rovers
Allardyce will brag about this finish
14. Fulham
Transitional period but in no dander
15. Stoke City
More of the same, Mr Pulis
16. Wolverhampton Wanderers
You probably won’t notice them, again
17. West Brom
Surprisingly there are three worse teams
18. West Ham United
Avram Grant will get thoroughly exposed
19. Wigan Athletic
About time these wasters went down
20. Blackpool
Chairman/manager already cracking up – doomed
Getting back to the start of the season, most of the teams have been ones you would expect to get spanked.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Blackpool, Wigan and West Brom made up the bottom three at the end of the season – although my prediction would be for West Ham to replace West Brom.
Again though, the only decent team thrashed was Aston Villa, against Premiership newboys Newcastle United.
Newcastle United aren’t really ‘new boys’ per se. They are more like naughty boys who were suspended from school for a term and have come back to re-establish themselves in the playground.
This allegory is particularly fitting due to the childish nature of the Magpies fans.
A quick glance at Newcastle United online fan forums shows the Mags why-ayeing about Champion’s League football. And so the cycle begins again.
It’s all very easy to say this won’t happen, but so I’d like you to copy and paste the above predictions to remind me of my mortality come the end of the season.
After my very un-Nostradamas- like World Cup ‘predictions’, I wouldn’t be surprised if the opposite of this happens.
Blackpool for the title, then.
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