As we're about to rediscover the joy of European football, what are your predictions for next season ?
All predictions here are wrong or you get your money back.
Finish: 14th
European progress: Playoff round before the league stage
League Cup progress: 3rd round
FA Cup progress: 5th round
Player departures: MGW, Aina, Boly, Toffolo, Miguel, Hennessey, Moreno, CHO.
Player of the season: Elanga
12th
Win
3rd round
Last 16
MGW plus out of contracts
Wissa
18th
Play off round
4th round
4th round
MGW, Murillo, T (retires)
Neco
Finish: 7th (Nuno finished 7th twice in a row when at Wolves)
European progress: Win
League Cup progress: QF
FA Cup progress: QF
Player departures: MGW, Boly, Toffolo, Hennessey, Moreno
Player of the season: Murillo
Is it cocks on the block time?
Finish: 10th
European progress: ZDS Champions again
League Cup progress: 4th Round
FA Cup progress: Quarter Finals
Player departures: Boly, Toffolo, Hennessey, Moreno, Morato, Sosa, Awoniyi (loan)
Player of the season: Delap
Hasn't Moreno already left?
That's the sort of prediction Guru would like.
Are the prediction Mafia part of the Cosa Nostradamus?
My big call is Aina to Liverpool
Finish: 15th - playing Thursday/Sunday is too much with the lack of squad depth and Nuno is gone by Christmas.
European progress: QF
League Cup progress: R3
FA Cup progress: QF
Player departures: MGW, Boly, Toffolo, Awoniyi, Hennessey, most of the B team (except Abbott, Bott and Taylor) plus a surprise established first-teamer.
Player of the season: Anderson
Finish: an optimistic 10th.
European progress: win
League Cup progress: 4th round
FA Cup progress: 3rd round
Player departures: MGW & the out of contract players. Probably one other first teamer, let's say CHO.
Player of the season: tends to be won by defensive players, so a farewell award to Murillo.
Finish: 8th. We are a better team now.
European progress: Final
League Cup progress: 3rd round
FA Cup progress: early departure
Player departures: Gibbs White for the cash. Most of the squad outside the first team
Player of the season: Delap.
Loving this Delap stuff. No way he's coming to us!
Haven't they just tied up a deal for Frimpong? I can't see them getting 2 RB's in
That's a lot of games. We're going to need some significant transfer activity, especially with all that extra time to play in the cups.
Four centre-backs in the last five years, but previous decade was predominantly midfielders.
2012 - Garath McCleary
2013 - Chris Cohen
2014 - Andy Reid
2015 - Michail Antonio
2016 - Dorus de Vries
2017 - Eric Lichaj
2018 - Ben Osborn
2019 - Joe Lolley
2020 - Matty Cash
2021 - Joe Worrall
2022 - Scott McKenna
2023 - Morgan Gibbs-White
2024 - Murillo
2025 - Nikola Milenkovic
