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Opinion: Le Grande Preview De La Saison – Part 2

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Written by AlGard

Here is Part 2 (If you missed part 1 click here).

MANCHESTER CITY:
Players in:
Angelino (PSV Eindhoven)
Rodri (Atletico Madrid)

3 in a row has to be on. They are desperate to equal United in that statistic
in the PL era.
They will miss Kompany, but Angelino is more than capable of taking on that mantle.
Goals all over the park, We are yet to beat them (And it still looks a way off before we do that).
They are not weaker than last year and can be a joy to watch. (Well thrashing Watford 6-0
in the cup final was a joy for me).

1st/2nd (The most nailed on prediction of the lot)

HEADLINE;
BOURNEMOUTH LOSE VIRGINITY TO CITY.

MANCHESTER UNITED:

Players in:

Daniel James (Swansea City)
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Crystal Palace)
Harry Maguire (Leicester City)

£80M for Maguire. No! Really! £50M for Wan-Bissaka. No! Really!
Solskjaer was found out once his mini-revival ended last season.
He is not a good motivator, and a poor start this time round will see
him gone by Xmas.
As a manager, I find him wooden. (Another great headline coming up.)

5th/6th.

HEADLINE: As Josh nets a VAR given last-minute penalty at Old Trafford to win 1-0.
NORWEGIAN KING GETS NORWEGIAN WOOD THE SACK.

NEWCASTLE:

Players in:

Joelinton (Hoffenheim)
Kyle Scott (Unattached)
Jake Turner (Bolton Wanderers)
Jetro Willems (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Allan Saint-Maximin (Nice)

Oh dear, Oh dear! Where do we start?
Mike Ashley’s baby is falling apart.
The fans hate him to a man.
A great manager is let go to bring in Steve Bruce,
Like swapping your E-type jag for a Trabant.
Dear old Mike did flash the cash on Joelinton (£40M),
7 goals in the Bundesliga does not convert into the (“New Messiah)
in the PL.
Another team on the cusp of relegation.

17th18th

HEADLINE: After young Gavin Kilkenny nets.
KILKENNY SINKS A NEWCASTLE BROWN.

NORWICH:

Players in:

Patrick Roberts (Man City) Loan
Daniel Adshead (Rochdale)
Josip Drmic (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Archie Mair (Aberdeen)
Rob Nizet (Anderlecht)
Rocky Bushiri (K.V. Oostende)
Aidan Fitzpatrick (Partick Thistle)
Ralf Fahrmann (Schalke)
Charlie Gilmour (Arsenal)
Sam Byram (West Ham)
Reece McAlear (Motherwell)
Ibrahim Amadou (Sevilla)

Well done on winning the Championship last season.
They scored 93 goals but conceded 57. That seems a lot for a title-winning side.
And looking at the above list, nothing really sticks out that will shore up that defence.
Have they learnt from previous brief visits to the Premier League.
It seems not as yet, but they might just surprise a few.

15th/16th

HEADLINE: Kilkenny and Stacey to score.
GAVIN AND STACEY ABUSE CANARIES.

SHEFFIELD UNITED:

Players in:

Luke Freeman (QPR)
Phil Jagielka (Everton)
Callum Robinson (Preston)
Ravel Morrison
Lys Mousset (AFC Bournemouth)
Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest)
Dean Henderson (Manchester United)
Oli McBurnie (Swansea City)

I have seen nothing but cockiness from Blades fans. The really think
they will roll up and be top half.
Sadly, non Blades fans are predicting a season of struggle.
Good luck with Ravel Morrison.
And good luck to Lys, but not against us,
They are going to need his 3 goals a season off the subs bench.

19th/20th

HEADLINE:….Go on Dom, your turn. As this win puts us on top of the pack chasing the top 6.
SOLANKE WIPES BLADES TO LEAVE CLEAR VIEW AHEAD.

SOUTHAMPTON:

Players in:

Moussa Djenepo (Standard Liege)
Che Adams (Birmingham City)
Danny Ings (Liverpool)
Tommy Scott (Yeovil Town)

How have they shuffled the pack?
Che Adams shows promise and might be just what they need to
bag a few extra goals this season.
Moussa Djenepo is young and raw, and certainly not PL right now.
I am not going to blag on about the Saints. You know they will
be OK, without setting the world alight.
Can we beat them at theirs, please? Just once.

14th/15th.

HEADLINE: (Jefferson rams home a 30 yarder in a 5-4 win)
RAMMER LERMA DING DONG.

TOTTENHAM:

Players in:

Kion Etete (Notts County)
Jack Clarke (Leeds)
Tanguy Ndombele (Lyon)

They don’t seem to have strengthened, so expect the same old Spurs.
Flirting with the top 2, then a drop off as there is a late-season dip.
Really hoping to make the trip to the new stadium in November.
Hopefully, Kane will be injured. And Lerma and Son can resume battle.
I just have a feeling Pochettino might get poached this season

3rd/4th

HEADLINE:
SON SON BLUE, GOSLING STOOPS TO HEAD ONE.

WATFORD:

Players in:

Bayli Spencer-Adams
Craig Dawson (West Brom)
Tom Dele-Bashiru
Mason Barrett (West Ham)
Callum Whelan
Danny Welbeck

Signing Dawson and Welbeck certainly improves the squad,
but if you see either for more than 19 games this season I will
be surprised.
Deeney is another year older and larger.
Not knocking what they did last season, but it won’t
be so good this time round.

12th/13th

HEADLINE: (Step up Lloyd )
KELLY’S HEROES HUMBLE HORNETS.

WEST HAM:

Players in:

Roberto (Espanyol)
David Martin (Millwall)
Pablo Fornals (Villarreal)
Sebastien Haller (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Goncalo Cardoso (Boavista)

They have recruited well and shifted some of the deadwood.
Fornals is a box to box powerhouse, and I am surprised one
of the Big 6 haven’t snapped Haller up. A regular goalscorer.
The fans still can’t find any love for their stadium tho, and the
atmosphere turns quickly if things go wrong.
A better season for sure.

11th/12th.

HEADLINE: (Cue Harry Wilson)
HARRY HAMMERS HAMMERS.

WOLVES:

Players in:

Raul Jimenez (Benfica)
Hong (Yeovil Town)
Raphael Nya (PSG)
Leander Dendoncker (Anderlecht)
Tsun Dai (Oxford United)
Jesus Vallejo (Real Madrid)
Patrick Cutrone (AC Milan)
Flavio Cristovao
Pedro Neto (Braga)
Bruno Jordao (Braga)
Renat Dadashov (Estoril)

Great season last year. Surprised many. And the Portuguese
refugee camp has been expanded for another season, with 3 more arriving from the land of fine port.
The football is not that unattractive either.
However, 6 Europa League games by the time they have played only
1 PL game will stretch the squad, as will qualification to the group stage.
Slightly tougher this year.

9th/10th.

HEADLINE;
WILSON’S THE GEEZER TO ROUT PORTUGUESER’S.

I know some places are duplicated, but as they say…”It’s just for fun.”

To read on, click here for part 3.

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