Comments on: Alan Hylands’ Premiership Predictions 2006/2007 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/08/12/alan-hylands-premiership-predictions-20062007/ Football News, Views, Articles and Discussion Sun, 20 May 2012 13:16:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alan Hylands http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/08/12/alan-hylands-premiership-predictions-20062007/#comment-5423 Alan Hylands Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:47:22 +0000 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/08/12/alan-hylands-premiership-predictions-20062007/#comment-5423 Sorry Ashley but I think, again, that Stuart Pearce has failed (not his fault I'm sure) to sign the necessary quality to push City out of that mid table scrum. It cost Spurs a lot of money to do it over the past couple of years and the fact that we signed good, quality players made the difference. I just don't think City are quite good enough to make the top half. Liverpool's days are over? Quite the opposite, I really think Benitez has found the missing ingredients that Houllier found just out of reach and with No Neck Bellamy adding another 15 goals a deason I think Liverpool will be very hard to beat. Sorry Ashley but I think, again, that Stuart Pearce has failed (not his fault I’m sure) to sign the necessary quality to push City out of that mid table scrum. It cost Spurs a lot of money to do it over the past couple of years and the fact that we signed good, quality players made the difference. I just don’t think City are quite good enough to make the top half.

Liverpool’s days are over? Quite the opposite, I really think Benitez has found the missing ingredients that Houllier found just out of reach and with No Neck Bellamy adding another 15 goals a deason I think Liverpool will be very hard to beat.

]]> By: Alan Hylands http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/08/12/alan-hylands-premiership-predictions-20062007/#comment-5422 Alan Hylands Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:44:31 +0000 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/08/12/alan-hylands-premiership-predictions-20062007/#comment-5422 Come on JD, you know theres no way I'd ever predict that lot finishing higher than Spurs before a ball has even been kicked! I accept your point about the three promoted clubs rarely going back down but I seriously think that the three this year have so much ground to make up and have all failed to do the necessary strengthening to keep their new found Premiership status. Also, don't write off Boro, still hard to beat and if they find a little attacking instinct under Southgate they could push on a bit. Still lacking a Juninho figure i think to really make the step up this season though. Come on JD, you know theres no way I’d ever predict that lot finishing higher than Spurs before a ball has even been kicked!

I accept your point about the three promoted clubs rarely going back down but I seriously think that the three this year have so much ground to make up and have all failed to do the necessary strengthening to keep their new found Premiership status.

Also, don’t write off Boro, still hard to beat and if they find a little attacking instinct under Southgate they could push on a bit. Still lacking a Juninho figure i think to really make the step up this season though.

]]> By: ashley grant http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/08/12/alan-hylands-premiership-predictions-20062007/#comment-5417 ashley grant Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:50:39 +0000 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/08/12/alan-hylands-premiership-predictions-20062007/#comment-5417 Man city may have a difficult season infront of them but they will finish at least 9th and liverpool have no chance finishing 2nd ther days are over Man city may have a difficult season infront of them but they will finish at least 9th and liverpool have no chance finishing 2nd ther days are over

]]> By: Jonathan Dewart http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/08/12/alan-hylands-premiership-predictions-20062007/#comment-5236 Jonathan Dewart Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:03:46 +0000 http://stateofthegame.co.uk/2006/08/12/alan-hylands-premiership-predictions-20062007/#comment-5236 Well I don't think your predictions will be too far away, though I would be surprised if Spurs out-perform Arsenal. They may be lacking the stars of the past, but Wenger is too good a manager to let Champions [sic] League football slip away without a fight. I Think some of their youngsters may well make an impact. Also, Reading will probably put up more of a fight than you expect... remember, its not that often that all promoted sides go straight back down no matter the predictions. And 'Boro will never finish ahead of West Ham! Well I don’t think your predictions will be too far away, though I would be surprised if Spurs out-perform Arsenal. They may be lacking the stars of the past, but Wenger is too good a manager to let Champions [sic] League football slip away without a fight. I Think some of their youngsters may well make an impact.

Also, Reading will probably put up more of a fight than you expect… remember, its not that often that all promoted sides go straight back down no matter the predictions.

And ‘Boro will never finish ahead of West Ham!

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