Dags made a grand entrance as he joined Eejay and Ayo to discuss the grand entrance of Thiago for his beloved Liverpool. We also had a chat around Arsenal’s “ugly win” and Crystal Palace doing a number on Manchester United at Old Trafford
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Dags made a grand entrance as he joined Eejay and Ayo to discuss the grand entrance of Thiago for his beloved Liverpool. We also had a chat around Arsenal’s “ugly win” and Crystal Palace doing a number on Manchester United at Old Trafford
Ola hosts Onochie and Eedris as they preview Spurs and Chelsea’s upcoming season and Ola chipped in with his big Liverpool energy.
As per our normal tradition, the footiefantasy team “runs the rule” on our predictions and expectations for the Top 6 teams and relegation teams for next season:
Ayo
Winner – I think Man City will come back stronger because I expect Aguero to have a big final season and City to sign Koulibaly. Their weakness down the middle and lack of a commanding 1-1 defender can be solved with the Koulibaly signature.
2nd place – Liverpool should be just as strong but the league will be more competitive this season and they should drop more points than last season and will be in a title race with Man City. I suspect they can’t match the same level of intensity
3rd – Chelsea strengthened significantly in attack with the addition of Werner, Ziyech, Havertz to add to Pulisic. I expect them to score significantly more goals, however, the challenge will be how Thiago S. adapts to the EPL and finding the 3rd midfielder to pair with Kante and Havertz to provide that right contrast for balance
4th – I expect United to just make 4th based on current standings, the addition of Sancho should put them in the conversation for 3rd. Just like last season, I think it will be a slugfest with 1 or 2 teams for this position.
5th – I expect Arsenal to be more organized and create more chances, but they still lack quality in-depth for a proper midfield enforcer, if they manage to wrap up the Partey there will be a party and propel them to 4th.
6th – Wolves without Europe and can focus on 1 game per week makes them a dangerous proposition
Relegation – I tip Fulham, West Brom, and Aston Villa to go down
Eejay
1st – Liverpool
2nd – Chelsea
3rd – Man City
4th – Arsenal
5th – Man United
6th – Spurs
Relegation – Leeds, WBA, and Fulham
We had Sam and Choko join us to do a preview and we looked at predictions of Arsenal and Manchester United table finishes, possible improvements, and how the table might look come to the end of season
The United boy’s – Yinka, Yemi, Jola, and Chuky joined Ayo to hand out season-ending review for the whole Manchester United squad, manager, and Board – a.k.a Ed Woodward
And breathe.
We started off at a steady pace, picked up speed as we entered the notorious festive period of numerous fixtures, went round the bend aiming to hit the home straight and then ….. pause.
Eedris and David joined us to do a full end of season review for Chelsea FC. They handed out player, managerial, and board ratings on a scale of 1-10. Some binary numbers here
As the quarter-finals kick-off tomorrow, here are my quick predictions for probably the best UCL champions quarter-final draws in a long time
PSG – Atalanta: PSG are missing Veratti, but managed to get Mbappe fit in time for this one. Atalanta defense has been leaky recently, however, their whirlwind attacking football that Gasperini has conjured up will catch PSG cold. They will not see this coming. I’m going for the Atalanta upset and a high-scoring match
Barca – Bayern: Bayern are still my favorites to win it all, extremely well-coached team that is full of serial winners and so much speed and different ways to beat you. If Barca score 1st and Messi happens, this could be a tasty tie. Still picking Bayern
Leipzig – Athletico: Simeone must be “licking his lips” at a Timo-Werner less Leipzig side who’re also playing their 1st UCL Quarterfinals. This will be a tight affair as Nagglesman will see Simeone coming. I go with A.Madrid to nick it in extra time
Man City – Lyon: This will be a lot closer than people imagine. Lyon gave City lots of problems in the group stages. Man City will go through just because Pep understands how robust and battle-ready this Lyon side is.
Let us know your predictions for this round?
We had Arsenal fans join us for the 2019/2020 end of season review. Henry, Karim, and Steven joined Eejay and Ayo. We handed out player ratings for the whole squad and the manager and we also did a FA cup review.
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