Money where your mouth is - 20/21 Version

[Jane The Virgin]

1) Where will we finish

Scudetto

2)Who will be our best player

1. Barella
2. Lukaku
3. De Vrij
4. Sanchez

3) Will Conte survive the season?

He will, but after all the drama this summer i doubt he will want to stay for another year.

4) Who will be the most disappointing player?

Depending on expectations, but i think with the formation Conte is pushing Skriniar will never live up to the standards of De Vrij and more surprisingly Bastoni.

Brozo will be brozo, good but never really reassuringly good enough for several games in a row.

Martinez cant handle pressure and i think we can forget him being in the form he was the first part of the last season.

Eriksen for the sole purpose of never getting a chance and always criticized for the 10 minites he will get to play here and there...

5) Where will our Champions League Group go?

We will probably survive the group stage... then its all lottery

6) Our failings and successes

Failings: not being able to play 2/3/4 different formations, thus limiting players and player options. Players like Asamoah getting to play some cup games, etc. Not being able to get rid of unnecessary players.

Successes: When technically gifted players will start to gel with eachother, we might witness some insane badassery. Somewhat good mixture of young and some really experienced players with champion mentality.

7) Who will get more bench time than you’d expect

Skriniar, Eriksen, Hakimi

8) Who will get less bench time than you’d expect

Sensi

9) Best U23 Player

Bastoni by far.

10) Best Over 30 Player

I think all the older guys have insane respect for Conte, and they will all deliver big time for him. So most probably all of them will have great season. Talking about Young, Sanchez, Kolarov, Radja if he stays, Perisic as well, Vidal if he joins.

11) How will we perform against our main rivals

Beat Milan twice.
Beat Juve once for sure.
Roma win and draw.
Lazio win/win.

12) Any other major league prediction

Milan will sack Pioli much sooner than expected. Not even top 4 finish.

Juve will struggle for the second place.

Napoli will have a good season, easily top3.

Immobile wont score more than 14 goals. With 5 goals from the penalty spot.

Lukaku will be the leading goalscorer, 23-27 goals.

 

[YoramG]

1 - Where will we finish?

Fuck it, we win it this year.

2 - Who will be our best player?

Barella is going to tear the league apart this season.

3 - Will Conte survive the season?

Absolutely, but he won't extend and will be gone by the end of the 21/22 season.

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player?

Brozovic will likely struggle next year, particularly if he doesn't feel he's first choice anymore.

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?

Even if we get past the group we'll be out in the Ro16.

6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc).

We'll probably outrun most teams quite easily. The Pintus preparation that killed Sensi for half a year should hopefully start showing some results, it definitely showed against Leverkusen and Shaktar already.

The right half of our team (Skriniar-Barella-Hakimi-Lukaku) will have an unbelievable season. Likewise our defense will probably confirm itself as the best in the league again. However, the lack of a quality 4th striker and starting LWB will kill us somewhere along the way, probably in some kind of cup game.

Handanovic is a mystery to me, I think he was sub-par last season but hopefully he has a brilliant year in what will probably be his final season as a certified starter.

7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?

We all know Conte loves his boys but I expect Candreva to be relegated to the bench for the majority of the season, particularly if Darmian comes in. Eriksen will also be on the bench more than we'd hope but hopefully it's because he's being rotated with an out of this world Sensi again.

8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?

D'Ambrosio will be the first choice rotation for Skriniar IMO, and if he stays, Nainggolan will see the pitch a lot.

9 - Best U-23 player?

I can't believe we have both Bastoni and Hakimi in this team . I'll say Bastoni, no sophomore slump for that guy.

10 - Best O-30 player?

Provided injuries give him a break, Sanchez.

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)

We'll win both against Lazio. Draw one and win one against Milan, Atalanta and Roma. Draw both to Napoli, and lose one and win one against Juve.

12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)

Pirlo will come 2nd through the sheer quality of the squad he's got, but I don't imagine it will be pretty. Milan will do surprisingly well, but I think will slump and just miss out on CL again. Napoli and Atalanta in the CL, Roma and Milan in the EL and Lazio to have an absolute disaster of a season and come 9th. Sassuolo and Fiorentina will have good season, maybe even make a cup run.

Ronaldo for the capocannoniere, with roundabout 11 penalties.

 

[Forzanerazzurri]

1 - Where will we finish - First
2 - Who will be our best player - Hakimi
3 - Will Conte survive the season? Yes
4 - Who will be the most disappointing player - Perisic
5 - Where will our CL campaign go? - Round of 16
6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc) - boh
7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect? - Eriksen
8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect? - Kolarov
9 - Best U-23 player? - Hakimi
10 - Best O-30 player? - Vidal
11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio) - Good
12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?) - Milan is decent

 

[Gaindé]

1 - Where will we finish
1st with 93 points

2 - Who will be our best player
Barella

3 - Will Conte survive the season?
YES

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player
Sanchez

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?
Quarter finals against a PL team

6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc)
Success : Scudetto + best defense, Confirmation of the talent Hakimi, Barella and Lautaro, Skriniar to come back from the dead
Fail: Lose one of the derbies against Milan, Left wing back to suck


7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?
Sanchez

8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?
Kolarov

9 - Best U-23 player?
Hakimi

10 - Best O-30 player?
Handanovic

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)

3 points against Milan and Juve, 4 points against Napoli and Roma, 6 points against Lazio and Atalanta


12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)
Pioli OUT in November, Gattuso sacked before Easter, 90000 penalty scandals. Inter 1st, Juve 2nd, Roma 3rd, Milan 4th. Lukaku capocannoniere.

 

[eduzee]

1 - Where will we finish

3rd

2 - Who will be our best player

Handanovic

3 - Will Conte survive the season?

No, he won't

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player

Skriniar

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?

Eliminated on the group stage (Conte factor)

6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc)

No comments

7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?

Eriksen

8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?

Darmian

9 - Best U-23 player?

Bastoni

10 - Best O-30 player?

Handanovic

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)

AC Milan - won "away", lost at home
Juve - draw at the Meazza, lost away
Roma - draw away, won at home
Napoli - lost both fixtures
Atalanta - draw home and won away
Lazio - won both games


12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)

Milan will be second and might get a Coppa

 

[firmino]

1 - Where will we finish

Second

2 - Who will be our best player

Hakimi

3 - Will Conte survive the season?

Yes.

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player

Skriniar

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?

Quarterfinals

6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc)

I don't see particular strengths or weaknesses in this team, other than we have to pray Lukaku never gets injured.

Yes, hakimi will improve our right flank considerably, but I have already mentioned him as our best player, so I guess I'll pass on this one.

7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?

Skriniar

8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?

Darmian, i'm afraid

9 - Best U-23 player?

Bastoni

10 - Best O-30 player?

Vidal, assuming he eventually flies to Milano

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)

5 wins, 5 draws, 2 losses

12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)

Lukaku will be the top scorer. Eriksen will be sold in January

 

[magnesium]

1 - Where will we finish
First

2 - Who will be our best player
De Vrij

3 - Will Conte survive the season?
Yes

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player
Gagliardinho

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?
Final

6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc)
Our midfield very good, Defense too weak.


7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?
Skriniar

8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?
Eriksen

9 - Best U-23 player?
Hakimi

10 - Best O-30 player?
Young

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)
Always win

12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)
Pirlo survive, Lautaro top scorer.

 

[brakbrak]

1 - Where will we finish
Second

2 - Who will be our best player
Barella

3 - Will Conte survive the season?
Yes but he will quit/ be sacked the following season

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player
Hakimi, simply because the expectation on him is massive which is fair, I just hope conte has a hard on him as much as he had a hard on lukaku and gag last season.

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?
The usual 6th match of group stage

6 - Our failings and successes
Hakimi eating bench for at least until January, Lukaku totally butcher it against big teams. Lukaku-Lautaro totally killing it overall.


7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?
Hakimi

8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?
Gagliardini

9 - Best U-23 player?
Bastoni

10 - Best O-30 player?
Handanovic,is this even a question?

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)
Lose both matches against juve. Equal against atalanta, milan, napoli. Win both matches against roma and lazio.

12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)
Ronaldo will be the top scorer. Pioli surviving the season.

 

[Batman]

1 - Where will we finish
1st

2 - Who will be our best player
Sensi

3 - Will Conte survive the season?
Yes

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player
Sanchez

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?
Round of 16, losing to Bayern or some German team

6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc)
Our wingbacks will score lots of goals.

7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?
Gagliardini lol

8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?
Nainggolan

9 - Best U-23 player?
Bastoni

10 - Best O-30 player?
Handanovic

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)
We will still lose once and win once with Juve, beat Milan twice, beat Roma, Napoli and Lazio once and fail to beat Atalanta.

12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)
Lukaku will be top scorer, Pirlo will survive and Juve will finish 2nd. Milan and Roma will do well and qualify for CL.

 

[brightbackground]

Everyone saying we'll finish first is being sarcastic, right?

 

[BasedGodPunk]

1 - Where will we finish
Distant 2nd

2 - Who will be our best player
Lukaku

3 - Will Conte survive the season?
Yes, but he'll quit shortly after.

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player
Assuming he stays, Skriniar. He's been here for a few years now and he's only had one superb year. He's simply not what we thought he'd be which is fine, but some still think he's an elite defender. Which imo, he's not. Back 3 will not help him.

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?
Round of 16 or quarter final. More than likely round of 16.

6 - Our failings and successes
On the down side, Eriksen continues to waste away and Gagliardini somehow still plays most games. On a better note, Lautaro will get 20 league goals.


7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?
Hakimi. Dambrosio will play plenty of RWB, particularly if our RCB position is poor like it was last year.

8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?
He'll have at least five other players better than him at his position, yet somehow Gagliardini.

9 - Best U-23 player?
Bastoni

10 - Best O-30 player?
Handanovic would be too easy, so I'll go Vidal if he comes.

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)
Combined 6 wins, 2 draws, 4 losses.
12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)
Pirlo will survive and he'll do a damn good job(mostly due to Juve simply being better than everyone) and CR7 top scorer. Atalanta will take a surprising step back to 5th or 6th.

 

[.h.]

Everyone saying we'll finish first is being sarcastic, right?

thats why i like these threads tbh

 

[wera]

1 - Where will we finish

2nd.

2 - Who will be our best player

De Vrij.

3 - Will Conte survive the season?

Yes.

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player

Sanchez, being injured for half of the season.

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?

Quarterfinals.

We will have more points than Real Madrid.

6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc)

Our defence will be less impressive than previous season, but we will score a few goals more. Sensi-Barella will be instrumental, while Eriksen won't be.

7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?

Hakimi.

8 - Less bench time than expected

Perišić.

9 - Best U-23 player?
Bastoni.

10 - Best O-30 player?
Handanović.

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)
A bit better than last season, but still failing against Juventus.

12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)
Pirlo won't have big issues because he has the best squad in the league.
Top goalscorer will be Immobile, followed by Cristiano and Lukaku.

 

[Sawyer]

1 - Where will we finish - 1st
2 - Who will be our best player - Barella
3 - Will Conte survive the season? - Yes, then leave
4 - Who will be the most disappointing player - Sensi
5 - Where will our CL campaign go? - Quarter Final
6 - Our failings and successes - Failing to utilise Eriksen, Wingbacks will be successes
7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect? - Brozovic
8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect? - Frog
9 - Best U-23 player? - Bastoni
10 - Best O-30 player? - Handanovic
11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio) - w,d,w,w,l,w
12 - Any other major league predictions - Roma finish bottom half, Lazio don't make europe, Atalanta dont make top 4

 

[candreva sucks]

1 - Where will we finish
Either 1st or total disaster where Conte would fight menagment like the 2nd season with Chelsea where we would finish 5th or barely scrap UCL spot

2 - Who will be our best player
Probably Lukaku again. I can see Eriksen an Hakimi being this season's Cancelo and Rafinha. De Vrij should have another great season too.

3 - Will Conte survive the season?
Even if the 2nd scenario from the first question is to happen, he would still stay till the end due to his enourmous contract and all that. He's staying.

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player
Handanović - He showed major signs of declining last 1-2 seasons and I'm afraid this year is breaking point. What sucks is that Radu probably won't be trusted to take over right away.

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?
This is hard to predict. If draw is easy we can definately advance in KO phase maybe even be 1st in group, but I don't think Conte is cabable of taking us further than round of 16.

6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc)
If Škriniar is sold and this DDA-Kolorov shit continues, defence will definately be major issue. Conte still won't change formation even tough 4312 suits us better but he would definately look for solutions tough after some shortcomings happen.
I am positive we will score even more goals than last year, could even turn out to be best team in Europe goal-scoring wise since literarly the whole midfield aren't strangers to getting on scoresheet.

7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?
With this 5 subs shit and playing 3 competitions, no one. Altough, Kolorov is shit as CB so he may be this season's Godin, just worse.

8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?
I can see scenario where Pinamonti will get a chance and shine.

9 - Best U-23 player?
Hakimi

10 - Best O-30 player?
Vidal - people unerrate him so much

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)
I am afraid Milan will defeat us thias year, but they will get on high horse immediately only to fall behind again. I am feeling this a time to finally fuck Juve up one on one. We should finally defaet Rome too, probably playing good against Lazio too. But these will mostly be draws I think.

12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)
Bold predictions: Pirlo to get fired once title becomes thretened, only to make things worse. Milan to get in UCL Spalletti style. Same top 7 as last season. Napoli will improve.

 

[Alex de Large]

1 - Where will we finish

2, Fighting until last game.

2 - Who will be our best player

De Vrij - Barella - Lautaro

3 - Will Conte survive the season?

Will be gone in summer 2021.

4 - Who will be the most disappointing player

Eriksen

5 - Where will our CL campaign go?

First round 16

6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc)

Improved in attack due to Perisic-Hakimi on the sides. Worst in defense cause of Skriniar saga.

7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?

Eriksen and may be Brozovic?

8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?

Gagliardini

9 - Best U-23 player?

Hakimi

10 - Best O-30 player?

Sanchez or Vidal

11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)

Atleast one victory against each of them.

12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)

 

[Linege]

1 - Where will we finish- 3
2 - Who will be our best player- sensi
3 - Will Conte survive the season?- yes
4 - Who will be the most disappointing player- sanchez
5 - Where will our CL campaign go?- group stage
6 - Our failings and successes (e.g. defense sucks, attack is really good, Hakimi-Lukaku link up play is world class, etc)
7 - Who will get more bench time than you'd expect?- eriksen
8 - Who will get less bench time than you'd expect?- gagliardini
9 - Best U-23 player?- bastoni
10 - Best O-30 player?- vidal
11 - How will we perform against our main rivals (Milan, Juve, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta, Lazio)
12 - Any other major league predictions (e.g. Will Pirlo survive the season? How will he perform? Who will be the top goalscorer?)

 

[Devious]

So who won that competition?

 

[ED 8661]

Everyone saying we'll finish first is being sarcastic, right?

Boom


I M Scudetto

 

[kurt0411]

1) Where will we finish

Scudetto

2)Who will be our best player

De Vrij

3) Will Conte survive the season?

Yes

4) Who will be the most disappointing player?

Sensi

5) Where will our Champions League Group go?

Out in Last 16 in embarrassing fashion

6) Our failings and successes

Our back line will be much improved from last season. Hakimi will be crazy with the assists. Young will struggle on the left this season, Eriksen will still not be able to fully integrate himself in the team and Sensi will play more games than last season but won’t be as good as he was. Our creativity in the middle as a result will be an issue but LuLa will be even more devastating than they were last season

7) Who will get more bench time than you’d expect

Eriksen

8) Who will get less bench time than you’d expect

Radja

9) Best U23 Player

Bastoni/Hakimi

10) Best Over 30 Player

Vidal

11) How will we perform against our main rivals

Beat Juve at home, lose away. Beat Milan at home, draw away. Beat Lazio home and away. Beat Atalanta at home and lose away. Beat Roma home and away. Beat Napoli home and draw away

12) Any other major league prediction

Milan will finish 3rd, Napoli 4th. Ronaldo will lose faith with Juve by the end of the season. Roma will finish like 8th or something. Top scorer will be Lukaku

Dang not bad at all if I say so myself. Was defo wrong on Sensi, Vidal and Radja though haha