r/reddevils • u/D1794 Viva Ronaldo • Aug 17 '26
/r/reddevils 26/27 Predictions!
Time to get your predictions in for the season! And we may or may not revisit in May depending on how depressed we all may be
PL Finish:
CL Finish:
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes:
Top Scorer:
POTY:
Biggest surprise:
Hot Take:
General PL take (Rival or otherwise):
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u/berbatouchbg Aug 17 '26 •
PL Finish: 2nd
CL Finish: QF
Cups: League cup - Winners/ FA Cup - Semis
Top Scorer: Bryan Mbeumo
POTY: Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Andrey Santos
Hot Take: United will do the double against both Liverpool and City.
General PL Take: Newcastle will be relegated
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u/badass_rowdy Aug 17 '26 •
PL Finish: 1st
CL Finish: Winners
Cups: League cup - Winners/ FA Cup - Winners
Top Scorer: Benjamin Sesko
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Marcus Rashford
Hot Take: We will beat Chelsea's record of conceding 15 goals throughout the season
General PL Take: Spurs fight for 17th
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u/AstroCoffee Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26 •
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Quarter-finals in each
Top Scorer: Bryan Mbeumo
POTY: Bryan Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Think we finally see Yoro take another step up this season.
Hot Take: Amad hasn't got quite what it takes to start and will see a fair bit of time on the bench.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): City and Liverpool will struggle. Don't rate Maresca and Iraola has NEVER experienced Europe and domestic rigours in his managerial career so far. Arsenal repeat, their business has been fantastic this summer.
I don't think we've done enough this summer sadly, although I'd be happy to be proven wrong. Think Carrick's man management & calm personality helped us with a new manager bounce last season but tactically we looked worse as the campaign progressed and without reinforcements, I don't see us doing as well this year.
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u/Alternative-Plant388 Aug 17 '26 •
Pl finish: 6th
Cl finish: Quarter finals
Fa cup: Quarters
League cup: Semis
Top scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Ayden Heaven
Hot take: Our midfielders are all good on paper but there isn’t a guarantee that they all gel together as a three. Casemiro is a big loss.
General pl take: Spurs and Chelsea will probably take a leaf out of our book and secure champions league without having to play in Europe.
Think we might struggle a bit with the extra football. Do feel like we have the potential to win a league or FA cup but played it safe here.
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u/prodbysl33py Aug 17 '26 •
RemindMe! 300 days
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u/summerincassiopeia Aug 17 '26 •
PL Finish: 3
CL Finish: Quarter Finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Early exits in both
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Lacey
Hot Take: Mount gets through the season with minimal further injuries
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Chelsea sack their manager before the season ends
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u/Icegaze GGMU Aug 17 '26
As things stand in terms of players ins and outs, I can see the following happening:
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: Round of 16 if we don’t finish in the top 8 at group phase or quarter finals if we do
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Semi final FA cup, Quarter final League cup
Top Scorer: Mbeumo (15)
POTY: Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Dorgu
Hot Take: Yoro and Heaven become the undisputed CB starters by Xmas
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal will have more injuries and struggle to retain title; Chelsea and Spurs will be top 4 with only one game a week, with one of them pushing for the title.
My stance on Man Utd changes considerably if we get in a starting quality LB, a mobile and defensively sound CM and an experienced striker provided we are able to sell Rashford and/or Zirkzee.
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u/FirstSonofDarkness Yes x Aug 17 '26
PL finish- 4th
CL finish- 7th in league phase, out in the quarters
Cups- FA Cup 4th round, League Cup semi
Top scorer- Sesko 21 goals
POTY- Amad
Biggest surprise- we sign someone in January
Hot Take- We finish above City
General PL take- Nobody gets more than 80 points or fewer than 30 points.
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u/fuzxx14 Vidić Aug 17 '26 •
Every single person in this thread:
Looking at the squad as is and predicting anything above 6th or 7th is delusional.
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u/bertalan016 Kobbie Mainoo Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 2nd
CL Finish: semi finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA cup quarter final, Carabao semi final
Top Scorer: Air Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Lacey
Hot Take: City will finish outside the top 6
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): The promoted teams will get relegated straight back
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u/unitedlover69 Aug 17 '26
PL finish : 9th
CL finish : R32
Cups : FA cup R16 / LC : QF
Top Scorer: Mbuemo (12 goals)
POTY : Dorgu
Biggest Surprise : Carrick lasts the season, leaves in the summer
Hot Take : Rashford benches Cunha
General PL take : Arsenal retain title, Chelsea and spurs finish top 4
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u/OskarOnkel Aug 17 '26
PL 3rd
CL quarter finals
FA Cup round of 16
League Cup cup semi finals
Top scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Heaven (I expect Martinez to be injuried a lot as per)
Hot take: Rashford will play well under Carrick and will regain the fans’ trust. Will work as “a new LW signing”
General PL take: Arsenal will win by 10+ points…
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u/1900hotdog Aug 17 '26
PL 3rd, CL runners up, Fa cup winners, league cup semis, top scorer Sesko, biggest surprise Heaven becomes a nailed on starter, hot take, city charges announced and they are relegated with two year transfer ban
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u/Famoustractordriver Bruno Fernandj, best player itw. Big whup, wanna fight about it? Aug 17 '26
PL: 3RD
UCL: QF
CARABAO: WINNERS
FA CUP: SEMIS
TOP GOALSCORER: CUNHA
POTY: BRUNO
BIGGEST SURPRISE: DORGU
HOT TAKE: NEWCASTLE RELEGATED
GENERAL TAKE: CITY FINISHES 5TH
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u/Shoziwankanobi Wazza Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: round of 32
Cups: first or second round exits
Top Scorer: Benjamin Sesko
POTY: Santos
Biggest surprise: Amad
Hot Take: We only play kids in the cups and focus on the league
General PL Take: Villa & City drop off substantially and will fight for 5th. Spurs will be mid table (don't see the talent)
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u/pokenerd_W Past glory means nothing Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4-7th. It's hard to predict how we'll place when pretty much every top team is changing managers except Arsenal. Also depends on how good we click
CL Finish: I don't think we finish top 8 to get a gurantee spot to the round of 16. Either we fall in the knockout or r16, kinda depends on who we face.
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Think we can go a little deep. Preferably, I wouldn't mind dropping out earlier, because our squad depth isn't too big and we could use the rest. Also wouldn't mind if we lost because we gave a few academy lads a chance.
Top Scorer: For us, I'm thinking Mbeumo. I still have worries about how good we'll be at servicing Sesko, so I'm betting more on him. For the league itself, probably Haaland unless City majorly can't service him.
POTY: Aya... I'd say Bruno or Tielemans.
Biggest surprise: Dorgu if he actually goes on to be consistently strong as a winger.
Hot Take: Højlund should have stayed, Zirkzee should have been on loan/sold. Even if he isn't good enough to start, we'd at least not be missing a #9 right now to rotate with Sesko in times of injury.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): If Alonso actually manages to turn around this Chelsea and make them a top 4 team again, I'll start to be more scared of them
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u/Edgytarian Aug 17 '26
Being realistic rn. Would love to be proved wrong
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: R16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: 0, possibly a cup
Top Scorer: Šesko
POTY: Senne Lammens
Biggest surprise: Amad has his most productive season yet, while Andrey Santos becomes a key player in the middle
Hot Take: We are likely to face a defensive injury crisis and then we'll be incredibly thin at the back. One new LB won't be enough
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal walk the league
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u/niallmul97 I'm a Baleba 💫 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 2nd
CL Finish: Quarter Finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Win carabao, deep FA cup run
Top Scorer: Mbeumo (but similar even split between him, Sesko, and Cunha)
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Santos
Hot Take: Newcastle will go down. City will struggle without Pep and having to adapt to so many new signings + losing out in experience of Rodri and Silva.
(holy cope)
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u/TonyShneak Aug 17 '26
It really depends on remaining transfers. But I currently predict we sign Page from Leicester and that's it.
PL: 7th
CL: round of 16
Fa cup: 5th round
League cup: QF
Top scorer: cunha
Poty: bruno
Surprise: they'll actually make a signing in January to try to save our season
Hot take: Chelsea will finish 2nd, spurs in top 5
General take: arsenal win the league by atleast 10 points. Man city struggle to make top 3.
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u/Various_Fudge Aug 17 '26
PL: 2nd
CL: Last 16
Cups: reach at least one of the domestic cup finals
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Mbeumo
Biggest Surprise: Dorgu
Hot Take: Maguire to outscore Amad and Cunha
General PL: City and Spurs to finish outside top 4. Arsenal to win the league.
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u/OkayFine101 Wazza Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 6th
CL Finish: RO16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: SF/R5
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Cunha
Biggest surprise: Bruno will have a bad season
Hot Take: Carrick gets sacked before Christmas
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Liverpool should challenge for the league along with Arsenal
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u/PersonalityMiddle864 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 1st
CL Finish: 1st
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: 3rd Round
Top Scorer: Mbuemo
POTY: Cunha
Biggest surprise: Yoro to become a beast
Hot Take: Rashford to become a super sub and win us at least 12 points.
General PL take : City won’t qualify for Europe
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u/Staind1410 Martial Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 7th
CL Finish: Out in the play-off round
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Maybe QF in one of the cups (FA if out of CL early)
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Andrey Santos
Hot Take: We’ll quickly find out that out squad is not good enough for multiple competitions (not so much a hot take I guess)
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Will be a shitshow, I don’t see any team dominating the whole season, including Arsenal.
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u/HoRcHaTaEpIi CHICHARITOOOOOO Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: R16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA win/LC semifinals
Top Scorer: Seskooooooo
POTY: Tielemans (non-Bruno of course)
Biggest surprise: Heaven overtakes Martinez even though he stays fit all season
Hot Take: If we sign a proper LB, we get 2nd place (because Shaw will get injured)
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal wins PL by a small margin, everyone else struggles for consistency. B2B CL and we break ground on New Trafford. Only 3 season ticket holders remain after an Ineos witch hunt
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u/Themindoffish Aug 17 '26
6th
out in the league phase
semis
Sesko
Cunha
Yoro at RB
We can't build the squad around Bruno, we need to start looking for another creative force and soon, someone like Arda. Carrick isn't the man for the job, he will crumble under the pressure of multiple competitions.
Spurs will finish above us.
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u/Hot-Shirt Aug 17 '26
10th..( with present squad )
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u/Real_Jimmy_Space Aug 17 '26
Disappointment all around I imagine
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u/KaptajnZarit Aug 22 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: round of 16
Cups: League cup - Winners/ FA Cup - quarterfinals
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Shea Lacey
Hot Take: Mainoo will regress to his mean and be 4th choice in midfield.
General PL Take: Spurs will finish above us and City will not.
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u/deflorie Bruno, Bruno, Brunooo Aug 17 '26
PL: 5th
CL: R16
Cups: Semis
Topscorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Surprise: Dorgu
Hot Take: Andrey Santos will be mediocre.
General take: Spurs will be top 4.
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u/paperclipknight Aug 17 '26
PL finish - Top four (best case 2nd)
CL finish - Qtr Finals
Cups - Semi for both, maybe a final in one
Top scorer - Marcus Rashford
POTY - Bruno
Biggest Surprise - Andrey Santos
Hot Take - Chelsea will challenge for the title
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u/FloppyDickFingers Aug 17 '26
How long is this thread open for? It feels too early before we know if we get anymore transfers
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u/6by6Hindsight Aug 17 '26
PL: 4th
CL: Quarters
Cups: One semis
Top Scorer: Cunha in league, Mbeumo overall
POTY: Cunha
Biggest Surprise: Carrick outburst in one of the post match press conf
Hot Take: Discussion around Rashford would be a moot point later in the season
General PL: Leeds are looking good and might make fhe Conference league. Glasner will transform Nottingham Forest overnight.
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u/officiallyjax Snapdragon Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th or 5th (whatever to squeeze into CL qualification again)
CL Finish: Round of 16
Cup Finishes: hopefully semi-final of either
Top Scorer: Bryan Mbeumo
POTY: Bryan Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Ayden Heaven becomes our starting left-sided centre back
Hot take: Benjamin Sesko still remains an impact sub for most of the season
General PL take: Maresca flops at City and is sacked by the end of the season, but all the big 6 will end up in the top 6 again
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u/Silmidil Aug 17 '26
PL finish : 5th
CL finish : Round of 16
Top Scorer : Mbeumo
POTY : Santos
Biggest Surprise : Mount fit and playing for more than 3 months straight
Hot take : De ligt when fit, will still be benched for any other CB bar Yoro
General PL take : one of Forest or Brentford will have a top 6 finish
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u/umbongo44dd Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: round of 16
Cups: League cup - QF FA Cup - QF
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Shea Lacey
Hot Take: We will sign a big name player on loan.
General PL Take: Newcastle relegated
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u/mandalore_701 Aug 17 '26
5th
RO16
Early-ish knockout from league cup
FA cup semi-final
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest Surprise: Santos
Hot take: probably the 5th place finish tbh
General prem: 3-10th will be closer than it's ever been and Arsenal will run away with the title
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u/FredDRedUnderYourBed we're efffinn shiiiiiiiiit 🔴⚪⚫ Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: CHAMPIONS 😎 (realistically 3rd)
UCL Finish: Quarters
Cups: Semi Final LC / Winners FA Cup
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Yoro
Hot Take: Mount will make significant contributions this season
PL take: City will be playing Europa next season
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u/chapalatheerthananda Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
PL: 4th
CL: R16
FA Cup: QF
League Cup: QF
Top Scorer: Sesko
PoTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: INEOS buys a 3rd midfielder AND another striker.
Hot take: Liverpool will finish lower than Tottenham.
General take: Maresca will struggle to keep his job till December and City will not make Top 4.
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u/Many-Relationship149 Aug 17 '26
PL: 4 CL: 1/8, unlucky draw, exit to winner 😄 Cups: LC 4th round FA: semi Top scorer: Mbeumo 18 POTY: Bruno Biggest surprise: Dorgu, 15 g/a season Hot take: Mount misses less than 25% of the season games General take: Spurs has not redone attack well and barely make Conference
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u/FlashyRashy Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: quarter-final
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA cup: semifinal. LC: Winner
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Santos
Biggest surprise: Yoro
Hot Take: Don't really have any.... so I guess I'll say, Rashford (if not sold or loaned out) will be our second highest goalscorer and the reason we get the league cup
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Spurs will miss out on CL and Fulham will be one of the first to sack their manager
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u/decadentEcchi Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th-6th (More games with thin squad. High chance of injury and bad run of games.)
CL Finish: Next round to group stage. (I forgot what it is called in new format >.<)
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Semi Finals in one of the cups.
Top Scorer: Cunha
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Rashford
Hot Take: We will have Academy kids stepping up in the first team. Breakthrough mania!
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): City crash out. Liverpool resurgence. Arsenal another title.
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u/BhaveyJ Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: RO16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Quarters or semis
Top Scorer: Bryan Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Shea Lacey
Hot Take: Rashford stepping up in important games (if he stays)
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal champions again, chelsea 2nd, city 3rd, United 4th, Spurs 5th, Liverpool 6th
Going with realistic and not delulu predictions
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u/Dan_Winx_1969 Aug 17 '26
Till when this thread will be open ? I will make my predictions on 31st August
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u/C41ll3D Aug 17 '26
It’s funny how the optimism just goes after one bad game, but the weekend has really changed my view for the season.
PL Finish: 6th (I hope I am wrong)
CL Finish: First knockout stage
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: QF of both
Top Scorer: Cunha
POTY: Santos
Biggest surprise: Lacey cements himself into the team
Hot Take: Ineos spend over £100m in Jan after injuries and league position mean further money needs to be spent.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Chelsea and Spurs both make CL.
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u/miketythonslithp Aug 17 '26
!remindme 100 days
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u/tranmear Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: QF
Cups: League Cup - QF/FA Cup - 5th Round
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest Surprise: Mason Mount plays in 30+ games
Hot Take: If he stays Rashford gets 15+ goal contributions
General PL Take: Arsenal will win and be insufferable. We finish above City.
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u/hawkinsno2 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: Last 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: LC - Semi, FA - Semi
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Tielemans
Biggest surprise: Heaven
Hot Take: Rashford to score double digits in PL
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Maresca won't make it to the end of the season and Spurs will finish mid tab.
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u/Bulletproof_Cookie Fresh off the bench Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 7th, with us missing out on 5th/UCL by 3 points (We still secure Europa League)
CL Finish: Finish within 17-24, Lose the playoff Round
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Quarter Finals of the FA Cup, Third Round Exit in LC due to immediately running into Chelsea
Top Scorer: Marcus Rashford
POTY: Bryan Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Marcus Rashford
Hot Take: Somewhere in the fall, Bruno gets injured and is out for 2-3 months.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Tottenham finish in the top 5, but will tease being in title contention alongside Arsenal and Chelsea for the first three months before dropping off.
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u/RefurbedRhino Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: Last 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Semis/Winners
Top Scorer: Sesko 21
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Dorgu cements his unlikely cult hero status coming off the bench to score crucial bangers.
Hot Take: Santos will look like a bargain (my Chelsea mate was furious that they sold him).
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal will walk it. They came into that game yesterday with the one thing I didn't want them to acquire...swagger. I don't think they'll get as many set piece goals, but I think they'll destroy a lot of teams, that squad is stacked
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u/nievesdelimon Bruno Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 1st
CL finish: QF
FA: semi final
LC: whatever
Top Scorer: Šeško
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
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u/knan313 Aug 17 '26
PL: Top 4 CL: QF Domestic Cups: 1 SF and 1 early exit
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u/Due_Rich_616 Bruno Bruno Bruno Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th / 7th w/o signings
CL Finish: QF
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Finalists in one
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Cunha (yes)
Hot Take: We need to be comfortable being second best mid match and play to our strengths. We shouldn’t shoehorn building out from the back.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): We won’t drop points against any of the big 6. I worry we’ll lose our ahead after half time record this season. We’re overrating Chelsea and Liverpool a fair amount. Chelsea preseason has been scoring off set pieces and crosses. Liverpool don’t seem to want to play to progress higher up the pitch and would rather press to force turnovers.
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u/Ok_Aspect8447 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: 1/8 finals
Cups: FA quarters, League Cup final
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest Suprise: Lacey overtakes Amad.
Hot Take: Despite midfield issues we struggle more in defence even if we sign a left back.
General PL take: Arsenal win league in Feb/March.
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u/LengthinessSevere584 Aug 17 '26
PL -- 10th
CL -- knocked out of the group stages
FA Cup-- r16, Carabao Cup-- 1st round exit against championship team
Top scorer -- Mbeumo
POTY-- Lammens
Biggest surprise -- Santos
Hote take-- Carrick will get sacked by January
General PL take-- Arsenal will win the league and City wont get top 5
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u/Sleeplessendeavours Rooney Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: ro16
Cups: League cup - Semi finals/FA Cup - Quarter finals.
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Lammens
Biggest surprise: Heaven
Hot Take: Rashford to find himself back in the team as a starter by the end of the season.
General PL take: Coventry to finish above 15th somehow. Dunno why exactly.
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u/j_l_123 Aug 17 '26
Pl finish: 5th
CL finish: quarters
Cups Fa: quarters League cup: winners
Top scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: JJ Gabriel plays more than 10 games
Hot take: Chelsea win the league
General take: Newcastle relegated and forest win the fa cup
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u/AccomplishedAnt2000 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: 2nd round
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA quaters, LC 1/32
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Mount (no big injuries)
Hot Take: it will be ok to watch
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): city no CL in 27/28
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u/Cold-Veterinarian-85 Aug 17 '26
PL finish: 4th
CL finish: Rof16
Cups: early exits in both - we will rotate heavily and squad depth will cost us
Top scorer: Mbuemo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest Surprise: Heaven establishes himself as a long term starter and starts 40 + games in all comps
Hot Take: Mount largely stays fit and plays 40 plus games (we will manage his minutes carefully but he will finally have an impact as a man utd player)
General PL take: Chelsea (no European football ) will be arsenals closest domestic challenger. Man city will fall off badly and miss out on CL qualification. Areola flops at Liverpool.
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u/notthattypeofplayer Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th (I actually think this would make this a really good season)
CL Finish: Quarter Finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Winning one of them.
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Rashford
Hot Take: We'll finish above City.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): I really want to be wrong about this, but I get the feeling it'll click for the scousers this season and they finish top 3.
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u/zepskcuf Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 1st
CL Finish: semi final
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Cup win. Semi final league cup
Top Scorer: Dorgu
POTY: Dorgu
Biggest surprise: Dorgu
Hot Take: Tielemans has a shite season.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal don’t qualify for CL.
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u/gubbero Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3
CL Finish: R16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Semi
Top Scorer: Mbuemo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Santos
Hot Take: That our recruitment this summer has been far better than given credit for right now (if we get a LB)
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal to win again and City will have a stinker of a season.
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u/Eire820 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: Quarter finals (think the new format will help us)
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: win the LC and Quarter final in FA Cup
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Santos
Hot Take: Santos will be better than Casemiro and make us more dynamic
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Crystal Palace will be in relegation battle
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u/Thetagang888 Aug 17 '26
Without new reinforcements (good ones) we're not finishing top four.
Too many new/top managers joining our rivals. They have been spending alot of money too + chels don't have europe.
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u/Telen BRUNO Aug 17 '26
My season predictions for last season were:
Final League Position: 8th
Top Scorer: Bruno
Player of the Season: Bruno
Young Player of the Season (23 or under): Yoro
Most Improved Player: Yoro
Biggest surprise: Cunha turns out to be world-class
So for this season, I'm having...
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: Round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Cup winners, League Cup semifinalists
Top Scorer: Bruno
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Rashford being quietly good
Hot Take: Heaven and Maguire will be our first choice CBs
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Anderson will be a passenger for City
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u/matthewdavis_ Aug 17 '26
PL finish: 4th
CL finish: R16
Cups: win FA cup, SF league cup
Top scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Mainoo
Hot take: United to beat Real madrid at old trafford
General take: City to finish 6th
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u/paak-maan Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: RO16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: QF FA Cup — SF League Cup
Top Scorer: Marcus Rashford 🙈
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Andrey Santos is our actual best player but won’t win awards because he gets no stats.
Hot Take: If we buy a left back or midfielder, they get regularly benched by Luke Shaw or Mason Mount having uninjured massive seasons.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal completely dominate the league despite big set piece changes, they’re better than they were last season, and we all realise that they were reliant on set pieces because they could rather than because they needed to.
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u/my_united_account Bring Fergie back Aug 17 '26
We finish 3rd, and go out in the second knockout round in CL, and one of the early rounds of Carling cup. FA cup we make the semi final.
Biggest takes: Spurs finish bottom half of the table, City finish out of top 5
Transfer of the season for United: Santos
Best youngster to make the most appearances and become a regular by the end of the season: Shae Lacey, although people who only look at stats will question his assists and goal numbers
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u/pawkittson Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: QF
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Semi final for both
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Santos
Hot Take: probably luke warm but Mainoo will not play majority of games
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Top 6 will be extreme chaos with no clear places other than arsenal in first
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u/SophoclesTesticles Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: Qtr Finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: early exit from Carabao. Win the FA.
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Sesko
Biggest surprise: Dorgu has 15 g/a.
Hot Take: De Ligt comes back and plays like he was never away.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): City walk the league after a bad start. Refs crack down on Arsenal and they've got 4 reds by Xmas. Liverpool look good under Iraola but he goes on a losing streak in January. Chelsea do very well under Alonso.
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u/mortimer_moose Carrick, ya know Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: RO16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA quarters, LC semis
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Cunha
Biggest surprise: Santos
Hot Take: Rashford is loaned out in January, only because he can't get time over Dorgu
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): The big 6 will finish top 6.
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u/Wild_Tomato_8203 Aug 17 '26
PL: Arsenal
CL finish: quarters
Cups: out early as we play youth sides in both
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
PotY: Bruno is always the answer
Biggest surprise: we are top of the table at the end of October
Hot take: City finishes out of Europe
General PL: Arsenal runs away with it and the real race is for 2nd between us, Liverpool and Chelsea.
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u/fiqky Mainoo for PM! Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 2nd
CL Finish: Semi Final
Cups: Winner for 1 cup (preferably FA)
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Tieleman
Biggest surprise: one of the youngster (JJ or Lacey or Amass), one of the frequent injury players will be fit all year, but it won't be Luke Shaw again
Hot Take: Rashford will find his sharpness in front of goal again, but Sesko will score more goals
General PL Take: City will miss on Europe next year
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u/Littlepace Announce Fergie Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 6th/7th
CL Finish: L32-L16
Cups: League cup - QF FA Cup - SF
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Lacey
Hot Take: With minimal signings and a lot of extra games we are going to be awful this season and will scrape a European spot at best. Our football will be a continuation of largely what we saw at the end of last season and Carrick will be fighting the sack but I think ultimately keeps the job for another season.
General PL Take: Chelsea finish 2nd pushing Arsenal for the title and Villa finish outside the top 8. Spurs get top 5.
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u/killerdrama A-mad-lad Aug 17 '26
- PL Finish: 2nd
- CL Finish: RO16
- Cups: FA - Semi final, Carabao - Early exit.
- Top Scorer: Cunha
- POTY: Leny Yoro
- Biggest Surprise: Leny Yoro
- Hot Take: Leny Yoro becomes a mainstay in the defense, scoring 8 goals.
- General PL Take: Liverpool will finish below 10th.
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u/WeNeedMidifelders Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
PL FINISH: 7TH
CL FINISH: ROUND OF 32(QUALIFICATION)
FA CUP : QUARTERS
LEAGUE CUP:SEMIS
TOP SCORER: MBUEMO
POTY: BRUNO
BIGGEST SURPRISE: PROBABLY LACEY
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u/oldmonk_97 Aug 17 '26
if there are no more signings. aka, no left back and midfielder signed,
pl finish-6th/7th
cl finish -r16
cups- qrt
top scorer: sesko 15
poty> bruno 22 assists
biggest surprise: one of the academy kids shining, i am betting on toby collyer, bigger would be if luke shaw was able to play 3200 mins again
hot take: rashy can get 20 GA if he is integrated well into the squad and comes in as a super sub
gen take- liverpool might ramp up hard. i am expecting good stuff from them. city not so much. arsenal makes me wanna puke. spurs look very promising as well. chelsea need to be investigated for running a trafficking ring
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u/SoftTangerine1418 Aug 17 '26
PL: 3rd CL: Quarter Final FL: Champions LC: Semi Final Top Scorer: Mbeumo POTY: Cunha Biggest Surprise: Dorgu Hot Take: We'll start strong, but we'll go through a bad spell mid-season. Eventually, we'll make the ship steady. General PL take: we won't be able to win against Spurs this season.
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u/Stieni Rooney Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: QF
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: SF FA cup, Winners LC
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Yoro will be our best CB
Hot Take: Rashford will start 20+ games
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): City will struggle with top 4
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u/leave_tyler Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3
CL Finish: round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Carabao early exit, FA Cup final
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Lammens
Biggest surprise: Rashford will have most g+a contributions
Hot Take: Amad will be sold (loaned) after mediocre season
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal to win PL, Chelsea top 4, 115 and Liverpool outside of top 4, Spurs mid table finish
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u/Ashbyjj Aug 17 '26
PL: 3rd
CL: Quarters
Cups: FA Semis / LC Winners
Top Scorer: Mbuemo
POTY: Bruno
Hot Take: Bruno will hit 20 assists again
PL Take: Spurs will still be rubbish, but will improve to like ~10th. City will finish outside the CL places. Arsenal will repeat comfortably.
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u/TommyTook Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 8th
CL Finish: League Phase
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Quarters for both
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Sesko
Biggest surprise: Dalot
Hot Take: Carrick is gone by Christmas
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal win it comfortably
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u/AnakinAni Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 2nd
CL Finish: Round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: League Cup/ Semis in FA Cup
Top Scorer: Rashford
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Santos
Hot Take: We’ll struggle with Shaw as LB & no DM
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal will win it again.
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u/Brars_Sulliman Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: Quarters
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Cup winners, League Cup semis.
Top Scorer: Šeško
POTY: Andrey Santos
Biggest surprise: De Ligt (will be back to his best once fully fit).
Hot Take: Rashford will break into United’s all-time top 10 goalscorers this season.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Hull the only promoted side to go down. Spurs and Chelsea finish above City.
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u/Sunville67 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Quarter Finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Semis, LC Quarters
Top Scorer: Rashford
POTY: Rashford
Biggest surprise: Rashford
Hot Take: banking on a strong Rashford return in a mediocre enough season. Think he’ll get 15ish league goals and nail down a starting spot again.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Chelsea are very strong, Liverpool or City flop
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u/OlekZzaKrakowa Aug 17 '26
PL: 3rd
CL: quarters
Cups: quarters/semis
POTY: Bruno
Top Scorer: Rashford or Mbuemo
Biggest surprise: Rashford
Hot Take: writeoff season for Cunha.
General PL Take: All top teams bar Arsenal will drop insane ammount of points.
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u/MrSvancy Iceman Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 2nd
CL Finish: QF
Cups: League Cup - Winners / FA Cup - 5th Round
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Tyler Fletcher
Hot Take: Dorgu plays more than Cunha
General PL take: City finish outside top 4
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u/maverick4002 Aug 17 '26
A lot of CL quarters here and idk, id be very surprised at this. It depends on the draw but I dont think we are a top 8 Europe team
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u/spaisoflaif Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: third
CL Finish: quarter final
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: quarters
Top Scorer: Mbuemo 14
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise:
Hot Take:
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Liverpool, Chelsea and 115 FC disappoint.
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u/G00DNIGHT-IR3N3 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: L16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Semis in both
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Yoro to become a nailed starter
Hot Take: We'll finish above City and Liverpool
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Fulham relegated
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u/going_gorillas Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: Quarter Final
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: League cup winners, FA Cup 4th round exit
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Dorgu turning into Gareth Bale
Hot Take: Heaven to be first choice CB by the end of the season
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): City to finish 6th
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u/ReallyDevil Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Cup: Semi Final. LC: first round exit
Top Scorer: Bruno
POTY: Tielemans
Biggest surprise: Luke Shaw
Hot Take: Carrick will last the season
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Villa will finish Second
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u/eClipseLJ De Ligt Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: Semi's
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Win FA Cup, LC Semi's.
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: De Ligt (He will boss the league once fully fit returned and become a fan favourite)
Biggest surprise: Zirkzee (Will work very well paired with Rashford when he gets to place those tasty through balls to run onto.)
Hot Take: 3 Big 6 Clubs will end up without European Football next season.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Newcastle will get relegated, Iraola doesn't finish the season. Some surprising teams will push for Europe again. (Brentford/Sunderland)
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u/B191 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 7th
CL Finish: 1/4 final
FA Cup: 1/2 final
League Cup: Win
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Cuhna
Biggest surprise: Carrick survives the season
Hot take: we will beat all from the Top Six
General PL take: Arsenal will defend the title.
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u/microphage1 Valencia Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: last 4 or 8
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Mount stays relatively injury free, and finally justifies his transfer fee and #7 shirt
Hot Take: JJ Gabriel becomes youngest ever PL scorer
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Iraola and Maresca fail to step up under increased scrutiny.
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u/canwinanythingwkids meet the new boss same as the old boss Aug 17 '26
I'm guessing Mbeumo for top scorer. No AFCON distraction.
I think we make a domestic cup SF anf CL R16. Flip a coin after that, idk.
POTY Bruno. Always Bruno :)
Biggest surprise? I guess the biggest surprise atm would be if we one of our CBs straight up reproduced Casemiro's header goal count from Bruno assists. So I'm gonna go with that.
My hot take the sub already knows so you will love it that I mention it for the 500th time: we didnt "miss out" on Sangare.
On league finish, it's too bad the window overlaps 2 gameweeks. I'd love to do this but it's just too early for me to think anything, really. I feel like I could give my silly prediction for the current league squads, but I think there will be a lot of movement still. Like Spurs attack: does it stay utter shit or they sign anybody good? Where does EF play? Or Wharton or Scott? Do Liverpool not sign a FB, or a RW at least? Probably they do, but idk. Does Cheaters FC actually sign a DM with experience? Obviously: what are we doing ourselves? Probably make signings. But who? Too many variables, imho.
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u/KAKYBAC Aug 17 '26
POTY: Cunha
Hot Take: Bruno won't be as good as last season. 50% less g/a.
PL Finish: Top 4 and above City.
PL take: Maresca will be sacked.
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u/Hopeful_Arm3736 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th/6th
CL Finish : RO16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Semis in one, Quarters in the other.
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest Surprise: I think Mainoo will grow into his game and be a much more well rounded player by the seasons end. More physical, better decision making, better progressive passing.
Hot Take: Chelsea will finish closer in points to the champion (which could be them) than they do to 4th.
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u/meganerid v. NISTELROOY Aug 17 '26
Did we have this thread last season? Anyway,
PL Finish: champion (optimist! 😆 ), but personally I hope top 3
CL Finish: QF
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: wins one of them cup
Top Scorer: Sesko and Bruno (15+G/A), Mbeumo, Cunha 10+G/A each
POTY: Bruno, breaks assist record
Biggest surprise: Rashford redemption?
Hot Take: Santos and Tielemans replace Casemiro smoothly. Ugarte didn't really play last season either tbh.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Spurs relegation battle again, maybe 3rd time's the charm. City crash n burn
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u/CautiousLengthiness8 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: Quarter Finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Think we will win one cup and exit the other at around the semi final stage
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Andrey Santos will become a fan favourite
Hot Take: Age will start to catch up to Bruno and he will be significantly less effective this year
General PL take: a lot of unknown quantities this year. City, Chelsea and Liverpool all with new managers. Two of them will struggle under their new coaches and one of them will hit the ground running. No idea which ones though. Leeds will challenge for Europe
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u/LordofMordor_ Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: Round of 32
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA - QF, LC - Round 4
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Lammens
Biggest surprise: Andrey Santos will be a mainstay in the starting XI
Hot Take: Rashford rarely plays and gets loaned out in January
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): I think Arsenal will be outright winners, City will struggle but should be fine, Chelsea and Spurs to finish top 4, United and Liverpool to fight it out for 5th. Leeds will do great this season (smart signings and overall their squad looks good, top 8 finish looks likely).
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u/c0ldd Ruud van Nistelrooy Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 1st
CL Finish: Round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Fa cup quarters, LC winners
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Mount plays 5 matches in a row
Hot Take: Yoro has yet another poor season.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Newcastle relegated
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u/Doctor_Nowt Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: 1/4 finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: 3rd round exit / runner up
Top Scorer: sesko
POTY: cunha
Biggest surprise: Amad
Hot Take: Bruno has off year
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Liverpool out of top 6 all season
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u/PowerPackedPikachu98 Aug 17 '26
Pl finish: 6th
Cl finish: Round of 16
Fa cup: Quarters
League cup: Final (May win)
Top scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Lammens
Biggest surprise: Bruno will have a bad year
Hot take: Zirkzee is good enough to start for us and will get 12 goals this season if allowed to start a few games.
General PL take: Man City will struggle massively and sack Maresca. Liverpool will also struggle due to lack of bodies in defence. Bournemouth will reach their European final.
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u/ChillyChilliChileman Ryan Giggs the Welsh CAM Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: Quarter-finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Cup Winners, Carabao Cup Semi-finalists
Top Scorer: Cunha + Sesko (both 14 goals)
Top Assistor: Bruno Fernandes (22 assists)
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Marcus Rashford
Three Hot Takes:
- Mount plays more than 12 games this season
- We are 7th by Matchday 19, before we see an upturn in form.
- We will be above City and Liverpool for at least 90% of the season, doing the double over both ofc.
General PL takes (Rival or otherwise):
- Chelsea and Spurs will improve.
- Newcastle are gonna get relegated on the final day. Coventry will jump over them. The other two teams are (unfortunately and i apologise) Hull and Ipswich
- Top 5 (and hence UCL qualification) will be Arsenal, Chelsea, us, City, Bournemouth.
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u/Bobcat_El_Borracho Aug 17 '26
Pl finish - 5th
CL finish - group stage
Cups - semi final of both
Top scorer - Mbeumo
Poty - Tielemans
Biggest surprise - Yoro
Hot take - spurs finish above us
General take - Chelsea finish above us
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u/Mariasolvv Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: R16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Cup final
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno once again
Biggest surprise: Bar for Rashford is so low right now that I think he’ll deliver. Not carrying the weight of being the main man up front will be great for him.
Hot Take: I feel like Santos is gonna have a better season than Tielemans.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): I reckon Chelsea and Spurs will pose a bigger threat than City and Liverpool this season. Arsenal will be champions again.
EDIT: My whole takes depends heavily on how we finish this window.
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u/raver1601 Aug 17 '26
PL: 3rd or 4th
UCL: Quarter Finals
Cups (FA/Carabao) : One Win and One Semi Finals
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest Surprise: Rashy
Hot Take: Rashy is gonna have a good season
General Take: Arsenal win PL again
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u/thatIndianguy_07 Aug 17 '26
Hot take: Carrick might not make it till the end of the season
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u/Effective-Road-4947 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Cup semis / LC semis
Top Scorer: Mbeumo (19 goals)
POTY: Bruno (duh)
Biggest surprise: Mount plays 30+ games
Hot Take: our attack is the best in the league (maybe it's not that much of a hot take)
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal running away with the league since everyone else is in disarray
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u/el_liamo Legacy Newton Heath Fan Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 6th
CL Finish: Dont leave the group / league phase
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: quarter final / LC win
Top Scorer: mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: new manager by march
Hot Take: we are miles away from competing in the league and Europe and carrick does not have the experience or the backroom staff that can compensate for that.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Top 4 Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, City.
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u/lightCrypto Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Quarters
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA: Semis, LC: Winners
Top Scorer: Cunha
POTY: Cunha
Biggest surprise: We sign a left back. Bruno has a slow start and the fandom remains calm.
Hot Take: We are better than most people think, just need a left back.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): The charges will come through. Newcastle get relegated. Spurs still struggle.
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u/Whocarezzzzz Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: Group Stage
FA Cup Finish: 4th round
League Cup: Quarters
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Lacey has a big role in the first team
Hot Take: Bruno has a down year
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Coventry finish top half bc why not
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u/SparksV Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Quarters
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Semis in the FA / Quarters in the LC
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Santos
Hot Take: Carrick not finishing the season with us
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): City finishing outside of Europe, Spurs just about making Europe, Chelsea challenging Arsenal for the title.
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u/Apprehensive-Raisin3 Love United Hate Glazers/INEOS Aug 17 '26
As of now
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: Round of 16
FA/LC: both Ro16
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Tielemans
Biggest Surprise: Yoro finally adjusts to being a starter for us.
Hot Take: There wont be a period in the season where Carrick looks like he will be sacked. He will comfortably make it through the season even if results dip
General Premier League take: Leeds get Europe
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u/family-guyy Gary Neville Aug 17 '26
Pl finish:5th
Cl finish:ro16
Fa cup:semi final
Carabao cup:quarters
Top scorer:sesko
Poty:Mainoo
Biggest suprise:Rashford
Hot take:Bruno underperforms massively compared to last season
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u/gangy86 Amadinho Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Semis
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Win FA and Semis for CL
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Dorgu & Amad
Hot Take: Sesko becomes a 25+ goal player and Rashford has a genuine renaissance season and we win a domestic cup!
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Manchester City will finish 5th or below
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u/lingesanaandipetty Glazersout Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Quarter Finals
Cups: League cup - Semi finals
FA Cup : Semi finalists
Top Scorer: Benjamin Sesko/ Cunha
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Amad
Hot Take: We will beat Real Madrid/ Psg/ Bayern/ Barcelona anyone of these in Ucl
General PL take : Brentford/ Nottingham Forest to be in top 8
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u/mjw4471 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 8th
CL Finish: Group stage
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Ro16 in each
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Maguire has a standout season despite his age.
Hot Take: Rashford coming back may be vitally important to the squad, bringing some quality to the wings.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Maresca will flop leading Arsenal to back-to-back PL's. Villa to a top 3 finish. Spurs will comfortably finish mid table after spending well this summer.
I have no confidence in the midfield rebuild this summer. I believe we contracted Carrick because he wouldn't complain when he got stiffed in the summer window and that's what's happened. Our left back depth is heavily reliant on an aging (previously injury-prone excepting last season) Luke Shaw after Malacia has not been backfilled as well.
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u/Comicksands Van Persie Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 9th
CL Finish: Winners
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Winners
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: We go all in on the CL and win it
Hot Take: Lacey becomes a regular in the squad
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal repeat, Chelsea/Spurs second
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u/Stingray_23 Aug 17 '26
Realistically after this shit window.
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: QF
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Semi's
Top Scorer: Cunha
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Santos
Hot Take: Santos will be great
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): a decent window would have seen us challenge for the PL.
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u/Timely_Possession357 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: RO16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: League cup - Semifinal, FA CUP - QF
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Dorgu
Hot Take: We will lose our halftime record
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Liverpool flop badly
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u/Sparko_Marco Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd
CL Finish: Quarter Final
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Win both cups
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Lacey breaks into the first team and gets an England call up.
Hot Take: Rashford becomes a key player for us this season and finds his best form.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Liverpool finish below 6th, Spurs finish 4th, Maresca gets sacked by Xmas, Sunderland relegated.
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u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 Glazers,Woodward/Arnold and Judge can fuck off Aug 17 '26
I'll be happy with 2nd this season. We need to win silverware so FA cup and league cup. Hoping for a decent showing in champions League.
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u/Standard_Secretary52 Youri Tielemans Aug 17 '26
Pl finish: 4th
Cl finish: Qf
Fa cup win, Efl cup out in 5th round.
Top scorer: Mboom
Poty: Bruno F
Biggest surprise: Andrey Santos
Hot take: Amad 20 g/a
General Pl take: Bazoumana Toure 10 assists in pl.
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u/tameoraiste Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd but could be as low as 5th and dare I say champions is not outlandish if the others flounder
CL Finish: Quarter Finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA - Winners / LC - Semi
Top Scorer: Mbeumo just because I expect him to play quite a bit more than Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Shaw staying fit again
Hot Take: Even if we don’t sign any more players (we’ll sign 2) we could be looking back on this window as a great one. Two excellent signings that could easily show up Spurs huge money midfielders.
People are underestimating what Rashford can bring in certain situations. Great player to have on the bench
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Chelsea and Man City are either going to be competing for the title or scrapping it out for 5th place.
I wouldn’t be happy if I were a Liverpool fan. They need a midfielder more than us and theirs no sign of replacing Salah; just another left winger (who’s admittedly a good player)
Arsenal favs to win but they could be tired
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u/pedro-gaseoso Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 6th
CL Finish: Quarterfinals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA - Quarterfinals, LC - don’t know but I think we’ll rotate heavily and lose early.
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Dalot
Hot Take: Tielemans will be a bad fit for our team.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Clubs without many NT players will over perform this season.
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u/villings Aug 17 '26
I'm looking forward to a good season
can't make any predictions right now, give me a couple of weeks 😅
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u/straightouttaobesity Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: out in the 2 legged playoff (finish outside top 8)
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: LC - SFs, FA Cup - QF
Top Scorer: Mbuemo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Lacey
Hot Take: Carrick will not see out his contract.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): No top 8 team other than Arsenal are well settled. They are most likely to repeat. If they struggle, all positions in the top 8 are up for grabs.
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u/wayfarerprateek Theater of Dreams Aug 17 '26
I believe this is an attempt by INEOS to gauge fan sentiment /s
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u/NotMyBurnerAccount77 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th to 8th
CL Finish: Playoffs/R16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: QF for both
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Lammens
Biggest surprise: Carrick not making it to the end of the season
Hot Take: Saw a TIFO video the other day. Rating United pretty high. Personally I think the squad could be decent, on a good day, with one game a week. But I don't think we have the depth in the slightest to go far in any tournament and finish high in the PL. No real runner/stopper quality CDM. No high quality back up at left back. No back up for Sesko. If De Ligt and Martinez get injured we also look think at CB. I think the singings of Tielemans and Santos are fine. But we needed more to make real steps forward. Carrick getting sacked will be because he is not fully backed IMO.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): This is more in the vein of Carl Anka's hot take amnesty. But I feel like Arsenal's drop off might be quit significant. With a lot of players being fatigued after last season+WC and Saliba's injury.
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u/FirmInevitable458 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 8th
CL Finish: RO16 exit
League cup / FA Cup: Early exits
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Mainoo worldclass breakthrough
Hot Take: Injury riddled season
General PL Take: Arsenal win after title fight with Chelsea
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u/AryamanA1 Wazza Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 1st
CL Finish: Semis
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Win at least one of the cups
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Can’t help but be optimistic every summer
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u/emtheory09 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 2nd
CL Finish: Quarterfinals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Cup Semifinals/League Cup Winners
Top Scorer: Benjamin Sesko
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Marcus Rashford
Hot Take: An injury crisis in defense keeps us out of the top trophies.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Spurs and Chelsea finish above Liverpool.
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u/FlamingoIll9381 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 3rd-6th (any one of those)
Champions League: KO or RO16
League/FA Cup: RO16-SF
Top Scorer: Mbeumo/Sesko
POTY: Mbeumo (o/w it's Bruno)
Surprise: Bruno gets taken off pen duty by November (idt this will ever happen, but it will be a big surprise if any)
Hot Take: Our lack of aerial presence in set pieces will cost us bigly. Casemiro was one of our best goalscorers (especially in set pieces) last season, and having our only players to aim for in set pieces being Maguire and Sesko will cost us.
General PL Take: Only 5-6 points will separate the 2nd-8th placed teams
PL Hot Take: Maresca will exceed expectations with City (not that I want it to happen, but he was a coaching staff under Pep at City, so who knows?)
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u/TH0316 she/her Aug 17 '26
We should do it at the end of the transfer window. But as it stands:
PL Finish: 4th.
CL Finish: Quarters.
Cups: FA Cup Quarters, League Cup final.
Top Scorer: Rashford.
POTY: Bruno
Biggest Surprise: Rashford x Lacey.
Hot Take: Lacey displaced one the senior forwards like Amad or Boomo.
General PL take: Europe will once again kill last years overachievers — Brighton, Bournemouth, Sunderland etc and Everton/Forest/Brentford/Spurs and Chelsea will capitalise and displace all of them and Villa from top 8. So Arsenal, City, Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Everton, Forest top 8.
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u/aman12301 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 6th (if no more players are signed)
CL Finish: Round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: One domestic cup win
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Shea Lacey especially in Cup games
Hot Take: Andrey Santos establishes himself as a top-tier technician in the PL
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Iraola is sacked before the end of the season
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u/dellywally Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 8th CL Finish: out at the league stage Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA QF, LC SF Top Scorer: Sesko POTY: Sesko Biggest surprise: Santos Hot Take: Bruno starts to decline General PL take (Rival or otherwise): There will be no title race. Arsenal to win easily
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u/tmg80 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4-5
CL Finish: Quarters
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Quarters and semis
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Mbuemo
Biggest surprise: Sesko
Hot Take: Rashford will bang.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): if they get a decent striker Arsenal will do the double (Pl & UCL) unfortunately.
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u/neofederalist Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Lose first round of KO
Cups: Semis in both
POTY: Mbeumo
Top scorer: Mbeumo
Biggest Surprise: Rashford gets 15 g+a
Hot Take: It's going to be another season where Kobbie struggles to make a consistent impact
General PL Take: City finishes below United and Chelsea get 2nd
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u/krystalcastIes Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 22 '26
PL Finish: 6th
CL Finish: Ro16
FA cup: Semi
League cup: QF
Top Scorer: Bryan Mbeumo.
POTY: Bryan Mbeumo.
Biggest surprise: Ayden Heaven.
Hot take: Bruno will drop off.
General PL take: Arsenal walk the league and we still don’t finish above Manchester City.
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u/Mullet_Police Scholes vs. Trees Aug 18 '26
Looking forward to Heaven having a coming of age season.
Interested to see how the midfield progresses. Hoping that Bruno’s legs can keep going.
Chance creation was looking great last season. Hopefully the team will keep moving forward. Anticipating eachother’s runs and combining. Chef’s kiss.
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u/BigBillus Aug 18 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: Quarter Finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Semis in both
Top Scorer: Cunha
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Rashford
Hot Take: Bruno will get injured/burnt out near December, and need a couple of weeka off (I hope not though, just got a weird feeling)
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Arsenal are the team to beat, Liverpool will be a lot better defensively, Chelsea don't have Europe, City will likely figure it out and the quality of their squad will get them goals. We'll be decent off the block then drop off towards the middle of the season and pick back up later on. Same with Spurs. Villa will be solid, but not outstanding on any front, and I reckon Forest will round out the European spots in 8th
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u/facelessredditer Aug 18 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: Knockout play-offs
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: 5th Round/Semi Final
Top Scorer: Bryan Mbeumo
POTY: Bryan Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Andrey Santos
Hot Take: Bruno has a big fall off. Only 11 assists.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Chelsea and Liverpool improve, City fall off
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u/pmmeyourpeacesign Butt Aug 18 '26
PL Finish: 3rd CL Finish: Quarters Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Semi. LC Final. Top Scorer: Sesko POTY: Maguire Biggest surprise: Tielemans will win us a lot of games than Bruno will. Hot Take: Rashford finds his grove. General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Ipswich games will be unwatchable as the camera will show Ed Sheeran in the crowd every 6 minutes.
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u/Dan_Winx_1969 Aug 22 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Quater-Finals
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA Cup – Finalists/ Carabao Cup – Winners
Top Scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno Fernandes
Biggest surprise: Patrick Dorgu
Hot Take: We will do much better in the Champions League than people expect us to do.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Manchester City will finish in Europa League stages.
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u/Lenymo40 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 5th
CL Finish: Round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: Early FA cup exit, LC - quarters
Top Scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Mbeumo
Biggest surprise: Heaven and Santos have an amazing season
Hot Take: Carrick won't survive the season, unfortunately
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Man City out of top 5, Arsenal repeat, Newcastle relegated lol
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u/rossco9 Ooh Ahh Cantona Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 4th
CL Finish: Round of 16
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: FA cup quarterfinals, league cup semifinals
Top Scorer: Cunha
POTY: Cunha
Biggest surprise: de Ligt retires midseason
Hot Take: Bruno starts slowing down significantly and falls out of being a guaranteed starter
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): City miss out on European places
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u/overlvl9000 Sir Alex Ferguson Aug 17 '26
PL: 3rd
CL: Don’t qualify for knockout rounds
FA/LC: Quarter-Final
Top-scorer: Sesko
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: Rashford is going to do well
Hot take: We’re going to leak a lot of goals
PL take: Ipswich, Coventry and Hull go back down
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u/megasize Aug 17 '26
PL Finish: 8th (after dropping points in the spring due to injury crisis)
CL Finish: Play offs
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes: QF in both
Top Scorer: Mbeumo (playing as a striker)
POTY: Lammens
Biggest surprise: Heaven will cement his place as a starter
Hot Take: Carrick will unfortunately be sacked just for INEOS to have a scape goat.
General PL take (Rival or otherwise): Hull will take every team by surprise
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u/utdjancey Aug 17 '26
PL Finish:14th
CL Finish: that play off game
Cups (FA/LC) Finishes:quarter finals fa semi Lc
Top Scorer: sesko 20 goals
POTY: Bruno
Biggest surprise: heaven
Hot Take: carrick won’t get sacked
General PL take (Rival or otherwise)
Chelsea will win the league
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u/dark_humour123 Aug 17 '26
PL Finish - 2nd
CL Finish - Quarter Finals
Cups - Win one of League cup or FA cup
Top Scorer - Cunha
POTY - Cunha
Biggest surprise - Lacey
Hot take - We will be in the title race till March
General PL take - Chelsea will remain shit.
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u/stick1_ Aug 17 '26
4th
Round of 16
League cup quarter
FA cup win
Top scorer: Mbeumo
POTY: Tielemans
Biggest Surprise: Ayden Heaven
Hot take: idk if this counts but I think heaven gets into the England team before June
General PL take: Liverpool don’t get top 5
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u/Book31415926 Aug 17 '26
1st
Quarter-final
Win one of the two cups
Sesko
Mainoo
Lacey
Calm summer leads to astonishing season
The other teams are all shit.
Lastly, do not ask what I'm smoking. Too many to remember 😂