Wildly speculative off-season prediction thread

[dibo]

Who likes speculation? I like speculation!

We normally do a season prediction thread close to the season, but it's a long off-season and so we need to amuse ourselves in the meantime, so feel free to make an arse of yourself along with me and make some crazily speculative predictions for next season (and hope to hell nobody remembers this thread in about 10 months time!).

Champions - Queensland
Premiers - Melbourne
Mariners position on the ladder - 3rd
Mariners player of the season - Hutchinson
Mariners top scorer - Petrovski
A-League top scorer - Archie Thompson
Wooden Spoon - Perth
U20 player of the season - James Holland, though if I were gambling completely his young teammate Kantarovski would be getting my lazy tenner for a big payoff.
HAL Player of the season - Tom Pondeljak (hence Melbourne to be premiers)
Coach of the year - Van Egmond - he'll get the team working ok with limited personnel, and probably get the arse as soon as it's clear that in spite of his efforts they'll do a Melbourne and miss the finals.
Out of the Left Field prediction - Bottom four to all be within reach of the finals going into the last week.

 

[skilbeck]

Champions - Melbourne
Premiers - Central Coast Mariners
Mariners position on the ladder - 1st
Mariners player of the season - John Hutchinson
Mariners top scorer - Nik Mrdja
A-League top scorer - Nik Mrdja, Nikita Rukavystya
Wooden Spoon - Newcastle Jets
U20 player of the season - Nikita Rukakystya
HAL Player of the season - Hernandez
Coach of the year - Mitchell for finally getting Perth into the 4
Out of the Left Field prediction - Perth make the 4 Sydney dont
Ladder
1 Central Coast Mariners
2 Queensland Roar
3 Melbourne Victory
4 Perth Glory
5 Sydney FC
6 Wellington Phoenix
7 Adelaide United
8 Newcastle Jets

 

[dru]

Champions - Central Coast (we have to win it sometime!)
Premiers - Sydney
Mariners position on the ladder - 2nd
Mariners player of the season - Mile
Mariners top scorer - Petrovski
A-League top scorer - Aloisi
Wooden Spoon - Newcastle
U20 player of the season - One of the roars young guard, probably Robbie Kruse.
HAL Player of the season - Aloisi (after uncle frank jigs the vote  )
Coach of the year - Gary Van Egmond - he'll be at Sydney by then
Out of the Left Field prediction - Glory to start living up to their name more, Melbourne to continue not living up to theirs and the nix to make the four.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Post Season cup winners - Melbourne
League champions - Central Coast Mariners
Mariners position on the ladder - 1st
Mariners player of the season - Boogs
Mariners top scorer - Kwasaldinho
A-League top scorer - Archie
Wooden Spoon - Newcastle Jets
U20 player of the season - Nikita Rukakystya
HAL Player of the season - Boogs
Coach of the year - Merrick (as all post season cup winners are)
Out of the Left Field prediction - Alois to play 4 games and have to change his surname to Mrdja
Ladder
1 Central Coast Mariners
2 Melbourne Victory
3 Queensland
4 Adelaide
5 Perth
6 Wellington Phoenix
7 Lowy FC
8 Newcastle Jets

 

[dibo]

pssst....        nikita's 20 already.

 

[Jaza_SFC]

pssst....        nikita's 20 already.

Surely they'll change it to U21 player in line with the rule changing to 3xU21s in a 23-man squad?

 

[kevrenor]

Who likes speculation? I like speculation!

We normally do a season prediction thread close to the season, but it's a long off-season and so we need to amuse ourselves in the meantime, so feel free to make an arse of yourself along with me and make some crazily speculative predictions for next season ..........

Ooh, I don't know - have to think about it!

I did well last time with my left field predictions - Branko to be sacked by R10 (bingo!), Victory missing finals, but alas Sydney made the finals and the Scum didn't come last!

 

[Margaret Thatcher]

"post season cup winners". ha ha, nice one greenpole

 

[FFC Mariner]

Mate, thats exactly what it is. A made for pay tv comp to align the game with Australian sporting tradition.

In every comp in the world, league champs is all that counts.

ps - I said that before the gf too

 

[midfielder]

I will come back with my predictions ............but can you make up new ones like first red card, most reds, toss up between Muscatt & Danny (Roar that is).

Person who dives the most...........Errrrrrrrrrrrr .......Joel..................JA ..............toss up.

 

[RADINHO]

1 Sydney
2 Adelaide
3 Queensland
4 wellington
5 Melbourne
6 Central coast
7 Newcastle
8 Perth

Mariners 6th? FFA are gonna rig it for the smallest city

 

[RADINHO]

Champions - Central Coast (we have to win it sometime!)
Premiers - Sydney
Mariners position on the ladder - 2nd
Mariners player of the season - Mile
Mariners top scorer - Petrovski
A-League top scorer - Aloi$i
Wooden Spoon - Newcastle
U20 player of the season - One of the roars young guard, probably Robbie Kruse.
HAL Player of the season - Aloi$i (after uncle frank jigs the vote  )
Coach of the year - Gary Van Egmond - he'll be at Sydney by then
Out of the Left Field prediction - Glory to start living up to their name more, Melbourne to continue not living up to theirs and the nix to make the four.

Dude Lowy is almost as much of a con as constantine!

 

[Pete]

Who likes speculation? I like speculation!

We normally do a season prediction thread close to the season, but it's a long off-season and so we need to amuse ourselves in the meantime, so feel free to make an arse of yourself along with me and make some crazily speculative predictions for next season ..........

Ooh, I don't know - have to think about it!

I did well last time with my left field predictions - Branko to be sacked by R10 (bingo!), Victory missing finals, but alas Sydney made the finals and the Scum didn't come last!

Yeah, I got it right too, about the stadium sh*tfight for the GF in my left field prediction, but the other one about Mick decking Slater didn't happen (yet). I'll put my thinking cap on...

 

[Kareem]

1. Melb
2. Mariners
3. Sydney
4. QLD
5. Adelaide
6. Newcastle
7. Wellington (or maybe 6th)
8. Perth

 

[Jocwa08]

Champions - Sydney...
Premiers - Mariners
Mariners position on the ladder - 1st
Mariners player of the season - Adrian Caceres
Mariners top scorer - Dylan MacAllister
A-League top scorer - Djite
Wooden Spoon - Perth
U20 player of the season - Robbie Kruse
HAL Player of the season - Djite
Coach of the year - McKinna
Out of the Left Field prediction - Mariners bring HARRY over mid-season

 

[Jesus]

Champions - Mariners
Premiers - Adelaide
Mariners position on the ladder - 3rd
Mariners player of the season - Kwassaldinho
Mariners top scorer - Nik Mrdja
A-League top scorer - Djite
Wooden Spoon - Scum
HAL Player of the season - TBC
Coach of the year - Vidmar
Out of the Left Field prediction - Wellington to scrape in at 4th and go down in a blinder at bluetongue stadium 4-3 on aggregate.

 

[Gav...]

Champions: Mariners
Premiers: Wellongton
Mariners Position on the ladder: 2nd
Mariners Player of the season: joint winners caceres & jedinak
Mariners top scorer: Macca
A-League Top scorer: Burns
Wooden Spoon: Joint Sydney & Scum
HAL Player of the Year: Durrante
Coach of the Year: Ricki Herbert
Out of the Left prediction - Wellington & Mariners play in a very exciting 11 goal grand final with mariners winning 6 - 5 in extra time
Ladder:
1. Wellington
2. Mariners
3. Melbourne
4. QLD
5. Perth
6. Adelaide
7. Sydney
8. Scum

 

[Deej]

Too early to tell with teams still looking in the transfer market, but here we go for some fun anyway :

Champions - Sydney
Premiers - Melbourne
Mariners position on the ladder - 4th
Mariners player of the season - Jedinak
Mariners top scorer - Petrovski
A-League top scorer - Archie Thompson
Wooden Spoon - Perth
U20 player of the season - James Holland
HAL Player of the season - John Aloisi
Coach of the year - John Kosmina
Out of the Left Field prediction - GF to be played at Homebush

 

[Sean]

Champions - Wellington
Premiers - Sydney
Mariners position on the ladder - 2nd
Mariners player of the season - Hutch
Mariners top scorer - Petrovski
A-League top scorer - Archie Thompson
Wooden Spoon - Perth
U20 player of the season - James Holland
HAL Player of the season - John Aloi$i
Coach of the year - John Kosmina
Out of the Left Field prediction - GF to be played at Homebush

 

[Bear]

Champions - Mariners
Premiers - Mariners
Mariners position on the ladder - 1st
Mariners player of the season - ADRIAAAAANNNNNN
Mariners top scorer - Dylan MacAllister
A-League top scorer - Aloisi
Wooden Spoon - Perth
U20 player of the season - That scum asian bloke, or Kaz
HAL Player of the season - Aloisi
Coach of the year - Ricky
Out of the Left Field prediction - NZ in the top 4, miss out on the GF by penaltys against scum, whom we then beat as revenge. Aloisi to miss half season with injury.