DieHardRed Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) With the final Pre-season friendly behind us I have been considering our player options and formation for next season and what chance we have of finishing in the finals.. and who is going to win the League ? My Prediction: ( My head talking & not my Heart ) - this is based on pre-season results and the players now available for each team .... Im sure there would be disagreements and interesting points of view to my prediction - but i believe - MHFC will have a slow start and start to fire once MM is linking up with HK. 1, CCM 2, Brisbane 3, Sydney FC 4, WSW 5, MHFC 6, Visitors 7, Adelaide 8, Jets 9, Pheonix 10, Perth Edited September 30, 2013 by DieHardRed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballism Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Brisbane WSW CCM Jets Sydney Perth Adelaide Phoenix MHFC Victory I used a random number generator for that btw. considering what this league is like, probably will be closer than what I would have predicated 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Going by the preseason results I think wsw and ccm will both fall down the ladder and be replaced with mv and Brisbane at the top. Unfortunatly and this might be just pessimism but don't see us getting anywhere near the 6 unfortunatly. Unless all our players fire....which they haven't in the preseason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 With the final Pre-season friendly behind us I have been considering our player options and formation for next season and what chance we have of finishing in the finals.. and who is going to win the League ? My Prediction: ( My head talking & not my Heart ) - this is based on pre-season results and the players now available for each team .... Im sure there would be disagreements and interesting points of view to my prediction - but i believe - MHFC will have a slow start and start to fire once MM is linking up with HK. 1, CCM 2, WSW 3, Sydney FC 4, MHFC 5, Visitors 6, Brisbane 7, Adelaide 8, Jets 9, Pheonix 10, Perth I don't like saying this but hk might be past it.hopefully it's just a fitness thing but he hassnt done much in the preseason. Hopefully I'm wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Brisbane to win it. They're scoring bags of goals. Others in the top 6 to be MV, Adelaide, CCM, WSW and Sydney. Bottom four: Heart, Phoenix, Newcastle and Perth. But really, it's impossible to predict. If a team gets on a roll with say five consecutive wins they can go from bottom to top in the last weeks of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 1, Roar 2, Visitors 3, Sydney FC 4, WSW 5, CCM 6, Adelaide 7, MHFC 8, Jets 9, Perth 10, Wellington I truly hope I'm wrong. Anyhow ..........I will be there cheering boys on no matter what happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD. Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Roar MV Perth Sydney WSW Adel CCM MHFC Wellington Jets I hope i am wrong too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbitm Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 1, Roar - Dominated preseason against every team they played. Great squad too. 2, Visitors - Decent squad with Ange at the helm 3, WSW - Were quality last season 4, MHFC - If we get our squad working we will be one of the best teams in the league 5, Jets - Had a good pre season (surprisingly) 6, CCM - Lots of changes to their squad. Might drop a bit 7, Adelaide - Meh squad. Brought in a nice coach though so they will be unpredictable 8, Perth - Too much roof. Expecting edward to flop 9, Sydney FC - Horrible preseason. Farina out in 7 weeks 10, Wellington - Who cares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbitm Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 A lot of you guys above don't seem to #BELIEVE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 A lot of you guys above don't seem to #BELIEVE I dont know about anyone else but everytime i see that #beleive thing I cringe. but maybe thats because I am a cynical old cunt haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD. Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 A lot of you guys above don't seem to #BELIEVE sorry mate, not a Carlton supporter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbitm Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) A lot of you guys above don't seem to #BELIEVE I dont know about anyone else but everytime i see that #beleive thing I cringe. but maybe thats because I am a cynical old cunt haha dw its not just you. i used to cringe at it a lot but oddly it kinda grew on me. Still will be happy when its over though. A lot of you guys above don't seem to #BELIEVE sorry mate, not a Carlton supporter fair enough then. from your name I'm guessing you're a Melbourne supporter. sorry Edited September 29, 2013 by Tbitm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 most clubs seem to be doing it, moreso than in the past i've noticed victory have 'like no other' or something, perth have 'be part of it', adel have 'COYR10years'. i'm sure the others have some too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Brisbane Mongs CCM Heart SFC Adelaide Utd Perth WSW Wellington Newcastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 A lot of you guys above don't seem to #BELIEVE I dont know about anyone else but everytime i see that #beleive thing I cringe. but maybe thats because I am a cynical old cunt haha I BELIEVE it when I see it. And so far as preseason is more or less over, tbh I'm a little sceptical. Still...... I'll be there every game cheering the lads on and pumping my club up to the public!!! GO HEART!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marteaux Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I think the general consensus is that we will be shit and victory will be very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Brisbane = (Will be competitive. The never say die attitude with prevail.) CCM = (Competitive as per usual. winning ways will continue.) Mongs +2 (Game style and personale will play a major factor, if all goes well, finishing 3rd. can finish upto and not below 5th.) WSW +3 (hick-ups toward the middle part of the season, but their veterans will fire them home strong.) $FC +6 (bought themselves a finals birth) Adelaide Utd = +9/10 (Goal difference to separate us from ADL.) Heart = +9/10 (Too busy trying to walk the ball into goals will cost us plenty. Consistently making the chances, but lack of conversion will cost us.) ----------------------------------- Wellington +14 (New coach, new game style. Will shock some teams at the beginning, but will fall off mid to end of season. Newcastle +18 (Will probably make finals but i just don't like them. not even wanting them to win a spoon. lol) Perth + 20+ (The biggest upset of the league. Got a decent squad to win more games than they will.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Brisbane = (Will be competitive. The never say die attitude with prevail.) CCM = (Competitive as per usual. winning ways will continue.) Mongs +2 (Game style and personale will play a major factor, if all goes well, finishing 3rd. can finish upto and not below 5th.) WSW +3 (hick-ups toward the middle part of the season, but their veterans will fire them home strong.) $FC +6 (bought themselves a finals birth) Adelaide Utd = +9/10 (Goal difference to separate us from ADL.) Heart = +9/10 (Too busy trying to walk the ball into goals will cost us plenty. Consistently making the chances, but lack of conversion will cost us.) ----------------------------------- Wellington +14 (New coach, new game style. Will shock some teams at the beginning, but will fall off mid to end of season. Newcastle +18 (Will probably make finals but i just don't like them. not even wanting them to win a spoon. lol) Perth + 20+ (The biggest upset of the league. Got a decent squad to win more games than they will.) hard to disagree with this tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 1. Central Coast Mariners 2. Melbourne Victory 3. Brisbane Roar 4. Western Sydney Wanderers 5. Melbourne Heart 6. Sydney FC 7. Adelaide United 8. Perth Glory 9. Wellington Phoenix 10. Newcastle Jets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartinHobart Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 1. Victory (by the length of the flemington straight) 2. Brisbane 3. Adelaide 4. Central Coast 5. Heart 6. WSW 7. Sydney 8. Perth 9. Wellington 10. Newcastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Honestly I have no fucking idea. Stab in the dark. Roar Victory WSW CCM SFC Adelaide Heart Newcastle Perth Wellington It's hard to judge us on the pre-season though tbh. Our two games v Perth aren't worth taking into consideration one was NYL teams and the other with mostly 1st XI was in gale force winds where it was impossible to tell how either team was shaping up. Sounds like we only had a mix of youth and 1st XI v Adelaide. Game v Brisbane was early in pre-season and can't remember what the team looked like. We still have the likes of Wielaert to come in and show what he can do. If Patty K and Wielaert gel I can see us being difficult to break down as long as Walker starts over Hoffman. We are one of those teams that I think are a dark horse. No one is expecting us to do much but we have the makings of a decent team I think it depends on how the spine of our team gels over time. Crucial to us will be Wielaert / Patty K at CB , PG/ Mass at DM and HK / Mifsud up front and if they combine well/ stay fit through the season. We are going to start very slowly though due to key players being injured during pre-season, is whether JA has what it takes to pull it all together through the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I'm surprised that people are still rating CCM so highly. They've lost so many players that i still think theyvwill be good this year, but i don't think they will be in the upper echelon of the ladder, rather fighting it out for the last 3 spots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I'm surprised that people are still rating CCM so highly. They've lost so many players that i still think theyvwill be good this year, but i don't think they will be in the upper echelon of the ladder, rather fighting it out for the last 3 spots. I dunno man, I write them off every year and they always surprise me. They still have one of the best defenses in the league with Rose, Sainsbury and the new Dutch bloke Seip who will probably be the new Zwaanswijk. Also Anderson is pretty solid cover. They have two of the most reliable holding midfielders in the league with Hutchinson and Montgomery, they've still got attacking talent in McBreen, Simon, McGlinchey and an emerging Duke who I really rate and they've also got Flores now who'll do much better than he did at the tards and might even get back to his Adelaide form. So imo, they're still the team to beat this season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardRed Posted September 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 With the final Pre-season friendly behind us I have been considering our player options and formation for next season and what chance we have of finishing in the finals.. and who is going to win the League ? My Prediction: ( My head talking & not my Heart ) - this is based on pre-season results and the players now available for each team .... Im sure there would be disagreements and interesting points of view to my prediction - but i believe - MHFC will have a slow start and start to fire once MM is linking up with HK. Your comments on Brisbane - CCM & Visitors are understandable - I also forgot about the dreaded course of the Asian chumpions league. I hate changing my mind, But it could look something like this. 1, Brisbane 2, Visitors 3, Sydney FC 4, CCM 5, WSW 6, Heart 7, Adelaide 8, Jets 9, Pheonix 10, Perth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliMate Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 1. Visitors 2. Sydney 3. Adelaide 4. Brisbane 5. CCM 6. Perth 7. WSW 8. Melbourne 9. Newcastle 10. Wellington Then using random number generator: 1. Brisbane 2. Perth 3. Newcastle 4. Adelaide 5. Wellington 6. Sydney 7. Visitors 8. WSW 9. CCM 10. Melbourne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 1. Newcastle 2. Heart 3. Wellington 4. Brisbane 5. Sydney 6. Adelaide 7. CCM 8. Victory 9. WSW 10. Perth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 I couldn't give a fuck about pre season results. Didn't Brisbane win the NAB Cup over Carlton this year? Anyway, for us, unfortunately I think losing Orlando has affected our midfield plans in a way which we probably can't rectify properly. Unless Migliorini becomes one of the competition's surprise packets this year, we'll lack the class needed in the middle. I feel a bit sorry for JA because Orlando was a really important part of the set up he wanted. But still, he needs to be able to adapt and use what he's got. Up forward looks good and central defence is really well stocked. I think we'll be competive. So my top 10 predictions: 1. Archie Thompson to tear a hamstring while karate kicking a corner flag, not realising the goal he's celebrating was disallowed anyway 2. Another year of underachievement from Sydney FC 3. 3 derby sellouts and no negative headlines regarding crowds 4. Melbourne Heart to finish 4th 5. Ernie Merrick to be first coach sacked 6. Mifsud to score 10 - 13 goals 7. Mel McLaughlin's replacement to be the highlight of foxtel's coverage, like Mel was. 8. Hate to say it, but Victory to have a good season 9. Gerhardt to get a yellow card in every single game he plays, but free to play on because we organise mid-week friendlies for him to serve his suspensions 10. A Heart v Victory final 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 (edited) Don't know why people are expecting the Mongs to do so well. They lost 2 of their main players (albeit Flores didn't perform so well), they didn't sign any outstanding players that will be too effective either. Their game style may be effective but how do we know that it might not become predictable for each manager to solve them. I also don't understand the pessimism towards Heart. We may have not had a good pre-season but who gives. The players know they're not playing for anything so their mentality lets them down. It's not like we ever got smashed 8-0. We never played our full team so why are we judging? We never conceded more than 3 goals in a match last season IIRC which implied our defence wasn't the primary issue. We needed a better attack and now, no doubt, we have that. I'm not saying we'll be in the top 2 but we certainly won't be outside the 6. Unless some people just want to be surprised then that's alright haha. My ladder prediction: CCM Roar WSW MELBOURNE Sydney Visitors Adelaide Perth Newcastle Phoenix Edited October 1, 2013 by hakz7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted September 30, 2013 Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 Don't know why people are expecting the Mongs to do so well. They lost 2 of their main players (albeit Flores didn't perform so well), they didn't sign any outstanding players that will be too effective either. Their game style may be effective but how do we know that it might not become predictable for each manager to solve them. I also don't understand the pesimism towards Heart. We may have not had a good pre-season but who gives. They players know they're not playing for anything so their mentality lets them down. It's not like we ever got smashed 8-0. We never played our full team so why are we judging? We never concede more than 3 goals in a match last season IIRC which implied our defence wasn't the primary issue. We needed a better attack and now, no doubt, we have that. I'm not saying we'll be in the top 2 but we certainly won't be outside the 6. Unless some people just want to be surprised then that's alright haha. My ladder prediction: CCM Roar WSW MELBOURNE Sydney Visitors Adelaide Perth Newcastle Phoenix In one word the answer is... Coaching. But FWIW I personally think we will make the finals this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Onoje Posted January 2, 2014 Report Share Posted January 2, 2014 Hi! See very good predictions on goalograph.com. There are the predictions for A-League too. Very nice. Really. Per example, see yesterday match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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