Football 2011-2012

[duncan]

We are going up! Promotion secured.

Thank you and good night!

[Larry]

We are going up! Promotion secured.

Thank you and good night!

congratulations to you sir - fingers crossed we won't be playing you next season


seriously though I'm still in shock at our 6-0 win yesterday god knows the last time we hit 6 in one game sadly I think it's come to late for securing automatic promotion.

[duncan]

Thanks Larry! I'm still really happy about the promotion. The only downer about it is that my brother is no longer with us to see it for himself.

Do you think you can catch southampton? It would be good if you can as I do like West Ham which stems from the days Charlton used to share Upton Park.

[Larry]

for me now we should forget about Reading and concentrate on trying to catch Southampton which won't be easy because they next play Peterbrough who are now safe and have nothing to play for I can't see them putting up much of an effort against them tonight and Southampton should take all 3pts. .It's Southampton's game at Middlesbrough that offers us the best hope of them dropping any points Boro still have the play offs to go for and thingers crossed they will go all out for the win. But I think realisticaly if West Ham are to stand any chance of catching Southampton then we can't afford them to win more than one of their last 3 games otherwise it's game over regardless of what we do .

[duncan]

Another two points dropped Larry so ity's not looking good for automatic promotion. Also, you look like finishing in that dreaded third place where the team that finishes there rarely wins the play-offs. Still, where there's hope.....

[Anthony Williams]

How the hell did we manage to lose against Wigan at the weekend!? A true head-in-hands moment!

[duncan]

We are the champions, we are the champions.
No time for losers
'cause we are the champions.

Of the world.

[duncan]

Still in the hunt, Larry!!

[Larry]

WE'RE GOING TO WEMBLEY

[duncan]

Still COnfident?

[Larry]

Still COnfident?

well this season we've beaten Blackpool 4-0 and 4-1 , so the answer to you're question is no arter 30 plus years confident and West Ham are not words you would put in the same sentence.

[duncan]

You should have been Larry. It's the Premiership for you! Well done to West Ham.

[Perry Vale]

And well done to Roberto Di Matteo, too!

[duncan]

And well done to Roberto Di Matteo, too!

Absolutely! And he's only the caretaker boss too!

[Larry]

You should have been Larry. It's the Premiership for you! Well done to West Ham.

well i said at the start of the season if we couldn#'t goup winning the title then I wanted to do it winning the play offs so i'm delighted we did it that way.

[Paul Clement]

I thought as the season has now ended, I would review my predictions.

My Prediction:


1. Man Utd
2. Man City
3. Chelsea
4. Liverpool
5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham
7. Sunderland
8. Everton
9. Aston Villa
10. Stoke
11. Bolton
12. Fulham
13. Newcastle
14. Wolves
15. Blackburn
16. West Brom
17. Norwich
18. Wigan
19. QPR
20. Swansea

League Cup - Sunderland
FA Cup - Man City


Reality:

1 Man City
2 Man Utd
3 Arsenal
4 Tottenham
5 Newcastle
6 Chelsea
7 Everton
8 Liverpool
9 Fulham
10 West Brom
11 Swansea
12 Norwich
13 Sunderland
14 Stoke
15 Wigan
16 Aston Villa
17 QPR
18 Bolton
19 Blackburn
20 Wolves

League Cup: Liverpool
FA Cup: Chelsea


Well, I got the top two the wrong way around, and Liverpool performed at far lower a level than I was expecting, with Suarez not having as much of an impact as I expected (in a positive way). Aston Villa were a lot lower down the league than I predicted, and Swansea surprised me with how well they did, as did Norwich. QPR almost proved me right though.

[Paul Clement]

Almost forgot to mention how well Newcastle did. With the players they were selling before the start of the season, I expected them to struggle, but Pardew has brought in some excellent players at what has to be described as cheap prices considering transfer sums being made elsewhere. Demba Ba, Cabaye and Papis Cisse have been a delight to watch this season, and if they hold on to them all, Newcastle could have another good season ahead.