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Shall we continue with our predictions for the upcoming season? I think we shall.
While we opened this year's series with a disturbing look at our staffer's predicted league tables, Round 2 delves deeper into the minds of our panelists. We're getting a little personal here. Heroes, zeroes, golden boots, shite managers and the one, the only Diego Costa - this, my friends, is next-level prophesying.
Enjoy - or, you know, mock - our picks and then get to work on your own list in the comments section. Oh, and don't forget to check out Part I if you haven't already.
Golden Boot
- Stephen: Robin van Persie
- Tim: Diego Costa
- Peezy: Daniel Sturridge
- Aidan: Diego Costa
- Jake: Sergio Aguero
- Graham: Daniel Sturridge
- Kevin: Sergio Aguero
- Jack: Robin van Persie
Transfer of the Season
- Stephen: Diego Costa
- Tim: Alexis Sanchez
- Peezy: Diego Costa
- Aidan: Alexis Sanchez
- Jake: In terms of value, Romelu Lukaku. Also good: Dusan Tadic, Diego Costa, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Lazar Markovic, Cesc Fabregas, and trading Thomas Vermaelen and £20m for Alexis Sanchez.
- Graham: Diego Costa
- Kevin: Cesc Fabregas
- Jack: #POGBA
Flop of the Season
- Stephen: Adam Lallana
- Tim: Bafetimbi Gomis
- Peezy: Romelu Lukaku
- Aidan: Romelu Lukaku
- Jake: In terms of value, Adam Lallana. Also bad: Enner Valencia
- Graham: Fernando
- Kevin: Brown Ideye
- Jack: Ross McCormack? Nah, it's still Kostas Mitroglu (Fulham - HA.)
First Manager Sacked
- Stephen: Alan Pardew
- Tim: Sam Allardyce
- Peezy: Alan Pardew
- Aidan: Paul Lambert
- Jake: Sam Allardyce
- Graham: Sam Allardyce
- Kevin: Sam Allardyce
- Jack: Paulie Lambert
Chelsea Player of the Season
- Stephen: Thibaut Courtois
- Tim: Eden Hazard
- Peezy: Eden Hazard
- Aidan: Cesq
- Jake: Willian - Ted Knutson over at StatsBomb convinced me that he's sneakily the best two-way attacking midfielder in the league.
- Graham: Eden Hazard
- Kevin: Eden Hazard
- Jack: Nemanja Matic
Diego Costa - Over/Under 15 Goals
- Stephen: Over by Xmas
- Tim: Over
- Peezy: Over (all competitions)
- Aidan: Absolutely
- Jake: Well over
- Graham: Over
- Kevin: More than 15 in all competitions. Fewer in the Premier League.
- Jack: Twice over
League Other Than the Prem to Watch
- Stephen: La Liga
- Tim: A-League, naturally
- Peezy: Champions?
- Aidan: Scottish Championship (Rangers, Hearts and Hibs)
- Jake: Eredivisie
- Graham: Serie A
- Kevin: MLS. Not the best quality, but still entertaining.
- Jack: Scottish Championship - Hearts, Hibs and Rangers? An absolute beauty.
Rio Ferdinand or Joey Barton?
- Stephen: Shoot me.
- Tim: Anyone's better than Rio.
- Peezy: Ignored.
- Aidan: Joey
- Jake: Shaun Wright-Phillips
- Graham: Rio de Janeiro. Definitely.
- Kevin: Neither or both, depending on what's being done to them.
- Jack: Wayne Bridge.