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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 4:20:36 GMT
These are what I think we will get next season
Man U...Lose H & A...0 points. Chelsea Lose H & A ...0 Points. Arse...Win H..Lose A...3 Points. Citeh..Draw H..Lose A..1 Point. Liverpool Win H..Lose A...3 Points. Spurs...Draw Home...Lose A...1 Point. West Brom...Win H..Draw A...4 Points. Villa..Win H & A...6 Points. Sunderland...Win H & A...6 Points Newcastle...Win H...Lose A...3 Points. Everton...Win H...Draw A...4 Points. Leicester..Win H...Lose A...3 Points. Watford Win H & A...6 points. Bournmouth..>Win H...Draw A...4 Points. Norwich...Win H...Lose A...3 Points. Swans Win H...draw A...4 Points. West H...Win H...Lose A...3 Points. Crystal Pal...Draw H...draw A...2 Points. Southamp...Draw H..Lose A...1 Point.
57 Points....
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Post by wearestoke80 on Jul 31, 2015 5:18:03 GMT
I can see it being more than that
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Jul 31, 2015 6:23:05 GMT
Obviously our record next season will read . . . Played 38, won 38, points 114. You heard it here first.
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Post by blackpoolred on Jul 31, 2015 7:11:16 GMT
I would love it if we could get to 57pts or even the magical 60. My heart tells me we can do it, my head thinks that we have had a large part of out spine ripped out of the side, since the beginning of last season; Huth, Beog, Nzons. As yet Huth has not been replaced with anything better(in my opinion) and we are very short in defence. Our goalie is young an does not have a lot of experience too. Bojan may take a while to get back to form and it maybe a frustrating season for him. So my head says we should easily get to the 40 pt mark, but may struggle to get near 50 pts, as we are a weaker team than last season - at the moment!
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Post by potterpaul on Jul 31, 2015 7:30:44 GMT
I would love it if we could get to 57pts or even the magical 60. My heart tells me we can do it, my head thinks that we have had a large part of out spine ripped out of the side, since the beginning of last season; Huth, Beog, Nzons. As yet Huth has not been replaced with anything better(in my opinion) and we are very short in defence. Our goalie is young an does not have a lot of experience too. Bojan may take a while to get back to form and it maybe a frustrating season for him. So my head says we should easily get to the 40 pt mark, but may struggle to get near 50 pts, as we are a weaker team than last season - at the moment! Your Huth argument is irrelevant has he took very little pitch time during the last 2 most successful seasons in the Prem. whether we are are weaker is debatable, in my opinion I believe we will not miss Nzonzi as much as others believe. Although I can't wait to see Bojan back we certainly have proven that we can play without him. Beggo showed his flaws last season and Butland hasn't showed that he can't perform at this level.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 7:34:45 GMT
Obviously our record next season will read . . . Played 38, won 38, points 114. You heard it here first. That would be good, especially if we got a +GD as well, and finished top midland team.
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Post by foster on Jul 31, 2015 7:50:43 GMT
I'll be happy with top half - 50+.
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Post by 2004 on Jul 31, 2015 8:03:45 GMT
60+ points :-)
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Post by StokeAz on Jul 31, 2015 8:20:43 GMT
These are what I think we will get next season Man U...Lose H & A...0 points. Chelsea Lose H & A ...0 Points. Arse...Win H..Lose A...3 Points. Citeh..Draw H..Lose A..1 Point. Liverpool Win H..Lose A...3 Points. Spurs...Draw Home...Lose A...1 Point. West Brom...Win H..Draw A...4 Points. Villa..Win H & A...6 Points. Sunderland...Win H & A...6 Points Newcastle...Win H...Lose A...3 Points. Everton...Win H...Draw A...4 Points. Leicester..Win H...Lose A...3 Points. Watford Win H & A...6 points. Bournmouth..>Win H...Draw A...4 Points. Norwich...Win H...Lose A...3 Points. Swans Win H...draw A...4 Points. West H...Win H...Lose A...3 Points. Crystal Pal...Draw H...draw A...2 Points. Southamp...Draw H..Lose A...1 Point. 57 Points.... we can easily beat spurs at home... They were rubbish last season and have made no improvements!
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Post by StokeAz on Jul 31, 2015 8:21:32 GMT
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Post by StokeAz on Jul 31, 2015 8:21:55 GMT
I'll be happy with top half - 50+. who wouldn't?
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Post by StokeAz on Jul 31, 2015 8:43:06 GMT
I would love it if we could get to 57pts or even the magical 60. My heart tells me we can do it, my head thinks that we have had a large part of out spine ripped out of the side, since the beginning of last season; Huth, Beog, Nzons. As yet Huth has not been replaced wit h anything better(in my opinion) and we are very short in defence. Our goalie is young an does not have a lot of experience too. Bojan may take a while to get back to form and it maybe a frustrating season for him. So my head says we should easily get to the 40 pt mark, but may struggle to get near 50 pts, as we are a weaker team than last season - at the moment! we aren't short in defence... We have enough! We've got muni, shawcross to start with Cameron, wollschied and Wilson as cover. if pieters got injured then we'd either play Wilson there or move muni there and play one of the sub rb players there! As for rb we have johnson with Cameron and Bardsley cover! Huth didn't play all season last season so we clearly coped without him... We had butland lined up a while back for bego replacement and his chance has finally come after waiting patiently... I think we need a new cdm as I've never been a huge fan of whelan and now Zonz has gone he's the only first team quality cdm we have, he needs somebody that is fighting against him for a place! Then we need a Winger because Afellay and odemwingie won't be ready for the new season and I like Walters and hope he doesn't leave but we need a more pacey winger that is a naturally on the right as well because we're lacking that with Afellay usually on the left and odemwingie usually striker! Striker and cb positions are the least of my worries!
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jul 31, 2015 9:56:11 GMT
No way will the underinvested squad as it stands get more points than last year .
I'd take 42 now if offered .
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Post by elystokie on Jul 31, 2015 9:59:28 GMT
The first figure that came into my head when I read the subject line was 58 so that's what I'll go with.
I also think we'll manage 20 points by Xmas, whaddya reckon Benj?
(rofl)
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Jul 31, 2015 10:17:44 GMT
Who knows lets see on aug 31!st what holds is you do want 20 by Xmas
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 10:35:33 GMT
No way will the underinvested squad as it stands get more points than last year . I'd take 42 now if offered . Broken record, same comments every season.
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Post by drjeffsdiscobarge on Jul 31, 2015 11:47:16 GMT
No way will the underinvested squad as it stands get more points than last year . I'd take 42 now if offered .
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Post by roylandstoke on Jul 31, 2015 12:40:10 GMT
I would be very happy with something around 50.
Every season we start with zero points in the most competitive league in the world. Every one of our competitors (just like ourselves) has the resources to improve and the prospect of getting worse.
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Post by usapotter on Jul 31, 2015 14:04:02 GMT
I would like to be above Palace, Everton, West Ham and Swansea. Because fuck them all. Probably not going to happen but one can wish . 59 pts for me
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 17:23:36 GMT
Man U... .4 points. Chelsea ..1 Points. Arse......3 Points. Citeh.....1 Point. Liverpool 3 Points. Spurs.....3 Points West Brom.6 Points. Villa.....6 Points. Sunderland 4 Points Newcastle..4 Points. Everton....4 Points. Leicester..6 Points. Watford ...6 points. Bournmouth.6 Points. Norwich....3 Points. Swans .....3 Points. West H.....3 Points. Palace.....3 Points. Southamp...3 Point.
72pts !
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 19:57:36 GMT
As it stands id snap your hands off with 50 points. A couple of quality signings and that could change though
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Post by Kjones9 on Jul 31, 2015 19:59:06 GMT
10
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Post by Roger Everyone on Jul 31, 2015 19:59:23 GMT
59 points, a slow start to the season but a good finish.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 20:01:17 GMT
Sporting Index spread quotes, take the mid point of the quote for an expected points total
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Post by thestokielad on Jul 31, 2015 20:07:02 GMT
58 points and 8th
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Post by mrcoke on Jul 31, 2015 20:39:49 GMT
My prediction is 52 points and 9th place again. Due to losing N'Zonzi, Moses, and Begovic and a large influx of new players IMO it will take Stoke a long time to settle. There will be pundits commenting MH is "doing a QPR" again and lots of people on Oatcake wetting themselves and calling for MH to resign and PC to spend his fortune on new players - none of whom want to come to Stoke. But gradually talent wins out, Bojan recovers his form, the young players blossom, and Stoke storm back in the second half of the season to get back in the top 10 and win the FA Cup.
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Post by lewando on Jul 31, 2015 22:28:50 GMT
50 points , and a Cup
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Post by salopstick on Jul 31, 2015 22:40:11 GMT
I would take 4th from bottom with at least a point from the Liverpool home game now.
The only league to be in
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Post by spongebobflathead on Jul 31, 2015 22:44:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 23:01:36 GMT
Man U... .1 points. Chelsea ..0 Points. Arse......3 Points. Citeh.....0 Point. Liverpool 1 Points. Spurs.....1 Points West Brom.3 Points. Villa.....3 Points. Sunderland 3 Points Newcastle..3 Points. Everton....3 Points. Leicester..3 Points. Watford ...4 points. Bournmouth.3 Points. Norwich....1 Points. Swans .....3 Points. West H.....3 Points. Palace.....3 Points. Southamp...1 Point.
42pts Realistic and I'll take it now.
Anything better and Mark Hughes will be Liverpool manager by the end of the season.
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