Well the big kick-off is only a few days away now. Many of us SPL fans will be looking forward to what’s in store for the new season, but some of us will be dreading what lies ahead.
Here’s how I think the league table will look like come the end of May next year.
1. Celtic
2. Aberdeen
3. Rangers
4. Hearts
5. Dundee United
6. Motherwell
7. Hibernian
8. Falkirk
9. Inverness
10. St. Mirren
11. Hamilton
12. Kilmarnock
Okay, so maybe more how it would ideally end up rather than how it will. Although there are justified reasons as to why who is where.
Celtic will run away with the title in my opinion. At the moment they are just, quite frankly, better than everyone else. Although saying that, they are beatable by anyone but every team has their day. They won’t though, in my opinion, win anything but the league, like the past season.
Aberdeen seem to have followed the same path with Calderwood as they did with Ferguson. And, I think, this is our season. We will finally split the Old Firm, and along with that, take the diddy cup with us. No, we don’t play any attractive or entertaining football, but we get the results when they matter. And if we’re just ahead or just behind Rangers going into the split, we will do it in my opinion.
Rangers’ and Walter Smith’s 4-5-1 formation will not work this season. They used up all their luck last season in the UEFA Cup run. Kenny Miller works well in a 4-5-1 for Scotland, but that’s with different players around him, giving him different service, which he won’t get at Ibrox. Let’s just face it, all of their players are duff barr three, and one of them’s a goalkeeper and one of them never gets a game.
Hearts have always been a good team, and have one good season then one bad and so on. Last season must have been the bad considering they finished in the bottom six so it’s their turn this season to be near the top again. And with a new manager and less Kaunas loanees, things are looking up at Tynecastle.
Dundee United are so over-confident that they have European football in the bag this season that they won’t get it. They will fall at the final hurdle, the split, yet again. They also lost their top scorer from last season this summer for a sum of money they won’t get a player as good as him to replace him. I can’t wait to see them fail again.
Motherwell had a great season last season and thanks to it will be playing in the UEFA Cup this season. McGhee has done to Motherwell what Calderwood did when he arrived at Aberdeen. One brilliant season then the next brought us back down to earth again. Top six wooden spoon I think.
Hibernian went on a streak of not scoring in 9 games during pre-season. They also lost to Cowdenbeath and Clyde. However, I don’t think they will be that bad once the season starts but have a feeling they may miss out on top 6, narrowly.
Falkirk came within 8 minutes of their first ever top 6 finish last season, but thanks to Chris Maguire we stole their place in the last game before the split. I don’t think they’ll make it again this season, they’ve signed Jackie McNamara for godsake. I don’t think they know the expiry date on his boots said best before August 2007.
Inverness are not very good. At all. Bottom 6 again for them. Hovering above relegation for most of the season.
St. Mirren will just be St. Mirren. Taking the usual humping. Hovering just above relegation, occasionally slipping into it.
Hamilton – the SPL new boys. I think they’ll do okay for the most part of the season, and then slip down nearer relegation towards the end. I’m sure they’ll be happy just staying up though.
Kilmarnock have to get relegated. They are more boring than Rachel. Their football is so unentertaining it could be used as torture. And their ground is the most soul-less in the SPL. Get them out.
Can’t argue with that. But you seemed a bit generous to Rangers mate. Are you sure they are capable of third?
Aberdeen 2nd hahahahahahahahaha thats the funniest thing I’ve heard in ages! It will be Gers top and who cares about the rest! 😀
You’ve just been knocked out of Europe by a Lithuanian team. A first in Scottish football apparently. And you are confident Rangers will win the league?!
Course I’m confident last night has nothing to do with the league championship so ye I’m very confident! And you were the 1st team to get beat of a Lithuanian team at Pittodrie in 1996.
But we won that tie did we not? So we weren’t knocked out. Yes it has nothing to do with the league, but if it’s a reflection of the football that will be played I don’t think Killie have much to worry about.
Mate if we play to the standard we played last season in the league where we won 13 games in a row and went on a 6 month unbeaten run we will have the league wrapped up before christmas!
dundee utd were the second best team in the league last season after celtic so for them to fish so low in your predictions was a bit of a shock am afraid i think they will come third and rangers second aberdeen aint good enough sorry but they jst arent although i do think they will do well in a competitions!!! youz will improve each year but not enough to finish first second more realistic in 4 to 5 years
Dundee United 2nd best team? They finished 5th, making them the 5th best team, behind Celtic, Rangers, Motherwell and Aberdeen. And that’s it basically. Over 38 games they finished behind those 4 teams, so how are they better?
we will see this season
best football outside celtic and a cup final which they got cheated in N UTTER DISGRACE PLUS THREE POINTS LOST AGAINST RNGERS
How where they cheated in the cup final! I do believe it was Mark Kerr who passed the ball back! U moron! As for the article, it?s as good as all the other article this idiot tries to put together! PISH! But they are uneducated haggis chasers who have yet to get hot water and still go for a pish in the garden so what chance do they have!
Because Dundee United had a stonewall penalty turned down you moron. Had it not be for the SPL trying to give the league to the dirty vermin through extending the league and Mike McCurry we would have won the league long before the last day of the season! But we still won it anyway!
R.K use and the sheep are biggest cheats going!
I agree with bearblue66!
Thanks GregE1873
bearblue66, when have you seen an Aberdonian chase haggis? LOL
No bother bearblue66
Whenever I have had the misfortune of attending that hole u call a stadium! and may I add each time me and my fellow fans have been assualted with a shower of bricks and darts amongst other things, look mate it is not my fault that u still dont have electricity or running water in the home! or do you have education oh and BTW do you no that TV’s are now coloured as well, and the minstrels are banned amongst ther things! Maybe you should jump on your horse and cart, nip down Glasgow and then you will see that William Wallace aqnd Robert the Bruce are no longer alive and we dont wear Kilts on a day to day basis anymore ok! we wear things called Jeans and TROUSERS! hmm fancy eh!
When was the last time you went to a football game bb66? Bricks and darts? Just about as laughable as the corner Dailly gave away in the last 5 minutes against Kaunas. Go back to your community centre.
66 was a wonderful year, we won the world cup that year mate, WE being collective for Britain, and it was magnificent! Anyway the last time I was at *****ordry was May this year! And the usual local haggis bearers where out in their horse and carts, their sword and shields! Scary man scary! Now a community centre to you would be a gathering round the loch! Is that correct?