2023/24 Season Predictions

You all know the drill.

League position: 15th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Imran Louza
Top Scorer: Vakoun Bayo (9)
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis (as it stands)
Flop of the season: Livermore
Worst disciplinary record: Francisco Sierralta
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 1st round
Number of head coaches: 3
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: November
Will we score a direct free kick?: No

 

League position: 9th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Rhys Healey
Top Scorer: Rhys Healey (16)
Best newcomer: Rhys Healey
Flop of the season: Jake Livermore
Worst disciplinary record: Francisco Sierralta
FA Cup: 4th round
League Cup: 3rd round
Number of head coaches: 1
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: N/A
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

Jumping on the Healey FC hype train. Also hoping (rather than expecting) that we can let VI have the whole season.

 

League position: 10th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Porteous
Top Scorer: Bayo - 10
Best newcomer: Ince
Flop of the season: Healey
Worst disciplinary record: Louza
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 1st round
Number of head coaches: 1
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: He won't
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

 

League position: 15th
Promoted?: No
Player of the Season: Ryan Porteous
Top Scorer: Own goals
Best newcomer: Rhys Healey
Flop of the season: Daniel Bachmann
Worst disciplinary record: Ryan Porteous
FA Cup: 4th Round
League Cup: 2nd Round
Number of head coaches: 2
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: October
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

 

League position: 18th
Promoted?: No
Player of the Season: Porteous
Top Scorer: Healey
Best newcomer: Lewis
Flop of the season: Ismael
Worst disciplinary record: Francisco Sierralta
FA Cup: 5th Round
League Cup: QF
Number of head coaches: 2
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: October
Will we score a direct free kick?: 2

 

League position: 16th
Promoted?: Lol
Player of the Season: Imran Louza
Top Scorer: Rhys Healey (14)
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis (as it stands)
Flop of the season: Livermore
Worst disciplinary record: Tom Ince
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 1st round
Number of head coaches: 1
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: N/A
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes, a late consolation in a 3-1 defeat at Loftus Road

 

League position: 15th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Porteous
Top Scorer: Vakoun Bayo (if he stays !) (10)
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis (so far)
Flop of the season: Healey
Worst disciplinary record: Porteous
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 1st round
Number of head coaches: 3
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: October
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

 

League position: 9th
Promoted?: No
Player of the Season: Imran Louza
Top Scorer: Rhys Healey (13)
Best newcomer: Rhys Healey
Flop of the season: Jake Livermore
Worst disciplinary record: Wesley Hoedt
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 2nd round
Number of head coaches: 1
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: He won't
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

 

League position: 12th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Asprilla
Top Scorer: Healey (13)
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis
Flop of the season: Ince
Worst disciplinary record: Francisco Sierralta
FA Cup: 4th round
League Cup: 2nd
Number of head coaches: 2
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: January
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes


1) Leicester
2) Leeds
3) Middlesbrough
4) Norwich
5) Southampton
6) Sunderland
7) Millwall
8) Stoke
9) Swansea
10) Coventry
11) Ipswich
12) Watford
13) West Brom
14) Preston
15) Huddersfield
16) Blackburn
17) Birmingham
18) Bristol City
19) Hull
20) Plymouth
21) Cardiff
22) Rotherham
23) QPR
24) Sheff Wed

 

League position: 10th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Ryan Porteous
Top Scorer: Rhys Healey (11)
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis
Flop of the season: Ince
Worst disciplinary record: Wesley Hoedt
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 2nd round
Number of head coaches: 1
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: None
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

 

League position: 9th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Imran Louza
Top Scorer: Hasn't signed yet (14)
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis
Flop of the season: Livermore
Worst disciplinary record: Sierralta
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 2nd round
Number of head coaches: 1
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: None
Will we score a direct free kick?: No

 

League position: 9th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Asprilla
Top Scorer: Rhy Healey (11)
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis
Flop of the season: Hoedt
Worst disciplinary record: Hoedt
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 1st round
Number of head coaches: 2
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: December
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

 

League position: 14th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Asprilla or Kone
Top Scorer: Hasn’t joined yet
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis
Flop of the season: Bachmann/Hoedt
Worst disciplinary record: Porteous or Morelos
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 2nd round
Number of head coaches: 2
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: November
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes, after a deflection.

 

Love that, you don't know who it's going to be, but you know they'll bag 14!

 

Haha. What it means to say is, I don't think we've signed our starting forward yet. But I'm sure when we do they will be somewhere from average to good.

 

League position: 8th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Sema
Top Scorer: Sema
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis
Flop of the season: Healy
Worst disciplinary record: Francisco Sierralta
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 2nd round
Number of head coaches: 2
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: December
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

 

League position: 4th
Promoted?: Yes
Player of the Season: Asprilla
Top Scorer: Healey (21)
Best newcomer: Chakvetadze
Flop of the season: Livermore
Worst disciplinary record: Hoedt
FA Cup: Semi-Final
League Cup: Quarter-Final
Number of head coaches: 1
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: N/A
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes, 4.

 

League position: 13th
Promoted?: Nope
Player of the Season: Yaser Asprilla
Top Scorer: Rhys Healey (12)
Best newcomer: Rhys Healey
Flop of the season: Livermore
Worst disciplinary record: Hoedt
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 1st round
Number of head coaches: 2
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: February
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

 

League position: 12th
Promoted?: No
Player of the Season: Martins
Top Scorer: Healey, if fit - otherwise a TBC striker
Best newcomer: Lewis
Flop of the season: Ince
Worst disciplinary record: Hoedt
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 1st round
Number of head coaches: 2
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: Oct Int. Break, replaced by smiley unknown
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes (Louza)

 

League position: 16th
Promoted?: No
Player of the Season: Porteous
Top Scorer: Ince (less than 10)
Best newcomer: Lewis
Flop of the season: Livermore
Worst disciplinary record: Sierralta
FA Cup: 3rd round
League Cup: 1st round
Number of head coaches: 3
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: October
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

 

We won’t be scoring many goals if Ken Sema is top scorer, so I very much doubt we would be finishing 8th.

 

League position: 13th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Sema
Top Scorer: Bayo 13
Best Newcomer: Hopefully someone as yet not signed....
Flop of the season: Uncle Ron
Worst disciplinary record: Porteous
FA Cup: 4th round
League Cup: 1st round
Number of head coaches: 2
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: January
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes

 

I'll have some of what you're drinking, 4 direct free-kicks!

 

League position: 18th
Promoted?: No
Player of the Season: Andrews
Top Scorer: Sema (4)
Best newcomer: Ince
Flop of the season: Livermore
Worst disciplinary record: Sierralta
FA Cup: 3rd Round
League Cup: 2nd Round
Number of head coaches: 3
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: November
Will we score a direct free kick?: No

 

No way we finish as high as 18th if Sema is our top scorer with 4!!

 

Can Livermore be regarded as a flop? Surely anything above a 4/10 would be regarded as an achievement?

 

I was going to post the same thing when I got round to doing my predictions in this thread - I don't think he can be regarded as a flop when no one expects him to do much anyway.
He was also only signed on a free, with just a 1 year deal and probably a relatively low wage.

 

League position: 17th
Promoted?: Nope
Player of the Season: Andrews
Top Scorer: Louza (6)
Best newcomer: Anthony McNameee
Flop of the season: Duxbury
Worst disciplinary record: Duxbury
FA Cup: 5th Round
League Cup: 1st Round
Number of head coaches: 3
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: October
Will we score a direct free kick?: Duxbury

 

I considered that, but decided the meaning of flop was probably closer to ‘failure’ than ‘underachiever’. May be wrong though.

 

League position: 10th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Martins
Top Scorer: Vakoun Bayo (11)
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis
Flop of the season: Livermore
Worst disciplinary record Porteous
FA Cup: 5th round
League Cup: 3rd round
Number of head coaches: 1
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: hopefully not!
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes Louza

 

Again, can he really be a failure when no one, probably even the club, thinks he'll be that great as his task?

They didnt even seem that sure about signing him to begin with and only gave him a 1 year deal, and he seems to only be coming as a cheap backup to Sierralta.

 

League position: 10th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Ryan Andrews
Top Scorer: Rhys Healey - 13
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis
Flop of the season: Jake Livermore
Worst disciplinary record: Ryan Porteous
FA Cup: 4th round
League Cup: 2nd round
Number of head coaches: 1
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: No.
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes - Chakvetadze

 

League position: 12th
Promoted?: No.
Player of the Season: Porteous
Top Scorer: Healy
Best newcomer: Jamal Lewis
Flop of the season: Sierralta
Worst disciplinary record: Hoedt
FA Cup: 4th round
League Cup: 1st round
Number of head coaches: 2
Month Valerian Ismael will be sacked: November
Will we score a direct free kick?: Yes