Our 2025/26 Premier League Predictions!

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3:36Pete Donaldson: Hello everybody, welcome to the Football Ramble! It's prediction time as the Premier League starts tomorrow because it's Thursday 14th of August. I'm Marcus Speller. I'm Jim Campbell. And I'm Lucian Ahantarajara.

4:00Pete Donaldson: Hello, everybody. It's prediction time. It's a fine time of the year where we have not and cannot be proved to be fools. Or maybe not.

4:10Jim Campbell: Actually, I say that. We cannot immediately be proven to be fools.

4:14Pete Donaldson: Necks are out and they are fine for now. There you go. Thank you for tidying that up for me, Jim. Yes, that's right. Today, Jim, Vish and I are going to give our predictions for the seasons. And as usual, we've realised just how hard it is to predict the Premier League. You'll be able to see all our predictions, including Luke's and Pete's, later today on our socials. We also want to hear your predictions as well. We always want to hear your predictions, good people. Whether you think David Moyes will be sacked before Christmas seems unlikely. Sunderland, will they qualify for the Champions League?

4:44Pete Donaldson: Or will Gunnasaurus start up front for Arsenal? We want to hear your predictions. tag us on X and Instagram at Football Ramble and use the hashtag Ramble Predictions to get involved right then without further ado let's get on to it we shall start at a very obvious place Vidushin winners who is going to win the Premier League this year I want you first then Jim and sadly me after that so you're going to go last you're going to base your answer off our answers which is what I'd do if I was hosting so you know fair play I've gone for Manchester City well hell. You momentarily started to silence there.

5:21Pete Donaldson: You didn't listen to a word I said last season. I said it's over. The empire's gone. You're saying that to try and mug me off. I'm not saying it to mug you off. I am saying it because as we saw since January, they're clearly plotting something. And of all the, I'm not saying anti-terrorism should be looking into what they're doing there. Good, good. That'll save us some legal battles. just maybe have a little walk by have a knock on the door see who answers it but there's a lot of stuff happening at Man City that I think at the start or rather the midway point of last season was centred around a bit of saving face when actually they were just almost kind of to bring another sport into this there's always this thing that Novak Djokovic drops a set when he's basically recovering so that he can then go into the next set and be at his, certainly at a fuller capacity to then take the whole game.

6:19And that is possible. And I feel like Man City were doing that for the last half of that season with the acquisitions of Marmouche, Gonzales, and then the way they've added to that this summer. They signed 10 players this year alone for about 300 million. Unsettled squad. Can he get them to jail? And also Pep. Like, Pep has clearly been rejuvenating as well. So, and that's why I've gone for them.

6:40Jim Campbell: See, I would disagree with that last point. I think Pep still looks as kind of anxious as he did in the previous season in a way that we've not seen him look before. We've seen him look very intense and very focused, but he's been talking about stress and strain and all these different things a bit in a way that is relatively new for him. Looked relaxed at Heaton Park when he went to COA. Well, you would, wouldn't you? Just the euphoria. We'll do that for you. But I think Omar Marmouche is kind of a really significant player. And having had half a season under his belt there, I think we're going to see a really significant contribution from him.

7:16Jim Campbell: I think the argument is strong. Those 10 players are, you know, obviously they're all high quality or they wouldn't be at Man City in the first place. There is obviously Rodri's picked up an injury again. He will return at some point and you expect he'll come back at a very, very high level because he's Rodri. They have cover for him now in a way they didn't before so that they're better equipped to weather that storm. I think in Ryan Aitnori, they've got a really, really good player. there's possibly a bit of a gap at right back. I think they might yet address that in this window or they might just repurpose someone, which they're very good at doing because obviously they have a lot of very versatile players.

7:52Jim Campbell: So I don't think it's the most outrageous shout to suggest that they're going to be in the mix for it.

7:56Pete Donaldson: Yeah, no, I don't think it's outrageous. I was just offended. Sure, of course.

8:00Jim Campbell: Because once again, you've not been listened to. You do rule with an iron mouth, don't you, this podcast?

8:06Pete Donaldson: With an iron tongue. Okay. I suppose I really thought you were going to say another team are you going to see I gathered that no no no yeah yeah well are you going to say that team Jim

8:19Jim Campbell: yeah I'm going to go for Liverpool because I think Vichy talking complete bollocks actually on reflection no I think obviously I think City are going to be we're going to have a right laugh at him coming in this season aren't we yeah I think the improvements that Liverpool have made from the position of strength that has been mentioned over and over again all across the media is quite profound if it works out. Hugo Eketike already looks really good. If they get Izak, obviously that's just game-changing. We're all screwed if that happens. I do think they need to sign at least one centre-back because it does look like a position where they could be a bit short if there are injuries or suspensions or whatnot.

9:01Jim Campbell: But I just think they won the league at a canter last season. I think it was 10 points in the end, wasn't it? But I think it would have been, it could have been higher than that because they could slow down a bit after they'd kind of wrapped things up. They were far and away the best team in the league. I think it's easy to argue that they've improved again. Obviously changing the full backs might come with a little bit of a kind of bedding in period that could cost them a few points here and there but the way Slott got them up and running immediately suggests that actually we're all saying this aren't we?

9:33Jim Campbell: We're all like oh maybe there'll be a little bit of a settling in period but I mean the entirety of last season was a settling in period for him in a sense so there's also an argument that based on what we've seen of his qualities he'll be able to weather that and manage that and they have such momentum about them as well they're such a force at the moment and they know it there's no anxiety about Liverpool that's something that's very impressive about them as a club most other clubs have a sense that you know like oh god the pressure's kind of difficult to deal with here they seem to thrive in it so I think that will be that will get them through and I think it's also worth mentioning it's very difficult to retain a title I think you have to be a very special team to do that and Liverpool have what looks to me a very special team The settling period last year though was purely on a slot as Liverpool manager It was a very settled squad It was a squad that had been in place and done brilliant things with the previous guy and now there is genuine settling to be done because they've lost from Alexander-Arnold because Andy Robertson is being phased out.

10:39I think that's certainly a big enough deal that I don't have them as champions. I'm not saying they're going to have a bad season necessarily, but there are more things to work out this season

10:49Pete Donaldson: than there were last season. Jamie Carragher's certainly a bit concerned about the defence, isn't he? Tweeting away and other people saying, look, they have looked a little bit suspect at the back, but I mean, it's still pre-season. Yeah, we don't really know. Of course. The reason we're doing the show is not because we have the answer, it's because we know we don't. Exactly, Vish, exactly. Good to restate that. The Discord for Brown Bristle was split between Liverpool and Man City, apparently. Now, gentlemen, I'm going to come to my prediction. Now, I often take a different approach to predictions.

11:21Do you need us here for this?

11:23Pete Donaldson: Yeah. He just teed up his own prediction. I'd like you to light my cigar while I'm talking. I sort of Liverpool is the obvious answer and I kind of I thought but I also like to kind of will things into existence How's that going? Well Jim we shall see so I looked at this and I thought I just I don't think Man City will do it because I'm going to stick to what I was preaching last season I just I try to make an argument for it not to be Liverpool because it's such an obvious answer to me. And I think that I'm trying to look for a Tony Blair third way. And Jim, you were very, very down about Arsenal the other week about what you thought.

12:10Pete Donaldson: I don't know if I was very down. I think I was just down. Okay. You were talking about you might start supporting Tottenham now. The Super Cup final, I was. So Jim, let me try and will this into existence to cheer you up. I've gone for Arsenal.

12:24Jim Campbell: Part of me was thinking he's going to say Chelsea. he's going to mug me up here but I can get behind that what do you think of that? I love the idea of it I really do I thought you might well look do you know I'm being stupid have I just thrown away

12:37Pete Donaldson: a category there?

12:39Jim Campbell: the argument for it is I think this should the players that they've signed function in the way that they are intended to I think there's a strong argument that this is the strongest squad they've had under Arteta

12:49Pete Donaldson: I agree with that

12:50Jim Campbell: and it's a lot more it's well balanced and it's built to kind of weather injuries and there's you know you've got the kind of X factors of Ethan Wynieri and to a point Max Dalman who although I would part of me hopes we don't really see him in the Premier League because he is 15 years old and he needs room to sort of develop and to grow and kind of not be in the spotlight that he's in at the moment really so much of it so much of it depends on make me proud boy so much of it depends on Jokeres I think and to a degree Kai Havertz and I think there will be a sort of jostling between them for who kind of leads the line there and Havertz has looked good in pre-season he's physically bigger actually looks a bit quicker as well so if you add those elements to Havertz's game and if he can sort of improve his finishing in some degrees he's a player who is going to score goals he got 15 in all comps last season which was Arsenal's top scorer so I think if those two players in particular can score regularly then there is an argument that they're going to stay there because Arsenal are very hard to beat and you can win the league like that.

14:01Jim Campbell: We've seen managers do it.

14:02Pete Donaldson: Very much so. So Jim, we don't normally do this but I'm inviting you now. Do you want to change your prediction?

14:08Jim Campbell: I still think it's going to be Liverpool but I hope it is Arsenal. Okay, fair enough. The other thing about just quickly on what Jim said there is that Arsenal now have two ways of playing. They have a way of playing with Jokeres which will have to work out and they know they have a way of playing with Havertz and similarly Zubimendi in midfield next to Declan Rice means to me anyway means Martin Odegaard can do more of the things he's the very best pushes everybody up

14:36Pete Donaldson: yeah yeah like I stress like I don't think anybody there's a reason why I said Arsenal as well obviously I you know I just couldn't bring myself to say Liverpool again I couldn't bring myself to say Man City just people so there's that but there are reasons why I think Arsenal could do it I really hope they do just to kind of make it less predictable, I suppose. You know, I'd like Fulham to win the league ultimately, but you know. So that's what I've gone for. Anyway, let's move on to the next category. Overachievers. Now this is open to interpretation, of course, come the end of the season. So choose wisely, gentlemen.

15:18Pete Donaldson: Lots of discorders have been saying Everton. and a few have been saying Sunderland so one could argue that if Sunderland stayed up or finished say 15th or something that could be overachieving Everton European football would certainly be overachieving for them so again there's a little bit of wiggle room with this one so Vish So I put Everton I put them as my potential surprise package or overachievers but not with the pretense of them getting European football just having a normal season would be an overachievement for Everton especially when you throw in the fact that it's a new stadium as well and so I have them in I can't be honest counting down wherever they are they're not in the top half of the table in my predicted table trying to do your predicted table is such a chore it's so difficult because there's the stuff that matters at the top and bottom and at that point if you're getting upset about who we're picking at 14 people have to go somewhere I know it sounds stupid but if you haven't done your predictor table, I absolutely implore every single one of you listeners to do it.

16:25Pete Donaldson: It's so difficult. It really is. Anyway, carry on. So you've gone for Everton. Yeah, I've gone for Everton just for the reasons of what we expect from a lot of teams now because of previous overachievement from, say, let's look in the last season or so from Palace and Bournemouth. They, to me, were top of the list of people, of teams rather, who could have a season that many wouldn't have predicted of them without it necessarily being an over-the-top parade type season. And if Everton won a trophy, that would be overachieving. But again, I don't think they'd do that. This is what I'm saying, yeah.

16:58Pete Donaldson: So you think they're going to finish mid-table and you think that is overachieving for Everton? Okay. If that does happen... I think stylistically, the way they would do it, in the way that... Bournemouth didn't have a brilliant season last season. They nearly did too. They nearly did. That's it, isn't it? And I think stylistically, the way Everton end up mid-table would be enough to see them as overachievers. Well, if they do, then you'll have to back your calls come the end of the season, of course. So it seems a long way, Jim, but it will come down quick. Jim, who are you going for?

17:30Jim Campbell: You're threatening me with the future. It's really confusing. Yeah, I've also gone for Everton for similar reasons, but I think it's about arresting the direction of travel. And also, I think they're a club where you look at them and think, I feel quite confident, actually, that they're going to be significantly better than last season. Also, something they have that no one really, other than the promoted teams have, certainly will have if David Moyes gets his, the 10 new players that he wants, is that they'll be pretty unpredictable. They'll be kind of unrecognizable from last season. We know that Moyes is very, very good at drilling his players into doing the basics and the simple stuff, making them hard to beat and then using that as a platform to take them, you know, a bit further in terms of achieving things.

18:09Jim Campbell: And I think the environment is perfect for that. Now, one thing that complicates these predictions is the fact that obviously the transfer window is still open. so some teams might look quite different by the time that closes but as things are now I do think that things are really positive for Everton actually and that Jack Grealish is a potentially transformative signing in a fairly low pressure environment for him to a degree where he can really express himself so yeah I've gone for them too yeah I think Palace might be another one you could throw in there because I think they have a brilliant manager

18:39Pete Donaldson: I've gone it's a tough one to pick because again like you said Vish is finishing 12th and over achievement I understand that could be argued I mean certainly would be for road sides but you know I thought about this and I thought sod it I'm going for Fulham I'm going for my boys Fulham I think they might clinch I've got I think this might be the season where they really just clinch maybe a Europa League spot or something you know what or a conference league

19:03Jim Campbell: I thought about Fulham part of the reason was because they very nearly got a lot of good results last season and it was only marginal things that meant they missed out in games that should have been wins or should have been draws. They've also, I thought Anthony Robinson would be out the door. It looks like he's not going anywhere. He's one of the best fullbacks in the league. There are definitely players there where you think they can get a little bit more out of them. Now, the argument against it would be that they've been extremely inactive in the transfer market. So again, presumably that would change.

19:32Pete Donaldson: But yeah, I mean... To try and spin that as a positive, I'd say it's a very settled squad. If you watch any of their social media output, which I bloody well do, lovely vibes really lovely vibes it'd be quite clumsy of them to put out bad vibes at a club account wouldn't it another fight at training we never did see that ruck between Abu and oh yeah I know what you mean yeah Mitrovic during a yoga session neither of them at the club anymore so release the tapes we know what happened, release the tapes why did they burn the tapes so they couldn't be released I'm going Fulham settled squad another summer with Marcus Silva who's got them all wound up and that man is determined to they had a record points tally in the Premier League Fulham last season and I think I bloody well think they can do it can I ask you a cheeky question usually you save that for Ramblin' Cut given the links to Saudi Arabia at the end of last season given the links to Tottenham you have a settled squad do you have a settled manager?

20:40Pete Donaldson: Yeah, it's fair. I think yes this season. Next summer we'll see. Because of the missed opportunities. There's nothing available right now that could take his eye. Possibly. I think next summer he'll have been at Fulham for a while. Yeah. It'd be his longest job, wouldn't it? Probably. It might already be. Yeah, if they were to get European football in any capacity I think that would probably make him stay. But it depends which jobs turn up. Blah, blah, blah. So yeah, I think next summer It will be crunch time, as it often is with Marcus Silva. But at the moment, settled and staying.

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24:01Pete Donaldson: Right, gentlemen, next category. And it's a harsh one. First manager to leave slash be sacked. The consensus from our listeners was Daniel Farker. Yeah. Do you think that is the answer?

24:13Jim Campbell: I think it is because he's already had to justify his job once before the season started. they were openly considering replacing him so you've both gone far well I just think that rarely ends with a triumph I think the pressure is already on him obviously it's very difficult early on and I that factor is what decided it for me to be honest in the way that previously you just go well yeah whoever's at Watford I do have another one and it's purely based on how things ended last season and it's also replicating what I wrote this time last year.

24:51Pete Donaldson: Go on, say it. Nuno. Oh! I mean, Farker is my actual answer. Yes. But there's something about where Forrest are at the moment in their hierarchy, not necessarily on the pitch. You know, even the Morgan Gibbs-White announcement video of his new contract. It's like, come on, mate. I know what you mean, man. You don't need to be front and centre of everything. So in any club with Maranacos in charge, yeah, you're always free for the Maranacos. Yeah, exactly. And it's less about Nuno and what he's done and more about the man who's in charge of hiring and firing at their club. Yes. It's funny, when you said at the start, you know, I go last so I can kind of canvas opinion and then change it, I was very tempted and go, yeah, Farker was my answer.

25:29Pete Donaldson: But it wasn't my answer. Farker's not my answer. I find this one really, really hard because it's not nice. A man will lose his job. Well, you're not delivering the news, though, are you? I know. But for a fee, I would. I was really trying to think about this. And I just wondered with the promoted clubs, if, yeah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I went for Vita Pereira. Yeah, that's not a bad one. I know he ended the season, you know, fairly well with the Wolves, but they've lost, you know, one or two big players. Yeah. I know he sort of kept on one or two. He can be a bit of a nutter. We didn't see that last season and first the points and then the pints and all this kind of good stuff.

26:13Jim Campbell: He's been nomadic, hasn't he? Yeah.

26:14Pete Donaldson: I just wonder if yeah so that's a bit of a punt but I wonder if that's the case on our discord as I said the consensus was very much Daniel Farker Gothbotherer on discord said Eddie Howe and Dan on X said Pep Guardiola go on Dan that's the stuff alright top scorer Vish who have you got the top scorer Boring Holland yep same and even I've got the same for that I think yeah to try and maybe go for Djokeres I think by the way I'm going to say his name differently every time Djokeres Djokeres and we got rid of the one who cares about that kind of stuff as well exactly yeah we're fine I believe it's a Hungarian name so it would be Djokeres if you were to really try and double dune but it's up to him invested on Nuno yes it's up to him how he says it double dune because he is a Sweden international but yeah so anyway Harland Discord has split between Harland and Mo Salah Chris on Instagram said Joao Pedro.

27:15I mean,

27:15Pete Donaldson: if he's pinging them in like he was in the Club World Cup.

27:18Jim Campbell: Yeah.

27:19Pete Donaldson: You know, nobody went for Liam De Lapp though. That would be great though for England. Always got to think about the big picture. How many games do you think Liam De Lapp's going to play for Chelsea? How many games do you think he's going to start for Chelsea? I think he'll start the majority up front.

27:33Jim Campbell: Yeah, because Pedro can play wide and often does play wide, doesn't he? I believe. Or in behind. But they have so many wide players.

27:40Pete Donaldson: Yeah, they do. And they love them. But they love to rotate. Yeah. but anyway that's not a Liam De Lape will be top scorer in the Champions League okay let's create a new category how many games is Liam De Lape going to start player of the season lots of discorders picking Florian Wurtz

27:56Jim Campbell: I've also gone for Wurtz have you? I think actually though it's a symptom of how difficult it is to call this when you've not seen a player kick a ball and I think it's probably that he's a shiny new toy he looked very good in the community shield

28:10Pete Donaldson: yeah he got his runners up medal

28:12Jim Campbell: yeah exactly he got his runners up medal but those early links with Eketike were really really strong and really good part of me wondered if Eketike might be a shout for this as well just because he looks so so impressive and obviously he's got a really good platform around him to get the best out of him so yeah but I've gone for Verts just because I think similarly to Eketike he's got all the moving parts around him that are a brilliant platform for his skills and we've seen how good he is Fisho? So bear in mind it tallies with my other predictions Player of the Season I've gone for Phil Foden Back on the wagon You must enjoy that England's Phil Foden

28:49Pete Donaldson: Yeah I mean it would be a right old headache before the World Cup but it would be a headache that we all want You're more concerned about a selection dilemma next summer than giving our predictions for the Premier League season Well I'm going to counter that and I've got Bakayo Saka Nice

29:09Jim Campbell: You're having that Jim I'd love that but again it's consistent with your prediction that Arsenal will win the league he will remain Arsenal's most important player he's looked very sharp in pre-season yeah

29:20Pete Donaldson: so you learn from me one of the good things is if you predict some good stuff happening to someone else's team they'll do the arguments for you and also sorry about that Anthony Robinson's going to be the player of the season this is brilliant for me

29:30Jim Campbell: because if Arsenal don't win the league then I get to win you being wrong ah so it's a silver lining yeah

29:37Pete Donaldson: it hasn't happened before so I suppose that would be you know don't look at it you're right Don't listen to any other prediction shows. Next category. Team with most red cards this season. Vish, what are you going for? I've gone for West Ham. West Ham? Yeah. Why is that? I think there'll be a lot of anger. Let's take it out of the opposition. Yeah, I mean, I appreciate fans can't get red cards that count towards... There'll probably be more banning orders than red cards, but there'll be enough red cards for me to win this, I think.

30:07Jim Campbell: All right. I can't see a Graham Potter team. going that way. You heard his logic. Yeah, I did hear his logic. But I've gone for Newcastle and it's very much due to the kind of the way the wind is blowing at the moment where things seem to be going against them a little bit. And that may not translate into the rest of the season. But they've got a lot of very sort of tough, big physical players. And they do, they kind of get away with a fair bit. And if the wind is to change a little on that in terms of referees. Well, look, but you know, they're a tough team. They're a physical side. We all know that.

30:38Jim Campbell: and when things start going against you, they tend to be quite catastrophic. So that's my logic there. We'll see by the end of the season. It might be Fulham, who knows?

30:49Pete Donaldson: Okay. I've gone for Sunderland, the Granit Xhaka factor. Back in the Prem. He knows how to get a red card.

30:56Jim Campbell: He does. And he also doesn't know how to not get a red card, which is a sort of complicating factor, or contributing factor. It is.

31:03Pete Donaldson: Possibly the harshest category. Who's going to get relegated, Vish? all the teams who've come up do you think again what are they called again hold on I just have their names here Leeds United Sunderland and Burnley well the consensus on Discord was Burnley to go down presumably we've all got Burnley in there yeah Jim who are

31:22Jim Campbell: your other two so I've gone for Burnley Leeds and Wolves I've got caught up in the Sunderland hype and I do agree with what you've said about Wolves the situation where they've lost really really key players they've still got some good players in I think Strand Larsen's a really good player but I think it might be difficult for them but they've been here for a while they've proved people wrong very very consistently and they may make a mockery of that really quickly I'm trying to undo your predictions you think they're going to be crap and they're going down I was tempted by you know the idea that the three promoted teams just go straight down every season now but I so desperately don't want that to be the case

31:59Pete Donaldson: right so you're trying to will that into yeah I am trying to will it into there you go so you're on board with me now I too have got caught up with the Sunderland hype David Cartlidge said on this very podcast that he thinks they're going to stay up. That's good enough for me. I think they'll survive. And picking another one, though, is so difficult. So I also went for Wolves, consistent with the Vitor Pereira prediction that I had. The consensus on Discord, again, Burnley to go down. Then there was a split between Leeds, Sunderland, Wolves and Brentford. Yeah. But I just thought, Granit Xhaka, he's not letting Sunderland go down.

32:31Pete Donaldson: And Jordan Henderson's not letting Brentford go down. Yeah. But he might do at the expense of Sunderland. secret agent that's true

32:39Jim Campbell: Tarquin on Discord said West Ham a friend of mine supports West Ham he's very worried about that potential situation

32:47Pete Donaldson: yeah one of our producers supports West Ham are you worried about that are you worried about relegation just a nod yeah he's worried he's worried he's been nodding the whole time yeah there was no shaking of the head he's worried they're worried well okay I'm not worried for West Ham no I think they'll be alright yeah there you go I think they'll have a fucking awful time and they'll hate their own team It won't be terrible, yeah.

33:07Jim Campbell: But I don't think it'll go down.

33:08Pete Donaldson: They'll be begging to go down. Right. And then we get to the most celebrated category, notable mad shit. Vish, what have you gone for? I think for the first time, this will be a notable mad shit prediction that everyone will get on board with. Bielsa back at Leeds. Bloody hell. Nice. I really like that because that's a proper footballing prediction, but it would be mad. and everyone would be behind it. You're right. Oh, that's very good. I love that. It's not going to happen, but it's very good.

33:41Jim Campbell: I've come for Evangelos Maranakis to be arrested in his underwear in a dawn raid by Interpol. He'll surely be wearing a white T-shirt. I mean, but that could be in his underwear. He's still in his bedclothes, you know.

33:53Pete Donaldson: Yeah, okay, yeah. I can't say what I want to say legally, so yes, there's the prediction. We move on. I have channeled the spirit of a Pete Donaldson prediction from years gone by Jason Tindall's bum will be seen yep

34:11Jim Campbell: I can see that happening I imagine what would be the closest to that this season would be him telling someone to kiss his ass and slapping his ass in front of them and I think if that happens sorry when that happens we should give Pete the points for that it's all you the points for that having channeled Pete maybe it will happen to Eddie Howe as Tindall completes his betrayal like Steve Keane did to Sam Allardyce at Blackburn Rovers all those years ago

34:42Pete Donaldson: glory days well we've got some ones from our good listeners Big Con and Lewis Smith on Discord both predicted Granit Xhaka and Joel Linton to have a fight in the time we're done that's not mad that should happen presumably when they say a fight than being a proper one, not just like grabbing shirts. Oh, fair. Yeah. I'm putting words in your mouth, Colin Smith, but there we are. That's what I do. Harlem on X. Alexander Esek wears a Sunderland shirt to force a move. Trying everything else. Yeah. Sorry. Turns up in trading with it. Jack on X. Evangelos Smaranakis is spotted in the away end when Nottingham Forest go to Sellers Park.

35:21Pete Donaldson: There's going to be something in those games. The first one's quite early on as well. What I like about that is it's vague enough in that if he just steps foot in there, like right at the end or do you know what I mean? So yeah, no, good prediction that Jack. Luke on X, Big Sam comes back to say West Ham. Glance at producer George. He gives the hammer sign there. I don't know whether that's to endorse Big Sam or not. Well, there we are, everybody. They are the predictions for the new seasons. We want to hear your Premier League predictions too. Tag us on X and Instagram at Football Ramble. use the hashtag RamblePredictions to get involved.

35:59Pete Donaldson: You can see Luke and Pete's predictions over on our socials as well. Do follow us on Instagram and TikTok at FootballRamble and make sure you subscribe on YouTube or wherever you get your pods. Thanks for listening to the Football Ramble part of the ACAST Creator Network. Pleasure having you with us. We'll see you soon. Thanks Vish. Thank you. Thanks Jimmy. Thank you. Thank you all.

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