Our 2026/27 Premier League predictions

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3:47Luke Moore: find me and follow me everybody welcome to the football ramble it's time for our premier league predictions it's Tuesday 18th of August I'm Marcus Speller I'm Luke Moore and I'm Jim Campbell

4:11Luke Moore: Hello, everybody. It's a special time of the season because it hasn't quite started yet. It's the most wonderful time of the year. We obviously had our World Cup predictions. That's all done and dusted. It didn't work out the way I thought it was going to. Will this work out the way I think it would? For you, at least, you dared to dream. I dared to dream. I did you dreamt the same dream you want the same thing as Belinda Carlyle would say keep going we were talking about singles before we came on Belinda Carlyle had some amazing singles oh big time I almost met her one had a town named after in England of course she did absolutely almost met her yeah I kind of bottled it she was in the talk radio when I was in the talk sport once and I saw her through the glass when I thought when the ad breaks I'll pop out and I'll introduce myself and I completely bottled it what a shame she's very beautiful very intimidating to look at I'm not really is what she said not what she said no that's yes indeed well it is prediction time everybody Luke, Jim and I are here we will be giving our predictions for the upcoming 2026-27 Premier League season Pete, Vish and David aren't here but don't worry you'll be able to see their predictions along with all of ours on our socials I feel they get away with that but no doubt as the season goes on we will be talking about we're here on the front line we're always on the front line when we revisit this at the end of the season you kind of want Dawson here for this yeah let's be fair yeah you can't drag him out of his pit he won't come and do it but we'll have to laugh at him later we will do we'd also love to hear your predictions too good listeners whether you think maybe Enzo Maresca will last until Christmas Arsenal will set peace their way to another league title or Coventry City will escape the drop much to Richard Keyes' delight we want to hear all of your predictions so post your predictions on X and Instagram and tag us at Football Ramble and use the hashtag Ramble Predictions to get involved there'll be an infographic weren't there Charlie?

6:02Look out for the socials you can fill it in. I should say so. Make it easy for people don't we?

6:06Luke Moore: Right then. Let's do it. We're going to go through it category by category. We of course start with winners. Who will win the Premier League title this season? After the Community Shield we asked our Discord members who they think will win the league. 61 % said Arsenal. Next joint on 13 % each Liverpool and Chelsea. Then Manchester United with 9%. Man City, 0%. I think the Discord, the active Discorders do hate Man City, I think. Someone else, 4%. Someone else, anyone else. So Coventry City, are more likely to win the league than Manchester City, according to our Discorders, is how I've read that.

6:47Yeah, sounds like it.

6:48Luke Moore: That is very interesting. So then, gentlemen, we've heard from our Discorders. Yeah. Winners. So I think there's an incredibly obvious one. The Discorders have gone for it themselves. Luke Moore, but who do you have down for winners? Or just general chat before maybe you reveal your answer. So I do remain incredibly sympathetic of the idea of Arsenal going back to back for all the obvious reasons. Probably don't need me to go into them in great detail but ultimately they are the most settled of the top Premier League teams. They've kind of got that monkey off their back. They've strengthened well, all the rest of it.

7:22For the purposes of this show only, I didn't really have it in me to go for Arsenal. I just thought... I like that. No one's getting anything out of me predicting Arsenal. This is the kind of thing I do. It usually backfires. I'm already quite a smug person. People hammer me for that. They'll hammer me even more if I pick Arsenal and I get it right. So I thought, how can I make an argument for another team to win it?

7:43Luke Moore: Come on. By the way, those who are hammering you, forget them because I'm commending you. Thank you, mate. That's what I need. Yeah. You need a damn good commending. I've gone for Chelsea. Whoa! Okay. Whoa! Whoa! I've gone for Chelsea because I think that they... Oh, blimey O 'Reilly. They've got a good manager who I rate and I would follow into the depths of hell. He's handsome, isn't he? Very handsome. And I've seen him, I've seen a lot of videos that Chelsea have put out of him in training on purpose. I know what they're doing. I think Stamford Bridge is one of the circles on the way down. Yeah, exactly.

8:18Luke Moore: Quite a low one, I think. He didn't have his top off, but he was spraying passes around. Sleeveless t-shirt? Yeah, to the point where you're going, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if he's among the better passers at Chelsea even now. Yes. He's got to be careful not to go to Glen Hoddle territory. And I think, yeah, absolutely. I don't think he's got that in him. No. Play a manager, though. Get a faith healer in.

8:42I think that it's interesting in terms, I know Chelsea on many, many levels, I know nothing like Bayer Leverkusen, but the situation this season is quite interesting for Chelsea. The thing that kind of pushed me over the top to make me choose them is that they haven't got any European football. Yeah, that's a big factor. They've only really got domestic football to worry about. And I think Alonso could get them purring. And I just thought to myself, I can't see them not going close. And so from that point of view, it felt to me like an interesting thing to go for. I think going for Arsenal is boring.

9:17They probably will win it. They are the big favourites. I get that. I do have a question mark over Arsenal as far as, I mean, Jim, I don't even remember when we were talking on a show a week or two ago about the idea that Arsenal might go much more for Champions League. They might want to kind of push themselves over the top in that. It is sometimes difficult to defend a Premier League title, particularly when it's been ages since you've won it. So I could see maybe Arsenal prioritising something else instead. I think Chelsea have got a good chance. I like that. I like that you've done that. It would take a massive improvement.

9:50It would take probably an unprecedented point swing. The conditions are there, though.

9:54Luke Moore: I think they are I like that you've done that I commend you I'm still commending you I don't want them to do it so presume so you've gone for Chelsea you didn't fancy Liverpool obviously you didn't but why did you not I think Liverpool are a few players away from being good or being that level of good do you think Chelsea is a better squad or is it ultimately the manager with no Premier League manager the thing that put me off Liverpool you find a lot of questions at me at once here the thing that put me off Liverpool is that I think it might take a while to bed in. And I think they are probably, like I say, two or three players away.

10:29I just don't see, like last season, so many of their players were average. Like I would say, if you're going to dish out praise to any outfield players at Liverpool last season, you'd only be able to dish it out to Graven Birch, Sabozlai, and Eketike for a bit until he got injured. Other than that, they were all terrible. So I think, I think really, it's a massive change for them to do it. It is for Chelsea as well, I concede that. I think Liverpool have got, they're probably a few defensive players short, I would say. The thing with Chelsea, I forgot to give you my kind of con rather than just pros.

11:04The thing that concerns me most about Chelsea is actually the goalkeeper. I think, I don't really rate the goalkeeper. I don't really rate who's coming behind the goalkeeper if they have to swap him. But I would also throw in there that obviously we've got two weeks to transfer when they're left. So I don't really know what's going to happen on that front anyway.

11:20Luke Moore: if they were to lose Enzo Fernandez would that change your opinion? it would make me like them more yeah I think that would go it's impossible to say Jim because they've got 54 players yes true also I do think the signing of Maxence Lacroix and Morgan Rodgers although Morgan Rodgers is a young player they are like sensible for now go and win something signings rather than like let's flip them for a profit in two seasons type of signing they've strengthened really well do you think though the acquisitions of Jordan Anderson Danny Welbeck helped you with this prediction? I think I find the Jordan Henderson one odd.

11:54I get the Danny Welbeck thing. You know, I think Henderson's presumably going to be some kind of player coach. To me, it feels like Henderson is the kind of guy, if you're Xavi Alonso, you won in there right next year on the bench every single game. He might play a few games. But, I mean, he's like, as Carragher was saying, he's left Liverpool four years ago because he couldn't get the team. Yeah, but yet could be a Premier League winner,

12:19Luke Moore: according to Luke Moore, at the end of this season. He might be. I'm fascinated to know who you're going to go for, Jim, because I know that you're very conservative when it comes to predicting Arsenal, and I understand that. I'm just wondering if you're going to make an argument for Man City, but who have you gone for? Well, Arsenal have not retained a title since the 1930s, but I think this time they will do it. Oh, there you go! Yes. Come on, Jim! I think it will be... You see that arrogant Arsenal fan just assumes they're going to stroll it. Unusual. Yeah, I knew you'd do this. Yeah, I mean, I'm up close.

12:52Luke Moore: I see how much better it is than everywhere else. Already got a trophy. I think Man City will be better than we've seen from the Community Shield. They're not finished in the window. You think the 0 % they've got on our Discord is a bit harsh? I think the 0 % they've got is based on everyone being absolutely fatigued by how fucking boring it is with them winning stuff all the time, and I respect it. 9 % lower than Man United. Yeah.

13:19Luke Moore: Yeah, I think I'm not sure that Arsenal are going to sort of like romp it. They're the favourites kind of everywhere. And I understand that because they're the most settled team. They are by far the most known quantity in the league. That might also be an issue for a lot of other teams, right? Because actually it's quite hard to prepare for teams you don't know much about because like 12 of them have got new managers or whatever it is. So that's going to be a really interesting factor in the season that I think might mean it runs quite close. My thoughts on this would be affected by Arsenal selling a midfielder, which I think is possible, or not signing a defender.

13:54Luke Moore: I think they'll probably do both of those things, but that midfield department is very, very strong, so it could probably lose. There's talk of Zubomendy perhaps going somewhere. I think it could maybe handle that. I'd be a lot more confident with him. I think the midfield could win them the league. I think it's really, really strong in terms of personnel. Another factor would be the length of William Saliba's injury, which is unclear, which makes me think it might be possibly half of the season. I think it's going to be a significant thing. So I'm choosing optimism, but I think the stability Arsenal have and the fact they've got it over the line now is a big, big factor.

14:32Luke Moore: I also think Bruno Gimaraes could be a transformative signing for the players in front of him. Arsenal definitely need to get more out of their front players. I think he's someone who can help unlock that. I think the Saliba thing, at least you can be reassured that Mikel Arteta will be totally transparent about it. And that you'll know exactly what you're dealing with. Someone made a really interesting point a week or so ago. When was it? I heard it on the radio, I think, that in the NFL, you have to be clear and honest with the exact injury and how long they're going to be on injured reserve and when they're going to be back.

15:02And I thought that was a really interesting angle on it. Because I think far too often these injuries are used as tactical kind of mind games whereas it's probably a little bit unfair I'd say I think you should have to say I think you should have to publish the medical report GDPR be fucked no more skullduggery in the Premier League

15:18Luke Moore: you're a fan of Spycraft and I think you're wrong apart from Tom Derecka I'll change my principles for that look Jim touched on something really interesting there I think all the Arsenal points he makes are totally fair and they clearly are the favourites part of the reason they're the favourites is because of the amount of unsettled other teams that's it And I think this is probably the hardest season to predict how it's going to go generally because I don't think we've ever had the amount of managerial changes we've had before. He was born with Chelsea, City, Palace, Liverpool, Fulham, Ipswich, Forest and Newcastle before the season even started.

15:57Plus you'd factor in the idea that Carrick's not really been at United that long. There's a couple of other ones in there as well. So I get why everyone would pick Arsenal. I totally get that.

16:08Luke Moore: There's, to me, such an obvious pick for this. In the same way when we get to top scorer, such an obvious pick. Do you know what I mean? Or maybe not. But to me... Danny Welbert. Indeed. I think to look beyond Arsenal, as I've said before, I've been very gushing with my praise to you, Luke Moore, as I often am. To make an argument for another side, I think is very, very difficult for all of the reasons given. The only other spanner in the works, you could say, is with Arsenal. you don't have to prioritise competition necessarily because they were mightily close in the Champions League. Yes, they had a fortuitous run to the final, but you can only beat what's put in front of you, bloody, bloody, blah.

16:48Luke Moore: How much do they exert themselves in the Champions League if indeed they do have to play some bigger hitters in those rounds? Do you have to rotate? Well, they will have to rotate. There's no doubt about that. So all that kind of stuff. But McAuliffe has managed it before, so it's nothing new. They have a squad built for that. Exactly, Jim, exactly. Okay, so there we go. I'm going for Arsenal as well. In case anybody didn't pick up on that. I might be the only person who doesn't go for Arsenal. You might well be. You might be the only person among us Ramblers who's gone for Chelsea. But as I say, Vish, Pete's and David's predictions will be up on our socials.

17:23Luke Moore: Right then. Overachievers. Who are we going to go for here? I mean, Chelsea double up with this. Yeah, I get nervous about this because I don't know what Marcus is going to accept as an overachiever or not. Okay. Chelsea winning the league would be an overachiever. It would. but I'm not going to go for that am I Arsenal champions league spot I think so I went for Coventry I like that you see that's the spirit of it because I think this is the spirit Luke you're doing very well staying up is an overachievement for them yes but I just think do you know what I think Frank Lampard go on has got the makings of a pretty good manager he sort of ticks all the boxes in my view he's going to win England a trophy in the future do you not think well I'm not sure about that am I jumping ahead yeah you are jumping a little bit ahead okay they were miles and miles away and away better than the best team in the championship last season.

18:07That little wobble, didn't they? But they bounced back and it was kind of done and dusted very early. They've spent money. They've got players in. Lampard's got a bit of experience at the very top level as well. He's in Pirates.

18:24Luke Moore: Pirates are Premier League. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, absolutely. More than one club. I think they could go about it in a decent way. I also think... Sunderland-esque or is that a bit too much do you think? I think that would probably be a little bit too much but I do think simply staying up is well that would represent overachievement for them probably but the other thing the other thing that makes me think about it more is that there are a lot of question marks over a lot of other teams in the kind of lower half of the Premier League you think? yeah because I don't go on say what you're saying I think like I would say that Bournemouth are on borrowed time I think they can't keep relying on a generationally good manager.

19:07These are the players they've lost over the seasons. Now they've lost their manager who was the one real unifying figure. I think Fulham could struggle because it might go the other way. Arbelo might be great and it might be fine, but they've lost important players and they've lost a generational manager. He's been there a long time and everyone's kind of rallied around him. He's been synonymous with the club.

19:29Luke Moore: Those two clubs you just said, I mean, Iriola was the one who came in and has steadied the ship and more than steadied the ship at Bournemouth and certainly with Marcus Silva. So you're right to pick up these clubs. You never know what could happen with the change. So I get your point there. I think there's also a chance that Forrest could implode. I know Glauston's a good manager, but the owner is crazy and they've lost their best player. We've said that, yeah. The only thing with Forrest, we thought that last year. We've said it a few times despite all the chaos and whatnot. And I think Ipswich and Hull will be basically terrible, particularly Hull I mean I don't even think Hull were a particularly good championship team I mean you look at Hull's like take the chain I mean we'll come on to this when it comes to relegation a bit later but if you take the idea that the step up from championships of Premier League is massive I think Hull were 19th in the championship for possession last season yeah no I 19th Hull will be everyone's favourites to go down so it's very it's very difficult to even ascertain how they're going to go about it yeah no I agree with that so I think that there's a lot of there's a lot to credit other teams around them.

20:36So I think Coventry might be okay.

20:37Luke Moore: Coventry, Jim. I'm going to go for Nottingham Forest. Glasner effect. I think they'll get a European spot. I'm going to be that specific about it which I think would merit an overachievement. I think, yeah, the key factor is Oliver Glasner. Narrative-wise, you know, you've got to read the rules. Glasner going there. I still can't go over that. Well, this is it, isn't it? It extends that Palace rivalry. Well, that chat about Bayern and all these places. I'd stand in the fire, I'd still got the manager, but my goodness. But, you know, Maranakis is a pendulum, isn't he? Sometimes it's absolutely mad and sometimes it actually is quite successful.

21:13Luke Moore: They've got a very good goalkeeper. They've kept Murillo and Nikola Milenkovic and they've added Ousmane Diamande to that, which I think is one of the signings of the window. They've got him for a good amount of money. He was excellent in the Champions League for sporting last season. That is a level he's comfortable at, so I think he'll take to the Premier League really well. They've kept hold of Morgan Gibbs-White. Yes, they've lost Elliot Anderson. But I also think one of the arguments... How did they keep hold of Morgan Gibbons? I don't want to say. Because that could be legally tricky for me in a couple of years or so.

21:43Has it been legally tricky for other people literally right now? Yes, absolutely. By the way, Diamande, he looks like a really good sign. I agree.

21:49Luke Moore: He does. And I also think you might look at them and think they're a little bit light up top. I know they just sold Taiwo Amani to Coventry, which is a really good sign for them. And obviously Chris Wood is getting on. I've got a suspicion Igor Jesus might have a bit more to give in his second season as I felt that about Igor Thiago last season and obviously that came good Jesus has a little bit of that feeling about him to me as well so I think it's going to be Forrest I think they'll have a good time this year okay fair enough so Forrest over Jesus I'm going for Fulham go on up yours everybody up all of yours with a rusty one he's learned nothing from the summer I know are you happy with the appointment of Arbeloa so so happy I am going to hold this front I don't know but I'm going to wish this into existence with overachievers yes you know one could say I get what you're saying about Forrest and so on and so forth I think I think there's a lot of clubs in that mid-range where you're thinking are they going to are they going to break out and you know get a European spot or are they going to fade away how is the new manager going to go I think Fulham signs in pre-season have been somewhat positive.

23:01Luke Moore: I don't know. The kid from Real Madrid, Palacios, is apparently an absolute winner. Palacios is great. Gonzalo Garcia as well, I think, might be a really canny signing. Have they played in pre-season, those two players from Real Madrid? They've looked decent. And they've looked good. My sincere hope is that it does click. And actually, with Fulham, I think under Marco Silva, it was very good. Obviously, record points, tallies in Premier League, blah, blah, blah, blah. But there was clearly a ceiling there, which Fulham reached. Rightly or wrongly, I'm not necessarily, you know, Silva's gone to Benfica now and could well, you know, in fact, do you know what I'm going to do?

23:37Luke Moore: I'm going to throw in a little prediction as well. I think Marco Silva's going to win the Europa League with Benfica and break the Bella Goodman curse of Benfica. Right. That's how much I love the man. Just to say. So I think with Fulham, I think this is, we're going to see a little bit of a different style. We're not going to see a, you know, with Fulham, you know, Obviously, you had Mitrovic, then you had Raul Jimenez and Rodrigo Munez. You had that kind of forward that Fulham got very used to, sort of a proper number nine, sort of a target man, all that kind of stuff. If Garcia's the man, it's going to be very different.

24:10Luke Moore: And I think some of the signings they've made are going to be good. Josh King, I think, is going to have a great season as well. Bloody, bloody, bloody. I think they're going to be more dynamic. I think that with what Abelho is going to do, I think Fulham are going to be quite possession-based. They're going to play. It's all what we come to know with Spanish football and Spanish coaches and so on. I think he's going to try and implement that and I think Fulham are going to be really good. They've lost some senior pros though. They've lost Lukic, Diop, Wilson and Jimenez. Yeah, but Lukic and Diop never started really that much and Wilson is a loss.

24:42Luke Moore: There's no doubt about that but Oscar Bob has a chance now to go in there and make that spot his own and I think for the style of football that Arbelo wants to play perhaps he's more suited. I think Raul Jimenez as much as I love the man was no spring chicken and it was probably time for him to move on although I'd have loved it if he stayed more so I think I'm going to wish it into existence I was close to going for Newcastle United oh yeah yeah because I thought that everyone's going way over the top about it and I think I've been quite impressed with the new coach I think he might be quite good they're a really interesting proposition for sure it moves us on neatly first manager to leave or be sacked I'm not going to go the ISO because I think he looks quite good well do you know Alvaro Ablo was a popular choice among our listeners yeah I think it could go either way.

25:28There's not much of a sample size with Arbor Lover.

25:30Luke Moore: No, there isn't. And I think, you know, Real Madrid's hard to judge. So I think I've been really brave in a Michael Owen brave act from me to go for Fulham Brogdon. You'd say brave. I'd say tedious. Yeah, let's go. Different for different people, isn't it? It's not tedious. Jim, is it tedious? I'd have taken stupid there. It's not really up to you, is it? Whether he thought it was tedious or not. Jim, he'd have taken stupid. I'd have taken stupid. All right, stupid then. I thought it was stupid. there we go this pains me this one yeah because you don't like to see people sacked because as much as I love the man I think it'll be Gary O 'Neill I did think he was under consideration it's a weird situation that Kieran McKenna has taken them there he's decided to step away rather than managing the Premier League again for his own reasons good luck to him Gary O 'Neill comes in it's a big big task Gary O 'Neill is high on people's lists I'm sure and I think it's probably staring in the face that it'll be Gary O 'Neill.

26:26Poor old gag.

26:28Luke Moore: Jim? Also feels harsh I've gone first Sergei Joukirovich. Same in Hull going to have a really difficult time and you know the board sometimes gets antsy doesn't it when things start poorly. Yeah I think that for the reasons Luke's already said about Hull City I think it's going to be such a slog for them. I hope not. I hope they surprise us all because you don't wish relegation on anybody on most teams. But yeah. And that I'll give a little insight into my notable mad shit has put this all this stuff plays into what I think the notable mad shit will be but we'll get to that in a minute so you're going for old Serga I'm going for him as well and I think yeah I think those two are pretty obvious picks this category is tricky though because you never know from nowhere things can just escalate oh Glasner goes what on earth did I do I'm off yeah no one really expected Maresca I'm not saying he was the first one to go but he just that came from nowhere with Chelsea so you never really know Yeah, of course.

27:25Luke Moore: Nobody can predict the future. No, they can't. But that's what we're trying to do today. If I did, I wouldn't be doing a fucking football club. That's what we're trying to do today. Yeah, you'd be like Old Biff, wouldn't you? Yeah, I would. Similar energy. Similar energy.

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29:59Luke Moore: Top scorer, Luke Mott? Erling Haaland. Jim? Erling Haaland. Yeah, I've gone for Haaland as well. Player of the season. so player of the season I always like to we've been doing this for so long now one of the things that I like to do is I like to link the player of the season to the Premier League winner I do as well so I've gone for Morgan Rodgers that's a lovely show I did think of Morgan Rodgers despite me not thinking Chelsea win it I did think of it well the rationale was that he's had a pretty good pre-season he's definitely got the high ceiling and the ability to do it yes he started slowly at Villa last season and he was quite patchy actually yeah he's known for that yeah and I think I wonder whether he could actually really kind of step up now and really drive them forward under Alonso I mean Cole Palmer has two 10s you think yeah exciting prospect Palmer needs to pull his finger out as well by the way well he needs to sort his groin out that's the specific issue his finger's absolutely fine stop selling expensive ice cubes and get onto the pitch I think that I think that Rodgers has definitely got the potential to be an outstanding player at this level well it's interesting you put that you said him because Beaumont and Insta also went for a Chelsea player he said Jordan Henderson it's less likely it's nice to know what your burner account's called crucially though Jim you need to really if you look at the the detail of it over the years not always but usually you need to kind of play in a Morgan Rodgers type position yeah or be an out and out goal scorer right so I think although not too much because like people don't often consider Haaland for this right so oh of course he scores it's easy for him I think Haaland might get a look at it for all the obvious reasons but I do think City will underachieve this season so I think that's probably going to stop it I think yeah you're right I think midfielders who are particularly creative if they're controlling and all that that seems to be where some of these awards often go Jim?

31:47Luke Moore: So I've gone for one that I think might feel slightly out of left field and I've not connected it to my prediction of who the champions will be because I think this is I think this will be a similar position in a way I've gone for Ryan Cherky I think the man is a bellend but I think he's got a huge amount of talent I think he can really oh the kick-ups thing in the Carabao Cup final oh that's what some people enjoyed that yeah I'm sure they did but despite that it doesn't take away from what a great player he is he can really impact games I think he'll play quite a bit more this season and I think it's an I think it's an interesting one it's very difficult to predict this but I think in his second season in England he will be a big player for them and I think he's he's so eye-catching that often you know as you mentioned with Morgan Rodgers it's that position again isn't it that sort of creative fulcrum interesting didn't start the No he didn't of course Maresca holding him back exactly well I've gone for a similar type of vibe in terms of a sort of creative midfielder linked it to the team that I think will win the league and I think with his injury troubles in previous seasons blah blah blah he's back at the races I think Martin Odegaard he was absolutely superb on Sunday that was the Martin Odegaard of old and if If we can see that consistently, he will absolutely be in with the shout.

33:06Luke Moore: Don't hate it. Can see the logic. Don't hate it. Just for the look. Right. Bottom three. Who's going down? Andy Tulloch on Insta. Ipswich, Fulham, Newcastle. What? Bold from old Tulloch. Yeah, it was bold. That is very bold. I've gone for Hull City. Correct. I've gone for Ipswich. Yeah. And I've gone for Bournemouth. I thought you were going to go Fulham there. No, Bournemouth. Bournemouth, I think, is a big shout. I think it's a huge shout, yeah. because they do lose players a lot and whatnot but Marco Rosa is an experienced coach and it's not like they've lost everybody and Adam Smith's still there yeah Smithy's still there in one way it's hard to know because we haven't finished the window yet and I don't know so if they do lose everybody then you'll be and we'll look silly if they finish August with no play it's going to be very hard for them to stay up I didn't think about maybe I should have gone for Bournemouth as well and I also wonder the talk of Alex Scott seems to have died down a bit now, but he's absolutely key for them as well.

34:04I just don't really know much about, this probably says my limitations, I don't really know much about the players they've brought in.

34:09Luke Moore: Man City are due for a bit on Alex Scott, aren't they? Probably. Yeah, we'll get him and then we'll ruin him like we've ruined Calvin Phillips. Yes, who's gone on loan to Sheffield United. Sheffield United. So I've gone for Bournemouth because I just think sooner or later they are going to run out of road. All right. A bit of South Coast angst there towards your fellow people. I don't really have any beef with Bournemouth, but maybe I do subconsciously, I don't know. Maybe that's it, maybe you do. But I think there is a chance that a team, because there's been so much upheaval, there's a chance that a team will kind of get sucked into it.

34:37Could be Fulham, could be Bournemouth, could be one or two others. I've just plumped for Bournemouth.

34:41Luke Moore: Well, I found this quite difficult, Jim. I don't know about you picking the three teams to be relegated. I've gone for really basic. I've gone work drinks at an all-bar one on a Friday night, four pints in basic here. I've gone for Hull City, Coventry City and Ipswich Town. And I'm at those drinks with you. I am. I just, I found this, I found, to find an argument, I understand what you're saying there, Luke, but even with the other sides who people fancied for relegation last season, I looked at, say, like Leeds United and I thought, I just don't see it. I think that if you look at the teams that are there, the way some of them have strengthened, again, the money they have, you know, it was almost a relief in the last season or two that we didn't see that pattern repeating.

35:26Luke Moore: And that was really good. Yeah. But I think we might, we might have been lulled into a full sense of security that that spectre is gone. I could definitely see Leeds get drugged into it. I could as well. There's another one of them that could do. He can't countenance it because of Harry Wilson, though. Yeah. And also, our mat list drinks with Jim. Exactly, yeah. And we're just about getting shot. Yeah. Yeah, I think Ipswich losing Kieran McKenna. I'm looking forward to Taco Bell later. Is massive. Yeah. I think Palace could get drugged into it. Sure. Palace were the other one, I thought. Of all the sides that are established, I thought Palace.

35:58Luke Moore: I think there's so little Premier League experience between all three of these teams coming up. Coventry at the moment, I think they've got 145 appearances, 75 of which are Frank Onyek. I know that doesn't necessarily always mean that much. Sunderland were quite similar last year, but they also did a lot of good business with getting Granit Xhaka and Brian Brobby and a few others in. Loads of others. Yeah, lots of others. I don't see that any of these teams have really done that. And I think it might be a struggle for all of them. Often it doesn't work out this way. we'll see when the season kicks in I do think Fulham could be vulnerable to a slump if things don't work out but that's one that could go either way and I also thought of Palace because the Europa League could really tell on them if PSR just doesn't kind of hit the ground running yeah I mean losing the Kwa's big they've lost Gay of course last start of the year they're used to that now they've had a half season a whole half season I nearly said that Mateta's being linked to Forest which feels like the natural next step in this drama still being there is a surprise really after he nearly went to Serie A didn't he Well, look, I think an enormous amount of people will have Hull City, if not everybody, and Ipswich as well.

37:03Luke Moore: I mean, Ipswich, again, I think the signings of Diop and Lukic are really good. Is that enough to keep them in the league? Again, you look at the managerial situation, if McKenna was maybe there, although his experience in the Premier League is only negative, but he's not there. So, yes, I've gone for the same as Jim, as I previously stated, Hull, Coventry City and Ipswich, and I hate myself for that. Same. So, sorry. I just think Coenry might have a bit about them. I hope, look, I sincerely hope so. It was just trying to find an argument for another side and I found that quite difficult. We move on.

37:36Luke Moore: Team with the most red cards this season? I've gone for Hull City. They'll have none of the ball. So it seems like by law of averages, they'll get much more chance to commit red card offences. That said, it could be Chelsea because they were miles away. That was crazy last season. There's a new manager there, right? Yeah, that was under a different regime. That's day one, that, isn't it? That's the first thing on the whiteboard. Yeah, less of that. Stop it. I can't imagine they'll have eight red cards, which was double the next team down of red cards last season. I also looked at last season, and Everton were joined with Spurs in second.

38:14Luke Moore: And I think Everton are quite unlucky, so things go against them a lot. I think they might get the most, and I think at least one of them will be really unfair. Yeah, I thought about Everton. I really struggled with this one. I wasn't sure, so I kind of... You're just guessing, really? Almost just Magic 8-balled it and I came up with Leeson. Fair enough. Because you're using this stereotype of dirty Leeson. Very dirty. I mean, that Billy Bremner's got a red in him. He does. Definitely. He absolutely does. So that's what I went with there. Right then. Final category. The most celebrated of them all, you might argue.

38:47Luke Moore: Notable mad shit. This from Christoph on X. A player will have diarrhoea on the pitch. That's disappointing to read. That is disappointing to read. This from birds and pubs on Insta. Multiple players will go public with their love for Warhammer. Not a suggestion I'd expect from a man who called birds and pubs. I presume it's a man. Presumably it is a man. Let's assume, yeah. It sounds like mild bullying, doesn't it? Do you need to go... Expecting some nerds to reveal themselves. Do you need to go public about your hobby? Is that a necessity these days? I just maybe like suddenly there's a Warhammer thing, you know, I'd love that I think that'd be a really nice refreshing change would it be mad no I don't think it would be mad it'd be unusual yeah it'd be unusual it would be unusual notable unusual shit I mean it would be it wouldn't be unusual if Erling Haaland tweeted about he was packing a warhammer no not at all he loves a bit of Minecraft depends on the player doesn't it alright birds and pubs I think you should stick to what you evidently good at or like from Andrew he's definitely good at those two can you be good at birds pubs from Andrew on Discord called Oliver Glasner will do a big run and sit in the wrong dugout at Sellers Park.

39:55Luke Moore: That would be very good. That would be funny. Be pleasing. Be very pleasing. Pleasing, notable pleasing shit. Who could have predicted the Paul Tierney look to the camera last season? There you go. That's the greatest moment. Chelsea were respecting the ball. Yeah. Yeah. Feels a long time ago, isn't it? I've got my traditional. You know what my traditional is by now? Remind me. A team scores 10 goals in a game. Is that it? Okay. That's traditional. You know what you've done there? For the nation. You've walked into one of birds and pubs is pubs and God usual what's that I do it every year and last year it happened and you should remember that I should remember that because Man City scored 10 against Exeter in the cup but not in the Premier League I don't think we should be allowed to repeat because I'd love my Maranacus shout again if he gets arrested in a dawn raid in his pants by Interpol this season and it doesn't count I'll be absolutely gutted I'm very happy if you go for that because like that it's going to happen you go for it go for that why is it going to happen Jim it's inevitable you want us to get sued by him as well I'm not allowed to go for that again.

40:51Of course you are. Our team scores 11 goals in the game.

40:54Luke Moore: All right. Ramp up every year. Which one are you going for? I'll go 11. Are you actually? Yeah. All right, 11 then. I didn't mean to pressure you into that, but I'll take it. A Premier League player will bite another Premier League player. Nice. Okay, we haven't had that for a while. Exactly. Yeah, very good. Any candidates? You've kept it general. I don't want to get sued. And I think you're very wise to keep that general. But I mean, if you were to kind of suggest any players or you want to keep your teeth clean? He looks bitey. Yeah, maybe we should do that. We'll leave it at that. Uno Emery looks like a vampire.

41:28Luke Moore: But he's not a player. Yeah. But you said player. Yeah. If he was a manager it would be a bit of a signal for you, wouldn't it? It wouldn't count. Imagine if Arteta took a big chunk out of Mareska's arm. He'd be like, so close, so close. The closest we've come to that is when Tuchel and Conte had the old handshake fight. Yeah, which was very pleasing. my notable match is, and this is linked to my basic boring prediction about the relegated clubs, might have something to do with that. We haven't seen him operating for three years, but he's not formally retired. Sam Allardyce makes a return to the dugout.

42:04Oh, who for?

42:05Luke Moore: To the dugout. How? Yeah, for all of football. Yeah. They are Premier League predictions, so it'd have to be, you know. I mean, it'd be a bold move to get a guy who basically only does Uber Eats adverts and podcast with like William Hill or something. I thought he was more likely than the other two. Yeah. He pops into talk sport like once a week, doesn't he? That's all he does. Yeah, touting himself. Yeah. 71-year-old Big Sam. It might not be a long gig. No, it definitely won't be. Look, it's mad shit, right? Yeah. It's got to be out there, hasn't it? It has got to be out there. I like it. You don't go, no, I'm a mad shit.

42:36Luke Moore: Yeah, no, that makes sense. That makes sense, yeah. I can see that. No, it's fair enough. Can I make a bonus non-Premier League one, if you like? I think Gianni Infantino is going to cry in public over the course of the season. Would you like to see that? Yes, I would. I would. Get back to you on it. Jim, I would like to see it. I would find some upside. Okay. I don't think you need to worry too much about Infantino. He's not going to sue us. No. It's just... A fellow human being. Well, exactly. It's not the suing we're told. Yeah, true enough. Has he had any empathy or sympathy for fellow human beings in what he's been doing?

43:07That's true.

43:08Luke Moore: He's a lizard. He is a lizard in white trainers. Exactly. I don't think you need to worry too much about that. I think it's possible. I think it's possible. This is a different story, but I think it's possible that Panteo just styles it out. Yeah, yeah. And gets away with it again. Luke, we don't have time to talk about it today. We don't. The predictions are in. Get yours in as well. Do you want to hear from your, want to hear from your, your Premier League predictions? Tag us on X and Instagram at Football Ramble. Remember to use the hashtag Ramble Predictions to get involved. And a reminder that you can also see Pete, Vish and David's predictions on our socials.

43:40Luke Moore: Thank you very much for listening to the Football Ramble, part of the Acast Creator Network. Jim and I will be back tomorrow with the great Adam Cleary. Yes. He's on again. He's back in. He'll have something to say about Newcastle United. I imagine he will. Oh, he will. And a lot more. I hope so. A lot more. Love it. All right. Until tomorrow. Thank you, Luke Moore. Thank you very much. Thank you, Jim Campbell. Thank you. And good luck, everybody.

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