With the new season less than two weeks away, I thought broadcasting my ten predictions for the coming season may inspire readers to submit predictions of their own. Some predictions are serious. Some not so. With that in mind I allow you the readers to be the judge….
1. January 2013 transfer window will open quietly and with the media going into a blind frenzy that there are no juicy stories out there, a ‘source’ close to David Gold and David Sullivan will reveal that West Ham are putting the finishing touches to a bid that will bring Carlos Tevez back to West Ham. Approximately 35,000 fans around the Boleyn will all yawn in unison at this recycled story.
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2. Kevin Nolan will continue to polarise the fans’ opinions. Some will still sing his name to the god awful Depeche Mode tune, whereas some will still ask for him to start on the bench. I personally like the guy and can’t wait to see the chicken dance in the Premiership, but Nolan truly is West Ham’s very own version of marmite.
3. James Tomkins will live up to his promise. He’ll form a great partnership with James Collins, and despite failing to impress at the Olympics for Team GB, a first international call up will be his as Roy Hodgson looks to youth for a new start at England.
4. Blair Turgott will force his way into the first team. Instead of going out on loan like Ravel Morrison, Turgott will live up to his promise he made this week and battle his way into Sam Allardyce’s plans.
5. I will shell out 40-50 quid of my hard earned wages for the new home shirt which despite wearing with pride will inevitably have the sponsorship and Macron logos peeling off it within 2-3 washes.
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6. Mohamed Diame will prove to be a snip signing and a great piece of business. Playing a midfield anchor role, Diame will be our version of Michael Essien (but with less injuries) and gain himself a cult following in the stands.
7. After the inevitable dip in form, Big Sam will get abuse from fans and the media who claim he isn’t playing ‘the West Ham way.’ Allardyce will then be his normal, charming, media-darling-self and erase his weeks of hard work getting into the supporters’ good books with a misguided salvo about how we now play his style of football.
8. After a sparkling performance in a 3-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, highlighted by a 30 yard volley from Ricardo Vaz Te after 77 successive passes, red top newspapers claim West Ham look unrecognisable from their past glory days and are saddened at watching them play ‘long ball football’
9. Carlton Cole will score more goals than Andy Carroll over the course of the season. This will result in an England call-up, European football for West Ham, and a cheeky £35m bid from Liverpool for Cole’s services.
10. On his first return to West Ham since signing for QPR, a seemingly easy save for Rob Green is spilt into the net giving West Ham a narrow victory. Whilst some see it as a blunder, many in the crowd see it as a ‘thank you’ from our former number one.
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