With the news that I am finally defeating the best minds
that America can offer and am proudly sitting atop the Stupid Americans
prediction league I thought I’d let the cascades of adulation go to my head and
offer up a few more predictions for the coming months. You can accept these as
fact. The table doesn’t lie.
1. Manchester United
will qualify for the Champions League. There is a lot of grumbling coming out
of Old Trafford and some fans are questioning whether ‘The Chosen One’ should
become ‘The Unemployed One’. Apart from the fact that United’s form has
improved over the last few weeks, Man United just have too much experience. I’m
not saying that there are not problems that the club have to face - and quickly
- but I can see them limping over the line come May. A disappointment for the
fans sure, and an unwanted qualifying round in next season’s Champions League, but
qualification all the same. And what’s more they’ll do it at the expense of
Liverpool. Which leads me onto…
2. Liverpool will have the top goal scorer in the league in
the guise of the ever lovable Luis Suarez. But only qualifying for the Europa
League will give the Uruguayan enough reason to head to sunnier climes. But for
A LOT of cash. If this happens (and of course it will, I just said it would) it
will be interesting to see how they spend the money.
3. Celtic and Rangers will win their respective leagues.
Yeah, I know, hardly fucking Nostradamus with this one. But I predict them both
to win without losing a single match. Even with the re-emergence of other clubs
such as Dundee United that still paints a sorry picture for the standard of
Scottish football.
4. Brazil will win
the World Cup. It should actually be a fairly open tournament with a number of
sides able to feel pretty confident of their chances. Home field advantage will
tell though. Look out for Uruguay and Colombia to perform well but fall foul of
tough draws. The reign of Spain will end and the less said about England the
better (hopefully the British press will heed this too).
5. And finally, someone with deep pockets and not much sense
will spot the brilliance of my writing and offer to pay for an extended
research trip studying the emergence of fan power and supporter-owned football
clubs in America. Oh well, worth a go…
