A-League Season Predictions - 2021/22

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The classic SFCU pre-season predictions thread returns. Time to nail your thoughts to the mast. Nine months from now people will either marvel at your prescient understanding of Australian football or laugh at your ill-informed naivety.

For those who want to study the form guide…

A new feature this year will be an end of season tally of predictions. Rules for scoring. I will enter all team predictions into a spreadsheet and calculate the difference from the actual team positions. So, if you predict that Sydney will be 1 on the table and we win the premiership, then you will score 0. In the same scenario, if you predict Sydney would be second on the table then you will score 1, and so on. The total difference for all 12 teams was added up and the person with the lowest score will be the winner. For tied results, the number of correct predictions will act as a tie breaker.

End of season standings:

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Grand final winner:

Grand final runner-up:

FFA Cup winner:

Player of the season:

Player of the grand final:

Golden boot:

Best new signing:

Best young player (U23):

Biggest flop signing:

SFC player of the season:

SFC golden boot:

First coach sacked:

Random predictions for this season:

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End of season standings:

1: Melbourne City
2: Sydney FC
3: Adelaide United
4: Western Sydney
5: Brisbane Roar
6: Perth Glory
7: Western United
8: Macarthur
9: Central Coast
10: Melbourne Victory
11: Wellington
12: Newcastle Jets

Grand final winner: Sydney FC

Grand final runner-up: Melbourne City

FFA Cup winner: Adelaide

Player of the season: Marco Tilio

Player of the grand final: Adam Le Fondre

Golden boot: Jamie McClaren

Best new signing: Elvis Kamsoba

Best young player (U23): Marco Tilio

Biggest flop signing: Jack Rodwell

SFC player of the season: Rhyan Grant

SFC golden boot: Bobo (all tap-ins)

First coach sacked: Warren Moon

Random predictions for this season: Tilio will tear up the league and be signed overseas, leaving just before the end of the season causing City to crash and burn in the grand final.

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My favourite thread returns!

End of season standings:

1: SFC
2: City
3: Wanderers
4: WU
5: Perth
6: CCM
7: Adelaide
8: Brisbane
9: Newcastle
10: Macarthur
11: Wellington
12: Victory

Grand final winner: SFC

Grand final runner-up: City

FFA Cup winner: CCM

Player of the season: Mathew Leckie

Player of the grand final: ALF

Golden boot: Jamie Maclaren

Best new signing: Daniel Sturridge

Best young player (U23): Marco Tilio

Biggest flop signing: Roderick Miranda

SFC player of the season: Luke Brattan

SFC golden boot: ALF

First coach sacked: Popovic

Random predictions for this season: WU to actually land a shovel in the dirt and start building their damn stadium.

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  1. Sydney FC
  2. Melbourne City
  3. Western United
  4. Western Sydney Wanderers
  5. Adelaide
  6. Perth Glory
  7. Brisbane Roar
  8. Central Coast Mariners
  9. Melbourne Victory
  10. Macarthur Bulls
  11. Newcastle Jets
  12. Wellington Phoenix

Grand final winner: Sydney FC

Grand final runner-up: Melbourne City

FFA Cup winner: Melbourne City

Player of the season: ALF

Player of the grand final: Rhyan Grant

Golden boot: Jamie Maclaren

Best new signing: Daniel Sturridge

Best young player (U23): Marco Tilio

Biggest flop signing: Nicholas Pennington

SFC player of the season: Dreamboat Milos

SFC golden boot: ALF

First coach sacked: Carl Robinson

Random predictions for this season: Perth Glory is force to relocate after WA refuses to open its borders

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This season seems really up in the air. City look great but after that- we have an aging squad and going more of the same again, Western have recruited probably the best visa player combo but Aloisi has never impressed before in the league. Perth/Victory/Wanderers/Macarthur have all made some reasonable signings but have some gaps in their squad. Roar have some players that can go either way, Adelaide havent really made any moves. Mariners and Jets have too many “could be great might be a huge flop” signings to know where theyll be and Nux are so up against it in the market losing Davilla and Hemed but not able to replace them. Ill probably edit a few times before the season starts but:

End of season standings:

1: Melbourne City
2: Western United
3: Sydney FC
4: Macarthur
5: Melbourne Victory
6: Western Sydney Wanderers
7: Perth Glory
8: Brisbane Roar
9: Adelaide United
10: Central Coast Mariners
11: Newcastle Jets
12: Wellington Phoenix

Grand final winner: Melbourne City

Grand final runner-up: Western United

FFA Cup winner: Melbourne City

Player of the season: Jamie Maclaren

Player of the grand final: Scott Jamieson

Golden boot: Jamie Maclaren

Best new signing: Daniel Sturridge

Best young player (U23): Marco Tilio

Biggest flop signing:

SFC player of the season: Luke Brattan

SFC golden boot: ALF

First coach sacked:

Random predictions for this season:

My continual “top 6 will only be Sydney/Melbourne teams” to finally come right.

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End of season standings:

1: City
2: Sydney FC
3: Perth
4: Macarthur
5: WSW
6: Adelaide
7: Victory
8: Western United
9: Central Coast
10: Brisbane
11: Wellington
12: Newcastle

Grand final winner: City

Grand final runner-up: Sydney

FFA Cup winner: Adelaide

Player of the season: Sturridge

Player of the grand final: Ninkovic

Golden boot: Jamie McLaren

Best new signing: Sturridge

Best young player (U23): Either Marc Tilio or The Hoff

Biggest flop signing: Rai Marchan

SFC player of the season: Ninkovic

SFC golden boot: Bobo

First coach sacked: Moon

Random predictions for this season:

The new partnership with Para+ will usher in a new era of footballing dominance in Australia that will directly lead to an enhanced international effort to combat global warming, a lasting peace in the Middle East, the overthrow of Authoritriansim wherever it exists and improved stadium food.

Ninkovic and Wilkinson to retire.

The FA will mishandle the current problem with the Malidas but overall governance of football within Australia will improve.

If the Wanderers can finish in the top four this season then the first Derby at the new Stadium will be a cracker.

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End of season standings:

1: City
2: Sydney
3: Victory
4: WUN
5: Adelaide
6: Perth
7: Macarthur
8: Brisbane
9: Wanderers
10: Newcastle
11: Mariners
12: Wellington

Grand final winner: Sydney

Grand final runner-up: City

FFA Cup winner: Adelaide

Player of the season: always bad at this so won’t choose

Player of the grand final: a midfielder idk

Golden boot: Maclaren

Best new signing: Burgess for us, O’Neill for Perth :cry:

Best young player (U23): Tilio

Biggest flop signing: One of the ones at Victory

SFC player of the season: Burgess

SFC golden boot: Bobo/Alfie tie

First coach sacked: Robinson

Random predictions for this season: Kamsoba in double figures on combined G+A. Robbie Kruse sent to train on his own by round 15. Mierzejewski returns mid season.

I reckon each lot of 3 on my ladder are interchangeable. Top 3 could swap around. Us and City will be consistent, and Popovic first seasons are usually good, it’s the second seasons that fall apart.

I reckon Aloisi will have learned something in his time away, and he’s got a handy team. Perth will have the glam factor, but won’t go that high because Garcia isn’t a great coach. Adelaide will have few draws and just win/lose every game and end upper midtable.

Macarthur in a bit of turmoil at the moment, Wanderers will fuck up somehow, Brisbane have made some underwhelming signings and I can’t see them working well.

Wellington will suffer this year, lost a lot of quality. Mariners without Staj probably going to suffer. Newcastle i actually have no idea how they’ll go, but I put them down here because it’s a safe bet.

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1: Melbourne City
2: Wellington Phoenix
3: Sydney FC
4: Brisbane Road
5: Adelaide United
6: Perth Glory
7: Western United
8: Central Coast
9: WSW
10:McArthur
11: Victory
12: Newcastle

Grand final winner: Melbourne City

Grand final runner-up: Wellington Phoenix

FFA Cup winner: Brisbane Roar

Player of the season: Jamie Mclaren

Player of the grand final: Jamie McLaren

Golden boot: Le Fondre

Best new signing: Daniel Sturridge

Best young player (U23): Joel King

Biggest flop signing:Adama Traore

SFC player of the season: Grant

SFC golden boot: Le Fondre

First coach sacked: Ante Milicic

Random predictions for this season: Grant to move overseas :frowning:

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1: Melbourne City
2: Perth Glory
3: Sydney FC
4: Victory
5: McCarthur
6: Western United
7: CCM
8: Wellington
9: WSW
10: Newcastle
11: Brisbane Roar
12: Adelaide United

Grand final winner: Melbourne City

Grand final runner-up: Sydney FC

FFA Cup winner: CCM

Player of the season: Wilkinson

Player of the grand final: Ninkovic

Golden boot: Sturridge

Best new signing: Josh Brillante

Best young player (U23): The hoff

Biggest flop signing: Matthew Leckie

SFC player of the season: Bratten

SFC golden boot: Le Fondre

First coach sacked: Robinson

Random predictions

Perth will be based out of Wollongong as other clubs won’t be able to travel to WA (causing much drama at thee no of the distance derby)

Popover to start well at Victory but then fade in the finals

Vedran gets signed by McCarthur and gets a red card against us

Bimbi changes shape of the team at half time and actually makes subs before the 65th minute

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End of season standings:

1: Melbourne City
2: Sydney FC
3: Macarthur Bulls
4: Perth Glory
5: Western United
6: Western Sydney Wanderers
7: Melbourne Victory
8: Adelaide United
9: Brisbane Roar
10: Newcastle Jets
11: Central Coast Mariners
12: Wellington Phoenix

Grand final winner: Melbourne City

Grand final runner-up: Sydney FC

FFA Cup winner: Adelaide United

Player of the season: Daniel Sturridge

Player of the grand final: Luke Brattan

Golden boot: Jamie McLaren

Best new signing: Daniel Sturridge (if he remains fit for the whole season)

Best young player (U23): Marco Tillio

Biggest flop signing: Cy Goddard

SFC player of the season: Le Fondre

SFC golden boot: Le Fondre

First coach sacked: John Aloisi

Random predictions for this season: Macarthur to somehow be allowed to play their non-vaxxed players, Daniel Sturridge to be sold to an Indian club come seasons end, Robbie Kruse and Tony Popovic will butt heads during the season causing one of them to leave the club, Joel King will be sold to a Scottish Premier League club. Aloisi will be sacked first, and Sydney FC will announce that all members seats will come with complimentary cup holders for their $9.00 cup of luke warm mid-strength beer/goon wine in the new stadium.

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End of season standings:

1: MCY
2: SYD
3: MVC
4: PER
5: MAC
6: WSW
7: WUN
8: CCM
9: BRI
10: WEL
11: ADL
12: NEW

Grand final winner: City

Grand final runner-up: Victory

FFA Cup winner: WSW

Player of the season: Davila

Player of the grand final: Leckie

Golden boot: Maclaren

Best new signing: Hemed

Best young player (U23): King

Biggest flop signing: Sturridge

SFC player of the season: Kamsoba

SFC golden boot: ALF

First coach sacked: Papas

Random predictions for this season:

Sydney related

  • we see the retirement of Ninko before the end of the season due to injury
  • Kamsoba kills it at Sydney forcing these forums to melt down
  • King becomes the best left back in the league
  • the Hoff gets injured again and once again can’t live up to his potential
  • Yazbek explodes onto the scene and is the next Hoff
  • Retre gets a long term injury. With retre and the Hoff injured we bolster our midfield stock by signing Adrian in Jan
  • Cacares scored the Sydney and A-league goal of the season.
  • We lose the semi

Non-Syd

  • WSW get a lucky run in the ffa cup and win it by beating the only a-league team they meet in the final
  • Victory return to power with some ugly popovic ball, but it gets them results.
  • Victory average 20k attendance over the season
  • Jets are diabolical and post a new record for fewest points in a season
  • Canberra and Wollongong are announced as the next two teams to enter the comp in the 22/23 season
  • WSW set the record for most combined goals scored and conceded
  • There is a genuine effort by the administrators to get active fans back
  • We have the best season in recent memory and there is the constant question being asked by fans across the league as to how this will get fucked
  • A regular season game gets an attendance of over 40k
  • A COVID outbreak in a team forces them to field their youth team, who manage to win.
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If we finish second, we don’t play city in the semi.

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Good point. Fixed.

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By way of a bump for this topic; remember to add your End of Season Predictions before the start of the season if you want to be in the competition for Best SFCU Predictor for 2021/22. You don’t have to predict the Grand Final winner or Best New Signing, but you do have to post your End of Season Standings to be in the running.

I have entered the current posters into my spreadsheet and the current collective wisdom of SFCU is making the following end of season prediction.

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Also, of all those who have currently entered, Higdawg has most accurately predicted the alphabetical order in which the teams will appear at the beginning of Round 1.

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Fuck yeah, starting off with a win

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Only one way from here though

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This season could be tighter than some others if Pappas can set the Jets up well. and Talay can recover from all the squad losses. I think my predictions of table order last season were close to the worst on the thread. So, time to try again:

End of season standings:

1: Melb City
2: Sydney FC
3: WSW
4: Perth
5: MV
6: Western U
7: Adelaide
8: Bulls
9: Brisbane
10: CCM
11: Newcastle
12: Nux (sadly)

Grand final winner: SFC

Grand final runner-up: Perth

FFA Cup winner: Adelaide

Player of the season: Diamante

Player of the grand final: Burgess

Golden boot: Hemed

Best new signing: Brandon O’Neill or Dimitri Petratos

Best young player (U23): Marco Tillio

Biggest flop signing: Antonis

SFC player of the season: Max Burgess

SFC golden boot: Bobo

First coach sacked: None will be sacked this season

Random predictions for this season:

  • Canberra and Wollongong announced as new entry clubs
  • VAR is less of a problem and discussion focuses more on the game and less on ‘was that a pen?’
  • Paramount/10 do a great job in broadcasting and get decent ratings
  • Burgess gets Socceroos call-up
  • Good crowds throughout the league, apart from Newcastle (sadly) who mostly lose away and only draw at home
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I honestly forgot anyone had signed Antonis

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1: city
2: sydney
3: victory
4: adelaide
5: brisbane
6: perth
7: wanderers
8: mariners
9: macarthur
10: wutd
11: nix
12: jets

Grand final winner: city

Grand final runner-up: sydney

FFA Cup winner: adelaide

Player of the season: maclaren

Player of the grand final: glover

Golden boot: maclaren

Best new signing: elvis

Best young player (U23): atkinson

Biggest flop signing: hemed

SFC player of the season: bratton

SFC golden boot: alfie

First coach sacked: milicic

Random predictions for this season: macarthur collapse early, early sack with milicic over covid vaccine standoff

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1/Popa to get a 3 peat of plates.

2/Glory and NorWest boondocks to both be in top 6

3/CC and Wellington not in playoffs

4/Aloisi to fail at WU

5/Elvis to get lots of opportunities to do his airdance

6/SydneeFC to win one of the 3.