TON Premiership 2004/2005: Results




The Final Outcome:

1. Chelsea
2.
Arsenal
3.
Manchester United
4.
Everton
5.
Liverpool
6.
Bolton
7.
Middlesborough
8.
Manchester City
9.
Tottenham
10.
Aston Villa
11.
Charlton
12.
Birmingham
13.
Fulham
14.
Newcastle United
15.
Blackburn
16.
Portsmouth
17.
West Brom
18.
Crystal Palace
19.
Norwich
20.
Southampton

For the third time, last summer, the three masters of the football at TON laid their predictions down for the following season. But this time, the predictions were not so bad, with high score improvements from everyone but still a runaway winner.

The predictions can be seen here.

The Results:

1. Jay - 110 Points ***
2. Kent - 83 Points **
3. Randy - 78 Points *

For the third season in a row, it's the same winner and Jay has achieved 100% victory since this thing started. Kent has continued to improve securing another second place although not many points above Randall: close.

So, what generalisations can I pull out from this? Well, we all thought Arsenal would win and failed to see Chelsea's dominance which on reflection was inevitable. Newcastle and Southampton were the biggest shocks in the predictions with Bolton surpassing all expectations. Randy was the only one to fail to guess the top three and Middlesborough were well predicted by all three.


Breakdown of Scoring:
Red=10 Points (Exact Position), Blue=5 Points (Within 1 place, First Manager), Navy=3 Points (Within 3 places)
Green=Double Points (Joker), Bronze=15 Points (Correct goals for goalscorer),

Jay's Prediction:

1. Arsenal (x2)
2.
Chelsea
3.
Manchester United
4.
Newcastle United
5.
Liverpool
6.
Tottenham
7.
Middlesbrough
8.
Everton
9.
Charlton
10.
Birmingham
11.
Aston Villa
12.
Bolton Wanderers
13.
Fulham
14.
Portsmouth
15.
Manchester City
16.
Southampton
17.
Blackburn
18.
West Brom
19.
Crystal Palace
20.
Norwich
Top Scorers:

1. Thierry Henry (37)
2. Ruud V. Nistelrooy(31)
3. Jermaine Defoe (25)
4. Alan Shearer (24)
5. Alan Smith (18)


First to be sacked:

Nigel Worthington
Graeme Souness
Chris Coleman
Ryan's Prediction:

1. Arsenal (x2)
2.
Chelsea
3.
Manchester United
4.
Liverpool
5.
Newcastle United
6.
Manchester City
7.
Tottenham
8.
Southampton
9.
Everton
10.
Fulham
11.
Bolton
12.
Middlesbrough
13.
Charlton
14.
Blackburn
15.
Birmingham
16.
Aston Villa
17.
West Brom
18.
Norwich
19.
Portsmouth
20.
Crystal Palace
Top Scorers:

1. Thierry Henry (31)
2. Ruud Van Nistelrooy (25)
3. Djibril Cisse (21)
4. Shaun Wright-Phillips(19)
5. Robbie Fowler (15)


First to be sacked:

Graeme Souness
Gary Megson
Alex Ferguson
Randy's Prediction:

1. Arsenal (x2)
2.
Chelsea
3.
Liverpool
4.
Manchester United
5.
Tottenham
6.
Middlesbrough
7.
Manchester City
8.
Everton
9.
Charlton
10.
Southampton
11.
Newcastle
12.
Bolton
13.
Portsmouth
14.
Fulham
15.
Birmingham
16.
Aston Villa
17.
Blackburn
18.
West Brom
19.
Crystal Palace
20.
Norwich
Top Scorers:

1. Thierry Henry (27)
2. Ruud Van Nistelrooy (22)
3. Michael Owen (19)
4. James Beattie (18)
5. Alan Shearer (16)


First to be sacked:

Steve McClaren
Steve Bruce
Iain Dowie