Pre-Season Predictions

Its about that time of the year where several managers, well just two, start posting their pre-season predictions for the upcoming GIMP season. With FIFA 11 promising more realistic football and the GIMP expanding to 10 teams, this could prove to be the most unpredictable season to date. Here are just a few of my early pre-season predictions.

- Chris Ingoglia will either switch back to AC Milan before, during or after this season. His reason for leaving the team was lack of talent...well how does Robinho and Ibrahimovic sound to you? AC Milan significantly improved their side late this transfer period while Inter stood stagnant. He may not switch back just to prove a point but I predict he'll surely be regretting the switch to Inter this season.

-Tommy Huether to play 0 games in the GIMP. Although he is a member on the blog, he has yet to contribute in any way (votes, comments or posts). This isn't a true indication to his commitment but it very well might be a clue. Hopefully we'll see him around once '11 comes out and its time to play some matches.

-The gap between the top 2 teams and the rest will be bigger than ever. With the promises of a more realistic game and the new rules in place, Liverpool and Chelsea should be able to run away with the league with no problem. These managers know their squads and better than anyone else and have are most familiar with the way '11 will handle because of their experience with the World Cup Game.

-Tindle will not reach the top 4 this year but will have a chance at Champions Cup football for the following season. If his work in the pre-season is any indication on how he'll do in the upcoming season, than I see him finishing 5th with a chance to play either Critt or Ian for the 4th and final Champions Cup spot.

-Critt will struggle initially at balancing his formation with Totti, Toni and Adriano. Neither are fast enough to play out wide so a 4-3-3 is probably out of the question for Roma. Once he does figure out how to work all these old yet "glittchy" players into his squad look for Critt to cause some serious damage in the league. One man might not be the only one to score for Roma anymore.

How the league will finish?

1. Liverpool

2. Chelsea

3. Roma

4. Bayern

5. Arsenal

6. Inter

7. Barca

8. Man City

9. Man United*

10. Real Madrid*

*not enough info out on new managers*

More Predictions To Come...