'Big Picture' Football Predictions

[Royal With Cheese]

Chelsea will never win the European Cup.

This is true. The European cup was contested by the winners of the leagues in Europe.

A bit like MK Dons and AFC Wimbledon. The Champions league should have all the European Cups expunged from its history.

The Bin Dippers won't be happy

Don't see why. It would merely recognise the Champions League is an entirely different competition. It would have been as silly as, say, replacing the FA Cup with the FA Premier League but only allowing the best 8 teams to compete in the two legged cup competition at the end of the season.

[Starfish]

England will get past the q/f of a major tournament, on penalties

Like in 1996?

[Starfish]

Belgium to become a major European footballing nation again by the next European Championships.

Northern Ireland and the Republic to join forces - within the next ten years.

[Royal With Cheese]

Northern Ireland and the Republic to join forces - within the next ten years.

Ian doesn't like this.

[TBM]

England will get past the q/f of a major tournament, on penalties

Like in 1996?

Yup it will happen again, I can feel it

[Jackson Corner]

England will never win a major tournamount again ever
A Russian side will win the Champions league by 2025
Man City will win ten Premier league titles by 2030 and 3 Champions leagues
Reading will win the championship again by 2020 but lose two play offs in the same period.
Stoke will score a goal preceded by 3 passes by 2050
Arsene Wenger will see a penalty decision against Arsenal by 2020
Chelsea and Man City will break even when the world ends

[Stranded]

Financial Fair Play will be scraped by Uefa the moment they realise they have to ban Barca from the European competition

[Franchise FC]

Portsmouth to settle at least one debt by the end of the century

[TBM]

A Russian side will win the Champions league by 2025

Not unless they change their rules to allow more foreign players per team.

[Wax Jacket]

^ wrt the OP, I like that one about the 2022 WC

[leww_rfc]

:arrow: Wales will qualify for a major tournement before 2030

Already happened - 1958 iirc

Yeah and knocked out by Pele, but another I should have stated

[bcubed]

Belgium to become a major European footballing nation again by the next European Championships.

Northern Ireland and the Republic to join forces - within the next ten years.

This looks more and more like an excellent prediction

Mignonet
Kompany
Fellaini
Mirallas
Hazard
Lukaku
Benteke

To name but a few

[soggy biscuit]

Belgium to become a major European footballing nation again by the next European Championships.

Northern Ireland and the Republic to join forces - within the next ten years.

This looks more and more like an excellent prediction

Mignonet
Kompany
Fellaini
Mirallas
Hazard
Lukaku
Benteke

To name but a few

Read yesterday that last summer Mignolet passed his exams to get himself a degree in political science.

[SPARTA]

:arrow: Wales will qualify for a major tournement before 2030

[_royal]

Sepp Blatter will be overthrown by the year 2120

[Elliott]

Belgium to become a major European footballing nation again by the next European Championships.

Northern Ireland and the Republic to join forces - within the next ten years.

This looks more and more like an excellent prediction

Mignonet
Kompany
Fellaini
Mirallas
Hazard
Lukaku
Benteke

To name but a few

As well as
Vertonghen
Vermaelen
Dembele
Defour

To name but a few more

[genome]

Witsel, De Bruyne

[Bandini]

Having spent all the money they did to acquire the 2022 world cup, I can't understand why so many are confident that Qatar will let it slip away.

[Royalclapper]

National Teams wearing shirt sponsors.

Beckenbauer and Platini try a little bit harder not to let their utterly anti-English bias cloud their judgement.

FIFA and the rest of the football suits try absolutely everything within their powers to make sure Brazil win their own World Cup - might as well give it them now.

The Scottish 3rd Division goes a whole season with no match postponements.