Consistancy? Just ask a West Ham fan.

The new season kicks off tomorrow and I for one cannot wait.

It's going to be interesting to see how we kick off this campaign, with our non-existant hype (with thanks to Man City for taking that from us.) Lets start with the first 5 games.

Game 1: Spurs vs Liverpool

A tough game to start the season with. Id doubt very much either team would want to play each other to start a season. Liverpool are tipped for the title, while we are still in a transitional period. You never know; after all we are one of only two sides to beat them away from home last season. Loosing Alonso and having their 'replacement' Aquilani (sp?) injured for the first few weeks could give us a slight advantage. Gerrard and Torres will be ever present as per usual, so our makeshift defence will have their hands full. Woodgate and Daws look like reasonably long term injuries, so its down to the 'wonderkid' Bassong and a half-fit King to defend the wave of high-class attacking football that the scousers bring to the table.

If Lennon continues the form he showed last season, then we are in with a BIG shout to at least grab a draw. How good are the odds for Crouch to score on his debut?

CY Prediction: 2-2

Game 2: Hull vs Spurs

As stated previous, Hull seem to be in effect, punching above their weight in players (Negredo etc) and loosing out to the prolific goal scoring machine that is Bobby Zamora to mention one (there are countless more they missed out on) so I cant really see them being a large knot in the hose that is our premier league season. Geovanni will cause problems (he seems to do well early on in the season) but their biggest downfall is their 1-dimentional play which is the fault of Mr. Brown. They got sussed out towards December of last year and never really got going again. I can see them scoring 1 maybe 2 against us (shoddy defence) but our strikeforce will be too overpowering.

CY Prediction: 1-3

Game 3: West Ham vs Spurs

Ahhh yes, the pikeys. With Carlton Cole in the form of his life, I can actually see them doing quite well this season, maybe nicking a EUROPA spot come May. West Ham are a bizzare team that suffer from the beast that is known as: inconsistancy. With Zola on board, they seem to have minimized their trademarks of beating Man Utd and loosing to Charlton the next week, but not removed it. They were woeful in China, but thats pre-season; we ALL know what pre-season means....
However, we seem to always do well against the Pikeys, Defoe especially.

CY Prediction: 1-2

Game 4: Spurs vs Birmingham

Remember the Larsson goal? The one that flew in from nowhere, while 95% of the starting XI were still suffering from the hangovers of our Carling Cup glory the week previous? Time for some revenge me thinks. We need to destroy the low-end clubs; it is imperative to our season. Sends a message to other clubs by saying 'OI YOU... BEAT THAT'.

CY Prediction: 4-0

^^ Optimistic I know, but we are capable of this.

Game 5: Spurs vs Manchester Utd

Oh. We had to get 2 of the big 4 in our first 5 matches didnt we? We seem to always do well against UTD (except 5-2 last season and 3-5 a few seasons back) giving them a right run for their money. My head says 1-0 to UTD, heart says 1-1. Rooney will have the best season of his career this time round, now that the focus is directly on him. Fingers crossed we will have Woody/ Daws back by this point, as Bassong will not be good enough to face him.

CY Prediction: 0-1

10 points from 5 games

Doesn't sound too bad does it? That'd put us right in the mix and set us up for a decent enough season.

Is that too much to ask? A little consistancy goes a long way. Just ask a West Ham fan.