Curious to see how the board thinks we will do this year now that we've seen the team a little.
Season Predictions
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That's about the number that jumped into my head too. I think we will start very hot, have a mid season fade, before picking it back up towards the end.
55-59
Thinking different..See us starting off slow, having trouble scoring..then turn it up. I think we will get better and better as the season progresses. The only thing that will prevent us from eclipsing 50 would be a crap load of ties.
Thinking different..See us starting off slow, having trouble scoring..then turn it up. I think we will get better and better as the season progresses. The only thing that will prevent us from eclipsing 50 would be a crap load of ties.
I agree with the 17 wins (50%) and that's 51 points. I'll be positive and think we can split the remaining 17 matches 9 draws/8 losses, that's 60 points. So I'll take the over at 60+ and believe in PV and our roster changes. (and a full season of 3 DPs - unless Pirlo leaves for Euros). As a lifelong Jets fan, I find it's better to let the season disappoint you then do it to yourself before it even starts.
14-8-12, 50 points, 54 GF, 54 GA, +0 GD
We are still going to have a leaky defense at times. The attack should be more aggressive and focused all year long (+5 goals from 2015) but the defense will only improve marginally (-4 goals against from 2015).
Playoff Qualifiers:
1 - Columbus
2 - Toronto
3 - Red Bulls
4 - Montreal
5 - New England
6 - New York City
Beat the Red Bulls in Harrison in the first round, narrowly beat Columbus in the semifinals, lose to Toronto.
Toronto loses to the Western Conference representative in the MLS Cup.
We are still going to have a leaky defense at times. The attack should be more aggressive and focused all year long (+5 goals from 2015) but the defense will only improve marginally (-4 goals against from 2015).
Playoff Qualifiers:
1 - Columbus
2 - Toronto
3 - Red Bulls
4 - Montreal
5 - New England
6 - New York City
Beat the Red Bulls in Harrison in the first round, narrowly beat Columbus in the semifinals, lose to Toronto.
Toronto loses to the Western Conference representative in the MLS Cup.
Come on! That's so vague! You can't tell us who's going to win the West and the MLS Cup?
A playoff win in Harrison and two home playoff games. I'll take that!
I voted 45-49. The above is not an unrealistic goal at all.
Yeah, I think it's something like 50 +/-2 points as the true talent level of this team. I picked 50 because that was the mark to get in the playoffs last year, and I want to believe we are a top six team.
I think this season really depends on how Vieira manages the lineup. We're going to have absences due to international games and we're going to have to sit players due to the length and travels of the season. We're not going to see Lampard and Pirlo for 34 matches. But I think we have a lot more depth this year. I think we can get above 55 points.
Talent wise, with villa, lamps, pirlo, mix, and matarrita there is no team in the East that can match us. All comes down to injuries, absences and how well the team can learn to play together.
Here is how I made my prediction.
We play Chicago, Philly, New England, DCU, and Colorado, all teams that are not supposed to be any better than last year or worse, 12 times. We go 8-2-2 in those games for 26 points. The rest of the schedule is 22 games. We go about 7-7-8 in the remaining games for a record of 15-9-10 and 55 points.
Edit because I can't math well.
We play Chicago, Philly, New England, DCU, and Colorado, all teams that are not supposed to be any better than last year or worse, 12 times. We go 8-2-2 in those games for 26 points. The rest of the schedule is 22 games. We go about 7-7-8 in the remaining games for a record of 15-9-10 and 55 points.
Edit because I can't math well.
Perhaps this could be a season-long contest, with prizes and things.
With one game left in our preseason, I voted for 45-49. I could make a case for higher but I think that's too optimistic. And if I'm wrong due to upside that's OK by me.
When the schedule first came out I went through it and assigned W-L-T to every game while being, I thought, overly optimistic. When I added it up it was 51 points, 14-11-9. Compared to last year, that's 6 fewer losses with 4 made into Wins and 2 into Ties. If we can hit that I'd be very pleased with the progress, and just above last year's playoff line. It also is based on us going 7-2-1 in our first 10 games. Like last year, the easiest parts of our schedule are front loaded. I think this hurts us because we had so many changes and need to come together. I would rather be a more coherent unit when we play the weaker teams. Anyway, that's why I pulled back and said 45-49, which puts us probably in a playoff race until the end and making it or missing it by probably +-3.
When the schedule first came out I went through it and assigned W-L-T to every game while being, I thought, overly optimistic. When I added it up it was 51 points, 14-11-9. Compared to last year, that's 6 fewer losses with 4 made into Wins and 2 into Ties. If we can hit that I'd be very pleased with the progress, and just above last year's playoff line. It also is based on us going 7-2-1 in our first 10 games. Like last year, the easiest parts of our schedule are front loaded. I think this hurts us because we had so many changes and need to come together. I would rather be a more coherent unit when we play the weaker teams. Anyway, that's why I pulled back and said 45-49, which puts us probably in a playoff race until the end and making it or missing it by probably +-3.
Still feeling 50-54. A friendly that was all our scrubs until the final 15 is irrelevant really besides the fact we see who is worth playing and not worth playing. I definitely think our defense is better this year which was a massive issue for us last year. We were tied for last in Goals allowed last year with 58. I definitely think we can improve that by 10-15 goals. A full season with Iraola, Brillant, whoever plays LB will be a huge improvement. Our attack should be better than our 49 goals scored too. If we can get a +8 to +12 GD, we will definitely be in 50s.
That's a big swing from last year's -9.
Also, only 5 teams in the entire league (4 of whom were in the West) had a +8 Goal Differential or better.
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