2023

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The more capsaicin, the better.

The bold predictions post is one of my favorite posts of the preseason. When else do you have carte blanche to make crazy calls about the upcoming season without repercussions? Last year, I called for habanero-level or better takes on the Scoville scale. This year, we can do better. If it isn’t ghost pepper spicy, I don’t want it.

Before we get into the fire takes from this year, a look back at some of the good ones from last season.

And with that, let’s get to the outlandish prognostications. As always, drop your spiciest predictions in the comments.

Aaron

Aidan

Arsenal have bought a replacement for Thomas Partey in Declan Rice, but I think Partey will start a decent amount of games, especially at the beginning of the season. At the back, though, Jurrien Timber looks like a player who cannot be dropped, because his excellent technical ability, physicality, and defensive prowess. Timber also has played pretty exclusively as a right back and left back in pre-season. Notably, Alex Zinchenko hasn’t played any pre-season minutes. But as Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney found out last season, when William Saliba came into the side and Ben White moved to right back, and Zinchenko joined, if you’re out at the beginning of the season, it’s very hard to get back in.

Tony

Michael

What do you think of our spicy takes? Leave yours in the comments. The spicier, the better.