SS Premiership 2016/17 Predictions

Alright fellas,

So how do we think it will all end up falling this season?

I know it's a little early without knowing the full squads, but what is your prediction for:

- Final league standing

- Semi's

- Final

- Overall winner

- Top Goalscorer

- Surprise package (club)

- Underachiever (club)

- League Player of The Season

- Best signing

- Worst signing

- Final league standing:

1. City

2. Wellington

3. Canterbury

4. Hawkes Bay

5. Waitakere

6. Suburbs

7. Tasman

8. Wanderers

9. Southern United

10. WeeNix

Overall Champions - City

- Top Goalscorer - De Vries

- Surprise package (club) - Canterbury push hard for the title

- Underachiever (club) - The three new clubs all struggle for consistency. 

- League Player of The Season - De Vries 

- Best signing - Hoyle (Canterbury United striker)

- Worst signing - Ifill (only manages a couple of appearances for Tasman due to injury)

1. ACFC

2. TW

3. Bay

4. Eastern

5. Tasman

6. Wanderers

7. Waitak

8. Canterbury

9. WeeNix

10. Southern

Final: ACFC 3-0 TW (De Vries hatty).

Golden Boot: Ryan De Vries (ACFC, 19 goals). The rest: Tom Jackson (TW, 14 goals), Ermal Hajdari (Tasman, 11 goals), Stephen Hoyle (Canterbury, 10 goals), Micah Lea'alafa (ACFC, 9 goals).

Surprise: Eastern. Put together a late season playoff push, winning final three games.

Underachievers: Canterbury. The loss of Coey, and some of their younger lads not offset by a solid return from Hoyle, and their imports flop.

MVP: Coey Turipa. Puts in several huge performances to save an otherwise inconsistent Tasman defence, and keeps them in the playoff hunt.

Best Signing: Coey Turipa. If not counting new teams, Hoyle for Canterbury.

Worst Signing: Colin van Gool. Has a shocking first few months, before terminating contract and internship early and quietly leaving for the Netherlands.

1. Auckland City
2. Team Wellington
3. Hawke's Bay
4. Tasman
5. Eastern Suburbs
6. Canterbury
7. Waitakere
8. Hamilton Wanderers
9. Wellington Phoenix U20
10. Southern

Excited to see how the new teams go; I reckon Tasman and Eastern Suburbs are gonna go alright.

1. Auckland City
2. Team Wellington
3. Eastern Suburbs
4. Hawke's Bay
5. Canterbury
6. Waitakere
7. Hamilton Wanderers
8. Tasman
9. WeeNix
10. Southern

Final: ACFC beats Eastern Suburbs

Surpirse: Eastern. They will have a great first season

Underarchivers: Tasman, avoiding the wooden spoon will be their only highlight this season

Best signing: ACFC getting back de Vries and Lea'alafa

Worst signing: Ifill (Tasman)

League player of the season: de Vries

1 ACFC

2 Eastern Suburbs

3 Team Wellington

4 Waitakere United

5 Canterbury United

6 Hamilton Wanderers

7 Tasman United

8 Hawkes Bay

9 Southern United

10 WeeNix

Semi's:

ACFC v Waitak (1-3) - Waitak score early and ACFC proceed to dominate trying to find an equalizer but poor finishing costs them. Waitak score again in the 60th through a brilliant counter attack, ACFC get one back in the 82nd but Waitak secure victory in 91st minute on counter.

Suburbs v T Wellington (2-0) - Suburbs boss entire game and finally get reward with two goals in quick succession after halftime.

Final

Suburbs v Waitak (3-0) - Suburbs just far too good, scoring all three in first half to cap off a brilliant debut season.

Top Goalscorer - De Vries

Surprise package - Suburbs; brilliant season, but fall to ACFC to finish second. Dominate Welly in semi to secure comfortable win before demolishing Waitak 3-0 in final.

Underachiever (club) - Hawkes Bay

League Player of The Season - Payne

Best signing - Payne

Worst signing - Ifill

1 ACFC

2 Team Wellington

3 Eastern Suburbs

4 Canterbury United

5 Hawkes Bay United

6 Tasman United

7 Waitakere United

8 Southern United

9 Wanderers

10 Weenix

Semis - ACFC beat Canterbury United, TW & Eastern Suburbs decided on pens

Final - ACFC

top scorer - Ben Harris (Team Wellington)

Surprise package - Southern United's 5 irishmen will get them a couple of surprise results

Underachiever - Wanderers

Best signing - Albert Riera

Can tell you didn't see or get info on Southern v Tasman last Sunday. Southern put on two full teams for a half each and still the best by a long way.

1) Ole Auck

2) TeeDubs

3) East $iders

4) Shakey Town

5) Come On Utd

6) Bogans

7) WeeNix

8) Team w/ Iffs

9) Tron

10) Perennially last

Auckland City

Eastern Suburbs

Team Wellington

Canterbury United

Hamilton Wanderers

Waitakere United

Wellington Phoenix

Football South

Tasman United

Who the fudge knows: Hawke's Bay United

Auckland City

Team Wellington

Eastern Suburbs

Canterbury United

Waitakere United

Hamilton Wanderers

Tasman

Southern

Hawke's Bay

Weenix

1.Auckland
2.Wellington
3.Eastern Suburbs
4.Hamilton
5.Canterbury
6.Southern
7.Waitakere
8. Hawkes Bay
9. WeeNix
10. Tasman

TeeDubs to win the final over Auckland.

Are the game on Sky?

Wich one of the Hamiltons is Waitakere?

Whoops! Let's say the 2nd one.

not sure where to put this but here are my predictions for round 3 with some stat chat thrown in

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another week and some more tips on how to donate money to the TAB

Something for the weekend - SSP Round 4 preview

Would any of you be interested in a SS Premiership Tipping Competition similar to the one RR runs for the A-League? Same rules: 2 points for a home win, 3 pts for a draw or away win and a bonus point for the correct margin. A bit late I know, but rounds 5 to 18 are yet to happen as well as the semifinals and final.

It would be great. Count me in

I'll be in for that

+1 from me

Yep, in...

Clearly not referring to the picking Vim

yep i'm keen for the picking comp.

Haha yes, the running of it was relatively easy. Coming almost last was also something I was good at.