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2016/17 Aviva Premiership Prediction and Preview thread
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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 813106" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>I'd agree with pretty much all of that.</p><p></p><p>From a Quins perspective it's really hard to judge. On the one hand, we have a good starting XV as well as some excellent young players link Marchant and Mikalcius that seem set to make an impact this season. On the other, the coaching set-up is 'new' but Rowntree aside, they have all been appointed 'in-house' so it isn't really that new at all. Our signings have been thoroughly uninspiring and our squad has depth but lacks quality as highlighted by our second string being soundly beaten by London Irish. I'm concerned about what may happen during the AIs. If we make a bad start, the period without our top players is really going to hurt us.</p><p></p><p>i'm going for Saracens to win again and I'm expecting the table to look something like:</p><p></p><p>1. Saracens</p><p>2. Wasps</p><p>3. Leicester</p><p>4. Exeter</p><p>5. Northampton</p><p>6. Sale</p><p>7. Harlequins</p><p>8. Bath</p><p>9. Worcester</p><p>10. Gloucester</p><p>11. Newcastle</p><p>12. Bristol</p><p></p><p>Players to look out for not mentioned already is tough.</p><p></p><p>I'd go for:</p><p></p><p>Bath: Jennings / Hastings</p><p>Bristol: Hurrell</p><p>Exeter: Hepburn</p><p>Gloucester: Burns</p><p>Harlequins: Sloan</p><p>Leicester: Evans</p><p>Newcastle: Witty</p><p>Northampton: Ludlam</p><p>Sale: Nott / Mitchell</p><p>Saracens: Malins</p><p>Worcester: Taylor</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 813106, member: 59968"] I'd agree with pretty much all of that. From a Quins perspective it's really hard to judge. On the one hand, we have a good starting XV as well as some excellent young players link Marchant and Mikalcius that seem set to make an impact this season. On the other, the coaching set-up is 'new' but Rowntree aside, they have all been appointed 'in-house' so it isn't really that new at all. Our signings have been thoroughly uninspiring and our squad has depth but lacks quality as highlighted by our second string being soundly beaten by London Irish. I'm concerned about what may happen during the AIs. If we make a bad start, the period without our top players is really going to hurt us. i'm going for Saracens to win again and I'm expecting the table to look something like: 1. Saracens 2. Wasps 3. Leicester 4. Exeter 5. Northampton 6. Sale 7. Harlequins 8. Bath 9. Worcester 10. Gloucester 11. Newcastle 12. Bristol Players to look out for not mentioned already is tough. I'd go for: Bath: Jennings / Hastings Bristol: Hurrell Exeter: Hepburn Gloucester: Burns Harlequins: Sloan Leicester: Evans Newcastle: Witty Northampton: Ludlam Sale: Nott / Mitchell Saracens: Malins Worcester: Taylor [/QUOTE]
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