Liam Gallagher leads a host of bands in offering his football predictions, and has a pop at Noel.
Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher leads a host of bands in giving skysports.com some Premier League predictions for 2010/11
Superstar Liam Gallagher has been joined by a host of bands in giving skysports.com some Premier League predictions for the new season.
The former Oasis frontman, who is now working with new group, Beady Eye, leads the likes of No.1 rapper Example and Mercury music prize winners Klaxons in offering an opinion on the 2010/11 campaign.
Liam is in characteristically confident form regarding the prospects of his beloved Manchester City, while he also has room to take a swipe at older brother and former band-mate Noel.
Check out our star-studded list of names from the music world and see who your favourite acts are tipping to be stars and who they think will be flops.
Liam Gallagher
Act: Beady Eye
Club support: Man City
Premier League winners: Man City
Relegation: Man Utd
Best buy: Joe Cole
Transfer flop: Noel Gallagher
Star of the season: Liam Gallagher
Surprise package: Adam Johnson
Top scorer: Carlos Tevez
Rooney or Drogba: Neither
Next big band: Beady Eye
Must-have album: Beady Eye
Example
Club support: Fulham
Premier League winners: Man Utd
Relegation: Blackpool, West Ham, Wolves
Best buy: Marouane Chamakh
Transfer flop: Yaya Toure
Star of the season: Michael Essien
Surprise package: Newcastle
Top scorer: Fernando Torres
Rooney or Drogba: Drogba
Sack race: Whoever takes over at Villa
Next big band: Young Guns
Must-have album: Magnetic Man
Klaxons
Member: James Righton
Club support: Tottenham
Premier League Winners: Tottenham
Relegation: Blackpool, Stoke, West Brom
Transfer flop: Yaya Toure
Star of the season: Luka Modric
Surprise package: Sunderland
Top scorer: Wayne Rooney
Rooney or Drogba: Rooney
Sack Race: Roberto Mancini
Next Big Band: Janelle Monae
Must-have album: Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Editors
Member: Ed Lay
Club support: Ipswich Town
Premier League winners: Arsenal
Relegation: Fulham
Best buy: Jermaine Beckford
Transfer flop: All of Man City's signings
Star of the season: Jack Wilshere
Surprise package: Birmingham City
Top scorer: Darren Bent
Rooney or Drogba: Drogba
Sack race: Roberto Mancini
Next big band: Of Pandas and People
Must-have album: The National - High Violet
The Coral
Member: Nick Power
Club support: Liverpool
Premier League winners: Chelsea
Relegation: Blackpool, West Brom, Wigan
Best buy: Joe Cole, even though he was free
Transfer flop: Yaya Toure
Star of the season: Avram Grant
Surprise package: Milan Jovanovic
Top scorer: Didier Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Drogba
Sack race: Roberto Mancini
Next big band: By the Sea
Must-have album: Bob Marley and the Wailers - Catch a Fire
Ash
Member: Mark Hamilton
Club support: Aston Villa
Premier League winners: Man City
Relegation: Bolton, West Brom, Blackpool
Best buy: Joe Cole
Transfer flop: David Silva
Star of the season: Ashley Young/Yaya Toure
Surprise package: Emile Heskey moves to Blackburn!
Top scorer: Didier Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Drogba
Next big band: Two Door Cinema Club
Def Leppard/Down 'N' Outz
Member: Joe Elliot
Club support: Sheff Utd
Premier League winners: Man Utd
Relegation: Sadly, Blackpool
Best buy: Joe Cole
Star of the season: Joe Cole
Surprise package: Newcastle
Top scorer: Wayne Rooney
Rooney or Drogba: Rooney
Sack race: Big Sam Allardyce
Underworld
Member: Karl Hyde
Club support: West Ham
Premier League winners: Chelsea
Relegation: Blackpool
Best buy: David Silva
Transfer flop: Yaya Toure
Star of the season: Michael Essien
Surprise package: Scott Parker
Top scorer: Didier Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Drogba
Sack race: Roberto Mancini
Fenech-Soler
Member: Andrew Lindsay
Club support: Derby, with a hint of Peterborough
Premier League winners: Man Utd
Relegation: Blackburn, Bolton & Wolves
Best buy: Joe Cole
Transfer flop: Yossi Benayoun
Star of the season: Joe Cole
Surprise package: Javier Hernandez
Top scorer: Fernando Torres
Rooney or Drogba: Rooney
Sack race: Sam Allardyce
Next big band: Mystery Jets
Must-have album: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Fenech-Soler (pt II)
Member: Daniel Soler
Club support: Chelsea
Premier League winners: Chelsea
Relegation: Blackpool, West Brom, Wigan
Best buy: Joe Cole
Transfer flop: Sol Campbell
Star of the season: Darren Bent
Surprise package: Jermaine Beckford
Top scorer: Didier Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Drogba
Sack race: Chris Hughton
Next big band: Two Door Cinema Club
Must-have album: Jamaica - No Problem
Grum
Premier League winners: Man United
Relegation: Wigan, Wolves, West Brom
Best buy: Martin Petrov/Joe Cole
Transfer flop: David Silva
Star of the season: Chris Smalling
Surprise package: Danny Wilson (Liverpool)
Top scorer: Didier Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Rooney
Sack race: Roberto Mancini
Next big band: Fenech Soler
Must-have album: Sparks - Terminal Jive
One night only
Member: George Craig
Club support: Middlesbrough
Premier League winners: Arsenal
Relegation: West Brom
Best buy: Laurent Koscielny
Transfer flop: Aleksandar Kolarov
Star of the season: Jack Wilshere
Surprise package: Harry Redknapp
Top scorer: Didier Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Drogba
Steve Mason
Club support: Raith Rovers
Premier League winners: Man Utd
Relegation: Blackpool, Wigan, West Brom
Best buy: Martin Petrov
Transfer flop: David Silva
Star of the season: Carlos Tevez
Surprise package: Paul Scholes
Top scorer: Wayne Rooney
Rooney or Drogba: Rooney
Sack race: Blackpool
Next big band: Lone Lady
Chapel Club
Member: Michael Hibbert
Club support: Oldham Athletic
Premier League winners: Man United
Relegation: Blackpool, West Brom, Wolves
Best buy: Joe Cole
Transfer flop: David Silva
Star of the season: Wayne Rooney
Surprise package: Oldham Athletic
Top scorer: Rooney
Rooney or Drogba: Rooney
Sack race: Roberto Mancini
Next big band: Wu Lyf
Must-have album: Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Aggro Santos
Club support: Man Utd
Premier League winners: Man Utd
Relegation: Blackpool, Wolves, West Brom
Transfer flop: Joe Cole
Star of the season: Hope Rooney gets back on form
Surprise package: Birmingham
Top scorer: Fernando Torres
Rooney or Drogba: Rooney
Sack race: Mark Hughes
Must-have album: Eminem - Recovery
The Suzukis
Member: Adam Bamford
Club support: Everton
Premier League winners: Man City
Relegation: West Brom, Wolves, Stoke
Best buy: Javier Hernandez
Transfer flop: Alberto Aquilani
Star of the season: Diniyar Bilyaletdinov
Surprise package: Blackpool
Top scorer: Darren Bent
Rooney or Drogba: Drogba
Sack race: Avram Grant
Next big band: The Dead ShoresGlassheads
Must-have album: Verve - A storm in heaven
Goldhawks
Member: Jack Cook
Club support: Chelsea
Winners: Chelsea
Best buy: Yossi Benayoun
Transfer flop: Joe Cole
Star of season: Michael Essien
Surprise package: Ian Holloway
Top scorer: Didier Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Didier Drogba
Sack race: Roberto Mancini
Must have album: The National - High Violet
Detroit Social Club
Member: David Burn
Club support: Sunderland
Premier League winners: Chelsea
Relegation: Blackpool, Wigan, West Brom
Best buy: Joe Cole
Transfer flop: Javier Hernandez
Star of the season: Didier Drogba
Surprise package: West Ham
Top scorer: Didier Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Drogba (see the pattern emerging!)
Sack race: Roberto Martinez
Must-have album: The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Malachai
Club(s) support: Bristol City/Swindon Town
Premier League winners: Liverpool
Relegation: Blackpool, Stoke, WBA
Best buy: Joe Cole
Transfer flop: Yaya Toure
Star of the season: Ian Holloway
Surprise package: Liverpool
Top scorer: Fernando Torres
Rooney or Drogba: Rooney
Sack race: Tony Pulis
Fujiya & Miyagi
Member: David Best
Premier League winners: Arsenal
Relegation: Stoke, Tottenham, Blackpool
Best buy: Laurent Koscielny
Transfer flop: Javier Hernandez
Star of the season: Samir Nasri
Surprise package: Wolves
Top scorer: Robin van Persie
Rooney or Drogba: Rooney
Sack race: Harry Redknapp
Next big band: Project Jenny, Project Jan
Must-have album: Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM
The Last Republic
Member: Joey Daniels
Club support: Liverpool
Premier League winners: Man Utd
Relegation: Blackpool, West Brom, Wolves
Best buy: Joe Cole
Transfer flop: Yaya Toure
Star of the season: Fernando Torres
Surprise package: West Ham
Top scorer: Didier Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Drogba
Sack race: Roberto Mancini
Must-have album: The Clash - The Clash
Dutch Uncles
Club(s) support: Man Utd/Sheff Weds/Stockport/Man City
Premier League winners: Chelsea
Relegation: Blackpool, Wolves, Bolton
Best buy: Joe Cole
Transfer flop: Yossi Benayoun
Star of the season: Andrei Arshavin
Surprise package: Javier Hernandez
Top scorer: Didier Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Rooney
Sack race: Mick McCarthy/Roberto Mancini
Next big band: Everything Everything
Must-have album: Talking Heads - Fear of Music
Clinic
Band member: Brian
Club support: Liverpool
Premier League winners: Chelsea
Three for the drop: Blackpool, Sunderland, West Brom
Best buy: Joe Cole
Transfer flop: David Silva
Star of the season: Toss up between Chris Kamara and Stuart Hall
Surprise package: Liverpool/Hodgson/new owners
Top scorer: Drogba
Rooney or Drogba: Torres
Sack race (first boss to be pushed): Mancini
Next big band: Anna Calvi
Must have album: Sun Araw - Heavy Deeds
