Okay, folks, this is a big-boy prediction thread. None of this easy-as-pie 'who's going to win the league' stuff. Try and predict the final Premership table, top to bottom, before a ball is kicked. If you dare. Here's my call: 1. Manchester United (with or without Tevez) 2. Liverpool 3. Chelsea 4. Tottenham 5. Arsenal 6. Everton 7. Newcastle 8. Portsmouth 9. Bolton 10. Blackburn Rovers 11. Aston Villa 12. West Ham (with Tevez, without Tevez they'll finish 16th) 13. Reading 14. Fulham 15. Manchester City 16. Middlesbrough 17. Birmingham 18. Sunderland 19. Wigan Athletic 20. Derby County
Sounds about right, but i will give my prediction too. 1. Manchester United 2. Liverpool 3. Chelsea 4. Arsenal 5. Tottenham 6. Newcastle 7. Everton 8. Aston Villa 9. Portsmouth 10. Blackburn Rovers 11. Sunderland 12. Manchester City 13. Reading 14. Fulham 15. MiddlesBrough 16. Bolton 17. Wigan Athletic 18. Birmingham 19. Derby County 20. West Ham (yes!!!)
1. Chelsea 2. Manchester United 3. Arsenal 4. Liverpool 5. Newcastle 6. Portsmouth 7. Spurs 8. Everton 9. Villa 10. Blackburn 11. Bolton 12. West Ham 13. Manchester City 14. Boro 15. Reading 16. Derby 17. Fulham 18. Birmingham 19. Wigan 20. Sunderland
1) ManU 2) Chelsea 3) Liverpool 4) Arsenal 5) Aston Villa 6) Tottenham 7) Everton 8) Bolton 9) Portsmouth 10) Newcastle 11) Man City 12) Blackburn 13) West Ham 14) Middlesbro 15) Reading 16) Birmingham 17) Sunderland 18) Fulham 19) Wigan 20) Derby
Liverpool go second because of one overrated signing? lol. (Yes he is) 1. Chelsea 2. Manchester United 3. Liverpool 4. Tottenham 5. Arsenal 6. Everton 7. Bolton 8. Portsmouth 9. Reading 10. Blackburn 11. Newcastle 12. Fulham 13. Sunderland 14. West Ham 15. Aston Villa 16. Derby 17. Middlesbrough 18. Birmingham 19. Wigan 20. Man City
1. Chelsea 2. Man Utd 3. Liverpool 4. Arsenal 5. Tottenham 6. Newcastle 7. Everton 8. West Ham 9. Aston Villa 10.Potsmouth 11. Man City 12. Sunderland 13. Blackburn 14. Reading 15. Fulham 16. Birmingham 17. Bolton 18. Middlesbrough 19. Derby 20. Wigan
Hahahahahahaha. 1 Man Utd 2 Chelsea 3 Liverpool 4 Arsenal 5 Tottenham 6 West Ham 7 Man City 8 Aston Villa 9 Portsmouth 10 Everton 11 Blackburn 12 Newcastle 13 Fulham 14 Middlesbrough 15 Reading 16 Birmingham 17 Sunderland 18 Bolton 19 Wigan 20 Derby
Man City gets relegated? You have to be kidding. I don't mean to imply any nonsense like we are going to take the treble or will play European matches next year, but we most certainly will not be any where near relegation. Anyway, here goes... 1. Liverpool 2. Man Utd 3. Chelsea 4. Tottenham 5. Arsenal 6. Potsmouth 7. Newcastle 8. Man City 9. Everton 10. Aston Villa 11. Bolton 12. Reading 13. Derby 14. Blackburn 15. Fulham 16. Middlesbrough 17. West Ham 18. Sunderland 19. Birmingham 20. Wigan
1. Liverpool 2. Manchester United 3. Chelsea 4. Arsenal 5. Villa 6. Spurs 7. Newcastle 8. Everton 9. Fulham 10. West Ham 11. Reading 12. Sunderland 13. Bolton 14. Blackburn 15. Boro 16. Portsmouth 17. Manchester City 18. Birmingham 19. Wigan 20. Derby
1. Liverpool 2. Chelsea 3. Man U 4. Newcastle (i think they will surprise us all this season) 5. Arsenal 6. Spurs 7. Everton 8. Villa 9. Fulham 10. Reading 11. West Ham 12. Blackburn 13. Bolton 14. Sunderland 15. Man City 16. Boro 17. Portsmouth 18. Birmingham 19. Wigan 20. Derby
1. Chelsea 2. Man utd 3. Liverpool 4. Arsenal 5. Spurs 6. Portsmouth 7. Man city 8. Newcastle 9. Blackburn 10.Everton 11.West Ham 12.Aston Villa 13.Reading 14.Birmingham 15.Middlesbrough 16.Bolton 17.Sunderland 18.Fulham 19.Wigan 20.Derby
1. Chelsea 2. Man Utd 3. Arsenal 4. Liverpool 5. Tottenham 6. Newcastle 7. Aston Villa 8. West Ham 9. Blackburn 10. Portsmouth 11. Everton 12. Reading 13. Man City 14. Middlesboro 15. Fulham 16. Sunderland 17. Derby 18. Birmingham 19. Bolton 20. Wigan
1. Manchester United 2. Chelsea 3. Liverpool 4. Tottenham 5. Arsenal 6. Newcastle 7. Everton 8. Aston Villa 9. West Ham 10. Blackburn 11. Portsmouth 12. Bolton 13. Reading 14. Man City 15. Middlesboro 16. Fulham 17. Sunderland 18. Wigan 19. Birmingham 20. Derby
1. Man Utd 2. Chelsea 3. Arsenal 4. Spurs 5. Liverpool (Benitez to leave midseason) 6. Villa 7. Portsmouth 8. Newcastle 9. Everton 10. Man City 11. Blackburn 12. Reading 13. West ham 14. Sunderland 15. Middlesbrough 16. Birmingham 17. Bolton 18. Fulham 19. Wigan 20. Derby
1) Manchester United 2) Chelsea 3) Arsenal 4) Liverpool 5) Tottenham 6) Aston Villa 7) Newcastle 8) Man City 9) Everton 10) West Ham 11) Sunderland 12) Blackburn 13) Portsmouth 14) Middlesbrough 15) Birmingham 16) Bolton 17) Reading 18) Fulham 19) Derby 20) Wigan
So says a consummate Chelsea supporter. So you think the probability of City being relegated is higher than the the probability of Liverpool taking the table?
Yes! How could you not? 'Pool is not where Chelsea or United are in depth or first 11 quality (although they've gotten closer this year). I cant say who will take the prem between the two, but I am sure that it will be one of them. Your squad were flirting with relegation last season, and people were predicting it at one point. With the changes going on at your club, I think the chances of relegation have been dimmed, but time will tell. Hopefully you stay up.
I cannot. Question Answered. Torres will be a force, Babel was a steal, Benayoun will provide some real creativity to the Reds (not to mention intelligent decision-making), and Fabregas will finally come into his own with Torres there (if he stays). The back line is already strong, and Rafa is not even finished. The final table will resemble 05-06 (with the exception that City and Bolton will likely trade places), more than 06-07. A lot of people disagree with me, but I think Lampard is on his way down (slowing in age, the old geezer), which will be a huge lose to your side. I have to say, though, Malouda was a good signing. And as much as it pains me to say this (and it does, trust me) I agree with your assessment of the Rags, though. And you have made my point for me about my squad. SGE has improved us immensely and while we were flirting with relegation last season it was not as forgone as you make it out to have been. City is going to be powerful this year and will make a good run, though not for Europe just yet.
Fabregas? Err...Mascherano? Minor mistake maybe. Anyway, yes Malouda was a good signing. Lampard is getting slower no doubt about that, even I as a Lampard fan can see and concede that. But he is still an anchor in the Center. He is still strong. He still has vision. 21 in the net last season is great. If he scores 15 this season I would still be happy. I dont mean to sound like I am putting your club down, but Rolando Bianchi is a bit unproven for me. I think the best move City made so far was getting rid of Barton! Seriously though...he is a headcase. More players will probably be coming in for you soon though. Oh and Petrov was a good buy too.