With a month to go until the new season starts how do you think the Premier League table will look at the end of the season?
My Predictions:
1. Tottenham Hotspur
2. Manchester City
3. Chelsea
4. Manchester United
5. Arsenal
6. Liverpool
7. Everton
8. West Ham
9. Southampton
10. West Brom
11. Stoke
12. Leicester City
13. Newcastle United
14. Crystal Palace
15. Burnley
16. Bournemouth
17. Watford
18. Swansea
19. Huddersfield
20. Brighton
Points total for the champions: 85
Top Scorer: Harry Kane
Player Of The Year: Dele Alli
First Manager To Get Sacked: Paul Clement
Slightly too early yet for me to call, will wait another couple of weeks.. I want to see pre-season.
Would have Man City as favourites if they sign some of the players they're linked to. Can't see Spurs winning the league, purely for the fact they were so strong last year because of their home form. It will be extremely difficult to replicate that on a neutral ground, especially Wembley.
I seem to recall Tottenham played the home European games at Wembley and they didn't play so well then if I recall correctly?
Too early for me to call either though, I will wait for another week. One thing I will say, I always support an underdog in the Premier League...
There's exactly 2 weeks to go until the start of the new season. Any predictions?
I originally put West Ham in 11th place in my table but they have made good signings this summer so I have them at 8th place now instead. I will still go with Tottenham winning the league but that prediction is not as confident as it was a few weeks ago. Out of the newly promoted sides I can only see Newcastle surviving relegation.
1. Manchester City
2. Chelsea
3. Manchester United
4. Liverpool
5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham Hotspur
7. Everton
8. West Ham
9. Southampton
10. Stoke City
11. Bournemouth
12. Crystal Palace
13. West Brom
14. Newcastle United
15. Burnley
16. Leicester City
17. Swansea
18. Watford
19. Brighton
20. Huddersfield
Points total for the champions: 87
Top Scorer: Harry Kane
Player Of The Year: Eden Hazard
First Manager To Get Sacked: Paul Clement
1. Manchester City
2. Liverpool
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Manchester United
6. Tottenham Hotspur
7. Everton
8. Southampton
9. West Ham
10. Stoke City
11. Crystal Palace
12. Bournemouth
13. West Brom
14. Leicester City
15. Burnley
16. Newcastle United
17. Swansea
18. Huddersfield
19. Brighton
20. Watford
Points total for the champions: 85
Top Scorer: Harry Kane
Player Of The Year: Kevin De Bruyne
First Manager To Get Sacked: Chris Hughton
Let's have a go at this then
1. Chelsea
2. Man City
3. Spurs
4. Man United
5. Arsenal
6. Liverpool
7. Everton
8. West Ham
9. Southampton
10. West Brom
11. Stoke
12. Leicester
13. Bournemouth
14. Newcastle
15. Swansea
16. Huddersfield
17. Crystal Palace
18. Burnley
19. Watford
20. Brighton
Points for Champions: 87
Golden Boot: Kane
Golden Glove: Courtois
Player of Season: Hazard
First Managerial Sacking: Craig Shakespeare
1. Chelsea
2. Manchester City
3. Liverpool
4. Manchester United
5. Tottenham Hotspur
6. Arsenal
7. Everton
8. Leicester City
9. West Ham United
10. Stoke City
11. Bournemouth
12. Southampton
13. Newcastle United
14. Watford
15. West Brom
16. Brighton
17. Crystal Palace
18. Burnley
19. Huddersfield
20. Swansea
Goes without saying, but honestly I really do believe bar probably Arsenal, any of the Top 6 could win the league. There are very fine margins here, all have their strengths but all have their weaknesses. Chelsea just pip it for me right now, going on the fact they have added some good players. Man City have easily signed the best names on paper, but they are going to practically integrate 3-4 players in to their defence... I can't remember the last time that worked out well. Man Utd have not signed pace, Liverpool need a dynamic midfielder and a centre back, Spurs will be more inconsistent at home. Probably say it every season.. but it will be interesting.
After that it is much of a muchness really, bar Everton I think any of the next 13 clubs could go down. As long as Benitez stays at Newcastle I think they will be fine. Don't rate De Boer, so think Palace will struggle but will ultimately be OK. I also can't forsee Burnely making Turf Moof such a fortress again - they desperately need to pick up more points on the road this time around. Very interested to see what Huddersfield and Brighton do, think they will both find it difficult but I expect one will stay up.
1 Manchester City
2 Manchester United
3 Chelsea
4 Arsenal
5 Tottenham Hotspur
6 Liverpool
7 Everton
8 Newcastle United
9 West Ham United
10 Crystal Palace
11 Leicester City
12 Southampton
13 Stoke City
14 Swansea City
15 West Bromwich Albion
16 Burnley
17 Bournemouth
18 Watford
19 Huddersfield
20 Brighton & Hove Albion
Points total for the champions: 83
Top Scorer: Harry Kane
Player Of The Year: Paul Pogba
First Manager To Get Sacked: Mark Hughes
1. Manchester City
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4. Liverpool
5. Tottenham Hotspur
6. Manchester United
7. Everton
8. West Brom
9. Bournemouth
10. West Ham
11. Southampton
12. Newcastle United
13. Crystal Palace
14. Watford
15. Stoke
16. Leicester City
17. Burnley
18. Swansea
19. Brighton
20. Huddersfield
Points for Champions: 86
Golden Boot: Gabriel Jesus
Player of Season: Kevin de Bruyne
First Managerial Sacking: Paul Clement
Come on guys - we need more predictions! It's always so fun to look back and see how wrong we were
Here's mine -
1) Man United
2) Man City
3) Chelsea
4) Spurs
5) Liverpool
6) Arsenal
7) Everton
8) Bournemouth
9) West Ham
10) West Brom
11) Newcastle
12) Stoke City
13) Southampton
14) Crystal Palace
15) Leicester
16) Swansea
17) Brighton
18) Watford
19) Huddersfield
20) Burnley
Really have no idea where Southampton, Leicester & Palace will end up!
Player of the Year Kevin De Bruyne
Top Goalscorer Romelu Lukaku
First sacking - Craig Shakespeare
1. Manchester United
2. Tottenham Hotspur
3. Chelsea
4. Manchester City
5. Liverpool
6. Arsenal
7. Everton
8. West Ham
9. Leicester City
10. Southampton
11. Bournemouth
12. Burnley
13. Stoke
14. Swansea
15. Brighton
16. West Brom
17. Newcastle United
18. Crystal Palace
19. Watford
20. Huddersfield
Points total for the champions: 88
Top Scorer: Romelu Lukaku
Player Of The Year: Dele Alli
First Manager To Get Sacked: Paul Clement
1. Manchester United
2. Manchester City
3. Chelsea
4. Liverpool
5. Arsenal
6. Tottenham Hotspur
7. Everton
8. Southampton
9. Crystal Palace
10. Leicester City
11. West Ham
12. Watford
13. West Brom
14. Swansea
15. Stoke
16. Bournemouth
17. Brighton
18. Newcastle United
19. Huddersfield
20. Burnley
Golden Boot: Gabriel Jesus
Player of Season: Kevin de Bruyne
First Managerial Sacking: Mark Hughes
Championship:
Promoted: Midddlesbrough, Norwich, Fulham
Relegated: Millwall, Barnsley Bolton
League One:
Promoted: Oxford, Bradford, Scunthorpe
Relegated: Rotherham, Oldham, Blackpool, Walsall
League Two:
Promoted: Luton, Swindon, Port Vale, Accrington
Relegated: Yeovil, Cheltenham
A mixture of gut feeling, signings, bias, it being the part of the Mourinho cycle where he wins it before loses the dressing room and the fact City are lacking proven quality centre backs that won't get injured are what concluded me to hand the title to Manchester United. Back in the glory days me predicting a win was usually a curse so I might look ridiculous come May but that is part of why I love doing this! The signings we have made are enough to turn the draws we had from last season into wins and changes like having Matic meaning we might play Pogba in a more suitable position might help to compensate for the lack of Zlatan. City will score a lot of goals but Guardiola will again keep relying on scoring more goals than he concedes. The Wembley factor will hinder Spurs this time and even without Coutinho I expect Liverpool to hold off them Arsenal and Everton who will certainly be top four contenders this season. People are pessimistic about Watford and Swansea but I think with their respective managers they will be just fine. Burnley will struggle this season as they lack the quality that kept them afloat last season. I rate David Wagner and Huddersfield will be competitive but I they may be victims of their own success and Newcastle due to Mike Ashley being Mike Ashley even with the Rafa factor (I expect him and Conte to resign before the end of the season) will be the final team to fall through the trap door.
And those are my predictions literally one minute before the new season kicks off!
1 Man United
2 Spurs
3 Man City
4 Chelsea
5 Liverpool
6 Arsenal
7 West Brom
8 Everton
9 West Ham
10 Bournemouth
11 Southampton
12 Leicester
13 Crystal Palace
14 Brighton
15 Stoke
16 Watford
17 Newcastle
18 Huddersfield
19 Burnley
20 Swansea
Golden Boot: Harry Kane
Player of season: Harry Kane
Well I'm already regretting putting Chelsea as Champions
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