Posted July 24, 20159 yr So with just 2 weeks to go until the Premier League season. What do you think the positions will look like at the end of the season. Even if just have a fleeting interest, it's good and fun to make rough predictions, purely to see who was right or wrong. Premier League: 1. Chelsea 2. Manchester City 3. Arsenal 4. Manchester United 5. Tottenham Hotspur 6. Liverpool 7. Everton 8. Southampton 9. Stoke City 10. Swansea City 11. Crystal Palace 12. West Ham United 13. Newcastle United 14. West Brom 15. Sunderland 16. Norwich City 17. Aston Villa 18. Leicester City 19. Watford 20. Bournemouth Points Total For The Champions: 89 What do you think the table will look at the end of the season? Post your predictions now.
July 24, 20159 yr 01 Chelsea 02 Man City 03 Arsenal 04 Man Utd 05 Tottenham 06 Liverpool 07 Southampton 08 Everton 09 Stoke 10 Swansea 11 Crystal Palace 12 Newcastle 13 West Ham 14 Leicester 15 Sunderland 16 West Brom 17 Norwich 18 Aston Villa 19 Watford 20 Bournemouth Can't see anyone but Chelsea taking the title this year.
July 24, 20159 yr Why has everyone predicted united to remain 4th? I think they will challenge Chelsea! Edited July 26, 20159 yr by steve201
July 25, 20159 yr 1. Chelsea 2. Manchester United (please prove me wrong and go one better :cry:) 3. Manchester City 4. Arsenal 5. Tottenham Hotspur 6. Liverpool 7. Swansea City 8. Southampton 9. West Ham 10. Stoke 11. Everton 12. Crystal Palace 13. West Brom 14. Aston Villa 15. Norwich City 16. Newcastle United 17. Leicester City 18. Sunderland 19. Watford 20. Bournmouth Points total for the champions: 82 Top goalscorer: Sergio Aguero First manager to get sacked: Dick Advocaat
July 25, 20159 yr 1. Chelsea 2. Arsenal 3. Manchester United 4. Manchester City 5. Liverpool 6. Tottenham Hotspur 7. Stoke City 8. Swansea City 9. Southampton 10. West Ham United 11. Everton 12. Newcastle United 13. Crystal Palace 14. Sunderland 15. West Brom 16. Leicester City 17. Watford 18. Aston Villa 19. Norwich 20. Bournemouth Let me start at the top - I think the top 4 will be fairly close, probably more so than last year. None of the signings any of the big teams have made so far have impressed me enough to think that they will challenge Chelsea. Both Chelsea & Arsenal have the most stability in their squads, and I think that will show against the two Manchester clubs. Tipping United above City because City have done nothing to sort out their defensive issues this summer, and going by the paper talk it looks unlikely that will happen. Man Utd have made some good signings, but I'm yet to convinced yet. There will be quite a lot of wholesale changes in the first team, and their strength last year was using Fellanini. They need an out and out centre forward. If they go in to the season with Rooney, Wilson & Hernandez then they're going to come short at some point. I still stand by this - if Liverpool have a fit Sturridge, then they will certainly challenge for 4th throughout the season. Unfortunately I think our problem will be source of goals again. Need players to really step it up to have any chance of 4th, hence why I'm being pessimistic for now! I don't know whether Kane will have another season like he did last year - but putting Spurs in 6th for now as I can't see them putting up a big challenge for 4th, and I think the other 5 teams have better squads. Between 7th and 13th really there's not much to choose. I expect a few of the teams will start really well and lose consistency midway through. All of the mentioned teams have made some great signings, so it's really hard to predict how well they will do as there's not a lot to choose between them. I think any of the bottom 5 and perhaps Sunderland could go down. Bournemouth will really struggle to make the step up, similar to Burnely, I think they will have their moments in the league and put up a good fight, but there is a massive lack of quality in that team over the season - see Norwich as well. Aston Villa are still my tip to go down - lost their best players from last season, and they don't have the structure/scouting network of Southampton to become even better. I think they will really struggle this season. I expect both Watford & Leicester to struggle too, and cannot see either manager lasting the full season! Top goalscorer: Diego Costa
July 25, 20159 yr Here's my views :D 1. Chelsea - don't think they'll run away with it this year, but still rightly clear favourites again 2. Manchester United - more confident on the signings this Summer, a sustained title challenge is almost a necessity for LVG this year 3. Manchester City - not convinced on summer activity so far. Defence still needs work but they'll be up there as per 4. Arsenal - standard Arsenal finish 5. Liverpool - more average signings IMO & we'll see how they cope without Gerrard or Sterling. Top 4 might be too much of an ask 6. Tottenham - Kane won't do as well this year surely. As usual they have a fairly decent team but not much balance. Top 6 by default 7. Stoke - look very good to kick on again. More good signings & third season under Hughes means a good platform 8. Everton - should be back to more what they're used to after last year's hiccup. Lukaku needs to be on form for them or they'll struggle again 9. West Ham - making some strong intentions this year. Decent though untried manager & some promising signings should mean top half finish 10. Swansea - don't think they'll do quite as well as last year but they have an extremely solid team just needing some finishing touches 11. West Brom - standard Pulis finish. Never be in threat of relegation & mid-table would be considered a success 12. Southampton - they were the overachievers of last season. Europa Leaugue will be a distraction that hindered Swansea & Newcastle in their seasons 13. Newcastle - everyone's expecting them & Steve McLaren to fail, so they probably won't. There'll be ups & downs for sure however 14. Crystal Palace - can't see Pardew's honeymoon period extending into this season. Enough quality there to see off relegation concerns 15. Aston Villa - they always stay up don't they? 16. Norwich - look the best equipped to survive for me. Of course need some more signings but that's true of all these low teams 17. Sunderland - one of them & Leicester surely can't pull off another great survival 18. Leicester - see above 19. Watford - probably will start the best of the promoted teams but don't see them pulling away enough 20. Bournemouth - have fun trying. I'm sure they'll pull off some shocks but not enough quality/depth to make the cut
July 25, 20159 yr 15/16 yo 01 Chelsea 02 Manchester United 03 Arsenal 04 Manchester City 05 Liverpool 06 Tottenham 07 Southampton 08 West Ham 09 Newcastle 10 Everton 11 Swansea 12 Stoke 13 Crystal Palace 14 West Brom 15 Aston Villa 16 Norwich 17 Sunderland 18 Watford 19 Leicester 20 Bournemouth
July 25, 20159 yr 01 Chelsea 02 Arsenal 03 Manchester United 04 Manchester City 05 Liverpool 06 Southampton 07 Spurs 08 Crystal Palace 09 Everton 10 Stoke 11 Swansea 12 West Ham 13 Aston Villa 14 Sunderland 15 Newcastle 16 Bournemouth 17 West Brom 18 Leicester 19 Norwich 20 Watford
July 26, 20159 yr 1 Chelsea 2. Arsenal 3. Manchester United 4. Liverpool 5. Manchester City 6. Tottenham Hotspur 7. Stoke City 8. Swansea 9. Everton 10. Newcastle United 11. Southampton 12. West Brom 13. Crystal Palace 14. West Ham United 15. Norwich City 16. Watford 17. Aston Villa 18. Sunderland 19. Leicester City 20. Bournemouth
July 26, 20159 yr 01 Man City 02 Chelsea 03 Arsenal 04 Man Utd 05 Liverpool 06 Tottenham 07 Swansea 08 Crystal Palace 09 Everton 10 Southampton 11 Stoke 12 Newcastle 13 West Ham 14 West Brom 15 Watford 16 Norwich 17 Sunderland 18 Bournemouth 19 Leicester 20 Aston Villa
July 26, 20159 yr Top 4 is too hard to call really, Chelsea were too dull and haven't strengthened enough from last season and I can't predict Arsenal for the title as much as it's their best chance and I'd love them to win it, think City will just about clinch it this year, looks like they're going to make one more big signing. Sterling and Delph will improve them despite all the benchwarming jokes, but they do need Kompany to find form again, think Mangala will settle and be good this year. Who knows with United, they should improve, but they flattered to deceive last year and think they need to improve a lot to catch the top 3. Palace being woefully under-predicted, with Southampton and West Ham being in Europa League and Stoke losing their best outfield player I think they're best positioned to challenge Swansea for 'best of the rest'. Warnock aside they've been class for the last 18 months, Cabaye the best signing of the season by far. A centre half to partner Dann is all they really need now, they've a brilliant team. I've lumped on them to finish higher than last season. Can't see Villa not going down, poor manager and lost their best defender, midfielder and striker, it's about time they went down. Can't see Leicester doing much, odd choice of manager and Cambiasso a massive loss. Watford could do anything, wouldn't surprise me if they finished 10th or 20th to be honest, they've made some excellent signings but who knows how they'll gel. Norwich will be the most solid of the promoted teams, Bournemouth will entertain but a tough April-May means they have too much pressure to survive early, and that didn't work for Norwich and Hull in the last two seasons.
July 26, 20159 yr 1 Chelsea 2 Manchester United 3 Arsenal 4 Manchester City 5 Liverpool 6 Tottenham Hotspur 7 Everton 8 Stoke City 9 Swansea City 10 Crystal Palace 11 Southampton 12 Newcastle United 13 Watford 14 Sunderland 15 Aston Villa 16 West Ham United 17 Norwich City 18 West Bromwich Albion 19 Bournemouth 20 Leicester City Watford will be the shock team this year, they've made some great signings. I can't see Pulis being relegated so I think he'll leave before the season has finished. West Ham will be the big underachievers.
July 26, 20159 yr I'm just looking to see how West Ham go in Europe, same for Southampton. West Ham want to push on to the next level, but it will be interesting to see how the start the season as they should be the most 'match-fit' team in theory.
July 26, 20159 yr 01 Chelsea 02 Arsenal 03 Man City 04 Man Utd 05 Liverpool 06 Tottenham 07 Southampton 08 Crystal Palace 09 Swansea 10 Everton 11 Stoke 12 West Brom 13 Norwich 14 Watford 15 West Ham 16 Newcastle 17 Sunderland 18 Bournemouth 19 Leicester 20 Aston Villa
July 29, 20159 yr 1. Chelsea 2. Arsenal - narrowly miss out, like Liverpool 2014 3. Manchester City 4. Manchester United - not creative enough, close between them and City though 5. Liverpool - not really close to 4th tbh 6. Tottenham 7. Stoke 8. Everton 9. Swansea 10. Southampton - drop off due to Europe 11. Crystal Palace - will take points of big teams for sure 12. West Ham - not surprise me if they finish anywhere between 8th and 17th tbh :lol: Less depressing than the end of last season please. 13. West Brom 14. Bournemouth 15. Aston Villa - hope they go down though 16. Norwich - good manager, lots of Premier League experience through the team 17. Newcastle 18. Leicester - strange appointment in Raneri could cost them. 19. Sunderland - about time 20. Watford- most unpredictable team. Could easily stay up, but will Villa or Newcastle slip? As much as I'd wanna see it, it's unlikely The league was very dull last week, and most teams will finish roughly where they did last year if I'm honest. Watford will be the shock team this year, they've made some great signings. I can't see Pulis being relegated so I think he'll leave before the season has finished. West Ham will be the big underachievers. Yeah, not enough transfer activity was the reason he left Palace and West Brom haven't been the most active this summer. West Ham have made good signings, Payet has been class in preseason. From past experience, they've struggled due to a lack of investment before, not being ambitious enough and failing to capitalise on good seasons. They should be alright. I'm just looking to see how West Ham go in Europe, same for Southampton. West Ham want to push on to the next level, but it will be interesting to see how the start the season as they should be the most 'match-fit' team in theory. Well, last season we had a fantastic start, particularly from the Liverpool win in September to Christmas! That was after a terrible preseason, but they are notoriously difficult to predict as a club tbh. I don't think we'll make the Europa League group stages either, think Southampton could do well though.
July 29, 20159 yr West Ham need to sign a couple of players! Their performance in the Europa League was laughable!
July 29, 20159 yr West Ham need to sign a couple of players! Their performance in the Europa League was laughable! Out of the players who played in Malta, only Adrian, Cresswell, Noble and Kouyate are arguably first-choice. I'd say the rest are substitutes or being played to put them in the shop window (which has backfired :lol:). Players like Nolan, Maiga, Jarvis, O'Brien and Zarate are not the future!
July 29, 20159 yr Nolan needs to go. I remember thinking that Zarate would be an incredible purchase.
July 29, 20159 yr 01 Chelsea 02 Man City 03 Arsenal 04 Man Utd 05 Liverpool 06 Tottenham 07 Southampton 08 Stoke 09 Newcastle 10 Swansea 11 Everton 12 Crystal Palace 13 West Ham 14 Leicester 15 Norwich 16 West Brom 17 Aston Villa 18 Watford 19 Sunderland 20 Bournemouth Think it's either Aston Villa or Sunderland's time up, undecided who yet! Bournemouth and Watford will probs go down, but I can see Watford battling until the last day. Being in the Europa League could affect West Ham's PL performance but it depends if they make it past the qualifiers! Think Stoke and Newcastle will be stronger this season - went with conservative predictions of 8th and 9th but could well challenge for Europa!
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