Optimistic Nut Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 1.Arsenal 2.Chelsea 3.Man U 4.Liverpool 5.Spurs 6.Everton 7.Villa 8.Newcastle 9.Pompey 10.Blackburn 11.City 12.Bolton 13.West Ham 14.Sunderland 15.Boro 16.Reading 17.Fulham 18.Birmingham 19.Drby 20.Wigan Pisstake? No. Man U are signing players they don't need, albeit excellent ones. They still don't have a reliable centre forward, neither Tevez or Rooney are this. They'll play 433 in an attempt to fit everyone in, it won't work. They won't be as good as last season. Wenger will do what Wenger does. Sell one of his star players again and struggle to finish 4th? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Between Spurs, us, West Ham, Everton and Villa for the next few places. Whoever gets Bellamy finishes 5th. (That's a bold one) Liverpool for fifth then. Smartass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Not convinced about West Ham. No Tevez, Parker isn't a great deal better than Reo-Coker and seem to have problems recruiting. Can actually see them struggling again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delima Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 1. Man United Defense long sorted, and now the attacks are sorted too. It is unlikely that all Hargreaves, Nani, Anderson and Tevez all flop. If any of them flops, they still have the current players to rely on. 2. Liverpool They have a good team, good defense they just didn't have a prolific striker. I am in the Torres camp and don't think he is overrated or overpriced. If he flops Liverpool will suffer dearly, but if he doesn't, a partnership of Kuyt and Torres should be very interesting. 3. Arsenal The only direction tehy could go is upward direction. They didn't have Van Persie, Henry and Gallas for much of the season yet games after games they dominated the oppositions and created many chances. Van Persie will be back, Gallas will be back, Adebayor will keep improving. Eduardo might take time to adapt, so I tip Arsenal to be third rather than second. 4. Chelsea There will always be a flop among the top clubs. And Chelsea could well be the one this coming season. They have a lot of quality players, but too many perhaps. Can Mourinho keep them happy and motivated? Dorgba and Lampard, their two star players, have been playing non stop past few seasons can they still produce the same goods this time? 5. Newcastle Sam Allardyce, enough said!! 6. Tottenham Don't think the signing of Darren Bent will improve the club much. They scored enough goals last season, it was the defense that left them down. Bent is better than Keane but how much better? Not much to make a significance. Key player who could make a difference would be Younes Kaboul. How good is him? He will need time to adapt to the Premiership physical nature, so Spurs have to make do with Dawson still yet. 6th for them. 7. Aston Villa Martin O'Neill, Reo Coker, Carew, Young, Agbonlahor etc. 8. Everton Heart wants them to be higher and head thinks that they shuold be lower withuot siginificant transfer activity to improve the squad. So a compromise of 8th seems sensible. Jagielka is an excellent signing for them, but they need a couple more quality players. 9. Blackburn Can't progress significantly without significant money spent in transfer market. 10. Man City Crap team. But with Sven they will do better. 11. Sunderland Boyish enthusiams and shrewd signings (Anderson and Halford so far) will make them a surprise team 12. Portsmouth Still not a big fan of Harry Redknapp, whatever he has done so far. They have a more than decent team however- Muntari, Kanu, Campbell, Distin, Lauren etc. 13. Reading No money no talk. But consistency, good tactics and good application of effort and hardwork should easily ensure another year in Premiership. 14. West Ham Not a big fan of Curbishley. Poor transfer buys, and without Tevez they would have gone down easily. 15. Boro Viduka is a big loss, but their solid defense will save them from relegation. 16. Fulham The Northern Irish contigent will help Sanchez tremendously. 17. Bolton Little Sam is no big Sam. Would struggle badly but saved by veteran professionals like Speed and Campo. 18. Birmingham 19. Wigan 20. Derby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Some interesting points there, Delima. I think Sunderland will struggle a bit, though they'll probably stay up. On paper, I think they had the weakest squad of the three promoted teams and made it on good management and preparation. That'll only take them so far. West Ham seem to be the hardest team to predict, but I think they'll make a few more big signings, and I do rate Curbishley. They also suffered last season from the loss of Gabbidon, who I think is their best defender. I'd say definitely top 8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Chelsea Man U Newcastle Liverpool Spurs Arsenal Everton Blackburn Villa Bolton Pompey West Ham Man City Reading Mackems Birmingham Fulham Boro Wigan Derby I have a good feeling about this season! And not just because of all the activity, just in general. And Man U won't have the dominence that everybody thinks they ewill have on paper! There will be alot of jealosy with the new boys coming in! Chelsea will do there usual 1 nil wins, and take the title, as we will run them and Man u close! You heard it here first! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delima Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Some interesting points there, Delima. I think Sunderland will struggle a bit, though they'll probably stay up. On paper, I think they had the weakest squad of the three promoted teams and made it on good management and preparation. That'll only take them so far. West Ham seem to be the hardest team to predict, but I think they'll make a few more big signings, and I do rate Curbishley. They also suffered last season from the loss of Gabbidon, who I think is their best defender. I'd say definitely top 8. I don't think they have the weakest squad compared to Birmingham and Derby. The quality of their players were there to see last season in the Championship. Granted it is only a championship, but good championship players have often made decent premiership players. Once they have a new left back and goal keeper their defense is sorted. Their midfield is well stocked with decent players, so what they need is a quality striker who could score goals in Premiership. They wanted Nugent and didn't get him. But at least this shows that Keane is not doing nothing and he is actively addressing the weakness of his squad. Birmingham has bought many players, but they have done this in the past and didn't do very well. They might as well stay up at the expense of Bolton or Fulham. Derby, they definitely have the ambition to stay in Premiership - 3M for Robert Earnshaw, 3M for Claude Davies. But their squad have grits rather than true quality. They wouldn't concede too many goals with Davies, Leacock and Moore marshalling the defense, but could they score enough goals? I don't think Curbishley has the ability to do big things. The only tactics he seems to have with West Ham is to spend big and get players. By virtue of average law, the quality of the acquisitions will make the team hard to beat. But without Tevez their savour, where would they find goals? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest microbar Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 With all the upheval this season we need time to gell, the players manager and back room staff, Top ten is all we can hope for and more signings to come in january [1] manure [2] chelski [3] liverpool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 All sunday papers have done it and i know transfers could change standings but predict prem final standings. 1. Man Utd 2. Chelsea 3. Arsenal 4. Liverpool 5. Spurs 6. Pompey 7. Everton 8. Newcastle 9. West Ham 10. Man City 11.Villa 12.Blackburn 13.Bolton 14.Reading 15.Boro 16.Fulham 17.Sunderland 18.Wigan 19.Birmingham 20.Derby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Back in May I thought Everton would do well, think they'll be mid-table now, so I'd have us pushing 6th with Pompey & City. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 1. Man Utd 2. Chelsea 3. Liverpool 4. Arsenal 5. Spurs 6. Newcastle 7. Man City 8. Portsmouth 9. Aston Villa 10. Blackburn 11. Everton 12. West Ham 13. Bolton 14. Birmingham 15. Boro 16. Fulham 17. Wigan 18. Reading 19. Sunderland 20. Derby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 1. Man Utd 2. Chelsea 3. Liverpool 4. Arsenal 5. Spurs 6.Newcastle 7. Aston Villa 8. West Ham 9. Portsmouth 10. Man City 11.Everton 12.Blackburn 13.Bolton 14.Reading 15.Boro 16.Fulham 17.Sunderland 18.Birmingham 19.Wigan 20.Derby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 1. Man Utd 2. Liverpool 3. Chelsea 4. Spurs 5. Arsenal 6. Newcastle 7. Villa 8. Pompey 9. Man City 10. West Ham 11.Everton 12.Bolton 13.Blackburn 14.Reading 15.Derby 16.Fulham 17.Birmingham 18.Sunderland 19.Wigan 20.Boro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 1)Man Utd 2)Liverpool 3)Chelsea 4)Arsenal 5)Newcastle 6)Spurs 7)West Ham 8)Blackburn 9)Villa 10)Bolton 11) Pompey 12) Man City 13) Everton 14) Fulham 15)Birmingham 16) Reading 17) Boro 18)Wigan 19)Mackems 20)Derby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Joe Lovejoy in the ST has us down for 6th behind Spurs, ahead of everton then Blackburn. Chelsea to win, then Man U, then Liverpool iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Fully expecting City to make a serious move up the table this year. They've bought well imo. Everton will drop a bit and Reading will find it much harder this year. Wigan, Fulham, Sunderland and Boro will fight it out to stay up and Derby fans may as well stick a bit of money on themselves to finish 20th - at least they'd be making a bit out of money that way... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest arkanoider Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 1)Man Utd 2)Chelsea 3)Liverpool 4)Newcastle 5)Arsenal 6)Spurs 7)West Ham 8)Man City 9) Everton 10)Bolton 11) Pompey 12) Blackburn 13) Villa 14) Sunderland 15) Boro 16) Reading 17) Birmingham 18)Fulham 19)Wigan 20)Derby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Still not convinced about City, they have bought well but if you are going to down the intelligent, tactical manager route, you need the passion of Wenger to rally the troops when the going gets tough. Still not convinced about Sven to be more accurate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 newly updated version: 1.ManU 2.Liverpool 3.Chelsea 4.Arsenal 5.Spurs 6.Citeh 7.Pompey 8.Toon 9.Villa 10.B'Burn 11.Everton 12.West Ham 13.Bolton 14.Reading 15.Boro 16.Brum 17.Fulham 18.Derby 19.Sunlan 20.Wigan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Why are people so excited about Pompey? Really don't think they are much better than West Ham and when the ACN starts I am sure they will have one striker (Nugent) for about 6 weeks, if he picks up an injury! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Fully expecting City to make a serious move up the table this year. They've bought well imo. Everton will drop a bit and Reading will find it much harder this year. Wigan, Fulham, Sunderland and Boro will fight it out to stay up and Derby fans may as well stick a bit of money on themselves to finish 20th - at least they'd be making a bit out of money that way... i would compare the teams that have just come up to us, citeh and west ham. IMO sunlan have taken a west ham approach, throwing stupid money at players that won't make much of a difference in a vain attempt to stay up, Brum have done what citeh have, spent a lot, but imo spent it well and not overspent on players and derby have done what we have done, not spent that much but have bought quite well. The league is so weak atm regarding the bottom 6 that I expect Wigan and Fulham to be fighting in the relegation battle, and Boro, Reading and Bolton may get dragged in. If a newly promoted team can grind out results it could be enough this season imo. I certainly don't think that Derby are that much weaker than Sunlan, Fulham or Wigan. Its a toss up between them and Fulham imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Dont rate Pompey or City's squads as high as ours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthnufc Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 1.Man U - will win the title 2.Chelsea 3.Spurs - spurs will make the top 3 this season 4.Liverpool 5.Arsenal 6.Newcastle - bit biased but hopefully the toon in the uefa 7.Blackburn 8.Everton 9.Pompey 10.Villa 11.City 12.Bolton 13.West Ham - large improvement this season even tho without tev 14.Reading 15.Boro 16.Sunderland 17.Derby 18.Birmingham 19.Fulham - will make the drop this yeat 20.Wigan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trotter58 Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Birmingham has bought many players, but they have done this in the past and didn't do very well. They might as well stay up at the expense of Bolton or Fulham. Birmingham to stay up at the expense of Bolton?! Are you seriously saying that we are one of the three weakest teams in the Prem?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon55544 Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Birmingham has bought many players, but they have done this in the past and didn't do very well. They might as well stay up at the expense of Bolton or Fulham. Birmingham to stay up at the expense of Bolton?! Are you seriously saying that we are one of the three weakest teams in the Prem?! Injury to Anelka and i think Bolton will struggle. I cant see SL doing much and if he gets a few bad results at the start of the season then i think you could be in serious trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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