AnkleBiter
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Come on then, less than a week to go before the season starts, time to get off that fence...
1) Man City
2) Liverpool
3) Man Utd
4) Chelsea
5) Arsenal
6) Spurs
7) West Ham
8) Everton
9) Palace
10) Wolves
11) Bournemouth
12) Leicester
13) Brighton
14) Burnley
15) Fulham
16) Huddersfield
17) Newcastle
18) Southampton
19) Watford
20) Cardiff
As always, never easy.
I think another 16th placed finish is realistic for us, we've kept all our best players including our 3 loanees from last season, and bolstered the squad with some talent that we were lacking last season. As usual we're relying on Wagner getting the most out of what he's got. Should our additions not go to plan then yes we certainly could go down, but we've no reason to doubt Wagner.
At the top I think Liverpool will run City a lot closer this season but overhauling a 25 point gap from last season is a huge ask. I'm calling a disappointing first season for Spurs at the new stadium, zero signings is poor stuff and I'm a believer in standing still is moving backwards.
Mid table was tough to organise. I rate West Ham's actions this summer so fancy them to be best of the rest. Think Leicester will have an underwhelming season with an underwhelming manager and memories of their title winning squad now very thin. Brighton have been tipped by a few for the drop but like us they haven't lost any stars and seem to have strengthened the squad, and look to have a particularly useful defence which made me put them a bit higher. Burnley will surely struggle with a Thursday-Sunday but Dyche is too clever a bloke to get in any serious danger at the bottom.
At the bottom... Newcastle are unpredictable due to boardroom troubles, I've put them just avoiding the drop but if Rafa stays wouldn't be surprised with another top half finish, despite a worrying pre season. I don't rate Southampton's permenant appointment of Hughes despite saving them last season, or their summer business, so I think the discontent that seems to have been amongst the club for a while now will catch up on them. Similar reasons to putting Watford down there too. And Cardiff.... I feel a sense of guilt for doing to them what everyone did to us last summer, but they must be seriously disappointed with their 'strengthening'? And Warnock is hardly renowned for Premier League relegation battles.
1) Man City
2) Liverpool
3) Man Utd
4) Chelsea
5) Arsenal
6) Spurs
7) West Ham
8) Everton
9) Palace
10) Wolves
11) Bournemouth
12) Leicester
13) Brighton
14) Burnley
15) Fulham
16) Huddersfield
17) Newcastle
18) Southampton
19) Watford
20) Cardiff
As always, never easy.
I think another 16th placed finish is realistic for us, we've kept all our best players including our 3 loanees from last season, and bolstered the squad with some talent that we were lacking last season. As usual we're relying on Wagner getting the most out of what he's got. Should our additions not go to plan then yes we certainly could go down, but we've no reason to doubt Wagner.
At the top I think Liverpool will run City a lot closer this season but overhauling a 25 point gap from last season is a huge ask. I'm calling a disappointing first season for Spurs at the new stadium, zero signings is poor stuff and I'm a believer in standing still is moving backwards.
Mid table was tough to organise. I rate West Ham's actions this summer so fancy them to be best of the rest. Think Leicester will have an underwhelming season with an underwhelming manager and memories of their title winning squad now very thin. Brighton have been tipped by a few for the drop but like us they haven't lost any stars and seem to have strengthened the squad, and look to have a particularly useful defence which made me put them a bit higher. Burnley will surely struggle with a Thursday-Sunday but Dyche is too clever a bloke to get in any serious danger at the bottom.
At the bottom... Newcastle are unpredictable due to boardroom troubles, I've put them just avoiding the drop but if Rafa stays wouldn't be surprised with another top half finish, despite a worrying pre season. I don't rate Southampton's permenant appointment of Hughes despite saving them last season, or their summer business, so I think the discontent that seems to have been amongst the club for a while now will catch up on them. Similar reasons to putting Watford down there too. And Cardiff.... I feel a sense of guilt for doing to them what everyone did to us last summer, but they must be seriously disappointed with their 'strengthening'? And Warnock is hardly renowned for Premier League relegation battles.
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