Here are my predictions of how I think the Premier League will finish at the end of the 2008/2009 season. Manchester United will continue to excel, while I believe Spurs have the talent and determination to break into the top four knocking Liverpool into fifth place.
Liverpool has done well to capture Robbie Keane, but the team still lacks depth in key positions especially if injuries or suspensions affect some of their players.
At the other end of the table, I don’t see the newcomers from the Championship making much of an impact in the Premier League, while clubs such as Fulham, Newcastle and Bolton will suffer another agonizing and depressing season near the lower depths of the league.
Here are my predictions:
1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Tottenham Hotspur
5. Liverpool
6. Aston Villa
7. Portsmouth
8. Blackburn Rovers
9. Everton
10. Manchester City
11. Sunderland
12. West Ham United
13. Wigan Athletic
14. Middlesbrough
15. Newcastle United
16. Fulham
17. Bolton Wanderers
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18. West Bromwich Albion
19. Hull City
20. Stoke City
How do you think the table for the Premier League will end after the season ends? Post your predictions by clicking the comments link below.
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Evbo Amufi
August 22, 2009 at 2:40 am
The games started out extremely strong this season with some bizarre surprises. Its early days, so let’s see where they’ll all stand at the end of Game week 5. Arsenal is always the best, regardless if they win trophies or not. This shows that its not about buying ready-made players. All you player haters, watch out for the GUNNERS!
justin
August 12, 2009 at 10:40 am
i am a MK dons supporter so i am not biased towards any team in the prem, but i love the excitment of the prem and watch every game i can
1. chelsea
(they r looking very storng pre-season and have the grit to grind out 1-0 or 2-1 victories. carlo ancelotti looks like he has polished off a very good team, and hes managed it without bringing any real big signing into the mix, bringing in zhirkov has only strengthend the team but the biggest change has been in the newly re-vitalized chemistry between the exiting players )
2. arsenal
(they may be a young team but they r begining to gain experience and the departure of toure and ade’s wont efect them much coz eduardo is looking sharp, the new defender is highly regarded and wilshere is looking very promising for them this year)
3. man u
(i dont think they will win a 4th prem in a row and loosing ronaldo will reriously effect the goal tally, but its undeniable that they will push for it again with the team and managment that they have)
4. liverpool
(i love liverpool, i think torres and gerrard are the 2 best players in the prem now that rons gone, but i don’t think they can keep up with the other three, they did well last season by finishing above chelsea and arsenal but they have both improved a lot in the last few months and i dont see an improvment in the liverpool team so far)
5. tottenham
(they have made some very cleaver signings over the summer, i dont rate chouch that highly but paired with defoe, they r sure to give deffences a chalange and there deffence is looking stronger than ever if king can sort out his injury problems)
6. everton
(everton is a strong team, they dont have many big names but work well together and i think thats all down to david moyes, hes a great manager and i think he will keep everton in one of the uafa cup spots)
7. man city
(i am doutfull that the mega money spending will pull off this season, in years to come they will gel and become more of a threat just as chelsea did well they became wealthy, but they realy have no choice but to get into a eurapian spot dew to the pressure that surrounds them)
8. aston villa
(i like villa and the manager, and i dont like the thought that they may not get into a eurapian spot but the signing of downing is not enough to compensate the depature of barry and other teams around them have got stronger, they missed there chance to get into the top 4 last year, and im sure they are not going to get another chance for a few years to come)
9. west ham
(zola,s had his first bite of being a prem manager and he did well last year, hes got a good group of players and they will do well again this year)
10.sunderland
( sunderland have a bit of money now and with campbell and jones upfont, they could pull off a few supprises)
11. blackburn
(i think blackburn is an allround good team, there are no real stand out names now that santa cruz has gone but each player has good qualaties)
12. stoke
( i think they will be a real supprise package this season, with beattie, fuller and delaps throw ins, they wont be short on goals)
13. bolton
(i dont think they will suffer like they did last season, but they wont get into the top half of the table)
14. fulham
(fulham did amazingly well last year under hodgson, but i think its only because of the deffence, they had the 4th best deffencive record last year behind the top 3 teams, but if hangeland gose to arsenal and hughes gets injurd at any point through the season, then they realy have no one to back them up, i think a fulham drop will be the suprise of the season)
15. wolves
( wolves will do well this year, i think they will score quite a few goals with ebanks-blake and doyle upfront, but will struggle at the back)
16. wigan
(i think they will fall a little but i wouldn’t be to worried about relegating this year coz i can realy see my next 4 teams being the teams fighting for safety)
17. portmouth
(pompy r realy going to struggle this year but i hope (more than i think) that they will stay up, if they do, it will prob be because of david james, hes a great keeper and with him in ur side, uv always got a chance)
18. birmingham
(i dont think they are a good enough team to stay in the prem)
19. burnly
( i would love to see them do well this year but i thin they will struggle like derby did a few years ago when they only got 11 points all season, i dont think they will do quite so badly but not by much)
20. hull
( i dont realy like the manager phil brown or hull on the hole, when things were geting tuff about halfway through the season they started to act like children that couldn’t get there own way, and i dont think they were good enough to stay in the prem last year but they managed it because of the points there gaind early in the season, and i dont think they r good enough to stay in the prem this year)
the top 4 was very hard to choose but i realy think chelsea will win it, man u will deffinatly be in the top 3, i think arsenal will pick up consistancy because i can see a real comparison to the invincables from 2004, and i think liverppol wont be realy tested but 5th and 6th but wont do as well as the other three big teams.
arsenal will win the F.A. cup this year beacuse they need to win somthing
i think ether arsenal or man u will win the carling cup (arsenal because there kids will want to show off and man u because i cant see them wining nothing this year)
and real madrid or inter milan will win the chamions league.
THE KOP
August 2, 2009 at 7:01 am
okay ….. Liverpool 1
man city 2
Chelsea 3
arsenal 4
Aston / Everton 5
stoke/Tottenham/wolves/Fulham 6
the rest
RELEGATION
Burnley
Portsmouth
middlesboro
(don’t no the relegation order)
Domcfcs09/10
August 16, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Boro aren’t even in the premiership mate. Portsmouth relegated with hull and burnley. 1. Man city. 2. Chelsea 3. Man u 4. Liverpool 5 arsenal 6. Villa.
The Saint
May 17, 2009 at 9:03 am
Skates are safe though……hmff!
Daveywavey
May 17, 2009 at 8:59 am
We’ll see what happens next week, eh?
Personally, I think that it is pretty safe to say that ScuMBerland will be relegated as will smoggies and baggies.
safcfan
May 17, 2009 at 8:07 am
its funny to look at all these predictions as the season comes to an end! how wrong were we all lol
Bob
April 20, 2009 at 8:31 am
DERBY COUNTY PREM 2010/11… CMON U RAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Simon
April 20, 2009 at 8:28 am
Hull higher than stoke? hahahaha Righttt i love how everyone was doubting stoke now look ha…Come on you potters!
greg
March 23, 2009 at 5:57 pm
“Hull Higher than Stoke.
No chance for West Brom
Man U= Unbeatable” – not quite !!!!!
greg
March 23, 2009 at 5:54 pm
1 man utd
2 liverpool
3 chelsea
4 arsenal
18 newcastle
19 middlesbrough
20 wba
Cheese on Toast
March 13, 2009 at 8:48 am
1. Man U
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Villa
5. Aresenal
6 . Everton
7. Wigan
8. Fulham
9. West Ham
10. Tottenham
11. Bolton
12. Man City
13. Sunderland
14. Stoke
15. Blackburn
16. Portsmouth
17. Newcastle
18. Hull City
19. Boro
20. West Brom
Spence
March 9, 2009 at 6:50 pm
top 5:
1. Man Utd
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Liverpool
I don’t know why you people are going on about how bad United is this year, they are obviously the best team in the league right now, maybe even Europe.
Connor B
March 9, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Hull Higher than Stoke.
No chance for West Brom
Man U= Unbeatable
Hull will also go from strength to strength
Connor B
March 9, 2009 at 5:08 pm
1 Manchester United
2 Chelsea
3 Liverpool
4 Aston Villa
5 Arsenal
6 Everton
7 Manchester City
8 Wigan Athletic
9 West Ham United
10 Bolton Wanderers
11 Fulham
12 Tottenham Hotspur
13 Sunderland
14 Hull City
15 Blackburn Rovers
16 Stoke City
17 Portsmouth
18 Newcastle United
19 Middlesbrough
20 West Browich Albion
MikeSCFC
March 5, 2009 at 9:14 am
More than half of you have put Stoke City rock bottom.
how wrong you all are
2 points from liverpool
4 from villa
3 from arsenal(so far)
NEARLY got a point at chelsea(cheers frank)
i think we will surprise alot of people and stay up
we’re destined to be a premiership team. we’ve got the support(loudest in the league), the stadium(sell out crowds) and (now) the players.
1. man u
2. liverpool
3. chelsea
4. arsenal
5. villa
everyone else
15. stoke
16. hull
17. blackburn
18. newcastle
19. middlesborough
20. west brom
Fred Johnny
March 5, 2009 at 7:29 am
1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
Mark my word.
saram
March 5, 2009 at 6:33 am
manunited the best time ever
Stuart
February 17, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Sunderland relegated? lol get real mate theyre doing well at the min not amazing but better team than most!!, Hull may survive but no way will they be a top 10 team theyre doing bad bad bad at the minute lol only The Boro worse!! my predictions…
1.Man Utd
2.Chelsea
3.Liverpool
4.Aston Villa- possibly 3rd awesome team at the minute
5.Arsenal
6.Everton
7.West Ham
8.Man City
9.Tottenham
10.Sunderland
11.Blackburn
12.Wigan
13.Bolton
14.Fulham
15.Hull
16.Middlesbourgh
17.Portsmouth
18.Newcastle – bad situation at the min hell i dont even hate them feel bad for them.
19.West Brom
20.Stoke
Sland fan myself just my predictions
connor
February 7, 2009 at 1:34 pm
perfect mate
hull to win it ;):P
agaf
January 27, 2009 at 8:44 am
Villa to win
Mat
January 18, 2009 at 8:17 pm
1.Man Utd
2.Liverpool
3.Arsenal
4.Chelsea
5.Aston Villa
6.Man City
7.Everton
8.Fulham
9.Spurs
10.Portsmouth
11.Blackburn
12.Wigan
13.Sunderland
14.Newcastle
15.Bolton
16.Middlesbourgh
17.West Ham
18.Hull
19.West Brom
20.Stoke
thelad
January 2, 2009 at 5:36 am
liverpool
chelsea
manure
villa
everton
spurs
arsenal
pompey
fulham
hull
bolton
sunderland
boro
man city
wigan
west ham
blackburn
newcastle
stoke
west brom
Villa Hardcore
December 14, 2008 at 9:49 am
I have a feeling this will happen….
1)Chelsea
2)Man Utd
3)Liverpool
4)Aston Villa
5)Arsenal
6)Everton
7)Spurs
8)Pompey
9)Fulham
10)Newcastle
11)Man City
12)Hull
13)Bolton
14)Boro
15)Wigan
16)Blackburn
17)West Ham
18)Sunderland
19)Stoke
20)West Brom
Pompey mad
December 10, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Here is what will happen
1 Chelsea
2 Man U
3 Liverpool
4 Arsenal
5 Villa
6 Spurs
7 Pompey – come on Blue Army!
8 Everton
9 Man City
10 Hull
11Fulham
12 Wigan
13 Bolton
14 Blackburn
15 Borough
16 Newcastle
17West ham
18 Stoke
19 Sunderland
20 West Brom
'fraid that this will actually happen – and there's nothing anyone can do about it
Connor B
December 8, 2008 at 3:34 pm
i agree with applepie :L
Us hull
r awsome
Connor B
December 8, 2008 at 3:30 pm
your all wrong :L
Chelsea
Liverpool
Manchester United
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Everton
Portsmouth
Tottenham Hotspur
Hull City
Bolton Wanderers
Fulham FC
Middlesbrough
Manchester City
Newcastle United
Stoke City
Wigan Atletic
Blackburn Rovers
West Ham United
Sunderland
West Brom
Connor B
December 8, 2008 at 3:25 pm
hmm, i bet your tables different with hulls start eh?
hull= 10th mate
applepie
November 2, 2008 at 12:40 pm
whats with hull endlin up last!!!! lol they are superb
shkumbin
October 31, 2008 at 9:28 am
1arsenal
2liverpool
3chellsea
4man united
5aston villa
6hull city
7manchester city
8everton
9portsmuth
10boro
11westhum
12fulham
13wigan
14sunderlnad
15spurs
16bolton
17newcastle
19stoce
20westbrome
i cant remeber the 18 lol
kkfla737
October 5, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Man do my picks look bad already. Spurs 10th? Man did I over rate them. Liverpool 5th? bad, bad bad. City, 17th? Might have happened if Robinho hadn't been bought and Villa 4th………not happening. Not one of my better days when I made these picks apparently.
Poo head
October 5, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Hull
Wigan
Man United
Spurs
Liverpool to get relagated
Oliver
October 5, 2008 at 1:18 pm
1) Man United
2) Arsenal
3) Chelsea
4) Liverpool
5) Man City
6) Tottenham
7) Aston villa
8) Portsmouth
9) Everton
10) West Ham
11) Blackburn
12) Sunderland
13) Newcastle
14) Middlesboro
15) Wigan
16) Hull
17) West Brom
18) Fulham
19) Bolton
20) Stoke
Peter
September 16, 2008 at 3:08 am
AHH what about robinho. we all know what he can do, but it looks liek the people before me dont
1. Chealsea
2.Arsenal
3.Liverpool
4MAN U man u and city could switch around depending on how the team works
5.Man c with robinho
6 everton
Peter
September 16, 2008 at 2:56 am
why are most people putting city as 10 onward, i go for Everton but I don't think people release what Robinho will do for there squad
1.Chelsea
2.Arsenal
3.Man U
4.Man C
5.LIverpool
6.Everton
I was not sure I think man U and man C might switch positions but if Rolando doesn't hurt himself any more it will stay as predicted.
reply to what you think about that
Rudolf
September 16, 2008 at 12:00 am
I don't think Liverpool will last in the top four for very long.
I'm judging the top 6 from the performances I've seen so far.
1 – Arsenal
2 – Chelsea
3 – Man UTD
4 – Aston Villa
5 – Liverpool
6 – Everton
Luke
September 12, 2008 at 3:57 am
West Brom 15th? Sunderland 19th? Newcastle 10th? what are you on?
Vatana.Chan
September 11, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I think that this 2008-2009 season, the top five would be as below:
1/ Liverpool
2/Chelsea
3/Man Utn
4/Arsenal
5/Man City
shkumnin
September 11, 2008 at 3:00 pm
1 arsnal(thats for sure,arsnal has so many players to come in these coming months they will help them to make it this seasen)
2 chellsea
3 liverpool
4man u (they will never fight seriosly for the first psition)
5 man city or villa(i gest man city)
the others dont matter,just will be ok if spurs will and in top 10
I AM AN ARSENAL FAN-GUNNER
shkumnin
September 11, 2008 at 2:55 pm
yes not surprise i think,they all know arsenal can do that,but they dont want to belive that
shkumnin
September 11, 2008 at 2:54 pm
when did u become the best,hahahaha the last 5 years?where is ur history man?!u will never catch the arsenal u will never beat arsenal and become tha best u all chellsea fans know it.
and just to be fair its going to be such a great war betwenn u and us-cheske and arsenal for the first place,but i really hope arsenal can do it,thew need they should.
the others to fight for the title noway.man u sure not,they dont have theeeeee…..liverpool i dont belive they know how to win the premier leag,the others can't do nothing more than they have don in these years
shkumnin
September 11, 2008 at 2:52 pm
when did u become the best,hahahaha the last 5 years?where is ur history man?!u will never catch the arsenal u will never beat arsenal and become tha best u all chellsea fans know it.
and just to be fair its going to be such a great war betwenn u and us-cheske and arsenal for the first place,but i really hope arsenal can do it,thew need they should.
the others to fight for the title noway.man u sure not,they dont have theeeeee…..liverpool i dont belive they know how to win the premier leag,the others can't do nothing more than they have don in these years
Jack H
September 10, 2008 at 6:12 am
1. CHELSEA
2. manutd
3. Arsenal
4. Liverpool
5. Man City
6. POMPEY !!!
7. Aston Villa
8. Everton
9. Sunderland
10. spurs
11. west ham
12. wigan
13. Newcastle United
14. boro
15. blackburn
16. Hull City
17.Fulham
18. Bolton
19. WBA
20. Stoke
im a pompey fan , reckon well get to the finals of europe. whys everyone rating man city so low ? they got robinho you fools…. spurs will be poo as they have one striker and hes Bent ahahhah and hopefully im wrong about hull, want them 2 stay up!!
look forward to watching alll your teams get beat at fratton this year
PLAY UP POMPEY!!!
JAYJAY NWOSU
September 5, 2008 at 1:24 am
I AM SURE THIS SEASON WILL NOT BE EASY FOR ANY TEAM DOWN THERE.I AM ARSENAL FAN BUT I AM SEENING THIS SEASON ENDING UP……….
1. MAN.UNITED
2.ARSENAL
3.CHELSEA
4.MAN.CITY
5.LIVERPOOL
6.TOTTENHAM
7.ASTONVILLA
8.SUNDERLAND
9.PORSMOUTH
10.NEWCASTTLE
11.EVERTON
Vinay
August 19, 2008 at 11:58 am
this is -and should be:
1. Arsenal(always the best)
2. Chelsea(Close to Arsenal)
3. Manchester United
4. Tottenham Hotspurs(May surprise you)
5. Liverpool
6. Portsmouth
7. Aston Villa
8. Manchester City
9. West Ham
10. Sunderland
shkumbini
August 19, 2008 at 9:16 am
this is -and should be
1 ARSENAL(will surprise u)
-2 chelsea
-3 liverpool
-4 man united
-5 aston villa(even fighting with man u for the 4th
-6totehnam hotspurs
-7 manchester city
-8 portsmuth
-9 westhum
-10 fulham or sunderland
hefa
August 18, 2008 at 11:04 am
chelsea are the best in the west east north south and evrey were else
hefa
August 18, 2008 at 11:02 am
chelsea are the best
hefa
August 18, 2008 at 11:01 am
man u are the rubbishist team ever
hefa
August 17, 2008 at 12:27 pm
man u liverpool wont make it
hefa
August 17, 2008 at 12:24 pm
this is it
1.chelsae
2.arsenal
3.spurs
4.villa
5.newcasle
6.sunderland
7.everton
8.pompey
9.bolton
10.fullham
11.wba
12.stock city
13.hull city
14.blackburn
15.middlesbro
16.westham
17.wigan
r18.man u
r19.liverpool
r20.man city
7
OmzB27
August 16, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Well Jaylad do u really tink everton r gonna challenge for 4th spot wen dey lost a lot of der key players?
They had unknown players on der bench. Dey got lucky yesterday.
Jaylad
August 16, 2008 at 12:26 pm
well
3-2 for bburn
haha tottenham got beat lmao!
JLay
August 15, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Jay – speaking for myself, I put them at 11 because I think that the loss of Bentley is really going to hurt Blackburn. I also keep reading rumors about Santa Cruz. I doubt that they’d be dumb enough to offload him, but they’d be ruined if they did…
Everton are another class team on the fringes, but I don’t see any improvement over last year’s lineup – therefore I can’t figure out why they’d move up th list. Arteta and Cahill are a top-caliber midfield duo when they’re healthy, but one or the other is usually hurt. They also need a better striker than Yak. That said, they’re one of the most technically solid teams in the league, and I loove to watch them play – I just don’t think that they are going to improve over last year.
Tottenham and Villa made significant moves to improve their teams, while Arsenal took a big step backwards IMO – but it’s all conjecture till they hit the pitch tomorrow…
Jaylad
August 15, 2008 at 12:27 pm
lmao, why does everyone think blackburn will not do very well?
ok i undertsnad maybe not top 7/8 but definately still in the top 10!
get a grip tottenham will never break into top 4 and neither will villa or portsmouth if anyone does its still everton for me.
James
August 14, 2008 at 7:54 am
1. Man United
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Arsenal
5. Tottenham
6. Aston Villa
7. Everton
8. Portsmouth
9. Man City
10. Middlesbrough
11. Blackburn
12. Sunderland
13. Newcastle
14. Fulham
15. West Ham
16. Wigan
17. West Brom
18. Stoke
19. Bolton
20. Hull
Jeff
August 13, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Just can’t see Tottenham make that much of a run espeically if their other top strike goes off to Man U as speculated. Expect Villa to be the main team fighting into the Top4, replacing either Liverpool or Arsenal who both have failed to improve their teams all that much.
Paco
August 13, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Ok ready? If you don’t know jack sh*t about the bottom half of the table then only post your top 10. You people putting Wigan 20th are retarded, and you don’t need to be a Wigan fan to know that.
Dave 47
August 13, 2008 at 3:22 am
15. Stoke
The rest don’t matter
Charlie
August 13, 2008 at 12:01 am
1 – Manchester United
2 – Chelsea
3 – Arsenal
4 – Liverpool
5 – Aston Villa
6 – Tottenham
7 – Pompey
8 – Everton
9 – Blackburn
10 – Boro
11 – West Ham
12 – Newcastle
13 – Sunderland
14 – Man City
15 – Wigan
16 – Bolton
17 – Fulham
18 – Hull
19 – West Brom
20 – Stoke
James
August 12, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Everyone is writing hull off.
everyone thinks hull will go down.
but they have mad some really really good signings.
16. Hull City
17.Bolton
_________________
18.Fulham
19.West Brom
20. Stoke City
No More Yanks
August 12, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Man United to win the title again.
The stinking Yanks to lose today and be eliminated in the sport you call SUCKER.
SSReporters
August 12, 2008 at 3:51 pm
1. Glory Glory Man United!
2. Liverpool
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal
5. Aston Villa
6. Everton
7. Tottenham
8. Pompey
9. Blackburn
10. Newcastle
11. West Ham
12. Boro
13. Sunderland
14. Man City
15. WBA
16. Bolton
17. Hull (surprise team)
_________________
18. Fulham
19. Sunderland
20. Stoke
ossie's dream
August 12, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Gaffer, interesting that you have the three promoted sides all going back down. That’s sad, isn’t it?
Interesting that no one has anything to say about that.
DanishFFCfan
August 12, 2008 at 2:34 pm
1. United
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Arsenal
5. Man City (Surprise package of the season, if Hughes stays as manager)
6. Portsmouth
7. Spurs
8. Villa
9. Everton
10. Blackburn
11. West Ham
12. Newcastle
13. Sunderland
14. Fulham
15. Wigan
16. Middblesbrough
17. WBA
18. Bolton
19. Stoke
20. Hull
Kartik Krishnaiyer
August 12, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Chelsea
Arsenal
Man U
Aston Villa
Liverpool
West Ham
Pompey
Everton
Sunderland
Spurs
Blackburn
Boro
Wigan
Newcastle
West Brom
Bolton
City
—————-
Hull
Fulham
Stoke
mike
August 12, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Arsenal
Man U
Chelsea
Liverpool
Aston Villa
Tottenham
Portsmouth
Everton
Blackburn
Sunderland
Man City
West Ham
Middlesboro
Newcastle
Bolton
Fulham
WBA
Wigan
Stoke
Hull
JLay
August 12, 2008 at 1:41 pm
1. United
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Tottenham
5. Arsenal
6. Everton
7. Villa
8. Portsmouth
9. Newcastle
10. Sunderland
11. Blackburn
12. West Ham
13. Fulham
14. Boro
15. Man City
16. Bolton
17. Wigan
18. West Brom
19. Stoke
20. Hull
United return the same squad that doubled last year – and look likely to cover their only real weakness with another big-name striker. Those of you who predict a 3rd place finish are insane – this United team is the most talented and deepest in the league. Chelsea is the only team in the league that can even come close.
Chelsea had a run of very harsh injuries last year – and could challenge again this year if they stay healthy. But they won’t – there is a reason for all of the injuries. Most of their key players are over 30, and Lamps / Drogba don’t seem to have the same fire as they did 2-3 seasons ago. I think injuries to Drogba, Terry, Lampard and/or Deco will take the wind out of their sails this year as well.
Keane (and possibly Barry) make Liverpool a much scarier side. If Benitez is smart enough to keep his best 11 on the pitch this year, they very well may pip Chelsea for the #2 spot. Babel comes into his own this year, giving the scousers three legit scoring threats. They will, however, miss Crouch’s timely, awkward goals in the last 20 minutes of two or three games.
Tottenham have an amazing array of attacking talent at their disposal – but the loss of Keane and possibly Berba will truly hurt them. Horrible defensive side, but they can light just about anybody up for 4 goals on any given night. I’m giving them the edge over Arsenal on the assumption that they won’t sell Berba without a “like for like” replacement waiting in the wings.
I think that you’ll see Arsenal off to a fast start again this year, as they have a fairly easy schedule over the first two months – again, it will evaporate quickly. This side don’t lack experience in my mind, they lack toughness. As much as I love to watch them attack, the incessant whining, diving and crying turn my stomach. Fabregas and Nasri will be formidable, and Van Persie can be a stud if he can stay healthy. I don’t see Adebayor coming anywhere near his total from last year though.
The JLay has spoken, so it shall be…
Desmond - Prooxie.com
August 12, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Somehow, i think Fulham will move a bit up with AJ in their squad. I also think Stoke will avoid relegation and the top 4 will remain with Arsenal beating Spurs just a few points away.
Newcastle might not be so low, maybe in the mid-table.
The top 4 challenger will be Portsmouth, SPurs and Villa.
And for sure, Blackburn might be in the relegation zone. West Brom’s loss for Kevin Phillips is too big. Hull is even worse
Chris
August 12, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Here’s how I see it…
1. Liverpool
2. Man Utd.
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Aston Villa
6. Tottenham
7. Portsmouth
8. West Ham
9. Everton
10. Middlesbrough
11. Blackburn
12. Manchester City
13. Newcastle United
14. Wigan
15. Sunderland
16. Bolton
17. West Brom
18. Fulham
19. Stoke
20. Hull
tampasoccer
August 12, 2008 at 11:19 am
Wow. Everyone predicting Chelsea to win it. Me too, actually. Spurs, as someone already pointed out, still have a bad defense. Will finish 5th-7th. I can see L’pool edgeing Arsenal for third, and Villa is probably the only team that can challenge the big four at the moment.
West Brom will stay up, Blackburn will have a difficult year, Man City are in peril due to recent developments with their scumbag of an owner. It’s easy to say that both Hull and Stoke are going down.
Should be another fantastic season, a lot to look forward to. I would have loved to see how 2/3 of the top Russian players fare in the Premier League, but nothing so far.
The_Arse
August 12, 2008 at 11:16 am
Tottenham will be better, but to go from 11th to 4th
is much too steep of a climb. With Berbatov on the verge of a move to Man U, who will score the goals?
The top 4 will be a repeat from last season. Who cares where everyone else finishes?
Dave M
August 12, 2008 at 9:55 am
If Tottenham manage to gel and crack the top four, here’s hoping it’s those decrepit old fogies at Chelsea that find themsleves staring up at their bums from the fifth spot.
Charlie Hustle
August 12, 2008 at 9:52 am
1. Chelsea
2. Liverpool
3. Man U
4. Arsenal
5. Tottenham
6. Aston Villa
Then a bunch of average teams.
18. Bolton
19. Hull City
20. Stoke
lee hendricks
August 12, 2008 at 9:21 am
1. Chelsea
2. Arsenal
3. Man. U
4. Aston Villa
5. Tottenham
6. Liverpool
7. Everton
8. Sunderland
9. Newcastle
10. M’Boro
11. Blackburn
12. Portsmouth
13. West Ham
14. Fulham
15. West Brom
16. Man City
17. Hull
18. Bolton
19. Stoke
20. Wigan
Tom
August 12, 2008 at 9:12 am
i definatly think its chelsea’s year. i think fergurson is scared of chelsea and going abit potty tbh so i dont see man u repeating last year.
1. CHELSEA
2. Liverpool
3. Man U
4. Tottenham
5. Aresnal
6. Portsmouth
7. Man City
8. Everton
9. Aston Villa
10. Newcastle
11. Sunderland
12. Blackburn
13. Middlesbrough
14. West Ham
15. Fulham
16. Bolton
17. West Bromwich Albion
18. Wigan
19. Hull City
20. Stoke City
something like that for top ten not reall sure about bottom half, apart from stoke and hull failing.
Stevey
August 12, 2008 at 8:19 am
Villa are the only team that will crack the top 4 this season! We’ve bought a whole new defence so all those goals we let in last season will be plugged. Doesn’t everybody remember that Villa scored the 2nd most amount of goals in EPL last season behind Man Utd?
Ben
August 12, 2008 at 8:09 am
Newcastle 15th? Are you kidding me?
Raatzie
August 12, 2008 at 7:31 am
Is this a repost from last year?
Matthew
August 12, 2008 at 5:53 am
1. Chelsea
2. Man U
3. Liverpool
4. Aresnal
5. Tottenham
6. Portsmouth
7. Everton
8. Aston Villa
9. Man City (if they manage to keep their squad)
10. Sunderland
11. Blackburn
12. Middlesbrough
13. West Ham
14. Newcastle
15. Fulham
16. Bolton
17. West Bromwich Albion
18. Wigan
19. Hull City
20. Stoke City
Arsenal lost Hleb and Flamini and their best replacement was Nasri. I think their season is contingent on the Young Guns emerging (Walcott, Bendtner, and Ramsey).
Tottenham look great on paper, I still think their defense is a little suspect though. I think they finish 5th but in a year the top 4 will be broken.
Peanut
August 12, 2008 at 5:45 am
1 Hull City
2 Stoke City
3 West Bromwich Albion
Eyob
August 12, 2008 at 4:12 am
1 Chelsea
2 Liverpool
3 Manchester united
4 Tottenham
5 Arsenal
6 Newcastle United
7 Everton
8 Sunderland
9 Aston Villa
10 West Ham United
11 Middlesbrough
12 Wigan Athletic
13 Portsmouth
14 Fulham
15 Blackburn Rovers
16 Manchester City
17 West Bromwich Albion
18 Hull City
19 Bolton Wanderers
20 Stoke City
liverbird
August 12, 2008 at 2:57 am
spurs has quality but not the experience in key positions. their defense is still one of the worst. i would still give them a couple of years until they start to really attack the top four…if they keep the talent and coaches which they have brought in.
liverbird
August 12, 2008 at 2:40 am
i agree with most…but top 5.
1 chelsea
2 liverpool
3 manchester united
4 tottenham
5 arsenal
SamSpur
August 12, 2008 at 2:13 am
haha Robbie Keane would love that result, wouldn’t he?
seriously though, bold choice with Spurs there. As much as I want to believe it, just too many changes which will take time to gel, and too much question about the fitness of the back line. Still, Spurs IMO have just as much quality as the top 4, and should be no worse than 5th.
Here’s how I see it:
1 Manchester United
2 Chelsea
3 Liverpool
4 Arsenal
5 Tottenham Hotspur
6 Portsmouth
7 Everton
8 Sunderland
9 Aston Villa
10 West Ham United
11 Middlesbrough
12 Wigan Athletic
13 Newcastle United
14 Fulham
15 Blackburn Rovers
16 Manchester City
17 West Bromwich Albion
18 Hull City
19 Bolton Wanderers
20 Stoke City
Man City are in DEEP trouble from what I hear, I see a lot of the club bailing, including Hughes.