1. Man City - They have let a few decent players go, but they'll be very strong with the amount of midfield goal scorers they have plus Haaland could easily bag 25+ goals. 2. Liverpool - Nunez will not be as impactful as haaland, this is my main reason for having them 2nd. 3. Spurs - I predict Kane will get a good 20+ goals now he's sure of him staying and also son will be strong as usual. I think they'll be very strong going forward. 4. Chelsea - I think the amount players they've signed will add a lot of depth and they'll be difficult to beat, but lack the firing power up front that Spurs have. Their depth will be enough to keep them in top 4 with CL to concern themselves with. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Arsenal - Despite their new signings, I think they'll still miss out. They'll rely heavily on Jesus to get them over the line and he's never finished a full season. Without Jesus they have nothing up front, and they have Europa games to consider. Their depth not strong enough yet. 6. West Ham 7. Man Utd - Ronaldo may or may not stay, but they're not going to properly replace his impact last season. They'll just about cling onto Europa. --------------------------------------------------------- 8 . Newcastle - I have faith we'll sign another big player, either paqueta or maddison, but it will be another season at least before we think about Europe 9. Palace - They look strong pre-season with Zaha firing off, and have signing some top defensive options. They're not short of goals. 10. Brighton - They'll be solid as usual, but Cucurella is a big miss, however 60m will probably be spent wisely. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Villa - I think they'll be stronger this season 12. Wolves - Slow decline starting. 13. Leicester - I think they'll lose Maddison one way or another and will struggle this season. 14. Brentford 15. Southampton 16. Leeds 17. Fulham --------------------------------- 18. Everton - Not enough signings. 19. Forest 20. Bournemouth.
City Pool Chelsea Arsenal Spurs West Ham Newcastle Wolves Man U Brighton Palace Soton Villa Brentford Everton Leeds Bournemouth Fulham Forrest
1. Man City 2. Liverpool ----------------------- 3. Spurs 4. Arsenal 5. Chelsea ----------------------- 6. West Ham 7. Newcastle 8. Man Utd 9. Aston Villa ---------------------- 10. Crystal Palace 11. Leicester 12. Wolves 13. Brighton ---------------------- 14. Southampton 15. Brentford 16. Leeds 17. Forest 18. Everton --------------------- 19. Fulham 20. Bournemouth Bands to show teams which are fairly interchangeable
You may indeed. I feel they are employing such a scatter gun approach to the window (buying Cucarella for £60m+ when you have Ben Chilwell?) having lost a lot of key players and also still having a bunch of aging players in the squad as well. Getting the team to work together is going to be a struggle early days so I think they will drop too many points early doors. I'll admit I like the Sterling signing but they still don't have that goal scorer that they've needed, probably since Costa left Conversely, Arsenal have been strengthening in key areas and I think their signings are all focused on weak spots from last season and pre season for them has been great. Spurs have signed quality players (despite how much I dislike Richarlison) and their front line could be devastating this season. I don't see Chelsea matching that
There's a real chance for somone to break the 6 monopoly. Chelsea have lost key players, both CB's have gone, that's a big thing. Man U look all over the place still, poor Summer for them. Think the top 4 is settled, Arsenal/Spurs have had the best Summers, L'Pool and City have ensured more continuity. I fancy Spurs to have a real go at the top two, and would even go so far as to put them above L'pool. 5th is the battleground where Newcastle, Villa, West Ham and even Palace will fancy their chances against Chelsea and ManU. Palace could be a real dark horse this season - haven't lost anyone, excellent young players with another season's experience and have added quietly and effectively. They'd be top 10. Bournemouth bottom. Don't care about 11th-19th, they're all open to change, though you'd expect Leicester, Brighton and Wolves to be better than the rest.
