United could easily come 5th if they are allowed to - i.e. they get an even number of decisions going their way and against them. However that isn't going to happen and they will get plenty of points they don't deserve, meaning they'll probably get 3rd.
Dropping 4 places for Man U will be the biggest shock of the year. Or 15/20 points. Too many, even without the fergie touch. My guess is they'll finish 3rd or 4th. And rather obviously it's spurs or arse for the other position in the 4. Liverpool behind that. City Chelsea Spurs Man U Arse Liverpool Everton Swansea Southampton Newcastle Stoke West ham Cardiff Villa Fulham Hull Norwich West brom Sunderland Palace I'd bothered to think about at least 13 of the sides. Might as well run through the others...
Hmm not a very good predictor but I'll give it a go 1. Chelsea 2. Man City 3. Arsenal 4. Liverpool 5. Man United 6. Spurs 7. Everton 8. Southampton 9. Swansea 10. Stoke 11. Aston Villa 12. West Brom 13. Cardiff 14. West Ham 15. Fulham 16. Newcastle 17. Hull 18. Sunderland 19. Norwich 20. Crystal Palace
I don't want to put my prediction as I don't want to put the mockers on how we do, but if we go again in January and maybe grab another couple of players, we could push really hard. Moyes has a mammoth job on his hands. Good coach or not, he has not got the pull of SAF as far as bringing in talent is concerned. Ferguson's influence on referees is much disputed but nonetheless, to anybody without Manc goggles, it was a real factor. Again, that's gone. They do not spend the biggest money in the League any more either. I can see them finishing 5th, particularly if RVP has reverted to type and spends huge chunks of the season out through injury. City look strong. I think they win the title. The goons are also an injury or two away from being really thin and personally I would rather they started strong than finished that way, particularly after last year. There is nothing to suggest they can do both. As for Chelsea, hard to say. The special one's halo is a little tarnished these days and his decisions around Mata, Eto'o and Lukaku look questionable. Before the start of the season I made them favourites to win the league. Not now. Liverpool to improve, but still not good enough, which means goofy is off at the end of the season. That also means that they will have a fair chunk of change to invest in players for 2014-15. If they spend like we have, they could be back in the race then. Bugger it; I might as well put my 10.... 1. Citeh 2. Spurs 3. Chelsea 4. Arsenal 5. Man Utd 6. Liverpool 7. Swansea 8. Southampton 9. Villa 10. W. Ham
Probably one of those seasons where 6th place misses out on the Europa. 1. Man City 2. Arsenal 3. Spurs 4. Man United 5. Chelsea 6. Liverpool 7. Everton 8. Swansea 9. Southampton 10. West Ham 11. Newcastle 12. Fulham 13. West Brom 14. Stoke 15. Cardiff 16. Aston Villa 17. Norwich 18. Hull 19. Sunderland 20. Crystal Palace
Yup... and we'll probably get to the final of the League Cup only to lose to someone below us like... Southampton!
You don't think you've got enough players already?! We already have the most depleted injury hit squad in recent history and sit top of the league. Your hope that we spend the next 33 league games with even more players out injured is unlikely. Chances are we'll have more players available to us the rest of the season than less. Especially if we spend another £50m in January. Nothing to suggest we can't either. Agreed... he seems to have lost a bit of his edge at the moment. Could come back to bite me in the a55 though and Chelsea go on a storming run. Hopefully off in January... to Arsenal Liverpool always waste their money on dross, no need to worry about them. £15m on Aspas and Illori?!
As an outsider, this is the top 6 as I see it.... 1 - City 2 - Chelsea 3 - Liverpool 4 - Spurs 5 - United 6 - Arsenal Hopefully, we'll see you next year!!
How close are these predictions then? I had both Man U & Spurs outside the top four back in September & by the looks of it haven't done three badly on actual positions as we presently speak...
To make everyone feel better, here is what I predicted at the start of the season on another thread: Villa and Newcastle
OODB, you've had apretty good shout with this. it looks like you've got the top 4 correct, although in a different order. and the 3 outside the CL places look to be correct too. - again, in a different order. and Southampton 8th. I think it's fair to call you "realistic", OODB. Good effort!
Think I had us to finish 3rd at the start of the season. Don't think I had Pool even in the top 4. Shows how good my prediciton skills are. Here's a laugh for you all though, I put a cheeky bet with Paddy Power for Spurs to win the league, you know, just in case...
