If not us

So based on transfer dealings to date (a hazardous thing to do I know) who do you think is looking shaky?

1 - The three promoted teams : They are the obvious mention so I wont go into details

2 - Leicester : After managing to drag themselves out of the mire last season they have lost their boss and not signed enough to make a huge impact really. A tough season ahead.

3 - Villa : A good midfielder in France has come in but Delph will be a massive loss for them. Benteke gone up front and although their defence has been bolstered they have also let others go who surprised me (like Wiemann, Lowton, etc). Some of their promising players haven't made the grade and there's not much coming in to make up those gaps. We'll get to see how good Sherwood is long term!

Note: I think Sunderland and ourselves will both finish 10th-12th.

 

Still us and any other geographical anomaly

 

Villa's back four looks decent.

Richards Vlaar Baker Amavi

The LB was the standout defender in Ligue 1 last season he's a cracking player.

Then you look at their options in attack and you have to assume they are going to invest otherwise they're in deep ****.

My bankers right now would be:

Watford - new manager in and who knows if he'll do the job.

Leicester - agree with your points above.

Norwich - another uninspiring squad of players, they look very weak.

 

Bournemouth staying up? I don't disagree (I have a feeling they may survive but it will be tough), my boss is a Bournemouth fan but more importantly they just seem a good club. Hard to explain what I mean by that but hoping they do alright so long as its not at our expense.

 

Last year I tipped Swansea, Leicester and Villa to go down so I'm not playing this year!

 

Mackems will struggle as Dick will get found out.
Watford and Palace are the other two and maybe Norwich.

 

Yes that's the problem with dick.... It cheats, gets caught out from time to time and doesn't care less whether its being ****ed or its ****ing somebody.

 

He said 'if not us'.

 

Thought Vlaar had left?

 

I know thankyou for that pearl of wisdom.

 

Did you just reply, wait for a second, then add more on to make you sound smarter?

Poor form.

 

Am i out of control

 

That made me laugh, **** you.

 

Ditto

 

Can we forgive and forget?

 

Yeah sure thing, we're adults aren't we.

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Im number 15 id say i got the better of you

 

Maybe off to Southampton, to play for Ronald Boreman.

Still at Villa for now. Okore time to step up, he's gonna be class as well.

 

In relation to the post.

Spot on about Leicester, Ranieri doesn't have it in him to keep them up or fighting. He didn't even have it in him to get Chelsea playing decent football. They will sack him by January and finish rock bottom.

Norwich there squad looks useless. They might be the "Oh they fought really really hard and there manager did a good job for the situation he was in" team of the season, but they'll still go down and will probably be remembered for the one decent player they have being signed by Liverpool... who later flops.

Hopefully Villa, I mean they're pricks. They've lost all there decent players as well. As people mentioned above though, there defence looks solid & that might keep them up. So I'll have to go for Watford, pretty much the exact same reasons as Norwich.

 

I live in Bournemouth. Watched a lot of them. Miles apart from the rest of the championship last season. Basically some teams managed to keep them under wraps playing anti-football but in the large they schooled everyone. They should stay up. But in the prem I think there is a potential for a bit of a Blackpool season where they get off to a good start but then the other teams work them out and end up taking the points.