I know the paint has only just dried on this season, but I'm looking ahead to see who will finish where next season. It's hard to look beyond the top 8 finishing in the same places again, so my top third would be: Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Newcastle, Everton & Liverpool (but not necessarily in that order). For my mid-table teams I'm going for: Fulham - a classy mid-table team. Swansea & Norwich - to continue where they left off this season. Wigan - suddenly seem to know where it's at. Reading & Southampton - got a hunch they're going to do well as newly-promoted teams. The relegation candidates (a bit controversial perhaps): Sunderland - the MON factor has worn off, looking increasingly less impressive. Stoke - ugly team that will struggle. WBA - with Hodgson gone they won't do as well as this season. QPR - they may spend but they've still got a lot of sorting out to do. Aston Villa - another miserable season to follow this one. West Ham/Blackpool - neither good enough to stay up. All pure speculation, of course, but these things have to be done...
the bookies have reading,southampton,norwich and swansea plus wigan as the most likely teams fighting the relegation battle...
yeah but the bookies have it all based upon historical trends with newly promoted teams and second season syndrome.... nothing to do with the team or knowledge...
