The pub I work in had the Sunday Times yesterday, and I was bored, so I had a sneaky read of their 'Club-by-Club Guide'.
They had Utd, City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs as the top 6.
They had us keeping 10th (which I wouldn't be distraught with). They said we had bought some good players but had a whole new team so needed gelling time. Interestingly the 'Country they Would Be' was Finland - always on the edge! SB had a 4/5 'chop rating' - the only other manager with 4 was Alex McCleish, and only Steve Kean had 5/5. So they think SB is third most likely to go...!
Newcastle were put at 12th, basically because they've let Nolan and probably Barton go, and not replaced Carroll. They only had Pards as a 2/5 for the chop though! However their country was Iran, due to something like 'always unpredictable with unrest issues that are blatently obvious to the rest of the world'.
Stoke, interestingly, were 8th, which I'm unsure about. We can finish above Stoke. Stoke's 'Weak Link' for the season was none other than Kenwyne Jones, and the reason: 'The point at which laid-back becomes lazy'
They had Everton in 7th, and I think it was Bolton in 9th. Again, we could finish above Bolton if we hit the ground running.
For the drop was QPR, then Swansea, then Blackburn rock bottom, which looks like a pretty good prediction.
