Time for my annual speculation, in the form of a table with added notes <\/p>\n
1. Man C [1]
2. Man U [2]
3. Chelsea [3]
4. Arsenal [4]<\/p>\n
5. Spurs [5]
6. Everton
7. Liverpool
8. Newcastle<\/p>\n
9. Sunderland
10. Fulham
11. Stoke
12. Villa<\/p>\n
13. QPR [6]
14. WBA
15. Naarwich
16. Swansea
17. WHam
18. Southampton
19. Wigan
20. Reading<\/p>\n
Anyhow:<\/p>\n
[1] I think they will be significantly strengthened by last season’s success.
[2] I hope SAF retires soon.
[3] Chelsea’s season could go completely pear-shaped, seeing RDM sacked before Christmas. I hope not (obviously) – and this is what happens if all the purchased creativity clicks with Torres. I can’t see them winning the title itself – too few strikers (why don’t they buy Berbatov?), Mikel is not a strong enough DM.
[4] Just because Arsenal seem to have lost the habit of winning. I see a big gap between the top four and the next four contenders.
[5] I don’t think AVB is good enough, yet – in a few years, if he’s still at Spurs, I think he’ll fulfil his promise.
[6] Not much to choose, as always, between the next several teams. I think Hughes will make QPR the best of this bunch, but not more than that (not this season). Haven’t really got a clue who will go down – but hope it isn’t WHam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Time for my annual speculation, in the form of a table with added notes 1. Man C [1]2. Man U [2]3. Chelsea [3]4. Arsenal [4] 5. Spurs [5]6. Everton7. Liverpool8. Newcastle 9. Sunderland10. Fulham11. Stoke12. Villa 13. QPR [6]14. WBA15. … Continue reading