Time for my annual predictions, in the form of a table with added notes:<\/p>\n
1. Chelsea
\n2. Man City [1]
\n3. Man Utd [2]
\n4. Spurs
\n5. Arsenal [3]
\n6. Liverpool
\n7. Swansea
\n8. West Ham
\n9. Aston Villa [4]
\n10. Everton
\n11. Southampton
\n12. Stoke
\n13. West Brom
\n14. Naarwich
\n15. Fulham
\n16. Cardiff
\n17. Sunderland [5]
\n18. Newcastle [6]
\n19. Hull
\n20. Crystal Palace [7]<\/p>\n
[1] I’m sure these will be the top two, and I’m placing trust in Jose that Chelsea will be top. If we get Rooney I’ll be sure of it – but that’s one of the main reasons why I can’t see MU selling him to us.
\n[2] I like Moyes, and he is clearly a capable manager – he’s just not SAF (who is?) and there will be consequences. It’s been a shambles of a summer for them so far; they have just less than three weeks to rescue something. Even if they do, I can’t see them contending for the title with their present squad (the goalposts have moved).
\n[3] This is primarily a hunch – I think Spurs will improve on last year, and Arsenal are also, like Utd, having something of a ‘mare in the transfer market. This is not dependent on Bale staying at Spurs.
\n[4] They’ve kept Benteke (did great things for my fantasy team last year) and I really rate Lambert as a manager.
\n[5] All depends upon their slightly mental manager…
\n[6] All depends upon their slightly mental owner…
\n[7] I think the bottom two are pretty much write-ins; Hull have a slightly better chance simply because of Bruce’s experience at this level.<\/p>\n
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