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Barring something out of the ordinary, It's probably safe to assume the last years top 7 teams will occupy the top 7 spots this coming season. So who will finish where? Will Utd struggle with out SAF....will Mourinho hit the ground running.....Will Pellegrini be an improvement on Mancini.....?
1) Chelsea - their squad is good enough to win the Prem again, and had RB been in charge for all of last season I think they would have won it. Mourinho is every bit as good as RB and with SAF out of the picture I expect him to benefit the most
2) City - winners 2 years ago but this years runner up spot wasn't enough for the arabs. Although Pellegrini has had mixed success abroad and is untested in England, it would be hard not to succeed at City. If they're dissatisfied enough to replace a manager that came 2nd then we can expect them to support the new man with big money
3) Arsenal - I've always got a feeling that Arsenal are about to show top form. Maybe they won't need to with all the managerial changes.
4) Spurs - came close to the top spot under Harry 2 seasons ago and the squad is every bit as good. If they get a decent striker or 2 they could be a real threat
5) Utd - to put it bluntly, their squad should not have won the league, as individually, they are nowhere near good enough. Their success has been all about Ferguson in recent years and how he manages them as a team (not to mention his friends in high places!) - without him we will see how good their players really are
6) Liverpool - anything lower than 6th must surely be a sackable offense under the favourable circumstances going into next season. After giving it some thought, I 'might' even go back on my comments in a previous thread and say we could finish 5th at Utd's expense
7) Everton - although I see nothing special in Martinez, I also don't see any other club being able to make the jump up to 7th and overtake them.
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Managers need time to settle in Carheex, so with that said, Wenger being the longest serving will win the title and then BR being the 2nd longest serving will have us sitting in 2nd.
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Managers need time to settle in Carheex, so with that said, Wenger being the longest serving will win the title and then BR being the 2nd longest serving will have us sitting in 2nd.
Good point!  @pops - that's a good call. I can see Swansea replacing Everton. (not such a good call about us overtaking spurs AND arsenal though!)
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Barring something out of the ordinary, It's probably safe to assume the last years top 7 teams will occupy the top 7 spots this coming season. So who will finish where? Will Utd struggle with out SAF....will Mourinho hit the ground running.....Will Pellegrini be an improvement on Mancini.....?
1) Chelsea - their squad is good enough to win the Prem again, and had RB been in charge for all of last season I think they would have won it. Mourinho is every bit as good as RB and with SAF out of the picture I expect him to benefit the most
2) City - winners 2 years ago but this years runner up spot wasn't enough for the arabs. Although Pellegrini has had mixed success abroad and is untested in England, it would be hard not to succeed at City. If they're dissatisfied enough to replace a manager that came 2nd then we can expect them to support the new man with big money
3) Arsenal - I've always got a feeling that Arsenal are about to show top form. Maybe they won't need to with all the managerial changes.
4) Spurs - came close to the top spot under Harry 2 seasons ago and the squad is every bit as good. If they get a decent striker or 2 they could be a real threat
5) Utd - to put it bluntly, their squad should not have won the league, as individually, they are nowhere near good enough. Their success has been all about Ferguson in recent years and how he manages them as a team (not to mention his friends in high places!) - without him we will see how good their players really are
6) Liverpool - anything lower than 6th must surely be a sackable offense under the favourable circumstances going into next season. After giving it some thought, I 'might' even go back on my comments in a previous thread and say we could finish 5th at Utd's expense
7) Everton - although I see nothing special in Martinez, I also don't see any other club being able to make the jump up to 7th and overtake them. I would agree with most of what you are saying except that Mourinho is much better than RB in my books. I have a question mark regarding United and Arsenal as a lot will depend on the squad they would have, apparently they are going to buy big, so again, I think it would be better to wait for the transfers before any prediction.
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I would love it if united finished outside the top four. But I don't think that will happen any time soon  we'll make top five though
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