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Man Utd shambolic transfer dealings, fergie and gill gone, moyes and woodward turn the place into a laughing stock. I think they will struggle to get top 4. there was signs on Sunday that they are not up for it anymore, all good. David Demise - long may he reign.

Man City - brilliant players up top ,still leaky, and best of all still lazy from Mancini era. they will be up there but they haven't the hunger. Yaya is sleeping walking

Arsenal - horrible start looked like crisis , then wengers lovely football gets them up again. Ozil is wonderful and they will be dangerous but they still have a crap keeper and centre halves. a few injuries and a cold winter will see them fall apart.

Spurs - look good tbh, very solid and have flair players to come into the team, could be an outside bet for the title.no real weak points tho soldado is over-rated, hopefully erikson is too . have them for 3rd.

Chelsea - mourinho , machine like determination for the title , big squad, tough as nails. favourites. yet without a great striker. many think et'oo is past it.they will cheat,poke eyes,dive,talk thrash , do anything for the title - while not resorting to mourinho tactics we have to show as much determination for it as they do.

All these teams have euro footy to distract them too.

Liverpool- no euro football, playing with determination and togetherness. there was something about that mignolet peno save- an air of destiny or corners turned. what i most liked was our fullbacks. how many times have they been just happy to play well getting forward. the speed and determination to cover the centre of defence on sunday was something we haven't seen in many a year. if we keep that consistent determination in everygame. not a desire to play well but a desire to win. I think we can do it. we have as good as players as any other team in the prem.

remember the last prediction you made? Liverpool to lose the first three games I believe.

how many times do I have to tell you that wasn't a prediction that was a motivation. Now I got the team up for a fight ,they believe they can win it. Thank me. Don't doubt me.

they'll probably lose to Swansea now, thanks EMP!

we will win that one 4- 0

that is a bold statement to say the least.

c'mon now. let's not kid ourselves here, we've won 3 games 1-0. ok they were all tough games and its nice to see us working for the result rather than being the better side on the day. but it's going to be a long season.

lets take it one step at a time, top 4 should be our aim. this season is probably the best chance we're going to get at it because of the other teams around us going through transition. If you look back on the squad we started the league with last year and compare it to the squad we have now there is a significant difference.

After dominating so many games last season hopefully we can have more of a cutting edge and possess the quality and depth in defence now to see out results. Certainly looks like we'll improve on last season but, title contenders? i'm not so sure.


Chelsea - I are my favourites to win the league. Mourinho has that winning mentality to see them do well in all competitions.

Man City - New manager and lots of new players, they will take some time to get going but i can see them finishing second again.


Man United - They may be struggling with their poor start to the season but i still think they have got the quality players to finish well in the league. I expect them to see out the season well as usual. It's a long season and we shouldn't be writing them off and underestimating them too much just yet.

Arsenal - The signing of Ozil will no doubt help appease the fans and lift some pressure off Wenger and their directors. £42m to me is a hell of a lot of cash for a player i don't think they particularly need. Wilshere, Ramsey, Rosicky, Arteta, Carzorla, Ozil. They're all similar players to me. The arrival of Ozil could give them the lift they need though, again let's not under estimate them just yet. Wenger and Arsenal have defied all the odds and kept their place in the champions league year after year so it could easily happen again.

Spurs - I've been really impressed with their ambition and the signings they've managed to land. I think they have some real depth / quality and some young players who are really worth watching. Having said that they looked a little bit disjointed against Arsenal at the weekend. They just seemed like they were screaming out for Gareth Bale to grab the game by the scruff of the neck. In losing him they've lost their main attacking outlet and their entire midfield still looks like it needs to gel.

Arsenal - The signing of Ozil will no doubt help appease the fans and lift some pressure off Wenger and their directors. £42m to me is a hell of a lot of cash for a player i don't think they particularly need. Wilshere, Ramsey, Rosicky, Arteta, Carzorla, Ozil. They're all similar players to me. The arrival of Ozil could give them the lift they need though, again let's not under estimate them just yet. Wenger and Arsenal have defied all the odds and kept their place in the champions league year after year so it could easily happen again.

the arrival of Ozil could ruin the harmony in the dressing room, as you say they have very good player in that position already.
Ozil wont sit on the bench not for £43m and hes on £140k a week more than any other player at Arsenal.

how do you think all the established players are going to feel about that considering they had to watch loads of very good players leave Arsenal because Wenger would not break their wage structure?

it certainly could have a detrimental effect on the squad as you have said mate totally get your point.

but it could go either way imo. 9 times out of 10 signing a player of Ozil's pedigree is hardly gonna do you any harm. Signing a top player can sometimes spur the on the rest of the squad we've seen it bring out the best in Gerrard with the arrival of Torres and then later on with Suarez. It could give the Arsenal team and it's fans the indication that they are actually heading in the right direction instead of going backwards

I think were in the mix tbh, keep going with the team ethic and you never know what'll happen. We'll certainly be in the conversation for sure

We'll revisit this thread when we've lost our first game. See if people are still so optimistic. We need to have a more balanced view, after all we could just as easily drawn three games at this point. Would we still be talking about the championship?