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I could live with that ^^^ come next May.

Can't quite get me 'ed around Arsenal doing so well after such a dismal start with the fans in revolt.
Wenger is a class manager. Always liked him.

With the obvious exception of Ozil, I dodn't think they did enough in the transfer window but the improvement in players like Ramsey and Giroud has been similar to 2 new signings. They are light squad wise, particularly in defence so it will take a significant effort to compete on 2/3 different fronts over the season but as it stands they are the best team in the league and could arguably be 6 for 6 if they hadn't been as lacklustre and unlucky against Villa

Good question mate

Liverpool
Everton
City
Chelsea

Arsenal would collapse if they didn't get top4, same with spurs because of the amount of money they have spent, and obviously utd would be in crisis if they didnt get top4

Spurs net spend really isn't all that big...

I think they even managed to go about +£ 4.5M this window.

I bet their wage bill went up though.

It's quite worrying spurs still will have cash to burn!

I have to admire the job Levy has done there, and continues to do in transfer market!

I reckon avb will get sacked if they don't get top4 this season

As Lumba says, the wage bill would have increased significantly. They only sold one player that would have been on high wages and bought in 7 (I think) of which at least 4 would be high earners. Now they may not be on massive 90 - 100k a week deals but it must have hit them.

And as others have said, no top 4 for them this year would be unthinkable after all that'sbeen spent and will probably be the end of AVB (not a bad thing in my eyes as he thinks he's some kind of young Maureen!).

That's an interesting question. I would say:

Liverpool
Arsenal
Spurs
Everton
Villa/Swansea

I know Everton are our rivals, but I think want our rivals to be relevant (but finishing below us). I'd really like to see the oligarchy of the top flight broken up. It would be good for the league and the balance of power would shift in a way that's a lot more, well, balanced. Clubs like Everton, Spurs, and Villa should be relevant again.

United, City, and Chelsea finishing outside the top 3 could spell an end for the silly spending. It would mean that the insanity that happens in the transfer market these days would finally come to an end, and the top clubs would be the ones with sound economic models. City and Chelsea's sugar daddies probably won't go away, but at least it would give other clubs a more level playing field.