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We had some folks do alright at this last year!
Reserve the right to change my mind until the window shuts, but here we go. Think City will struggle to replicate what they've done 2 years on the bounce and will have an eye on the Champions league this time. I think we will amass fewer points, but it will be enough.
Spurs have done some good business and are comfortably the third best team. Arsenal are the only team of the rest that actually improved. Chelsea will have feel good factor, but will struggle without Hazard. United are a train wreck club at the moment.
Leicester will do bits this year. Rodgers is a perfect manager for them. Wolves will still be very good, but will drop a place with Europa league. Not a lot between Watford, West Ham, and Bournemouth. If palace lose Zaha, they will be lower. Burnley I think are done. They've run their course. Sheffield and Brighton don't have a prayer. Everyone else will have just enough, but it will be tight. Villa I think are best equiped of the new boys. Grealish I think will do well.
1. Liverpool
2. City
3. Spurs
4. Arsenal
5. Chelsea
6. United
7. Leicester
8. Everton
9. Wolves
10. Watford
11. Bournemouth
12. West Ham
13. Palace
14. Aston Villa
15. Southampton
15. Norwich
17. Newcastle
18. Burnley
19. Brighton
20. Sheffield United
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With just under a week of the transfer window to go, I'd rather reserve judgement until the window closes on the top places. However I think Newcastle are done for this season without Rafa, they were punching well above their weight all because of him. In terms of PL Bruce is a dinosaur, the game has moved on so much in the top tier since he was last apart of it in 2016. Palace if they lose Zaha, I agree could be down there, Villa have made too many acquisitions...where are they going to fit them all? that could go sour very quick, Sheff Utd in contrast haven't really made any for their return to the top flight. Norwich played some nice football in the championship and I can see them staying up.
The last 2 relegation places are between Newcastle, Palace, Villa and Sheff Utd definitely go down stone cold last.
The sack race:
Bruce, Solskjaer, Marco Silva, Hodgson, Wilder, Smith
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Liverpool Legend
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We had some folks do alright at this last year!
Reserve the right to change my mind until the window shuts, but here we go. Think City will struggle to replicate what they've done 2 years on the bounce and will have an eye on the Champions league this time. I think we will amass fewer points, but it will be enough.
Spurs have done some good business and are comfortably the third best team. Arsenal are the only team of the rest that actually improved. Chelsea will have feel good factor, but will struggle without Hazard. United are a train wreck club at the moment.
Leicester will do bits this year. Rodgers is a perfect manager for them. Wolves will still be very good, but will drop a place with Europa league. Not a lot between Watford, West Ham, and Bournemouth. If palace lose Zaha, they will be lower. Burnley I think are done. They've run their course. Sheffield and Brighton don't have a prayer. Everyone else will have just enough, but it will be tight. Villa I think are best equiped of the new boys. Grealish I think will do well.
1. Liverpool
2. City
3. Spurs
4. Arsenal
5. Chelsea
6. United
7. Leicester
8. Everton
9. Wolves
10. Watford
11. Bournemouth
12. West Ham
13. Palace
14. Aston Villa
15. Southampton
15. Norwich
17. Newcastle
18. Burnley
19. Brighton
20. Sheffield United I think City will win it with a big gap to the second.
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Well as we’ve not signed anyone yet, it’s the only one that matters. 20. Liverpool 
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Well I've been to the Crone, and ochone, ochone,
The prognosis wasn't good!
So I thought of a selfi, with the Orical in Delphi,
And there I eventually stood,
But alas and alack, she's the cranky ould hack,
And she raged in a terrible mood!
Said she: City'll beat ye, and maybe they'll eat ye,
For ye look like tasty food!
Like a fan that grieves, I returned to my leaves,
Feeling really down.
They laughed and joked, and my eye they poked,
And said: "be off you clown!"
" The odds now lengthen, ye failed to strengthen,
And viewed me with a frown!
With that dour verdict, I'm now loath to predict,
So I'm off for a night on the town!
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I predict that despite signing no new players, despite our main players being shattered from 18months of non stop games.
We have being positive got new players in the returning Lallana, The Ox and Brewster.
With those lads coming back, we will win the league by 20 points.
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1st Team Regular
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I predict that despite signing no new players, despite our main players being shattered from 18months of non stop games.
We have being positive got new players in the returning Lallana, The Ox and Brewster.
With those lads coming back, we will win the league by 20 points.
.....and I predict that you will complain that we would have won it by 30 points if we had signed Messi and Mbeppe in this window.
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Never mind, Cech and Lavezzi arriving. . .
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Under 23 Player
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We had some folks do alright at this last year!
Reserve the right to change my mind until the window shuts, but here we go. Think City will struggle to replicate what they've done 2 years on the bounce and will have an eye on the Champions league this time. I think we will amass fewer points, but it will be enough.
Spurs have done some good business and are comfortably the third best team. Arsenal are the only team of the rest that actually improved. Chelsea will have feel good factor, but will struggle without Hazard. United are a train wreck club at the moment.
Leicester will do bits this year. Rodgers is a perfect manager for them. Wolves will still be very good, but will drop a place with Europa league. Not a lot between Watford, West Ham, and Bournemouth. If palace lose Zaha, they will be lower. Burnley I think are done. They've run their course. Sheffield and Brighton don't have a prayer. Everyone else will have just enough, but it will be tight. Villa I think are best equiped of the new boys. Grealish I think will do well.
1. Liverpool
2. City
3. Spurs
4. Arsenal
5. Chelsea
6. United
7. Leicester
8. Everton
9. Wolves
10. Watford
11. Bournemouth
12. West Ham
13. Palace
14. Aston Villa
15. Southampton
15. Norwich
17. Newcastle
18. Burnley
19. Brighton
20. Sheffield United I’d agree with that top 8, thought 5th to 8th could see some variance depending on how OGS and Lampard manage the teams. The middle is too hard to call as there’ll be very little in it. Relegation - I fancy Newcastle, villa and Sheffield to go down
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forgetting about both extreme view points, I seriously think it's a stretch to be confident about winning the league.
Last season we played to our limits, had not too many injury issues, scarped some wins and somehow stayed in touch with city. I can't see that happening with basically the same top 15 to 16 players.
Other teams will be prepared for us. And we really d only seem to have one preferred style and set up. Not sure if simply playing Origi every now and then will make much dofference.
City on the other hand have produced the same standard in two consecutive seasons. It's become their bar. Can we do the same? I'm not confident we can. Would be great to be proved wrong.
'I was only in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.' Bill Shankly
'We should have made a signing or two in the last couple of transfer windows.' Vish
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