Considering the last one isn't really beng used. So in this thread you basically outline what you think the 2011-12 season table will look like, feel free to only put Top 6, 10 or whatever number you decide to pull out of your ass, or use bundesliga, la liga, eredivisie, serie a, what ever. Even MLS
Here are my biased ones.
1. Chelsea (If AVB brings in some decent people) 2. Man City 3. Man Utd 4. Liverpool 5. Arsenal 6. Tottenham 7. Everton 8. West Brom 9. Bolton 10. QPR 11. Newcastle 12. Aston Villa 13. Fulham 14. Stoke 15. Swansea 16. Blackburn 17. Wigan 18. Sunderland 19. Norwich 20. Wolverhampton
1. Real Madrid (unfortunately can't rid my head of biased, even reason can't deal with it) 2. Barcelona 3. Valencia 4. Villareal 5. Malaga 6. Espanyol
Bundesliga (Hardest, so competitive)
1. Bayern Munchen (they seem to be reinvigorating their defence) 2. Dortmund 3. Leverkusen 4. Hamburg (Damned Arensen)
This is certainly not an easy year to predict. With City rising, with Liverpool finding back their form, with Chelsea in transition, Arsenal in possible (although not unavoidable) crisis, with the Spurs still chasing the top and with record-setting United which many wait to see going into a transitional fall, but are continuously proven wrong by SAF.
I will give myself some time before daring to predict anything
1. Manchester United 2. Manchester City 3. Chelsea 4. Liverpool 5. Arsenal 6. Tottenham 7. Everton 8. Bolton 9. Newcastle 10. West Brom 11. QPR 12. Fulham 13. Stoke 14. Aston Villa 15. Sunderland 16. Blackburn 17. Wolves 18. Swansea 19. Norwich 20. Wigan
1. Manchester United 2. Chelsea 3. Man City 4. Liverpool 5. Tottenham 6. Arsenal 7. Bolton 8. Everton 9. Newcastle 10. Aston Villa 11. Fulham 12. Stoke 13. QPR 14. Sunderland 15. West Brom 16. Wolves 17. Wigan 18. Blackburn 19. Norwich 20. Swansea
I'll rethink after I've seen everybody play a match or two. Right now it's mostly a guess
Can't predict the whole table but, considering the last few weeks performances in premier league....
Manchester, chelsea and liverpool amongst title contenders and arsenal(if they bring in some experience they could be one of the tile contenders)tottenham, city to fight it out for 4, 5, 6 th spot....
Everton, villa next 7, 8th spots.... Can't be sure about villa cos they have already lost young, downing could be on his out....
In my opinion, loosing Cesc would help Arsenal. They need a year zero moment to reboot the machine. The best thing Dalglish did to Liverpool was giving them trust to play great without Gerrard. No club that depends that much on one player will succeed. Not to mention that someone who can't wait to leave is not captain material. A captain has only one team in his mind, the current one. Let the lad go
I do not think Arsenal are reliant on him. He gets injured to often. I think they can deal with him leaving. The thing is that they need to get a keeper a defender and a back up striker when RVP gets injured
I kinda think they are, Cesc is the one who spreads out the ball when he plays, he is good, but if I was a gooner, I'd prefer Ramsey, Wilshere, and Nasri then just Cesc spraying the balls
Well Arsenal have Ramsey Wilshere and Nasri and they have proven Last year that they defos do not need Cesc. Didn't they beat United with out him. And wasnt Ramsey the one that scored. I really think they are not dependant on Cesc
We are not dependant on Cesc. The fact that wenger seems so open to selling him shows his confidence in the ability of Wilshere/Ramsey/Nasri to fill the role. With that said we are consistently a top 4 year and I highly doubt this coming season will be any different
I agree with you on the first part. But I feel this season will be a 3 horse race for 4th between us you and spurs. And I have a feeling that you will lose out. But lets wait and see
1.)Liverpool(can't choose anyone else, and I really believe we will win this year) 2.)Manchester United 3.)Chelsea 4.)Tottenham(see everyone has the same top four, thought I would change it up) 5.)Manchester City 6.)Arsenal 7.)Fulham 8.)Bolton 9.)Everton 10.)Sunderland 11.)Newcastle 12.)Villa 13.)Wolves 14.)QPR 15.)Stoke 16.)Blackburn 17.)West Brom 18.)Norwich 19.)Wigan 20.)Swansea
Had to shake it up a bit as always, will see if it plays out. Predictions aren't my forte I get too imaginative, we'll see how they play out though
1- Liverpool (Yes.... Yes I just did.) 2- Chelsea 3- Man City 4- Man United 5- Arsenal 6- Tottenham 7- Everton 8- Sunderland 9- Stoke 10- Fulham 11- Newcastle 12- Bolton 13- Aston Villa 14- West Brom 15- Norwich 16- QPR 17- Blackburn 18- Swansea 19- Wigan 20- Wolves
The saying never write off ferguson is not true. With young, jones, and de gea, Utd look stronger than last season by a hefty amount, and last season people were like "Europa League", and they won the prem, reached the FA Cup semis, and champions league finals, Now they are stronger, and playing an incredible brand of football (read:community shield), I don't see them out of Top 3, let alone Top 2.
I better be careful though, I might soon be branded outta' the hatters club
Yamsy, I agree with you, except I believe Celtic takes the SPL, Ajax takes their league. As well as Bayern Munchen over Dortmund. I do like your Serie A list, perfect order. I do want to see Juventus top 3, but of course Rossoneri taking the scudetto
1. Nottinghan Forest (McLaren will do it) 2. Leicester City (Sven has to) 3. West Ham(Allardyce will just skim by) 4. Leeds 5. Cardiff 6. Reading 7. Leeds 8. Millwall
1. Manchester City 2. Manchester United 3. Chelsea 4. Arsenal 5. Liverpool 6. Tottenham 7. Everton 8. Bolton 9. Fulham 10. Aston Villa
It is far too difficult to predict a top 20, since it's way too early days. And it's pretty stupid. But I will ask, is there a prize for getting them right? Or a forfeit for the person who gets it the most wrong - like having to support a different team for a whole year
I don't know man, I really don't know. I don't want to be biased, I see them finishing 2nd at least. And then of course it's Chelsea and us to decide who's having what. I don't know. I'm going to go lay down for a while
Getting kind of late so ill just do an EPL one for now. 1. Chelsea 2. Man utd 3. Man City 4. Arsenal 5. Liverpool 6. Spurs 7. Bolton 8. Everton 9. Newcastle 10. Fulham 11. Villa 12. Stoke 13. QPR 14. Sunderland 15. West Brom 16. Wolves 17. Blackburn 18. Norwich 19. Wigan 20. Swansea