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New debate - Who will finish in the top 6?
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:35 pmby Chrissy
In my opinion:
1. Liverpool - New keeper and just won the champions league, its looking good, especially with gerrard on a new contract.
2. Chelsea - Won it last year and have some fantastic players including a midfield worth over £100 million
3. Arsenal - What can I say, Henry, Pires etc
4. Tottenham - Good team!
5. Man Ure - only a £20 million budget and Glazer at the helm, I dont like the looks of things
6. Bolton - Its a long shot but I like this team and Big Sam has done some great things with not much cash.
Your opinions?
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:39 pmby stmichael
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:41 pmby A.B.
I think you're beeing too optimistic, Chelsea have too much depth and quality in their squad not to win it.
My predictions:
1.Chelsea
2.Arsenal
3.Liverpool/Manchester United
4." "
5.Middlesbrough
6.Tottenham
7.Manchester City
8.Bolton
9.Newcastle
10.Aston Villa
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:42 pmby JBG
A.B. wrote:I think you're beeing too optimistic, Chelsea have too much depth and quality in their squad not to win it.
My predictions:
1.Chelsea
2.Arsenal
3.Liverpool/Manchester United
4." "
5.Middlesbrough
6.Tottenham
7.Manchester City
8.Bolton
9.Newcastle
10.Aston Villa
Not bad AB, mine is somewhere along those lines as well.
Spurs could do well this year....they have spent a lot of youth and Davids could do a job for them.
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:51 pmby A.B.
Spurs could do well this year....they have spent a lot of youth and Davids could do a job for them.
Spurs are buying every young English player there is. Now they want Andy Johnson, and they've already taken Routledge from Palace.
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:00 pmby stmichael
JBG wrote:Spurs could do well this year....they have spent a lot of youth and Davids could do a job for them.
To be honest JBG, I see no difference in Spurs to anything over the last 20 years. They have always managed to pull together good players but they seem to lack desire and thats why I expect them to be as inconsistent this season as they always are. They may win a cup but that's it. I'm sure I was also reading today that if they sign Davids, that gives them 8 central midfielders. And I thought Chelsea were bad.
I can't see anyone really breaking into the top 3/4 for more than one season now Abramovich is about, unless things go tits up at Arsenal or United.
Spurs are improving well but I can't see them being more than in the group of teams along with Birmingham, Villa, Middlesbrough and Newcastle who will always spend a bit of money but will remain a selling club to the top sides. Can you see Defoe staying at Spurs for the next 5 seasons? Chelsea tapped up Arnesen after 1 for god's sake.
You always get a surprise team who has a good season and then inevitably falls away. Ipswich did it, Sunderland did it, and probably Everton will do it this season. No other club can seem to sustain any success. Newcastle and Leeds made a fair go of it before falling off the radar and if Spurs do something similar, they'll probably fall away as well.
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:41 pmby A.B.
I think that Fulham will go down, if they lose Boa Moarte then they will have a poor season. They haven't bought anybody good in the summer that can seriously improve their starting 11, they finished 15 or 16 last season and I can see them going down.
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:43 pmby stmichael
i think portsmouth are in great danger aswell. they're bringing in foreigners who i've never heard of whilst getting rid of yakubu, berger, stone, camara etc.
portsmouth, wigan and west ham for the drop for me.
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:59 pmby A.B.
I agree with you about Portsmouth, I'm not sure Robert is going to help them. Sure he has the skill and ability but he shows up for one out of ten games. He's extremely lazy.
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:02 pmby A.B.
Also I'm impressed by West Brom, they've brought in some descent signings and I think they will stay up in the Premiership this year as well.
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:07 pmby A.B.
Hmmm, noone mentions Everton in the top 6. I wonder why
They don't have the depth to finish in the top 6 let alone top 10. They've only brought in three players, two players have left and they've missed on about five players. If they get knocked out the CL qualifiers which they will, the UEFA cup will wear them down.
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:11 pmby JBG
Sunderland have an astonishing lack of quality.
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:16 pmby A.B.
Wigan have 20 million to spend and they haven't brought in a lot of players have they?
Posted:
Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:18 pmby stmichael
wigan apparently bid £10m for scott parker but he turned them down in favour of that circus that is newcastle united.
stephane henchoz is a decent signing for them though.
speaking of wigan, i'll be amazed if they sell out any of their home games apart from against the big 4.
