Premiership Predictions

[Sandbach Shrimper]

As I'm bored, thought I'd copy today's Daily Mail feature ahead of the new Premiership season. So give your champions and top 4, relegated, FA Cup winners, Champions League winners and anything else you want to say.

Champions: Chelsea
Remaining top four: Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool
Relegated: Portsmouth, Hull, Burnley
FA Cup winners: Arsenal
Champions League: Has to be Real Madrid after spending £220m on players.

Man City have made the best signings but they'll take time to gel, they have too many strikers to keep happy and last season showed you can't buy success overnight. Toure is a good signing but I still think the top 4 will hold firm. They haven't changed their sides much from last season. Man U will be weaker without Ronaldo, hence I've gone for Chelsea as champions, providing Ancelotti doesn't do a Scolari. Adebayor and Toure are losses to Arsenal but their youngsters will continue to improve and this new centre back might be just what they needed. I think Portsmouth will struggle without Johnson and Crouch, Hull don't have enough goals in them and look at their form at the end of last season, whilst Burnley have to be certs to go down. Birmingham have made some good signings and have Premiership experience whilst Ebanks-Blake's goals could keep Wolves up. Should be an interesting season.

 

[manor15]

Champions: Liverpool
Remaining top four: Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal
Relegated: Portsmouth, Hull, Burnley
FA Cup winners: Everton
Champions League: Chelsea

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Weird. Outside the top 8, it's a pretty weak division this year. In fact, outside those 8, the team order could be pretty much anything. In my head, I thought that Fulham might struggle because of European distractions - but they're a better side than all of the teams I've listed below them in the table.

Wigan in 11th is a controversial pick too, but I've a feeling Martinez will do well for them.

With the Scousers having lost Alonso and replaced him with a sicknote, I'm struggling to look beyond Chelsea, this year. The loss of Nani to injury will be a blow to Ferguson, whose squad still looks a bit thin.

Spurs for the Cup; Real Madrid for the big cup.

1. Chelsea
2. Liverpool
3. Manchester United
4. Arsenal
5. Manchester City
6. Aston Villa
7. Everton
8. Tottenham Hotspur
9. Fulham
10. Blackburn Rovers
11. Wigan
12. West Ham
13. Sunderland
14. Stoke City
15. Bolton Wanderers
16. Birmingham City
17. Wolves
18. Hull City
19. Burnley
20. Portsmouth

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

1. Chelsea
2. Manchester United
3. Liverpool
4. Arsenal
5. Tottenham Hotspur
6 Aston Villa
7. Manchester City
8. Everton
9. Fulham
10. Sunderland
11. West Ham
12. Blackburn Rovers
13. Wigan
14. Stoke City
15. Bolton Wanderers
16. Birmingham City
17. Wolves
18. Burnley
19. Portsmouth
20. Hull City

Chelsea will be too strong for ManUre this time (although Owen & Valencia will be great signings). Closest race for 4th for ages, between arsenal, spurs & villa. Sunderland to have a good season in 10th.

 

[chapperzUK]

Champions: Liverpool
Remaining top four: Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United
Relegated: Wolves, Pompy and Bolton
FA Cup winners: Southend ;)
Champions League: Chelsea