Premier League Predictions

djPSB

Top 6:
1. Chelsea: Additions of Matic, Fabregas, Costa, Luis, Drogba should make them very difficult to beat and can see them grinding out a title win.
2. Arsenal: Addition of Sanchez will be a big bonus, still think Arsenal lack a little in midfield and defence to win the title.
3. Man Utd: Arrival of LVG and no CL means they will 100% focus on the PL.
4. Man City: Don't think they will emulate last seasons win.
5. Liverpool: Will be very difficult to get top 4 having lost Suarez. Find it very hard to predict how Liverpool will cope without Suarez and how the new signings will adjust.
6. Spurs: Don't think they are as strong as the teams above although the arrival of Poch should result in vast improvement. Everton have to play in the EL so I think Spurs will just pip them for 6th.

Relegation:
- West Brom: Lucky to avoid the drop last season, haven't really strengthened the squad and the new manager has no experience at this level.
- Burnley: Don't have the finances to compete at this level.
- Villa: Lerner wants out, been hanging around the drop for a few seasons now. New signings are atrocious, Senderos, Joe Cole, Cissokho, Richardson.

Top Goalscorer: Rooney

Harry Palmr

Ah now! Its a week before KO anything could happen.

Top 6:

1. Chelsea
2. Man City

3. Liverpool
3. Man Utd
3. Arsenal

I really cannot separate the three above right now, one signing made or not made could could be decisive, likewise the two below are very evenly matched for me.

6 Everton
6. Spurs

Backstreet Moyes

1. Man City
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4. Man Utd
5. Liverpool
6. Spurs

Relegated Burnley, Leicester, Vills

Top Scorer Rooney

shano_88

Top 6:

1. Chelsea
2. Arsenal
3. Man City
4. Man Utd
5. Spurs
6. Liverpool

Relegation: Burnley, West Brom, Hull

Top Goalscorer: Ageuro

Saucy McKetchup

1 - Chelsea
2 - Man United
3 - Man City
4 - Arsenal
5 - Liverpool
6 - Spurs

Top scorer - Rooney

Al Capwned

Chelsea
City
Arsenal
United
Spurs
Liverpool


Relegated: Burnley, Hull, West Ham (!!)

Top Goalscorer: Wayne Rooney

Panthro

Chelsea
Man City
Arsenal
Man United
Liverpool
Everton

Larry Wildman

1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Manchester City
4. Arsenal

Player of the Year: Arturo Vidal

Top Scorer: Robin Van Persie

This thread last year was fun.

Chelsea to nick the league this year from City.

Fescue

1. Chelsea
2. Manchester City
3. Liverpool
4. Arsenal
5. Manchester United
6. Everton

Chelsea now have the best squad.

City haven't improved theirs.

Liverpool will drop away from Chelsea and City but I feel they will be more formidable than many imagine.

Arsenal will drop away later in the season after early promise.

United will be much better but unless they make a number of signings before the window closes, there are too many question marks over midfield and defence.

Everton will be very competitive this season and finish best of the rest.

GavRedKing

1. Chelsea
2. Arsenal
3. City
4. Liverpool

Top scorer : Sturridge
POTY : Hazard
YPOTY : Sterling

Alfred Borden

1. Chelsea
2. United
3. Arsenal
4. City (will make champions league semis, could win it imo)

Top Goal Scorer: Van Persie
Player of the year: Ozil
Young Player of the Year: Sterling

rob316

Everyone writing liverpool off. Liverpool can cope without suarez they are much more of a team than an individual.

djPSB

rob316 wrote: »

Everyone writing liverpool off. Liverpool can cope without suarez they are much more of a team than an individual.

General consensus seems to be that United will get top 4 with Liverpool missing out.

Larry Wildman

djPSB wrote: »

General consensus seems to be that United will get top 4 with Liverpool missing out.

No Suarez, fighting on four fronts and the terminal decline of Steven Gerrard should see them in 5th at best.

Anyone

1.Liverpool
2.Man City
3.Chelsea
4.Man Utd

Relegation:
Burnley
QPR
Hull

Top Scorer: Falcao

tritium

Larry Wildman wrote: »

No Suarez, fighting on four fronts and the terminal decline of Steven Gerrard should see them in 5th at best.

Nah, squad additions will make a big difference here I reckon1. Utd have a lot more ground to make up than people realise.

City
Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal

Top scorer Costa
Poty toure
Ypoty Can

djPSB

djPSB wrote: »

General consensus seems to be that United will get top 4 with Liverpool missing out.

Was the general consensus last year too

retalivity

Someone post a link to last years thread...woukd be good to look thru the predictions from that

yabadabado

1. Chelsea
2. Manchester City
3. Arsenal
4. Manchester United
5. Tottenham
6. Liverpool

Hard call until the transfer window closes.

mikehunts

Chelsea - Costa top scorer 12/1

rob316

Larry Wildman wrote: »

No Suarez, fighting on four fronts and the terminal decline of Steven Gerrard should see them in 5th at best.

Very likely we won't get out our group in the CL so that is six extra games. Everyone over states the strain of European football.
We have lost suarez but added to the squad, improved the defence and have more to come.

I have no doubt Sturridge, sterling and coutinho will step up and be even more important players than last year.

shano_88

retalivity wrote: »

Someone post a link to last years thread...woukd be good to look thru the predictions from that

Can only find this thread from last year

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=85978693

lordgoat

Fescue wrote: »

1. Chelsea
2. Manchester City
3. Liverpool
4. Arsenal
5. Manchester United
6. Everton

Chelsea now have the best squad.

City haven't improved theirs.

Liverpool will drop away from Chelsea and City but I feel they will be more formidable than many imagine.

Arsenal will drop away later in the season after early promise.

United will be much better but unless they make a number of signings before the window closes, there are too many question marks over midfield and defence.

Everton will be very competitive this season and finish best of the rest.

THink you might have missed out on a few signings. City's squad is immense.

rarnes1 wrote: »

Was the general consensus last year too

Can't be wrong twice in a row can they?


1 - l'll do this when the window closes

yabadabado

rob316 wrote: »

Very likely we won't get out our group in the CL so that is six extra games. Everyone over states the strain of European football.
We have lost suarez but added to the squad, improved the defence and have more to come.

I have no doubt Sturridge, sterling and coutinho will step up and be even more important players than last year.

Why are you writing off the CL for Pool straightaway ?
Unless Liverpool get in another top striker(20 goals a season) they will struggle imo.
Suarez got 31goal and 12 assists in 33 games last year,that is phenomenal and I haven't seen anything in the transfers done so far that will come close to replacing that.

EuropeanSon

City
Arsenal
Chelsea
United
Liverpool
Everton
Spurs

Liverpool's new depth will help, but the lack of (IMO) real quality all over the pitch will tell, I think. Lallana, Sterling, Sturridge and Coutinho is a long way off what City, Arsenal and Chelsea can put out, and United's easy schedule will make them hard to beat to 4th.

I think Chelsea's striker difficulties will continue. I don't think Costa is the answer. City will run away with it by at least 5 points.

Relegation:
Burnley
West Ham
Hull

Fescue

lordgoat wrote: »

THink you might have missed out on a few signings. City's squad is immense.




Can't be wrong twice in a row can they?


1 - l'll do this when the window closes

Who has improved City significantly?

lordgoat

Caballero, Sagna, Mangala (it's happening) Fernando and Lampard.

https://twitter.com/TransferUpdate/status/496685273838026752/photo/1

That is the best squad in the league at the moment.

sabat

1. Liverpool
2. Chelsea
3. Man City
4. Spurs
5. Man U
6. Everton
7. Arsenal

Fescue

lordgoat wrote: »

Caballero, Sagna, Mangala (it's happening) Fernando and Lampard.

https://twitter.com/TransferUpdate/status/496685273838026752/photo/1

That is the best squad in the league at the moment.

They have certainly increased the numbers in their squad, so in that regard I guess they have improved it.

I guess what I was really suggesting is that Chelsea have added Courtois, Fabregas, Costa and Luis Felipe, who will all go straight into the first team and improve Chelsea dramatically.

Will any of those additions City have made go straight into their first team? Mangala perhaps. Will they be significantly stronger, I'm not so sure.

Chelsea favourites for me on the basis of the additions they have made.

Frisbee

Chelsea
City
Arsenal
United

West Brom, Burnley & Villa

hjkl

Top7.
Chelsea
City
Arsenal
Liverpool
United
Spurs
Everton

Relegation.
Leicester
Villa
Burnley

Top Scorer - Aguero

FortuneChip

If Costa performs as well as last year Chelsea will be incredibly tough to beat.
Their main problem has been a consistent strikers. Their midfield is immense, and Mourinho has such a good defensive record with them.

With no CL I can see it being a battle between United & City for second place (the latter due to another strong squad).

Arsenal & Pool battling for fourth (if Arsenal keep injuries at bay I think they'll sneak it).
Liverpool weren't a one-man team, but losing Suarez is massive. And if he's not replaced by someone of even close to that caliber, I don't see them building the same momentum as last season.

Top Goalscorer - Costa

Relegation
Burnley
Leicester
West Brom

Talib Fiasco

The writing off of City is hilarious. I'm not gonna make any title predictions for fear of jinxing but there are only two teams that have a realistic chance of winning the league currently. I predict that United will not make top 4 though.

Fescue

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

The writing off of City is hilarious. I'm not gonna make any title predictions for fear of jinxing but there are only two teams that have a realistic chance of winning the league currently. I predict that United will not make top 4 though.

For sure its between City and Chelsea, I'm just favouring Chelsea at the moment because of the signings they have made. But it wouldn't surprise me if City win it.

lordgoat

Fescue wrote: »

They have certainly increased the numbers in their squad, so in that regard I guess they have improved it.

I guess what I was really suggesting is that Chelsea have added Courtois, Fabregas, Costa and Luis Felipe, who will all go straight into the first team and improve Chelsea dramatically.

Will any of those additions City have made go straight into their first team? Mangala perhaps. Will they be significantly stronger, I'm not so sure.

Chelsea favourites for me on the basis of the additions they have made.

Ah ok, so you're not talking about who has the best overall squad but rather who has the best first team?

In that case I'd say it's close between CFC and City, CFC might shade it, depends on Costa and if he's the La Liga version or the World Cup version.

Talib Fiasco

Fescue wrote: »

For sure its between City and Chelsea, I'm just favouring Chelsea at the moment because of the signings they have made. But it wouldn't surprise me if City win it.

Felipe Luis and Fabregas are great additions for Chelsea but I can't see Costa being as potent as people think he will... I actually think he will flop hard. It's neck and neck really tbh but Chelsea are in experimental mode still to a degree whereas City just strengthened areas. It'll be a great battle for sure though. I think it's a year too soon for Arsenal yet.

Fescue

lordgoat wrote: »

Ah ok, so you're not talking about who has the best overall squad but rather who has the best first team?

In that case I'd say it's close between CFC and City, CFC might shade it, depends on Costa and if he's the La Liga version or the World Cup version.

I don't rule out City either on the basis that if Aguero and Jovetic stay fit, they could be better this season than last.

Chancer3001

1 city
2 Chelsea
3 united
4 arsenal
5spurs
6 pool
7 Everton

Player of the year Mata
Young player Hazard

Too scorer Rooney

Will I Amnt

In keeping with the thread...

I support United so they will win the league. Liverpool and City will get relegated or something.

yabadabado

Why do some people think Costa will be a flop,shouldn't the premiership suit his style and Chelsea have brilliant options behind him in support.

Fescue

yabadabado wrote: »

Why do some people think Costa will be a flop,shouldn't the premiership suit his style and Chelsea have brilliant options behind him in support.

A lot of very good strikers have joined Chelsea over the years, perhaps only Drogba has delivered.

Perhaps thats in the thinking.

I also wonder how Costa will settle at Chelsea. I have a feeling he really wanted to remain at Atletico.

glued

Liverpool are surely going to sign a few first XI players so I'm going to sit on the fence until Liverpool and United have finished their business.

Vinz Mesrine

Larry Wildman wrote: »

No Suarez, fighting on four fronts and the terminal decline of Steven Gerrard should see them in 5th at best.

I can't wait to laugh at this next May.

Kirby

Fescue wrote: »

A lot of very good strikers have joined Chelsea over the years, perhaps only Drogba has delivered.

Perhaps thats in the thinking.

I also wonder how Costa will settle at Chelsea. I have a feeling he really wanted to remain at Atletico.

Have they though? I'm not so sure. We have over the hill ex-stars like Shevchenko and Eto'o. Broken players like Torres. Unproven, raw youngsters like Lukaku. Never good enoughs like Kezman and Ba.

Costa is the first striker they have signed in ages that is potentially at the height of his powers. We shall see if he lives up to his billing but considering the talent they have signed everywhere else on the pitch, Costa is the first proper striker they have signed in donkeys years.

Chancer3001

Chelsea signed very very well. Left back, attacking mid and a striker.

And Cech will have to be at his best at all tiemes / courtois is class.

Plus, drogba. He's still good enough to score and out muscle the lesser teams.

I still think city will win it though

Chancer3001

Chelsea signed very very well. Left back, attacking mid and a striker.

And Cech will have to be at his best at all tiemes / courtois is class.

Plus, drogba. He's still good enough to score and out muscle the lesser teams.

I still think city will win it though

lordgoat

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

I can't wait to laugh at this next May.

Ah seriously, they'll def finish 5th at worst like...

davycc

Predictions IMHO,

Top 4: , Man City,Chelsea, Arssenal, Liverpool
FA Cup: Forest
League Cup: Spurs
Champions League: Athletico Madrid
Europa League: Spurs

Pl top scorers: Aguero, RVP and Sanchez..:D Heres hoping Costa flops and spends more time suspended/injured than playing :pac:

Left Back on the Bench

Chelsea
City
United
Arsenal
Pool
Spurs
Everton

Between United, arsenal and Liverpool for last 2 champion's league spots. Think Chelsea and city will be closest to the title. Being a spurs fan don't think we've enough for top 4. Only if soldado scores goals and lamela and Eriksen can in some way hit form big time and replace the loss of Bale. And if poch gets them playing well. All very big ifs

Will I Amnt

Left Back on the Bench wrote: »

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Are you new here? :pac: