Given that the new season is almost upon us now, I thought it might be interesting to post our predictions for the final league table, and see how close we were at the end of the season (could make a competition out of it and see who is the closest).

 

Here's mine:

 

1. Man City

2. Chelsea

3. Spurs

4. Man Utd

5. Arsenal

6. Liverpool

7. West Brom

8. Everton

9. Newcastle

10. Fulham

11. Aston Villa

12. West Ham

13. Southampton

14. Swansea

15. Sunderland

16. Cardiff City

17. Stoke City

18. Norwich

19. Hull City Tigers

20. Crystal Palace

Alright.

 

Man City

Chelsea

Man United

Arsenal

Tottenham

Liverpool

West Brom

Newcastle

Everton

Southampton

Swansea

Fulham

Aston Villa

Cardiff

Norwich

Sunderland

Stoke

Hull

Crystal Palace

West Ham

 

Can't argue with most of it.

Interesting to see Man U 3rd and 4th - is it because of doubts about Moyes/the transition? I.e. would place differ if SAF managing?

Pretty much agree with Zeta's prediction but could equally be Teritus'. I'm not sure that Everton will finish as high as you think.

Edited August 17, 201312 yr by Thfc

1. Man City

2.Man United 

3. Chelsea

4. Arsenal

5. Spurs

6. Liverpool

7. Swansea

8. Southampton

9. Sunderland

10. Norwich

11. Everton

12. West Brom

13. Fulham

14. Newcastle

15. Stoke

16. West Ham

17. Aston Villa

18. Cardiff

19. Palace

20. Hull

 

Tough to pick between Villa, West Ham, Everton and Newcastle but that's more or less what I'm expecting assuming there's no more transfers. I'll adjust this at the end of the transfer window if things change. 

Edited August 17, 201312 yr by Remodez

Chelsea

Man City

Man Utd

Spurs

Liverpool

Arsenal

Swansea

Everton

Southampton

Newcastle

West Ham

West Brom

Sunderland

Fulham

Aston Villa

Norwich

Cardiff

Stoke

Crystal Palace

Hull

Interesting to see Man U 3rd and 4th - is it because of doubts about Moyes/the transition? I.e. would place differ if SAF managing?

Pretty much agree with Zeta's prediction but could equally be Teritus'. I'm not sure that Everton will finish as high as you think.

 

Yep, in hindsight perhaps I did put Everton too high up. Holding onto Fellaini and/or Baines will of course be massive for them, but losing Moyes was evidently a huge blow.

Edited August 17, 201312 yr by Teritus

Yep, in hindsight perhaps I did put Everton too high up. Holding onto Fellaini and/or Baines will of course be massive for them, but losing Moyes was evidently a huge blow.

Yep. The Man U job may be a difficult learning curve for Moyes but he knew how to motivate and get the best from Everton (although to the frustration of some fans who eventually got fed up with the 'doing well with modest resources' line).

Gonna be an interesting season.

1. Chelsea

2. Man City

3. Spurs

4. Man Utd

5. Arsenal

6. Everton

7. Liverpool

8. West Brom

9. West Ham

10. Fulham

11. Newcastle

12. Swansea

13. Southampton

14. Aston Villa

15. Norwich

16. Sunderland

17. Crystal Palace

18. Stoke City

19. Cardiff

20. Hull City Humans

1. Man City

2. Chelsea

3. Man Utd

4. Tottenham

5. Arsenal

6. Liverpool

7. Everton

8. Swansea

9. West Ham

10. West Brom

11. Aston Villa

12. Southampton

13. Fulham

14. Newcastle

15. Stoke

16. Norwich

17. Sunderland

18. Cardiff

19. Hull City 'Tigers'

20. Crystal Palace

1. Chelsea

2. Man City

3. Man Utd

4. Tottenham

5. Arsenal

6. Liverpool

7. Swansea

8. Everton

9. West Brom

10. Fulham

11. Newcastle

12. Southampton

13. Cardiff

14. West Ham

15. Aston Villa

16. Sunderland

17. Norwich

18. Crystal Palace

19. Stoke

20. Hull City

1. Chelsea

2. Man City

3. Man Utd

4. Bale FC

5. Liverpool

6. Arsenal

7. Everton

8. Villa

9. West Ham

10. Southampton

11. Stoke C

12. Fulham

13. Swansea

14. Norwich

15. West Brom

16. Cardiff C

17. Sunderland

18. Newcastle

19. Palace

20. Hull

1. City

2. Chelsea

3. Utd

4. Spuds

5. Liverpool

6. Arsenal

7. Everton

8. Southampton

9. Swansea

10. Villa

11. West Ham

12. West Brom

13. Fulham

14. Norwich

15. Cardiff

16. Stoke

17. Newcastle

18. Sunderland

19. Crystal Palace

20. Hull

Edited August 20, 201312 yr by AdamCFC

1. Chelsea

2. Man City
3. Man Utd
4. Spurs
5. Arsenal
6. Swansea
7. Fulham
8. Liverpool
9. West Brom
10. Southampton
11. Newcastle
12. Norwich
13. Everton
14. Sunderland
15. Stoke City
16. Aston Villa
17. West Ham
18. Cardiff
19. Hull City
20. Crystal Palace

 

Fingers and toes crossed, goat sacrificed, let's get going!

Edited August 20, 201312 yr by Lofty 1905

Seems that almost everyone agrees with the view that if you finish above City, you win the league.

 

I can't see any stopping them though, incredibly strong team.

If City can be consistent they should just about squeak it over us with Utd coming a distant 3rd, 4th will be an interesting fight again but depending what Arsenal do in the transfer window they just might be on the outside looking in.  Spurs have become a much stronger team this year and it depends on their away form as to whether they can finish in 3rd or 4th place.  Liverpool just might be in with a shout but their overall squad depth might see them fall short and end up 5th or 6th.  I think the January transfer window might have a big say this season as the expectation will be that 4 or 5 clubs will be in for a shout and it will depend on who wants to spend the big money for the final push.  Of course it will all depend on where teams are in terms of domestic cup competitions and European games.  Wouldn't be surprised if this year has been put aside as a settling in period for the new boys and the real challenge for all competitions will come next season.  

1.

2.
3. Spurs
4. Liverpool
5. Man UTD
6. Arsenal
7. Fulham
8. Swansea
9. Aston Villa
10. Southampton
11. West Ham
12. Everton
13. Norwich
14. WBA
15. Stoke City
16. Sunderland
17. Newcastle
18. Crystal Palace
19. Cardiff
20. Hull City Tigers

 

I can't make myself type the top two but will say if we get a striker by the time the window closes we'll just pip City, if not, then probably not.

a lot depends on transfers though and I might have a rethink come September the second.

1. Man City

2. Chelsea

3. Spurs

4. Man Utd

5. Liverpool

6. Arsenal

7. Swansea

8. Southampton

9. Villa

10. Everton

11. West Brom

12. West Ham

13. Fulham

14. Cardiff 

15. Norwich

16. Sunderland

17. Stoke

18. Crystal Palace

19. Hull

20. Newcastle

Edited August 22, 201312 yr by Sharpy

Gotta say my prediction would look way different after the last week of fixtures

I'll do top 4.

 

United.

City.

Chelsea.

Spurs.

City

Chelsea

The Rags

Spurs

Arsenal

Liverpool

Swansea

Southampton

Everton

West Brom

Villa

Norwich

West Ham

Fulham

Sunderland

Stoke

Cardiff

Newcastle

Crystal Palace

Hull

 

I think you will either finish a close second to us, or us to you... but i had to opt for my beloved Citizens. i'd love to see "the rags" (our traditional name for Yoonited) fall into complete disarray under Moyes, but i doubt it tbh.

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Thats my prediction

Just a bump to ask (even though it's early doors) would anyone who posted their predictions revise them based on the season so far?

At this time it looks as if the PL title will be hard fought and a few teams are under and overperforming.

It's hard to discount Arsenal but I do think City and ourselves are the most likely.  City on form is still the best squad in the league.  Who knows what will happen to United.  Nobody is assured of top 4 this season though.  If Everton have good luck with injuries they could even have a go of it with Lukaku's help.  The November/December period is usually the test of mettle in title races (where United usually do so well) so we'll see if anyone breaks away through that. 

Just a bump to ask (even though it's early doors) would anyone who posted their predictions revise them based on the season so far?

At this time it looks as if the PL title will be hard fought and a few teams are under and overperforming.

I'm still not happy to speculate as our striker problem is still to be ironed out, if Torres or Eto'o could be relied on to play around 85% of their best form I would be confident Jose would have us sorted in the next couple of months and if the other pretenders keep slipping up I'd put my money on us.

 

As it is though for me and after the transfer window I'd change my first prediction a bit, Arsenal would have to be taken more seriously and Everton would climb a few places while City would still be the team to beat.

 

Spurs are not quite looking as good as I expected and Soldado has been a bit slow to find the form I thought he would, Eriksen looks good though and I think they will have a tight battle with Pool and UTD. Wengers experience at grabbing a cl place plus the way Ozil has slotted in with Ramsey and Giroud in form make me plump for the Gooners to nick third.

 

Here's how I'd imagine it going unless something surprising happens in the January window.

 

Original thoughts

 

1.

2.

3. Spurs

4. Liverpool

5. Man UTD

6. Arsenal

7. Fulham

8. Swansea

9. Aston Villa

10. Southampton

11. West Ham

12. Everton

13. Norwich

14. WBA

15. Stoke City

16. Sunderland

17. Newcastle

18. Crystal Palace

19. Cardiff

20. Hull City Tigers

 

 

Revised thinking

 

1. Man City

2. Chelsea

3. Arsenal

4. Liverpool

5. Spurs

6. Man UTD

7. Everton

8. Swansea

9. Aston Villa

10. Southampton

11. West Ham

12. Fulham

13.WBA

14. Norwich

15. Stoke City

16. Newcastle

17. Cardiff

18. Crystal Palace

19. Sunderland

20. Hull City Tigers