by smurfsdabomb » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:09 am
Very hard to make a prediction for next season with so many uncertainties hanging around 5 of the top 6, oddly City are the only ones looking stable at the moment.
Uniteds team is shit, they won last season because everyone was more shit than them and they have the strongest winning mentality. Young is a guy a few years off a purple patch and back to mediocrity, Jones is some kid who may or may not make it. De Gea is a good young goalkeeper but as far as I can see they still haven't touched their main problem in centre mid.
Villas-Boas is a really good coach and hes got a strong group of players to work with. People say chelsea are an ageing team but in reality its only a few players like Drogba, Anelka and Lampard who really fit that category. The team needs to transition from those guys as key players onto the likes of Torres, Essien, Luiz, Ramires etc. I think they could do that and take people by surprise with how quickly they transition.
Arsenal are heading backwards, feeder club to bigger sides these days they'll never win anything major but they're managed well enough to stay in the top 4.
Daglish made some of the most idiotic transfers I've ever seen. Andy Carroll and Henderson namely, spending over 50m on those mediocre guys is comedy stuff. Gerrard and Carragher are on their way out, Suarez is good but with Lucas and Henderson as the engine in midfield the liverpool wagon will cut out before its left the driveway. Could definitely see Keegan mark 2 here.
Spurs I'd say will have a dreadful season. Modric and VdV will leave sooner or later and the likes of Bale are vastly overrated, could see them winding up in mid table.
I'd say Chelsea first, City 2nd. Don't think theres going to be any one strong team, the league is quite weak and in transition at the moment. The question is who'll come out of this period as the next big superpower, because that opportunity is definitely up for grabs at the moment.
