Top 6 prediction 2016-2017

Who will win the league?

  • Leicester

  • Man Utd

  • Tottenham

  • Arsenal

  • Chelsea

  • Man City

  • Liverpool

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Rafateria said:
Iheanancho is going to be a top striker and is probably already good enough to be #2 or more likely #3 in the striking dept. I though there was already chatter of someone to replace/challenge Hart ?
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Was talk of Ter Stegen but that has cooled down a lot over the last month. Don't think Barcelona are prepared to sell him.
 
Mark_Barca said:
They still have one of the best squads in the league and one(if not the) best manager in world football.

Made two good signings in Nolito and Gundogan and looking likely to bring in Sane/Bonucci. Just needs to improve the goalkeeper and full back positions and he's good to go for the league title. Should improve the likes of Nasri, Sterling, Otamendi and Iheanancho
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I can see his new signings making a difference yea I agree, I'm still not convinced about their squad though to be honest, as shown last year, lose aguerro, de Bruyne or kompany and they start to struggle, they haven't got quality in depth.
I don't ink it's that laughable or shocking if they finish 6th or 1st, same could be said for most teams in the top 6 at the moment, they all have their benefits and drawbacks.
 
You people never learn. Every year, for the last few seasons people put city to finish first, they have an expensive squad but have been getting worse every year. An ageing squad that is always injured. I said this before and people almost lost their collective shits. City are the most likely not to be top four this season. West ham will take their place. My predictions. I am not on a WUM so don't be angry these are my predictions.

1. United. Mourinho will bully his way to a title. Never bet against him especially if he has money to buy who he wants.

2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4. Westham. If they keep Payet and get that world class striker they want
5.City
6.Spurs
7.Everton
8.Liverpool
9.Bournmouth(they might get Europe )
 
Terminator said:
Tottenham have a decent squad who had a very good year last season. I think they will be found out this season for the mediocre team that they are. I'll be very surprised if they finish top 5.
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What a strange view. We've finished outside of the top 6 less times in the last 10 years than we've finished in the top 4. And we've finished top 5 seven times in the past 10 seasons.

I don't know where we'll finish (and wouldn't like to predict without waiting for the transfer window to close) but I think people are making the mistake of playing football on paper.
 
1. United - we win by a mile.
2. Arsenal
3. City
4. Liverpool
5. Spurs
6. West Ham
 
The BlackGaijin said:
You people never learn. Every year, for the last few seasons people put city to finish first, they have an expensive squad but have been getting worse every year. An ageing squad that is always injured. I said this before and people almost lost their collective shits. City are the most likely not to be top four this season. West ham will take their place. My predictions. I am not on a WUM so don't be angry these are my predictions.

1. United. Mourinho will bully his way to a title. Never bet against him especially if he has money to buy who he wants.

2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4. Westham. If they keep Payet and get that world class striker they want
5.City
6.Spurs
7.Everton
8.Liverpool
9.Bournmouth(they might get Europe )
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I know you claim to be expert in your past predictions but most of your logic seems to me to be based on soundbite factoids.

"You people never learn" is not the best way to get respect for your opinions? mate.
 
Rafateria said:
You are quite simply ignoring the changes in football over the past few seasons (money, deeper squads and more competitive league). Last season was an anomaly as far as Chelsea are concerned, if you can not admit that then the debate needs to end here. However if you do accept there is a modicum of truth in that then the fact that a Top 4 side now has no Euro competition, yet still has an exceptionally strong squad, and with a massive transfer kitty to add to it over the next two months, means your simple defence of "how many teams . blah blah" is totally irrelevant. History is no indicator of future performance. Records and myths are destroyed year after year.
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Totally irrelevant, except it's based on fact. The changes in football have been happening for decades. Teams are getting richer, squads have been getting bigger, this isn't a new thing. I'll repeat myself again because you seem to be misunderstanding or ignoring it, I'm not sure which. It does play some factor in it, but the amount it effects overall league position is grossly overstated. Its a point that has been made by manager and commentator since the Premier league began, and each time its had very little effect, that isn't going to change now, just ask Spurs.
 
ivaldo said:
Totally irrelevant, except it's based on fact. The changes in football have been happening for decades. Teams are getting richer, squads have been getting bigger, this isn't a new thing. I'll repeat myself again because you seem to be misunderstanding or ignoring it, I'm not sure which. It does play some factor in it, but the amount it effects overall league position is grossly overstated. Its a point that has been made by manager and commentator since the Premier league began, and each time its had very little effect, that isn't going to change now, just ask Spurs.
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Suggest you just ask Mourinho since he clearly disagrees with you !
 
africanspur said:
What a strange view. We've finished outside of the top 6 less times in the last 10 years than we've finished in the top 4. And we've finished top 5 seven times in the past 10 seasons.

I don't know where we'll finish (and wouldn't like to predict without waiting for the transfer window to close) but I think people are making the mistake of playing football on paper.
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I think Spurs are well coached and very good tactically but at the same time mentally fragile. Any of the top teams can have a bad streak of games because of the strength of the league (Midtable clubs are improving every season) but I can't see Spurs bouncing back after a bad month. It's likely Spurs or any top team for the matter will lose 2-3 games on the trot next season and it's crucial they respond well.
 
  1. City
  2. Chelsea
  3. United
  4. Spurs
  5. Arsenal
  6. Liverpool
More open than last season, for me. 2-6 very much up in the air. I could see the grind pulling City back a bit.
 
Collating the predictions so far, the consensus view gives:

United
City
Arsenal
Chelsea
Spurs
Liverpool
West Ham
Leicester
Everton
Southampton
 
It's impossible to predict. As Mourinho said before he last managed Chelsea to the title, any one of six teams could win it and the one who finishes sixth could be first. That's more true than ever now, and you could probably extend it to eight.

If Arsenal get Higuain they will be very dangerous. Everton might be a surprise top 4 challenger.
 
Terminator said:
I think Spurs are well coached and very good tactically but at the same time mentally fragile. Any of the top teams can have a bad streak of games because of the strength of the league (Midtable clubs are improving every season) but I can't see Spurs bouncing back after a bad month. It's likely Spurs or any top team for the matter will lose 2-3 games on the trot next season and it's crucial they respond well.
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I don't think any of the top teams have really shown mental strength last season and we started off the whole season last season with a bad month (sitting at 17th place after a month of football) and indeed not a great two months (sitting in 8th place after 2 months.

Like I said, I've never liked predicting football, I've always considered it a bit of a fool's game but that analysis doesn't really make sense to me.
 
Rafateria said:
Suggest you just ask Mourinho since he clearly disagrees with you !
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Manager in preemptive excuse shocker!

He also staunchly defended Drogba for his entire career about diving claims, then called him a diver as soon as he was asked the same question whilst at Inter Milan. Nice to know you're capable of forming your own opinions though... Let's just hope you don't read Th Sun.
 
ivaldo said:
Manager in preemptive excuse shocker!

He also staunchly defended Drogba for his entire career about diving claims, then called him a diver as soon as he was asked the same question whilst at Inter Milan. Nice to know you're capable of forming your own opinions though... Let's just hope you don't read Th Sun.
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What an idiotic post. You are better than that. Or maybe you're not.
 
Rafateria said:
What an idiotic post. You are better than that. Or maybe you're not.
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You make an idiotic point you should expect the same in response. You use a comment from a manager who is known to bullshit and present it as an undeniable truth and you expect to be taken serously? Wake up.
 
Ruffian said:
It's impossible to predict. As Mourinho said before he last managed Chelsea to the title, any one of six teams could win it and the one who finishes sixth could be first. That's more true than ever now, and you could probably extend it to eight.

If Arsenal get Higuain they will be very dangerous. Everton might be a surprise top 4 challenger.
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Anyone of six teams is a complete PL myth.
 
Arsenal
United
City
Chelsea
Spurs
Stoke (West ham if Payet stays)
 
I don't understand how people can have city as such strong favourites and then say it's a stretch that we make number 1 or 2. We finished on the same points and have made better signings thus far and if we add Pogba our squad will be better.

1-Utd
2-Arsenal
3-Chelsea
4-City
5-Liverpool
6-Spurs
 
How the hell are people putting utd to finish 1st. We have the longest gap to make of the usual suspects and would need to sign more players and also then get them to gel. Amazing.
 
krazyrobus said:
How the hell are people putting utd to finish 1st. We have the longest gap to make of the usual suspects and would need to sign more players and also then get them to gel. Amazing.
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How is it more crazy than people putting city first? We finished on the same points! Surely it's more of a stretch for Chelsea to finish first? Arsenal are never gonna win, history tells us that. With Mourinho and the new players we have signed we are as close to favourites as anyone else.
 
ivaldo said:
You make an idiotic point you should expect the same in response. You use a comment from a manager who is known to bullshit and present it as an undeniable truth and you expect to be taken serously? Wake up.
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And yet your opinion is still in the minority even on this site, so what does that say about you ? Your manager and nowhere was it given as an 'undeniable truth' (resorting to total fabrication now are we) it was just a response in kind to your pathetic 'ask Spurs'. Finally I am not the one that lashed out with a childish, abhorrent, wumming statement as a deliberate provocation, typical of people that know there is no longer any defence of their argument. Grow up.
 
TrustInJanuzai said:
How is it more crazy than people putting city first? We finished on the same points! Surely it's more of a stretch for Chelsea to finish first? Arsenal are never gonna win, history tells us that. With Mourinho and the new players we have signed we are as close to favourites as anyone else.
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City players under-performed. Whereas we have some poor players and larger holes and questions about our players. With the right motivation, plus a style of play that is close to Pep's it's not that much of a change.

We are going to change tactics dramatically, incorporate a main striker, a new winger/10, new CB and maybe a new CM. That's a whole new spine!
 
I have a feeling Pep will find PL much more difficult than he expects especially as he loves possession football but it doesn't quite work here. We have as much chance of winning it as anyone else.

1. United
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4. City
5. Liverpool
6. Spurs
 
The White Pele said:
Collating the predictions so far, the consensus view gives:

United
City
Arsenal
Chelsea
Spurs
Liverpool
West Ham
Leicester
Everton
Southampton
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TrustInJanuzai said:
I don't understand how people can have city as such strong favourites and then say it's a stretch that we make number 1 or 2. We finished on the same points and have made better signings thus far and if we add Pogba our squad will be better.

1-Utd
2-Arsenal
3-Chelsea
4-City
5-Liverpool
6-Spurs
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City strong favourites when United most popular choice to win it?
Last year was just that. Leicester can vouch for the difference a year can make.
 
krazyrobus said:
City players under-performed. Whereas we have some poor players and larger holes and questions about our players. With the right motivation, plus a style of play that is close to Pep's it's not that much of a change.

We are going to change tactics dramatically, incorporate a main striker, a new winger/10, new CB and maybe a new CM. That's a whole new spine!
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Each to their own I think our players underperformed more than any team in the league because LVG was clueless. We actually have a fantastic squad will exceptional depth but LVg has convinced people otherwise. Pep is new to the league, never managed a team that isn't the best in the world with superstars. There's just as many question marks over city compared to us and the difference is we have made better signings
 
Could easily be very wrong here but I am going,

1st: Chelsea - They still have a great squad and I think they will ride the crest of the wave for a while with Conte's arrival seeing a return to form for the likes of Hazard, Matic and Courtois

2nd: Utd - Had we sealed the Pogba deal and bought in another world class forward I would put us in 1st. Injuries had a massive impact last year and without them we would have been only a few points away despite being awful for much of the season! Expect us to be stronger this year.

3rd: City - This is the one I struggled with the most. I expect the Guardiola factor to see them off to a flying start but they still haven't sorted their issues at the back and they are still dependant on Aguero for the bulk of their goals which would be fine if you knew you could get 34-35 games out of him which seems unlikely.

4: Spurs - They don't concede goals and are difficult to play against

5: Arsenal - They were shocking for large parts of last season despite all of their usual rivals being in disarray. With Utd and City stronger and no sign of a forward or CB I think their luck will run out and Wenger will finally move on
 
Gentleman Jim said:
City strong favourites when United most popular choice to win it?
Last year was just that. Leicester can vouch for the difference a year can make.
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As the league will quickly find out when we improve a huge amount to win the title
 
Cina said:
Well, great to see expectations on here aren't abnormally high this season.
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Jose has wiped the slate clean. It's as if we really have forgotten the last 3 years. Maybe for good reason.

Expectation isn't just high here, wasn't Crerand saying during the friendly yesterday that he thought we'd win the league...
 
Cina said:
Well, great to see expectations on here aren't abnormally high this season.
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Red cafe boom-bust cycle? Just with a much sharper incline around November/December.
 
Difficult to predict now, with many transfers yet to be made. If we (Chelsea) successfully rebuild our defense in the summer I'm confident of us finishing in the top four. As of now, I'd go for

1. Man City
2. Man Utd
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Tottenham
6. Liverpool
 
1. City
Guardiola will have them play possession football, which helps with their less-than-up-for-it defense, and they do have the strength up top to not go sideways like United did under LvG.
They also seem to address some of their weaknesses, going by rumors: defense, midfield and right wing.

2. Arsenal
Bit up in the air for me whom of United or Arsenal will make it here, but since it seems like Arsenal finally will sign that second proper striker for their squad and have added a defensive midfielder (even if he too has a bottle), I think they'll go out guns blazing but fail closer to the end and lose the title.

3. United
Jose has said himself that his teams peak in the 2nd or 3rd year (can't remember which), so the first season will be a record of solid performances and getting his players established. We've done fantastic on the transfer market, so if we win the league it won't be a huge surprise.

4. Tottenham
5. Liverpool
6. Chelsea

Any of the last 3 can take the top spot.
All have ok/good squads, all have ok/good coaches. Tottenham got the nod ahead of the other two purely because they seem more settled in their way of playing, and in my opinion has a bit more quality in their squad than at the very least LFC.
LFC goes in front of Chelsea purely because I have no idea how Chelsea will respond to their failures of last season. They are the dark horse the coming season and will be a huge x-factor.
 
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