Who is going to win the Premiership?

PHB

So I think we've waited long enough, the transfer dealings of most of the top clubs have been done, barring one or two outstanding transfers which may or may not happen.

So who do we think is going to win the premiership?

For me, United are favorites (unsurprisingly). United have gotten stronger since last season. While I think the position of central midfield is weak, I think Carrick/Anderson/Fletcher/Giggs/Cleverely is enough to hold the fort, while the best set of wingers and strikers in the league, combined with the best defence, should do enough to see it through.

Rivals? Chelsea are in transition for me. New manager in. New style of play. Aging players who will need to adjust or be replaced. Still lacking a natural balance in their team, and still haven't replaced Carvalho.

Arsenal are always a threat, I don't care what anyone says. For me, they are the 3rd most likely to win the league, even if Fabregas leaves. They have a potential to build momentum in the same way United and Chelsea can. No other teams have shown that yet. I know they always crumble in March, but they are a year older and more experienced again. I think they have a good shot.

City for me have an average defence, which is going to hold them back. Last year, Mancini had to play 3 defensively minded midfielders in order to cover for them, giving an impression of a defence better than it is. The only really top class defender in there is Kompany. Everyone else is just that level below. IMO, if he tries to play 3 DMs, they won't have enough going forward to pick up enough points. If he tries to open up the game and have some real creativity in there, they'll get exposed at the back. Still another few signings away.

Liverpool are still further down the list for me. While I think Daglish has done well in the transfer market, the squad is still unbalanced for me. It's also weak in defence, possibly the weakest of the five teams. Can see them making a run for 4th though.

_blank_

Chelsea

Did you put Liverpool in there in case anyone called you a troll?

you should have made it a public poll so we can see the deluded souls who think Liverpool will win the league tbh.

Raskolnikov

Liverpool

Man City for me. Aguero is going to be huge this season, I think he can potentially exceed the achievements of Tevez. Silva and Johnson should be even better this season, now that they've settled and found their feet.

immature ejaculation

Chelsea

United
Chelsea
City
Pool
Arsenal

Tusky

Chelsea

1.United
2.City
3.Chelsea
4.Liverpool or Arsenal
6.Spurs

DrumSteve

Des wrote: »

Did you put Liverpool in there in case anyone called you a troll?

you should have made it a public poll so we can see the deluded souls who think Liverpool will win the league tbh.

I think they'll be there or thereabouts at the end of the season.

I wouldn't say i'm deluded but what's the point in competing if ye don't believe your going to win it...?

Jax Teller

Chelsea

Think its between united and city .went for united though .

mike65

Liverpool

Went for City just for "teh" laugh.

L'prof

Arsenal

1. Chelsea
2. United/City

Don't think anyone else has a realistic chance!

PHB

Chelsea

Des wrote: »

Did you put Liverpool in there in case anyone called you a troll?

I put it there because I thought a decent number of people think they can win the premiership.

you should have made it a public poll so we can see the deluded souls who think Liverpool will win the league tbh.

I did.

efb

Chelsea

Premier League: Man Und
Premiership: Leicester Tigers

bamboozling

Liverpool are going to surprise a lot of people this season.

Carroll and Suarez will form the best striker partnership in the league.

We will sign Jose Enrique and one of Scott Dann and Gary Cahill so our defense will improve.

We finally have depth, and a far better midfield than Manchester United and Chelsea at this moment in time.

We don't have the distraction of European Football.

I think this is our year.

MUSEIST

Arsenal

I did not vote, will not be able to make up my mind till after the transfer window closes.

But as it stands I think its between city and utd.

If chelsea can get modric then it changes things and I would fancy them.

MUSEIST

Arsenal

bamboozling wrote: »

Liverpool are going to surprise a lot of people this season.

Carroll and Suarez will form the best striker partnership in the league.

We will sign Jose Enrique and one of Scott Dann and Gary Cahill so our defense will improve.

We finally have depth, and a far better midfield than Manchester United and Chelsea at this moment in time.
We don't have the distraction of European Football.

I think this is our year.

LOL

theteal

Liverpool

Loads of faith in the gooners thus far :pac:

SlickRic

Liverpool

bamboozling wrote: »

Liverpool are going to surprise a lot of people this season.

Carroll and Suarez will form the best striker partnership in the league.

We will sign Jose Enrique and one of Scott Dann and Gary Cahill so our defense will improve.

We finally have depth, and a far better midfield than Manchester United and Chelsea at this moment in time.

We don't have the distraction of European Football.

I think this is our year.

theteal

Liverpool

bamboozling wrote: »

I think this is our year.

if i got a penny. . .

Hank Scorpio

Liverpool

1.city
2.chelsea
3.united
4.arsenal/liverpool

SK1979

Chelsea

1. United
2. City (+3 points)
3. Liverpool (+5 points)
4. Arsenal (+3 points)
5. Chelsea (+2 points)

Based on none of the teams adding further to their squads. Imo Chelsea's is the weakest out of the 5 teams above. Far too small to cope with some injuries, Torres out of form and Essien a far bigger loss than most acknowledge.

mike65

Liverpool

theteal wrote: »

Loads of faith in the gooners thus far :pac:

I suspect reverse psychology at play here. Or walking out of the room to make sure your team score the winning goal.

Arsenal shall do what they always do. Flatter to deceive. Hard to see Chelsea in the shake up unless they invest in some fresh defenders while hoping Torres finds his old self. Utd haven't added that much for 50+ million quid. A newbie keeper, with Ferdinand not the force of old Jones could be asked to do rather more than he is able for in his debut season. Young is good for the money. The middle remains open to query and is Berbs staying?

City at least have all the ammo they could ever need (except maybe a CB) their success or failure will be entirely down to Mancini

stovelid

Chelsea

United. largely due to City not being the finished article yet and that they've strengthened.

redzerdrog

I havent a bloody clue tbh this time last year I was certain that nobody would touch chelsea and we see how that turned out but this year I cant decide between chelsea city and utd saying that I wouldnt be overly suprised to see liverpool or arsenal finish 2nd to either of the above

Blatter

bamboozling wrote: »

Liverpool are going to surprise a lot of people this season.

Carroll and Suarez will form the best striker partnership in the league.

We will sign Jose Enrique and one of Scott Dann and Gary Cahill so our defense will improve.

We finally have depth, and a far better midfield than Manchester United and Chelsea at this moment in time.

We don't have the distraction of European Football.

I think this is our year.

The peak if the boom to bust graph has been officially reached!

That's if you were being serious:D

5starpool

Chelsea

Utd are probably going to win it, I really hope someone else does though, but unfortunately I'm pretty sure it won't be Liverpool. Take it a game at a time though I guess.

Equium

Er, why have everyone's predictions so far placed Liverpool ahead of Spurs? Kenny's signings so far wouldn't fill me with confidence if I was a 'Pool fan. Spurs did away with them pretty easily on both occasions last season, and if they can bring in a striker with any sort of ability/intelligence/consistency then I can see the gap widening.

As for the title: United or Chelsea again. Yawn...

Chelsea

I think United will win it and quite comfortably. Hope I'm wrong

Chelsea are an aging team and are perhaps banking on Torres hitting form. If he does they could be up there, big If though. I'd be shocked if he didn't pick up at least one injury at some stage. They should still finish second but their squad just isn't as strong as Uniteds.

City won't win it with Mancini in charge imo unless they change their style away from home in certain games. The potential loss of Tevez could really hurt them too. Aguero is class but it might take him a while to settle. If they are not close to the top around Christmas I can see Mancini being shown the door.

Arsenal are going the other direction and they will might have a battle for fourth especially if they lose Fabregas and Nasri.

Liverpool - no chance of the league unfortunately but should be far more dangerous than last year. A top 4 finish will be the target for Liverpool this season, and if that's achieved it will be a successful one.

Paully D

Chelsea

Manchester United.

The_Kew_Tour

Man United just from City and Chelsea

newballsplease

You just have to laugh at Liverpool fans...

every year is gonna be yer year! COP the f**k on to yourselves!

The Floyd p

Liverpool

Man city

redzerdrog

newballsplease wrote: »

You just have to laugh at Liverpool fans...

every year is gonna be yer year! COP the f**k on to yourselves!

You have to laugh at idiots like you that actually think their being serious

COP the f**k on to yourself!

karma_

Liverpool

I'm not going to make any predictions, it's just so hard to tell. As a City fan I just hope we can, and I believe we do have a chance, maybe a slim one but a chance nonetheless.

keano_afc

Arsenal

2 votes for Arsenal? Have Utd Chelsea and City been expelled from the league or something?

basillarkin

Is the league not called the premier league?

Frisbee

Chelsea

1. United
2. City
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal/Pool

aidan24326

Chelsea

mike65 wrote: »

City at least have all the ammo they could ever need (except maybe a CB) their success or failure will be entirely down to Mancini

But in terms of strikers they have far too much ammo, and they badly need rid of a couple of them (Santa Cruz, Adebayor) though I think they should keep Bellamy, he's been harshly treated by Mancini. RM will struggle to figure out what his best 11 is.

newballsplease wrote: »

You just have to laugh at Liverpool fans...

every year is gonna be yer year! COP the f**k on to yourselves!

To be fair they're entitled to approach this season with a bit more optimism than in previous years. Dalgleish has steadied the ship, made some decent if unspectacular signings, and they've a bit more strength in depth to the squad now. In Charlie Adam they've a better central midfielder than anything at Old Trafford. They almost certainly won't win the league but they have enough about them now to be back pushing for a top 3 or 4 finish.

newballsplease

Chelsea

newballsplease wrote: »

You just have to laugh at Liverpool fans...

every year is gonna be yer year! COP the f**k on to yourselves!

I doubt any serious Liverpool fan really believes that they will win the league. As I said in my prediction a top 4 finish will be a really good season for Liverpool.

The only time really in the last 20 years when there was a small sense of optomism about a title challenge was a few years ago when they finished runners up to united the previous season

Even then I never met a fan who said "it'll be our year" next year.

I think it's clear who has the delusions here...;)

PS, you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet. Serious business.

joshrogan

Liverpool

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

eugeneious

Chelsea

1. Utd
2. City
3. Chelsea
4. L'pool

TBH the only reason I'm going with Utd is because of Fergie. I actually think if Fergie was managing City or even Chelsea they would win it comfortably.

Dcully

newballsplease wrote: »

You just have to laugh at Liverpool fans...

every year is gonna be yer year! COP the f**k on to yourselves!

:rolleyes:

You have to laugh at anyone that takes them serious,they are laughing at you right now LOL.
Maybe look closer to home while looking for someone to tell "COP the f**k on" :rolleyes:


1. Manc
2. City
3. Chavs
4. LFC
5. Gunners

keane2097

Chelsea

Liverpool imo - fantastic strikeforce, super depth in midfield, reasonable defense and world class goalkeeper.

Roaster

basillarkin wrote: »

Is the league not called the premier league?

The Barclays Premier League. God knows Sky Sports say it enough.

Blatter

aidan24326 wrote: »

In Charlie Adam they've a better central midfielder than anything at Old Trafford. .

LOL.

I enjoyed that one, do keep them coming:pac:

basillarkin

Chelsea

basillarkin wrote: »

Is the league not called the premier league?

The Gray/Keys rememberence cup.

bamboozling

MUSEIST wrote: »

LOL

I don't see how it's such a preposterous statement to make that Liverpool have a better midfield than Chelsea or United at this moment in time.

Lucas, Meiriles, Aquilani, Gerrard, Adam, Henderson

vs

Ramires, Lampard, Essien (injured for season) and Obi Mikel

vs

Anderson, Giggs, Carrick, Fletcher, Gibson and Cleverley.

electrobanana

1 chelsea
2 man utd
3 city
4 spurs
5 pool
6 gunners

GLaDOS

Some people are taking this poll very seriously...

That_Guy

Liverpool

Man City are in with a terrific shout this year.

flahavaj

Chelsea

PHB wrote: »

So I think we've waited long enough, the transfer dealings of most of the top clubs have been done, barring one or two outstanding transfers which may or may not happen.

So who do we think is going to win the premiership?

For me, United are favorites (unsurprisingly). United have gotten stronger since last season. While I think the position of central midfield is weak, I think Carrick/Anderson/Fletcher/Giggs/Cleverely is enough to hold the fort, while the best set of wingers and strikers in the league, combined with the best defence, should do enough to see it through.

Rivals? Chelsea are in transition for me. New manager in. New style of play. Aging players who will need to adjust or be replaced. Still lacking a natural balance in their team, and still haven't replaced Carvalho.

Arsenal are always a threat, I don't care what anyone says. For me, they are the 3rd most likely to win the league, even if Fabregas leaves. They have a potential to build momentum in the same way United and Chelsea can. No other teams have shown that yet. I know they always crumble in March, but they are a year older and more experienced again. I think they have a good shot.

City for me have an average defence, which is going to hold them back. Last year, Mancini had to play 3 defensively minded midfielders in order to cover for them, giving an impression of a defence better than it is. The only really top class defender in there is Kompany. Everyone else is just that level below. IMO, if he tries to play 3 DMs, they won't have enough going forward to pick up enough points. If he tries to open up the game and have some real creativity in there, they'll get exposed at the back. Still another few signings away.

Liverpool are still further down the list for me. While I think Daglish has done well in the transfer market, the squad is still unbalanced for me. It's also weak in defence, possibly the weakest of the five teams. Can see them making a run for 4th though.

Didn't you argue vehemantly with me a few weeks back when I made this exat point?

Drumpot

Chelsea

bamboozling wrote: »

Liverpool are going to surprise a lot of people this season.

Carroll and Suarez will form the best striker partnership in the league.

We will sign Jose Enrique and one of Scott Dann and Gary Cahill so our defense will improve.

We finally have depth, and a far better midfield than Manchester United and Chelsea at this moment in time.

We don't have the distraction of European Football.

I think this is our year.

Suppose it depends on what peoples expectations of them are . . My guess is that they will somehow surprise the always over confident Liverpool fans by not winning the league, European Cup (even though they arent in it), FA cup, League cup and the world cup that comes once every four years . .

The most satisfying thing as a United fan is how confident pool fans get after a couple of wins . .

TBH if Liverpool are going to be put in this poll, Spurs have a great argument to be deservingly in it! Just because there are more delusional Pool fans, doesnt make the right of the spurs fans to blindly support their team any less important . .

bamboozling

Drumpot wrote: »

Suppose it depends on what peoples expectations of them are . . My guess is that they will somehow surprise the always over confident Liverpool fans by not winning the league, European Cup (even though they arent in it), FA cup, League cup and the world cup that comes once every four years . .

The most satisfying thing as a United fan is how confident pool fans get after a couple of wins . .

TBH if Liverpool are going to be put in this poll, Spurs have a great argument to be deservingly in it! Just because there are more delusional Pool fans, doesnt make the right of the spurs fans to blindly support their team any less important . .

I'm not really why Liverpool fans are so delusional in your eyes. We have as good a shout as any. We've made some good new signings.


Sure why not include everyone. Every team has a chance of winning the league.