Premier League Top 7 this season

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

Spurs are hard to assess because of their youth. If Kane, Lamela, Alli and Eriksen all continue to improve like you would expect them to, I don't see any reason to believe that they're any less quality of a front four than Arsenal or Chelsea or Man U have. If not, they're not a huge drop off.

Vertonghen, Wimmer, Alderweireld are the three main CB's. Part of Wanyama'a signing is he will play DM if a CB gets injured and Dier becomes the fourth available CB. Backup LB Ben Davies can play there if needed (see: Wales NT). Kind of odd it doesn't seem Spurs are pursuing a fourth CB but Poch likes it as it is. Wouldn't be surprised if he's planning on using a youth player as the fourth CB actually.

Man City
Chelsea
Man Utd
Arsenal
Spurs
West Ham
Leicester

So the bookies have placed Man City the favourites for the title so far with Man United close runners up. Arsenal 3rd favourite while Chelsea 4th. Liverpool 5th, Tottenham 6th and Leicester 7th

Leicester should sink faster than the titanic if Mahrez leaves for Arsenal

RealGunner wrote:So the bookies have placed Man City the favourites for the title so far with Man United close runners up. Arsenal 3rd favourite while Chelsea 4th. Liverpool 5th, Tottenham 6th and Leicester 7th

We shouldn't be 2nd favorites. Maybe 4th after City, Arsenal and Tottenham with Chelsea near us.

Vlad the Impaler wrote:

RealGunner wrote:So the bookies have placed Man City the favourites for the title so far with Man United close runners up. Arsenal 3rd favourite while Chelsea 4th. Liverpool 5th, Tottenham 6th and Leicester 7th

We shouldn't be 2nd favorites. Maybe 4th after City, Arsenal and Tottenham with Chelsea near us.

If you continue to play Carrick and Rooney you won't make the top 4, same applies if you try and stick Pogba in a 2 man midfield lol

@Crimson

Why are you so evil man?

Crimson wrote:

Vlad the Impaler wrote:

RealGunner wrote:So the bookies have placed Man City the favourites for the title so far with Man United close runners up. Arsenal 3rd favourite while Chelsea 4th. Liverpool 5th, Tottenham 6th and Leicester 7th

We shouldn't be 2nd favorites. Maybe 4th after City, Arsenal and Tottenham with Chelsea near us.

If you continue to play Carrick and Rooney you won't make the top 4, same applies if you try and stick Pogba in a 2 man midfield lol

Honestly you are underestimating how bad the league is tbh

Vlad the Impaler wrote:@Crimson

Why are you so evil man?

harsh but true, you can achieve a lot with your squad but the hard choices need to be made, I also don't think Ibra will have the impact many believe he will, time will tell I suppose.

CBarca wrote:Spurs are hard to assess because of their youth. If Kane, Lamela, Alli and Eriksen all continue to improve like you would expect them to, I don't see any reason to believe that they're any less quality of a front four than Arsenal or Chelsea or Man U have. If not, they're not a huge drop off.

How do you judge front 4 quality?

By looking at their ability as players and the understanding and chemistry between them

Though I've placed them low I must admit that Liverpool has a high surprise potential. If they tighten up their defense then they could go far considering they have no European football (Chelsea too). Predicting this year I feel is utterly useless other than City winning tbh

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Crimson wrote:

Vlad the Impaler wrote:

We shouldn't be 2nd favorites. Maybe 4th after City, Arsenal and Tottenham with Chelsea near us.

If you continue to play Carrick and Rooney you won't make the top 4, same applies if you try and stick Pogba in a 2 man midfield lol

Honestly you are underestimating how bad the league is tbh

There's a lot of quality in the top 10 this season around, on the pitch and on the bench.
I think people are buying into the transfer hype and are hugely overrating Man United's prospects.

CBarca wrote:By looking at their ability as players and the understanding and chemistry between them

Though I've placed them low I must admit that Liverpool has a high surprise potential. If they tighten up their defense then they could go far considering they have no European football (Chelsea too). Predicting this year I feel is utterly useless other than City winning tbh

After going through ONLY last season statistics and the signings this year ive come to a personal and theoretical conclusion of front 4 quality

Man City
United
Spurs
Arsenal
Liverpool
Chelsea

Liverpool to be premier league top goal scorers this season

You lads signing back Suarez?

Unique wrote:Liverpool to be premier league top goal scorers this season

This way --> http://www.goallegacy.net/t39724-the-offical-goal-legacy-betting-thread-2016-17

Sri wrote:You lads signing back Suarez?

don't need him. Henderson is fit again

United
Chelsea
City
Liverpool
Arsenal
Spurs
Leicester

Chelsea
Arsenal
City
United
Tottenham
Liverpool
Leicester


Logically Arsenal should win it but they'll probably throw it away

Wtf is going on. Crimson and Vibe back in the same day. Is this 2011?

Also I can't stress enough how wrong your predictions about Liverpool are.

We are 100% finishing in the top 4. Not only that title challenge is 100% on the cards at some point in the season as well.

Don't call me James wrote:Also I can't stress enough how wrong your predictions about Liverpool are.

We are 100% finishing in the top 4. Not only that title challenge is 100% on the cards at some point in the season as well.

don't jinx it James

Mauricio Pochettino hopes Spurs players have grown up after last season's title agony

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/mauricio-pochettino-hopes-tottenham-players-have-grown-up-after-last-seasons-title-agony-a7185871.html

Too many people in the media have us as favourites to win the league. I don't like that. I don't like that at all.

In saying that though, I do think we'll win the league. Who finishes 2nd, 3rd and so on doesn't concern me.

Sorry for coming across as a douchebag but that's how I feel it about it.

Interesting thread and replies

I find it funny to see so many people underestimating Chelsea. If Hazard gets back to form they are favorites imo