and deserve to win the league, closely followed by Norwich City.
Chelsea are their usual grinding selves, Manchester United remind me of Liverpool from last season (i.e unable to win enough due to being rubbish) and that leaves the only other challengers for the league, Aston Villa.
Will be fairly interesting for once. Up the Arsenal. (until inevitable injuries, Gallas implosion hits them and they finish 4th)
it used to be my hope for norwich to play like arsenal
in recent weeks, arsenal have been playing like norwich
which i never thought i would see happen
ironic eh...
it used to be my hope for norwich to play like arsenalin recent weeks, arsenal have been playing like norwichwhich i never thought i would see happenironic eh...
It's going to be a very interesting league this season, mainly due to the fact that the top contenders are weaker than in previous seasons.
I still see the "big 4" as the only real contender and I believe the league will be decided by whoever gets luckiest regarding injuries.
Arsenal IMO have the best first 11 Arsenal 9/10 Liverpool 8/10 Chelsea 8/10 United 7/10
But Arsenal and liverpool lag behind in terms of best squads
Chelsea 8/10 United 7/10 Liverpool & Arsenal 6/10
It's going to be a very interesting league this season, mainly due to the fact that the top contenders are weaker than in previous seasons.I still see the "big 4" as the only real contender and I believe the league will be decided by whoever gets luc
Canaryboy Chelsea ARE weaker as evidence by their performance yesterday and other lame performance against Wigan and Villa.
6 or 7 of Chelsea's most important players are the wrong side of 30 and although 30/31 is not particularly old if you play too many "older" players your team lack the explosive edge that a few 22/23/24 year olds give you.
Added to that, Terry is not as good as he was (injuries taking their toll) and they still lack width in midfield. They are a very good outfit and are rightly favourites but I reckon they are in for a blip January/February when they lose players to the African Nations Cup and they have the inevitable fixture congestion; FA Cup, League and CL matches and then we'll see how the 30+ brigade handle the fatigue/injuries.
I think they'll finish 2nd this season but I still haven't figured out who's going to win it!!
Canaryboy Chelsea ARE weaker as evidence by their performance yesterday and other lame performance against Wigan and Villa.6 or 7 of Chelsea's most important players are the wrong side of 30 and although 30/31 is not particularly old if you play too