The Top 6

[Buddha]

So we're 7 games into what's looking increasingly like a wide open race for European places this season. Have you revised your predictions for the teams at the top? Any surprise packages (Southampton, Everton?) creeping into your thoughts for a European place?

Predict your top 6.

I'll go for:

1. Chelsea
2. Arsenal
3. Man City
4. Liverpool
5. Tottenham
6. Man Utd
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7/8. Everton/Southampton

 

[Dreambeliever]

I said Southampton for top 6 before the season started and still think they will crack it

 

[6TimesaRed]

1. Arsenal
2. Man City
3. Liverpool
4. Chelsea
5. Man Utd
6. Tottenham
7. Everton

 

[Dreambeliever]

Chelsea
City
Liverpool
Arsenal
Spurs
Southampton
Everton
Utd

 

[Mystic]

I said Southampton for top 6 before the season started and still think they will crack it

To be fair, you said top 7, I said top 8, however with Swansea not seeming to be as great as I'd expected, I think 7th is a good shout for them.

Edit: Actually scrap that, 8th behind Everton.

 

[Dreambeliever]

To be fair, you said top 7, I said top 8, however with Swansea not seeming to be as great as I'd expected, I think 7th is a good shout for them.

Edit: Actually scrap that, 8th behind Everton.

I'll stick with 6th they'll batter utd next game

 

[the count]

Man City
Chelsea
Arsenal
Spurs
Liverpool
Man U

 

[Mystic]

I'll stick with 6th they'll batter utd next game

United will be much stronger in the second half of the season, so I wouldn't write them off yet.

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

I still think United will end up in the top four, it would be a total disaster of a season if they didn't. And a total disaster if they didn't finish above us, they did finish 37 points above us last season.

At least that's what I tell my friends who support them.

 

[jexykrodic]

Citeh
Chavski
Arse
Scum
Spuds
Us

 

[Mystic]

Citeh
Chavski
Arse
Scum
Spuds
Us

Love the optimism.

 

[Bradley]

Liverpool
Then 19 other teams below.

 

[nealmac]

Anyone thinking Utd will finish outside the top 4 are deluded. Especially DB. Fucking 8th?

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

Anyone thinking Utd will finish outside the top 4 are deluded. Especially DB. Fucking 8th?

He's just doing the old "I'll say we'll do bad, but if we don't, I'll be glad to be wrong" win-win thingy.

 

[jexykrodic]

Love the optimism.

I know. Bit worried about the Bitters as well though 😉

 

[Hansern]

1. City
2. Arsenal
3. Chelsea
4. Liverpool
5. Utd
6. Spurs
7. Everton
8. Soton

 

[nealmac]

He's just doing the old "I'll say we'll do bad, but if we don't, I'll be glad to be wrong" win-win thingy.

Ha.

 

[FoxForceFive]

I'll probably piss people off here, but I have a horrible fear that our lack of depth (& lack of extra games with which to blood youngers players in before they're needed) may well cost us.

It'll cost Everton too, they have a similar, but more obvious, lack of strength in depth.

1. City
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Utd
5. Liverpool
6. Spurs
7. Everton

So much depends on injuries this season as quite a few teams are reliant (perhaps overly so) on a couple of players, us, Everton, Arsenal, & Utd will all struggle if one or two key players are out to some degree or another.

Whilst that is always true, each of those teams has sacrificed having brilliant backups in order to strengthen the first team.

 

[Mors]

1. Chelski
2. City
3. Us
4. Arse
5. Scum
6. Spurs

 

[Frogfish]

I'm quite liking my predictions here TBH http://www.sixcrazyminutes.com/inde...season-scm-prediction-time.35719/#post-972124

However now revised :

1. Chelsea
2. Liverpool (we'll buy the missing piece of the midfield puzzle in January and be the strongest team in the 2nd half of the season - but it won't quite be enough to overcome Chelsea's lead)
3. City
4. Arsenal
5. United (will splash the cash in January - but too little too late)
6. Spurs (20 midfielders will demand transfer requests at the end of the season due to lack of playing time and no Euro football next season)
7. Everton
8. Southampton (Osvaldo will last the season) or WBA

 

[Glen C]

I'll probably piss people off here, but I have a horrible fear that our lack of depth (& lack of extra games with which to blood youngers players in before they're needed) may well cost us.

It'll cost Everton too, they have a similar, but more obvious, lack of strength in depth.

1. City
2. Chelsea
3. Arsenal
4. Utd
5. Liverpool
6. Spurs
7. Everton

So much depends on injuries this season as quite a few teams are reliant (perhaps overly so) on a couple of players, us, Everton, Arsenal, & Utd will all struggle if one or two key players are out to some degree or another.

Whilst that is always true, each of those teams has sacrificed having brilliant backups in order to strengthen the first team.

With us being our of europe and already out of the carling cup i don't see a lack of depth being a problem as long as we get lucky with injuries. We're going to be playing one game a week all season. We just need to keep cou, studge, gerrard, agger and toure in cotton wool to protect them from injuries....especially studge who's Mr Glass. More importantly will be what rodgers does in the january transfer window. We need two quality midfielders so badly.

 

[Gary25]

I still think United will end up in the top four, it would be a total disaster of a season if they didn't. And a total disaster if they didn't finish above us, they did finish 37 points above us last season.

At least that's what I tell my friends who support them.

Let it be a 'total disaster' then.

 

[juniormember]

Let it be a 'total disaster' then.

Yup, by their standards it already is. Which is great.
They have to win two more than us just to get level with us, whilst making up the goal difference too (6).
I'm sure we'll screw up on occasions but I haven't felt this confident about our strikers scoring goals in 2 decades.
It really is a season where we can definitely make the top 4 with a bit of luck.

 

[King Binny]

[article]Position | Team | (Point difference from corresponding 2012/13 fixtures)
1. Arsenal (-5)
2. Liverpool (+4)
3. Chelsea (-5)
4. Southampton (+11)
5. Man City (-1)
6. Tottenham (+2)
7. Everton (+4)
8. Hull (N.A.)
9. Man Utd (-6)
10. Aston Villa (+6)
11. Newcastle (-1)
12. WBA (0)
13. West Ham (0)
14. Cardiff (N.A.)
15. Swansea (+1)
16. Stoke City (-2)
17. Fulham (-1)
18. Norwich (+2)
19. Crystal Palace (N.A.)
20. Sunderland (-4)

*Where
Hull (8th) = Wigan (3rd last)
Cardiff (14th) = Reading (2nd last)
Crystal Palace (19th) = QPR (bottom)[/article]

 

[Gerry_A_Trick]

Arsenal won all these games last year? Maybe their good form is a little over rated.

 

[King Binny]

Arsenal won all these games last year? Maybe their good form is a little over rated.

Yeah, last season's results in brackets.

17 Aug Arsenal 1-3 Aston Villa (2 - 1)
24 Aug Fulham 1-3 Arsenal (0 - 1)
1 Sep Arsenal 1-0 Tottenham (5 - 2)
14 Sep Sunderland 1-3 Arsenal (0 - 1)
22 Sep Arsenal 3-1 Stoke City (1 - 0)
28 Sep Swansea City 1-2 Arsenal (0 - 2)
6 Oct West Bromwich 1-1 Arsenal (1 - 2)

F14 A8 GD6 (F14 A4 GD 10)

Also got mentioned yesterday by Daily Express.
[article]The fixtures computer has handed the Gunners the easiest start to the season in Premier League history. Incredibly, each of Arsenal’s first eight games this season were fixtures that they won last time round.

Chelsea, in the 2008/09 season, opened up with five fixtures they had won in the previous campaign – the only team to have got anywhere near Arsenal’s remarkable run in Premier League history.[/article]

 

[tombrown]

1. Liverpool
2. Who cares
3 Who cares
4 Who cares
:
:
19 Everton
20 Man Utd

 

[the_dude]

Liverpool to finish top and fuck everyone else including all yo mommas

now Free

 

[Leo]

1.Chelsea
2.City
3.Arsenal
4.Us
5.Scum
6.Spurs

Ya can be fucking sure that United would win the Champions League then wouldn't they.

 

[moneymay81]

1 Chelsea 2 City 3 Utd 4 Arsenal 5 Us 6 Spurs