Premier League Predicted Table

[Dan+]

It's that time. Only a week until the new season is underway so I think it's about time to get league table predictions in! Will do mine shortly.

[Dave]

Thinking of this has made me realise that I'm more looking forward to the competitiveness of the FL this season.

You have categories. You have your top six. Each one of them has a burden marker next to them. New ground for one team, new competition to consider for four of them and no defence for the other. Whoever can adapt quickest to there burden will no doubt win the league.

Then you have your Everton category which just consists of Everton.

Then you have your category of teams that are established but all still have areas theyd like to strengthen, and your new(ish) teams that are in the same boat. Southampton you'd presume will do well, and both Bournemouth and West Ham seem to be heading in he right direction. But for teams like Leicester (not as much as the others), Stoke, Crystal Palace, Swansea, Watford and West Brom the next couple of weeks could be telling as they all could do with either more bodies or quality. Failing to do so would cause crossover with Burnley and the promoted teams.

[Honey Honey]

1. Man City

2. Man Utd

3. Chelsea

4. Liverpool

5. Tottenham

6. Everton

7. Arsenal

8. West Ham

9. Crystal Palace

10. Bournemouth

11. Southampton

12. Leicester

13. Newcastle

14. West Brom

15. Watford

16. Huddersfield

17. Stoke City

18. Swansea

19. Brighton

20. Burnley

[Smiley Culture]

1. Manchester City

2. Chelsea

3. Manchester United

4. Tottenham Hotspur 

5. Arsenal

6. Everton

7. Liverpool

8. Southampton 

9. Leicester City

10. West Ham United

11. Newcastle United

12. West Bromwich Albion

13. Stoke City

14. Bournemouth

15. Crystal Palace

16. Watford 

17. Huddersfield Town

18. Burnley

19. Swansea City

20. Brighton & Hove Albion 

[Stan]

1. Man City

2. Man Utd

3. Chelsea

4. Liverpool

5. Tottenham

6. Arsenal

7. Everton

8. West Ham

9. Crystal Palace

10. Leicester

11. Southampton

12. West Brom

13. Newcastle

14. Stoke

15. Bournemouth

16. Brighton

17. Burnley

18. Watford

19. Swansea

20. Huddersfield

[Smiley Culture]

2 minutes ago, Stan said:

1. Man City

2. Man Utd

3. Chelsea

4. Liverpool

5. Tottenham

6. Arsenal

7. Everton

8. West Ham

9. Crystal Palace

10. Leicester

11. Southampton

12. West Brom

13. Newcastle

14. Stoke

15. Bournemouth

16. Brighton

17. Burnley

18. Watford

19. Burnley

20. Huddersfield

Burnley do well to finish 17th and 19th. 

[Stan]

2 minutes ago, Smiley Culture said:

Burnley do well to finish 17th and 19th. 

fuck sake I swear I make that kind of mistake every year  

[Honey Honey]

If they go down you can say you predicted that and if they stay up you can say you predicted that

[Bluewolf]

1 hour ago, HoneyNUFC said:

If they go down you can say you predicted that and if they stay up you can say you predicted that

Win, Win for Stan.. 

He is known for his dabbling so that the balance is slightly tipped in his favour though... Only got to look at his prediction league to see that

[LFCMike]

1 Man City

2 Chelsea

3 Arsenal

4 Man Utd

5 Liverpool

6 Tottenham

7 Everton

8 Bournemouth

9 Southampton

10 West Brom

11 Leicester

12 Crystal Palace

13 West Ham

14 Newcastle

15 Watford

16 Burnley

17 Huddersfield

18 Stoke

19 Swansea

20 Brighton

I'd like to be more optimistic about our chances of building on last season but as things stand I don't see it.

[Bluewolf]

1. Man City

2. Man Utd

3. Tottenham

4. Liverpool

5. Chelsea

6. Arsenal

7. Everton

8. West Ham

9. Crystal Palace

10. Newcastle

11. Southampton

12. West Brom

13. Bournemouth

14. Leicester

15. Watford

16. Brighton

17. Stoke City

18. Swansea

19. Burnley

20. Huddersfield

[Rick]

1. Chelsea

2. Man City

3. Man Utd

4. Arsenal

5. Liverpool 

6. Tottenham

7. Everton

8. Southampton 

9. Bournmouth 

10. Watford

11. West Brom

12. Crystal Palace

13. West Ham

14. Swansea

15. Newcastle

16. Leicester

17. Stoke

18. Huddersfield

19. Burnley

20. Brighton

 

 

[Honey Honey]

I don't think there is any real predictability in the bottom 13. There isn't any order of them that would surprise me except West Ham or Southampton going down.

[ScoRoss]

1. Man City

2. Chelsea

3. Man United

4. Liverpool

5. Tottenham

6. Arsenal

7. Everton

8. Leicester

9. Southampton

10. West Ham

11. Newcastle

12. Crystal Palace

13. Swansea

14. West Brom

15. Stoke City

16. Bournemouth

17. Watford

18. Brighton

19. Burnley

20. Huddersfield
 

[RandoEFC+]

1. Chelsea

2. Man City

3. Man Utd

4. Tottenham

5. Arsenal

6. Liverpool

7. Everton

8. Southampton

9. Bournemouth

10. Leicester

11. West Brom

12. West Ham

13. Crystal Palace

14. Newcastle

15. Brighton

16. Swansea

17. Stoke

18. Watford

19. Huddersfield

20. Brighton

[Machado]

1. Man City

2. Man Utd

3. Chelsea

4. Liverpool

5. Tottenham

6. Arsenal

7. Everton

[UNORTHODOX]

1. Chelsea

2. Manchester United

3. Manchester City

4. Liverpool

5. Arsenal

6. Tottenham

7. Everton

8. Southampton

9. Leicester

10. West Ham

11. Bournemouth

12. Newcastle

13. West Brom

14. Crystal Palace

15. Brighton

16. Stoke

17. Swansea

18. Watford

19. Burnley

20. Huddersfield

[Redcanuck]

Think I will wait until the transfer window is over.

[Honey Honey]

1 minute ago, Redcanuck said:

Think I will wait until the transfer window is over.

That's cheating  you will know how teams have started the season 

[Redcanuck]

4 minutes ago, HoneyNUFC said:

That's cheating  you will know how teams have started the season 

Is this a standard prediction you have on this forum, that you do ever year at this time? If so I could give you a prediction now, though if there are significant additions in the next three weeks, all bets are off.

[Honey Honey]

36 minutes ago, Redcanuck said:

Is this a standard prediction you have on this forum, that you do ever year at this time? If so I could give you a prediction now, though if there are significant additions in the next three weeks, all bets are off.

It happens every year and gets bumped in May so people can have a look at how badly they did 

[RandoEFC+]

Imagine if someone other than the obvious top 7 finishes in the top 7. Seems unthinkable.

[IgnisExcubitor]

Not likely to happen, but if we manage to keep Mane and Salah fit throughout the season(or at least the most part of the season) then we can finish in the top 4.

I think Arsenal will struggle this season, if they start badly, simply because the atmosphere will quickly become vitriolic.

Hope Newcastle do well. Think they will finish in the top ten. Will be interesting to see how Everton perform with all those signings.

[Dickie]

1. Man United

2. Chelsea

3. Man City

4. Arsenal

5. Liverpool

6. Tottenham

7. Everton

8. West Ham

9. Southampton

10. Leicester

11. Crystal Palace

12. Bournemouth

13. Newcastle

14. Swansea

15. West Brom

16. Watford

17. Brighton

18. Stoke City

19. Burnley

20. Huddersfield
 

[Burning Gold]

1st Chelsea - The second title is harder than the first, and Costa leaves a big gap which Morata won't completely fill, but Chelsea have enough quality in the squad and Conte's a top manager. It won't be as easy as last year, but I think they'll do it again.

2nd Manchester City - First place was a toss up between them and Chelsea. For me, there are a few too many questions concerning City, such as Aguero's fitness, new signings slotting in, and their defending. Answer those, though, and they could well pip Chelsea to the post.

3rd Tottenham - They've bought no one and lost Walker, but they're still a really good team and I don't think Wembley will be that big an issue for them over the course of a season.

4th Liverpool - Salah and Robertson are both good signings, but there are still questions at centre back, especially with Matip and Lovren's fitness issues. I'm also yet to be convinced that we'll do any better against teams that defend deep, and the extra Champions' League games could cause problems for our relatively small squad.

5th Arsenal - I don't rate Lacazette, so I don't think they've done enough to get back into the top four. They only got as close as they did last season because we were so inconsistent.

6th Manchester United - They didn't score anywhere near enough goals last season, and replacing Ibrahimovic with Lukaku isn't enough to improve them significantly, if at all, in that respect. Unless I've missed something big, I can't believe I'm seeing them tipped to challenge for the title in here and elsewhere.

7th Everton - Losing Lukaku is a blow. They seem to have signed some good players to replace him, but only time will tell if they pan out as well as Everton hope. Even if we assume the best case scenario,  I don't think they're as strong as they were last season. In any case, they've neither improved nor regressed enough to vacate 7th place.

 

6 points separated 8th and 17th place last season, so I can't be sacked to try and put them in an order. Defoe will do well for Bournemouth, as will Iheanacho at Leicester. I don't think West Ham have bought as well as people are saying, and Hernandez will struggle in a weaker team than he's used to, but they'll be perfectly safe in lower mid-table.

As far as relegation goes, I think Swansea, Stoke, and Burnley are in trouble. Newcastle will be fine but Huddersfield will struggle and I think Brighton will be in a scrap as well.

18th Swansea

19th Burnley

20th Huddersfield