Saturday, August 13, 2005

EPL is back!

Who will win the league?
I am a United fan, so its Manchester United. Everyone seems to have blind faith in Mourinho and his supremely talented squad, but I am not sure they will be as dominating this year as last year. They would have been studied day and night by now and I am sure teams will be more prepared for them this year, you only have to watch Arsenal's community shield match, the better team actually lost. Finally Pool would be a bother but it will be interesting as most of Rafa's purchases are new to the English game, so I dont expect them to click this year.

The battle for Europe?
I can see a mini league of 7 fighting for 2 places, Everton, Charlton, Bolton, Boro, Spurs, Man City, Birmingham and if I were to choose 2, I would plump for Spurs and Boro. Man City would push these 2 but lose out, just like last year

Definitely Mid-Table with the ocassional giant killing act?
NewCastle, Portsmouth, Blackburn, Aston Villa

Relegation Dog-Fight?
Fulham, West Brom, West Ham, Sunderland, Wigan

Who will finally be relegated
Fulham, Sunderland, Wigan

Players teams cannot do without
United - Ruud, Van Der Sar, Scholes
Arsenal - Henry, Ljunberg, Toure's Central Defence Partner
Chelsea - Terry, Makelele, Lampard and Cech
Liverpool - Reina, Stevie G, Alonso
Spurs - Davids, King's Central Defence Partner
Man City - Andrew Cole, James
Boro - Yakubu, Mendieta, Boateng
Villa - Phillips, Solano, Mellberg
Birmigham - Butt, Forsell, Dunn
West Brom - Zlotan Gera, Kevin Campbell
West Ham - Sheringham, Neo-Coker, Etherington
New Castle - The whole team, even 1 injury will affect them badly
Portsmouth - Robert, Westerveld, Lua Lua
Wigan - No Idea
Fulham - Diop, Collins John
Charlton - Holland, Murphy, Smertin
Sunderland - Arca
BlackBurn - Bellamy, Pedersen
Bolton - Jay Jay, Diouf, Giannakopoulos
Everton - Cahill, Martyn, Kilbane

Manager Sack Race?
Souness, Pardew, O'Leary

Interesting Transfers (Hit 50%, Flop 50%)
Davids, Park Ji-Sung, Alexandre Song, Crouch, Emre, Robert, Butt

Top Scorer
Who else but supremely talented Henry, hopefully Ruud will push him this season

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