2020/21 Predictions

If the window was to shut now, I think the top 4 is Liverpool, Chelsea, City, Rags in that order. But of course it doesn’t shut now, so we should all have the right to amend our prediction at the end of the window!
 
At this moment I have a real doubt that City have fixed our defensive problems. Ake and Laporte are both left footed central defenders, unless Pep has some crazy plan to go 3 at the back it looks like City are still incomplete.

If we sign Koulibaly we'll walk this league. I'm convinced Liverpool will struggle. They've been off the ball for a while and will have nothing left in the tank. Klopp's football is high octane. They can't coast.
 
1: Liverpool
2: City
3: Arsenal
4: Man U

I think Arsenal's results towards the end of last season in beating the main teams shows they are learning how to win against them (Liverpool in the league, City and Chelsea in the cup), so they could gatecrash the top 4. Otherwise a straight fight between the same top 2. Chelsea's defence will let them down.
 
Have to be honest at the moment I couldn't care less about this season.
Covid restrictions and lock down have fucked my head up.
I don't honestly think I'll ever go back to the ground again which is sad.
 
argyle said:
With their new goalkeeper, it wouldn't surprise me if Chelsea win it this year.

They've really refreshed the team.
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I have my doubts Mr Lampard has the abilities to create a winning team over a full season; with a talented yet disparate bunch with no experience of the English game.
 
lonestay said:
Dippers will be helped this season, but not to the extent that the scum will be.
Prem will be desperate to re-establish scum at the top, so I expect some favours for them this season. I don't know if they will continue on with the penalty giving it might get a bit obvious, but then the prem may just not care in their attempt to fix the league again .
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I’ve a feeling that will be the case.
 
Premier League winners
Liverpool (by a mile again, the one thing they needed to be a proper complete side was a deep lying playmaker like Thiago and they’ve signed him... 100+ points for them and maybe even the CL double too I’m afraid)

Top 4
1 Liverpool
2 Chelsea
3 Arsenal
4 City/United (depending on form and injury record)

Relegation
18 West Ham
19 Aston Villa
20 Fulham
 
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I want to be optimistic but I have a bad feeling about City this season. I think we will be in the Top 4 but the way things stand I can't see us winning the league unless we address a couple of positions at least. Namely Koulibaly and I feel we need a striker (although we wont go into the market for one). Aguero is bound to get injured. Somehow Pep has to work his magic again and lift the squad and get the intensity back to how we was a couple of seasons ago. Need some luck with injuries as well

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Pezzer2 said:
I want to be optimistic but I have a bad feeling about City this season. I think we will be in the Top 4 but the way things stand I can't see us winning the league unless we address a couple of positions at least. Namely Koulibaly and I feel we need a striker (although we wont go into the market for one). Aguero is bound to get injured. Somehow Pep has to work his magic again and lift the squad and get the intensity back to how we was a couple of seasons ago. Need some luck with injuries as well

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I’ve got a bit of a bad feeling about City n’all. Don’t know why, not felt like this since 2015-16.

Apart from Agüero and de Bruyne, I’m not sure our players are actually that good and we overachieve because of who the coach is.

Then when Pep tries something different, the players aren’t good enough to pull it off so we have to play one way which is starting to get increasingly predictable to defend against.
 
As has been said, if we can get our remaining transfer target(s) we will challenge. Expecting it to be a lot closer between 2 or 3 sides this year.

But as it stands we haven’t addressed our right CB problem, and I do worry about Aguero going into this season off a meniscus injury. Sign a striker and KK and we win it, just KK I think it will be close but winnable, sign neither and I can’t see anything better than 2nd/3rd.
 
I think this year is going to be a nightmare. Going to be playing 2 games a week at least. And pep will go with top players I every game even the carobo cup.plus all the other top 5 have improved. Think top four is about our limit.
 
For the first game of the season, Laporte may be missing because he will not have trained as he has been in quarantine. So Aka will probably play. Who will be his partner. Ferno, Stones? Not a great way to start the season, with the same old problem. That CB position should have been sorted long ago.
 
Also agree with those who say we need another striker, of the highest caliber, to win this league. We also have two movers of the ball, in midfield. Rodriguez and Gunda. Both good players, in what they do, but no creativity. Yes, we have Kevin but he can't do it all.
 
Marvin said:
At this moment I have a real doubt that City have fixed our defensive problems. Ake and Laporte are both left footed central defenders, unless Pep has some crazy plan to go 3 at the back it looks like City are still incomplete.

If we sign Koulibaly we'll walk this league. I'm convinced Liverpool will struggle. They've been off the ball for a while and will have nothing left in the tank. Klopp's football is high octane. They can't coast.
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We will struggle with AKE and LAPORTE because there both left footed? News flash so is KOULIBALY What we need is pep to stop fucking about and play the same back 4 week in week out
 
lowe71 said:
We will struggle with AKE and LAPORTE because there both left footed? News flash so is KOULIBALY What we need is pep to stop fucking about and play the same back 4 week in week out
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I agree with any point that we can succeed with two left footers, however Koulibaly is right footed.
 
It’s the first season in 4 years that I haven’t had City as one of my teams in the handicap betting which says a lot. I had to obviously make the bet yesterday. If we sign a couple of high quality first teamers I would be more optimistic.

Top 4 and maybe a domestic trophy seems about right as an expectation at this point.
 
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