King Geedorah
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Chelsea and United both have potential to improve on last season. United certainly will and no CL will put them up there, but equally they're making long term signings who won't bed in right away. Chelsea is a tough one- for Fabregas to shine Mourinho will need to completely change a very rigid side and induce some fluidity. But then again Costa scoring 20+ goals will certainly be worth a few points over the course of a season, and Fabregas in for Oscar will be a certain improvement.
Arsenal depends a lot on who they bring in and whether Ramsey's form was a flash in the pan- but you can slot a top striker into their side without affecting too much. That would bring them on significantly.
Liverpool will regress, because they were firing at more or less full capacity last season.
Meanwhile I can't really see where we will struggle, that we didn't last season. We'll probably drop a few more points at home as I certainly felt we came close at times (Hull for one). But then again I can't see our away form being any worse than the first half of last season. We certainly won't lose home and away to Chelsea- which made the league look a lot lot closer than it actually was.
By my money we're favourites unless Mourinho does something special(er) than just setting a side up to grind out 2-0 wins. If both City and Chelsea are off the boil then the likes of United and Arsenal could be in with a shout. If all 4 are off the boil like last season then Liverpool could.
Arsenal depends a lot on who they bring in and whether Ramsey's form was a flash in the pan- but you can slot a top striker into their side without affecting too much. That would bring them on significantly.
Liverpool will regress, because they were firing at more or less full capacity last season.
Meanwhile I can't really see where we will struggle, that we didn't last season. We'll probably drop a few more points at home as I certainly felt we came close at times (Hull for one). But then again I can't see our away form being any worse than the first half of last season. We certainly won't lose home and away to Chelsea- which made the league look a lot lot closer than it actually was.
By my money we're favourites unless Mourinho does something special(er) than just setting a side up to grind out 2-0 wins. If both City and Chelsea are off the boil then the likes of United and Arsenal could be in with a shout. If all 4 are off the boil like last season then Liverpool could.