Next Seasons PL Table (According To The Bookies)

[The Left Side]

Norwich, Swansea and Southampton to go down for me.

[Matt Collins]

8th is the minimum requirement IMO.

Minimum? I'd say that's probably the best we can hope for

[Rigadon]

8th is the minimum requirement IMO.

Minimum? I'd say that's probably the best we can hope for

A kind mix of the two for me.  Lower than 8th and it's below par for VIlla as a club.  Higher and it's been a cracking first season for Lambert. 

Would hope to see Spurs lose lots of games and finish about 10th with Liverpool 9th.  Wigan, Baggies and Southampton to drop for me.  I can't quite come to care who wins it but probably Manchester Chelcity

[fredm]

8th is the minimum requirement IMO.

Minimum? I'd say that's probably the best we can hope for

Agreed.  If we manage 8th I will be ecstatic.  10th - 12th is a realistic position in my opinion.  Don't forget, he has to change an awful lot to turn us into a decent team after the dross we have endured the last two seasons.

[peter w]

I wouldn't be 'ecstatic' about 8th but its where I think we'll finish and I'm not unhappy with that. I think the bottom 3 will be Swansea, West Brom, Reading.

[PaulTheVillan]

8th is the minimum requirement IMO.

Minimum? I'd say that's probably the best we can hope for

Agreed.  If we manage 8th I will be ecstatic.  10th - 12th is a realistic position in my opinion.  Don't forget, he has to change an awful lot to turn us into a decent team after the dross we have endured the last two seasons.

There are easily 8 teams in the league better than us, so if we finish 8th, I'd be happy (this season).

Man Utd
Man City
Chelsea
Arsenal
Spurs
Newcastle
Everton
Liverpool

[not3bad]

8th is the minimum requirement IMO.

Minimum? I'd say that's probably the best we can hope for

Lambert out if we finish 9th?

[Concrete John]

I think there's question marks over Spurs (who'll be manager and will they be selling?), plus Everton if Moyes goes.  Also, although to a lesser extent, Liverpool and Chelsea until we see how their new managers do.

Sides you pretty much KNOW will finish above us are:-
Man Utd
Man City
Arsenal
Chelsea (despite what I said a lot of quality in their squad)

After that I think we can get in the mix if Randy backs Bertie this summer. 

[The Laughing Policeman]

I'll be happy with 10 - 12 for us, anything above that would be a bonus.
Relegation fodder, Wigan, Stoke and QPR.

[timeoutbigbar]

I hope Stoke go this year.  Sick of them frankly. 

For the drop

Stoke
Whelan's Mighty Wigan
QPR

[Mazrim]

Agreed. Stoke's "brand" of football is an abomination that needs to stink up this league no longer.
I hope that old chav and his horrible team plummet out of sight this season. It will take the officals actually doing their jobs instead of shrugging their shoulders and saying "it's Stoke" though.

[James]

Am I alone in wanting the three 'Ws' to go down? Wet Spam and Wet Bum for obvious reasons, and Whelan Athlunatic for the sheer joy of seeing them go, because once they do they won't come back!

Wouldn't lose sleep at Stoke going either.

[not3bad]

Wet Spam for their odious owners, Stoke for their anti-football, Dave Whelan's mighty Wigan for the hilarity of seeing Real Madrid's next manager in the championship.

The stripey filth can wait until 13/14, in the meantime we'll take 6 points.  Cheers.

[ozzjim]

United to win it, City 2nd, Arsenal 3rd, Chelsea 4th after sacking Di Matteo in Jan and appointing Redknapp.


Villa to finish 9th, but a poor late run seeing us drop from slightly higher.


Whelan's Wigan, Norwich and Swansea for the drop IMO. QPR, West Brom, Stoke, all to be very close too.

[garyshawsknee]

I'd like to see Wigan finally drop,I'm torn over West Ham,as my brother supports them,and I've watched them a lot over the years. But I can't stand the idea of porno dwarf and ball bag face getting all over the media win,lose it draw.