Six pointers this season

[claretandbeer]

It would be nice to win at home v Man U and allowing for the importance of every game,however which teams will we regard as our nearest rivals in the scrap for the league position ? Who will we be chasing or trying to keep ahead of,whose results will we be more interested in and ,ultimately,who will be the vital 'six pointers' be against ? Surely not the relegation candidates this year. I can see us in a battle for places with the likes of Everton ,West Ham ,Swansea and Southampton.