Teams we'll finish above next season

[ADVILLAFAN]

I can see Chelsea pushing Man City.

Think Manure will drop off a bit.

[cdbearsfan]

Man City
Man Utd
Chelsea
Liverpool
Leeds
Arsenal
Tottenham
Leicester
West Ham
THE VILLA
Wolves
Brighton
Burnley
Everton
Crystal Palace
Newcastle
Brentford
Watford
Southampton
Norwich

The only one I completely disagree with is West Ham. What makes you think they'll be above us? I fancy last season to be a bit of an anomaly. Have they signed anyone to replace Lingard's contribution? I don't see Leeds 5th but I think they'll be top half.

Moyes tended to get Everton above us without spending a huge amount. I feel like he can have continued success at West Ham, without ever being aesthetically pleasing. Also Soucek and Rice is one of the best midfield combinations going. Assuming they hold on to both the rest of the squad seems good enough to be more than competitive.

[SoccerHQ]

Europe will mess West Ham up. They'll be in 45-50 point range so don't see any reason why we can't finish above them.

Very light upfront if Antonio hamstring goes early season.

[ozzjim]

Agree re West Ham, but I think they will grind our good results without doing a lot still, Soucek and Rice is a pair I'd love to have in our side. I fancy them to be top 10 still

[ChicagoLion]

I do not think this current squad will improve much on last seasons finish.
Still think we are short in midfield and concerned at the balance in the squad.

[ChicagoLion]

After the window I thought I would bump this.
The 4 top nailed on.
West Ham Leicester Spurs Everton look better prepared for the season.
We will do well to finish top 10

[edgysatsuma89]

I can already see I was wrong and CD was right regarding West Ham, they look good. If we can make top 10 then I think that would be an achievement.

[mike]

I can already see I was wrong and CD was right regarding West Ham, they look good. If we can make top 10 then I think that would be an achievement.

Agree. Sound of party popper misfiring and paper blowy thing not extending properly as party hat sits sadly skewiff and clearly too small.

[ozzjim]

Good bump.... A poll might be good now we have seen the window end and what others have done.

[ChicagoLion]

Good bump.... A poll might be good now we have seen the window end and what others have done.

Yes does the OP need to do that?
Top 4
5 to 10
11 to 15
16 to 20

[ASHTONVILLA]

Think we will finish somewhere between 10th and 14th. Going for an optimistic 10th, which assumes the following:

 1. The new forward options finish the season looking like they have clicked and have a formation that they work in.
2. We avoid major injuries to any of Watkins, Martinez, Konsa, and Mings.
3. The defence performs to last years standard despite the change of formation and personnel ahead of it.
4. We score more goals than last season.

Punting for the table to finish like this:

Group 1

Chelsea
Man City
Liverpool
Leicester
Man Utd
Tottenham

Group 2

West Ham
Arsenal
Everton
THE VILLA
Wolves
Leeds

Group 3

Southampton
Brighton
Burnley
Brentford
Crystal Palace
Newcastle
Watford
Norwich

Think the 7 teams in group one are nailed on to finish in the top 7. Think we are battling for 8th place and hoping that gets us into Europe, or to win a cup to get us into Europe. Of the teams we are scrapping with I think West Ham, Arsenal and Everton will all finish above us, but fairly confident we have enough to finish above Leeds and Wolves. Hopefully everything clicks and we get into Europe in 8th or by winning a trophy.

Think the remaining teams are all capable of getting relegated, anyones guess which three go down.

[DC1874]

Can't believe Arsenal are seen as a better bet for finishing higher than Villa this season! Unless the assumption is Arteta get's the bullet soon and they get a decent Head Coach in?

[ASHTONVILLA]

Can't believe Arsenal are seen as a better bet for finishing higher than Villa this season! Unless the assumption is Arteta get's the bullet soon and they get a decent Head Coach in?

They finished above us last season, and finished on the best form in the league. They have kept their best players and spent more than any other team adding good players the the squad. If Arteta doesn't improve they will sack him and appoint a manager like Conte who will do well. Whilst it is possible we finish above them, it is more likely we wont.

[Drummond]

I'm expecting a top half finish with aspirations for top 6. So I guess 6-10 is where I think we'll finish. If we finish lower than last season it's a failure.

My only qualifier on that is if we continue with our luck with injuries etc... To have Bailey, Traore, Watkins, McGinn, Ramsey, Mings, Konsa, Trezeguet all out has been a nightmare start.

[Three Spires Villa]

Can't believe Arsenal are seen as a better bet for finishing higher than Villa this season! Unless the assumption is Arteta get's the bullet soon and they get a decent Head Coach in?

They finished above us last season, and finished on the best form in the league. They have kept their best players and spent more than any other team adding good players the the squad. If Arteta doesn't improve they will sack him and appoint a manager like Conte who will do well. Whilst it is possible we finish above them, it is more likely we wont.

I agree with this, I think between 12th and 9th