the_vinyl_frontier Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 I think this season will be quite a few teams fighting to stay up, there seems to be a lot of chaff in there, whereas the championship is looking the strongest it's ever been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danish Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Man City for a fourth Premiership title in a row, which would be a record I believe. They have lost one or two key players but have bought really well again, I can’t see past them. The bottom three will include Sheffield United and Luton with Bournemouth possibly joining them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Liverpool and Chelsea should be pretty strong if they get going. City will probably win the league. Man U need a forward, I wonder if Levy wouldn’t sell Kane to them. Don’t think Arsenal have enough without a striker, Havertz isn’t the answer IMO As long as the pigs go down it’s all good. 2 other stale clubs too would be ok. Can’t see anyone other than City from last seasons top 4 doing too much in the champions league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 I've a feeling Arsenal might do it this time with Chelsea having a much better season helped by not being involved in European games. 1. Arsenal 2. Chelsea 3. Man City 4. Man Utd 5. Newcastle 6. Liverpool Relegated. Wolves Luton Pigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adem Poric Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 Liverpool will be strong again this year. Arsenal have strengthened. Both should push City very close. Battle for the 4th spot between Newcastle, Man U And possibly Chelsea. Spurs to be best of the rest ahead of Villa and Brighton. Luton and Wolves look nailed on to go down. Hopefully Pigs don't get too spawny and scrape 4th bottom. Everton, Bournemouth and possibly Palace, if they don't recruit, could all struggle. Brentford could be interesting as they wont have Toney until January and they were very reliant on him last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night King Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 Liverpool about to spend a record transfer fee to sign Caicedo from Brighton. That puts them right in contention in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 51 minutes ago, Night King said: Liverpool about to spend a record transfer fee to sign Caicedo from Brighton. That puts them right in contention in my opinion. Absolutely obscene amount of money. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 111 million for Caicedo is absolutely ridiculous money. No way is he worth anything like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighworthOwl Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Crazy money! It cost them £103m to build the AMEX and now they are selling players for more than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 They paid £4.5mil for him... Selling him for £111mil. Madness. Liverpool wouldn't spend that money on Bellingham before his Real Madrid move, but they're happy to pay it for Caicedo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 The “worth” is dictated by Liverpools need for a holding midfielder to stop their defence falling to pieces in that system, a day before the season starts. £80m-£120m is the new price bracket for “elite” talent to the big clubs. It’s an unintended consequence of the money in the game now that even Brighton can afford to hold out for it. West Ham are pushing City well into that price range for a player too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beswetherick Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 42 minutes ago, Skyline said: They paid £4.5mil for him... Selling him for £111mil. Madness. Liverpool wouldn't spend that money on Bellingham before his Real Madrid move, but they're happy to pay it for Caicedo. Exactly what I thought… Caicedo is a good player but Bellingham is a generational talent IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 To be fair I also thought Liverpool got a massive bargain with MacAllister at £35m. £145m for a new young and talented midfield, proven in the Premier League and carrying around a World Cup winners medal, doesn’t seem that bad business to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 A player is worth however much a club is willing to pay for him. That’s what the FIFA generation, like my son, fail to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adem Poric Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Liverpool didn't go for Bellingham because he wanted to go to Madrid and told them so. They've also just trousered the best part of £55m for Henderson and Fabinho from the Saudi's and are in need of a defensive midfielder. It's way too much money but it puts them in contention this year. He's an excellent footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 1 hour ago, sheffield_dave said: To be fair I also thought Liverpool got a massive bargain with MacAllister at £35m. £145m for a new young and talented midfield, proven in the Premier League and carrying around a World Cup winners medal, doesn’t seem that bad business to me. That's how I looked at it too. Providing that they do as well as expected, that's their midfield pairing sorted for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_vinyl_frontier Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Are Liverpool fans still going to bang on about the fact they don't spend money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Amended predictions, Chelsea have been signing everyone again and Man City added Gvardiol. Going City to win it Liverpool 2nd Chelsea 3rd Arsenal 4th Think Arsenal could win it if they prioritise it, but their squad isn't deep enough for CL, FA Cup and league imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl_For_a_Lifetime Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 3 hours ago, the_vinyl_frontier said: Are Liverpool fans still going to bang on about the fact they don't spend money? of the top 25 incoming PL transfers:- Chelsea - 6players Man Utd - 8players Man City - 4players Liverpool - 3players Arsenal - 3players Newcastle - 1player Some real duds on that list, Lukaku (twice), Pogba, Antony, Sancho, Maguire, Fofana, Pepe, Nunez, Arrizabalaga, Havertz (twice), Di Maria, Mudryk.... Obviously some of them may still turn good or did perform well elsewhere (Di Maria) but I can only see the following as absolute successes at the clubs who paid the money.. Van Dijk, De Bruyne, Dias, Casemiro Jury still out on Fernandez, Grealish, Rice, Gvardiol, Hojlund, Szoboszlai and Isak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeyswfc Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, Owl_For_a_Lifetime said: of the top 25 incoming PL transfers:- Chelsea - 6players Man Utd - 8players Man City - 4players Liverpool - 3players Arsenal - 3players Newcastle - 1player Some real duds on that list, Lukaku (twice), Pogba, Antony, Sancho, Maguire, Fofana, Pepe, Nunez, Arrizabalaga, Havertz (twice), Di Maria, Mudryk.... Obviously some of them may still turn good or did perform well elsewhere (Di Maria) but I can only see the following as absolute successes at the clubs who paid the money.. Van Dijk, De Bruyne, Dias, Casemiro Jury still out on Fernandez, Grealish, Rice, Gvardiol, Hojlund, Szoboszlai and Isak “The Glazers never spend! We want our club back!” Man Utd have spent stupid money every single window since Fergie left and that list proves it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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