It's the traditional curtain-raiser Charity Shield this weekend, so that means it's also pre-season prediction time. On present squads I can't see any change in the top 4, but it will be much tighter than last season, so I'll plump for...wait for it...Arsenal!...followed by Chelsea, Utd, then City. Liverpool, who despite having bought well, will be hampered by the Europa League and will stay in 5th, and unless Spurs do some great business before the transfer window closes, will be a distant 6th. At the other end of the table, in the season before the big TV money kicks-in, I expect there'll be lots of jittery, trigger happy chairmen, and a couple of big names to go down...Newcastle and Villa, along with Watford. I think West Ham will struggle, but their fans will be happy...allegedly