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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

aquarius moon Wrote:

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> I'm now officially a Swan, a Jack Army member and

> raring to go.

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> Bring it on. Top 5 finish. :)


Come on AqM you cant just suddenly be a Swan or a Gooner or anything else. It has to be in your blood. :)


What you going to do if they get relegated. ?


And When Millwall go back up you still gonna support Swansea when the meet at the Den. ? :)


What do the Swans sing.


Foxy ;-)

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Brendan Rodgers sacked by January.




I don't even think you'd get particularly good odds on that, he's definitely the manager under most pressure going in to this season.


Still expect us to finish comfortably above Spurs though.


WISH Rogers would TRY Benteke and Balotelli up front as a partnership, because Balotelli works well with a partner and I still think we could get something out of him, but Rogers won't because he "knows best"...

This made me laugh. Collins getting sent off for WH last night in the same week he was quoted/interviewed in the Standard that we 'must be more professional' referring to the two previous sendings off in the Europa Marathon Cup/League type thing. Someone will say I'm anti WH which just isn't true. It's just funny.

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