**** OFFICIAL Premiership 2007-08 season Thread!*****

[reo]

1 - Chelsea
2 - Manchester United
3 - Liverpool
4 - Tottenham
5 - Arsenal
6 - Portsmouth
7 - Aston Villa

[gusmahler]

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yeah but he won't play. Carvalho/Terry first choice CBs i think

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Yep. But last year, Chelsea lost both of them and ended up with a MF playing CB. This year, they have two quality CBs on the bench. Plus, I think both can fill in at the LB or RB positions. (Ben Haim was playing LB in one of the preseason games).

[ThaSaltCracka]

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1 - Chelsea
2 - Manchester United
3 - Liverpool
4 - Tottenham
5 - Arsenal
6 - Portsmouth
7 - Aston Villa

[/ QUOTE ]this list strikes me as madness. Newcastle, Man City, and surely Everton are better than Pompy and Villa, although I think Villa will do well this year. Also LOL at you Spurs fanboys.

[JACK CUST]

HAHAHAHHAH!!

oh wait this isn't the official League One thread is it?

[The once and future king]

This season should be a vintage.

There are at least 2 1/2(pool) teams that are real contenders. Spurs has spent 40 million, other teams have spent liberally also and there is an outside chance of the Arse being relegated.

[shoxbb6]

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there is an outside chance of the Arse being relegated.

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Hahahaha... I can't tell if I'm being leveled here or not

[reo]

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1 - Chelsea
2 - Manchester United
3 - Liverpool
4 - Tottenham
5 - Arsenal
6 - Portsmouth
7 - Aston Villa

[/ QUOTE ]this list strikes me as madness. Newcastle, Man City, and surely Everton are better than Pompy and Villa, although I think Villa will do well this year. Also LOL at you Spurs fanboys.

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There's no way that Manchester City will get a Euro spot this upcoming season. Does the future look bright? Definitely.
Portsmouth wasn't able to win away from Fratton Park last year but they were still the most improved team. They were only two points away from a Euro spot after avoiding relegation the year before. The only negative is probably how they'll start out since they begin the year against Manchester United and Bolton at home.

Bolton has the talent to finish 7th again this year but they have a lackluster manager (Sammy Lee) since Sam Allardyce is gone. Aston Villa will be better on attack since Juan Pablo Angel will be in the MLS (4 goals in 23 appreances for Villa). If Thomas Sorensen isn't in the line-up for the start of the season (injured last week vs Toronto FC) than you can swap Villa with Everton or Bolton. However, Martin O'Neil is one of the best things going on right now in the EPL.

[The once and future king]

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Bolton has the talent to finish 7th again this year but they have a lackluster manager in Sam Allardyce.

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Oh rlly?

[reo]

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Bolton has the talent to finish 7th again this year but they have a lackluster manager in Sam Allardyce.

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Oh rlly?

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Yeah I wasn't done editing my mistakes. LoL . . .

[The once and future king]

Yea but what is lackluster about big Sam?

What he did at Bolton is incredible. They were a nothing team with no pedigree in the EPL and he turned them into a significant Premier League force who all team hate to play away.