obviously city and chelsea are almost garunteed (emphasis on almost. they could miss out too like chelsea did a few years back). but i would make arsenal marginally over 50% to make it again. but tbh i really don't see much in it between us, lpool and man utd. i actually wouldn't be surprised if lpool are the worst of these 3 teams next year. i genuinely think if we get a bit of luck, our players could gel. and if that happens, we're right in it. player for player, lpool are the worst of all the teams fighting for top four in my opinion.
guys like allen, coutinho and sterling are "rubbish" (relatively of course) imo. and the lpool squad is full of players of this calibre. theyre no different to the likes of chadli execpt that theyre in a team that is well balanced for them to shine. coutinho has missed out on the brazil sqaud (and if worldcup squads were 30man, he still wouldve missed out. paulinho on the other hand has made it). sterling is no different to townsend. he's just on form atm. just like townsend was a few months back. and if joe allen is the welsh xavi, eriksen is the danish maradona.