So, the top five won again last night. As much I would love to see up there I just can't see it this season:
Arsenal - I hate them but can't help admire their results and performances this season. They have a far superior team to us and anyone who suggests otherwise is kidding themselves.
Chelsea - unlike the Mourinho Chelsea of old they are leaking lots of goals this season, but their excellence at scoring goals from set-pieces and having a few matchwinners like Hazard, Oscar and Mata sets them well away from us.
Emirates Marketing Project - these are on a very good run of form now, scoring goals for fun but still conceding some. Once they take Demichelis out of the team and Silva is back I see them catching Arsenal.
Liverpool - the good news for us is that they are without Sturridge for 2 months but they will win most of their games just by virtue of having Suarez and Coutinho, two attacking players better than anything we possess.
Everton - lost only one game (at City) so far, unbeaten at home in 2013 and have hit the jackpot with their loan signings (Lukaku and Deulofeu especially). They look tons more fluent than us.
We can however finish 6th, although Man Utd will improve once RvP and Carrick return. Southampton and Saudi Sportswashing Machine I don't yet consider threats to us long term.