Top 5 cases for and against.............
Chelsea
- A canny man at the helm, a man who is good at rattling other managers cages, a succesful manager who demands and generally gets 110% most of the time squad wise they are extremely strong but with seemingly a massive flaw...they do not have a grade A striker, something which is generally crucial to ensuring trophies and finishing with the title, Eto,Torres and Ba are all decent but not in the world class bracket as say an Aguero/Suarez is, they also look a little vunerable at the back when Captain C**t is missing and Sideshow Bob is asked to fill in. Chelsea seem to be having issues against park the bus teams and a lack of a class striker has and will still hurt them this season....If they had Citys/Pools strikeforce they would be unstopabble. I expect a striker overhaul from them in the summer.
whats the worst can happen to them? an injury to Hazard could be fatal...yes they have others but he is different class!
Arsenal
-oh dear......they have been very consistent since well probably this time last year...early on it was Ramsey who seemed to be chanelling Bale's spirit with some amazing peformances/goals...the main reason they are where they are is because of german centre back and French centre back, I cant even bring myself to credit Polish Goalkeeper because he is that repulsive!!! Defensively they look so solid...even more so at the emirates, I would say there main issue is the same as Chelsea however they have three decent strikers, Arsenal maybe have two in Giroud & Podolski. Interestingly it looks like Wenger is now more open to using two dm...Arteta & Flamini which could actually see them grind out results. They have an amazing defence and midfield but im far from convinced in ol caught in your pants Giroud...interestingly his form could suffer or should i say remain poo poo after recent shenanigans.
Whats the worst that could happen to them? An injury or anything disrupting that effing CB pairing...
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Ah the juggernaught that is City, they have the best strikeforce in the league, I say this above Liverpool because they have four...pool have two, they look unstoppable at times but they still have massive league games to play away from home, I think they are the most fluent attacking team in the league, even if they have had a wobble recently if they keep certain players fit they should win the league...however they actually lack depth/quality in certain areas and this has really shown recently and could 'do' for them...losing Aguero isnt a problem when you have Negredo,Jovetic & Dzeko to call on...however losing Kompany, Fernandinho and/or Toure would really hurt them...Demechelis looks like a massive liability and I dont think Javi Garcia is suited to the prem...Rodwell who is he? they are bang in trouble if they lose even one of the two cm's for a period of time.
Whats the worst that could happen to them? Losing one of Kompany/Toure for a sustained period...both would be catastrophic!
Liverpool
-They have the best player in the league...no question in my mind...being better than Hazard and Aguero takes some doing but he manages it! arrgh upfront they can be devestating and have that wonderful mix of skill and pace...Gerrard will conduct the orchestra with accurate passing that leaves your mouth gaping! like Hudd used to for us at times...he is also a terrific captain. Now for the bit that gives me some comfort...I think they are weak at the back and I hope they keep persisting with Toure of the Kolo variety but they probably wont...even so I dont think Skrtel or Agger are top notch and I havent seen much of Sakho. Like City they can blow you away if your not careful but you can get goals against them...thats my hope anyway.
whats the worst that could happen to them? either suarez gets injured or he loses the plot again....either way losing him would be a massive blow!
Tottenham
-woo hoo here we go....a team that has struggled with identity, has had some maulings by city and pool...a boxer who has had a right pasting but gets up and fights on...we are the Rocky Balboa of the Epl we refuse to go away. We have the best Goalkeeper in the league, I dont care what anyone says I think Hugo is the biz! we have an excellent squad with excellent depth even if we dont have some players in line with the quality of our rivals, we also have an advantage at the moment that the pressure is off...negative wise we are always prone to conceding goals even though Kabouls recent return has given me some hope, we also struggle sometimes like Chelsea beating the dross because of our lack of options upfront/lack of fluency in midfield.. Hope has also been found in the form of Mr Adebayor who seems to have had a rocket lit between his togolese cheeks by Tim I wear a life preserver Sherwood. For a team that we have all achknowleded as being poo poo this season it aint bad that we are only seven off the top...oh and we are also the kings of away form presently!
Whats the worst that can happen to us? probably an injury to ade at the moment! he really is driving us on at the present (never thought I would say that!)
its an amazing league and I wouldnt rule out Everton for top 4 just yet.....however im tired so.....
