Drips and Drabs

With the BPL only a week away, I would like to discuss the upcoming year.

The noisy neighbours are getting a bit too noisy for Red Devils fans. This summer, Manchester City have seemed to greatly increased their chances, with new signing such as Sergio Augero, and returning veterans like the Toure brothers, David Silva, and Carlos Tevez, City are a sure bet to make a run in the Champions League, BPL and every cup.

On contrast, Man U has only made really 1 big signing this summer, and that is David De Gea, the replacement for legendary Edwin Vander Sar. The young Spainard has large shoes to fill, with the championship trophy to defend. Sir Alex Ferguson will surely be looking to utilize his attacking fowards, with Rooney, Berbatov and Hernandez creating possibly the best front in the game, maybe only rivaled by Chelsea's Torres, Drogba, Anelka, or Barca's Messi, Pedro, and Villa(though not to forget the returning Abromavic from his loan at Milan). All around, Man U have a very high chance.

Chelsea has just signed Oriol Romeu, making that their 2nd signing of the summer. With a mixture of youth and experience, Andre Villas Boas will surely turn it into a potent machine. With John Terry, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and Nicholas Anelka leading the veterans, and Fernando Torres, Josh McEachran, Daniel Sturridge, and Gael Kalkuta leading the youngsters, all they need is the right manager. Villas Boas will surely provide that, being an assistant under Jose Mourinho at Chelsea and Inter, before taking over a Spanish club. He then lead Porto to a treble last year, and now will hopefully do the same to Chelsea in the Champions League.

Liverpool at the winter break last year were look dismal. But with King Kenny back, the house is clean. New signings including Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez in the winter transfer window, and Jordan Henderson recently ensures that Liverpool will go a long way the the title run, maybe even winning. They qualified for the Europa League, in which they will surely dominate. Their season and future looks very bright.

On the contrast, Arsenal is having trouble keeping it's future. Arsene Wenger, possibly the smartest coach in the game, is having trouble keep Cesc Fabergas from Barcelona, and Samuel Nasri from really everyone. If not these year, then next, will Arsenal's best players leave. I see few chances for them, even though I respect Arsene Wenger above all managers.

My Predictions:

1. Man U
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Man City
5. Arsenal
6. Hotspur

So, all is well, and I will be back after the first weekend.