Chelsea are the favourites for next season IMO. Mourinho will bring that aura back to them. He’ll tighten them up defensively too. They have a decent back 4 IMO, they just get very little protection from their midfield. My guess is he’ll target a holding midfielder and a striker, which would pretty much complete their team. The goals in that side are absolutely insane. Their CB’s scored something like 27 goals combined this season, meanwhile you have Lampard, Oscar, Mata and Hazard all in double figures with Ramires chipping in too. That’s incredible goal return for non-strikers. Lukaku will return and be a beast, I’d imagine Ba will be a squad player, while Torres simply has to be sold.
Next season is so open. I could see any one from three for the title (Unless Arsenal unleash dat warchest) and any one from three for 4th,.So much depends on what happens in the next two months.
Torres has been better than Ba and he has DAT aura. Before Torres, no CL. With Torres, CL and EL. :torres
It's too early to speak of next season. It all depends on the business the top-4 clubs do in the summer. If Chelsea get a top class striker and Mou, they will be the favorites. But City will be chasing Cavani and with Pellegrini in charge, they'd be strong as well. United are United so they will always be in the mix.
Chelsea/Man City/Man Utd are the only three title contenders IMO and at this point I have no idea who will win it, a lot will depend on who the new managers will bring in. It's crazy that the top 3 title contenders will all have new managers next season, has to be a first.
4th place is going to be really interesting, obviously Spurs and Arsenal will be there, I genuinely think if they have a good transfer window Liverpool could be up there next season as well, Everton are the interesting ones, they could conceivably be in with a chance but it all depends who they bring in as manager and what players go/come in.
Bottom of the league is going to be very interesting as well, Cardiff and Hull both have a lot of work to do in order to keep themselves up as would Watford/Palace depending on who comes up. Anything could happen at Sunderland with Paulo there, Stoke need to do something or they could struggle down there. Villa I think need a bit of investment, Norwich/Southampton also need to watch out. A lot of teams will be around the bottom of the league and it will be just an interesting as the top
there is no one favourite for next season. moureen coming in doesn't guarantee chelsea favouritism at all. pellegrini doesn't guarantee us favouritism. :moyes1 sure as hell doesn't :brodgers.
I love how a team can be favourites in MAY. Also assuming Jose will go back there. It's not confirmed or anything yet remember. If anyone is faves right now then it's Utd, you know the team who just won the league. Everything depends on the summer business each club does and how they improve relative to each other.
I don't get how a team who only just finished 3rd and were 14 points behind the winners can be considered favourites for next season already.
True, but we just lost our greatest asset IMO. I really like Moyes, but it's going to such a different experience for him. Same for Pellegrini in fact. Obviously it's based on the assumption that Chelsea will not only get Mourinho but give him the freedom of the cheque book as well. He's the only manager left other than Wenger to win the PL, there'll be no learning on the fly for him, he's been there and done it, with ease in fact.
You're right though that it is pretty ridiculous to talk favourites in May, but there's nothing else to talk about so fuck it.
Spurs have a huge summer ahead of them too, they have to keep Bale and the word is they will for this season. Levy can be their greatest asset and their biggest weakness, he's one of the the main reasons they are where they are right now. He runs the club well and will get as much value as he possibly can, but he should have pushed on last year. Had they got AVB's primary targets Damiao and Moutinho instead of Adebayor and Dempsey they probably would have been competing with us for the title, they certainly would have coasted to 4th. Levy's pretty conservative in that regard and would have been put off by the risk of missing out.
The Chelsea squad that Jose had were much better. This Chelsea team isn't on Utd's level. A few key signings and they will be but not right now. An awful lot of assumptions in any predictions right now, even come August. If City and Chelsea get the right manager and buy a game changer or two then they'll be challenging us again. Both have much bigger weaknesses to address first than we do.
I don't think it's far from United's level. Like not far at all. All the games we played against you this season, we have matched you, Maybe fair to say we've been better than you.
The reason we weren't your level was simple. A striker who did not score goals. Young players who were adapting, thus making this a transitional season. And as usual, chaos behind the secenes that spilled into the crowd, which then translated onto the pitch.
Let's be honest, Mourinho is coming in. We don't even need to speculate on that anymore. And when Mourinho joins a club, he makes sure there is money for him to spend. A striker will be bought and a holding midfielder (an important position to Jose's style) will be bought. We're close to signing Schurrle. That means when Mata, Hazard or Oscar picks up an injury, we've got a quality player instantly to come in now, as opposed to Moses or Ramires on the wing.
There is no point to talk about who is winning the league right now. But to not realise that Chelsea will be very dangerous next season would be a mistake.
I don't think Chelsea is far behind United. Not at all. It was DiMatteo's sacking that cost them second spot, or even the League. With all the players they have and a striker, they would be legitimate contenders for next season.
I was reading an article on Ancelotti's move to Madrid, and it's shocking to think that Chelsea sacked a manager of Ancelotti's caliber! They won the CL after that but he is exactly the manager a team like Chelsea needs. With Mou coming in, that's not a problem anymore though.
That's why it's pointless to pick a favourite right now. United will strengthen I'm sure. City and Chelsea are definitely going to strengthen. It should be close between all three. All three will/should be on the same level come August.
Oh you're not far of. 3 players and Jose off. That's not much. Right now you're not though as this season proved. CF and DM are two big holes that stopped them challenging this season. You were better than us in the games we played this year. That doesn't win you the league. Beating everyone else does and that's where Chelsea fell short because of the problems they need addressing. I fully expect them to address them to. Likewise for City.
Yeah. They don't have to pay Jose compensation. And we don't have to pay them compensation. But I'm sure we'll be giving Mourinho a hefty signing on fee.
Carlo only has one more year on his contract, so I doubt the compensation will be astronomical.
Monaco were signing respectable international players even when they were in the 2nd division so its no surprise to me that once they gained promotion they up the ante and try to bring in legit stars
A few days late on this but the Bundesliga final round was a great end to the season, while the title was long determined the fight for 4th and the relegation battle was great to watch. Which is why I laugh when Fox Soccer hyped up "Survival Sunday" when only two matches mattered
Nearly falling asleep here watching the Playoff Final. The game really needs a goal.
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Wrestling Forum
23.4M posts
266.5K members
Since 2002
A forum community dedicated to all Wrestling enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about WWE, AEW, Ring of Honor, Impact and all forms of professional and amateur wrestling.