Tuesday, August 12, 2008

EPL Starting Again

This weekend EPL will begins its new season.

As usual, question to be ask here is who you think will win this year's championship? Will it be a hattrick for Man Utd? Can Chelsea get the trophy back from Man Utd's hand? Does Arsenal has enough power to challenge the big two? Has the time finally comes for Liverpool? Or will it be any other teams that can break into the top four other than the mentioned fours?

Let me start first here! As usual I will be predicting my favourite team, Man Utd to win the championship because they currently having the same base of players, who simply has gone one year better and one year more experience than others, and secondly they are simply the traditional EPL title contenders.

Chelsea! I don't like them, especially Bollock and Dogba! Ops... accidentally wrongly spelled the names. But still I think they will pose the strongest challenge for Sir Alex and its squad to retain the title won last year. Phil Scolari is fame for no nonsense type of coach and he will do a good job, but not enough to keep him beyond 2009 I guess due to the high demand of Roman Abramovich.

Arsenal still the same old Arsenal. They will play attractive football, with young and talented players in the team, they will challenge for the top up to certain level and then falling off the top like last season. That's the beauty of EPL. Young and energitic may not be enough to wins you title!

Liverpool...... nothing much to say I guess. They will still be the same old Liverpool especially after splashing out huge sums for Robbie Keane and co, but time is not given to gel the team, and then players are leaving after the season ended. It's been like this for the last few god damn years so do not expect Liverpool to have much change really!

Tottenham Hotspurs will be my pick outside the top four because they have a capable coach in Ramos and players at its disposal, they can well challenge the top four and break into the top rank if thing were to start off smoothly, unlike last season where they are playing catch up! The rest will be same fighting for mid-table or surviving relegation battles.

So let's wait for the weekend and start to follow our beloved EPL games again!

P/s: I'm glad that at last Man Utd go one up against Real Madrid in the tussle of Cristiano Ronaldo.

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