Guesswork

Having cast an eye over our prospects and those of our competitors, I now have the challenge of putting everyone into some semblance of an order as to how I think the league might look next May. If I get it right, expect a triumphalist post proclaiming my genius; otherwise expect this to be left to wither and die without a second glance.

1. Chelsea
2. Manchester City
3. Manchester United
4. Arsenal
5. Spurs
6. Liverpool
7. Everton
8. Norwich
9. Newcastle Utd
10. West Ham
11. Fulham
12. Swansea
13. 5under1and
14. Aston Villa
15. West Brom
16. Southampton
17. Cardiff
18. Stoke
19. Crystal Palace
20. Hull

Prediction time

With the whistle about to blow on another Premier League season, and having assessed both our summer and the strengths and weaknesses of our opponents (here and here) it's time for me to make my annual stab in the dark and predict how I think the table will look come May 2013.

So, without further ado, here goes:

1. Man City
2. Man Utd
3. Arsenal
4. Chelski
5. Spurs
6. Liverpool
7. Newcastle Utd
8. Everton
9. The Great Unwashed
10. Fulham
11. Aston Villa
12. QPR
13. Stoke
14. West Ham
15. West Brom
16. Norwich
17. Reading
18. Swansea
19. Wigan
20. Southampton

Prediction time

Having assessed the prospects of all of the teams around us (here and here), and our own current strengths and weaknesses (here), it now falls to me to hazard a guess at how the table might look come May 2012. So here goes:

1 Chelsea
2 Man Utd
3 Man City
4 Liverpool
5 Arsenal
6 Spurs
7 Everton
8 The Great Unwashed
9 Stoke
10 Fulham
11 Newcastle Utd
12 Bolton
13 West Brom
14 Aston Villa
15 Swansea
16 Norwich
17 Wolves
18 Wigan
19 QPR
20 Blackburn