The Top 4 for this season has been settled. Manchester United are champions (as much as I hate that!) and behind them are Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal. There is no doubt that Liverpool’s aim next season will be to break into that Top 4 and claim back a place in the Champions League where we rightly belong.
Gone are the days when the Top 4 was virtually guaranteed as we now have money rich Manchester City buying their way to the top and Tottenham made a brief appearance in that quartet but I can not see them making their way back in there especially since they missed out this season.
So looking at the four teams in the Top 4 now, as much as I hate to say it, I can not see Manchester United being knocked out of that Top 4 for as long as Sir Alex Ferguson is incharge of that team. He seems to have some way of getting his team to do well. Just look at this season, this has probably been one of the worst Manchester United teams in a while but they pulled it off and won it. The day SAF leaves, I think that is when we can see United leaving the Top 4.
Chelsea will be there or there abouts all the time simply due to the fact that they are able to spend large sums of money on players when they are in trouble. They have an aging squad and if they do not go out and buy new young players in the next season or two they will be in trouble. But for now, I see them keeping their Top 4 place.
Manchester City will buy their way into the Top 4 come what may, as long as they have blank cheques to spend every transfer window. It has become harder for other teams to compete with City on a financial level but when the new Financial Rules come into place, then it will be interesting to see how City handle it.
Finally we have Arsenal and I feel that is the team Liverpool are capable of replacing in the Top 4. Arsenal came close to winning four trophies this season but they ended up winning not a single one and their season has been in free fall! From being in the running to win the league, they may end the season in 4th now. I have heard a lot of Arsenal fans complaining and some want Wenger to leave as his policy of not spending on new players and trusting his ‘kids’ is not working. If Wenger does not spend big this summer then I can not see this same Arsenal side challenging next season especially if they stick to their brand of football which looks good on the eye bust does not produce the results.
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Voted for Man U – Its saying no votes for Man U, 2 for Arsenal so far – think you might have some dodgy code?
You aint going to make the top 4 IDIOTS you will be lucky to get in Europe you mugs
Arsenal havent been out of the top four in 15 years yet everyone expects them to suddenly plummet. Not going to happen.
The top four is set fair for the next few years Liverpool will be to be content with fighting for the scraps unless the new yanks put a couple of hundred million on the table this summer.
FACT.
Can’t understand why would somebody use the word “FACT” when he’s just making his guess.
hmmm, honestly speaking it all depends on us strengthening our weak areas this summer esp. Left back and wings.
If we do it successfully (hopefully), then we may have a chance of reclaiming a spot in the champions league.
At the start of the season i predicted chelsea to win, manu 2nd, arsenal 3rd and LFC, manc and tottenham fighting for 4th spot.
With only 1 game remaining, a small probability of qualifying for europa league, new owners and KK back, it is safe to say that we should be aiming for the title next season. Every team mentioned earlier have their own style of playing and it doesn’t take much time for any team to falter. With an improved squad we actually do stand a chance to win. Take BVB for example.
Its time we take our perch back, remove manu as champs. I don’t see them posing any more threat than now. Its we who hav to improve and not wait for others to falter. Only then we can get back where we belong the Champions League