https://www.sportsbettingday.com/2013/06/chelsea-liverpool-and-city-in-first-5-for-united/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.sportsbettingday.com/2013/06/chelsea-liverpool-and-city-in-first-5-for-united/#comment-2288 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:13 +0000 http://www.sportsbettingday.com/?p=4856#comment-2288 Moyes will have a tough test, but he should prevail. Nevertheless, although reversal of results in the first 5 games will no doubt put him under pressure but united haven’t hired him for only a season. united will expect to retain title but no one can be assured esp. this season. From the outset it looks to be a very open season in terms of title challenge and top 4. ManCity, United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham are realistic contenders of top 4 – only 4 will prevail. While united, city, chelsea as well as arsenal should be genuine title contenders. With new managers this should be a very open challenge. Liverpool & tottenham, if their transfer dealing accordingly then could mount a serious challenge as well. All 6 will be under a lot of pressure. If results do not go accordingly, almost surely heads will roll.
If arsenal fail to make a concerted title challenge OR even worse miss to qualify for champions league, Wenger is almost sure to leave the club.
If united do not retain title, Moyes will be under pressure but should be okay still. However, if united finishes below 2nd, then there will be a lot of pressure.
chelsea will expect to win title under mourinho, but if their performance remain as before, then only God will be able to say what will happen to him as this is the most volatile club i have ever seen (close 2 is Real Madrid).
ManCity will expect to wrestle the title away from united. But Pellegrini should be alright if they play well and make a genuine & sustained effort towards a title push. However, pellegrini’s main challenge will be to significantly improve on Champions League. If they fail to impress like recent past under Mancini then things will be extremely disturbing at management level – but he will be given at least another year going by their patience and nature so far.
Liverpool will need to qualify for champions league this season. If Liverpool manages to recruit their targeted players (which could be as many as 7) AND suarez stays, then they will expect to qualify. If they fail, i am afraid this could be Brendon’s last season at Anfield. There’s a slim chance that FSG may give him a bit more time depending on the performance of the club at the end of season if they make a sustained challenge to make top 4. The problem with Liverpool is their fan-base may expect even more of they do play well. In my opinion, Liverpool’s push towards improvement should be one of the most intriguing aspect this season.
tottenham need to qualify for champions league. but if they loose Bale, it would be difficult. The rate the others are recruiting exciting players, tottenham will not be able to replace with anyone if bale gets away. that means, no matter what, they would be lower in strength than before and that is most concerning for the club. AVB is unlikely to survive another season if club fails to qualify for champions league one way or other.

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