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Name your three for relegation this season
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for me i think Swansea and Norwich will both be in the mix after losing their managers and the unrest that could bring, as well as 2nd season syndrome.... Swansea especially had been found out by the end of the season and will really struggle imo. Add to them West Ham who will play outdated football under Alardyce and they really think they're better than they are. Plus he just keeps buyinjg strikers so most will be unhappy and their whole team is nothing special, scraped up via playoffs and lost their England keeper to us..... They will struggle.
I think Wigan may be ok as haven't lost load of players, only Rodallega to date who rarely featured at the end of last season when they did well. If they lose Moses as well or get injuries they will struggle.
Reading and Southampton might be ok i think, although if Readin make too many changes it could lead to a slow start which hinders them long term.
for me i'll go with:
18 - Norwich
19 - Swansea
20 - West Ham
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Tough call. I think Sam will keep Hammers up, just. If Adkins starts badly Harry will come in and keep Saints up. Reading will have enough about that with Pog and one or two new signings.
So, like last season I think all 3 promoted teams will stay up. Martinez will again have a struggle but keep Wigan up. Norwich will cling on if Lambert doesn't take any players and if Hughton can maintain their belief. I fancy Swansea to struggle as people know to push them high up the pitch now, West Brom with an inexperienced manager and Stoke's time will come. I also don't think Lambert will have it all his own way at Villa. So for me:
18. Swansea
19. Stoke
20. West Brom
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Impossible to be objective about this; how can one differentiate between teams one wishes to see relegated and those one genuinely thinks WILL be relegated.
Fortunately no such conflict has riven my judgement, they are one and the same.
Norwich
Wigan
Reading
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Tough one this year as some teams IMO have weakend either by there managers leaving (Swansea / Norwich / West Brom) or have players leaving (Fulham / Wigan (Rodallelga), which last season finished midtable i feel will now struggle, and there are clubs like us and AV who struggled last year but have strenghtend and I think will be repalceing them.
The teams coming up Reading are sepnding money and WH under Big Sam have a manager who wont play exciting football but % style football and I feel this season it will be enough to stay up. Fulham have signed a few replacements but still not convinced of the quality, and there are teams like stoke who at the time of writting appeared to have stayed still which is not a good thing as teams soon learn how to play you.
My three to go down (last year i got nearly every prediction wrong by the way) - Fulham, West Brom (Clarke will draw to many) Southampton
One for all.... and all for one
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