well i'm interested to know what you're basing your arsenal pick on. if anyone has proven their capacity for failure time and time again it's arsenal haha, and they haven't exactly had a great window. lacazette is a good player and everything, but i'm not sure he's really what they need or necessarily better than giroud, and they could still lose sanchez. if anything this is the most negative i've felt about arsenal at the beginning of a season in ages. the one plus point is the new formation seems to suit them better, so i'm intrigued to see whether that's sustainable.
i think spurs have the best first XI in the league, they just need a bit more depth in certain areas, maybe a top class wide player who isn't injury-prone. shame they aren't having a great window so far, and there's the wembley factor as well.
city's problems last year were full backs and keeper, they've bought very good players in all of these positions as well as some excellent signings elsewhere. as a utd fan, i'm worried. utd should do better than last year by virtue of not having that terrible first month of acclimatisation to a new manager that we had last time around, but i still don't know that we'll score enough goals. we'll be fine against teams who attack us but when it comes to penetration we're kind of hopeless in all honesty.
chelsea are probably the safe pick for the title, but teams rarely do it twice in a row and i just have a feeling they'll be shown to have flaws now they have europe to contend with, especially if people start to work their tactic out this season. a big part of their success last season was bamboozling everyone with the 3-5-2, and having the fitness to stay consistent game after game. they'll have more rotation this time and opponents will be better prepared, so it's gonna be a challenge. they're making some quality signings though so hey maybe they'll storm it again.
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