NEW SEASON PREVIEW : RIVAL FANS on 2008 - 09 Jimmy Rice 14 August 2008 Liverpoolfc . tv asked fans from every Barclays Premier League club togive their views on the forthcoming season . What do they think the next 10 months will bring ? We found a Stoke fan who reckons the division shouldbe scared , while up in Sunderland they ' re not looking past the visit ofLiverpool on the opening day . United supporters are feeling predictably upbeat , though down at Goodison the mood is not so jolly . Meanwhile , our City fan seems to be finding solace in rock band Oasis as speculation mounts over the fate of their owner . ARSENALIns : Aaron Ramsey ( Cardiff , £ 5 m ) , Samir Nasri ( Marseille , undisclosed ) , Amaury Bischoff ( Werder Bremen , undisclosed ) . Outs : Gilberto Silva ( Panathinaikos , £ 1 m ) , Alexander Hleb ( Barcelona , £ 11 . 8 m ) , Jens Lehmann ( Stuttgart , free ) , Mathieu Flamini ( AC Milan , free ) , Kerrea Gilbert ( Leicester , loan ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Nasri looks a good buy , butwe could still do with another midfielder and a centre - back . Wengerhandled Adebayor well . Hleb might be a loss but I began to wonder whathe was for . How ' s the boss doing ? I think he is very popular with fansat the ground , the real regulars , but some of the internet brigade , notall , are getting impatient . Player to watch ? Fabregas , and a young hopeful called JackWilshire who is 16 - years - old . He may break the record for youngestArsenal Prem player ever . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Premier League , CL and the Golden Boot . Who ' ll win the league ? Us or United . Top four ? As last season . Relegated ? Spurs - defence leaks and no strikers ; I hope Fulham can escape the drop again but maybe not ; and Hull City . Where will you finish ? Last year I predicted second orfirst . We missed first by four points and second by two . If we don ' tstrengthen the defence it could be second or third . Wenger believes hecan do it with kids ; I really hope he is right . Boris Mellor , Arsenal Times ASTON VILLAIns : Curtis Davies ( West Brom , undisclosed ) , Steve Sidwell ( Chelsea , £ 5 m ) , Brad Friedel ( Blackburn , £ 2 m ) , Brad Guzan ( Chivas USA , undisclosed ) Nicky Shorey ( Reading , undisclosed ) , Luke Young ( Middlesbrough , £ 6 m ) , Carlos Cuellar ( Rangers , £ 7 . 8 m ) . Outs : Olof Mellberg ( Juventus , free ) , Thomas Sorensen ( released ) , Patrik Berger ( Sparta Prague , free ) , Luke Moore ( West Brom , £ 3 m ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Unlike last summer , we ' veinjected a lot of the youngsters into the first team , many of whom haveperformed well in our tour of Switzerland . How ' s the boss doing ? He ' s improved our league position inthe last two years and strengthened the squad again this time . He ' s abetter manager than he is a pundit , put it that way . Player to watch ? Ashley Young . His set - plays are a greatasset for the club . This season I imagine he ' ll catch the eye of thebigger teams and it ' ll be O ' Neill ' s job to keep him at the club . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? First , maintain our top sixposition . Second , silverware – I ' d be happy with the League Cup as it ' s 12 years since we last won a domestic trophy . Third , more goals . Who ' ll win the league ? It ' ll be a two - horse race between United and Liverpool . Top four ? Besides United and Liverpool , I ' ll play it safeand go with Chelsea , followed by Arsenal . Arsenal should be solidthroughout but will be challenged by Tottenham . Relegated ? You ' ve got to go with Stoke and Hull as givens . After that I can see Bolton going down , but there will be many teamsfighting . Where will you finish ? With Portsmouth and Tottenham buyingbig over the summer it ' ll be more difficult . I think Martin will bringin a few more players and get us 7 th . James Laishley , fan BLACKBURN ROVERSIns : Paul Robinson ( Tottenham , £ 3 . 5 m ) , Carlos Villanueva ( Audax Italiano , loan ) , Danny Simpson ( Manchester United , loan ) , Julio Santa Cruz ( CerroPorteno , undisclosed ) . Outs : Stephane Henchoz ( released ) , Bruno Berner ( released ) , Peter Enckelman ( Cardiff , free ) , Brad Friedel ( Aston Villa , £ 2 m ) , DavidBentley ( Tottenham , £ 15 m ) , Maceo Rigters ( Barnsley , loan ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Very happy . I think onceagain we have done some shrewd business . Ince identified our majorweakness - midfield . He ' s brought in a lot of youth who can onlyimprove in time . How ' s the boss doing ? At first we started to worry what wewere in for after he was linked with Division Two player Keith Andrews . I ' m not disappointed with the sale of Bentley - £ 15 million profit isgood business . As time goes by you can see what Ince is trying to do : bringing in youth and skilful attacking players . The loan signing ofDanny Simpson is a shrewd move . Player to watch ? Carlos Villanueva . I ' ve seen the videos ofhim and he looks superb : cracking left foot , bags of skill . He could beour Ronaldo . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? To finish above Manchester City , to beat Manchester City and to win a cup . Who ' ll win the league ? Chelsea . Top four ? After Chelsea it will be Man Utd , Liverpool , then Arsenal . Relegated ? Stoke , West Brom , Bolton . Where will you finish ? 10 th - good , steady position inInce ' s first season . I ' d obviously like us to finish higher but I don ' twant to get carried away . Neil Matthews , fan BOLTON WANDERERSIns : Johan Elmander ( Toulouse , £ 10 m ) , Fabrice Muamba ( Birmingham , £ 5 m ) , Mustapha Riga ( Levante , undisclosed ) , Danny Shittu ( Watford , undisclosed ) . Outs : Daniel Braaten ( Toulouse , undisclosed ) , AndranikTeymourian ( Fulham , free ) , Stelios Giannakopoulos ( released ) , IvanCampo ( Ipswich , free ) , El Hadji Diouf ( Sunderland , £ 2 . 5 m ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Overall our summerpreparations have been met with mixed reactions . The new kits havecaused a divide between the fans , with the majority hating the newdesigns . The loss of three influential players ( Campo , Stelios andDiouf ) have worried us . However , the arrivals of Johan Elmander andRiga Mustapha have boosted the squad . How ' s the boss doing ? Gary Megson is no hero in Bolton yet , though more and more fans are now coming to terms with him being here . Player to watch ? Johan Elmander . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Finish in the top half , win some kind of trophy and sign some top talent during the transfer windows . Who ' ll win the league ? The scum . Top four ? United , then Liverpool , Chelsea and Arsenal Relegated ? Stoke City , Hull City , West Brom . Where will you finish ? 7 th or 8 th . Chris Finnegan , fan CHELSEAIns : Jose Bosingwa ( FC Porto , £ 16 . 2 m ) , Deco ( Barcelona , £ 8 m ) . Outs : Steve Sidwell ( Aston Villa , £ 5 m ) , Ben Sahar ( Portsmouth , loan ) , Ryan Bertrand ( Norwich , loan ) , Slobodan Rajkovic ( FC Twente , loan ) , Claude Makelele ( Paris St Germain , free ) , KhalidBoulahrouz ( Stuttgart , £ 4 m ) , Tal Ben Haim ( Manchester City , undisclosed ) , Shaun Cummings ( MK Dons , loan ) , Anthony Grant ( Southend , free ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Bosingwa was a very smartbuy , Deco remains to be seen . I thought the playmaker role that he ' llobviously be taking would have been filled by Ballack , but apparentlynot . I ' m not sure I agree with those predicting an ego crisis , though . We ' ve effectively got three attacking midfielders , one defensive , andone who can do either . If we are going to play a diamond with attackingfull - backs , I don ' t see a problem . How ' s the boss doing ? All you can go on with Scolari is thequotes from the players . They sound relatively happy . The man ' s acharacter , he ' s seen it all , and there ' s a quiet hope that he might endup thumping an opposition manager . What more can you ask ? Player to watch ? I ' m going to go for Florent Malouda , assuming he stays . The man ' s a class act . I refuse to believe that allthat technique has vanished overnight . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Peace on earth , Ferguson to retire and the title back at the Bridge . Who ' ll win the league ? Pass . We can , United can . I ' ll bottlethe actual prediction . I think it ' s going to be another tight race , butI wouldn ' t have it any other way . Top four ? With the money Spurs have spent , they reallyshould be pushing you harder for that fourth spot this season . Otherthan that , same old story . Relegated ? Wigan , Bolton , Stoke . Where will you finish ? United and Chelsea will end up separated by a matter of two or three points at the top . Rob Hobson , cfcnet . co . uk EVERTONIns : None . Outs : Lee Carsley ( Birmingham City , free ) , Stefan Wessels ( VfL Osnabruck , free ) , Andrew Johnson ( Fulham , undisclosed ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? What work ? No signings , no CEO , no central midfield . How ' s the boss doing ? David Moyes is very popular at the minute . The board is currently getting the flak . Player to watch ? Jack Rodwell and Dan Gosling are twoyoungsters likely to be involved . Jose Baxter has the fans excited , buthe ' s too young for this season . I ' ll go for James Vaughan ' s return ( again ) , though . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Just three ? Mystery benefactor toback Moyes and sort stadium ; sign some central midfielders ; qualify forUEFA again ; get Moyes to sign new contract ; get a striker ; no injuriesfor Vaughan ; ban Neville from giving more than two interviews a week ; ban Andy van der Meyde ; stop including Liverpool in every song we sing ; fairer spread of UEFA money between CL and UEFA Cup ; oh , nearly forgot , win something . Who ' ll win the league ? Between the same two as last time . Erm , Chelsea ( but I ' m not putting money on them ) . Top four ? Same as last year , with Spurs narrowly missing out . Relegated ? Hull , Stoke and West Brom ( although Bolton will run them close ) . Where will you finish ? 7 / 8 th . Hoping to squirm into UEFA again . Blake Dutton , fan FULHAMIns : John Pantsil and Bobby Zamora ( West Ham , £ 6 . 3 m ) , Tony Kallio ( YoungBoys Bern , undisclosed ) , Andranik Teymourian ( Bolton , free ) , ZoltanGera ( West Brom , free ) , David Stockdale ( Darlington , undisclosed ) , MarkSchwarzer ( Middlesbrough , free ) , Fredrik Stoor ( Rosenborg , undisclosed ) , Pascal Zuberbuhler ( Neuchatel Xamax , free ) , AndrewJohnson ( Everton , undisclosed ) . Outs : Dejan Stefanovic ( Norwich , undisclosed ) , Nathan Ashton ( Wycombe , nominal fee ) , Elliot Omozusi ( Norwich , loan ) , Ricardo Batista ( Sporting , undisclosed ) , Tony Warner ( Hull City , free ) , CarlosBocanegra ( Stade Rennais , free ) , Brian McBride ( Toronto , free ) , Philippe Christanval , Jari Litmanen , Simon Elliott , Kasey Keller ( allreleased ) , Hameur Bouazza ( Charlton , loan ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Yes , we are stronger than last season , so hopefully we won ' t leave it until the last 15 minutes to stay up this time . How ' s the boss doing ? Most fans credit Roy , or Woy as wecall him , with getting us out of the relegation fight last season . Withme , the jury is still out and we will see how good a manager he is thisseason . Player to watch ? Jimmy Bullard . We ' ve lost crowd favourite Brian McBride but Bullard , when he ' s on song , can pull the team together . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? To stay up , to stay up and . .. to win a cup . Who ' ll win the league ? Tough one , it ' s between the big four , of course . I ' ve a sneaky feeling Liverpool will do better this year butstill think Man Utd are the team to beat . Top four ? Man Utd , Arsenal , Liverpool , Chelsea . Relegated ? Stoke , Hull , West Brom - although I fancy a few bigger sides like Newcastle to struggle too . Where will you finish ? Going to be optimistic and say 14 th this season . Neil Townsend , Fulham Supporters ' Club Hull CityIns : Peter Halmosi ( Plymouth , £ 2 m ) , George Boateng ( Middlesbrough , £ 1 m ) , Tony Warner ( Fulham , free ) , Bernard Mendy ( Paris St Germain , free ) , Geovanni ( Manchester City , free ) , Craig Fagan ( Derby , £ 750 , 000 ) , Anthony Gardner ( Tottenham , loan ) . Outs : Michael Bridges ( Carlisle , loan ) , Henrik Pedersen ( Silkeborg IF , free ) , David Livermore ( Brighton , free ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? We had a spate of signings - six in the space of a fortnight - and a good start to the friendlies . We ' re still desperately in need of new strikers , though , and strugglingto land our targets . How ' s the boss doing ? Phil Brown ' s done the one thing noother Hull City manager has - taken us to the top flight - so hecouldn ' t possibly be unpopular right now . He seems to be trying to signthe right players . Player to watch ? Former Benfica , Barcelona and ManchesterCity midfielder Geovanni seems the most promising of the new signings . We ' ve got confidence in goalkeeper Boaz Myhill and defenders MichaelTurner and Sam Ricketts making the step up . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Fair treatment from all ( especially referees ) ; our players to do their very best ; Alex Fergusonto sell Fraizer Campbell to us . Who ' ll win the league ? Manchester United . Top four ? Man Utd , then Liverpool , then Chelsea , then Arsenal ( closely followed by Villa and Spurs ) . Relegated ? Stoke , West Brom and Bolton ( Blackburn don ' t look too clever , either ) . Where will you finish ? We need to get the right strikers in if we are to avoid the bottom three . Andy Beill , Hull City online LIVERPOOLIns : David Ngog ( Paris St Germain , undisclosed ) , Emmanuel Mendy ( Murcia Deportivo , free ) , Diego Cavalieri ( Palmeiras , undisclosed ) , Andrea Dossena ( Udinese , undisclosed ) , Philipp Degen ( Borussia Dortmund , free ) , Robbie Keane ( Tottenham , undisclosed ) . Outs : Jack Hobbs ( Leicester , loan ) , Godwin Antwi ( Tranmere , loan ) , Adam Hammill ( Blackpool , loan ) , Scott Carson ( West Brom , undisclosed ) , Peter Crouch ( Portsmouth , undisclosed ) , Harry Kewell ( Galatasaray , free ) , Paul Anderson ( Nottingham Forest , loan ) , Anthony le Tallec ( Le Mans , undisclosed ) , John Arne Riise ( Roma , undisclosed ) , Besian Idrizaj ( Wacker Tirol , free ) , Danny Guthrie ( Newcastle , undisclosed ) , Robbie Threlfall ( Hereford , loan ) , David Martin ( Leicester , loan ) , Sebastian Leto ( Olympiakos , loan ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Yes , the arrival of Robbie Keanewill give us an array of different attacking options . He ' s clever andhis movement will give defenders a real headache . His partnership withBerbatov at Spurs was one of the most effective in the league ( as wefound out at Anfield last October ) but the potential of a Torres / Keanepartnership will be even more frightening for the opposition . How ' s the boss doing ? Rafa is adored by the fans , whostrongly believe he is the right man to bring number 19 back home . Whathe has achieved since arriving on Merseyside speaks for itself and thesupporters are firmly behind him . Player to watch ? It ' s difficult to look past Fernando Torres . He ' s quite possibly the best striker in Europe at the moment and I haveno doubts he can net 30 - plus goals again this time around . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? A real crack at the title with animproved record against the ' big four ' and fewer home draws ; afairytale return to Rome in May ; and another six points out of sixagainst Everton . Who ' ll win the league ? Either ourselves , Chelsea or Manchester United . Top four ? Liverpool , Chelsea , Manchester United and Arsenal . Relegated ? Hull , Fulham , Stoke . Where will you finish ? Top three . James Carroll , ShanklyGates . co . uk MAN CITYIns : Jo ( CSKA Moscow , £ 18 m ) , Tal Ben Haim ( Chelsea , undisclosed ) . Outs : Georgios Samaras ( Celtic , undisclosed ) , AndreasIsaksson ( PSV Eindhoven , undisclosed ) , Geovanni ( Hull , free ) , EmileMpenza and Paul Dickov ( both released ) , Sun Jihai ( Sheffield United , free ) , Matthew Mills ( Doncaster , £ 300 , 000 ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? We ' ve finally bought ourfirst player from a Premiership rival in Tel Ben Haim – not too sureabout him . And we broke our transfer record with Jo . Meanwhile , ourchairman is travelling all around the world to avoid prosecutions andwill no longer put money into City . What ' s the story , Thaskin ? How ' s the boss doing ? Some might say he is still a Red ; others , including me , think he will be good for the club . A good startto the season will see everyone get behind him ; bad start , still a Red ! Player to watch ? Didi Hamann won ' t live forever so I think this season is when Michael Johnson has to shine . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Six points from United ; good string of results whilst travelling half the world away in the UEFA Cup ; stability . Who ' ll win the league ? City ! Top four ? It ' s all a little bit boring , d ' you know what I mean ? I said Tottenham last season , look what happened there ! Relegated ? Stoke , West Brom and Hull – with Hull possibly getting fewer points than Derby last season . Where will you finish ? Nothing is ever straight - forward withCity , so despite the improvements last year and the new signings in theclose season I reckon we will just have to roll with it and see whathappens . I ' ll go with 7 th or 8 th . Tim Leah , fan MAN UTDIns : None . Outs : Adam Eckersley ( AC Horsens , free ) , Gerard Pique ( Barcelona , £ 5 m ) , Tom Heaton ( Cardiff City , loan ) , Chris Eagles ( Burnley , £ 1 m ) , Danny Simpson ( Blackburn , loan ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Yes . It was nice to see 70 , 000 at OT for Ole ' s testimonial . It ' s just a shame we weren ' t ableto enjoy the success of last season as much as we should have done - it ' s been all about Real Madrid chasing Ronaldo . And where was ourvictory parade ? Thanks a lot Rangers fans and Manchester City Council . How ' s the boss doing ? What do you think ? ! Certainjournalists like to write him off after a couple of bad results but healways makes them eat their words . Player to watch ? Ronaldo . Expect Anderson to be on fire too . It ' ll also be nice to have Gary Neville back , who I think is England ' sfinest right - back . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? The European Cup , the league and a 12 th FA Cup . Who ' ll win the league ? Us . Top four ? United , Chelsea , Arsenal , Everton ( in that order ) . Relegated ? Stoke City , Hull City , Bolton Wanderers ( in no particular order ) . Where will you finish ? See above . Dan Sprague , fan MIDDLESBROUGHIns : Didier Digard ( Paris St Germain , £ 4 m ) , Marvin Emnes ( Sparta Rotterdam , £ 3 . 2 m ) . Outs : George Boateng ( Hull City , £ 1 m ) , Fabio Rochemback ( Sporting , free ) , Lee Dong - Gook ( released ) , Mark Schwarzer ( Fulham , free ) , Steve Thompson ( Port Vale , free ) , Luke Young ( Aston Villa , £ 6 m ) , Lee Cattermole ( Wigan , £ 3 . 5 m ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? We ' ve sold far more thanwe ' ve brought in ( so far ) and it could be a bit of a gamble , especiallyon two rookie ' keepers - Brad Jones and Ross Turnbull - being able toreplace Mark Schwarzer . This may have been compounded by the sale ofLuke Young to Villa . The fee of £ 6 m is a lot of money but to sell ahighly - experienced defender a week before the season starts couldbackfire . How ' s the boss doing ? Gareth Southgate is still popular butthe test for him this season is to move us onwards and upwards . Theperiod of education is nearly over . Player to watch ? Afonso Alves signed off last season with ahat - trick . He could well set the goalscoring charts alight next term . Look out for the Brazilian goal machine ! Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? To play attacking , entertainingfootball ; to finish in the top 10 ; to put smiles on fans ' faces and getthe buzz back into the ' Boro . Who ' ll win the league ? Manchester United will probably prove unstoppable . Top four ? Same top four as last season although the order might change . Maybe Arsenal finishing second , Chelsea third , Liverpool fourth . Relegated ? Hull City , Stoke City and Wigan Athletic . Where will you finish ? We will finish 9 th - fingers firmly crossed . Robert Nichols , fmttm . com NEWCASTLE UNITEDIns : Danny Guthrie ( Liverpool , undisclosed ) , Jonas Gutierrez ( Real Mallorca , undisclosed ) . Outs : Emre ( Fenerbahce , undisclosed ) , David Rozehnal ( Lazio , £ 2 . 9 m ) , Peter Ramage ( QPR , free ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? We had a weak squad last season and so far more players have left than have arrived , so in a word , no . How ' s the boss doing ? Kevin Keegan is a Newcastle Unitedicon . Adored as a player , worshipped as a manager and quite possiblythe only man a lot of supporters trust has the best intentions forNewcastle United in his every waking minute at the moment . Player to watch ? We ' ve brought in an Argentine lad calledJonas Gutierrez from Real Mallorca who apparently puts on a Spidermanmask when he scores . He keeps it down his draws like Tevez at Man Utdwith the baby ' s dummy . Problem is he doesn ' t score much . Kevin Keeganhas been waxing about him and he knows a good attacking player when hesees one , so hopefully he ' ll be one to set the pulses racing in NE 1 . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? I ' d like us to win the games we ' resupposed to win . I ' d like Mike Ashley to show some visible sign of hiscommitment to Newcastle United by finding some decent spends for KevinKeegan . I ' d like us to beat one of the top four clubs home or away thisseason . Who ' ll win the league ? My money is on Man Utd - they play the best football with Arsenal , but the latter has no chance . Top four ? The usual suspects in exactly the same order . Anyone would think they had the most money , wouldn ' t they ? Relegated ? Hull , Stoke and Sunderland . Where will you finish ? If we do well with injuries to a threadbare squad , 9 th . 13 th if we continue to fail to invest correctly . Michael Martin , true - faith . co . uk PORTSMOUTHIns : Peter Crouch ( Liverpool , undisclosed ) , Ben Sahar ( Chelsea , loan ) , GlenLittle ( Reading , free ) , Omar Alieu Koroma ( Banjul Hawks , undisclosed ) , Younes Kaboul ( Tottenham , undisclosed ) . Outs : Sulley Muntari ( Inter Milan , £ 12 . 7 m ) , Omar AlieuKoroma ( Norwich , loan ) , Joel Ward ( Bournamouth , loan ) , Asmir Begovic ( Yeovil , loan ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? So far , yes . I think PeterCrouch will be an excellent signing . My dad and brother are Liverpoolfans , and I had fun this summer winding them up saying he ' d left you tocome to a big club that wins things . Glen Little is a shrewd purchasetoo . As long as we keep hold of Kranjcar and Diarra then we ' ll do well . How ' s the boss doing ? After all he has done for us he shouldhave a statue built in Portsmouth . He ' ll go down as a legend so long ashe doesn ' t defect to Southampton again ! Player to watch ? Lassana Diarra : he ' s pure class and wouldwalk into most teams in the league . I can ' t believe Arsenal sold him tous for £ 5 million . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Retain the FA Cup , win the Carling Cup and win the UEFA Cup . Who ' ll win the league ? Manchester United . Top four ? Manchester United , Chelsea , Liverpool and Arsenal - in that order . Relegated ? West Bromwich Albion , Stoke City and Hull City . Where will you finish ? I ' ll be optimistic and say 7 th . Jim Bonner , editor of Fratton Faithful STOKE CITYIns : Seyi George Olofinjana ( Wolves , £ 3 m ) , Dave Kitson ( Reading , £ 5 . 5 m ) . Outs : Marlon Broomes ( Blackpool , free ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? It ' s not been bad . We ' vepurchased a few good players and had a good pre - season . We stillrequire a few more new faces , though . How ' s the boss doing ? Tony Pulis is doing superbly - he can never do wrong in our eyes ! Player to watch ? Winger Liam Lawrence is outstanding . Pure class . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? To stay in the Premier League , a good cup run , and Port Vale to get relegated again . Who ' ll win the league ? Liverpool . I think Rafa has finally got the right squad and with Robbie Keane now at Anfield , it ' s a dead cert . Top four ? After you : Chelsea , then United , then Spurs . Relegated ? Hull , West Brom and Wigan . Where will you finish ? Mid - table . I ' m convinced the Premier League ain ' t ready for how Stoke play and how much we get stuck in . Jon Rowe , creator of the Facebook group Stoke City True Supporters Club SUNDERLANDIns : Pascal Chimbonda ( Tottenham , undisclosed ) , David Meyler ( Cork City , undisclosed ) , Nick Colgan ( Ipswich , free ) , Teemu Tainio ( Tottenham , undisclosed ) , El Hadji Diouf ( Bolton , £ 2 . 5 m ) , Steed Malbranque ( Tottenham , undisclosed ) . Outs : Andrew Cole ( Nottingham Forest , free ) , Greg Halford ( Sheffield United , loan ) , Ian Harte and Stephen Wright ( both released ) , Ross Wallace ( Preston , loan ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Yes and no . Signing playerslike Malbranque , Diouf , Chimbonda and Tainio is a massive step - up inquality from the players we are used to signing , but we still badlyneed a left - back , a centre - back ( the thought of your attack running atour defence on the first day makes my bowels go boom ) and , mostimportantly , a striker . How ' s the boss doing ? Everybody loves Keano . He has mademistakes at times , and spent money on duff signings , no question . Butall managers do , and overall he has turned the club around indouble - quick time , as well as being an all - round cool bloke . Player to watch ? Antony Stokes . He ' s young , a bit daft andraw , but he definitely has talent . Got a bit of stick off Keane lastyear for too much boozing , but hopefully he ' ll really come into his ownthis year . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Top 10 finish – that may seemmodest to you Scousers , but it ' d be massive up here . Second , a decentcup run – Keane has played three , lost three , scored none in the cupsso far . Third is to beat the Mags . We haven ' t beaten them at home inalmost 28 years , before I was even born . A whole generation of Mackemshave never had the joy of witnessing a derby - day victory . Who ' ll win the league ? United – sorry . Top four ? Sadly , it will be the same as it always is : Man Utd , Arsenal , Chelsea , then Liverpool . Relegated ? Hull , Stoke and Bolton – though Man City are a decent outside bet . Where will you finish ? 11 th . Paul Maughan , www . a - love - supreme . com TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR Ins : John Bostock ( Crystal Palace , £ 700 , 000 ) , Heurelho Gomes ( PSV Eindhoven , undisclosed ) , Luka Modric ( £ 15 . 8 m ) , Giovani dos Santos ( Barcelona , £ 4 . 7 m ) , David Bentley ( Blackburn , £ 15 m ) , Cesar Sanchez ( Real Zaragoza , undisclosed ) . Outs : Pascal Chimbonda ( Sunderland , undisclosed ) , PaulRobinson ( Blackburn , £ 3 . 5 m ) , Teemu Tainio ( Sunderland , undisclosed ) , Joe Martin ( Blackpool , undisclosed ) , Robbie Keane ( Liverpool , undisclosed ) . Anthony Gardner ( Hull City , loan ) , SteedMalbranque ( Sunderland , undisclosed ) , Jake Livermore ( Crewe , loan ) , Younes Kaboul ( Portsmouth , undisclosed ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? For a net spend ofapproximately nothing we ' ve improved the squad dramatically . LukaModric and Giovani dos Santos are going to be stars ; Heurelho Gomes iscertifiably bonkers , like all good goalkeepers should be ; while DavidBentley will add much - needed set - piece quality . Plus we ' ve got thisamazing new striker called Darren Bent . I ' d never heard of him either , but he ' s been scoring for fun in pre - season . It ' s not all rosy , though . At time of writing , we ' re involved in long - winded and tiresomenegotiations with shady characters in Russia and , bizarrely , Manchester . And , of course , we ' ve lost Robbie Keaneto some other team which is a massive blow . He ' s been the heartbeat ofour club for six years and was a real fans ' favourite . I can ' t wait tosee him playing alongside Torres , though . How ' s the boss doing ? I think we ' re all pretty happy to haveMagic Juande in charge . He ' s not as fun or lovable as cuddly MartinJol , but we ' ve got Gus now to provide entertaining post - match ramblesand be the object of affection . Ramos is a winner , and undoubtedly themost important signing of the last year . Player to watch ? Giovani dos Santos . Great balance , silky skills and a winning smile . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Beating Ar 5 ena 1 and Chelsea lastyear was such fun ; actually taking pre - season form into the leagueseason - we are , without doubt , the greatest pre - season team in theworld and Bent ' s the best pre - season striker ; White Hart Lane to onceagain be the go - to ground for goals - we love our 4 - 4 s and 6 - 4 s at theLane . Who ' ll win the league ? Manchester United again . The only realistic alternatives are too depressing to think about . Top four ? Same again . But we ' ll be there at Christmas . Relegated ? Stoke and Hull , plus one of Bolton , Blackburn orWigan . Might be worth keeping an eye on potential implosion at ManCity , though . Where will you finish ? I think we might give you and Arsenal a fright before fading on the home straight . Hopefully without any lasagne . Dave Tickner , sportinglife . com WEST BROMIns : Scott Carson ( Liverpool , undisclosed ) , Marek Cech ( FC Porto , £ 1 . 4 m ) , Gianni Zuiverloon ( Heerenveen , £ 3 . 2 m ) , Luke Moore ( Aston Villa , £ 3 m ) . Outs : Kevin Phillips ( Birmingham , free ) , Curtis Davies ( Aston Villa , undisclosed ) , Martin Albrechtsen ( Derby County , free ) , Zoltan Gera ( Fulham , free ) , Luke Daniels ( Shrewsbury , loan ) , Tininho ( released ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Yes and no . We need a decentstriker to replace Kevin Phillips , who we should have kept . Very happywith the signing of Scott Carson , though . How ' s the boss doing ? Tony Mowbray is massively popular . Heis definitely the right manager at the moment , though I ' m worried ' Boroor Celtic might come sniffing . Player to watch ? Roman Bednar , reckon he could be a big hit . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Mowbray to declare his undying love for WBA , to beat Villa and to not get spanked by you boys again . Who ' ll win the league ? United . Top four ? United , Chelski , you boys , Arsenal . Relegated ? Hull , Stoke and Bolton . Where will you finish ? 15 th , fingers crossed . Ben Ruhrmund , fan WEST HAM UNITEDIns : Valon Behrami ( Lazio , £ 5 m ) , Balint Bajner ( Liberty Salonta , undisclosed ) , Jan Lastuvka ( Shakhtar Donetsk , loan ) . Outs : John Pantsil and Bobby Zamora ( Fulham , £ 6 . 3 m ) , Richard Wright ( Ipswich , undisclosed ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Definitely not . We ' ve madeone proper signing , Valon Behrami - £ 5 million from Lazio . He ' s aleft - back , presumably brought in to challenge George McCartney who wasone of our best players last year . Nobby Solano was released , despitehim being one of our better players last year . Bobby Zamora was sold , leaving us to rely on Carlton Cole up front . And the departure ofLjungberg is well documented . How ' s the boss doing ? A lot of fans are very skeptical aboutthis season and do not want to see a repeat of some of the boring 4 - 5 - 1 football witnessed last year . His signings have proved week , injury - prone and over - paid and it seems as though a bad start to theseason could have disastrous consequences for the manager . Player to watch ? As long as he ' s not sold and staysinjury - free , Dean Ashton will be the one to watch . I expect him to hittop form and hold down a regular place in the England squad . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? To watch some entertaining football , have a nice cup run and end up with a European place . Who ' ll win the league ? Man Utd . Top four ? After United - Chelsea , Arsenal , then Liverpool . Relegated ? This looks like once of those years where the three promoted clubs will go straight back down . Where will you finish ? 7 th or 8 th would be ideal but I ' m expecting us to struggle a bit more this year . I predict 12 th . Dave Bennett , westhamutd - mad . co . uk WIGAN ATHLETICIns : Amr Zaki ( Zamalek , loan ) , Olivier Kapo ( Birmingham , £ 3 . 5 m ) , Daniel deRidder ( Birmingham , free ) , Lee Cattermole ( Middlesbrough , £ 3 . 5 m ) . Outs : Andreas Granqvist ( Groningen , £ 600 , 000 ) , JuliusAghahowa ( Kayserispor , undisclosed ) , Salomon Olembe ( Kayserispor , free ) , Josip Skoko ( Hajduk Split , free ) , David Cotterill ( SheffieldUnited , undisclosed ) . Happy with your summer ' s work ? Yes . Not only have we managedto hang on to our key players in Scharner , Valencia and Palacios butwe ' ve made some good additions . I think Amr Zaki could be a realbargain and surprise a few people this season . How ' s the boss doing ? We ' re used to the negative small clubattitude of Paul Jewell , so Steve Bruce has been a real breath of freshair . He worked wonders to keep us up last season . Player to watch ? As mentioned before , it would have to beEgyptian striker Amr Zaki . 27 in 48 for his country and rated as thetop striker in the world by Fifa , the powerful forward could prove tobe the bargain of the season . Three wishes for 2008 - 09 ? Bolton Wanderers to be relegated , a top half finish for ourselves , a new name amongst the top four . Who ' ll win the league ? Manchester United Top four ? United , Chelsea , Arsenal and Liverpool . .. as ever . Relegated ? Bolton Wanderers , West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City . Where will you finish ? I think we have enough to be safeand , fingers crossed , if we start the season well I think we could bean outside bet for the top half . Paul Farrington , wiganer . net The views expressed in this article are not necessarily those of Liverpool Football Club . http : / / www . liverpoolfc . tv / news / drilldown / N 160868080814 - 1408 . htm