Which clubs have a lot of look forward to, and which should be kicking off with a nervous glance over their shoulders? twoht predicts the positions of the ‘other 14’ Premier League clubs...
Predicting the positions of the ‘other 14’ Premier League clubs and whyWe already know who next season’s top six in the Premier League will be, but what about the others? Here’s a rundown of the other 14 clubs.
But the fact that four of those five defeats in 2022 came against ‘Big Six’ clubs is also telling. There’s still a big gap to bridge to get to the level of those six, and it may take another year or two before the Saudis can say that they have expanded it to a ‘Big Seven’. Still, though, the optimism around the club is noticeable, and if the momentum of the second half of last season can be continued, then they are capable of being at least the best of the rest.
Brighton’s problems last season came in front of goal, and while the arrivals of Julio Enciso and Deniz Undav do add strikers, the former is only 18 years old and may be considered one for the future rather than one for the here and now. If Brighton can unlock more goals this season – of the 17 clubs to avoid relegation from the Premier League last season, only Wolves scored fewer – they may find themselves challenging for a place in Europe.
After replacing Dean Smith as manager, Steven Gerrard managed to shore up any concerns of getting dragged into a relegation battle, and Gerrard has been further enriched this summer by the arrival of Neil Critchley from Blackpool as his assistant. But the key remains the manager. Steve Cooper’s transformation of Forest last season was so complete that it’s difficult to believe that he will struggle this season, and the recent record of teams promoted into the Premier League after an absence has been that the positive momentum engendered by promotion can be enough to steer a team through their return to the top flight.
Southampton may well be preparing for spending another season with one eye looking over their shoulders at those below them in the table. Eriksen has gone now, of course. Brentford were never going to realistically be able to match the offer made to him by Manchester United, but their hopes of staying up for a second successive season can hardly be said to have been blown out of the water by him leaving, either.
Injuries did for Leeds last season, and whether this was down to Bielsa’s training methods seems to be one of life’s great unanswerable questions.
Over the course of the summer, there has been talk of Lampard putting a style on the team that revolves around ‘possession’, but that’s a famously woolly word, and possession doesn’t mean much in and of itself if results don’t follow.
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