Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Those Who Can Kick The Top 4

A friend ask me, if it is Arsenal gonna be out of the Top 4, so which team are going for that one spot?( assuming Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea will still dominate the other 3 spots; which is hell yeah they will. )
Oh, great question. Now lemme pick my favorite to kick Arsenal's butt out of the Top 4 this season.

Okey, my judgment and prediction will be based on the teams' players, past records and current management. And everything will be done up to me. From my own oh-so-professional point of view.

First up, alphabetically ordered, Aston Villa.

He who rules the Villains.


You gotta love Martin O'Neill. He's Scottish and he uses the local talents to pursue the others. The English players that is. With the likes of Gabriel Agbonlahor; well this guy is scary. He will scares the crap of any defenders, any goalkeepers. Plus, Ashley Young. If you can see the blurs on the right side of the field, that's him. The veteran Emile Heskey, buff and driven. And more English players like Marlon Harewood, Nigel Reo-Coker, Steve Sidwell, my personal favorite; James Milner, and Luke Young.


And more reason to love Martin O'Neill; he doesn't need star studded players, he is great at making the most of what he has and that one criteria is the one you gotta love. He got the players, he got the drive and now let us see whether he can chase the Top 4, to book a place in the Champions league this season.

Last season, the Villains came close to book a spot for the Champions League. The last 16 games in the league were dreadful. The injury of the players like Gareth Barry, Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlahor, did cause them the spot. Losing streaks, draws and a few wins did show the Great Martin O'Neill that he needed more to win and secure the top spot in the league.

A wasp to the Top 4, but it was not good enough. I hope they can come up with something this season.

Next up is, Everton.

The man, David Moyes.

Everton, a great club with a great history. Now Everton got the right to compete in the UEFA Cup, but with lacks of signings this season could cause them any wins. David Moyes is the wonder behind Everton's current form. He is Scottish, and he is one of the man Fergie wants as his successor at Manchester United. He's already the manager for 8 years at Everton and he is looking to stay.

They got great bunch of players, like Steven Pienaar. Woah, he is fast. Very fast. He made fast people look..not so fast. Plus, Tim Cahill, Leon Osman, Mikael Arteta, Marouanne 'the Afro' Fellaini and ex-devil, Phil Neville. They look great in the middle but lack talents on the bench.

The forwards are quite fearsome. They got Jo, Louis Saha, Aiyegbini Yakubu and Victor Anichebe.

One more, Tim Howard. The stronghold guardian. This man's performance last season was unbelievable. Everton do possess great defenders like Manchester United and Chelsea did, to back that up, they have a great goalkeeper. Tim Howard made countless saves last season, and with that i would choose him rather than other goalkeeper, 'cause he did his part very well.

They have the same problems as Aston Villa, injuries. If they can keep playing the way they played, and without injuries, Everton is a threat.

Now, Manchester City.
Hughes, can you be huge?

Why Manchester City? Come on! Look at their shopping spree! Does that mean something? Yes. They brought in great players to win the league (though we know money can't guarantee victory, but lets give 'em some hope ).

Mark Hughes; ex-devil, a great player. As a manager? Not so much. Now he have to manage star players and blend them in with each other. That's the hard part. Last season, Robinho showed his bad boy image and he couldn't handle him. Now let add a bunch of players like Robinho to the list. Now he really have to work with them.

Players to win? Yeah, they got it. Emmanuel Adebayor, Gareth Barry, Carlos Tevez, Kolo Toure, Stephen Ireland, Wright-Phillips, Vincent Kompany, Nigel De Jong, Roque Santa Cruz and the list goes on and on.

Now, i haven't seen them all in one field. Yet. but i bet they are like Chelsea and Madrid. Would love to see how they go. We all pray that the Devils still win.

There, that's my top 3 teams that could win the Top 4 spot. What do you think?

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