Football How We Have Missed You 201314

Football How We Have Missed You 201314

We all mi s Football when the season finishes and in odd ending years where there are no major tournaments we mi s it even more. Last we had the Euros and then a big distraction in the fantastic Olympics that bought so much joy to the nation. This year we have had some more big British succe s in the break from football, the Lions winning down under, the Ashes, Justin Rose winning a major, Chris Froome winning the Tour de France and of course Andy Murray winning a certain tennis tournament in a certain borough of London (it made a paper or two), even Lewis Hamilton got round to winning a Grand Prix. Despite all that quality sport there is still a ma sive hole in our lives when there is no football. Well that is no longer the case.I write this as it Colten Ellis Men Jersey just turns 3pm on a Saturday afternoon and the Football league season is about to fully kick-off. The brand new Premiership is now only two weeks away and the excitement levels are getting higher and higher.Personally at the end of last season I thought the transfer window would be absolutely manic with all the big teams in the Premiership looking to improve their squads. This season looks like being one of the most open seasons in the history of the Premiership, although many thought that last year and it turned into a proce sion. That seems unlikely this year. There is no Sir Alex for the first time in what seems like forever. City and Chelsea surely must do better than last year. Arsenal havent lost any key players so they should be able to get off to a better start than the last two years. Then there is the, so far, interesting state of the transfer window so far. Man United only have a unknown right back, Arsenal have a young talented prospect (no change there I gue s), Chelsea have added a couple but not a really big name. Its Man City that have been the biggest spenders unsurprisingly but none of their four signings can be considered world cla s.So with this all in mind where does every Premiership stand two weeks away from the start of the season? Well here are my thoughts. Ill start with the first ten clubs and then finish with the next ten in another post.Arsenal:There was all that talk of big money and linked with some ma sive names and as it stands its been the same old Chris Thorburn Jersey Arsenal. Well with that said at least they have kept hold of all their key players and for all the doom and gloom that came at the start of last season there were good positives at the end of it. The back four finished the season in good form andKoscielny was starting to look like the real deal at the back.There maybe some question marks about their goalkeepers but I thinkSzczesny is worth sticking with.Judging by the players Arsenal have been tracking it seems that Wenger is looking for a top draw striker to finally replace RVP. Giroud had a decent season but Wenger seems to think he isnt a championship winning striker. Higuain would have been a really good fit for Arsenal and any striker of his quality would love linking up their two little gems Wilshere and Cazorla. It seems incredible that Wenger wouldnt go that little bit higher to make sure he got his man. Now they are tracking Suarez but you have the feeling that unle s Suarez forces Liverpool into selling him Arsenal wont stump up the 50+ million they need to. In that case no big striker signing for Arsenal but a bigger worry is if they dont sign a midfield enforcer they wont be pushing on from last year. Wenger seems to put too much faith in Diaby, who is a very good player simply cant play enough games to justify that faith. As it stands it looks like another battle for Magnus Paajarvi Jersey 4th and with Wenger at the helm and Wilshere fit all season you would probably back them to get 4th.Aston Villa:What on earth did Paul Lambert say to Christian Benteke? I have only seen that level of co-operation in 24 when they bad guy has kidnapped someone close to Jack Bauer! Whatever was said it has been a ma sive succe s for Villa. Im 100% sure they would go down if they sold Bentekers and now they can probably look to a nice safe 12-15 finish. The goals he scored last season kept Villa up, plain and simple. If he played for any of the three teams that went down they would have stayed up as well. That amount of goals from one player is close to pricele s and keeping him is a ma sive boost for the club. Paul Lambert did a fantastic job keeping Villa up and even got them playing some decent football for the first time in a while. I dont expect them to be in the relegation battle this season although they could probably done with getting another experienced defender in but its clear that Lambert Vladimir Tarasenko Jersey is working on a tight budget. Lambert is building a project there and barring bad injuries he should be in for a more comfortable seasonCardiff:The Bluebirds with the red kit and dragon on their badge should be in for a tough year. Their Welsh rivals have shown a blueprint for stepping up from the Championship and doing well in the Premiership but I dont see Cardiff having anywhere near enough quality to survive. There doesnt seem to be a lame duck in the Premiership from last year so it will be really tough for all three clubs that came up to survive. They have made two big signings for a newly promoted club and we have to wait and see what kind of impact their striker can have. Im not sure about Steven Caulker and Im not surprised Spurs were willing to let him go. The biggest thing in his favour is he is still only 21 and has lots of time to get better but he has taken a really big gamble in moving to Cardiff. I dont think Craig Bellamy will have much of an impact for them this season but that wont be down to lack of effort. Their best hope is having a strong home record because I dont think the squad has the quality needed in this Premiership. I can only see them going down this year.Chelsea:At the start of last season I thought Chelsea would be right up there challenging for the title. I thought their summer signings were fantastic and on the back of a truly unlikely Champions League win they would be hard to stop. Then some similar problems came to the fore and they fell to far behind and yes they had a hard Champions League group they did make a bit of a me s of that. I dont see winning the Europa league as much as a succe s for a team of their calibre and Jose seems to think the same. Speaking of Mourinhohow is the happy one going to do second time round at Chelsea. They say in football never go back but after the way things ended at Madrid it seems like Mourinho was looking for some love. The Oskar Sundqvist Kids Jersey fans love him (and E sien is a little to enamoured with him!) but what are the other ex players going to make of him? Cole and Lampard still seem to be playing well enough to get good game time but what about the arch celebration crasher John Terry? It seems from the outside that he

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