Premier League club-by-club preview
Arsenal
2010-11 season
Premier League: 4th
FA Cup: Quarter-finals
Carling Cup: Runners-up
Champions League: Last 16
Players in: Gervinho (Lille) £10.7m*, Carl Jenkinson (Charlton) £1m*, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £15m* (Southampton)
Players out: Gael Clichy (Man City) £7m*, Denilson (Sao Paulo) Loan, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich) £1.5m-£2m*, Mark Randall (Chesterfield) Free,
Roarie Deacon (Sunderland) Free, Wellington (Levante) Loan, Kyle Bartley (Rangers) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Passing and attacking.
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Good passing and attacking team. However weak against teams that play blood and thunder style of football. Examples include, Stoke City and Sam Allardyce led Bolton Wanderer. However recently has seem able to cope with phyiscal team.
In addition, has shown lack of concentration in past season letting leads to be drop and overtaken by team. Results against Wigan and Newcastle were prime examples.
ASTON VILLA
2010-11 season
Premier League: 9th
FA Cup: Fifth-round
Carling Cup: Quarter-finals
Europa League: Play-offs
Players in: Shay Given (Manchester City) £3.5m*, Charles N'Zogbia (Aston Villa) £9.5m*
Players out: Ashley Young (Manchester United) £16m*, Stewart Downing (Liverpool) £20m*, Brad Friedel (Tottenham) Free
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Defensive and counter attacking
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
New unpopular coach in from rival. Too many key players lose to top teams in my view. But i believe will turn in strong results from home especially against attacking minded team.
Blackburn
2010-11 season
Premier League: 15th
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: David Goodwillie (Dundee United) £2.8m*, Myles Anderson (Aberdeen) Free, Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade)*
Players out: Phil Jones (Man Utd) £17m*, Frank Fielding (Derby) £400,000, Jake Kean (Rochdale) Loan, Michael Potts (York) Free, Zurab Khizanishvili (Kayserispor) Free, Keith Andrews (Ipswich) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balanced
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
A overall weak team and untested manager. If defensive rock Samba will to leave, i think relegation will be a possiblity. I will not back them at all in any bet, home or away.
BOLTON WANDERERS
2010-11 season
Premier League: 14th
FA Cup: Semi-finals
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: Darren Pratley (free agent), Nigel Reo-Coker (free agent), Chris Eagles and Tyrone Mears (both Burnley), joint £3m*
Players out: Ali Al-Habsi (Wigan) £4m*, Matt Taylor (West Ham) £2.2m*, Danny Ward (Huddersfield) £1m*, Joey O'Brien (West Ham) Free
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Passing and attacking
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Not firepower at all. To dependent on Kevin Davies. Think will struggle unless a consistent goal scorer is able to turn up. Nonetheless a strong home team but don't think can count on while away.
CHELSEA
2010-11 season
Premier League: 2nd
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Third round
Champions League: Quarter-finals
Players in: Oriol Romeu (Barcelona) £4.35m, Thibaut Courtois (Genk) £7.9m*, Lucas Piazon (Sao Paulo) £10.7m**
**Sao Paulo confirmed a fee of 12m euros in March 2011. Piazon will join Chelsea in January 2012.
Players out: Yury Zhirkov (Anzhi Makhachkala) £13.2m*, Michael Mancienne (Hamburg) £3m, Jack Cork (Southampton) £750,000*, Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid) Loan, Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg) Loan, Fabio Borini (Parma) Free, Sam Walker (Northampton) Loan.
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Mixed.Capable of passing and attacking football. Also capable of phyiscal old school style.
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
New coach seems to have a penchant of attacking, passing football. But again must see the team a few more times before commenting.
EVERTON
2010-11 season
Premier League: 7th
FA Cup: Fifth round
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: Eric Dier (Sporting Lisbon) Loan
Players out: James Vaughan (Norwich) £2m*
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Defensive and counter attacking against string team but expansive and attacking against weaker team.
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Strong first team but lack in depth. A team to bet against when number of first choices not available. Strong team at home especially against top team.
FULHAM
2010-11 season
Premier League: 8th
FA Cup: Fifth round
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: John Arne Riise (Roma), Pajtim Kasami (Palermo), Marcel Gecov (Slovan Liberec), Dan Burn (Darlington), Csaba Somogyi (free agent)
Players out: Jonathan Greening (Nottingham Forest), David Stockdale (Ipswich) Loan, Kagisho Dikgacoi (Crystal Palace), £600,000*
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balanced
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Same comment as Everton. Strong first team but lack in depth. A team to bet against when number of first choices not available. Strong team at home especially against top team.
LIVERPOOL
2010-11 season
Premier League: 6th
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: Third round
Europa League: Last 16
Players in: Stewart Downing (Aston Villa) £20m*, Jordan Henderson (Sunderland) £16m*, Charlie Adam (Blackpool) £8.5m*, Doni (Roma) Free, Jose Enrique (Newcastle) Undisclosed
Players out: Paul Konchesky (Leicester) £1.5m*, Milan Jovanovic (Anderlecht), Gerardo Bruna (Blackpool), Martin Hansen (Bradford) Loan, Stephen Darby (Rochdale) Loan, Tom Ince (Blackpool)
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Passing and attacking
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Strong new look team. But need to see if the new team can gel as major change in personnel this season. Also need 1 more commanding defender in the heart of defence.
MANCHESTER CITY
2010-11 season
Premier League: 3rd
FA Cup: Winners
Carling Cup: Third round
Europa League: Last 16
Players in: Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid) £38m*, Gael Clichy (Arsenal) £7m*, Stefan Savic (Partizan Belgrade) £6m*, Costel Pantilimon (Poli Timisoara)
Players out: Shay Given (Aston Villa) £3.5m*, Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Jo (Internacional), Michael Johnson (Leicester) Loan, Kieran Trippier (Burnley) Loan, Ben Mee (Burnley) Loan, Donal McDermott (Bournemouth) Loan, Andrew Tutte (Rochdale) Loan, Scott Kay (Macclesfield) Loan,
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balanced
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
String team with lots of depth. But team can look uninspiring in play and laborous at times. In my view, if david silva is taken out of the game, Man city will be a headless chicken. But if Sergio Aguero will to step up then things might be different.
MANCHESTER UNITED:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 1st
FA Cup: Semi-final
Carling Cup: Quarter-finals
Champions League: Runners-up
Players in: Ashley Young (Aston Villa) £16m*, Phil Jones (Blackburn Rovers) £16.5m*, David de Gea (Atletico Madrid) £17.8m*
Players out: John O'Shea (Sunderland) £5m*, Wes Brown (Sunderland) £1m*, Bebe (Besiktas) Loan, Ritchie de Laet (Norwich) Loan, Corry Evans (Hull) Loan, Robert Brady (Hull) Loan, Ryan Tunnicliffe (Peterborough) Loan, Scott Wootton (Peterborough) Loan, Nicky Ajose (Peterborough)
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Attacking with play down the wings.
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Hate to admit but very strong teams. In my view, with or without a new attacking midfielder they are very well equipped. With Tom Ceverly, I believe they have a replacement. My strategy is to bet against them in away games as there's a lack of concentration while playing away. Otherwise stay out cos the odds on home game are mostly too short.
NEWCASTLE UNITED
2010-11 season
Premier League: 12th
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: Fourth round
Players in: Yohan Cabaye (Lille) £4.3m*, Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes) Free, Demba Ba (West Ham) Free, Mehdi Abeid (Lens) Free, Gabriel Obertan (Manchester United) undisclosed
Players out: Kevin Nolan (West Ham) £4m, Wayne Routledge (Swansea), Kazenga LuaLua (Brighton) Loan, Daniel Leadbitter (Torquay), Michael Richardson (Leyton Orient) Loan, Ben Tozer (Northampton) Free, Patrick McLaughlin (York) Free, Jose Enrique (Liverpool) Undisclosed
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balanced
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Too many change to the first team especially the loss of Kevin Nolan may prove too much. Will reserve my judgement later but will bet against them in away homes if the they facing traditional strong home team like Everton and Fulham.
NORWICH CITY:
2010-11 season
Championship: 2nd
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: Second round
Players in: James Vaughan (Everton) £2m*, Steve Morison (Millwall) £2.8m*, Bradley Johnson (Leeds) Free, Anthony Pilkington (Huddersfield) £2m*, Ritchie de Laet (Manchester United) Loan, Elliott Bennett (Brighton) £2m*, Kyle Naughton (Tottenham) Loan
Players out: Jed Steer (Yeovil) Loan, Luke Daley (Plymouth) Free, Owain Tudur Jones (Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : To be updated
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Never see Norwich play before. Hence will reserve judgement for now. Will update later in the season.
QPR:
2010-11 season
Championship: 1st
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: First round
Players in: DJ Campbell (Blackpool) £1.2m*, Kieron Dyer (free agent), Danny Gabbidon (free agent), Jay Bothroyd (free agent), Bruno Perone (free agent)
Players out: Mikele Leigertwood (Reading), Peter Ramage (Crystal Palace) Loan, Lee Brown (Bristol Rovers), Angelo Balanta (MK Dons) Loan, Joe Oastler (Torquay), Max Ehmer (Yeovil) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : To be updated
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Never see QPR play before. Hence will reserve judgement for now. Will update later in the season. But i think Stephen Warnock is out of depth in this league.
STOKE CITY:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 13th
FA Cup: Runners-up
Carling Cup: Fourth round
Players in: Jonathan Woodgate (free agent)
Players out: Abdoulaye Faye (West Ham) Free, Matthew Lund (Oldham) Loan, Carl Dickinson (Watford), Andrew Davies (Crystal Palace) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balance
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Strong home team with phyiscal approach. But we can see play changing to a more pass and thrust approach. Again a must bet while playing at home against team with slow passing approach and weak phyiscal presence.
SUNDERLAND:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 10th
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: Ahmed Elmohamady (ENPPI) £2m*, Conor Wickham (Ipswich) £8.1m, rising to £12.5m*, Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham) Free, Kieran Westwood (Coventry) Free, Ji Dong-won (Chunnam Dragons) £2.1m*, Craig Gardner (Birmingham) £4.5, rising to £6m*, David Vaughan (free agent), Wes Brown (Manchester United) £5m*, John O'Shea (Manchester United) £1m*, Roarie Deacon (Arsenal) Free, James McClean (Derry City) £350,000
Players out: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) £16m*, Cristian Riveros (Kayserispor) Loan, Steed Malbranque (St Etienne) Jean Yves Mvoto (Oldham), Nathan Luscombe (Hartlepool), Robbie Weir (Tranmere), Michael Kay (Tranmere), Liam Noble (Carlisle) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balance
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Strong balance team with lots of depth. But never really replace Darren Bent thus can only be back while playing at home.
SWANSEA:
2010-11 season
Championship: 3rd
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Fourth round
Players in: Danny Graham (Watford) £3.5m, Michel Vorm (FC Utrecht) £1.5m, Jose Moreira (Benfica) £750,000, Wayne Routledge (Newcastle), Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough) £1.75m, Steven Caulker (Tottenham) Loan
Players out: Dorus de Vries (Wolves) Free, Darren Pratley (Bolton) Free
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : To be updated
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Never see Swansea play before. Hence will reserve judgement for now. Will update later in the season.
TOTTENHAM:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 5th
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Third round
Champions League: Quarter-finals
Players in: Brad Friedel (Aston Villa) Free, Soleymane Coulibaly (Siena), Cristian Ceballos (Barcelona) Free
Players out: Jamie O'Hara (Wolves) £5m, Bongani Khumalo (Reading) Loan, Nathan Byrne (Bournemouth) Loan, Ryan Mason (Doncaster) Loan, Kyle Naughton (Norwich) Loan, Stephen Caulker (Swansea) Loan.
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Passing and Attacking wing play
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Strong starting elven and a good bet at home but still think current strikers not prolific enough. If modric really leave may leave team mentally demoralised.
WEST BROM:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 11th
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: Quarter-finals
Players in: Zoltan Gera (free agent), Ben Foster (Birmingham) Loan, Billy Jones (free agent), Gareth McAuley (Ipswich) Free, Marton Fulop (Ipswich) Free.
Players out: Boaz Myhill (Birmingham) Loan, Scott Carson (Bursaspor) £2m*, Borja Valero (Villarreal), Chris Wood (Birmingham) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balanced
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Solid, organised team which is a trademark of all Roy Hodgson team except liverpool. Which i think precieve his style as unglamarous and not willing to comply hence the poor result. Strong bet at home and a team to go against away.
WIGAN:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 16th
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Quarter-finals
Players in: Dave Jones (free agent), Ali Al-Habsi (Bolton) £4m*
Players out: Charles N'Zogbia (Aston Villa) £9.5m*, Antonio Amaya (Real Betis) £250,000, Mauro Boselli (Estudiantes) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Patient Passing
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
No signicant players in but loss of best player in Charles N'Zogbia. Will stay away from backing them and most surely against them away. Only exception is to back them while playing against Arsenal. :-)
WOLVES:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 17th
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Fourth round
Players in: Jamie O'Hara (Wolves) £5m, Dorus de Vries (Swansea) Free, Roger Johnson (Birmingham) £7m*
Players out: Greg Halford (Portsmouth), Scott Malone (Bournemouth) Loan, Carl Ikeme (Middlesbrough) Loan, Danny Batth (Sheffield Wednesday) Loan, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Sheffield United) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balance
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Solid, organised and solid team playing from home. Back them at home and against them while away.
Arsenal
2010-11 season
Premier League: 4th
FA Cup: Quarter-finals
Carling Cup: Runners-up
Champions League: Last 16
Players in: Gervinho (Lille) £10.7m*, Carl Jenkinson (Charlton) £1m*, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £15m* (Southampton)
Players out: Gael Clichy (Man City) £7m*, Denilson (Sao Paulo) Loan, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich) £1.5m-£2m*, Mark Randall (Chesterfield) Free,
Roarie Deacon (Sunderland) Free, Wellington (Levante) Loan, Kyle Bartley (Rangers) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Passing and attacking.
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Good passing and attacking team. However weak against teams that play blood and thunder style of football. Examples include, Stoke City and Sam Allardyce led Bolton Wanderer. However recently has seem able to cope with phyiscal team.
In addition, has shown lack of concentration in past season letting leads to be drop and overtaken by team. Results against Wigan and Newcastle were prime examples.
ASTON VILLA
2010-11 season
Premier League: 9th
FA Cup: Fifth-round
Carling Cup: Quarter-finals
Europa League: Play-offs
Players in: Shay Given (Manchester City) £3.5m*, Charles N'Zogbia (Aston Villa) £9.5m*
Players out: Ashley Young (Manchester United) £16m*, Stewart Downing (Liverpool) £20m*, Brad Friedel (Tottenham) Free
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Defensive and counter attacking
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
New unpopular coach in from rival. Too many key players lose to top teams in my view. But i believe will turn in strong results from home especially against attacking minded team.
Blackburn
2010-11 season
Premier League: 15th
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: David Goodwillie (Dundee United) £2.8m*, Myles Anderson (Aberdeen) Free, Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade)*
Players out: Phil Jones (Man Utd) £17m*, Frank Fielding (Derby) £400,000, Jake Kean (Rochdale) Loan, Michael Potts (York) Free, Zurab Khizanishvili (Kayserispor) Free, Keith Andrews (Ipswich) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balanced
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
A overall weak team and untested manager. If defensive rock Samba will to leave, i think relegation will be a possiblity. I will not back them at all in any bet, home or away.
BOLTON WANDERERS
2010-11 season
Premier League: 14th
FA Cup: Semi-finals
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: Darren Pratley (free agent), Nigel Reo-Coker (free agent), Chris Eagles and Tyrone Mears (both Burnley), joint £3m*
Players out: Ali Al-Habsi (Wigan) £4m*, Matt Taylor (West Ham) £2.2m*, Danny Ward (Huddersfield) £1m*, Joey O'Brien (West Ham) Free
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Passing and attacking
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Not firepower at all. To dependent on Kevin Davies. Think will struggle unless a consistent goal scorer is able to turn up. Nonetheless a strong home team but don't think can count on while away.
CHELSEA
2010-11 season
Premier League: 2nd
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Third round
Champions League: Quarter-finals
Players in: Oriol Romeu (Barcelona) £4.35m, Thibaut Courtois (Genk) £7.9m*, Lucas Piazon (Sao Paulo) £10.7m**
**Sao Paulo confirmed a fee of 12m euros in March 2011. Piazon will join Chelsea in January 2012.
Players out: Yury Zhirkov (Anzhi Makhachkala) £13.2m*, Michael Mancienne (Hamburg) £3m, Jack Cork (Southampton) £750,000*, Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid) Loan, Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg) Loan, Fabio Borini (Parma) Free, Sam Walker (Northampton) Loan.
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Mixed.Capable of passing and attacking football. Also capable of phyiscal old school style.
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
New coach seems to have a penchant of attacking, passing football. But again must see the team a few more times before commenting.
EVERTON
2010-11 season
Premier League: 7th
FA Cup: Fifth round
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: Eric Dier (Sporting Lisbon) Loan
Players out: James Vaughan (Norwich) £2m*
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Defensive and counter attacking against string team but expansive and attacking against weaker team.
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Strong first team but lack in depth. A team to bet against when number of first choices not available. Strong team at home especially against top team.
FULHAM
2010-11 season
Premier League: 8th
FA Cup: Fifth round
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: John Arne Riise (Roma), Pajtim Kasami (Palermo), Marcel Gecov (Slovan Liberec), Dan Burn (Darlington), Csaba Somogyi (free agent)
Players out: Jonathan Greening (Nottingham Forest), David Stockdale (Ipswich) Loan, Kagisho Dikgacoi (Crystal Palace), £600,000*
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balanced
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Same comment as Everton. Strong first team but lack in depth. A team to bet against when number of first choices not available. Strong team at home especially against top team.
LIVERPOOL
2010-11 season
Premier League: 6th
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: Third round
Europa League: Last 16
Players in: Stewart Downing (Aston Villa) £20m*, Jordan Henderson (Sunderland) £16m*, Charlie Adam (Blackpool) £8.5m*, Doni (Roma) Free, Jose Enrique (Newcastle) Undisclosed
Players out: Paul Konchesky (Leicester) £1.5m*, Milan Jovanovic (Anderlecht), Gerardo Bruna (Blackpool), Martin Hansen (Bradford) Loan, Stephen Darby (Rochdale) Loan, Tom Ince (Blackpool)
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Passing and attacking
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Strong new look team. But need to see if the new team can gel as major change in personnel this season. Also need 1 more commanding defender in the heart of defence.
MANCHESTER CITY
2010-11 season
Premier League: 3rd
FA Cup: Winners
Carling Cup: Third round
Europa League: Last 16
Players in: Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid) £38m*, Gael Clichy (Arsenal) £7m*, Stefan Savic (Partizan Belgrade) £6m*, Costel Pantilimon (Poli Timisoara)
Players out: Shay Given (Aston Villa) £3.5m*, Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Jo (Internacional), Michael Johnson (Leicester) Loan, Kieran Trippier (Burnley) Loan, Ben Mee (Burnley) Loan, Donal McDermott (Bournemouth) Loan, Andrew Tutte (Rochdale) Loan, Scott Kay (Macclesfield) Loan,
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balanced
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
String team with lots of depth. But team can look uninspiring in play and laborous at times. In my view, if david silva is taken out of the game, Man city will be a headless chicken. But if Sergio Aguero will to step up then things might be different.
MANCHESTER UNITED:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 1st
FA Cup: Semi-final
Carling Cup: Quarter-finals
Champions League: Runners-up
Players in: Ashley Young (Aston Villa) £16m*, Phil Jones (Blackburn Rovers) £16.5m*, David de Gea (Atletico Madrid) £17.8m*
Players out: John O'Shea (Sunderland) £5m*, Wes Brown (Sunderland) £1m*, Bebe (Besiktas) Loan, Ritchie de Laet (Norwich) Loan, Corry Evans (Hull) Loan, Robert Brady (Hull) Loan, Ryan Tunnicliffe (Peterborough) Loan, Scott Wootton (Peterborough) Loan, Nicky Ajose (Peterborough)
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Attacking with play down the wings.
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Hate to admit but very strong teams. In my view, with or without a new attacking midfielder they are very well equipped. With Tom Ceverly, I believe they have a replacement. My strategy is to bet against them in away games as there's a lack of concentration while playing away. Otherwise stay out cos the odds on home game are mostly too short.
NEWCASTLE UNITED
2010-11 season
Premier League: 12th
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: Fourth round
Players in: Yohan Cabaye (Lille) £4.3m*, Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes) Free, Demba Ba (West Ham) Free, Mehdi Abeid (Lens) Free, Gabriel Obertan (Manchester United) undisclosed
Players out: Kevin Nolan (West Ham) £4m, Wayne Routledge (Swansea), Kazenga LuaLua (Brighton) Loan, Daniel Leadbitter (Torquay), Michael Richardson (Leyton Orient) Loan, Ben Tozer (Northampton) Free, Patrick McLaughlin (York) Free, Jose Enrique (Liverpool) Undisclosed
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balanced
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Too many change to the first team especially the loss of Kevin Nolan may prove too much. Will reserve my judgement later but will bet against them in away homes if the they facing traditional strong home team like Everton and Fulham.
NORWICH CITY:
2010-11 season
Championship: 2nd
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: Second round
Players in: James Vaughan (Everton) £2m*, Steve Morison (Millwall) £2.8m*, Bradley Johnson (Leeds) Free, Anthony Pilkington (Huddersfield) £2m*, Ritchie de Laet (Manchester United) Loan, Elliott Bennett (Brighton) £2m*, Kyle Naughton (Tottenham) Loan
Players out: Jed Steer (Yeovil) Loan, Luke Daley (Plymouth) Free, Owain Tudur Jones (Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : To be updated
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Never see Norwich play before. Hence will reserve judgement for now. Will update later in the season.
QPR:
2010-11 season
Championship: 1st
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: First round
Players in: DJ Campbell (Blackpool) £1.2m*, Kieron Dyer (free agent), Danny Gabbidon (free agent), Jay Bothroyd (free agent), Bruno Perone (free agent)
Players out: Mikele Leigertwood (Reading), Peter Ramage (Crystal Palace) Loan, Lee Brown (Bristol Rovers), Angelo Balanta (MK Dons) Loan, Joe Oastler (Torquay), Max Ehmer (Yeovil) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : To be updated
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Never see QPR play before. Hence will reserve judgement for now. Will update later in the season. But i think Stephen Warnock is out of depth in this league.
STOKE CITY:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 13th
FA Cup: Runners-up
Carling Cup: Fourth round
Players in: Jonathan Woodgate (free agent)
Players out: Abdoulaye Faye (West Ham) Free, Matthew Lund (Oldham) Loan, Carl Dickinson (Watford), Andrew Davies (Crystal Palace) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balance
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Strong home team with phyiscal approach. But we can see play changing to a more pass and thrust approach. Again a must bet while playing at home against team with slow passing approach and weak phyiscal presence.
SUNDERLAND:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 10th
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: Third round
Players in: Ahmed Elmohamady (ENPPI) £2m*, Conor Wickham (Ipswich) £8.1m, rising to £12.5m*, Sebastian Larsson (Birmingham) Free, Kieran Westwood (Coventry) Free, Ji Dong-won (Chunnam Dragons) £2.1m*, Craig Gardner (Birmingham) £4.5, rising to £6m*, David Vaughan (free agent), Wes Brown (Manchester United) £5m*, John O'Shea (Manchester United) £1m*, Roarie Deacon (Arsenal) Free, James McClean (Derry City) £350,000
Players out: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) £16m*, Cristian Riveros (Kayserispor) Loan, Steed Malbranque (St Etienne) Jean Yves Mvoto (Oldham), Nathan Luscombe (Hartlepool), Robbie Weir (Tranmere), Michael Kay (Tranmere), Liam Noble (Carlisle) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balance
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Strong balance team with lots of depth. But never really replace Darren Bent thus can only be back while playing at home.
SWANSEA:
2010-11 season
Championship: 3rd
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Fourth round
Players in: Danny Graham (Watford) £3.5m, Michel Vorm (FC Utrecht) £1.5m, Jose Moreira (Benfica) £750,000, Wayne Routledge (Newcastle), Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough) £1.75m, Steven Caulker (Tottenham) Loan
Players out: Dorus de Vries (Wolves) Free, Darren Pratley (Bolton) Free
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : To be updated
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Never see Swansea play before. Hence will reserve judgement for now. Will update later in the season.
TOTTENHAM:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 5th
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Third round
Champions League: Quarter-finals
Players in: Brad Friedel (Aston Villa) Free, Soleymane Coulibaly (Siena), Cristian Ceballos (Barcelona) Free
Players out: Jamie O'Hara (Wolves) £5m, Bongani Khumalo (Reading) Loan, Nathan Byrne (Bournemouth) Loan, Ryan Mason (Doncaster) Loan, Kyle Naughton (Norwich) Loan, Stephen Caulker (Swansea) Loan.
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Passing and Attacking wing play
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Strong starting elven and a good bet at home but still think current strikers not prolific enough. If modric really leave may leave team mentally demoralised.
WEST BROM:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 11th
FA Cup: Third round
Carling Cup: Quarter-finals
Players in: Zoltan Gera (free agent), Ben Foster (Birmingham) Loan, Billy Jones (free agent), Gareth McAuley (Ipswich) Free, Marton Fulop (Ipswich) Free.
Players out: Boaz Myhill (Birmingham) Loan, Scott Carson (Bursaspor) £2m*, Borja Valero (Villarreal), Chris Wood (Birmingham) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balanced
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Solid, organised team which is a trademark of all Roy Hodgson team except liverpool. Which i think precieve his style as unglamarous and not willing to comply hence the poor result. Strong bet at home and a team to go against away.
WIGAN:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 16th
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Quarter-finals
Players in: Dave Jones (free agent), Ali Al-Habsi (Bolton) £4m*
Players out: Charles N'Zogbia (Aston Villa) £9.5m*, Antonio Amaya (Real Betis) £250,000, Mauro Boselli (Estudiantes) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Patient Passing
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
No signicant players in but loss of best player in Charles N'Zogbia. Will stay away from backing them and most surely against them away. Only exception is to back them while playing against Arsenal. :-)
WOLVES:
2010-11 season
Premier League: 17th
FA Cup: Fourth round
Carling Cup: Fourth round
Players in: Jamie O'Hara (Wolves) £5m, Dorus de Vries (Swansea) Free, Roger Johnson (Birmingham) £7m*
Players out: Greg Halford (Portsmouth), Scott Malone (Bournemouth) Loan, Carl Ikeme (Middlesbrough) Loan, Danny Batth (Sheffield Wednesday) Loan, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Sheffield United) Loan
Key players : To be updated.
Playing style : Balance
Past Season overall results : To be updated.
Comments :
Solid, organised and solid team playing from home. Back them at home and against them while away.
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