Wimbledon are now known as MK Dons and unless I'm mistaken they are in the 3rd Division. Leeds are another once strong club that has fallen from grace...

I'm pretty surprised that so many here think Sheffield United will avoid the drop. I back them to go down with Watford and possibly... Charlton. I'm backing West Ham to survive as I think Curbishley has done really well over the years keeping Charlton in the Premiership all these years.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Jan 23 2007, 04:40 PM

do you have a point or is spouting nonsense considered cool where you come from?

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Mar 6 2007, 05:52 PM

Sheff Utd have just lost Rob Hulse for the entire season. His loss is a massive blow to them.

Peter Risdale really screwed things up but taking out huge loans in view of the TV rights and sponsorship revenue expected from European qualification. After having made it to the 2001 Champions League semi-final however, Leeds failed to qualify for the tournament the following year and had to sell their star players to finance their loans. This is where the decline all began. It wasn't that long ago I remember seeing the likes of Gary Kelly, Ian Harte, Lee Chapman, David Batty and Anthony Yeboah play with some degree of regularity. Leeds were a team I made a point to watch play at the time. Such was their stature at the time that they managed to attract Swedish stars Thomas Brolin and Martin Dahlin (who were pretty crap really). Their biggest signing however was arguably Eric Cantona. How things have changed since then. While I have nothing against Gus Poyet, being relegated just shows what a crap manager Dennis Wise is, he should have stayed at Millwall.

What an amazing end to the season. Few would have thought that West Ham would get all 3 against Man Utd. Wigan earned it though, by beating the blades away.

Neil Warnock shall not be missed:

As you've hinted, their downfalls stems from the fact that they added nothing new to their squad and became predictable. Sidwell made a bad career move if you ask me, much like Scott Parker did when he signed for Chelsea. He had the likes of Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack, Jon Obi Mikel, Claude Makalele and Michael Essien to compete with. What was he thinking?

True, Shaun Wright Phillips made the same mistake if you can call it that, and he was knocking on England's door. Now he is behind David Bentley and Aaron Lennon in the pecking order. Speaking of no. 9's , Wasn't Bouhlarouz wearing no.9 as well?

Derby's record will prove difficult to beat no doubt. Just 1 win and 8 draws??? It shows the gulf between the Premiership and the rest of the league doesn't it? Fulham should have some money to add to their squad but I'm interested to see how Sunderland will get on last season if they don't add to their squad. There is a possibility they might lose their most potent threat to me, Kenwyn Jones who has impressed.