As the second half of this Premier League season gets in full flow, it looks like the title will go to either Liverpool, Manchester United or Chelsea. Who will win it I cannot say, but I predict that, like last season, only two of the three will be in contention come May. This time last season Arsenal were in the running with Chelsea and Manchester United and they eventually ran out of juice around March. We could see that Arsenal were going to falter somewhere because their squad was just not big enough to win a League. But this time, you really can't say who will drop out, if any! I'm torn between Chelsea and Liverpool because United are really looking good, and that 3-0 drumming of Chelsea really put them in a very strong position. Where as Chelsea are now looking like their in pretty bad shape, with bust-up's between players and the manager, it looks like it's going to be a hard couple of months to stay in the running. But they are always there or there abouts, so that's why I'm going with Liverpool to run out of steam.
None of their players have been in this situation before. They're pretty experienced, but even the likes of Jamie Carragher haven't experienced a true title challenge with all the pressure that goes with it. Their cause wasn't helped with Benitez's snide comments and the 0-0 draw with Stoke City. Not a rare occurence this season for Liverpool (0-0 results)! I just think that they are really feeling the pressure, and if Man United win at Bolton and Chelsea win against Stoke that will put huge amounts of pressure on Liverpool to win the Merseyside Derby on Monday! Altogether, I think that United will go on to win the title because they've done it before and their manager is very good at getting his team to win when they need it.
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