It looks like Newcastle and Huddersfield are coming back to earth so they must be contenders now. Swansea also look very fragile. I think Everton and West Brom will be ok now with the manager switch. We have a fight on our hands and I think it will be with:

Swansea
West Ham
Huddersfield
Newcastle

West Ham has a very good squad and it's not even the half of the season, so no, they're not going to drop.

I don't see Brighton or Huddersfield being relegated either. I don't want to state my reasons for why here, but I just think they've done good business in the summer.

Newcastle has a good enough team for the PL too.

I'd say Swansea has lost much with the sales of Sigurdsson and Llorente. Renato Sanches is just a central midfielder, Tammy Abraham has outdone himself at his age but can't keep it up. They're the most likely candidate.

Bournemouth could go down, Defoe is way past it (mostly scored from penalties last year for Sunderland, but people thought he still had it).

WBA has some good players, but they are still a candidate if Chadli and Matt Phillips don't find form.

Stoke is too dependent on Shaqiri. If something happens to him, like an injury, they can go down.

I'd like to see Burnley go down, but it's probably not going to happen, as they've earned so many points up until now.

So, it will come down to 3 of these: Swansea, Bournemouth, WBA, Stoke, Crystal Palace.

Just my 2 cents

Edited by mattteo (30 Nov 2017 2.00pm)

lol Defoe past it hardly and scores mostly penalties wake up you are dreaming (he is not looking good this season because of the system being played)

One player does not make a team it has a big boost at times but it still takes the rest of the squad.

not sure if you even watch or understand football

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