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Manchester City has consistently year after year remained in the shadow of its cross-town rival, and for some very obvious reasons. But new ownership changed that with deep pockets and gutsy player transfers that catapulted the Blues to a third place finish last season. But will City get the results from this season’s crop of players?
The defending Premiership champions Manchester United are coming back as strong as ever, but many still doubt their ability to win it all again. The team has been quiet for the majority of the transfer season, and it has yet to be seen if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
Fulham has already started their regular season games for the 2011-12 season in the UEFA Europa League. These few games have given us insight into the team that new manager Martin Jol will field in the Premier League when it starts this Saturday.
Fans are clamoring for this year to be the one for Liverpool to finally end their drought and win the Premiership. Indeed, it has been over 20 years since the Reds last achieved such a thing, but the team has been right there nearly every year contending for top honors.
Everton football has become almost non-competitive in recent years, finishing consistently in the middle of the table each year. This is a complete reversal for a club that use to be on the same level as Manchester United in the past, and is so dominant in terms of fans.
The Blackburn Rovers had a dreadful season in 2010, finishing 11-17-10. A lot of people credit the clubs collapse to the recent acquisition of the team by Indian poultry company Venky’s Limited, and critics are blaming the new owners for many fans having flown the coop.
In the Bolton Wanderers’ final game of the 2010 season, a FA Cup semi-final, the Wanderers were embarrassed by Stoke City in a 5-0 defeat. And so goes Bolton’s season, year after year, finishing near the bottom of the table.
Aston Villa is going into the new year with one of the most talented rosters in the history of club, and recent transactions will go a long way in their pursuit to shock the world and win their first ever Premiership title.
Going into the 2010-11 season, Arsenal’s hopes were high, and they thought they had every piece necessary to win the Premiership. Unfortunately, though, they were overshadowed once again by Manchester United.
Champions in 2009 and last year’s runner up Chelsea, ended what most top flight clubs would consider a successful 21-win campaign, with a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester United in the Premier League quarterfinals.
The action is heating up in the Canadian Football League, as this week marks a third of the regular season being finished. The Eskimos continue to control the board, as they’re still tops on the Week 6 CFL power rankings.
As weird as it sounds, more than two wins in 2011 will be an improvement for the Washington State Cougars who went just 2-10 overall and 1-5 in conference play last season. But it won’t get any easier with the newly realigned PAC-12 that puts them in the North with powerhouses Stanford and Oregon.
Despite a spectacular year from quarterback Jake Locker, the Washington Huskies managed to barely finish the 2010 season with a better than .500 after a 19-7 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in last year’s version of the Holiday Bowl.
DeWayne Walker will enter his second full season as head coach of the New Mexico State Aggies in 2011, and most are predicting another year at the bottom of the Western Athletic Conference. But will that be the case?
Utah State is expected to be on a downswing in 2011. This is a team that only won four games in 2010, so, unless the Aggies exceed expectations and prove people wrong, they are most likely to wind up at bottom of the WAC standings come December.
After one of the roughest seasons in school history, the San Jose State Spartans are coming into 2011 with high expectations and seem ready to turn the tide of their losing ways.
