With English’s top-flight once again relevant now the famous Leicester City F.C. have bounced back, there are just four weeks to go until the football season starts up once more.

Manchester United



@Edward_Walsh96

Last season: 7th

Manager: Louis Van Gaal

Rivals: Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal

Odds: 11/2

1. What’s your greatest hope for the new season?

A top four finish in the PL. After the poor finish last season, we need to quickly recover to play in the top tier of European football.



2.What’s your biggest fear?

My greatest fear is the lack of experience with a winning team. In addition, the adaptation to a new manager could be a struggle.



3. In which areas does your team most need to strengthen?

The back four needs to be strengthened for next season. Bringing in Luke Shaw as LB was a good decision but with his big price tag and his young age it’s a gamble,

4. Who do you most want to beat this season?

I want to beat Liverpool the most next season. Our biggest and oldest rivals in the football history for Man Utd. After their impressive season last year, it made them perk up!



5. Players in your squad to look out for…

Herrera will be a player to look out for in the midfield. I’ve seen him play and he is a very talented midfielder with a lot to bring to Manchester. RVP will be another player to look out for next season. Finally Luke Shaw will bring some freshness to the LB position.



6. Who will win the league?

I think Chelsea will win the league. They have brought in two very good players and have come close to winning the title, I feel it’s time they won it.



7. Who will go down?

Burnley, West Ham and Sunderland. I think Leicester City will finish a close 17th.



8. Who will be this season’s ‘dark horses’?

I think QPR will be surprise a few with a mid-table finish. Other than that I think everything will be as expected.



9. Where will you finish?

I believe we will finish a close third, which will be a massive improvement on last season under David Moyes.



Newcastle United

@nufc4me

Last season: 10th

Manager: Alan Pardew

Rivals: Sunderland, Manchester United, Middlesbrough

Odds: 1000/1

1. What’s your greatest hope for the new season?

Mike Ashley to sell and leave



2.What’s your biggest fear?

Relegation



3. In which areas does your team most need to strengthen?

Two strikers



4. Who do you most want to beat this season?

I want to beat Sunderland



5. Players in your squad to look out for…

Caldwell

6. Who will win the league?

Chelsea

7. Who will go down?

Sunderland

8. Who will be this season’s ‘dark horses’?

Newcastle

9. Where will you finish?

8th

Queens Park Rangers



@DazzerQPR

Last season: 4th (Championship)

Manager: Harry Redknapp

Rivals: Fulham, Chelsea, Watford

Odds: 7500/1

1. What’s your greatest hope for the new season?

QPR to stay up.

2.What’s your biggest fear?

QPR to go down.

3. In which areas does your team most need to strengthen?

All over. 1 LB as cover, 1 RB as cover, 2 CB’s, 2 CM’s, 1 Winger & a striker as well as keep Loic Remy.



4. Who do you most want to beat this season?

Chelsea (and everyone around us who’ll be fighting for relegation)



5. Players in your squad to look out for…

Joey Barton, Matty Philips and Charlie Austin are my dark horses



6. Who will win the league?

Man City

7. Who will go down?

Burnley, West Brom and Aston Villa

8. Who will be this season’s ‘dark horses’?

Everton pushing on, Southampton could struggle big time!



9. Where will you finish?

Hopefully 17th or above!

Southampton

@ConnorArmstrong

Last season: 8th

Manager: Ronald Koeman

Rivals: Portsmouth, Brighton & Hove Albion, Bournemouth

Odds: 1250/1

1. What’s your greatest hope for the new season?

I hope that this season ahead provides us with signs of improvement as it progresses, as it seems pretty obvious that Ronald Koeman is going to have to rebuild. It’d be great if we could have a good cup run along the way.



2.What’s your biggest fear?

That Koeman’s new side can’t adapt quickly enough and we end up playing catch up, possibly leading to relegation.



3. In which areas does your team most need to strengthen?

I think the only place we don’t actually need to strengthen is central midfield. We’ve had players plucked from defence and attack, and we still need a goalkeeper to compete with Artur Boruc.



4. Who do you most want to beat this season?

For obvious player/manager related reasons from this summer, I most want to beat Liverpool and Tottenham. West Ham is another big one for me personally, living in Essex – there’s a lot of Hammers about!



5. Players in your squad to look out for…

A bit difficult to say right now, seeing as the key men seem to be leaving, with new faces arriving. Dušan Tadić looks an exciting acquisition, though.



6. Who will win the league?

Chelsea

7. Who will go down?

Burnley, West Brom and Aston Villa

8. Who will be this season’s ‘dark horses’?

Leicester – I can’t see them flirting with relegation in the slightest and I think they’ll causes some upsets.



9. Where will you finish?

Somewhere between 10th and 15th. I’ll be happy so long as we stay up with a few games to go and show progression as the new manager builds his own Saints team.



Stoke City



@JessySCFC

Last season: 9th

Manager: Mark Hughes

Rivals: Port Vale, West Bromwich Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers

Odds: 2500/1

1. What’s your greatest hope for the new season?

My greatest hope is that we’ll finish higher than our current highest finish (9th).



2.What’s your biggest fear?

My biggest fear is injuries to our best players!



3. In which areas does your team most need to strengthen?

We really need to strengthen our strike force, it’s what lets us down the most.



4. Who do you most want to beat this season?

As per with every season, I’d most want to beat Arsenal and West Brom.



5. Players in your squad to look out for…

Arnautovic. His pace is unbelievable and this season he’ll be better than he was in the previous because he’s finally started to get used to our playing style and the league itself.



6. Who will win the league?

Chelsea.

7. Who will go down?

Burnley, QPR, West Brom

8. Who will be this season’s ‘dark horses’?

Leicester, I hope. (You’re welcome Chris)



9. Where will you finish?

I hope that we’ll finish 7th or 8th, which may be optimistic to say the least.



Sunderland

@TonySAFC1973

Last season: 14th

Manager: Gus Poyet

Rivals: Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, Leeds United

Odds: 5000/1

1. What’s your greatest hope for the new season?

A solid consistent season



2.What’s your biggest fear?

A relegation battle



3. In which areas does your team most need to strengthen?

A right-back and left-back



4. Who do you most want to beat this season?

Hull City



5. Players in your squad to look out for…

Jordi Gomez and Giaccherini



6. Who will win the league?

Arsenal



7. Who will go down?

West Brom, Aston Villa and Burnley



8. Who will be this season’s ‘dark horses’?

Swansea or Leicester



9. Where will you finish?

10th

Swansea City



@luseax

Last season: 12th

Manager: Garry Monk

Rivals: Cardiff City, Bristol City. Bristol Rovers

Odds: 4000/1

1. What’s your greatest hope for the new season?

For Garry Monk to have a great first season in charge of us.

2.What’s your biggest fear?

Relegation.

3. In which areas does your team most need to strengthen?

I’d say with the signings we’ve already made we’re okay. Although I would like to see us bring in a central defender and right back. Feel like we need stronger cover for Rangel if he can’t play some games.



4. Who do you most want to beat this season?

I’d like to see us beat everyone naturally. Although a win against Everton would be nice as it’s never happened before. Not that I hate Everton, it just would be nice to beat them once.



5. Players in your squad to look out for…

Bafetimbi Gomis. Great signing for us, and could be lethal combining with Bony, providing he stays.



6. Who will win the league?

Man City

7. Who will go down?

Argh, I hate this question. West Brom, Villa and Burnley.



8. Who will be this season’s ‘dark horses’?

Dark horses hmm.. Have a feeling Leicester might surprise a few this coming season.



9. Where will you finish?

Mid table again, going for 11th.



Tottenham Hotspur

@samhyde97

Last season: 6th

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

Rivals: Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham United

Odds: 66/1

1. What’s your greatest hope for the new season?

Mauricio Pochettino taking us back to the Champions League, or perhaps even better, some silverware: the Europa League.



2.What’s your biggest fear?

Losing Lloris before the season and/or losing Eriksen after the season.



3. In which areas does your team most need to strengthen?

Left Back, Centre Back; Rose and Dawson are worse than useless.



4. Who do you most want to beat this season?

As usual, Arsenal, of course.



5. Players in your squad to look out for…

Bentaleb and Tom Carroll, as well as the usuals; Eriksen, Lloris, Walker, Vertonghen etc.



6. Who will win the league?

City; no one can compete with that much money except Chelsea but I still don’t think they’ve got a good enough striker in Diego Costa.



7. Who will go down?

QPR (they’ll spend too much trying to create a whole new team again), West Brom, and Burnley.



8. Who will be this season’s ‘dark horses’?

Leicester City; great squad and the money to keep it together and improve it, and Southampton; they may have lost their stars but with Koeman as manager and Tadic, Fonte and Rodriguez they can still do well.



9. Where will you finish?

Unfortunately and rather pessimistically, I think, without a solid defence it will be another 5th or 6th place finish.



West Bromwich Albion



@TheDelaney24

Last season: 17th

Manager: Alan Irvine

Rivals: Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa, Stoke City

Odds: 5000/1

1. What’s your greatest hope for the new season?

Mid table mediocrity. Sounds uninspiring but there’s a rebuilding job going on at the Hawthorns this summer, having lost a few players in the close season. I’m sure most Baggies would take safety & continue good progress we had made.



2.What’s your biggest fear?

Relegation. I think it would be very hard for us to come back if we were relegated. Financially, we’d be fine, but we’d lose a lot of very good, established players.

3. In which areas does your team most need to strengthen?

Defence & attack. The signing of Lescott was a major statement, & it looks like the club are addressing our lack of full backs. We really need one top striker and a winger though.

4. Who do you most want to beat this season?

Would have to be Villa again. Midlands derbies are few & far between these days, with Wolves & Birmingham in the Championship. Beating one of the big boys is always pleasing.



5. Players in your squad to look out for…

Everyone knows about Lescott and he will be a great addition to our squad. On his day, Stephane Sessegnon is a joy to watch, & Mulumbu has been courted by bigger clubs for a while. Squad is a bit thin at the moment but hopefully we can add a couple of the new lads to that list in time.



6. Who will win the league?

Chelsea. If Costa transfers his La Liga form to the PL Chelsea will be a formidable outfit. They’ve been crying out for a goalscorer. Cesc was an excellent addition too.



7. Who will go down?

I think Villa will struggle with Lerner having put the block on any major expenditure until they’re sold. Burnley will find it tough, but the last one could come from anywhere. Southampton? Interesting to see how they cope after the firesale.



8. Who will be this season’s ‘dark horses’?

If they continue the progress from last season, then Palace will surprise a few people. Think Leicester will do ok too, they have a few £ to spend and have a good set up in Pearson and his team.



9. Where will you finish?

I think it’ll be tight but I think we’ll stop up. Anywhere between 10th and 17th would be deemed a reasonable season for us.



West Ham United

@IAmKieranA

Last season: 13th

Manager: Sam Allardyce

Rivals: Tottenham Hotspur, Millwall, Arsenal

Odds: 5000/1

1. What’s your greatest hope for the new season?

My greatest hope is for us to have a very solid finish around mid-table.



2.What’s your biggest fear?

My biggest fear of the new season is that we will struggle again due to the lack of funds but hopefully Lambert can find a few cheap gems.



3. In which areas does your team most need to strengthen?

We need more depth in defence as in a new centre back and right back



4. Who do you most want to beat this season?

Spurs, of course!

5. Players in your squad to look out for…

Aaron Cresswell and Ravel Morrison can shine and also Kouyate

6. Who will win the league?

Manchester City

7. Who will go down?

Burnley, Leicester and West Brom

8. Who will be this season’s ‘dark horses’?

Everton.



9. Where will you finish?

I’ll go for 8th