I will be starting a story on pro evo where i play out the premiership from this year. Obviously I'm not going to play every match and instead i will play what In my opinion is the best tie from that week. The rest of the results will be the same as in real life so the premiership table will be quite accurate.At the end of the season I will play the champions league and FA cup finals.
Sky have retained the premiership coverage and their main man Andy Gray will be previewing the teams for the season ahead.
Andy Grays Premiership Preview
Arsenal
Arsenal have a very young squad and because of this I can't see them quite managing to challenge for the title this year. They play the best football in the league at times and it will be very exciting to see how Wengers new generation of players copes with his total football ideals. They will look to hold off Spurs and secure 4th place again however this year they are capable of being shocked.Weneger will look for a good cup run following last years champions league runners up medal. They will want to go that little bit further. Andys predicton-4th
Under the management of Martin O'Neill they will look to return this big club back to its glory days. With new owner Randy lerner they are aiming high perhaps even Europe to return Villa to its glory days. Andys prediction-8th
Blackburn
A fantastic season last year saw Mark Hughes' men make it into 6th place an Europe. Perhaps it will be a little tougher this year with having even more games to play. Blackburn will be pleased to make Europe this year with their cup involvements and the loss of star player Craig Bellamy to Liverpool. Andys prediction-9th
Bolton
Big sams team will look to push for Europe again following a relatively dissapointing season last year. With the arrival of Nicholas Anelka Bolton are looking to grow into a big club. There is a genuine belief that they can grab the 4th chapions league spot and having missed out on the England job Sam Allardyce will be looking to show the FA why he was the man for their job.Andys prediction-6th
Charlton
After the loss of club legend and permanent fixture Alan Curbishley they will hope Ian Dowie can build on this and take them forward. However I think people are under-estimating the brilliance of Curbishleys job and this season Charlton will do well to stay up. Andys prediction-15th
Chelsea
The champions and rightly favourites for the title will look to retain the crown for the third year in a row. this however will be an incredibly tough thing to acheieve and I doubt they can do it. They have the firepower but the Blues are focused on Europe and I think this could be there downfall as well as new signings Ballack and Shevchenko taking a while to settle in.Obviously the favourites but I see it going to the north this year. Andys prediction-2nd
Everton
The blue half of merseyside are looking for a big season. Manager David Moyes has already stated Europe is his aim and with the quality of player they've got and the support they could certainly get there. Andys prediction-7th
Fulham
Fulham will be pleased to avoid relegation again. They could struggle with the loss of Steed Malbranque and it will be interesting to see how coach Chris Coleman copes with the restricted squad.I think they will just have the quality to avoid the drop. Andys prediction-17th
Liverpool
Liverpool have made some interesting signings in the summer however it looks like they still lack a truly world class centre forward. To mount a serious title challenge they will need gerrard to be firing all season and Benitez to bring his European qualitys into the premiership.I can't see them having the quality to overhaul Manchester United or champions chelsea.Andys prediction-3rd
Manchester City
The blues will want to sustain mid-table mediocrity again under the management of Stuart Pearce. There squad has a few new signings but it looks like it will be the same story all over agin for City living in the shadow of the red half of Manchester.Andys prediction-14th
Manchester United
sir Alex Ferguson feels his young squad will come of age this year and his transitional period is over. They began to show towards the end of last year what they could do and having retained the services of Christiano Ronaldo and wayne Rooney keeping the peace they have a side capable of beating anyone. I can only see this squad taking first place. Andys prediction-1st (no bias
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Middlesbrough
Under the inexperienced management of Gareth Southgate Uefa cup runners up Borough will look to build upon this and show why they are caable of beating anyone. Southgate will want to show why it was the squads talent that got Steve McClaren the England job not his tactics in tha ridiculously exciting UEFA cup run. Andys prediciton-12th
Newcastle
The Geordies remain a massive club and have some extremely talented players there however I doubt that Glenn Roeder is the man to take them forward and it will be next year under a new name that the club really gets returned to former glorys. We all hope to see them do well and they deserve it but i feel it won't be the league that brings them success.Andys prediction-10th
Portsmouth
Pompey under the managment of Harry Redknapp have really been doing some deals in the transfer market and this squad will have no trouble avoiding the drop. It's a club on the up and with players like Sol Campbell and David James they can really perform above the fans expectations. Andys prediction-11th
Reading
Full of confidence,new players and a quality side reading will have the ability to avoid the drop. I predict they could do the same as Wigan last year and surprise everybody by coming straight up from the championship and finishing high.andys prediction-13th
Sheffield United
The Blades have a tough job and it will be fun to see manager neil Warnock stood alongside "the special one" on the touchlines! I don't think they will have the quality to avoid the drop however they may just have the doggedness and quality to survive. I can't see it however. Andys prediction-19th
Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs will look to build upon last years momentus season with good cup runs in Europe and domestically. They will hope to challenge the gooners for that 4th champions league spot but will they be able to maintain last years form with the extra matches? I think they will just be edged on quality.Andys prediction-5th
Watford
Watford are really going to struggle. They were tipped for the drop to league 1 last year and now this. Its one step too far and I think they will learn lot but just not be good enough. Valuable ecperience but the odds are against them.Andys prediction-20th
West Ham
the Hammers had a wonderful year last year but this season it could be different. Despite making the FA cup final and coming sooooooo close they will find out that the second season is always the hardest. A quality squad but with all the specualtion of take overs it could cause seriosu problems and I see them just avoiding the drop.Andys prediction-17th
Wigan Athletic
Wigan are a small club and rally shouldn't have done what they did last year. Their squad has lost a few names in the summer and I think they will just lack the quality to avoid the drop. Andys prediction-18th
Let the season begin!
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Game 1
mr Gray was 100% correct. I may have to recruit him! We will try to play more centrally but when we get the ball wide we be big threat.
