Who is going to win your league of choice this year?

[Aquavit]

I've got a feeling Wolfsburg will stun Bayern and Dortmund and win the Bundesliga this year, personally.

[Ron Obvious]

1. Too early to say...

It's hard to say much until transfer deadline day.

Arsenal are, I think, better than last year. Manchester United should be under better management but still have a weak squad. Liverpool are definitely weaker without Suarez until we see what they'll spend the transfer money on. Manchester City are most likely to retain the title as Chelsea are still too busy laughing over unloading David Luiz for 50 million to PSG.

Ask me again September 1st.

[Aquavit]

5. The West Bundesliga

I'd like to see Arsenal win the EPL. Ya know, Ozil and Mertesacker and what not

Seriously though, I'm fine with any of those teams apart from City (really lame behavior by the team after the friendly in Minneapolis last weekend) and Chelsea (Mourinho's mouth and also Munich 2012) winning. It'd be fun to see Arsenal, Liverpool, and Everton make a game of it next May

[Ron Obvious]

7. What did I miss?

I didn't hear anything about lame behaviour by City in Minneapolis.

[Aquavit]

9. Nothing that would make the news...

But they were a bit classless after losing to Olympiakos. City had 35k-ish usually pretty stoic Minnesotans cheering them on for 90 minutes plus penalties on an extremely hot summer day in Minneapolis, and when they lost they just turned tail and disappeared into their dressing room. Olympiakos, on the other hand, did a lap afterward and likely left Minnesota with a good many more supporters than they had going in.

As a neutral that was leaning a little toward City, it felt a bit like a spit in the eye considering how much we paid to go see the game.

On a different note, as much as I love FC Bayern I am now hoping that they don't finish better than fourth in the Bundesliga this year. After their last couple of seasons, I'd think fourth would get Guardiola sacked. The way he treated Caleb Porter after the MLS All-Star friendly was embarrassing and totally unacceptable for a club like Bayern. This, especially after we've just opened an office in NYC and are hoping to build a name in the States...

[BKH70041]

2. My league of choice is the EPL.

Give me another couple of weeks and I'll throw out some predictions. I think I've already proven I'm not afraid to risk guessing what will happen.

[T_i_B]

3. Championship for me

Which is much less predictable the the Premier League.

In an ideal world it would of course be Sheffield Wednesday winning the Championship but that's not really likely. Far more likely to be somebody like Fulham.

[BKH70041]

4. I know how you feel.

As a West Brom fan I'm acquainted with a team that bounces from one league to another. WBA barely stayed in the EPL this past year. They better get busy opening the purse strings or they'll be in the Championship next season.

[T_i_B]

6. And you've got Alan Irvine!

Our former manager.

Hate to break the news to you but he was not a good manager at Sheffield Wednesday.

Still, at least you can make "Father Ted" jokes!

[KamaAina]

8. Not the Quakes, that's for sure

Our attack features Wondolowski, remember? The net would have to be 20 feet high!

[BKH70041]

10. EPL Predictions

OK, ready to test my guessing ability again.

Top 5 teams (in no particular order):

Arsenal
Chelsea
Liverpool
Man City
Man U


Teams that will be relegated:

Burnley
WBA (crying in my beer)
Sunderland

Winner: Chelsea

Check back 05/24/2015 for comparison.

Here's to a great season no matter your team or league!!

[BKH70041]

13. Chelsea wins!

Got that prediction right.

And I might have predicted 4 of the top 5. Let you know soon.

[Ron Obvious]

14. You might have two of the three relegation spots right too

WBA will stay up. I think Sunderland might just pull it off because Hull have a murderous remaining 3 games.

QPR and Burnley are essentially down already.

[T_i_B]

15. Bournemouth won the Championship

Thanks to a late equalizer from Sheffield Wednesday's Atdhe Nuhiu at Watford.

[BKH70041]

17. Final tally

I got 4 of the top 5 right, and picked Chelsea to win it all. Tottenham edged out Liverpool to take 5th place.

Only got one relegation team right. WBA got their act together enough to place 13th, and Sunderland barely avoided going down.

Aston Villa barely made it.

Special mention to Leicester City who decided to get serious after the half-way point and was playing some really good football at the end.

Looks like AFC Bournemouth, Watford, and the Norwich City/Middlesbrough winner will be joining the top flight next year.

[Aquavit]

11. Dang it, we're going to get another year of Pep...

If freaking Wolfsburg or BVB could win a game, that would be great at this point!

[BKH70041]

12. Alright buddy!!

It's a marathon, not a sprint. I know you know that.

Give it some time.

[Aquavit]

16. Hopefully the decision was made today

What a disaster that match with Barca was. Granted we'll probably win 8-0 in Munich next week given how the spring has gone, but that game today was awful.