Prediction - Manchester United

After some splurting offensive football last season to win the last OFFICIAL PREMIERSHIP, The Purple One will be looking to win the Champions League and the league this season. His transfer dealings this summer has bought redundancy in most positions - Hargreaves/Carrick, Nani/Giggs, Anderson/Scholes, Tevez/Rooney to go with Ronaldo/Park - but still has the oversight of having only one centre forward in Louis Saha and his injury troubles (I don't expect Solksjaer to feature much outside of the Carling Cup). At the back, they can look thin with Wes Brown and John O'Shea as not quite top class understudies to Ferdinand and Vidic - that said, the flexibility of the likes of O'Shea and Brown will allow cover for Evra and Che Neville if needed. Van Der Sar, miraculous penalty saves in the McDonalds Community Shield aside, might wane over the season, and Ferguson will be hoping that Foster recovers quickly and provides competition soon.

I can see Man U absolutely destroying some teams - imagine the scene that they are 7-0 up at Derby or Wigan, and Rooney and Ronaldo come off for Saha and Nani; they're not going to let up, such is the competition. I expect them to tonk at least one team 10-0. And to win the league.

PREDICTION - 1st