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I'm waiting for EOD Thursday by HTownND

Before I respond.

But I'll just say this for the collective

Here are the top 4s from the past 5 years.
2014 - City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal
2015 - Chelsea, City, Arsenal, United
2016 - Leicester, Arsenal, Tottenham, City
2017 - Chelsea, Tottenham, City, Liverpool
2018 - City, United, Tottenham, Liverpool

It's very possible and even likely, we will have the same top 4 this year that ended the year last year in the top 4, but I personally wouldn't bet on it. There has been a minimum of 1 team that doesn't make it from one year to the next.

City is the only team to finish in the top 4 each of the past 5 seasons
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham have been in 3 out of the last 5 (with Tottenham on a 3 year streak)
United has done it twice
Leicester once

Again, I'm waiting because there seems to be a ton of transfer irons in fires, but my top 4 will most likely include City and Tottenham, the rest are TBD, but I'm not going to have the same top 4 as last year.