I made a similar post last year with the top4 teams in which we were to compare the squads.
Man Utd Chelsea Arsenal Tottenham Man City
De Gea Cech 3average GK Gomez/Friedel Hart
Raphael Ivanovic/Bosingwa Sagna Corluka Zabaleta
Ferdinand/Jones Terry vermaelen Gallas Kompany
Vidic Luiz Koscielny Dawson Toure/Richards
Evra Cole Clichy*/Gibbs Assou-Ekotto Kolarov
Nani Essien/Mikel Fabregas/Wilshere Lennon Barry
Valencia/Young Ramires Nasri Modric De Jong
Fletcher Lampard Diaby Palacios Milner
(New CM) Malouda Arshavin Bale Silva
Rooney Drogba Walcott/Gervinho Van der Vart Tevez
Berbatov Torres Van Persie Defoe Ballotelli/Dzeko
Liverpool
Reina
Johnson
Carragher
Agger/Skrtel
(New LB)(likely Cissoko)
Lucas
Gerrard
Mereiles/Adam/Aquilani/Henderson
Suarez
Kuyt/Downing
Carroll
I've tried to put the stongest team from the actual squad of the top 6 teams. There are players which may be sold or bought or not in the starting 11.
GK- We definitely have the best goalkeeper of the EPL.
RB- We definitely have the best RB of the EPL
2 CBs- Chelsea and Man Utd have the best defensive pair but Ferdinand is injury prone; so it's Chelsea.
LB- Evra is according to be the most solid. However he is very rarely decisive in attack(few assists and goals)
Best defenders- Chelsea
Worst defenders - Arsenal(They need to invest heavily in the defense- Koscielny is the worst defender of the top 6 teams) Vermaelen is class though. However although Chelsea has very good defenders; Man Utd and Lfc defend the better as a team(midfielders included). Chelsea's defense is mainly based on individuality. With a good, solid LB and with a fit Agger we have the 2nd best defense of EPL.
Formations:
4-4-2 Man Utd, (4-4-1-1)Tottenham
4-3-3 Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool(based on last season matches-without Gerrard though)
4-2-3-1 Man City and Maybe LFC
Man Utd has no doubt the best wingers of the league. It's a must as they play 4-4-2.
Tottenham has the best starting midfield in general but lacks depth on the bench to provide quality cover for Lennon, Bale, Modric, Van der Vart. They were lucky with injuries. Modric may leave.
It seems that Arsenal(unless they buy this summer) will lose many key players this summer.
Man City will buy top players again and will have the best attacking midfielders I guess.
Chelsea has good but old CMs.
Liverpool- We have a very good spinal cord(Gerrard, Mereiles and Lucas) add Adam, Aquilani, Poulsen???, Spearing, Shelvey, . We have the best central midfield of the EPL.
"Adam is not good enough and is not needed even if we sell Mereiles, Adam is nowhere as good as Mereiles or Aquilani."!!!?
I was completely wrong! :O The guy is a wonderful signing.
Strikers.
Arsenal, Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea have a world class attack and depth.
Tottenham need 2 wingers and 1 striker at least.
"We need a marquee winger and a back-up winger to be strong enough." Unless we receive a bid for either Cole or Maxi it seems they'll both be in the team next season. (based on Comolli's interview)
My Conclusion:
We have a squad strong enough for top 4. We can finish 2nd or 3rd. To finish 1st I think we need to sell Maxi and sign another winger maybe N'zogbia.
YNWA!