Interesting Christmas Period

Obviously everyone is jumping on the Arsenal bandwagon after they beat Chelsea 3-1 last night. It's Chelsea's worst run in the Premiership since 1996 and Ancelotti's job must be under threat. Arsenal have fired themselves back into the title race, they now lie 2 points behind Manchester United but have played a game more. However, i am completely unconvinced about Arsenal's chances to win anything. Even the most staunch Gunners fan would have to admit that Chelsea were hopeless last night. They had Frank Lampard back in the team but decided that they only needed Cech and Drogba on the ball in the first half. I lost count of the amount of times Cech hammered the ball from a goal kick towards Drogba who even if he had won possession had no one supporting him. It was absolutely hopeless. Stoke and Blackburn get accused of playing the long ball game but at least when they do there is some method to it. Chelsea had no idea what to do when they got the ball and if those one dimensional instructions came from Ancelotti, then the Italian must go. Far from brilliant Arsenal play, the 3 goals were all the result of horrendous defending from Chelsea so i don't think we've learned a lot about Arsenal in this game other than that Theo Walcott should start and Robin Van Persie's form is very worrying.
I do think that the quality of the league has dramatically declined (Look at Chelsea's bench and Manchester United's over-reliance on Giggs and giving a new contract to Anderson) but that has made it the most competitive season i ever remember. 8 points seperates first from sixth.  7 points seperates seventh from twentieth. It's difficult to predict what will happen in the second half of the season. I'll give it a shot though.
Manchester United are unbeaten despite playing dreadfully. If Rooney starts scoring United could romp away with the title. They also generally finish very strongly. I think Chelsea will finish second although an injury to a key player could see them missing out on even the Champions League. Manchester City to finish third if they can keep their players in check. Arsenal to finish fourth as i think the european campaign will take it's toll on Spurs.
Relegation is even harder to call. Aston Villa have money to spend so that might get them to safety. I'm going to go with Wigan, West Ham and Blackburn to take the drop. Blackburn are a mess and who knows if they can keep any of their players. Wigan will find it hard to keep N'Zogbia, Rodallega or Cleverley. West Ham have been so poor it's hard to find any case for them to stay up. Carlton Cole scored twice in the last game so if he can get on a run they may battle to survival. I doubt it though.