theScore's comprehensive predictions for the 2015-16 Premier League season

With the new Premier League season finally here, theScore has called upon its quintet of footy editors to predict which clubs and players will have a season to remember, and which others will be left with nothing but the cold, lonely feeling of disappointment.

Title Winners

Gianluca Nesci: Arsenal. This is the year the Gunners finally put it all together and end the oft-ridiculed drought. Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, and the sleek attacking play that we've grown accustomed to over the years will lead Arsenal to glory.

Carlo Campo: Chelsea. The giant question mark hanging over the Premier League is whether or not the top clubs have done enough to catch the reigning champion. While Manchester City, Arsenal, and Manchester United have all improved, and the latter opened its checkbook time after time this summer, it's hard to envision a scenario where Chelsea doesn't defend its title.

Gordon Brunt: There won't be three matches to spare this time around, but Jose Mourinho's relatively unchanged Chelsea squad will repeat as champions. Arsenal and City will be the main challengers. Hopefully they provide a race to the last match before Chelsea wins its sixth league title.

Michael J. Chandler: Arsenal. Olivier Giroud will remind everyone why Arsene Wenger has faith in the Adonis-like striker.

Armen Bedakian: Chelsea. While it's true that the rest of England's elite picked up key players in the summer transfer window, Chelsea remains the strongest team on paper and has the added benefit of team chemistry under its belt. It'll be closer, but Chelsea will still finish on top.

Champions League Qualification

Nesci: Arsenal. Chelsea. City. United. Yawn. Spending power matters, and these four behemoths have it.

Campo: Chelsea. United. Arsenal. Swansea City. No typos here.

Brunt: Chelsea. Arsenal. City. United. Business as usual for the big spenders of the Premier League.

Chandler: Arsenal. Chelsea. City. United. No surprises here.

Bedakian: Chelsea. Arsenal. United. Liverpool. Unless Manchester City signs some new defenders, Liverpool will claim the fourth spot.

Relegated Clubs

Nesci: Bournemouth. Watford. Sunderland. No great escape this time for the Black Cats, as Dick Advocaat's magic runs out, and they join two of the newly promoted teams in the bottom three.

Campo: Leicester City. West Bromwich Albion. Sunderland. All three promoted clubs will survive the drop.

Brunt: Watford. Leicester. Norwich City. There won't be another "great escape" for Leicester this season.

Chandler: Bournemouth. Watford. Sunderland. Norwich has the guns to avoid the drop.

Bedakian: Bournemouth. Watford. Leicester. Sunderland managed to turn its fortunes around in the last five weeks of 2014-15 and looked like a better team.

PFA Player of the Year

Nesci: Ozil. The German midfielder will stay healthy this season, and respond to the multitude of haters with a dominant campaign, beating out his teammate Sanchez for the honour.

Campo: Cesc Fabregas. The Spanish assist machine should avoid the late-season dip in form he suffered in the previous campaign and establish himself as the Premier League's top player.

Brunt: Sanchez will be monumental during his second season with Arsenal as he attempts to bring the Premier League trophy back to North London.

Chandler: Sanchez is emblematic of the shift in Arsenal's ethos and will nip Eden Hazard for the award based solely on hoisting the league trophy.

Bedakian: Hazard will keep his blistering form going this season, score at least 20 goals, and win this award two years in a row.

Best Signing of the Season

Nesci: Raheem Sterling. Narrowly beating out Memphis Depay, the electrifying English attacker will make Liverpool rue its atrocious (and hilarious) handling of his contract situation. City will reap the rewards of this deal for many years to come.

Campo: Dimitri Payet. If anyone can convert their Ligue 1 form to the Premier League, it's likely Payet. The 28-year-old attacking midfielder will be the engine that West Ham United so sorely needs following a season in which he tallied seven goals, a league-leading 17 assists, and a league-leading 3.7 key passes per game at Olympique Marseille.

Brunt: Petr Cech. The value of a quality 'keeper will be highlighted when the Czech Republic international displays the title-winning performances that Arsenal has missed since the days of David Seaman and Jens Lehmann.

Chandler: Idrissa Gueye. Going off the board with this one, but the Senegalese defensive midfielder will be instrumental in Tim Sherwood's revitalization of this year's surprise club.

Bedakian: Payet. With eight goals and 17 assists last season, Payet is going to be an exciting player in the West Ham midfield, enough to turn the heads of larger clubs at the end of the season.

Most Excited About

Nesci: ... Jose Mourinho vs. Arsene Wenger, Round 172. The Arsenal bench boss was the clear victor in last season's physical altercation. Will the Blues manager respond, or will he stick with his tried-and-true tactic of firing his shots only during press conferences?

Campo: ... seeing where West Ham finishes in the table. With a host of impressive signings and a new manager in Slaven Bilic, the club is capable of competing for a Champions League place, but is likely also capable of finding itself in the bottom half of the table.

Brunt: ... the title race. A thrilling finish to the Premier League season is long overdue. The 2013-14 campaign was close, but a repeat of the electrifying end to the 2012 season would be so sweet in May.

Chandler: ... Arsenal. Had it not been hampered by a sluggish start to last season, owed to late returnees from the World Cup, odds are it would have been hot on Chelsea's heels. This is the year.

Bedakian: ... the return of Radamel Falcao. Under Jose Mourinho and alongside former Atletico Madrid teammate Diego Costa, Falcao will have himself a renaissance year with Chelsea.