Premier League 26/27

MrOneLung said:

soapboxsam said:

I was just 🤮 after Chelsea scored an early goal.
The days when top players would want to play in the Champions league has long gone with Chelsea getting the likes of Rogers from a team in Champions league to a team with no European football. No surprise when your bank account shows a few million pound paid in.
1-1 no Konsa offside.
0-1

VAR bollocks, that's another decision VAR got correct 🤦🏻‍♂️

Surely players want to win things rather than just play in the champions league?

ultimately got more chance of winning more trophies than with Villa 

Aston Villa won the UEFA cup  in May 2026 !

Once Rogers went, their best players all left including Konsa to Arsenal and Watkins taking the Saudi millions.

Hopefully Chelsea win fuck all in 26/27

FishCostaFortune said:

Tzolis booked for doing a Danny Mac.

Have the refs been told to crack down on it more this season? Don’t recall regularly seeing players getting booked for it last year 

se9addick said:

FishCostaFortune said:

Tzolis booked for doing a Danny Mac.

Have the refs been told to crack down on it more this season? Don’t recall regularly seeing players getting booked for it last year 

Yes it became a mandatory booking but can't remember when🤔

Blimey O'Riley, it came in at the beginning of 23/24 season but if feels only in the last two seasons have more yellows been given out for the imaginary card wave.

You would've to be thick to do this if you had already been booked.

fenaddick said:

Chelsea’s no 29 looks like a softer Ivan Mesík

I think Pedro Neto looks similar to Ivan Mesik but he's number Seven.

Nobody getting near Arsenal this season. They look a top top side and if they played PSG I’d fancy them to win.

ValleyGary said:

Nobody getting near Arsenal this season. They look a top top side and if they played PSG I’d fancy them to win.

Yep. Was really impressed by them today. Potential to be one of the all time teams.

ValleyGary said:

Nobody getting near Arsenal this season. They look a top top side and if they played PSG I’d fancy them to win.

I agree, i think they will win the league by 10+ points. No Saliba, no Timber, plus Eze and Bruno G didn't play either. If they fielded a team of the subs/players missing yesterday that team would probably be strong enough for top 6 by itself.

But the latter stages of the CL are a different animal. The reason PSG always do so well is because they arrive at that point of the season pretty fresh because they can usually rest players in their league ahead of big CL ties. However it could be different this season. PSG have started their season very poorly so they might actually have a battle domestically and if Arsenal can walk the PL, it will mean they can rest players when we get to April.

killerandflash said:

Hilarious that down to 10 men Palace managed to equalise against Ipswich, only for ex Spanner Flemming to score the 90th minute winner. 

They're definitely relegation candidates this season,  especially as 2 of the promoted sides now have 2 wins already.

Unfortunately I can see them getting Eddie Howe who would keep them up 

Or maybe Iraola shouldn't be credited with this bad start because after all this is Slot's team

North Lower Neil said:

Funny Spurs have scored 0 in 4, we look prolific in comparison.

And spanked our ressies for 5 and thought Savio was the second coming of Garrincha

Leuth said:

Been a good start to the season for Arne Slot. Maybe he wasn't quite the problem he was portrayed as

Iraola is a very strange appointment. By all accounts he had connection with Hughes the sporting director but to go from Bournemouth to Liverpool is a huge jump.

Did a good job at Bournemouth but there is almost no comparison to managing Liverpool. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they have a pretty poor season. They are one of a few clubs who appear to have spent an absolute fortune yet have huge holes all over the pitch.

Raya’s today probably.