Claudio Ranieri has been confirmed as Watford's new coach with a two-season contract. It is the return of Ranieri to the Premier League, whose main achievement in his career is the title of champion of England, achieved with the modest Leicester in the 2015/2016 season. We'll see if he can improve Watford's performance, to stay in the Premier League.  If so, will Ranieri start his coaching spell when Watford will play Liverpool tomorrow? Wow, that will be a result to look forward to but I think Ranieri will need more time to produce a good result for Watford. That way, Liverpool will still get full points I think because of the head to head that has been so far, the fact that Liverpool are very dominant and it seems difficult for Watford to surprise quickly because Liverpool are currently on fire as well. Also, if the target is only for Watford to stay in the EPL, I'm sure Ranieri will be able to do it but if the target is to be in the top rankings, I'm still not sure that at the moment. Waiting for a miracle for Claudio Ranieri whether he is able to give the very impossible thing to Watford as Claudio Ranieri succeeded in giving Leicester City the first English league trophy, of course he needs time to give his best for Watford but it seems with the competition being tight enough the opportunity for Claudio Ranieri to repeat the miracle previously with Leicester City was impossible and difficult. Now many clubs with a fairly good composition of players may be underdog status and can surprise big teams very well deserved for Watford this season. |
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So far Napoli success make wonderful start with seven match and win for all and now collected 21 point and have first position on table, I think too early to make decision Napoli is better than AS Roma although now Roma lost twice from seven match and only win for five match. But have lucky for Napoli without participant on champion league this season and just play on Europe league make them not really busy and Europe league is not their destination to be champion.
With the results obtained by Napoli so far, it can be said that Spaletti succeeded in replacing Gattuso's position, which was not optimal for Napoli last season so that he only managed to finish in 5th place. Spaletti is not a new coach like Gatusso, he is a coach who has given trophies (if I'm not mistaken ) for AS Roma, although not a Serie A trophy, but it was enough to give the club something to be proud of. Perhaps, Spaletti can prove that he can bring Serie A title as his individual achievement this season. It is always about the fit of the manager with the team and not the talent of the manager always. Of course there are bad managers, there is no arguing with that, but there are also times when the manager of a team doesn't fit that club and they end up underachieving as well. I personally believe that is exactly what happened with Mourinho and Spurs last season, Mourinho is not a bad manager and we all know this, dude won so many things in his life, but last season with Spurs he was not good at all and he was manager of so many UCL winner level teams (or at least contending for it) and now he is managing a conference league level team just because he had some bad situations. Gattuso may or may not be great, but it is obvious that he wasn't a great fit on that team, now we are looking at Spaletti and yes he is good but also he is a great fit at the same time. Napoli looks very good and is in great shape this season. Their team coordination has been very good. It can be seen clearly on the pitch that, the new coach has been training the team hard on the training days. They seem like they are ready for anything you throw at them. So far they have scored 18 goals in 7 matches and have only conceded 3 in their 7 matches. It could be early to say, but Napoli is my potential title holder for this season. Waiting how many weeks Napoli keep consistent with top performance will half season they can stay on first position or not, right now seven match success win without loss and draw, perfect start in this season for Napoli because long time they keep win seven match all. But now many player have left club and playing for FIFA match day, I see last FIFA schedule always giving bad impact player back to the club with injury and not fit for playing on his club, Napoli have many player will play on FIFA matchday. |
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Napoli, Milan and Inter are the best teams in the league so far as they all don't have any loss yet. Napoli are the best among them of course as they have won all of their seven league matches so far. They are like the PSG of the Serie A now.  They just destroy every obstacle they have and the next victim seems like Torino. And I can't wait to see the matches between Napoli - Milan and Napoli - Inter. They are going to be great in terms of the title race. It's amazing Napoli have started the season really well, with a perfect win in 7 games that's a very remarkable result. I'm curious to what extent Napoli can maintain their winning streak, we know that even a team as strong as PSG ended up losing in their last match. Next Napoli will face Torino, I believe Napoli will be able to win again, because Torino is not a strong team that can beat Napoli. Maybe in week 9 against Roma, that's the game that can stop Napoli's winning streak. Although Roma played inconsistently, but Roma have Mourinho as an experienced coach who can surprise them by beating Napoli. I'm getting impatient waiting for the Roma vs Napoli match, because I'm curious about the result of the match. I don't think we can equate Napoli with PSG because they are clearly different, even though their winning streak is the same but I don't agree with the similarities, they are different in many ways. By the way, this weekend we will have big matches like Lazio - Inter and Juventus - Roma. About Napoli and Milan, I believe they will still get full points against their opponents tomorrow Napoli against Torino and Milan against Verona. Can top position for Napoli exactly more than two or three week later because they looks easy to get three points against with Torino, last week Torino loss from Juventus on Turin derby and Napoli most stronger and I think they will loss above two or three goals. AC Milan get chance on his position because Verona is easy for them to get three points but big match for Juventus versus AS Roma, Jose Mourinho will proof his quality on this match, can win when faced bigger club and success get three points or not. |
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The Catalan press is saying 5 players for Barcelona are about to.make the return of Fati,Dembele,Pedri,Aguero,Alba from injury. "Koman now has all the players during October," .
Outwardly, good news for Koeman, because he can play the way he wants, but in his heart there is "the horror" because the failure in October has no excuse or justification!
I think that with tge current financial situation for Barcelona they are going to have to keep up with Koeman despite not achieving tge bare minimum results awaited from him.
Good news for Koeman because October waiting for many important match exactly on champion league stage where Barcelona should win left four match if want to pass knock out group. I think enough with many bad result from Barcelona and now they have to wake up and play well on every match. Still have chance for Koeman right now to keep his position on Barcelona because many rumors Xavi Hernandez will return to club replace Koeman position, if Koeman still failed just waiting time for him kick out from Barcelona. |
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Anyway like you said the fact Chelsea can now be in 1st place, it's a good achievement so far. It's just possible to maintain a consistent game is not easy
to do, especially since the Premier League is Europe's best league right now.
It is not easy to win in each match, especially in a very competitive league like EPL. Every team in EPL can surprise us, we already saw it many times before. Moreover, it is big teams such as Man City, Liverpool, or Man United, these teams are possible to make Chelsea lose points or only get 1 point. However, we can claim that Tuchel has done a great job so far. He can lead the team to win 5 matches from 7 matches. It is the best achievement of the EPL team till today. Tuchel's capacity has been undoubted for the near future I think, since his arrival at Chelsea Tuchel has quickly made big changes to the team. The current EPL title competition is no longer just about 2 teams but 4 at once but yes, we don't know what will happen in the future because to maintain a good performance is something that is difficult, because they are not only focused on the EPL at least there are other tournaments which will also be the focus for them. Tuchel can made big change with faster without need time because first season with the same player left by Lampard he success take Champion league trophy and he can make Chelsea have great performance although not his choose player. Now second season I think give chance for him to get primer league trophy and he most special coach on primer league I think, different with Klopp take few season how to get success with Liverpool but not for Tuchel, waiting how long Chelsea performance keep going on the top. |
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Raheem Sterling is a pretty good player for Barcelona but the value of the salary that Sterling is asking for will not make Barcelona able to pay for this player plus the transfer price is very high. At the moment Barcelona are facing a fairly severe financial crisis and many players had to be released last season I think it was very difficult for Barcelona to get Sterling's sign. I think Barcelona will take and looking for great player who have expired contract with his previous team because can help their financial. |
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Koman's dismissal will cost Barcelona 12 million euros. Barselona doesn't have that kind of money at the moment. Plus, you need to invite a new one, and that also costs a lot. There are no good trainers available now. I don't think Xavi or anyone else will be able to change the situation at the moment. Although if you give Xavi time and do not demand titles from him this season and start building a team now, then next season he will have a fighting Barcelona.
Hiring Xavi in this situation is a bad idea because he is inexperienced and will cause a lot of problems for the team. The Barcelona team is full of old, injury-prone players who have won everything in their prime and only care about the money and they also have the younger players who have nothing and are unmotivated; they all perform below average because the burden of holding a team's bar is too much for them to handle. The team needs to be overhauled with a more experienced coach that can handle pressure coming in (Conte is the man) Although Xavi Hernandez success on his club right now with Al Sadd SC I think is not guarantee he will be success to for Barcelona because with less star player and many regular player left Barcelona still nothing he can do. How ever less experience for Europe team maybe can make his career for Barcelona is not good option, but if Barcelona keep trying to ask him become the next Barcelona coach better give space for him to get star player. |
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Tottenham management should have sold Harry Kane before the start of the season. And that money they could spend on team needs. The young talented player could be added to the squad. Tottenham's midfield and defense are not strong this season. They could have made the team more stable by simply investing money in selling Kane. At the same time the team would be stable and their dependence on just one player would be reduced.
My guessed today happened. Kane did not play optimally. I think because his desire to leave was great. At this time he also has not made a goal or assist, management should understand this situation. They should start comparing it to last season. Kane and Soon make a terrible attacking duo. This season is just the beginning, maybe he can do better or maybe it will be worse I don't know. Harry Kane is a professional athlete. I don't think he will do badly on purpose. He lost form. It is not always the case that a player will be in good form throughout the season. The coach should keep a close eye on Kane. Finding out his problems. And collaborating with Kane to solve the problem. Hopefully Kane will return to form in the next match and we will be able to enjoy his extraordinary skill. Harry Kane has big expectation playing with Manchester City last window transfer but both club not get deal value about how much transfer cost. I think failed play for Manchester City give impact with his performance right now still bad, better club sell him on January transfer before with bad performance value of Harry Kane transfer will dump drastically, many club not learn more what happen with star player have good price but not sell on time, later they haven't impressive performance and transfer value will dump. |
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The additional position at the back is quite good for Villareal, especially since Serge Aurier is a free transfer player and without a club after meeting an agreement with Totteham Hotspur to end his contract early. Serge Aurier is a very good player both defending and attacking even Arsenal have an interest in this player, but Villareal is a challenge for him this season. |
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Roma are not as strong as expected, to be honest when Roma got a winning streak at the start I thought Roma under Mou might be terrible. But after accepting defeat to Verona and city rivals Lazio, then my perception of Roma began to fade and vice versa with Napoli. Napoli in the last few seasons have always performed consistently and now, with this moment they can perform even better and it is a performance that continues to improve for Napoli. Therefore also, I still believe Napoli will not drop points against other strong teams like Milan, Inter and Roma. At least if Napoli can't win but I believe Napoli can still get 1 point with a draw, that way Napoli will continue to be consistent in getting and collecting points to become stronger at the top of the standings.
Napoli's performance is the most stable of all the teams this season. Maybe the Roma team's performance is not consistent. But as a team they are good enough. And they have a strong team like the win against Napoli. As I said before, Roma have not lost any match at home yet. So it's definitely a hard match for Napoli. Even if they make a small mistake in the match, they will not be able to get full points from the match. So far Napoli success make wonderful start with seven match and win for all and now collected 21 point and have first position on table, I think too early to make decision Napoli is better than AS Roma although now Roma lost twice from seven match and only win for five match. But have lucky for Napoli without participant on champion league this season and just play on Europe league make them not really busy and Europe league is not their destination to be champion. |
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Although Napoli are doing very well now, they have won all the matches, it will be a testament to whether they are worthy of the title this season through performances against strong teams. They have not played against teams such as Inter Minal, Ac Milan and Roma. However, they managed to resist Juventus 2-1.
Napoli are in their best form and their squad remains solid to achieve continuous victories, we will see later in the next week Napoli's challengers will be tougher against Milan and Inter if so Napoli are able to beat its chances of this season in Serie A will be in controlled by him with a brilliant display from the start is certainly a sign that Napoli can show this season. But Napoli in the european league is still not performing well and still has one point from 2 matches. Napoli's next match is against Torino. Napoli will have no problem winning this match. But after that, they will play against Roma. Roma is a strong opponent. This match is Roma's home match. So Roma is definitely the favorite in this match. Because Roma has not lost at home this season. They have won all the home matches. So this match is going to be the most challenging and tough match for the Napoli team this season. Roma are not as strong as expected, to be honest when Roma got a winning streak at the start I thought Roma under Mou might be terrible. But after accepting defeat to Verona and city rivals Lazio, then my perception of Roma began to fade and vice versa with Napoli. Napoli in the last few seasons have always performed consistently and now, with this moment they can perform even better and it is a performance that continues to improve for Napoli. Therefore also, I still believe Napoli will not drop points against other strong teams like Milan, Inter and Roma. At least if Napoli can't win but I believe Napoli can still get 1 point with a draw, that way Napoli will continue to be consistent in getting and collecting points to become stronger at the top of the standings. AS Roma have not been able to compete in the top flight of Serie A this season, judging from the statistics of the matches that have been undertaken, they were only able to win from the lower teams even from having to lose quite heavily to Lazio, maybe matches against big teams like Juventus, AC Milan, Napoli and also Inter Milan AS Roma will experience quite a lot of difficulties, but if they are able to achieve maximum results from the top teams maybe AS Roma's competition can be counted in Serie A. |
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It's too early to predict who will win the title but slowly we can see the strengths and weaknesses of each club
Chelsea for example is the most complete club in my opinion in attack and defense if they are consistent I'm sure competitors like City or Liverpool can't do much
MU should be worth also for the completed competitors if Ole has to consistently use the strategy every game his playing. as far I know, he's not consistent. today he got winning, tomorrow he got he lose/draws and so on. That possible lose the points every week (Champion and premier) league. This is different from others, Ole seems to dabble, but always makes a blunder. I think it's natural for a coach to try several strategies and the risks will be painful if the strategies they try don't work well. But with the experiment of some of these strategies, at least the coach will have a lot of mature plans that can be used in many different conditions that can be applied in the match later. I think it's the same as Arsenal but they are too messed up to make mistakes, and as to who will win the title this season I think the current top four will continue to compete until the end. Yes, they are Chelsea, Liverpool and two Manchester. Sure for every coach should try several strategies because many match faced in several day later, they need to get player fit and keep fighting more than 90 minutes, how ever change strategies and give second regular player become starter to make regular player have many days take rest with next match, but is not working well yet with Manchester United strategies last week where they only get one points from Everton. |
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The match between Liverpool and Manchester City was a very enjoyable match. If a match was chosen to show why the premier league is the best league, this could be it. Manchester City were very effective in the first half, but they could not play such a game in the second half. Liverpool scored a fantastic goal with Mohamed Salah. The match ended in a draw. 2-2 did not satisfy both teams.
A satisfactory result for both teams. Both teams are happy to share points. If Liverpool had won this match, they would be at the top of the points table now. Now Chelsea is at the top of the table with 16 points in 7 matches. Liverpool is second in the table with 15 points. Manchester City, Manchester United, Everton, and Brighton are at the table with equal points. Which team will win the title this season will probably remain uncertain until the last match of the season. Liverpool and Manchester City gave us a nice game of football. Liverpool and Manchester City shared the points on a satisfying clash. Fair results for both teams. The blues impressed with their away performance against Liverpool. Chelsea fans should honestly be happy with that result. It seems that this draw was beneficial only for the other contenders of the title and not Liverpool or Man City. Besides that, it was a very entertaining game, with lots of goals and great rhythm. This season's title race is by far the most exciting of the past years and even if it's early, I believe that we will have a tight and thrilling end of season...  Agree with you with match draw have more competitive because top four position on table have little different points, I hope this season most competitive than last season where Manchester City more dominance and left more than 20 points from second position, I hope the winner of primer league will touch exactly until last match maybe on 34th week and give more surprise and interested for watching. |
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In the closing match of the week played yesterday, Atalanta lost 2-3 against AC Milan at home. Atalanta found their goals in the last 6-7 minutes. At least they closed the gap for average. Napoli is unstoppable. They beat their strong rival Fiorentina 1-2 on the road yesterday. They should continue undefeated for their championship chances. Congratulations Napoli!
I am very satisfied with the results obtained by AC Milan. Even though they are struggling in the UCL, at least Milan is still showing its consistency in Serie A. The next match, Milan will meet Verona, a mid-table team, if in terms of player quality, Milan should be able to win this match. However, AC Milan players must be careful, because underestimate on opponents can give bad results. Many Milan squad right now less experience playing on UEFA champion league just Giroud and Ibrahimovic only have playing more in champion league, but I am very confused why Milan can stable and take win every match on Serie A but always failed to get one point on Champion league, next match if keep failed just say good by for next round and Europe League as best option there. |
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Napoli 2 - 1 Fiorentina I was a little worried when Fiorentina scored a goal, but soon after Napoli tied the game and made me calmer, but I must say Fiorentina is not an easy opponent, they are having better results this season. Roma 2 - 0 Empoli
Mourinho has reason to celebrate, they won, managed to score two goals and don't concede goals. Now the big game of today will start: Atalanta - Milanin my opinion without Zlatan Ibrahimovic Milan is not very strong and Atalanta will win this game Still faced problem after second loss on champion league I think the same opinion with you AC Milan will loss in this match, many problem faced so far Milan is not really enough faced with Atlanta, but left than 20 minutes AC Milan success win and make first goal from Atlanta. nice result for AS Roma keep going to get three points from Empoli and give good place for Jose Mourinho right now with AS Roma so far success on the four number at table position. |
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A draw with Manchester City makes Liverpool have to stay in second place in the standings and provides an opportunity for Chelsea to be in first position with 16 points, one point adrift of Liverpool who collected 15 points. Both team have played well and draw is the best option although Liverpool keep want to win but last goal from De Bruyne make Liverpool only take one point on this match.
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Good to see Juventus get back to winning ways because looking at the table they are buried deep inside and trailing by 7 to 10 ponts off league leaders Napoli who have a game in hand and are unlikely to drop points either. And with less than 10 games played its hard to tell who can win the Italian title but Napoli and Inter are in a well placed position to challenge for top spot unlike their rivals Juventus who sit in 8th position and need to work extra hard to get back up.
Juventus have won their last 3 matches in the Serie A, and even won against Chelsea in their last Champion League match. I think their performance is improving, although they won today with a goal difference. Napoli is in their best form, they haven't lost or draw any of their matches in Serie A, they are likely to win the Serie A trophy this season. While Inter has only drawn 2 of their matches, but have not lost any. Juventus still have a great work to do, if they want to slide up on the standings. Juventus have wake up and back to win track but I think is not good enough because last match when success win on derby only make one goal by Manuel Locatelli, I think bigger team like Juventus most attractive again how every match can win more than two margin goal, from last match faced with Chelsea on champion league just made one goal only by Chiesa and less more goal created by Juventus in this season, although they can get three points but lest hope could make many goal on every match. |
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Manchester United disappointed their fans again today against Everton this time. They were even the first side to get ahead and all they had to do is keep a good defending and try to find the second goal. They were not the best at the defending part. Then, they had to work harder for the second goal. But they couldn't score it also. As a result, Everton found a big goal chance with Townsend and didn't miss this too. And the final result was 1-1. Ole is still continuing to be criticized.
Benitez has successfully created the counter-attack strategy, he knows the MU defender is a bit too slow to respond back to position, that we can look when Varane helping on front and take pains to back when Everton player attacking back. That weakness can be used by Everton. Maybe this is the right time to change Ole, what for defend?. The sooner the better Many of the main players that Ole reserved for Manchester United did not look so good, Paul Pogba should have been played in the early minutes to get three points from Everton. Moreover, with Ronaldo being rested, it made it even more difficult for United to score last night. This result is certainly very disappointing for United to be able to compete in the top position of the current standings. |
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Was a well deserved win by Atl.Madrid and with this one they sure put more pressure on Real Madrid as it seems we might have only a battle in 2 for the title in this year.
Regarding Barcelona....the process is still on a long journey until it will be completed but despite the negative games in both UCL and with big teams in LaLiga , the squad and players kept that same style of playing football and they have the possession so they just need good players that could score or just put more pressure and deliver assists. When they do this , Barcelona will become again a big team who will fight for UCL but this year could be a great one if they deliver Europe League as UCL seems already over.
It looks like that won't be happening anytime soon. Like you said, it's still a long journey and we might be seeing more results like the UCL defeat to Benfica or the defeat to Atlético Madrid in the La liga. It's just painful to see a top tier team like Barcelona losing matches that they would actually win if it was played some years back. they didn't even score a single goal in two matches, one against Benfica in CL and today against atletico madrid, the big problem is their attack, Depay is fast and he creates a lot of chances but his finish was really bad, he missed a lot of scoring opportunities in a lot of matches, maybe Aguero can add a little bit to Barca, he's a better finisher despite the fact that he's getting a little old and his performance dropped. Bad finishing from Barcelona last night when played with Atletico Madrid, Countiho got great chance when faced one by one with Oblak but failed to make goal because his finishing very bad. After leaving by Messi day by day Barcelona faced trouble from champion league until domestic league they most difficult to win, on every match almost failed to make goal and they have been most team with many goal made by other team, now waiting what Laporta do with Koeman keep staying or not. |
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Chelsea managed to score only one goal in the first half. I think they will be able to score more goals in this match. Chelsea made 10 shots in the first half, 4 of which were on-target shots. They will play more aggressively in the second half. On the other hand, Chelsea's defense is much stronger. It is very difficult for Southampton to score against such a strong defense. Chelsea has conceded just two goals this season. This is the lowest compared to the first 3 teams in the points table.
I hoped so too but they haven't played as expected in the second half but they've been playing a lot better since Mount replaced Odoi. Anyway, Southampton just saw their captain showed the way out and I expect Chelsea to make the last few moments of the match heated for them so we can expect maybe a goal or two. Tuchel is about to bring in Ross Barkley too. Too bad for Southampton.  Victory over Southampton with a score of 3-1 through goals from Chalobah, Werner and Ben Chilwell made Chelsea's position temporarily lead the standings, two points ahead of Liverpool who still have one game left tomorrow is certainly a good hope for the Blues after two previous defeats in a row. - participated, losing to Manchester City last week in the English league and losing to Juventus in the Champions League became the momentum for Chelsea to bounce back and managed to win with a pretty convincing score. |
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