Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Oluwa-btc]

It seems that Liverpool do not need to do any transfer activity this summer, because even against Arsenal in the pre-season match is not a problem for them with the current squad.

Even though Arsenal almost used 80% of their main players, they were unable to beat Liverpool which only had 50% of their main players. The difference is quite clear and Arsenal should have been able to beat Liverpool here but instead they were the ones who suffered a 2-1 defeat.

Arne Slot really changed Liverpool's style of play and it was quite clear to see how Mohamed Salah moved before scoring the first goal in the 13th minute who ran from the right side without the knowledge of the Arsenal defender and finally he was able to escape before scoring a goal. Well, a very good game was shown by Liverpool and I want this performance to not only be good in the pre-season match but also in the real competition either in the EPL or UCL.

Well, we'll come back to this statement in the next three to four months. Personally, I do feel like they need a new defender to be signed up immediately. Konate is no longer a consistent player and Virgil Van Dijk getting aged should also put some sense into the management that he needs a proper and potential partner just if Konate gets Injured again

Pre-season has never and will never be a good judge of what the Premier League Competition would be like honestly. They good use with the chances they had. If you ask me, I'd say we both know who the better team and side was yesterday. Arsenal should have won but Liverpool seized the chances they had immediately.

Liverpool shouldn't be deceived that they don't need no signatures honestly, when the jungle gets tough, well, we'll see if the monkey can swing without trees and branches.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Osimhen future is still very uncertain although some of the speculations we are getting online from the football bloggers do have a bit of close intel on what's on ground. Chelsea have been on Osimhen as well as PSG but what's deterring both clubs is the price plaved on Osimhen which is fairly high. PSG is even the club that's most serious in talking terms for the striker than Chelsea right now but everything will become more clearer as the days goes on closer to the close of transfer window.

Arsenal were also in the bid to sign Osimhen but the money the Napoli management is demanding is much and the player didn’t worth the money based on his last season’s performance.

Chelsea were trying to sign him on loan since the money is much and the new Napoli manager seems to prefer Lukaku over Osimhen, while PSG were a bit back with their requests because of the high amount and the Napoli management so far is yet to come close to agreement between them and Napoli.

I really would like Osimhen to be in a team that can lead him to success, and many because they can offer everything, although I would be very inclined to see him go to PSG, therefore in this aspect I am a person who sees football with opportunity and this player is very good, I know that in any team he will shine and there will be no doubt about that, I hope it is for a MU because that Team needs a star like him, I don't know how many offers Osimhen has now, but it is time for him to Win.

Chelsea have been handed a potential discount in talks over a part-exchange deal for Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, which would see wantaway forward Romelu Lukaku head in the opposing direction to Italy.
Chelsea open talks with Napoli over signing Osimhen

Earlier this week, reliable media sources shared news that Chelsea are in negotiations with Napoli over a move for Osimhen, despite Paris-Saint Germain's previous attempts to land Osimhen.

Source:https://www.footballfancast.com/chelsea-now-handed-osimhen-discount-in-talks-over-lukaku-swap-deal/

[Sakanwa]

Arsenal and Real Sociedad have reached an agreement for Mikel merino in a deal worth about 25 million Euros.
The midfielder will be Arsenal's third signing of the summer after they completed the signing of David Raya and Ricardo Calafiori from Bologna.Mikel will play a major role in Arsenal's new midfield,and this deal will see Rice play as a more deep defensive midfielder,unlike last season when Arteta shifted him to play in that Left front of the pitch.
Mikel Arteta is also aiming to bring in more players before the window slams shut by the end of the month.Welcome to Arsenal,Merino.

[Huppercase]

This osimhen deal I doubt if it will see the light of the day, it has lingered for too long, same thing happened for last season as he was rumoured to leave Napoli, at the end of the season, he didn't. At the beginning of last month, it was strongly rumoured that he will be leaving for PSG to replace kylian Mbappé, but we haven't seen anything yet. Now Chelsea is at the front burner to buy him, if the deal will sail through, I don't know but let's just be hopeful, because it's looking like the new Napoli coach is not really having him in mind.

I don't think Osimhen decision really matter here. The only club that is fighting to have him right now is PSG and Napoli doesn't even want to have anything to do with him but the offer presented to Napoli table isn't big in their eyes that's why deal seems to be shaking but I'm very optimistic about his move from Napoli this season, if they want him to remain in the club, his presence will be there in some of their recent matches but he wasn't given a chance.

Chelsea want him also but they are not ready to spend too. I don't know why they are presenting low budget on Osimhen despite all the goals with little appearance he has made in Napoli. Sometimes, I feel racism is always in our front but we don't discuss it much, if he is England or France root, they would have rush him like everyone want from Mbape.

[aylabadia05]

This osimhen deal I doubt if it will see the light of the day, it has lingered for too long, same thing happened for last season as he was rumoured to leave Napoli, at the end of the season, he didn't. At the beginning of last month, it was strongly rumoured that he will be leaving for PSG to replace kylian Mbappé, but we haven't seen anything yet. Now Chelsea is at the front burner to buy him, if the deal will sail through, I don't know but let's just be hopeful, because it's looking like the new Napoli coach is not really having him in mind.

Osimhen could stay or go to one of the teams you mentioned as long as the transfer market is still open. Chelsea and PSG have certainly shown interest in the player, it just depends on the decision of the player and Napoli. It might not be good news for Napoli if Osimhen really wants to leave, but Napoli can buy two other players with the money from the sale of Osimhen.

Usually a team like Napoli will not refuse a big offer for one of their players for business reasons, but they need to consider the coach's needs if the tactician really wants to keep Osimhen in his squad next season. I agree, the rumors about Osimhen are not necessarily certain.

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Arsenal and Real Sociedad have reached an agreement for Mikel merino in a deal worth about 25 million Euros.
The midfielder will be Arsenal's third signing of the summer after they completed the signing of David Raya and Ricardo Calafiori from Bologna.Mikel will play a major role in Arsenal's new midfield,and this deal will see Rice play as a more deep defensive midfielder,unlike last season when Arteta shifted him to play in that Left front of the pitch.
Mikel Arteta is also aiming to bring in more players before the window slams shut by the end of the month.Welcome to Arsenal,Merino.

This is a good deal for Arsenal. This will give us more options in the midfield, we can give some players brake when they need and the signings also give us more squad depth against injuries because Premier League is hard to play and if injuries starts some teams without squad depth do suffer it.

David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori, and now Mikel merino; these signings will make good impact in the Arsenal squad and it will help Arsenal’s title chase.
My main concern is a striker, if we can be able to sign a striker, we can confidently win the league without much pressure and obstacles provided we have a striker that can promise us above 20 goals a season.

[entertheabyss]

Arsenal and Real Sociedad have reached an agreement for Mikel merino in a deal worth about 25 million Euros.
The midfielder will be Arsenal's third signing of the summer after they completed the signing of David Raya and Ricardo Calafiori from Bologna.Mikel will play a major role in Arsenal's new midfield,and this deal will see Rice play as a more deep defensive midfielder,unlike last season when Arteta shifted him to play in that Left front of the pitch.
Mikel Arteta is also aiming to bring in more players before the window slams shut by the end of the month.Welcome to Arsenal,Merino.

Merino and Calafiori will quickly adapts to the game style of Gunners, I'm sure about that because they look happy and ready for the tasks ahead. Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta happy with signings and rounding up because the 2024/2025 season will soon kickoff, it's just about pending weeks. Arsenal are not passive but enlisted in the active category of producing and bringing in top talents to Emirates stadium.

[Ryu_Ar1]

I think the competition will be more intense, it will not be just a championship fight between two teams. I also think that the betting odds may change after a few matches. Manchester City may not be the champion this year. I think Arsenal can achieve the championship they have been longing for for years this year.

Arsenal is indeed quite good but in this case we can also know that the benchmark for champions is not only about performance but their mentality is also tested, and statistically until now Manchester City is still very good when compared to Arsenal both in terms of champion mentality and performance.

For competition, in this case we still have to rely on Arsenal to provide good competition like last season in the fight for the championship because seeing from several other clubs such as Manchester United and Chelsea who still have not been able to fix their internal problems, Liverpool is also still in transition so it is still quite difficult to force Liverpool to compete in the first season Slot so Arsenal is the one who is used as hope. but to become a champion is not that easy, especially since there is still Pep who remains at Manchester City who is indeed very clever in taking advantage of the situation and resources they have so that the probability of winning is clearly Manchester City superior.

[ndutndut]

Arsenal did pretty well in the last year and the year before but they can't stand up to the last games of each season..
The problem is partially few mistakes that cost gunners a lot at the end and partially due to Manchester City being very good since years.
I voted for Manchester City as usual every year and I expect them to keep a good level. I wish good luck for gunners and I think they will stay in top positions.

I have not seen Arsenal have a front line that is feared by all opponents, and until now Arsenal has not found a solution. This problem has existed for the past two years, Arsenal is actually good, it's just that the front line and champion mentality are not yet in Arsenal, that's why they failed to win the EPL in the last two years. For me, this is what must be maximized this season so that Arteta's dream of winning the EPL league trophy can come true this season. Because, Arsenal must have a sharp front line in order to compete with Man City.

In addition, if we look at Arsenal in the last two years, what makes it difficult for them to win is because of the many problems in other sectors that have never been overhauled, not to mention the injury problem that has always been Arsenal's close friend every season. However, this season it seems that Arsenal's squad is getting better, both main players and reserve players, so Arsenal's hopes of competing with Man City this season are likely to come true. Arsenal are good, but Man City are even better, especially in terms of mentality, maybe if Pep Guardiola had not been at Man City in the last two years, Arsenal might have won the EPL trophy.

[arimamib]

Last season Chelsea finished 6th, the season before last 12th. If you look deeper, they have been far from fighting for the title for a long time and their ceiling is getting into the top 4. Considering the chaos of coaches and players that they have, it is not surprising that they are listed as United - as I already wrote, virtually all teams except Arsenal/City/Liverpool are not fighting for the title and their chances are more of a formality.

Under Pochettino's coaching, Chelsea managed to improve the quality of their game and even one of their strikers began to show quite good development. But what happened was that management fired the coach again because they were impatient with the slow improvement that occurred last season.

Tood Boehly has another way, he hopes that the coach's performance can bring Chelsea to compete at the top and maybe that is quite impossible because the short time will make it difficult for the coach to bring glory.

Arsenal did pretty well in the last year and the year before but they can't stand up to the last games of each season..
The problem is partially few mistakes that cost gunners a lot at the end and partially due to Manchester City being very good since years.
I voted for Manchester City as usual every year and I expect them to keep a good level. I wish good luck for gunners and I think they will stay in top positions.

Yes, Arsenal played well in the previous two seasons but in the end they failed to become champions. The fans were very disappointed but also happy because step by step they were progressing in terms of the game they played.
This season several new players will certainly be brought in and one of them who has recently been successfully recruited is Riccardo Calafiori to strengthen the defense line. To compete for the title of course Arsenal is very ready because this season they did well and I hope they can be successful this season.

[GiftedMAN]

Why do you think Manchester City won’t be the champions of next season, and why do you think Arsenal will be the one to win it? We know that Arsenal has competed with Manchester City for two consecutive seasons, and they ended the season in second place. I don’t really see why you think Arsenal will win it this time around. Arsenal's defense and midfielders are kind of strong, but Arsenal need more strikers if they really want to win the Premier League, and I see Arteta is not really working on that.

I don't know why you think Arsenal will not win the Premier League title next season. Arsenal have been in the race for this title for the past two seasons now, and we all know how far they have gone in this competition, so this gives people another hopes ahead of the next season competition. They have the full squad that won them a trophy, and they don't have problems in their positions. However, let's see how Arsenal will turn up next season. I know they will be ready for it, and I think they have known their mistakes by now.

The reason why I am certain that Arsenal will not win the league next season is because they have the same manager who made the mistake for two good seasons as their current manager and they still have the same players that made the mistakes as the players that will lead their attacks and defense next season, what level of improvement has the team gotten right now that made you to believe that not winning the league for two seasons can actually make them to win the league this season, personally I think Arsenal needs to stop bringing in average players in the team if they need to win the league because right now, the team will always find it difficult if Saka is not feet you can prove me wrong if you think they have a replacement for him.

[Weawant]

It's really unlucky for Man United, the injury crisis last season has not ended, now Manchester United must experience bad luck again, the player they recruited this summer have been injured before joining the 2024/25 Premier League competition. I think Erik Ten Hag is quite careless this time because he didn't think about the bad things that would happen if he insisted on using his mainstay players for this pre-season match just because they didn't want to lose even though they were still defeated by Arsenal because Arsenal's performance was still better than MU, I really feel sorry for MU right now even though they are just about to start the season with the hope of being better than before, but if their players are injured I think Man United will have a hard time competing in the EPL

Manchester United have confirmed that Leny Yoro will be out for 3 months while Rasmus Hojlund has a hamstring injury and will be out for more than a month. It has been confirmed that at the start of the season MU will not be able to use their mainstay this players.

Source : https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1818821487492555258?t=pywvdNBLdeGVlX4sG-eaRQ&s=19

Saying that Erik Ten Hag is careless wouldn't be a bad one because he should have known much better having been in charge of the team all through last season and this is going to be his third season, he should know how well to keep his main stay player just like as seen with Madrid, he knew this was just a pre season game that has got almost no importance to the team and so he kept his main players preserved meanwhile ten hag didn't want to lose the game despite the less importance and that has led to this which he's going to suffer into the main league games.

[Docnaster]

It's really unlucky for Man United, the injury crisis last season has not ended, now Manchester United must experience bad luck again, the player they recruited this summer have been injured before joining the 2024/25 Premier League competition. I think Erik Ten Hag is quite careless this time because he didn't think about the bad things that would happen if he insisted on using his mainstay players for this pre-season match just because they didn't want to lose even though they were still defeated by Arsenal because Arsenal's performance was still better than MU, I really feel sorry for MU right now even though they are just about to start the season with the hope of being better than before, but if their players are injured I think Man United will have a hard time competing in the EPL

Manchester United have confirmed that Leny Yoro will be out for 3 months while Rasmus Hojlund has a hamstring injury and will be out for more than a month. It has been confirmed that at the start of the season MU will not be able to use their mainstay this players.

Source : https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1818821487492555258?t=pywvdNBLdeGVlX4sG-eaRQ&s=19

One of Manchester United's biggest problems of last season was the constant injuries the club's first team players suffered and that really affected their general performance of last season. Sadly, they've now lost two players to injuries before the start of next season again and that I think will be a huge blow to the club preparations for next season. I don't want to believe that it is the club manager's selections in the games that caused the injury because of we can remember, Leny Yoro recently signed for the club and needed to play in the preseason games in other to blend well with the team's style of play while Rasmus Hojlund enjoyed a long holiday and also needed to get back to full fitness by playing in the team's preseason games. Hopefully, the club manager finds a good tactical plan that'll help the team start the season on a good note till when the injured players returns back to full fitness

[Leviathan.007]

It's really unlucky for Man United, the injury crisis last season has not ended, now Manchester United must experience bad luck again, the player they recruited this summer have been injured before joining the 2024/25 Premier League competition. I think Erik Ten Hag is quite careless this time because he didn't think about the bad things that would happen if he insisted on using his mainstay players for this pre-season match just because they didn't want to lose even though they were still defeated by Arsenal because Arsenal's performance was still better than MU, I really feel sorry for MU right now even though they are just about to start the season with the hope of being better than before, but if their players are injured I think Man United will have a hard time competing in the EPL

Manchester United have confirmed that Leny Yoro will be out for 3 months while Rasmus Hojlund has a hamstring injury and will be out for more than a month. It has been confirmed that at the start of the season MU will not be able to use their mainstay this players.

Source : https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1818821487492555258?t=pywvdNBLdeGVlX4sG-eaRQ&s=19

One of Manchester United's biggest problems of last season was the constant injuries the club's first team players suffered and that really affected their general performance of last season. Sadly, they've now lost two players to injuries before the start of next season again and that I think will be a huge blow to the club preparations for next season. I don't want to believe that it is the club manager's selections in the games that caused the injury because of we can remember, Leny Yoro recently signed for the club and needed to play in the preseason games in other to blend well with the team's style of play while Rasmus Hojlund enjoyed a long holiday and also needed to get back to full fitness by playing in the team's preseason games. Hopefully, the club manager finds a good tactical plan that'll help the team start the season on a good note till when the injured players returns back to full fitness

I know we can't be sure about the erformacen of Manchester United just because of wining in one friendly match but they recnetly had good performacen against Real Betis nad they womnthe game with a 3-2 resuolt agaginst Betis.
Real Betis socred fifrst goal 15 miutes aftert the starts of the game but Manchester United had amaing come bacl nad a few monutes after that, Manchester United scored 3 goals to make the game 3-1 nut Real Betis didn't end  the game with that resuolt and they made in 3-2.

[EarnOnVictor]

In the Club Friendlies, Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-1. Though people were saying that friendly Matches are not used to do anything or score the performance of a club but I believe it is also to know the strength of the club on the forthcoming Premier League Tournament or season. So through the Friendlies, coaches would know the good players to select and those ones that can be substituted in the second half. So club Friendlies is also an important Match for the clubs.

No way we can totally disregard friendly matches but at the same time it's a mere warming-up match and coaches and opponents will have to do more before they can ascertain the quality of their players through it. What I've noticed with friendly matches is that they do not replicate the true performances of the team when the real competitions start and it could be a result of the friendly mood in which the players are playing at that time. I also know that the coach will not pressure his players the way he would in real tournaments. This can only prove the reason why Liverpool can beat Arsenal today if we use the feat Liverpool and Arsenal ended last season to judge them.

Notwithstanding, I believe things will pick for both sides when the league starts properly, especially Liverpool with the new coach. Arne Slot will want to prove a point in an already good club and I hope the club's relaxing performance of the last 2 seasons will end. Talking about this match, Liverpool may win but Arsenal was the better side in my view, still, the two sides should be more particular about their firing power as it's pathetic that all goals were only recorded in the first half.

I wondered what was wrong in the second half, and I suspected that since Arsenal was the last goal scorer in the match, it may mean that they were underrating Liverpool at first until it dawned on them to do better with their defence, but was still unable to improve their attack.

[Majestic-milf]

I wondered what was wrong in the second half, and I suspected that since Arsenal was the last goal scorer in the match, it may mean that they were underrating Liverpool at first until it dawned on them to do better with their defence, but was still unable to improve their attack.

I'd agree with you on your observations because even the Coach of the Liverpool side, Arne Sorloth noticed the same thing. The Gunners were the better side and had every opportunity to turn the game around but for the absence of a good finisher, it only amounted to wasted chances. It just needed a calm and collected finish from Salah and Carvalho to cement their victory over Arsenal and when you look at it, it's enough to pity the Mikel Arteta led Arsenal because despite being pressurized, they didn't give up that hold they had.
 It may be a friendly game but it's enough to send a message to Arsenal that this new season won't be business as usual.

[Gallar]

Why do you think Manchester City won’t be the champions of next season, and why do you think Arsenal will be the one to win it? We know that Arsenal has competed with Manchester City for two consecutive seasons, and they ended the season in second place. I don’t really see why you think Arsenal will win it this time around. Arsenal's defense and midfielders are kind of strong, but Arsenal need more strikers if they really want to win the Premier League, and I see Arteta is not really working on that.

I don't know why you think Arsenal will not win the Premier League title next season. Arsenal have been in the race for this title for the past two seasons now, and we all know how far they have gone in this competition, so this gives people another hopes ahead of the next season competition. They have the full squad that won them a trophy, and they don't have problems in their positions. However, let's see how Arsenal will turn up next season. I know they will be ready for it, and I think they have known their mistakes by now.

Yes, Manchester City is still a very strong candidate to become Premier League champions next season. The reason is that you are right, that in the last few seasons Manchester City has always won the Premier League in a row. So it is not impossible that next season Manchester City can win the Premier League title again. But even so, we should not underestimate Arsenal either. The reason is, Arsenal also has a big chance of becoming Premier League champions. Because it has been proven that in these two seasons Arsenal has shown very good performance and almost always becomes champion. But unfortunately Arsenal is always unable to compete with Manchester City.

Apart from that, it is true that Arsenal currently still lacks a striker, and until now Arteta as Arsenal coach has not made any changes or bought a new striker. Currently Arsenal have only made 2 purchases in the transfer market this summer, namely making permanent David Raya who plays as a goalkeeper and also buying Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna who plays as a center back. So until now Arsenal has not bought a new striker. However, perhaps Arteta still feels that even with the strikers that Arsenal currently have, they will still be able to compete well in the Premier League next season.

So the point is that Arsenal next season should not be underestimated, because Arsenal will definitely perform very well. That's why Arsenal's chances of becoming Premier League champions next season are very big too.

[OcTradism]

Apart from that, it is true that Arsenal currently still lacks a striker, and until now Arteta as Arsenal coach has not made any changes or bought a new striker. However, perhaps Arteta still feels that even with the strikers that Arsenal currently have, they will still be able to compete well in the Premier League next season.

Arsenal don't have a good striker after time of Aubameyang but we need to consider why Aubameyang had to leave Arsenal. It's because Arteta did not want to use that striker in the club and he wants to build up different tactics with less dependence on a traditional striker like Aubameyang.

Gabriel Jesus was brought to Arsenal as a replacement for Aubameyang, after two seasons, it seems the Brazilian player failed to convince people that he is a good striker for Arsenal. It's not surprising because he was not a main player in Manchester City and in his national team Brazil, he is part of their crisis on the striker position.

Currently Arsenal have only made 2 purchases in the transfer market this summer, namely making permanent David Raya who plays as a goalkeeper and also buying Riccardo Calafiori from Bologna who plays as a center back. So until now Arsenal has not bought a new striker.

Signing a long contract with Raya and buying Calafiori from Bologna are very good activities from Arsenal to enhance their defense. They need to have good defense first before anything else to win Premier League. In last two seasons, Arsenal played well and their attacking system worked well too. Having good defense system will help them to avoid defeats and minimize lost points and if they can improve their attacks, they can score more goals, get more points too.

[lizarder]

I'd agree with you on your observations because even the Coach of the Liverpool side, Arne Sorloth noticed the same thing. The Gunners were the better side and had every opportunity to turn the game around but for the absence of a good finisher, it only amounted to wasted chances. It just needed a calm and collected finish from Salah and Carvalho to cement their victory over Arsenal and when you look at it, it's enough to pity the Mikel Arteta led Arsenal because despite being pressurized, they didn't give up that hold they had.
 It may be a friendly game but it's enough to send a message to Arsenal that this new season won't be business as usual.

Arteta must try to fix the front line especially for the striker position and in the match that ended in defeat for them, it was seen because the finishing was still inconsistent. Whereas if you look at Arsenal managed to dominate the match and they played neatly between each other. The striker must be an evaluation for Arteta and I think they need to find the right figure to face the competition next season.

Liverpool played more carefully and tried to defend to control the attacks that Arsenal tried to build but Arsenal actually conceded. Although this is a pre-season match, Arsenal must try to improve their game if they want to compete for the title. Because the real match when the league starts will be much more difficult and may be much more tense than the pre-season lag itself.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I'd agree with you on your observations because even the Coach of the Liverpool side, Arne Sorloth noticed the same thing. The Gunners were the better side and had every opportunity to turn the game around but for the absence of a good finisher, it only amounted to wasted chances. It just needed a calm and collected finish from Salah and Carvalho to cement their victory over Arsenal and when you look at it, it's enough to pity the Mikel Arteta led Arsenal because despite being pressurized, they didn't give up that hold they had.
 It may be a friendly game but it's enough to send a message to Arsenal that this new season won't be business as usual.

Arteta must try to fix the front line especially for the striker position and in the match that ended in defeat for them, it was seen because the finishing was still inconsistent. Whereas if you look at Arsenal managed to dominate the match and they played neatly between each other. The striker must be an evaluation for Arteta and I think they need to find the right figure to face the competition next season.

Liverpool played more carefully and tried to defend to control the attacks that Arsenal tried to build but Arsenal actually conceded. Although this is a pre-season match, Arsenal must try to improve their game if they want to compete for the title. Because the real match when the league starts will be much more difficult and may be much more tense than the pre-season lag itself.

Well, on the norm, it is expected that some clubs won't play their best during the pre-season leg, most especially when if the match is not one that qualifiers the club to enter the main league season.
It's just like a country playing against another country in a friendly match, it is always only the team that have determined to win that will always win at the end of the day.

So, personally, I am believeing that Arsenal will play their best yet again in the coming season, they may just be seeing the pre-season leg as a way to just exercise and keep their body fit and ready for the real deal.