Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Majestic-milf]

What is your conclusion from Chelsea's pre-season results? It seems that not having enough results makes us believe they will have a good result for the upcoming League. But from my experience, pre-season matches cannot be a definite benchmark for results in the league that will run. Maresca also looks set to work to the maximum, but it looks like he still needs some adjustment and time. But I think next season there will be a lot of surprises.

Except someone will tell me Enzo is saving his best tactics for the season and is not taking pre season friendlies seriously that's why they are getting this dismal results, I would understand, but then, they say what is in you can't be hidden and so no matter how you try to dim it, it will always find a way to come out.
 Of the four or five games they played during the tour, it's only one Chelsea were able to win and it was against a club in Mexico (Club America) whose strength can't be compared to even the weak clubs in the EPL.
 Enzo Maresca is really not having a good time right now seeing as he's not performing as he should be doing as he did at Leicester. What I think is that they will not find it easy this season because I don't think any club right now will be willing to relax on their sails and let Chelsea pass them because they will all be struggling to avoid the drop zone or not being able to qualify for European competition.

 

[panjul07]

I don't know how this season will look like for Chelsea but witg how they are performing in the friendlies, I'm beginning to have a clue.

What is your conclusion from Chelsea's pre-season results? It seems that not having enough results makes us believe they will have a good result for the upcoming League. But from my experience, pre-season matches cannot be a definite benchmark for results in the league that will run. Maresca also looks set to work to the maximum, but it looks like he still needs some adjustment and time. But I think next season there will be a lot of surprises.

Looking at the last 5 friendly matches, they won 1 match only 1 draw and 3 losses, of course it is not a good result but I have to agree that pre-season friendly match is not showing the real performance of the team.
I can even say that losing more matches on pre-season matches can help any team to evaluate better and try to improve themselves for the real competitions.
By the way, I also do not see Chelsea are doing good in the window transfer because I dont see popular names in their new arrived players.
I'm not sure how Chelsea will look like in the upcoming season, whether they will be able to compete with other big teams or not next upcoming season.
We will have to wait even until some matches in the new season to know how great a team is (not only Chelsea).

[Palakka]

Well, they had an opportunity to make this upcoming season much better but they decided to let it slide by kicking Mauricio Pochettino out, that man took them to the Europa League spot after several errors by previous coaches and if not that Manchester United defeated City to win the FA Cup, Chelsea would've played in Europa League instead of Conference League, but then how did the board pay him back, by cutting ties with him when his bond with players on an off the team became strong. Enzo Maresca might encounter lots of difficulties and things might be worst than other coaches, not leaving behind the fact that he could have a serious confusion in selecting his best XI due to bulky squad depth. As for changing Maresca, it won't come like a surprise given that Todd Boehly lack patience and won't hesitate to look for another option if Maresca doesn't miss his expectations.

Chelsea was to quick to be sacking Mauricio Pochettino everyone deserves a chance to improve I can count how many coaches Chelsea have sacked within two seasons and if they continue like this people won't really have enough time for their strategy to actually work, but all Chelsea care about is instant result and for them to get exactly what they desire they will need to give their coaches more time to be able to establish what ever plan they have an not rush and expect to get results. Winning Europa was not enough for them. If not they would have even appreciated him at least winning a title for them but they want Chelsea to be equal with Manchester City and it won't be possible. They can not be on the same level with Manchester City. And even Manchester United winning the fa cup was all luck to me. Look at what happened to Manchester United during the preseason game with Liverpool they did not even stand a chance against them that is Liverpool for you. Enzo Maresca Will also try is best and and if they don't get results am sure Chelsea will fire him also but this season am sure nothing will come out of Chelsea.

The decision to fire Pochettino is one of the decisions that raises a big question mark at the moment regarding the reasons for his dismissal, We admit that last season Chelsea slumped in the middle of the season but even so they started to run quite steadily to end the season in 6th place,  they actually have a chance to playing in the European league next season but Manchester United luck in winning the FA actually became a nightmare for Chelsea who ended up having to play in the current conference league, Pochettino had a good framework for facing next season but unfortunately he was fired at the end of the season, in my opinion if Todd Boehly really wants to see Chelsea develop and become a strong team again, they should keep Pochettino as coach because after all he only needs a little more touch to maximize Chelsea next season and that is different from what Enzo Maresca has to do as Chelsea new coach at the moment , Enzo Maresca of course needs time to find a team framework that suits his strategy and playing style, so I think that will not be easy to do in fast time especially since he has no experience in handling young players so far.

[topbitcoin]

The two goals scored by Madrid in that match were actually not due to the greatness of the Madrid players, but rather the poor and weak defense that Chelsea currently has, even from what we saw today, don't we all really miss Rudiger, Thiago Silva and also Koulibally is currently in Chelsea defense, not the clowns that Chelsea bought expensively, such as Fofana, Colwill and Badiashile.
I think Madrid second goal could have been prevented if only Badiashile had moved quicker to block the ball into the goal and not just watched without making the slightest effort to prevent it.

The 2 goals Madrid scored came from 2 failed offside traps from Chelsea which Madrid made good use of. There were a lot of mistakes, especially in terms of communication and relying too much on each other, which made Chelsea hassle themselves in securing their defense.
Madrid's attack pattern is still not too good actually and we can see that there are so many opportunities that seem to be wasted by Madrid but on the other hand it cannot be denied that although Madrid is still not too good in terms of attack but Chelsea is also very bad in their defense which makes Madrid win and seems to be an easy match in this match. Enzo Marescca still has to work hard to change Chelsea at this time because they still have not shown the performance they should show.

[Agbe]

Well, they had an opportunity to make this upcoming season much better but they decided to let it slide by kicking Mauricio Pochettino out, that man took them to the Europa League spot after several errors by previous coaches and if not that Manchester United defeated City to win the FA Cup, Chelsea would've played in Europa League instead of Conference League, but then how did the board pay him back, by cutting ties with him when his bond with players on an off the team became strong. Enzo Maresca might encounter lots of difficulties and things might be worst than other coaches, not leaving behind the fact that he could have a serious confusion in selecting his best XI due to bulky squad depth. As for changing Maresca, it won't come like a surprise given that Todd Boehly lack patience and won't hesitate to look for another option if Maresca doesn't miss his expectations.

Chelsea was to quick to be sacking Mauricio Pochettino everyone deserves a chance to improve I can count how many coaches Chelsea have sacked within two seasons and if they continue like this people won't really have enough time for their strategy to actually work, but all Chelsea care about is instant result and for them to get exactly what they desire they will need to give their coaches more time to be able to establish what ever plan they have an not rush and expect to get results. Winning Europa was not enough for them. If not they would have even appreciated him at least winning a title for them but they want Chelsea to be equal with Manchester City and it won't be possible. They can not be on the same level with Manchester City. And even Manchester United winning the fa cup was all luck to me. Look at what happened to Manchester United during the preseason game with Liverpool they did not even stand a chance against them that is Liverpool for you. Enzo Maresca Will also try is best and and if they don't get results am sure Chelsea will fire him also but this season am sure nothing will come out of Chelsea.

What is happening to Chelsea is just like my country National Team. Well to some ways I wouldn't blame the management of Chelsea because the coach, Mauricio Pochettino was a employed to do well which was to win games and probably win the cup. But whereby the team loss in their his first match and loss the second match and probably loss the third game then, it is better to sack him than keep him to lose continually. All teams be a National Team or Club side games, they all need good coach and good players and that is why if a player didn't do well in the first game and the second game, the coach has to replace him with another player that is good.

The most important aspect of coach is to detect the errors of the players and correct them through coaching and that is why friendly Match is vet important on this aspect on football. Given second chance would have killed the team again. And Chelsea right now needs good players and I don't why they have not taken Victor Osimhen in the team.

[aylabadia05]

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Looking at the last 5 friendly matches, they won 1 match only 1 draw and 3 losses, of course it is not a good result but I have to agree that pre-season friendly match is not showing the real performance of the team.
I can even say that losing more matches on pre-season matches can help any team to evaluate better and try to improve themselves for the real competitions.
By the way, I also do not see Chelsea are doing good in the window transfer because I dont see popular names in their new arrived players.
I'm not sure how Chelsea will look like in the upcoming season, whether they will be able to compete with other big teams or not next upcoming season.
We will have to wait even until some matches in the new season to know how great a team is (not only Chelsea).

I'm also not really sure what Chelsea's fate will be once the new season starts. It is hoped that their performance will really improve in the hands of their new coach, but it is true that no top players have been brought in during the transfer market so far. Chelsea are not yet out of the unpleasant zone, so they still have to fight hard to get their best performance and return to competing fiercely at the top of the standings.

Chelsea's current squad size is really large since several of their loan players have returned, while Chelsea has once again increased its player quota by bringing in at least 7 new players. Marc Guiu, Omari Kellyman, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Renato Veiga, Caleb Wiley, Tosin Adarabioyo and Filip Jorgensen are the names of the newcomers, but none of them are top players. Who knows what Chelsea's scouts have in mind regarding their transfer approach, this is a bit strange.

[ajiz138]

I don't know how this season will look like for Chelsea but witg how they are performing in the friendlies, I'm beginning to have a clue.

What is your conclusion from Chelsea's pre-season results? It seems that not having enough results makes us believe they will have a good result for the upcoming League. But from my experience, pre-season matches cannot be a definite benchmark for results in the league that will run. Maresca also looks set to work to the maximum, but it looks like he still needs some adjustment and time. But I think next season there will be a lot of surprises.

Chelsea in the Preseason match is bad enough to say but that's right it doesn't make a benchmark because it could be that later after the league starts there will be many surprises where Chelsea will be more dominant it could be like that, although in the pre-season match it can also be made a little benchmark but Chelsea's personal opinion will not perform better and this needs a long process for Chelsea to get back on track.

[Frankolala]

I don't know how this season will look like for Chelsea but witg how they are performing in the friendlies, I'm beginning to have a clue.

What is your conclusion from Chelsea's pre-season results? It seems that not having enough results makes us believe they will have a good result for the upcoming League. But from my experience, pre-season matches cannot be a definite benchmark for results in the league that will run. Maresca also looks set to work to the maximum, but it looks like he still needs some adjustment and time. But I think next season there will be a lot of surprises.

Looking at the last 5 friendly matches, they won 1 match only 1 draw and 3 losses, of course it is not a good result but I have to agree that pre-season friendly match is not showing the real performance of the team.
I can even say that losing more matches on pre-season matches can help any team to evaluate better and try to improve themselves for the real competitions.
By the way, I also do not see Chelsea are doing good in the window transfer because I dont see popular names in their new arrived players.
I'm not sure how Chelsea will look like in the upcoming season, whether they will be able to compete with other big teams or not next upcoming season.
We will have to wait even until some matches in the new season to know how great a team is (not only Chelsea).

This has being Chelsea's problem, they recruit a lot of average players every season that will start looking for how to cope with the team. A big name is needed in Chelsea when signing so that he can add to the club's performance for success but I am not seeing anyone yet and that is what is making Chelsea under Abrahmovich different from this new Chelsea.

I just hope that they don't regret at the end of next season just as they always do whenever the season comes to an end. Let it not be that they spent too much with not good result because it will be a waste of funds.

[$crypto$]

I don't know how this season will look like for Chelsea but witg how they are performing in the friendlies, I'm beginning to have a clue.

What is your conclusion from Chelsea's pre-season results? It seems that not having enough results makes us believe they will have a good result for the upcoming League. But from my experience, pre-season matches cannot be a definite benchmark for results in the league that will run. Maresca also looks set to work to the maximum, but it looks like he still needs some adjustment and time. But I think next season there will be a lot of surprises.

Indeed, this cannot be used as a benchmark for next season because after all these pre-season matches are sometimes only used as a forum to prepare themselves and give some young players to prepare for the great tension in the season to be implemented.

But on the other hand of course from every match there must be lessons to be taken as well as for Chelsea in their pre-season matches. The problem is that from one match to another for Chelsea i don't really see that Maresca learns from mistakes.  They still can't work well together in every friendly match. They also still tend to be weak in defense which makes this a bit worrying.

Chelsea have only one more preseason match against Inter before they are immediately faced with a big match in the opening match against Manchester City. and i think Maresca should be able to at least improve the defensive performance and player chemistry in the last pre-season match before they really start the new season in the EPL.
 

[Alpha Marine]

Except someone will tell me Enzo is saving his best tactics for the season and is not taking pre season friendlies seriously that's why they are getting this dismal results, I would understand, but then, they say what is in you can't be hidden and so no matter how you try to dim it, it will always find a way to come out.
 Of the four or five games they played during the tour, it's only one Chelsea were able to win and it was against a club in Mexico (Club America) whose strength can't be compared to even the weak clubs in the EPL.
 Enzo Maresca is really not having a good time right now seeing as he's not performing as he should be doing as he did at Leicester. What I think is that they will not find it easy this season because I don't think any club right now will be willing to relax on their sails and let Chelsea pass them because they will all be struggling to avoid the drop zone or not being able to qualify for European competition.

With the state of the players at Chelsea, I don't expect him to start winning immediately. Also, he's a new coach who is still trying to find his feet and the pre-season is the time where he can experiment all he wants. Let the players Chelsea are signing not deceive you, that team is a mess. I can't really tell what's going on in that team.
They have a total of 45 first-team players in their squad, that's absurd. You'll think that's the worst of it but no. All those 45 players are a bunch of average players and many of them are young players even teenagers. Who runs a club like that? It would be that mad if this club spent little money in signing these players but they spent a billion+ in pounds to acquire those players and that is excluding the signings they made this window. I wonder how the fans are just so quiet about all of this.
Now they're about to spend about 40 million pounds or so on Samu Omorodion, a player that scored 8 goals last season. They way they do business is laughable.

[bastisisca]

Actually, nobody expected Manchester United to even have a competition against Manchester City. We all thought that Manchester City was going to win the match easily against Manchester United. Why Manchester City was unable to win is very easy to understand. The defense of Manchester City did not work very well at that particular day. If someone, before the match thought that Manchester United was going to win against Manchester City, he was absolutely a Manchester United fan. Otherwise, almost nobody thought that Manchester City would lose. And even though Manchester United was able to win the FA Cup, probably the coach Ten Hag should still have been fired. He did not do a good job. Obviously, it is good for the authority that they are giving him another chance. But will he be able to make amends?


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By the way, this weekend the FA Cup winner is coming up to fight against the Premier League champions 
Looking forward to this match.. 

The odds are overwhelming, no one really expects anything from Manchester United, from the famous red furies.
Manchester City is becoming a powerful and relentless team, so much so that it has truly ruthless betting odds.
Obviously bookmarks don't go to take money: so here too the result is obvious.

[hahay]

The two goals scored by Madrid in that match were actually not due to the greatness of the Madrid players, but rather the poor and weak defense that Chelsea currently has, even from what we saw today, don't we all really miss Rudiger, Thiago Silva and also Koulibally is currently in Chelsea defense, not the clowns that Chelsea bought expensively, such as Fofana, Colwill and Badiashile.
I think Madrid second goal could have been prevented if only Badiashile had moved quicker to block the ball into the goal and not just watched without making the slightest effort to prevent it.

The 2 goals Madrid scored came from 2 failed offside traps from Chelsea which Madrid made good use of. There were a lot of mistakes, especially in terms of communication and relying too much on each other, which made Chelsea hassle themselves in securing their defense.
Madrid's attack pattern is still not too good actually and we can see that there are so many opportunities that seem to be wasted by Madrid but on the other hand it cannot be denied that although Madrid is still not too good in terms of attack but Chelsea is also very bad in their defense which makes Madrid win and seems to be an easy match in this match. Enzo Marescca still has to work hard to change Chelsea at this time because they still have not shown the performance they should show.

Losing or winning is not an important result in a friendly match like this because the most important thing, of course, is that the coach can evaluate to be able to improve the team's performance to be better for next season. So yes, I personally will not blame them as you said and also cannot want the old players you mentioned to return. Because anyway, with a friendly match like this will also certainly make the coach be able to correct his shortcomings and mistakes.

But, if Enzo Maresca is unable to improve the team's performance next season, then of course Chelsea will again fire the coach at the end of the season. Because after all, a coach must certainly be able to make the team better after doing a lot of strategy experiments also in pre-season matches like this. So yes, let's just look forward to whether Enzo Maresca will succeed in making Chelsea better next season or not, or maybe for the umpteenth time Chelsea will fire the coach. Lol

[Leviathan.007]

Since Manchester United couldn't have a good performance so far during the last season now they want to improve the team and especially the midfielders, that's why they decided to stop working with Casemiro and McTominay while these two players are both key players, and effective for Manchester united but they won't stop working with both players and hire some other players instead and they think Manuel Ugarte but this player too expensive and PSG asked 65 million euros for him that's why Manchester United thinks about Sander Berge the player Burnley.
 

 

[Chilwell]

Chelsea seal €40m agreement with Atletico Madrid for promising striker

Atletico Madrid are about to close the signings of Conor Gallagher and Julian Alvarez, but with those big-money moves happening, it was inevitable that a significant sale would be needed to balance the books. It will soon come to fruition, with Samu Omorodion heading in the opposition direction to Gallagher.

Fabrizio Romano has confirmed that a deal has been agreed between Atleti and Chelsea for Samu. A fixed fee of €40m will be paid for the 20-year-old striker, who leaves Los Colchoneros less than 12 months after he signed from Granada for only €6m.

Source link: https://www.yardbarker.com/soccer/articles/chelsea_seal_40m_agreement_with_atletico_madrid_for_promising_striker/s1_15980_40714642

[bitgolden]

Enzo Maresca needs to learn from the pre-season game they played, plus the challenges he will face next season with the players the team provided to him. Chelsea is not a team that is patient with its managers, they are always interested in achieving good outcomes each season. I won't think about Maresca as a bad manager only because they failed the pre-season games, I believe Chelsea will recover and win their games.

Enzo Maresca seems like a manager that will take time to adjust to life at the big boys table, he has been staff for a while, but manager for less and I think it is going to be not that easy to get good results right away. Just because he studied and worked under Pep Guardiola, doesn't mean that he is going to be great and I believe that he is going to face some issues about managing player as well.

What Pep does is not simple, I know that Pep always worked with amazing teams and that's why everyone keep saying that what he did is a hard thing that not everyone can do, but the reality is that I have seen squads better than current City and yet they ended up being not as good as City, that's the simple reality. Look at how much money they spent in the last 5-10 years, there are teams that spent more and got nothing in return.

So Chelsea should be fine, they spend a lot, but I am not expecting top three from them, even four would be very hard, best case for them this season is top 6 at the moment and they will probably do that unless they suck. This is why Enzo has a very tough job, he is taking over a team that is barely there, and it is going to be very tough for him to build this team.

[Antotena]

Chelsea in the Preseason match is bad enough to say but that's right it doesn't make a benchmark because it could be that later after the league starts there will be many surprises where Chelsea will be more dominant it could be like that, although in the pre-season match it can also be made a little benchmark but Chelsea's personal opinion will not perform better and this needs a long process for Chelsea to get back on track.

Everyone aren't impressed by what Chelsea played and because they flopped last season, there is much expectations from them especially now that there is a new coach for the team, they have no excuses to lose match in this pre-season, they ought to have tear any team they played against but so far they have loss 3 matches and draw one and win one which is not impressive to people. The question they are asking is where is Chelsea going this season.

Todd Boehly is just unfortunate with Chelsea club, I'm not sure there is anyone that is unlucky like him when it comes to purchase of a club, from been a standard club to one of the low level club. If not for the hype and the past glory the club has achieved, it will be long forgotten or become one time performing club like Tottenham spur.

[rendravolt]

It still feels like a dream to see Arsenal successfully slaughter Leverkusen with a landslide score and is this really the Arsenal we know?

Even though this is only a pre-season match, the Gunners are so serious about being able to beat Leverkusen and I think this could be a good record after successfully beating last season's Bundesliga champions. Mikel Arteta must also be very happy with his team's performance in this match and it looks like he's fielding all of his main squad so they can win.

On the other hand, maybe Xabi Alonso freed his players here and didn't burden them all too much to achieve maximum results. Leverkusen certainly just wants their players to stay fit before the season starts and I think a defeat like this feels quite reasonable. It looks like Xabi Alonso also only fielded his reserve players and it's a stark contrast to what Arsenal did. In addition, Granit Xhaka was finally able to reunite against his former team and this was a fun match for him.

[Coyster]

The odds are overwhelming, no one really expects anything from Manchester United, from the famous red furies.
Manchester City is becoming a powerful and relentless team, so much so that it has truly ruthless betting odds.
Obviously bookmarks don't go to take money: so here too the result is obvious.

City are usually favorites to win against most teams in the world, and definitely against Manchester United, but the Manchester derby can be unpredictable sometimes and even the team in form can lose unexpectedly. Nobody expected Manchester United to beat City in the 2023/2024 Fa cup final, but they did. Don't get me wrong, i am not saying United is going to win the game, but there is a chance, and to add to that, the first game of the new season is usually tricky and the best players might not be at their best.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Well, they had an opportunity to make this upcoming season much better but they decided to let it slide by kicking Mauricio Pochettino out, that man took them to the Europa League spot after several errors by previous coaches and if not that Manchester United defeated City to win the FA Cup, Chelsea would've played in Europa League instead of Conference League, but then how did the board pay him back, by cutting ties with him when his bond with players on an off the team became strong. Enzo Maresca might encounter lots of difficulties and things might be worst than other coaches, not leaving behind the fact that he could have a serious confusion in selecting his best XI due to bulky squad depth. As for changing Maresca, it won't come like a surprise given that Todd Boehly lack patience and won't hesitate to look for another option if Maresca doesn't miss his expectations.

Chelsea was to quick to be sacking Mauricio Pochettino everyone deserves a chance to improve I can count how many coaches Chelsea have sacked within two seasons and if they continue like this people won't really have enough time for their strategy to actually work, but all Chelsea care about is instant result and for them to get exactly what they desire they will need to give their coaches more time to be able to establish what ever plan they have an not rush and expect to get results. Winning Europa was not enough for them. If not they would have even appreciated him at least winning a title for them but they want Chelsea to be equal with Manchester City and it won't be possible. They can not be on the same level with Manchester City. And even Manchester United winning the fa cup was all luck to me. Look at what happened to Manchester United during the preseason game with Liverpool they did not even stand a chance against them that is Liverpool for you. Enzo Maresca Will also try is best and and if they don't get results am sure Chelsea will fire him also but this season am sure nothing will come out of Chelsea.

Honestly, the way Chelsea have been sacking coaches, that's why they are not being getting reasonable improvement from those coaches. If they had given them more time, it may have lead to great improvement for Chelsea. As for Pochettino, I was not expecting that Chelsea would sack him so quickly like that, with the way he was trying his best. If Arsenal, which have improved under Arteta, now have the chances Arsenal has given him, I don't know why Chelsea will not be that patient with Pochettino. Any teams that sack coaches anyhow will find it very hard to see what they aim to achieve. Many coaches that Chelsea have brought and sacked were better managers in the teams they were in before,but the time Chelsea is not giving them is what is causing them not to achieve Chelsea's aims.

[Jaycoinz]

The odds are overwhelming, no one really expects anything from Manchester United, from the famous red furies.
Manchester City is becoming a powerful and relentless team, so much so that it has truly ruthless betting odds.
Obviously bookmarks don't go to take money: so here too the result is obvious.

City are usually favorites to win against most teams in the world, and definitely against Manchester United, but the Manchester derby can be unpredictable sometimes and even the team in form can lose unexpectedly. Nobody expected Manchester United to beat City in the 2023/2024 Fa cup final, but they did. Don't get me wrong, i am not saying United is going to win the game, but there is a chance, and to add to that, the first game of the new season is usually tricky and the best players might not be at their best.

Manchester united I would say got really lucky the last time they even won the FA cup from their city rivals because it was a clear stand that Manchester city are way better than united and I know they would definitely win the community shield from united this weekend although I can't be really certain as per say because that title isn't really that serious and they might decide to start their second squad and not all their top players.