⚽ English Premier League Season: 2024/2025

[Distraction]

Many matches have been postponed due to FA Cup this week. And as far as I can see, the most attention getting match this week is Tottenham - West Ham. It is going to be played two days later and Tottenham are the closest team to win this match as well. But they are not a very clear favourite also. Because West Ham are one of the toughest teams of this season. And actually, they have the same points with Tottenham right now and they are one place above Tottenham. So I would have expected Tottenham to have at least a winning odd of 2 in this. Tottenham would be able to win but it would be by a one-goal gap I think.

[Minor Miner]

Many matches have been postponed due to FA Cup this week. And as far as I can see, the most attention getting match this week is Tottenham - West Ham. It is going to be played two days later and Tottenham are the closest team to win this match as well. But they are not a very clear favourite also. Because West Ham are one of the toughest teams of this season. And actually, they have the same points with Tottenham right now and they are one place above Tottenham. So I would have expected Tottenham to have at least a winning odd of 2 in this. Tottenham would be able to win but it would be by a one-goal gap I think.

The Tottenham versus West Ham match is going to be interesting surely because If West Ham wins they will go ahead of Arsenal and be at the 4th spot but if Tottenham wins, they will not go beyond Arsenal. They will be behind Arsenal because of goal difference unless they win by a 4 goal difference.

But, Even if Arsenal goes behind they have two matches in their hand and I think they will be able to get at least four points out of those matches.

[minairia3]

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Liverpool is far better than Arsenal. Yes Arsenal is doing better and is worth to be on top 5. Liverpool's constant performance is indicating its way to snatch the cup. Lots of chances behind. Yes Man City is the best team now but when compared to Liverpool in the recent matches, Liverpool is playing better than Man City. Man City has to perform well in the upcoming match to withhold its current position.

Liverpool is going to overtake them (Manchester City) and as if the first spot in the league. I am not underestimating Manchester City because they are a great team and showed great performance this season but right now the form that Liverpool is in I don't think they are going to be stopped by Manchester City or any other team.

Liverpool is obviously better than Arsenal, and Arsenal has to do better if they want to compete at the top level, by the top-level I obviously mean competing with Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, and top teams like these. They also need to make some changes in the squad otherwise they will not be able to compete at that level.

Liverpool, Man C, Chelsea, yes. Although I suppose it remains to be seen whether Chelsea will start to drop away due to the Abramovich sanctions and the uncertainty at the club.
I'd disagree though that Arsenal need to do better to compete with Man U. I think Arsenal are better than Man U right now. They will qualify for the Champions League next season, and Man U won't.

I think Arsenal is going to finish in the top four and Manchester United is not. Because obviously at this moment Arsenal is better than Manchester United. Not necessarily in terms of the strength of the squad but performance-wise Arsenal is the better team now. It seems highly unlikely that Manchester United is going to finish ahead of Arsenal in this season. If anything, West Ham and Tottenham are right behind Manchester United and they are going to cause Manchester United a lot of trouble in my opinion.

[Igebotz]

Both are good tips but I'm also considering playing Everton - Newcastle 2HT most scoring half @2.05 both teams are hunting for points so they would want to play very safely to avoid conceding HT goals so I think we would see more goals in the second half of the game.

I didn't watch the match but read the news that something weird went on at Goodison Park and the refs gave the match a stoppage time of around 17 minutes which gave Lampard's boys to win the match.  LOL.  And I really thought that bet was in the bag.  No I remember why I was quitting betting in football.    I think the football betting gods are having a riot laughing at me.

Lol. There were some unusual incidents during the game, and the game was stopped for 8 minutes and restarted, as well as some cases of injuries that delayed game play, so it was fair that the ref added 14 minutes to compensate for all the time wasted, and Iwobi scored at 90+9.

[püsür]

As in the transfer of Tottenham Kulusevski, if Tottenham transfers 2-3 points directly for the first 11 and makes 1-2 quality transfers within the squad width, it will be a completely different team next year. They have very good coach. Kane - Son offensive duo is great, they need to get a forward to compete with Kane now and change the score when he enters the game. Midfielder, defender, striker, getting Klusevski permanently would be a good point.

Kane and Son are both players who have the ability to keep the ball forward and can play by constantly changing places. If you create a position with enough productive midfielders and wingers for these players, they will score a lot more goals than they are currently scoring.

[JollyGood]

I think there is something very strange with that user  

I am not saying this is what happened here with the user asus09 but in most cases it is probably all about the signature campaign trying to make up posts for the sake of meeting the number of posts required to get paid and in other cases it is about mixing up alt-accounts and posting nonsense in the confusion.

Liferpol managed to beat Mariam London last night with a score of 0-2, even though liferpol played at the opponent's cage, but liferpol managed to bring home 3 points, with last night's victory liferpol was only one point behind
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Wtf is Mariam London man!! You used it in almost all your post and it's Liverpool not liferpol, you are totally out of point. The game is not for you.

Anyway, here are the recent previous Premier League results. The next set of games will take place on 2nd April 2022:

[tokeweed]

Both are good tips but I'm also considering playing Everton - Newcastle 2HT most scoring half @2.05 both teams are hunting for points so they would want to play very safely to avoid conceding HT goals so I think we would see more goals in the second half of the game.

I didn't watch the match but read the news that something weird went on at Goodison Park and the refs gave the match a stoppage time of around 17 minutes which gave Lampard's boys to win the match.  LOL.  And I really thought that bet was in the bag.  No I remember why I was quitting betting in football.    I think the football betting gods are having a riot laughing at me.

Lol. There were some unusual incidents during the game, and the game was stopped for 8 minutes and restarted, as well as some cases of injuries that delayed game play, so it was fair that the ref added 14 minutes to compensate for all the time wasted, and Iwobi scored at 90+9.

Ah...  Lol.  It's like wouldn't allow the match to end nil - nil.  If I was watching it live I'm pretty sure I would be feeling that I wouldn't get my money back.  And I didn't.    I was so confident Newcastle could win that one too.  I swear fooball is the hardest sport to win bets on.  The UFC feels so much easier.

Anyway, you guys check the lines for the outright in the EPL.  Liverpool is at2.65 to win the league...  Proceed in checking Man City's next 4 matches after Burnley.    Value?

[JollyGood]

While we all wait for the next set of games to take place (which are on 2nd April 2022), here is the current Premier League table. I think it is clear Liverpool will not be giving up the chase on Manchester City after they had that emphatic win at Arsenal. For me, it was unexpected because I posted before the game I thought Arsenal would win the game.

Both have played 29 games but Liverpool are just 1 point behind leaders Manchester City now, that is a massive compliment to Klopp for keeping Liverpool in the correct mindset and never giving up.

Another thing to note is the chase for 3rd and 4th is not over yet either. Unless Chelsea suffer a series of draws and defeats they will end the season in 3rd place and play with Manchester City and Liverpool in the Champions League next season but the 4th place finish is something that Arsenal and Tottenham have made exciting.

Arsenal bounced back from the home defeat to Liverpool by winning away at Villa while Spurs won away at Brighton and then at home to West Ham. Manchester United have now have very little chance to catch Arsenal in 4th but it is not impossible. Well done to Arteta and Conte for challenging Manchester United for the 4th place finish.

At the foot of the table, Everton beat Newcastle to give themselves 3 points of breathing space above the relegation zone and they have the comfort of 2 games in hand over 18th placed Watford. It is still too close to say whether Everton and Leeds are out of reach but things will be clearer after the next set of games.

[Igebotz]

Ah...  Lol.  It's like wouldn't allow the match to end nil - nil.  If I was watching it live I'm pretty sure I would be feeling that I wouldn't get my money back.  And I didn't.    I was so confident Newcastle could win that one too.  I swear fooball is the hardest sport to win bets on.  The UFC feels so much easier.

Football betting has two sides: you either win or you lose everything. I'm not comfortable betting on any other sports other than football. I've tried UFC multiple times, but it was all guesswork because I didn't know much about it other than a few fighters. The EPL and Turkey league are the most difficult and complicated leagues to bet on.

Anyway, you guys check the lines for the outright in the EPL.  Liverpool is at2.65 to win the league...  Proceed in checking Man City's next 4 matches after Burnley.    Value?

2.65 odd? Nope not worth the risk although ist not impossible for Liverpool to come from behind and win the league but I don't see it happening, Manchester City will be champions at the end of the season.

Another thing to note is the chase for 3rd and 4th is not over yet either. Unless Chelsea suffer a series of draws and defeats they will end the season in 3rd place and play with Manchester City and Liverpool in the Champions League next season but the 4th place finish is something that Arsenal and Tottenham have made exciting.

I believe Chelsea were unlucky this season because they had the chance to win the league in January but a series of injuries and covid19 crises really messed up our chances. While other matches were postponed, Chelsea were still playing matches because our opponents were covid19 free, we were choked with cup fixtures and league matches while other clubs were resting, at some point we started having a series of draws, the game at Leeds and the loss at Watford hurt us so much, we were on top on the league, we cannot afford to lose third place. Only four more draws separated us from Liverpool and Manchester City in terms of points.

[JollyGood]

You sound optimistic about Chelsea catching Liverpool or Manchester City if they drop points. Though not impossible I would say it is a task too far because there are only 9 games remaining. Finishing 3rd would be a good season for Chelsea.

Think about it, if Chelsea did not have several injuries around Christmas period then would have had more points on the table. I think had they continued to be on the same level as before the injuries they would be challenging Manchester City and Liverpool for the Premier League title. Right now it is difficult to assess their success or failure because the season has not ended but let us say for argument sake Chelsea finish 3rd in the league and are in the finals of the Champions League (runners-up/losing finalists or winners) then it has to be classes a successful season considering the powerful display by Manchester City and Liverpool this season.

Manchester City and Liverpool as well as Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal had injury issues too but really they cannot be counted as justification or excuses for not performing well for most of the season.

Another thing to note is the chase for 3rd and 4th is not over yet either. Unless Chelsea suffer a series of draws and defeats they will end the season in 3rd place and play with Manchester City and Liverpool in the Champions League next season but the 4th place finish is something that Arsenal and Tottenham have made exciting.

I believe Chelsea were unlucky this season because they had the chance to win the league in January but a series of injuries and covid19 crises really messed up our chances. While other matches were postponed, Chelsea were still playing matches because our opponents were covid19 free, we were choked with cup fixtures and league matches while other clubs were resting, at some point we started having a series of draws, the game at Leeds and the loss at Watford hurt us so much, we were on top on the league, we cannot afford to lose third place. Only four more draws separated us from Liverpool and Manchester City in terms of points.

[Igebotz]

You sound optimistic about Chelsea catching Liverpool or Manchester City if they drop points. Though not impossible I would say it is a task too far because there are only 9 games remaining. Finishing 3rd would be a good season for Chelsea.

Nope!! We are not able to catch hem. As I previously stated, we only had chances in late December and early January, but four extra draws more than Manchester City ruined our season, both Manchester City and Chelsea had the same amount of losses (3), it's already been a good season winning the Super Cup, the World Club Cup, the League Cup runner medal, the FA Cup Qrt final (on), the Champions League Qrt final (on), being sanctioned, and still 3rd in the league.

Manchester City and Liverpool as well as Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal had injury issues too but really they cannot be counted as justification or excuses for not performing well for most of the season.

When the injuries were bad, the FA postponed games for Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, and Tottenham. Only Chelsea and Manchester United had their appeals turned down, and we had only two players on the bench against Leeds and Watford.

[JollyGood]

Thank you for correcting me you are not optimistic about Chelsea catching the top two teams. Like you I also see this simply as a two horse race between Manchester City and Liverpool but full credit to Liverpool for winning their games in hand and forcing Manchester City to panic after they closed the gap to just 1 point.

It was mentioned in the news about the UK government making some changes to their rules which will now allow Chelsea to sell tickets for home and away games in the Champions League but they will not be allowed to use the funds generated until their ownership situation is resolved. If things move along swiftly and Chelsea is sold by the UK government (and they keep all the money for themselves) before the start of next season then Chelsea can concentrate fully on playing football in Premier League and Champions League. Rumours circulating are that Tuchel might resign and some even suggest he might move to Old Trafford 

You sound optimistic about Chelsea catching Liverpool or Manchester City if they drop points. Though not impossible I would say it is a task too far because there are only 9 games remaining. Finishing 3rd would be a good season for Chelsea.

Nope!! We are not able to catch hem. As I previously stated, we only had chances in late December and early January, but four extra draws more than Manchester City ruined our season, both Manchester City and Chelsea had the same amount of losses (3), it's already been a good season winning the Super Cup, the World Club Cup, the League Cup runner medal, the FA Cup Qrt final (on), the Champions League Qrt final (on), being sanctioned, and still 3rd in the league.

Manchester City and Liverpool as well as Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal had injury issues too but really they cannot be counted as justification or excuses for not performing well for most of the season.

When the injuries were bad, the FA postponed games for Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, and Tottenham. Only Chelsea and Manchester United had their appeals turned down, and we had only two players on the bench against Leeds and Watford.

[Igebotz]

Thank you for correcting me you are not optimistic about Chelsea catching the top two teams. Like you I also see this simply as a two horse race between Manchester City and Liverpool but full credit to Liverpool for winning their games in hand and forcing Manchester City to panic after they closed the gap to just 1 point.

Yeah, Liverpool did a fantastic job winning all four outstanding games (correct me if I'm wrong), Arsenal also won all of their games, and Totteham was the only team that failed to win at least one of their four games. They squandered their only chance of finishing in the top four.

Rumours circulating are that Tuchel might resign and some even suggest he might move to Old Trafford 

Lol Since the sanction, the English media has been doing what they do best, linking every one of our players, including our coach, to various clubs across Europe. Tuchel has made it clear that he is unconcerned about what is going on at the club and that he is willing to stay as long as the club is still able to play football. Sooner or later, a new owner will emerge, and the club will resume normal operations.

[JollyGood]

It might be easy for the media and fans to jump on the sanctions bandwagon but some players could be leaving. What will happen with Rudiger? He is waiting to see who the new owner is before he signs a new contract or is that an excuse to delay everything even longer then walk away on a free transfer landing himself a huge salary and a multi-million signing on fee?

I am not sure on what Tuchel will do but he was won the Champions League in his first season with Chelsea and might do it again. I think he will consider moving on and looking for a new challenge and nobody will blame him. If he decides to leave Tuchel might look to Spain because he already managed in the German, French and English leagues.

Rumours circulating are that Tuchel might resign and some even suggest he might move to Old Trafford 

Lol Since the sanction, the English media has been doing what they do best, linking every one of our players, including our coach, to various clubs across Europe. Tuchel has made it clear that he is unconcerned about what is going on at the club and that he is willing to stay as long as the club is still able to play football. Sooner or later, a new owner will emerge, and the club will resume normal operations.

[Igebotz]

It might be easy for the media and fans to jump on the sanctions bandwagon but some players could be leaving. What will happen with Rudiger? He is waiting to see who the new owner is before he signs a new contract or is that an excuse to delay everything even longer then walk away on a free transfer landing himself a huge salary and a multi-million signing on fee?

After hearing that the UK government may sanction Abramovich, all contract extension talks were put on hold to clarify things at the club. As I previously stated, Rudiger earns a lower wage than the majority of the first team players, but he's currently one of the best in the league, so I'm confident that the new owner will inject money into the team and renew players contracts to please the fans.

Sales have been postponed until the end of April. I believe that if the Abramovich-led peace talks between Ukraine and Russia succeed, the UK will lift the sanctions and return the club to him; the Ukrainian President has already informed the US government that Abramovich is their only hope. In any case, I believe the UK government moved too quickly..

I am not sure on what Tuchel will do but he was won the Champions League in his first season with Chelsea and might do it again. I think he will consider moving on and looking for a new challenge and nobody will blame him. If he decides t,o leave Tuchel might look to Spain because he already managed in the German, French and English leagues.

He's yet to win the league and domestic cups and there is no better club to do it than Chelsea he's mission is not yet completed.

[JollyGood]

I think he buying time to allow himself to walk away as a free transfer. He already has offers from Germany, France, Italy and Spain as well as from other Premier League clubs since he was allowed to talk to other clubs from January of this year. Any player can now use the UK government sanctions as an excuse to force a move or at the very least walk away on free transfer. Apart from Rudiger I am unaware of any other Chelsea player who is out of contract at the end of this season.

I think the UK sanctions placed on Abramovich will never be lifted. His time in the UK is over. The club will be sold and the proceeds will be pocketed by the UK government.

It might be easy for the media and fans to jump on the sanctions bandwagon but some players could be leaving. What will happen with Rudiger? He is waiting to see who the new owner is before he signs a new contract or is that an excuse to delay everything even longer then walk away on a free transfer landing himself a huge salary and a multi-million signing on fee?

After hearing that the UK government may sanction Abramovich, all contract extension talks were put on hold to clarify things at the club. As I previously stated, Rudiger earns a lower wage than the majority of the first team players, but he's currently one of the best in the league, so I'm confident that the new owner will inject money into the team and renew players contracts to please the fans.

Sales have been postponed until the end of April. I believe that if the Abramovich-led peace talks between Ukraine and Russia succeed, the UK will lift the sanctions and return the club to him; the Ukrainian President has already informed the US government that Abramovich is their only hope. In any case, I believe the UK government moved too quickly..

I am not sure on what Tuchel will do but he was won the Champions League in his first season with Chelsea and might do it again. I think he will consider moving on and looking for a new challenge and nobody will blame him. If he decides t,o leave Tuchel might look to Spain because he already managed in the German, French and English leagues.

He's yet to win the league and domestic cups and there is no better club to do it than Chelsea he's mission is not yet completed.

[Igebotz]

I think he buying time to allow himself to walk away as a free transfer. He already has offers from Germany, France, Italy and Spain as well as from other Premier League clubs since he was allowed to talk to other clubs from January of this year. Any player can now use the UK government sanctions as an excuse to force a move or at the very least walk away on free transfer. Apart from Rudiger I am unaware of any other Chelsea player who is out of contract at the end of this season.

Christiansen turned down a contract extension and instead agreed to a pre-contract with Barcelona; in the meantime, Rudiger's contract expires at the end of the season; if Rudiger wanted to leave, he would have done the same; he had the opportunity to speak with other clubs but never did, leading me to believe he wants to stay with the world champions; he is loved by the fans and he knows it. Bayern Munich reportedly pulled out due to his salary demands.

I think the UK sanctions placed on Abramovich will never be lifted. His time in the UK is over. The club will be sold and the proceeds will be pocketed by the UK government.

He's been on the UK blacklist for a long time, so they got what they wanted this time; he was a threat to other clubs, and they envy what he's accomplished in the last 20 years since he took over the club. In England, there was no better club owner than Abramovich, with higher net profits and lower club debts.

[JollyGood]

Seriously, I cannot believe you posted that 

No he was not, Abramovich was never under UK sanctions until after Russia invaded Ukraine. If you think he was placed under UK sanctions (at least that is what I deduced from your post) because he was threat to other clubs by being a successful owner then again you are misguided. There is some truth to the lower debt comment you made but Chelsea owe him £1.2 billion in interest-free loans which he gave to bankroll the club. Obviously he will never see any of that again although he stated he wanted the approximate £2.5 billion from the sale of Chelsea football club to be donated to charities.

There is no doubting the success Chelsea had under Abramovich but the funds he used to bankroll the club are under investigation and he will never be allowed to step foot in the UK again. Furthermore, all of his UK assets (bank accounts, properties and Chelsea football club) have been frozen effectively seized by the UK government and he has zero chance of ever getting them bank.

He's been on the UK blacklist for a long time, so they got what they wanted this time; he was a threat to other clubs, and they envy what he's accomplished in the last 20 years since he took over the club. In England, there was no better club owner than Abramovich, with higher net profits and lower club debts.

[Igebotz]

Seriously, I cannot believe you posted that 

No he was not, Abramovich was never under UK sanctions until after Russia invaded Ukraine. If you think he was placed under UK sanctions (at least that is what I deduced from your post) because he was threat to other clubs by being a successful owner then again you are misguided. There is some truth to the lower debt comment you made but Chelsea owe him £1.2 billion in interest-free loans which he gave to bankroll the club. Obviously he will never see any of that again although he stated he wanted the approximate £2.5 billion from the sale of Chelsea football club to be donated to charities.

Lol Maybe I'm overreacting, but Abramovich had trouble renewing his UK visa and was barred from living in the UK prior to the Russia-Ukraine conflict; from what I've heard, he was only entering the UK on an Israeli visa. Regrettably, instead of going to Ukraine victims, the UK will benefit from the club sales now.

There is no doubting the success Chelsea had under Abramovich but the funds he used to bankroll the club are under investigation and he will never be allowed to step foot in the UK again. Furthermore, all of his UK assets (bank accounts, properties and Chelsea football club) have been frozen effectively seized by the UK government and he has zero chance of ever getting them bank.

Politics is ruining our beautiful sports too bad I've lost words

[JollyGood]

Lol Maybe I'm overreacting, but Abramovich had trouble renewing his UK visa and was barred from living in the UK prior to the Russia-Ukraine conflict; from what I've heard, he was only entering the UK on an Israeli visa. Regrettably, instead of going to Ukraine victims, the UK will benefit from the club sales now.

Abramovich never stated proceeds from any sale of Chelsea would be donated to Ukrainians affected by the conflict, he kept that part open for interpretation as was picked up by the media therefore it was assumed both Ukrainians as well Russians soldiers and their families affected by the conflict would receive funds from the sale of Chelsea.

As for the funds from the sale of Chelsea being kept by the UK government rather than Abramovich donating the sale proceeds, this is probably not correct as the UK government stated they would donate the proceeds of the sale to Ukraine (probably to the Ukrainian government).

Politics is ruining our beautiful sports too bad I've lost words

Politics within sport and sport being used with political agendas is nothing new, there are plenty of examples but focusing on Abramovich for now it seems clear he will not be allowed to enter the UK again.