Whale.io 🐳 | ⚽ English Premier League Season: 2026/2027

[igebotz]

^  Those lines are all before the start of the new season...  And mind you, it's gonna be an unpredictable season, that's I'm kinda excited for it.  New managers around Arteta vying for the EPL trophy.  Sure Arteta is the best manager among the top clubs in England rn, but we got good guys against him who have potential.

So if anything, Alonso is a buy low spot in the outright market.  Even Iraola might have a chance imho.  Arteta has a knack for choking too. 

Sounds good but risky, not sure I'd chose Alonso at x9 odds for the title- we all know that the chances of that happing this season are slim. The only bet I'd take on Alonso this season is " to finish Top4" I haven't checked the odds but I'm guessing it should be around 4-6 odds.
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Chelsea set tomorrow as deadline for Manchester City or any other suitor to send £120m for Enzo Fernandez or no deal this summer. I can't tell how Alonso feel about this deal - I want him to stay but £120m is a good money for someone who heart is already somewhere else

[tokeweed]

Didn't Tuchel win them a trophy?  At 9.00, that's a buy low spot imho.  And it's not like you're gonna pile in a huge amount of money in that line.  It's like trading one of those Solana memecoins at under 1m USD market cap and hoping you get at least a 5x runner.  

And if Alonso gets 120 GBP for the guy, which players would he likely acquire to bolster his squad?

[igebotz]

Didn't Tuchel win them a trophy?  At 9.00, that's a buy low spot imho.  And it's not like you're gonna pile in a huge amount of money in that line.  It's like trading one of those Solana memecoins at under 1m USD market cap and hoping you get at least a 5x runner. 

And if Alonso gets 120 GBP for the guy, which players would he likely acquire to bolster his squad?

Tuchel didn't win us the league title if that's what you're asking. D Alonso is a huge gamble and I don't want to be blinded by bias 

Alonso likes Arsenal's Zubimendi and would want him to replace Enzo - I don't see how it will help us, but I want to trust Alonso's decisions. I'd like to believe he knows more than me sitting behind keyboards.

[SeriouslyGiveaway]

Tuchel didn't win us the league title if that's what you're asking. D Alonso is a huge gamble and I don't want to be blinded by bias 

Alonso likes Arsenal's Zubimendi and would want him to replace Enzo - I don't see how it will help us, but I want to trust Alonso's decisions. I'd like to believe he knows more than me sitting behind keyboards.

Chelsea won more Premier League titles than UEFA Champions League titles, and so far they only won 2 Champions League trophies, one with Di Matteo and a latest one with Tuchel. Thomas Tuchel will be remembered forever in history of Chelsea as one of head coaches who managed to bring UEFA Champions League title to their club's hall of trophies.

Alonso will aim at ball possession, kind of tiki taka but will try to do more direct attacks during a match as how he managed Bayer Leverkusen three seasons ago. Moving to Chelsea is a very big surprising decision from Xabi Alonso, while in player transfer, Enzo after his celebration against England national team and fans in World Cup 2026 will be not welcome in London and Premier League. Alonso is not a coach who want to have controversial players in his team and he will try to sell or exchange Enzo in this summer transfer market that still has about two more active weeks.

[igebotz]

Chelsea won more Premier League titles than UEFA Champions League titles, and so far they only won 2 Champions League trophies, one with Di Matteo and a latest one with Tuchel. Thomas Tuchel will be remembered forever in history of Chelsea as one of head coaches who managed to bring UEFA Champions League title to their club's hall of trophies.

You missed the points, we were talking about Tuchel's league history and not overall Chelsea history

Alonso will aim at ball possession, kind of tiki taka but will try to do more direct attacks during a match as how he managed Bayer Leverkusen three seasons ago. Moving to Chelsea is a very big surprising decision from Xabi Alonso, while in player transfer, Enzo after his celebration against England national team and fans in World Cup 2026 will be not welcome in London and Premier League. Alonso is not a coach who want to have controversial players in his team and he will try to sell or exchange Enzo in this summer transfer market that still has about two more active weeks.

No, that's not it - Enzo Fernandez rejected Chelsea improved contract proposal since May before the World Cup Started and was told he'd be sold this summer if 120m bids should come in.. it has nothing to do with his World Cup celebrations .

[Sandra_hakeem]

JollyGood may have been too confident due to his previous records as a player, but in most cases (not saying it doesn't happen), great players don't make good coaches.

I was a player? Kindly enlighten me  

Excuse my bad phrasing JG. You know exactly what I meant

*The environment was too toxic". Permit me to ask, how was that? We're talking about a club where he played for 6 seasons and won most of his trophies including the UCL. I know how abusive Madrid fans can be if they don't like a person, but I don't think that was his problem?

He lost the dressing room and resigned after this video of Mbappe commanding the players to leave the pitch went viral
https://x.com/i/status/2010770997553619004

This is enough to say "the environment was toxic". A lot was happening behind the cameras. Imo.

So Xabi tried to assemble them in the pitch... For what? I can't tell but Mbappe's reaction was very disrespectful, considering that they had thousands of cameras trying pick up clips for Internet later. There's no way they would have won anything with that type of relationship, but Chelsea doesn't seem to have such a problem.

[slaman29]

Damn I never seen so many Premier League chats in an ANN page is there something I don't know about Whale next season? Are they giving some big push for EPL?

And more important question why are OGs like @tokeweed not in our pools any more?

[igebotz]

Damn I never seen so many Premier League chats in an ANN page is there something I don't know about Whale next season? Are they giving some big push for EPL?

And more important question why are OGs like @tokeweed not in our pools any more?

Haha, well, this is not an ANN thread of Whales or any casino and neither is the OP getting paid for adding "Whales" to the header - I remembered he did that while he was promoting them in his signature as a sign of good will.

I think we've had other casinos name pinned to the header if I recall correctly JG?
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I marketed some pools to him last season, he didn't fall for it. 

[BIT-BENDER]

Damn I never seen so many Premier League chats in an ANN page is there something I don't know about Whale next season? Are they giving some big push for EPL?

And more important question why are OGs like @tokeweed not in our pools any more?

Haha, well, this is not an ANN thread of Whales or any casino and neither is the OP getting paid for adding "Whales" to the header - I remembered he did that while he was promoting them in his signature as a sign of good will.

I think we've had other casinos name pinned to the header if I recall correctly JG?
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I marketed some pools to him last season, he didn't fall for it. 

I honestly don't think anyone should have a problem with that, if there is any one that is meant to have a problem that should be Whale the name that was attached to the post.
 X even if they got paid so far as it is legal there isn't a problem with that, I think the whale being attached does not take anything away from the purpose of the thread.

There has been things like this but it is predominantly about contest, pool discussion and I like how the OP of this thread made clear of what the thread is for, this will give a better picture and guide those who are going to be sharing their opinions on this thread.

[tokeweed]

Didn't Tuchel win them a trophy?  At 9.00, that's a buy low spot imho.  And it's not like you're gonna pile in a huge amount of money in that line.  It's like trading one of those Solana memecoins at under 1m USD market cap and hoping you get at least a 5x runner. 

And if Alonso gets 120 GBP for the guy, which players would he likely acquire to bolster his squad?

Tuchel didn't win us the league title if that's what you're asking. D Alonso is a huge gamble and I don't want to be blinded by bias 

Alonso likes Arsenal's Zubimendi and would want him to replace Enzo - I don't see how it will help us, but I want to trust Alonso's decisions. I'd like to believe he knows more than me sitting behind keyboards.

I know...  That's why I said 'a trophy'.  It's not the league but the UCL is really an excellent trophy to win at a manager's first tenure.  But yeah, the format is different and the luck factor in the UCL is most likely high due to the said format...  The tourney format at the time which they likely lucked out at the draw. 

The new format is prolly better for more fairness before the KO stages happen but the old format is more exciting and it actually gives the smaller clubs to progress deep in the tourney.  Hope they change it back.

[igebotz]

The new format is prolly better for more fairness before the KO stages happen but the old format is more exciting and it actually gives the smaller clubs to progress deep in the tourney.  Hope they change it back.

Hhhhm are you sure? the old format was dominated only by the top teams with big budgets, whereas the new format allows even the smallest club to advance deep into the tournament - last season, we had a local Sweden club, Bodo Glint, advance deep into the tournament while some top clubs were eliminated in the group stage. We didn't see things like that in the old format,no?
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Chelsea had another great preseason game and another brace from J. Pedro - league starts next week and I'm already out of balance haha.

[JollyGood]

Damn I never seen so many Premier League chats in an ANN page is there something I don't know about Whale next season? Are they giving some big push for EPL?

With that many threads, it allows members to be selective about where they want to post. This a self-moderated that has had hundreds of posts deleted for various reasons including when used by spammers therefore only a smaller group use this thread.

Signature spammers and low quality posters that want an easy way to meet their campaign quota know this is not where they should post.

Haha, well, this is not an ANN thread of Whales or any casino and neither is the OP getting paid for adding "Whales" to the header - I remembered he did that while he was promoting them in his signature as a sign of good will.

Your memory never ceases to amaze me 

I think we've had other casinos name pinned to the header if I recall correctly JG?

I did in the past as a gesture of goodwill but removed it because their reputation just started collapsing therefore I removed myself unilaterally from their signature campaign too.

I marketed some pools to him last season, he didn't fall for it. 

There is nothing stopping you from trying again. I might fall for one of your tips, suggestions and advice one day 

There has been things like this but it is predominantly about contest, pool discussion and I like how the OP of this thread made clear of what the thread is for, this will give a better picture and guide those who are going to be sharing their opinions on this thread.

I wanted members to know the rules before they posted in this thread. I hope more members post here when the Premier League begins.

[slaman29]

Haha, well, this is not an ANN thread of Whales or any casino and neither is the OP getting paid for adding "Whales" to the header - I remembered he did that while he was promoting them in his signature as a sign of good will.

OH man no wonder, I got confused, the name was just changed, you're right, its normal, I just didn't make the calculations logically in my head

I honestly don't think anyone should have a problem with that, if there is any one that is meant to have a problem that should be Whale the name that was attached to the post.

Nobody had a problem with that man, why are you making things up? We're all bantering paying buddies in here. Wen u?

[Shineup]

^  Purely from a managerial standpoint..?  Gotta be honest, I think Alonso would be the guy who might be able to pick Arteta apart.  But I didn't want to tell you that. 

And I could see the match be low scoring too and kinda boring...  Like a chess match.

Haha that's fair enough but it's Enzo Maresca for me and he's also bookies second favorites to win the league - Xabi Alonso is the least rated Manager at x9 odds.. but that's all on paper 

Smiles, I can go with Enzo Maresca, but Xabi Alonso? Hell no I don't accept that, before you guys will be too convinced because of his achievements in the Germain league, you guys should take a look at the kind of players he had there and check what he's having now in Chelsea, even if he's to win the English league title it's certainly not this season nor next, he really need to work on that team this season and probably next season before I can be expecting him to win the league, though that Ghanaian juju priest Nana Kwaku predicted cheese to win the league this season but I think he's only bluffing.