⚽ Premier League 2024/2025 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Docnaster]

I'm afraid Chelsea couldn't start the friendly matches well.    First a draw against Wrexham and now a huge defeat by Celtic, 4-1.  Maresca is new around here of course but hopefully he manages to find the right system for the team soon.

Though I wasn't expecting Chelsea to lose their preseason friendly  game against Celtic, I wasn't also too surprised to see them suffer a defeat in the hands of the Scottish club since it wasn't a competitive game. Chelsea new manager I believe is still trying to establish his own style of football in the team which I think will take some time for him to perfect it. Chelsea under Enzo Maresca is still a work in progress and I believe they'll get better under him

[Issa56]

Though I wasn't expecting Chelsea to lose their preseason friendly  game against Celtic, I wasn't also too surprised to see them suffer a defeat in the hands of the Scottish club since it wasn't a competitive game. Chelsea new manager I believe is still trying to establish his own style of football in the team which I think will take some time for him to perfect it. Chelsea under Enzo Maresca is still a work in progress and I believe they'll get better under him

If every club is losing their pre season matches, a club like Chelsea isn’t supposed to lose their match. Chelsea has a new coach, and the coach is trying to set up a squad for the team. If Chelsea can lose their pre season matches, then how are they going to perform when the season starts? I have the feeling that they will perform the same way they are performing now because Chelsea are using their main players to play currently. Seriously, I was just disappointed at Chelsea, the goal margin is just kind of high. I just hope Pochettino's performance won’t be better than Enzo Maresca's.

[Obim34]

Though I wasn't expecting Chelsea to lose their preseason friendly  game against Celtic, I wasn't also too surprised to see them suffer a defeat in the hands of the Scottish club since it wasn't a competitive game. Chelsea new manager I believe is still trying to establish his own style of football in the team which I think will take some time for him to perfect it. Chelsea under Enzo Maresca is still a work in progress and I believe they'll get better under him

If every club is losing their pre season matches, a club like Chelsea isn’t supposed to lose their match. Chelsea has a new coach, and the coach is trying to set up a squad for the team. If Chelsea can lose their pre season matches, then how are they going to perform when the season starts? I have the feeling that they will perform the same way they are performing now because Chelsea are using their main players to play currently. Seriously, I was just disappointed at Chelsea, the goal margin is just kind of high. I just hope Pochettino's performance won’t be better than Enzo Maresca's.

I was very shocked when I saw the result of that match, loosing would have been part of what was expected but the goal difference was something we wouldn't love to witness, also watching on how the goals were scored then I consider their performance worst right now, a club like Celtic won with such build up then how about Manchester City. Chelsea defense line was weak, including the keeper. Maresca should find every possible way to improve the team performance before the start of the season, with what Chelsea played against Celtic, not far from being close to relegation. But, this is not what to hop on because I believe they will do well, let's take it as his first trial and undoubtedly he would increase his team potentials.

[koang]

I'm afraid Chelsea couldn't start the friendly matches well.    First a draw against Wrexham and now a huge defeat by Celtic, 4-1.  Maresca is new around here of course but hopefully he manages to find the right system for the team soon.

Because there isn't a long time period left for the season to start officially. Pochettino was sacked for no reason and now they have to experience the same process again. Enzo Maresca will need to adapt to the team to make things better. The worst case scenario would be his not being able to meet the expectations at all. In that case, I presume that Boehly would regret sacking Pochettino while things were getting better actually.

I'd question why you're taking pre-season friendlies so seriously, but given what gets put in front of Chelsea every week, it's completely understandable
Conceded two goals in 3three minutes in the second half, Chelsea had over 50% possession, 23 shots 10 of which were on target, and scored one penalty. Celtic had 14 shots 11 on target, 47% possession, and scored 4, Imagine if Celtic had their strongest team

[nelson4lov]

I'd question why you're taking pre-season friendlies so seriously, but given what gets put in front of Chelsea every week, it's completely understandable
Conceded two goals in 3three minutes in the second half, Chelsea had over 50% possession, 23 shots 10 of which were on target, and scored one penalty. Celtic had 14 shots 11 on target, 47% possession, and scored 4, Imagine if Celtic had their strongest team

Preseason performance are not definitive but it gives some sense of outlook of the overall team ahead of the new season. With what I have seen from this Chelsea team so far, it has been awful to watch this Chelsea team play. Enzo has to be careful because the league is only going to get harder from here once the league officially starts. I know City lost to Celtics as well but man, that Chelsea loss was embarrassing to say the least.

Enzo needs a win against Club America because those Man city and Madrid games are going to be another magnitude of difficulty.

[Furious 7]

I'm afraid Chelsea couldn't start the friendly matches well.    First a draw against Wrexham and now a huge defeat by Celtic, 4-1.  Maresca is new around here of course but hopefully he manages to find the right system for the team soon.

Though I wasn't expecting Chelsea to lose their preseason friendly  game against Celtic, I wasn't also too surprised to see them suffer a defeat in the hands of the Scottish club since it wasn't a competitive game. Chelsea new manager I believe is still trying to establish his own style of football in the team which I think will take some time for him to perfect it. Chelsea under Enzo Maresca is still a work in progress and I believe they'll get better under him

Although it is possible that the final result is not the main goal in a friendly match like this, but by looking at Chelsea's performance in friendly matches against Celtic and Wrexham some time ago we can see that in the end there are still some things that Chelsea must improve in order to support a good performance later.

There are still many mistakes made in cooperation problems which in the end there are not a few mistakes from the players themselves.
In addition, the problem of emotions also seems to need to be taken into consideration and notice from Maresca at this time because after all we can see the tension that occurred when Chelsea faced Wrexham which actually fought on the field was not necessary especially it was a friendly match.
Chelsea still have to be more careful in their development so as not to harm in the season that will run a few more weeks for the EPL.