⚽ Premier League 2024/2025 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Oluwa-btc]

I must have talked about Everton's condition before. They have started terrible and they are a candidate to relegate from the Premier League with this performance. And next time, they are playing away against Aston Villa...

I see another loss on the horizon.    Aston Villa would absolutely defeat them while there is such a huge power gap. Emery's team are still really strong despite losing some important players. Because they didn't just stay silent with signings at the same time.

Amadou Onana, Ian Maatsen and Jaden Philogene are the ones that come to my mind right now. I would like to see Aston Villa in top 4 race once again. They are already competing in the Champions League this season. 

I see the Toffees as candidates to be relegated if they continue with Sean Dyche as head coach. He is not that guy for them ( Everton ). He did well bringing them outta the relegation zone when he was signed in as manager though, I can recall him beating Arsenal in the Premier League Competition during his first game in charge. Last season, Sean Dyche did well despite the sanctions and point deductions on Everton. David Moyes hhas been rumoured to be appointed after eleven years of leaving the club.


Aston Villa are going to have a tough season ahead but this game against Everton is not a game for them to lose. Unai Emery and his lads will definitely win this game. You need to read what's written well,  Amadou Onana, Ian Mastseen are players who joined Aston Villa this season. Qualifying for the Champions League Competition next season wouldn't be possible. I see Newcastle fighting for that spot and not even Villa.

[Stable090]

It is good to hear Palmer isn't going to be a part of the Conference League main stage. It isn't the Champions League in the end. Why would you risk your best player by far, right? 

Why will Enzo think about using the conference league when he has the main league to play? Palmer is one of the key players that Chelsea are having, and if anything can happen to him, then it’s going to be a very bad season for Chelsea, because I don’t know how they will perform in matches without Palmer. Chelsea shouldn’t even try to overuse Palmer, he should be used in necessary matches and not in the in the conference league.

He has already started with 1 goal and 4 assists in 3 matches. He is a magician.    But it is sad to see Chelsea still being consistent while he is trying his best. It would just make things easier for Palmer to leave earlier for trophies.

Palmer is a player that has been performing well for Chelsea since he joined, and his effort made Chelsea end the season at the position where they ended last season. Lots of people were thinking Palmer's performance would drop this season, but the season has just started, and he is already performing well in matches that have been played, so palmers shouldn’t be misused by Chelsea.

[Amphenomenon]

I must have talked about Everton's condition before. They have started terrible and they are a candidate to relegate from the Premier League with this performance. And next time, they are playing away against Aston Villa...

This is quite early to say this from the fact that their last three opponents were Tottenham, Brighton, Bournemouth, while the match against Bournemouth was a disappointment from the fact that they lost a 2 goals lead at almost match ending to 3 goals to 2, in the space of nine minutes though I think this is not the first time Everton as lost a game they were having huge lead at almost match ending.

I see another loss on the horizon.    Aston Villa would absolutely defeat them while there is such a huge power gap. Emery's team are still really strong despite losing some important players. Because they didn't just stay silent with signings at the same time.

Amadou Onana, Ian Maatsen and Jaden Philogene are the ones that come to my mind right now. I would like to see Aston Villa in top 4 race once again. They are already competing in the Champions League this season. 

It will be shocking seeing Everton winning or drawing this game to be frank.  Also I think Aston Villa how among the team favourites for top 4 even above Manchester United from the fact that there have been a constant improvement from the team as every seasons goes by since Unai Emery took charge and also from the quality of players they signed recently, it is expected from them to make top 4 for me.

[pawel7777]

Given we have a break in league games for the international games and there are no games to discuss this weekend, I'll ask a different question: do you guys see any potential dark horse this season, i.e. a team that people do not expect too much from, but can turn up surprising everyone e.g. by ending up in the top 4 etc?
Could Brighton be such team? So far, they recorded an easy win over Everton, a win against Man United and scored a point against Arsenal in an away game, which currently places them in the 3rd place. They also crushed Crawley Town (a League One team) 4-0 in an EFL Cup game.
Their manager, Fabian Hurzeler, got nominated for the Manager of the Month award.

[Coyster]

question: do you guys see any potential dark horse this season, i.e. a team that people do not expect too much from, but can turn up surprising everyone e.g. by ending up in the top 4 etc?

Aston Villa was that team last season and it was Newcastle in the 2022/2023 season, so maybe we could get another one this season or maybe not. Brighton have started very well, they were very disappointing last season, finishing in the bottom half of the table. Now they have a new manager, the youngest in the history of the Premier League, and just before signing for Brighton he lead St Pauli to secure promotion back to the Bundesliga in Germany.

Brighton are going to do good things this season, but they might not be able to make top four, though we'd be able to predict things easier as the season goes on, but for now my top four in order of one to fourth is: City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.

[Docnaster]

Given we have a break in league games for the international games and there are no games to discuss this weekend, I'll ask a different question: do you guys see any potential dark horse this season, i.e. a team that people do not expect too much from, but can turn up surprising everyone e.g. by ending up in the top 4 etc?
Could Brighton be such team? So far, they recorded an easy win over Everton, a win against Man United and scored a point against Arsenal in an away game, which currently places them in the 3rd place. They also crushed Crawley Town (a League One team) 4-0 in an EFL Cup game.
Their manager, Fabian Hurzeler, got nominated for the Manager of the Month award.

Your question is a good discussion point to engage people on the thread as they give their different opinions about the subject matter. Though we've witnessed just three league games this season in the English Premier League but if there's any dark horse that is very likely to surprise us this season, I think it'll be no other team but Brighton. They're being considered as an average team in the league but they're yet to concede a defeat and to think that they've already played against big teams like Manchester United and Arsenal still were able to remain unbeaten tells that they'll be a strong team to face for any of the other 19 clubs in the league.
Fabian Hurzeler have been exceptionally impressive with his tactical approaches with the Brighton team and I believe he'll continue to improve as they play more matches.