⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Karl_3000]

Chelsea’s efforts weren’t in vain; Morgan Rogers put them back in the lead, and their hard work paid off again when Palmer extended the lead to three goals, forcing Fulham to play catch-up and work hard to narrow the score from 1-3.
It was Garcia who gave Fulham something to celebrate, even though they ultimately lost the match.
Week 1 saw many surprises in the Premier League. We’ll see in the second round if there will be any more surprises.

Fulham know how to score in almost every of their matches, I have used the club to win several over 1.5 and over 2.5 before and yesterday match has been one of them.

Chelsea need to play better, it is not good that Fulham was able to score 2. I use this to gauge how a team can be in the season and I am seeing Chelsea already having weakness, but Chelsea still had its 3 points which is very good.

[Nightwatchmare]

I think I like your choice of teams and predictions because it looks similar to what I also did. But I have doubts concerning the game between Hull city and Manchester United, I wouldn’t want to hand Manchester United a straight winning because Hull city could be dangerous at home to most likely earn a point in this one against Manchester United. On paper all of this big teams are favorites to win their games but football is being played on the field and not on paper but it’s better to chose the more stronger teams than giving a win to the smaller teams, even though these smaller teams do win the big teams most of the times, but it’s very rare.

Despite the big teams i picked were the favourites to win the smaller teams on paper i suspected either Lens or Manchester City to cut my betslip i did not even thought Manchester United would be the team that will cut it. Even if Manchester United cut my betslip i did not regret picking them because i bet on them since they were the favourite to win, no-one in my shoes would have bet on Hull to win Manchester United considering how Manchester United performed last season with Michael Carrick. I have learnt my lesson from Manchester United, i will be more careful in picking teams to bet on next time.

[AprilioMP]

Chelsea’s efforts weren’t in vain; Morgan Rogers put them back in the lead, and their hard work paid off again when Palmer extended the lead to three goals, forcing Fulham to play catch-up and work hard to narrow the score from 1-3.
It was Garcia who gave Fulham something to celebrate, even though they ultimately lost the match.
Week 1 saw many surprises in the Premier League. We’ll see in the second round if there will be any more surprises.

Fulham know how to score in almost every of their matches, I have used the club to win several over 1.5 and over 2.5 before and yesterday match has been one of them.

The first match of the new season always presents its own challenges when it comes to analyzing whether it’s a good idea to continue betting as usual—for example, Fulham has always been a solid bet on the over.

Chelsea need to play better, it is not good that Fulham was able to score 2. I use this to gauge how a team can be in the season and I am seeing Chelsea already having weakness, but Chelsea still had its 3 points which is very good.

Chelsea and every other team need to play well to achieve results that meet expectations. If they play poorly, they clearly won’t earn any points. That’s the most basic logic in evaluating soccer—and perhaps other sports as well.
This season, Chelsea is among the teams that have won the Premier League, but they aren’t considered strong contenders. It doesn’t really matter if the betting market doesn’t view Chelsea as a strong contender to win the Premier League title, but this season’s Chelsea is in Alonso’s hands. The match against Fulham has already shown what other teams need to do to stop Chelsea.

[B-BossMan]

This is an interesting game to watch man!! It has been a lot of pressing and tense game between both side. For now I can not predict if the game will go in the way of Chelsea even though they are having the lead right now, it is just 2-3, and to be honest this is a game where anything can happen at the last minute. Let's wait till the final whistle of the game. We have less than 30 minutes plus the added time. With this lead do we think Fulham are going to steal a draw in this game or it will go in the way of Chelsea to earn all 3 points. Let's just wait to see.

Man!!! That game last night was something else…like 2-3 with 30 mins left how is that even possible from my end i still called it EPL chaos right there, The starting point of it was that Chelsea's with the lead at a point and later it turned out to be that they began to sit back and started playing protect the 3 point, however i was not even predicting either, this was a last minute winner or equalizers…

This match between the two London teams once again made for an exciting contest. Joao Pedro became the fastest goal scorer in the first week of the Premier League. When Chelsea took a 1-goal lead, it was clear that Fulham wasn’t going to give up. In fact, Chelsea had to work hard again as Fulham equalized to make it 1-1 through Joshua King.

Chelsea’s efforts weren’t in vain; Morgan Rogers put them back in the lead, and their hard work paid off again when Palmer extended the lead to three goals, forcing Fulham to play catch-up and work hard to narrow the score from 1-3.
It was Garcia who gave Fulham something to celebrate, even though they ultimately lost the match.
Week 1 saw many surprises in the Premier League. We’ll see in the second round if there will be any more surprises.

I was quite impressed with the outcome yesterday, can't still believe the Joao Pedro comes with full energy this season, imagine scoring goal at one minute against Fulham. Many fans were expecting to see the Fulham winning the match easily, thinking that the Chelsea is still coming back with the same energy of Last season, Chelsea is well prepared against any bigger teams this season.

If we are to judge by or from the match possessions, the Fulham actually played well over Chelsea but thier energy weren't the same to be compared. This is nit Manchester united who started the season with lower efforts and performed poorly. Well done job to the Chelsea for this great victory, more victories ahead.

[PostQuantumBTC]

The first match of the new season always presents its own challenges when it comes to analyzing whether it’s a good idea to continue betting as usual—for example, Fulham has always been a solid bet on the over.

This is very true, there are some seasons that I will not bet on a club until five matches has been played, but this season is different because I have so much confidence on Arsenal which I bet on and I used it to win. I think I will bet more on Arsenal this season because I know that the playing skills they have is still excellent now.

Many of the clubs including the weak ones which are the underdogs will be playing very hard in a way it will be toucher for good clubs to win them at the beginning of the season because all of them will want to compete not to relegate and some will compete for top 4 or top 5.

[L E G E N D A R Y]

Despite the big teams i picked were the favourites to win the smaller teams on paper i suspected either Lens or Manchester City to cut my betslip i did not even thought Manchester United would be the team that will cut it. Even if Manchester United cut my betslip i did not regret picking them because i bet on them since they were the favourite to win, no-one in my shoes would have bet on Hull to win Manchester United considering how Manchester United performed last season with Michael Carrick. I have learnt my lesson from Manchester United, i will be more careful in picking teams to bet on next time.

You speak like you are still new to gambling, because you should’ve already known by now that the favorite’s choice isn’t always the best choice, and you just because a team seems promising and everyone’s fav, doesn’t mean they’ll actually win, and just because the stats points towards a direction doesn’t mean things would actually go that way. I sure did have high hopes on Man United too, but it is what it is right? I was even expecting that Chelsea would underperform in their first game yesterday, and I know it wasn’t just me, but see what happened, that’s the unpredictability in gambling we talk about all the time, and that’s actually what makes the game even more exciting.

[Volgastallion]

Manchester City was not good, Manchester United was awfull, Totenham was also awfull, Arsenal was good like the past season, and Chelsea seems to start a recovery and looking for better shape and Liverpool was also not good despite playing against a tough rival like Newcastle.

So basically 4 teams of the big six are not in good shape in this start at all, and only one did a really good game which was the current champion, this give Arsenal a margin to be again the champion i think (i know is super early yet).

[Sarah Azhari]

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Hahaha. Maguire’s silly antics like this have happened time and time again, and they’ve all led to Manchester United’s defeats. I don’t understand why a defender like Maguire is still in the lineup, especially since he often makes blunders that hurt the team. Even in terms of performance, he’s not good enough. If Carrick keeps playing Maguire throughout this season, we’ll see even more silly moments like this from him. I couldn’t stop laughing while watching this video either.

Honestly, I’ve been holding back from saying what you said for a long time because I didn’t want to upset Man United fans. But now that you’ve said it, I feel comfortable saying that United are being ridiculous by keeping a player who should have been sold by now and replaced with someone younger and more creative. I keep wondering why there hasn’t been any real effort to sell a player who constantly makes foolish mistakes and acts as if he’s performing on a comedy stage.

After watching that video, I couldn’t even laugh anymore. Instead, I found myself almost crying at the ridiculous mistakes that keep happening over and over again.

If I recall correctly, Maguire was once benched from the Manchester United squad during the Solskjær era because of his frequent silly antics. In fact, Manchester United once planned to sell him, but because they set the price too high, no club was willing to buy him. It seems Maguire’s silly antics have resurfaced, and Manchester United fans had better brace themselves for embarrassment if Carrick continues to play him. Manchester United would be wise to sign another quality defender, and Maguire should be benched until a club is willing to buy or loan him.

[Saltysugar99]

Manchester City was not good, Manchester United was awfull, Totenham was also awfull, Arsenal was good like the past season, and Chelsea seems to start a recovery and looking for better shape and Liverpool was also not good despite playing against a tough rival like Newcastle.

So basically 4 teams of the big six are not in good shape in this start at all, and only one did a really good game which was the current champion, this give Arsenal a margin to be again the champion i think (i know is super early yet).

I wouldn't call Manchester City completely bad. But it's true that we don't get the kind of game we are used to observe. They struggled for 83 minutes a lot against Bournemouth, but won 2-1 with two goals in the last seven minutes. But Manchester United situation is really disappointing. It seems unbelievable that they will lose to Hull City like this. Strong teams seem a bit weak at the beginning. But Arsenal is doing quite well at the beginning. You yourself mentioned that this is just the early stage, but if this win was against a strong team, it would have made the matter more fascinating. Coventry is quite weak against a strong team like Arsenal. If we look at the upcoming matches, we will get a better idea of ​​​​the position of all teams. But just like you, the last few matches have really disappointed me a lot.

[Different patterns]

Yes chelsea's victory calls for congratulations,  just as mentioned above  know one believed even with chelsea's lack of coordination they will still we the game, but chelsea at last capitalised of Fulham's weakness to steal the complete three (3) points.

Chelsea pulled off such an interesting performance today, their game coordination was on point and they good. Ways to get behind the Fulham defense lines very easily with Rogers, Pedro and Palmer working perfectly in synergy, dropping important passes just right where they needed it and converting it for a goal as well.

Sanchez might just be the problem of Chelsea this season, not being able to make simple saves.

Our attacks had to do exceptionally well for us to get the League victory last night, last night was where we saw how do to have a an outstanding attack, in the moment of defensive or goalie lapses they can cover for it but still we can't remain like this, we need more on our back, Levi Colwill isn't is best yet getting another experience Cb is important that area have seen some players leaving which we were grateful for and yet they haven't been replaced.

In the match 3-2 win against Fulham was not just a three-point win, but also a testament to how much a new coach can improve a team. Although one win is no guarantee of a season's success, Xabi Alonso certainly showed how to attack quickly, with good strategy. Joao Pedro's goal came in just 31 seconds. It's also clear how well-organized the team is. From Palmer's pass to Pedro's run to the net, it's clear that the attack is well-organized. Only Chelsea can now boast of such a quick opening goal in Premier League history. Chelsea fans will be hoping that Pedro-Palmer-Rodgers will continue to have a positive impact in the next matches. The coaching condition was unstable last season, it can be assumed that now the team will reach a different level under Alonso from the start.

With this performance we are confident that Chelsea will definitely do well this season and have enough time to rebuild and improve and also won the league, and  if not they can even end as one of the top 5 teams in the league because with this performance, I believe they are going to do well. I also believed that the inconsistency in the managers also contributed to their poor performance last season and with Alonso in the club. I believe the boys can do so much more this season. One area they should work in is their defense, because the first goal was due to some defensive errors and Sanchez was looking as if he is not confident in that game, we need to tighten our defence more. I celebrate the efforts of player like Lacroix at least we now have a defender that can face an attacker one on one. congratulations to Chelsea, we still break another record this season, let's continue to improve.

[SuperBitMan]

Fulham vs. Chelsea was a goal-filled match, and Chelsea came out on top.
Chelsea won 3–2 and started the league season with a victory.
One thing that caught my attention was Fulham's 61% possession. Chelsea had less possession but still came away with the win.
Once again, we've seen that having more possession doesn't necessarily mean anything if you can't turn it into goals and a result.

The match was an interesting one, in a match where there is much goals it usually become interesting to finish the match.
I watch some match and after the first half I don’t go back to watch it again because it is not interesting but yesterday‘s match between Chelsea and Fulham was actually very interesting to watch.

Fulham actually did very well and they would have actually won the match or draw the match if they did not miss some chances.
I believe this win mean a lot to Chelsea.
Congratulations to them.

[TedMosby]

Manchester City was not good, Manchester United was awfull, Totenham was also awfull, Arsenal was good like the past season, and Chelsea seems to start a recovery and looking for better shape and Liverpool was also not good despite playing against a tough rival like Newcastle.

So basically 4 teams of the big six are not in good shape in this start at all, and only one did a really good game which was the current champion, this give Arsenal a margin to be again the champion i think (i know is super early yet).

I'm a Man United fan, but here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5591356 I predicted Arsenal would win the EPL this season. Arsenal are fundamentally already solid. Not much has changed since last season. The DNA is still there. They only need to manage the sub squad well to be able to survive in all the competitions they participate in.

About Man United, since the preseason, the players have looked like they are playing with bad fatigue issues. At first, I thought it was just preseason. Then near the end of preseason, especially when they played against AC Milan, I saw the players really moving like they were carrying heavy weights. They could not keep up with AC Milan's playstyle, which was really fluid under Amorim, and I predicted they could be a title contender in Serie A this season.

Also, when they played against Hull City, Hull City's type of play reminded me of the game between Man United and West Ham last season. West Ham played low block defending, and Man United really struggled to deal with it. And now, it seems like Man United still haven't resolved that problem. Man United needs a tactical destroyer player like Jeremy Doku (Man City). Explosive wingers like him could be a solution to break the opponent's defensive line and create space for other players.

[BluebloodCXVI]

Don’t let us be too harsh on Manchester United, the season is just starting so i believe they still got room for some improvement.

Carrick needs to buckle up and so do the players too.

They really need to improve on the way they defend set pieces before facing Ipswich next because that’s obviously the main issue they had in the Hull city game.

No one is being hash on them rather we are just saying the obvious truth, the truth is that Manchester united didn't perform well in their previous match . I know there's still room for correction but I'm afraid if they can make correction because what happened in Their previous match is a bad sign,  for that I won't be surprise to see them Lossing their upcoming match because it might take some time before they can fix things just as it was other seasons. I was actually thinking that Micheal carricks have already gotten what he wanted but I'm surprised to see this happening, well let's keep watching.

I don’t know why Man U haven’t still bought any new defenders this season when it’s pretty obvious that they actually need new defenders.
Their back line is nothing to write home about; look at Luke Shaw, the guy is not fulfilling his role as LB dutifully and in instances like this, there is supposed to be good replacements available incase of any disappointment.

Carrick also needs to be more careful with the way he selects players who are gonna play.

Playing dorgu in the match with hull city was just pure carelessness.
The guy failed as a winger last season and even in preseason, I wasn’t expecting him to still play the same role this season again.

There’s still room for improvement though, now it’s left for them to improve or not.

One thing i know for sure is that is that if they don’t up their game real soon, they are not gonna do well this season; this is just the beginning of the season and they are already messing up against easy opponents, what will now happen when they start facing tougher competition later on?.

[Luzin]

There’s still room for improvement though, now it’s left for them to improve or not.

Out of all the big EPL teams for this opening match, only Man United suffered a loss. The others managed to play really well and get 3 points. It's true that at the start of the season, there are always big teams that struggle early on but manage to gradually improve. It seems that this is the big hope for Man United fans. It also looks like they believe in Carrick, who last season successfully brought a new vibe and brought Man United back to Europe.

this is just the beginning of the season and they are already messing up against easy opponents, what will now happen when they start facing tougher competition later on?.

Hull as a promotion team you might consider a weak team but the fact is they play effectively. They managed to frustrate Man United. So I think there are relatively teams whose performance can go up and down, so I think Hull really performed very well. They managed to take advantage of Man United's weakness in defending set pieces.

[X-ray]

Manchester City was not good, Manchester United was awfull, Totenham was also awfull, Arsenal was good like the past season, and Chelsea seems to start a recovery and looking for better shape and Liverpool was also not good despite playing against a tough rival like Newcastle.

So basically 4 teams of the big six are not in good shape in this start at all, and only one did a really good game which was the current champion, this give Arsenal a margin to be again the champion i think (i know is super early yet).

That's like what i have predicted before. So far Arsenal is still remain a club with complete requirements back to back Champions. All of their rivals are rebuilding their club. So most of them are lacking in the chemistry, adaptation, tactical and etc. So no doubt the gap in the outright between Arsenal and City, which is at the 2nd is getting wider.

However, i believe we may be seeing a surprise from club that may give Arsenal a challenge for the title contender at the mid season. But i can only guess it's gonna be Chelsea.

The rest of top six team look dogshit, and they are not good enough to challenge for the title. Anyone can disagree with me, but that's exactly what's going to happen.

[bitLeap]

Chelsea’s efforts weren’t in vain; Morgan Rogers put them back in the lead, and their hard work paid off again when Palmer extended the lead to three goals, forcing Fulham to play catch-up and work hard to narrow the score from 1-3.
It was Garcia who gave Fulham something to celebrate, even though they ultimately lost the match.
Week 1 saw many surprises in the Premier League. We’ll see in the second round if there will be any more surprises.

Fulham know how to score in almost every of their matches, I have used the club to win several over 1.5 and over 2.5 before and yesterday match has been one of them.

Chelsea need to play better, it is not good that Fulham was able to score 2. I use this to gauge how a team can be in the season and I am seeing Chelsea already having weakness, but Chelsea still had its 3 points which is very good.

This means that only 1 goal saved Chelsea and you are right that for now Chelsea must continue to improve their back line which is still vulnerable. Because when the opponent is able to balance the game has an impact on the situation of Chelsea who have difficulty getting out of pressure. From the stats Fulham are very dominating, they are really solid in controlling the circulation of the game.

[ejikeme24]

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One thing i know for sure is that is that if they don’t up their game real soon, they are not gonna do well this season; this is just the beginning of the season and they are already messing up against easy opponents, what will now happen when they start facing tougher competition later on?.

Well, in football nothing is impossible and I don't even see Hull city as underdog team because they did absolutely well in their division last season  so I'm not surprised rather I was expecting Manchester united to win. one thing i believe is that Manchester united will sit up in their upcoming match against Ipswich, although I know a lot of people was expecting them to win this first leg of which I'm one among those  people but they couldn't, the annoying part of it is that I include them in my bet and they were the only team that mess up my ticket.

[Lannakosa]

Well, in football nothing is impossible and I don't even see Hull city as underdog team because they did absolutely well in their division last season  so I'm not surprised rather I was expecting Manchester united to win. one thing i believe is that Manchester united will sit up in their upcoming match against Ipswich, although I know a lot of people was expecting them to win this first leg of which I'm one among those  people but they couldn't, the annoying part of it is that I include them in my bet and they were the only team that mess up my target.

It’s also possible that Hull will perform much better in the Premier League. Although I think that all teams coming from the Championship are generally treated as underdogs until they prove otherwise. Hull, by the way played well in the first round, but that doesn’t mean they will continue to play at the same level. In the same way, it doesn’t necessarily mean that Manchester will concede that many goals in their other matches.

The first few rounds are always difficult, and I also expect Manchester United to beat Ipswich at home. But Manchester have already dropped points against Hull, and that’s a bad start if they want to compete for the Premier League title.

[sergiorus]

However, i believe we may be seeing a surprise from club that may give Arsenal a challenge for the title contender at the mid season. But i can only guess it's gonna be Chelsea.

The rest of top six team look dogshit, and they are not good enough to challenge for the title. Anyone can disagree with me, but that's exactly what's going to happen.

It's only the beginning of the season... I believe you're putting Manchester City out of the consideration too early.

Sure the combo of a new, not so ''cool'' manager and losing 2 key players (Silva and Rodri) may seem harsh, but it's still an elite team with the best striker in the world (Haalland) so they can always turn things around.

I wouldn't say Arsenal are that unbeatable either.

[Shineup]

Chelsea’s efforts weren’t in vain; Morgan Rogers put them back in the lead, and their hard work paid off again when Palmer extended the lead to three goals, forcing Fulham to play catch-up and work hard to narrow the score from 1-3.
It was Garcia who gave Fulham something to celebrate, even though they ultimately lost the match.
Week 1 saw many surprises in the Premier League. We’ll see in the second round if there will be any more surprises.

Fulham know how to score in almost every of their matches, I have used the club to win several over 1.5 and over 2.5 before and yesterday match has been one of them.

Chelsea need to play better, it is not good that Fulham was able to score 2. I use this to gauge how a team can be in the season and I am seeing Chelsea already having weakness, but Chelsea still had its 3 points which is very good.

It was a narrow escape for Chelsea yesterday, they won the game but Fulham won so many of our minds, I don't really know how to rate Chelsea on that game, they were just lucky to have scored those goals, the only person I was pleased with on that pitch last night was Cole Palmer, like he was on fire last night, he had one goal and one assist, and with some clinical dribbles, that was awesome to me, I only hope he keeps it that way this season, if he does then I can assure Chelsea is quite good to go.