Shame about Chelsea!
Yes.
I think that slight sound might be of a series of smothered and stifled giggles......from elsewhere in the land.
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The 2017-2018 Football Thread
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Yes.
I think that slight sound might be of a series of smothered and stifled giggles......from elsewhere in the land.
Hard to say. Red have a better defence but arguably weaker attack. Blue have the opposite. That said Jose is experienced and knows the league inside out so for that I'm going Red.
On paper City should win it. But given how they struggled initially against Brighton today its less clear cut. Against better teams they might get found out.
I will still say City to win - while I like Mr Conte, (and he is currently clearly having some difficulties with the board) Chelsea today were comically poor.
Well, that's it. Sixth, maybe seventh, here we come. Given the extra fixtures and the big spending of the top clubs, things can only go from bad to worse now for a Liverpool.
Yes, but with one caveat: I have long noticed that the top teams can tend to wobble a bit in August, and - for a newly promoted team - this is very often the best time of the year to put away a brace of points - they seem t be easier to come by than they are a bit later, when the top teams have gotten into their stride.
I to have noticed this. Top teams aren't yet match fit, whilst newly promoted teams are pumped up. Especially if the players have never been in the PL or feel they have a point to prove after being discarded by other PL clubs in the past as they weren't good/young enough.
Reading opinion pieces, I am not entirely sure that the blame for this lies with Mr Conte; I suspect that his desired buy and sell philosophy may not have been entertained by his employers.
Nevertheless, I'm banking on dear Mr Mourinho and his dressing room to have a monumental falling out at some stage (possibly next season, in truth), but, I am also banking on Manchester City to give them more than a good run for their money.
We were poor today. Yes Man U looked good, but I doubt we would have scored if we'd been given a week.
Well, yes, that does sound like an objective analysis.
And, no, scoring - that is, from West Ham - was never really on the cards.
Based on the results of the transfer market so far and the first weekend's worth of matches, I think the finishing order this season seems likely to be (with any two adjacent places pretty much a tossup)
1 Man Utd
2 Man City
3 Arsenal
4 Spurs
5 Chelsea
6 Liverpool
7 Everton
Pretty much no chance of any big surprises happening here. The title is going to Manchester, it's just a question of which half. If by some miracle it doesn't, the entire city becomes something of a laughing stock given the money spent on superstar players and managers.
Chelsea were idiots to sell Matic to Man Utd - just as Arsenal literally sold a title to Man Utd when they let RVP go there. The best evidence that money matters more than anything in football is the continued willingness of clubs to sell a starting quality player to a direct rival.
The one bright spot in the weekend is that Columbus solidly beat Chicago 3-1 at home. Any day Columbus beats Chicago is a good day, and helps me forget starting the PL season with an all too typical draw-that-feels-like-a-loss from Liverpool.
1 Man Utd
2 Man City
3 Arsenal
4 Spurs
5 Chelsea
6 Liverpool
7 Everton
Pretty much no chance of any big surprises happening here. The title is going to Manchester, it's just a question of which half. If by some miracle it doesn't, the entire city becomes something of a laughing stock given the money spent on superstar players and managers.
Chelsea were idiots to sell Matic to Man Utd - just as Arsenal literally sold a title to Man Utd when they let RVP go there. The best evidence that money matters more than anything in football is the continued willingness of clubs to sell a starting quality player to a direct rival.
The one bright spot in the weekend is that Columbus solidly beat Chicago 3-1 at home. Any day Columbus beats Chicago is a good day, and helps me forget starting the PL season with an all too typical draw-that-feels-like-a-loss from Liverpool.
Excellent post, but a few points occur: The first is Chelsea, their manager (clearly a bit unhappy), and their owner, a gentleman whose vast wealth may not be quite as bottomless and extensive (sanctions, biting perhaps?) as it once was.
Chelsea may have had to cash in on some assets; yes, in terms of assisting direct rivals, this is idiotic, but, sometimes, either greed or sheer financial necessity (and I suspect the latter) dictate such matters.
Manchester United have yet to face a serious team: although their team is now a lot stronger than it was at the same time last year, - Zlatan really salvaged last season for them - I'll reserve judgment until after they have faced serious competition with class and composure.
For now, despite today's very impressive performance - and no early season jitters - I'll still put my money on City for the title.
No, they were accomplished, confident and clinical. An excellent opening match.
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