Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 151. (Read 59155 times)

The result against Rosenberg was a different case. This was because Manchester United did not use many key players against Rosenberg. However, they did start many key players in a friendly against Arsenal. Though it was not a serious match.
Mount, Hojlund, or even Rashford took part in that game, and Arsenal was also using its main squad as well.



So, Manchester United lost narrowly to Arsenal in that friendly. But the stats showed that United could match Arsenal. The gap was not as big as last season when Arsenal always humiliated United.
Yet Arsenal was still too strong, but that's a really nice progress for Manchester United. Also, Hojlund's new injury shows that buying Zirkzee from Bologna was the right choice.

Some new couches always come with a good fighting spirit when they arrive newly at a club and probably relent after some few games but Enzo Maresca case is different. From the beginning, the few games he has managed there's nothing to write home about for now. Thou I do expect things to fall together for him when they finish accumulating all the players they've been running after. At least, there won't be any excuses after the have enough players at their disposal. They seem to have prioritize business now more than making a working team as they were before.

But at least with some friendly matches that Enzo Maresca has done at least we know how he manages players and does the attack scheme that he will do in the new season.  There are still many things that he must pay attention to including the problem of teamwork which is still not solid when we look at Chelsea's performance in their 2 friendly matches.

This must be fixed immediately because after all this is an important thing to support their performance next season considering that at this time Maresca's burden is still the same as the previous Chelsea coach by trying to improve performance to be even better later.  This is still a heavy burden for Chelsea and Maresca especially by looking at the conditions of friendly matches which are actually not very good for Chelsea it makes me a little doubtful whether this will improve before the new season starts or not.

The result was not so encouraging especially when you look at how the defense and the goalkeeper performed it will make you think poorly about the team but them there are some few things i noticed about the team style of play, you can’t say they played exactly the way the GIF image is displaying throughout the matches, there were some good display as well and it means the team will progress gradually. With a lot of key players not available and majority of the new players are young you shouldn’t expect an excellent performance from them too soon. I believe when the players are back things will change and we will see an improvement from the team.

I don’t think Chelsea will be so bad that they will be battling to escape relegation, they can’t be as bad as they have been in the last two seasons all you have to do is to trust the process. There is an ongoing news about bringing in Osimhen which will be a major boost to have a player of his caliber on our squad.

There are very limited Italian players who succeed in Premier League and Calafiori is very brave to accept this challenge and move from Serie A to Premier League. He can have intelligence to play smartly and cleverly but in Premier League, a central defender will need more physical strength that seems to non exist with Calafiori now.

He will need to use rest time in summer pre-season to work with physical staffs and improve his muscles, and continue to do this in early month at Arsenal. With his current body, it will be hard to play in Premier League with higher intensity and more physical fights than in Serie A.

Calafiori is a scarce defender in Italy now who can play like Maldini, Nesta, Baresi and does not rely too much on his physical strength. His play style can be good support for other defenders in Arsenal but he will still need to improve his physical strength rather than depends on support of his teammate. Face to face fight with attacking players will need better strength and Calafiori must work hard to get it.

With this performance Chelsea have shown in the friendlies so far, I'm not sure what they will do on the first week of the season. I mean they are going to host Manchester City already at the beginning. It is going to be interesting to watch. As it is only the beginning of the season, maybe Manchester City might not also have a great start. That would help Chelsea more of course.

But in the long run, Chelsea will need to make a big progress. A new manager and a new adaptation process... I wish Pochettino still kept his job then there wouldn't be any need for this. They would be able to start better. 

Manchester United players performed very well in this match. Manchester United players performed very badly against Rosenborg in the first friendly match. Throughout the match we saw slow performance from Manchester United players. And Manchester United lost the match by 1-0. Despite a poor performance against Rosenborg, Manchester United's performance against Arsenal improved.

Manchester United lost 2-1 against Arsenal. Manchester United's players attacked a lot in this match. Even then, Manchester United players could not score more than one goal. However, Hojlund suffered an injury in this match. And it's a big loss for Manchester United.

I saw a video of his introduction to the Arsenal team in the US, I could tell that Calafiori was very happy to join them. He’s been waiting for them to finalize the deal. He had a good season in at Bologna and also did well for Italy in the just concluded Euros.
Arsenal have gotten themselves a solid defender. He gives me the vibes of Maldini and those traditional Italian defenders. He will bring more than we can imagine to that Arsenal defense. Arsenal had a good defense last season, which won Raya the Golden Glove award, now they’ve added another solid player to the same defense, I can only imagine what it’ll take their opponents to break through that Arsenal.
Arteta want to achieve another feat this season. I can feel what he wants to achieve with this Arsenal team. They’re still hoping on bringing in more players to strengthen their squad entirely.

The match between Arsenal and Manchester United was a friendly but there was no shortage of excitement. Arsenal performed well against Manchester United but Manchester United did not perform well against Arsenal. Since it was a friendly match, the performance of this match might not be that important but Manchester United's performance against Arsenal can at least give an idea of how Manchester United's performance is going to be in the next season. Since there has not been much change in the team, it is natural that there will not be much change in performance. 

Manchester United are relying on their current manager, maybe this manager will disappoint them next season as well and they will not be in a very good position in the Premier League points table at the end of a full season.

I agree with you that it would be a miracle if Chelsea do well this season. I do not expect that we will see good performances from this team next season. A good performance is not possible by changing coaches so quickly. Last season we saw coach Pochettino manage to stabilize the Chelsea team to a great extent. We have seen good performances from Chesley in the last few games of the season. However, Chelsea management decided to sack Pochettino. Chelsea also need time to stabilize the team now with a new coach.



It cannot be said for sure whether Liverpool team will perform well next season. After a long time Liverpool changed their coach. We also don't know yet whether the new coach will be able to stabilize the team. I would say it is very difficult to predict Liverpool's performance before the start of the season. But hopefully Liverpool will do well next season and challenge for the title.

Honestly I did not expect Chelsea to be in good condition this season. If they eventually do well, it will be called a miracle to me. In as much as this seasons English Premier League will not be as competitive as last season, Chelsea still does not have a place in the top 4. Boehly made a double mistake, first dismissing Tuchel, secondly dismissing Pochettino.

You are not alone on this, I also do not expect that Liverpool will be competitive this season. First it will take slot a good time to adapt to the team and the English style of play and secondly Liverpool is not active in the transfer market. However Liverpool will comfortably be in the top 4 wether or not they re-enforce.

Ngl, I was surprised when Enzo got the job despite the fact that Chelsea really needs a very experienced coach that cn take up a young team and turn them to champions but I respect the owners decision if the club owners did so. Like I said, it's only going to get tough from here for Chelsea because teams in the EPL will eat this their young team. Imo, they should have given pochettino more time because he was already beginning to find his feet at Chelsea despite a difficult start for him. I don't want to conclude for Enzo because we never can tell — he might do bad in preseason only to make some streaks and do a whole lot better in the EPL. Fingers crossed. 

Yes that was a good signing by Arsenal because the position of Riccardo Calafiori is a very important and sensitive area of the defense and since Arsenal have got good strikers, the area they are having major challenge is within the defense region but now that Riccardo Calafiori who plays as a center back have been signed to the team, we should expect Arsenal's defense line to be solid since William Saliba who is a major figure in the defense line will now play along with Riccardo Calafiori and I have come across some news in the media that shows how eager Riccardo Calafiori was to sign for Arsenal, he was so happy to join a very active competitor of the English Premier league so i believe he will give his all to see them make good improvements in the new season. Within this 5 years of his contract with Arsenal, he must have blended so well with the team.

Chelsea doesn't look like they are in good condition. Celtic just crushed them in a friendly. When will this team get better for real?    I'm going to continue to say this, Boehly made a big mistake by parting ways with Pochettino...

Arsenal and Manchester City are the only teams I'm expecting big from this season. I'm not expecting the same effort from Liverpool also for now. Because I haven't seen them active in transfers this summer until now. Arne Slot should be faster with determining his targets. Salah is staying I guess. It is good. He is still making the biggest contribution to the team. Unless they find a direct replacement, he should be kept.

I do get that they are not going to take it seriously, but when you are not taking it seriously that means you do not run that much, or you do nto chase balls, or you do not cover your position like you should, or you do not defend that hard, or you are taking shots that you normally wouldn't take etc etc.

Taking it seriously means you do all of that, not taking it seriously doesn't mean you are missing balls or giving bad pass or just losing ball control, those are not just not taking it seriously, those are stuff that a team in disarray would do.

It's obvious that they are not confident in their own abilities anymore, and they look like they are going to end up with being something terrible, it will definitely not be something easy. I get that it may take some time and I agree that Chelsea will be terrible for a while longer, but if they hire some people who will take care of the team and the squad properly, they may build something better for the future.

I still think that their transfer window moves are great, they are getting young stars for a lot of money and put it on instalments and sign them for long terms, allowing them to either play those players, or just sell them later for more money, or just quick cash. That could still make things good, and I believe that we are going to end up with something that may not do that well, it could take some stuff that will not be all that easy to handle, so that's a tough thing.

It's too early spot out the differences between the game pattern of the new coach and in comparison with others. Enzo Maresca have more work to do in Stamford Bridge, it's just a matter of time before the club's sits in prominent form for next season. I'm watching their pre-season games, it's interesting and their attacking lines becomes very competitive with more players to fit in. Chelsea unable to win the pre-season matches and that doesn't prove any doubt from their ends especially from Enzo Maresca.

That's why Chelsea wants the swap deal, not buying the new one. Because they still have other goalkeepers, but we cannot deny that Lunin's performance is also quite good. Especially in the UCL, he also made quite a lot of crucial saves, so Lunin's quality is good if you look at his performance last season. only for Real Madrid, his playing time will be less, because after all, Courtois is still their main goalkeeper.

That's why Chelsea wants him. For Kepa, yes, Kepa himself still wants to be at Real Madrid, so he agrees with this swap deal if it really happens. Both parties will benefit here with the performance of each goalkeeper. However, the problem right now is that Chelsea must prepare a fair amount of money for the swap deal and this is the problem. but that's not something impossible.

Arsenal 2 - 1 Man United, mate..

Anyway, Arsenal officially announces that they're successful signing contract Riccardo Calafiori to Arsenal just now.
Finally, Arsenal have signed 5-year contracts with Bologna  Centre-Back until 2029. They achieved agreement for £42m deal worth. Actually, this is not new news because there was already an agreement before, only, in the end they have officially signed the contract and now Calafiori is wearing the Arsenal jersey with the number 33.


Source: Riccardo Calafiori signs for Arsenal

If we look at the final score, then we will conclude that their game is bad. But this is preseason where many people do not take games like this seriously, and so is the Chelsea game. On the other hand, it is natural to feel a bit worried about Chelsea, and in fact this can be felt even in the last few seasons. I personally would not be so quick to conclude that their game is bad, but I would wait until the league starts.

Statistically, their game is actually good, but if we comment on this game, then their defense needs to be improved a lot, even though now we are not really seeing their best performance. Because they could be experimenting without caring about the results of the game, the most important thing is that they can evaluate everything after this preseason game.

Arsenal 2 - 1 Man City

Arsenal football team won the match against Manchester United football team .  Arsenal football team did 2 goals in this match and it was dominant in this match. At the start of match, from Man United side Højlund did first goal of match  at 10 minutes of match but after that we didn't see the goal from Manchester United side and we saw two goals from Arsenal side.  Martinelli goal was match changing because before that goal the score of both teams was equal and if match end with 1-1 goal then both teams can get 1 ,1 point. Martinelli actively used his mind and did goal at perfect time but getting the benefit from the opportunity . The stat of Arsenal was better than Manchester United team because they gave more passes and that passes helped then to do the goal.

Good point, mate. I was also concerned about how garbage Chelsea's performance was. People say they never took the pre-season game seriously. But, look at how Chelsea played poorly against a team they humiliated last season.

They'd shown horrible gameplay and tactics against Wrexham and Celtic. Sorry, but this GIF said it all about how horrendous Chelsea's gameplay is.



The current gameplay of Chelsea is far from the Premier League's level. I believe other PL clubs will bully them for their terrible play. I'm feeling Chelsea may be facing competition for relegation.

Instead of buying a new, experienced player, this club always buys young players. Their latest transfer was an average young goalkeeper from La Liga.

Chelsea's problem is how the club is mismanaged by a garbage owner.