Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 228. (Read 71780 times)

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.

Newcastle United is a team that has quite strong finances, but I wonder why they don't recruit quality players who can improve their performance this season. Management is known to be quite stingy because in this transfer saga one of their offers was rejected by another team because they sent an offer at a fairly cheap price. That way, if they are not active enough to improve, I think their place this season will certainly be mid-table this season.
It is reported that Eddie will recruit several players but their performance is very quiet or does not look more active compared to other teams. The decline in their performance last season should be a big evaluation for management in this transfer market. If we rely on a squad like last season, I think Newcastle United will have difficulty competing with Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool.

Real Madrid is really willing to let Lunin go? Why?    I mean in Courtois' absence he did a great work as you can remember. I was even wondering whether Courtois would need some time to take his place back.

Lunin is a wonderful goalkeeper so Chelsea should go for him absolutely. Kepa didn't perform consistently during his time at Chelsea. Lunin would easily be the main goalkeeper for Chelsea if this swap deal happens.

By the way while saying "swap + money deal", how much are we talking about? Normally there is a gap around 10 million euros between their market values. But after that effort, Real Madrid might want more for Lunin.

Friendly matches are not a reference for us, but what if next season Chelsea does not experience an improvement in their playing performance?
Chelsea fielded almost all young players in that match and we don't know whether they will fill the main line-up next season or not at all because if you look at the composition of players currently owned by Chelsea the majority are young players, in the match Chelsea really dominated the match and In fact we have to admit that they are able to create many opportunities, but the problem is that at the moment there is no cohesiveness between the players, so there are often miscommunications which make them fail to take advantage of opportunitie with good, Currently, Maresca needs to create cohesiveness between the players so that they can make Chelsea play better in next season, if in that match Celtic use their full strength then it is certain that Chelsea defeat will be bigger, so Maresca should evaluate Chelsea game at this time because in official matches in the EPL all team will field their best squad and performance to face Chelsea.

I read Chelsea is about sealing up a deal with a new keeper, and this I believe it's reason they want to sell Kepa, but to me, Arizabalaga Kepa should still be kept in the club because despite some of his flops, he got experience when it comes keeping balls, the guy is good when it comes to saving penalties, if Kepa can be provided with a solid defense line, that's when you gonna enjoy him at the goal post, Chelsea defense line hasn't been what we used to know Chelsea before during when Peter Cech was Chelsea's number one man.
For Real Madrid to be going for Kepa at this time, it means the guy got some potential they want.