Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 323. (Read 70854 times)

I didn't say it's going to be easy, but it would be possible if Chelsea was to win all their remaining games including the match with Tottenham who now occupies 5th spot.
Tottenham is still to play against each team from the top 3 (and against Chelsea) so losing 10 points is not impossible.
But then again, Chelsea also has outstanding away matches against Arsenal and Aston Villa, so their chances are purely mathematical.

I didn't expect Liverpool and Arsenal to lose in the same week. Arsenal certainly has a difficult opponent to beat, that's because Aston Villa came with a big mission to win the match. Meanwhile, Liverpool, who dominated the match against Crystal Palace, also failed due to poor finishing, but these are all things that have been worried about for the rest of the season.

Currently Manchester City leads the standings with a 2 point advantage over Arsenal and Liverpool. Manchester City have an easier schedule based on their opponents, but I wouldn't agree to say they are safe. Arsenal have a difficult schedule, that's because they have tough opponents. Meanwhile, Liverpool is likely to make Arsenal drop to 3rd place for the remainder of the season.

Such a tight championship race, right?    After handing the lead over to Manchester City now Arsenal - Liverpool are in trouble. Only 6 weeks left...

The remaining games for Manchester City:

• Brighton (A)
• Nottingham (A)
• Wolves (H)
• Fulham (A)
• Tottenham (A)
• West Ham (H)

Quite many away games to play for them and one of them is against Tottenham. Maybe and hopefully there might a chance for them to lose points. 

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By the way, the way Palmer performs mesmerizes me. He is going for the Golden Boot seemingly after equalizing the number of goals with Haaland - 20. 

 Chelsea had a great game yesterday and that’s what improvement is all about being able to be good with the ball and when you’re off the ball, you’re able to trap back and defend then get the ball and head to attack. This is what the team showed yesterday and you can see the joy in thr face of the fan’s yesterday as they wished results like this can continue coming in.

 This win was convincing enough as they didn’t just hold on to possession for long rather they made sure they capitalized on every chance they have and that helped them score that huge number of goals and increase their goal difference. Now this kind of win is a statement win for the likes of West Ham, Man United and Newcastle as any mistake from any of them will bring them below to Chelsea. ⁠This win is one that came right on time ahead of their FA Cup Semi Final Clash with Man City. Everton were petty bad as thy tried to keep the ball but I think their defense line wasn’t working at all yesterday as compared to the attack who had pretty number of chances.

  ⁠Cole Palmer, the man of the match who bagged a 2nd career hattrick and in successive EPL games at Stamford Bridge, his hat trick was a perfect one as you can see him using both left foot, right and header in the goals and getting a penalty goal to bring him level on points with Haaland for the Golden Boot. The FA Cup Semi is next and I wish the Chelsea team will be able t make it to another Wembley final, maybe they’ll be able to break the jinx this time.

I think it is not about building a team, but the fact that they may not be able to keep him. If I trusted that they could keep him, then I would say build a team around him that's fine, but what does "build a team around him" really means? It just means go buy other players who are good right? Well, they have to do that with or without Cole anyway, it is not really a difference between those two.

I think Cole Palmer is a superstar in the making, one of the best player in the world right now, easily would put him at top 10 at the moment if you ask me, but because he is at Chelsea and not at a decent team, nobody really sees how good he is. Put that dude at City and you will see how amazing he could be. Lets see how Chelsea will move forward.

Do you expect a win from Everton that will change Chelsea's game?
I don't think so, indeed in that game Chelsea played quite well and even they they they have the ability to create more goals if their attackers are able to take advantage of more opportunities, Everton's performance that continues to deteriorate this season certainly makes it easier for Chelsea to slaughter them in that game besides that I think Everton's poor defense is clearly the reason for the defeat to Everton,  But I don't think Chelsea will be able to maintain their form in the next game and it is not impossible that events like againts Sheffield United and Burnley will happen again in the next game after they managed to get a win this week.

Liverpool's failure to beat Crystal Palace followed by Arsenal suffering the same fate against Aston Villa makes Manchester City now one step closer to winning the trophy this season, Liverpool and Arsenal waste their chances to continue at the top of the table, so I think for now the chances of Arsenal and Liverpool winning the Premier League are getting smaller unless indeed Manchester City will be lose in the remaining matches of their this season.

Everton has been doing their best but the quality of players were saying a lot in that match. To be honest, the dramatic penalty was also making that match became so colorful lol. Chelsea has so many little brats. Everton is still having some chances to keep play in EPL next season.
The performance from the club was so awful. Pochettino has another season to fix it or it will be on the disaster. Todd boehly wants his club to get a perfect result. So, we must be waiting for what things that have already prepared by manchester united soon.

Chelsea has made significant improvement but this is not enough in order to bring the club into the european league spot soon. The club must always win the upcoming game in order to make club will participate in europa league.
This is also helping pochettino to secure his spot as a head coach in chelsea. Everton did a better job in the first leg and this shows that how chelsea improved a lot.

If the performance of Chelsea against Everton came to you as a surprise, it means you have not been watching or following Chelsea recently. Just when no one is looking, Chelsea have picked form probably not as much as the formidable Chelsea but a form that can withstand any team in the Premiership at present. They have managed to solve their problems and have finally discovered their winning strategy.

There is no way Chelsea will qualify for Conference League this season. The gap is too wide so they should just focus on finishing the season strong. They have successfully been able to build a strong team so they should look beyond this season as this season is done. I will keep playing Chelsea on goals as they have been scoring many goals in their matches. At least that will earn me some money and their next match against Arsenal is a sure bet for over 2.5 goals.

Building around Cole Palmer is something that shouldn't be considered, they should build a squad strong enough not to rely on a single person. So what happens when he gets Injured?
There's Mudryk and he is also another excellent player for Chelsea and I believe his time will definitely come. When I watch him play, all I see is Eden Hazard. Also, Chelsea has the name Nkuku this is another top talented player and you want them dwelling on a single player? I can see you talk all because of the current moment.

You'd have to win that game against Tottenham Hotspur to go over Manchester United, maybe, find yourselves playing one of the European Competitions next season.
But I still go on to ask if Mauricio Pochetino is still the right man for the job?

Chelsea's performance in the game against Everton is of course very extraordinary and honestly I did not expect if Chelsea could be so fierce to destroy Everton, indeed Everton is not in their best form this season but honestly it will still be very difficult for a team to beat Everton with a big enough score like yesterday, the victory over Everton actually does not change their position too much in the current Premier League standings,  I think Chelsea played well in that game but I think the Chelsea players looked very silly when they were fighting for penalties and I think Pochettino should manage and advise them to be more mature.

Currently Chelsea are ranked 9th and they need 4 more points to be able to reach the Conference League zone next season, but for sure it will not be easy because after all Chelsea will have to compete with Manchester United, Newcastle and Westham in reaching the last limit of the European competition zone next season, to be honest, seeing Chelsea's current performance that is up and down of course staying in the top 10 is better for them at the end of the season.

It is possible that Chelsea can make 6th position, but making 5th position is something they cannot do. The difference the 6th place Newcastle United, the 7th place Manchester United ans the 8th place Westham United is just 3 points which can change with just 1 match week. Besides Chelsea has played lesser amount of matches than the teams mentioned above. But catching up with Tottenham is not possible, because 10 points is very huge to overcome.

Right from the beginning of the season, I have seen that the three promoted clubs; Luton, Shelfield and Burnley are working hard to return to the championship. I don't know if Everton wants to join the battle with them.

So far Chelsea have looked better than the last five matches they are unbeaten, if they continue to play like that they can definitely get the best position in the standings, usually that's what I saw in the previous season, it's not surprising to see a team playing at the start of the season. bad, usually they play better at the end of the season, and vice versa, when a team plays well at the start of the season it usually plays badly at the end of the season, we probably already know and saw signs of that in Liverpool and Arsenal yesterday where they experienced defeats simultaneously in the middle Quite tight competition with Manchester City.

Finally, currently Manchester City is at the top of the standings and of course this cannot be separated from the failure of Liverpool and Arsenal to compete with them. I think many teams have not learned from the previous season because they are usually too serious at the start of the season so it is possible that their energy runs out and it is difficult to win in the remaining games at the end of the season, I think we all know that, I think Chelsea will give another surprise in the next game. the victory against Everton was the beginning of their progress. 

Not only Arsenal fans were disappointed in the last match but Liverpool fans also seem to feel the same way as losing to a team like Crystal Palace sounds very unreasonable. Because on paper Liverpool are superior, playing at Anfield and also with the main squad of Mo Salah, Diaz and Nunez on the front line, usually these three players are no longer in doubt if given enough playing time. But the results were beyond expectations without being able to score 1 goal, of course the fans were very disappointed. What wrong with Liverpool players and Jurgen Klopp? they are not as usual. This is not the Liverpool I know, even from match statistics, Crystal Palace was only able to get 5 shots on target.


2 points different from Man City and with each having played 32 matches, maybe we just need to wait for a miracle to come that makes Man City lose 3 points in the next match. Warning for Arsenal vs Wolves and Liverpool vs Fulham, who will have their 33rd match first, they need to target 3 points there is no reason to lose again.

Chelsea trash Everton 6 zero yesterday, It was really a nice performance by Chelsea players yesterday dey really played well their attacking force against Everton was massive everywhere in the pitch was Chelsea players and dey didn't want to give Everton any breathing space to even score 1 goal, though even Everton goal keeper Pickford was not really good yesterday he didn't helped Everton he was in mixed form and the pressure was much and he couldn't withstand.

Actually the 5th place is not necessarily out of their reach either, considering Tottenham is still to face Arsenal, Liverpool and... Chelsea. So, potentially, they could make up 9 points there.
Palmer was on fire, I liked how he didn't take no sh*t from Jackson and Madueke, who both tried to take the penalty away from him, despite Palmer being designated penalty taker. This was very unprofessional behaviour and has caused some drama and strong reaction of the Chelsea coach:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13312071/Mauricio-Pochettino-insists-ACCEPT-teams-penalty-bust-Everton-rout-Chelsea-boss-confirms-Cole-Palmer-designated-spot-kick-taker-going-forward.html

Yeah, congratulations on your win, friend. It's not easy to decide to bet on a club that has quite big odds because the winning rate is smaller, but you are really lucky to get both with big profits when many people experience losses on their bets Most people bet on clubs. host and most people's expectations would have wanted the competition between the three clubs to continue until now but it turns out that Aston Villa and Crystal Palace were able to make it difficult for Liverpool and Arsenal who played at home clubs. Their defeat was an unexpected surprise, even now I'm still thinking about my bet what was lost was caused by the defeats of Arsenal and Liverpool

However, we can't predict surprises. I thought Manchester City would stay at the top of the standings for only a day, but it turns out my prediction was wrong. If Manchester City wins all its matches then its position will continue to be at the top of the standings, but if Manchester City makes a mistake and loses, the competition for the title will still continue. and we will see the title at the end of the season which club is really strong enough to maintain its consistency. Arsenal and Liverpool still have a big chance to overtake Manchester City.

The current performance from chelsea is far different compared to the when it faces everton in the first leg. Palmer is getting even colder than before. He is calm and beast. No doubt that if pep probable regrets his decision to let him leave from the club.



Palmer is now in the same position as haaland who has been collecting 20 goals so far. That's amazing to see how palmer keeps being so productive in any game. He was not a striker but is still having a chance to become a top scorer this season.
that's gonna be unbelievable thing like when jude bellingham was also leading the top scorer of la liga now.

It's really convincing him me if chelsea will able to surpass manchester united soon. Chelsea is only having three points gap to the MU. The blues is still having 1 remaining match. It's possible to see chelsea is going up.

Damn, this is the best odd (10 and 11) I got both in win  , I don't know why I bet Aston villa and Crystal Palace where both is play away from home. But so far, I know that will happen when the city is below the top of the standings.

If Chelsea continue to play just like they did today, I believe they can achieve the 6th position as you earlier said. They didn't alone demolished Everton but they murthered them. I never expected this surprised beaten from them tonight.  Big kudos to Cole Palmer, the real man of the match.

The young lad Cole Palmer is a saving grace for Chelsea this season and I can confirm that without regret he's the best  signing Chelsea ever made this season and it's very important Pochettino starts building the team around him. Palmer has the brilliance and the stomach to carry this Chelsea team back to glory days.

The 5th, 6th and 7th position is still open for any of the team's as the teams that are currently seated within these positions are with shaking points that with Chelsea 2 outstanding games to play there could be the chance that Chelsea will be moving upwards into one of those positions either 5th or worst still 6th as you had analyzed.

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