EPL 2024/2025
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It all kicks off this evening with Man Utd- Fulham.
Anyway, my predictions of what the table will look like at the end of the season:
- Arsenal
- Man City
- Spurs
- Liverpool
- Aston Villa
- Newcastle (Sounds like they are in for Marc Guehi which might make them a top four club)
- Man Utd
- Chelsea
- West Ham
- Brentford
- Crystal Palace
- Brighton
- Fulham
- Wolves
- Leicester (but might be lower if they get points deduction for overspending)
- Notts Forest
- Everton
- Ipswich
- Bournemouth
- Southampton
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Hard to bet against City really. I'd go:
City, Arsenal, Villa, United, Spurs, Chelsea, Newcastle, Liverpool ...... Ipswich, Brentford, Southampton.
Basically I think Villa are going to keep going, United to bounce a bit, Liverpool to struggle with an aging squad and a post-Fergie style post-Klopp. Chelsea will still be dogshit, but beat the lesser teams. Brentford golden run feels like it's done for me & as for mid-table, I have absolutely no idea.
Still feels too early to be back! Hell, it's 28 degrees here today & the kids still have 2.5 weeks of holidays to go!
What you can read into that is that Arsenal will walk the league, Brentford will do just fine Liverpool will be the closest challenger to the Arse.
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Right, off to Charlton v Leyton Orient this morning, then off to West Ham v Aston Villa for the late game, then off to Brentford v Crystal Palace tomorrow. My first time in England.
Up the Villa!
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I think he has 6 easy games so 6 wins will mean they will probably give him the job
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@DaGrubster There's a lot of rumours going around that Pep Guardiola's already had talks with the FA about taking over when his Manchester City contract runs out in June.
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Gary Neville have all said they've heard the rumours from good sources.
Lee Carsley will be a lot cheaper for the FA than Pep Guardiola's who is currently on £20 million a year with Man City.
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@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
@DaGrubster There's a lot of rumours going around that Pep Guardiola's already had talks with the FA about taking over when his Manchester City contract runs out in June.
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Gary Neville have all said they've heard the rumours from good sources.
Lee Carsley will be a lot cheaper for the FA than Pep Guardiola's who is currently on £20 million a year with Man City.
But they might actually win something with Pep...
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Man Amadou Onana is some player for Villa! Gives me Yaya Toure vibes. Ian Maatsen and Jacob Ramsey also made a big difference coming on too, and a Great finish from Jhon Duran to win the game, ironically against the side that he was trying to force a move too only a week ago.
Onto Arsenal next week, another fixture I will be attending.
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A very promising start. The strongest Villa bench I can remember and an awesome debut from Onana. I loved his description of AVFC as "a big family club." He'll fit in very well and become a fan favourite at Villa Park very quickly.
A great save by Emi Martinez and a brave goal line clearance by Ezri Konsa saw us secure the three points.
Arsenal at home will be a test.
I'm hoping for an upgrade on Diego Carlos at right Centre Back before the transfer window ends and one more attacking player. Otherwise the squad looks very strong.
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@African-Monkey said in EPL 2024/2025:
Man Amadou Onana is some player for Villa! Gives me Yaya Toure vibes. Ian Maatsen and Jacob Ramsey also made a big difference coming on too, and a Great finish from Jhon Duran to win the game, ironically against the side that he was trying to force a move too only a week ago.
Onto Arsenal next week, another fixture I will be attending.
Sounds like a great trip you're on - how was the Brentford Community Stadium? Not as good as the old ground with a pub on each corner.
When Duran was pointing down to the ground after his goal, did he mean he belongs in the Villa team or that he expects to be playing for West Ham in their next home game? Onana is a top player, was impressed with him for Belgium, held the team together and Everton looked very fragile in his absence.
Already last season's top 4 look likely to be this season's top 4 (points deductions aside) although to be fair, Spurs haven't played yet. Chelsea need chaos to upset City and a baking hot day meant they couldn't harass them enough. Kovacic played the Rodri role really well and even managed a rare goal.
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2024/2025:
@African-Monkey said in EPL 2024/2025:
Man Amadou Onana is some player for Villa! Gives me Yaya Toure vibes. Ian Maatsen and Jacob Ramsey also made a big difference coming on too, and a Great finish from Jhon Duran to win the game, ironically against the side that he was trying to force a move too only a week ago.
Onto Arsenal next week, another fixture I will be attending.
Sounds like a great trip you're on - how was the Brentford Community Stadium? Not as good as the old ground with a pub on each corner.
When Duran was pointing down to the ground after his goal, did he mean he belongs in the Villa team or that he expects to be playing for West Ham in their next home game? Onana is a top player, was impressed with him for Belgium, held the team together and Everton looked very fragile in his absence.
Already last season's top 4 look likely to be this season's top 4 (points deductions aside) although to be fair, Spurs haven't played yet. Chelsea need chaos to upset City and a baking hot day meant they couldn't harass them enough. Kovacic played the Rodri role really well and even managed a rare goal.
Very nice little stadium. Right size too, as opposed to West Ham's Olympic stadium which can lack a bit in atmosphere (still a nice venue however). Some people are even lucky enough to watch the game from up in their apartments depending on how high uk they are. Sadly I couldn't attend a pub due to being with my wife haha but there's a few around near the bridge across the rd from the stadium.
Haha yeah, I think it's more of an apology after trying to force his way to West Ham only a week ago. I can understand his frustration in some ways as he is a talented young striker who doesn't see a lot of minutes due to being stuck behind Watkins, bit he certainly helped change things when he came on.
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@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
Pep Guardiola shock hands yesterday with the 9th different Chelsea boss while he's been Manager of Manchester City.
Constantly chopping and changing Managers is insanity by a big club.
I still shake my head at them getting rid of Poch.
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The BBC have produced a list of players who are probably on the move before the end of the month:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c74lwk1j84no
In terms of Aston Villa, it seems almost certain that Alex Moreno is leaving.
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@sparky said in EPL 2024/2025:
The BBC have produced a list of players who are probably on the move before the end of the month:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c74lwk1j84no
In terms of Aston Villa, it seems almost certain that Alex Moreno is leaving.
I thought Moreno had already joined Como to join their set of veterans (Varane, Belotti, Pepe Reina). The coach is Fabregas so will be interesting to see how they get on back in Serie A.
