Premier League 2024-25 fan preview
From the official Guardian.com website:
Chelsea
While you can’t take much from pre-season results we again start a season looking like a team in transition: another new manager, another style of play and again another failure to address the issue of recruiting high-quality established players. It’s worrying to start a season with the defence looking uncomfortable with the new tactics but there are promising signs with our attacking play. Hopefully it clicks. If we can continue the form we had at the end of the season we should comfortably be a top six side
Key players/weak links A fit Reece James will always be vital, Nkunku feels like a new signing and Lavia has looked very good in pre season. Sánchez as first-choice keeper worries me greatly and we’ve still failed to recruit a world-class No 9. It’s difficult to judge the emerging talents: the club have bought so much potential it’s not clear where they all fit in.
Cult hero Our new owners see homegrown players as a revenue source and we’ve sold most of them. Conor Gallagher, a player who showed the passion and commitment we all love to see, has been treated shabbily by the club. It’s difficult to see a cult hero appearing from the current squad, it seems devoid of any characters but hopefully they’ll emerge as the team matures.
We need to sign … I hope we go all out and sign Victor Osimhen: a proven, consistent goal scorer to take the pressure off Nicolas Jackson. Big clubs need big players.
We will finish 5th;
Top four 1 Arsenal 2 Man City 3 Liverpool 4 Man Utd;
Bottom three 18 West Ham 19 Southampton 20 Ipswich;
First manager sacked Sean Dyche
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Paul B in memory of Trizia Fiorellino
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