EPL 2025/26
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@Cyclops said in EPL 2025/26:
Not only does Textor sell to one of the worst owners in all of sports, it doesn't even fix their problem. Palace are fucked.
It's pretty crazy - multi-club ownership is rife and UEFA does nothing to prevent it but punishes teams if they don't do some admin to make it appear that the ownership is not shared. There are lots of dodgy transfers where clubs overpay and underpay for players depending on the regulations involved. Forest get 2 rising stars from Botafogo for the same price that they sell Danilo to Botafogo - so that works for PSR for Forest and Textor owns Botafogo so you know there will be some quid pro quo going on.
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Fantastic
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Probably ends up at Chelsea or Man U. If he goes back to Italy, then Inter or Juventus are the obvious frontruers, just to annoy AC Milan fans just a little bit more.
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@African-Monkey Man City are interested too apparently.
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@sparky Would be an interesting approach as Donnarumma and Ederson are differet goalkeepers. Donnarumma is moreknownforhis elite shotstopping where as Ederson has sort of changed the game a bit for keepers as he plays like an outfielder and a fair bit of Man City's attacks start from Ederson.
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Another nine and a bit months of the EPL kicks off tonight with Liverpool hosting Bournemouth
My prediction of what the table will look like on the evening of Sunday May 24 2026:
Champions: Man City
2: Liverpool
3: Arsenal
4: Chelsea
5: Aston Villa
6. Newcastle
7. Man Utd
8. Crystal Palace
9. Brighton
10. Everton
11. Spurs
12. Forest
13. Fulham
14. Leeds
15. Bournemouth
16. Brentford
17. Wolves
18. West Ham
19. Burnley
20. Sunderland -
Bournemouth non believers will have their predictions shattered again. Truffert is the real deal. One more cb and we will launch again.
Loved the fight against Liverpool, pity about the late goal conceded for goal difference but most expected a rout. Up the cherries
At least we leave Liverpool with one of theirs, welcome to the seaside Ben Doak
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2025/26:
Thought Truffert struggled against Salah - no shame there - but he looks like the modern left back with surging runs and a good left foot. I agree that Bournemouth should be fine given they have only lost a whole defence.
I agree on both points but thought he was better than kerkez who we sold, albeit one game. I’m more excited about the season now though.
Especially with Doak and likely Adli incoming. Just need a cb as senesi for me struggled the most
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On the other side Wirtz looks like Ozil and should be an assist machine. Thought Ekitike was excellent as well.
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@bayimports said in EPL 2025/26:
@KiwiPie said in EPL 2025/26:
Thought Truffert struggled against Salah - no shame there - but he looks like the modern left back with surging runs and a good left foot. I agree that Bournemouth should be fine given they have only lost a whole defence.
I agree on both points but thought he was better than kerkez who we sold, albeit one game. I’m more excited about the season now though.
Especially with Doak and likely Adli incoming. Just need a cb as senesi for me struggled the most
Bournemouth really pinned Kerkez back and he got caught up in a physical duel with Semenyo that he couldn't win. And Kerkez never really got much chance to maraud forwards.
Salah has been amazing for Liverpool over the years. In 8 seasons he has never played fewer than 32 games despite regular AFCONs and has never scored fewer than 18 goals. That's an astonishing run of being fit and holding form.
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City looked good although Wolves looked uninspiring, Rudolph impressed (I can't spell Reijnders). Great win for Sunderland, the ground was rocking - West Ham look to be heading for a miserable season. Spurs get past Burnley although not all that convincingly. Villa look poorish, Newcastle toothless - Brighton and Fulham will be fine but probably mid-table. Chelsea also toothless, Wood back and scoring, Brentford need to make signings. United looked better than Arsenal but it was mainly huffing and puffing. Mbeumo & Cunha were the best 2 players on the field.
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Usually too hard to tell this early into the season as to who's good and who's not, apart from your Liverpool's, Man City etc.
From a Villa point of view, with Ramsey and possibly Bailey out the door, maybe a late flurry in the trasfer window? We're looking a bit thin depth wise especially centre back and maybe another attacker. Asensio rumoured to return, hopefully one or 2 more.
Bloody PSR rules.
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@Cyclops said in EPL 2025/26:
Stat watch: Chris Wood on 91 premier league goals. Will be a fantastic achievement to get to 100.
A wonder he never got a decent run at one of the bigger clubs. Just not sexy enough clearly, but he certainly knows the way to goal
