EPL 2025/26
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and up to second. I agree with Iraola, it doesnt mean anything at this time of year, except you have points. We have had a good run of games and were able to get points. Next two games are away at difficult opponents so lets see how that plays out. Over the moon with our start though. Loving that El Kroupi can find the net that is a bonus
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@sparky said in EPL 2025/26:
Villa with another in against Man City. Outstanding goal by the Polish Cafu to win it.
The EPL have done their best to derali our progress with their little FFP rules to suit who they want to suit, but it's been a good turnaround from us after the turmoil from earlier in the season. Monchi departing seems to have had a positive influence as his recruitment strategy sent chaos right through the dressing room..
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@African-Monkey said in EPL 2025/26:
@sparky said in EPL 2025/26:
Villa with another in against Man City. Outstanding goal by the Polish Cafu to win it.
The EPL have done their best to derali our progress with their little FFP rules to suit who they want to suit, but it's been a good turnaround from us after the turmoil from earlier in the season. Monchi departing seems to have had a positive influence as his recruitment strategy sent chaos right through the dressing room..
Conversely last season Villa were spending almost 100% of their revenue on wages and while the details of those rules might need to be tuned, it is fundamentally a good thing for football and for clubs that there is a curb on wild spending. The problem is that it has led to bizarre ways to get around FFP - awarding huge long contracts to amortise expensive purchases and selling top young home grown talent as it is all FFP profit.
Villa stlll have a pretty good first team and a very sharp coach.
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Slot must be getting close to crisis time at Liverpool. Now the champion team has been broken up, he doesn't seem to know how he wants them to play. Basically defaulted on the EFL Cup by playing almost none of the first team squad and having a bench of kids (Lucky and Laffey on the bench sound like 2 of the dwarves rejected by Snow White). Teams know how to play against them to expose their weaknesses and I'm sure at the weekend that is what Villa will try to do
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It's a bold strategy by Bournemouth to hold a high line against Manchester City. There is no way that you should allow Haaland to be put through on goal from his own half!
Arsenal looking better and better to take the title with a very solid defence and a good enough attack
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2025/26:
Arsenal looking better and better to take the title with a very solid defence and a good enough attack
Arsenal have done wonderfully well this season so far, especially in defence and are six points clear, but there are 28 games to go. Bigger leads than that have disappeared in previous title races.
I can't help thinking Pep Guardiola is going to find a way for his Man City squad to chase this one down.
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@KiwiPie said in EPL 2025/26:
It's a bold strategy by Bournemouth to hold a high line against Manchester City. There is no way that you should allow Haaland to be put through on goal from his own half!
Arsenal looking better and better to take the title with a very solid defence and a good enough attack
We will always push forward even at 90 mins but Haaland looking back to his robotic best.
A little annoyed with Eli Kroupi, didnt need to get offside early, that would have really set the scene!
