Oh well i guess we have different opinions on the matter. I've seen alot of great teams have a bad season and need a couple to get back to where they were. Yes there are some times that a team can like win a title after a shit season with a new manager and new players, but mostly it's the other way around. So for me Chelsea will not be aiming realisticly for a top 4 spot, at least not this year till they get the hang of it again.
And yeah if you think about it, last year the English "giants" were pretty terrible, apart from Man Man City in the Champions league maybe. United had another unsatisfying season with poor possession football. City apart from CL where they again mostly had luck in my opinion, even thothey did play some good matches, but in the premier league they were not impressive. We are not gonna talk about Chelsea...Arsenal were the best of the bunch and that's saying alot, tho they as well were inconsistent like every year and thats mostly why they again never really were able to make a real push for the title. Liverpool needed time to get themselves running, so they didn't have enough time to really make a real impact on the title race. Only good teams were Spurs and partly West Ham. It was a weak season overall but that was overshadowed by the incredible spirit and passion that Leicester used to win the title. But this is not gonna happen again. Teams are getting better? Yes they are: United with a new manager, incredible pull of new players and soon a Pogba in our ranks. City with a tactical genius and some young energetic and ambitious players to rejuvenate there ranks. Chelsea are gonna start the process of getting great again. And Arsenal are probably gonna do the same thing they do always. So yeah teams are getting better.
Yep Pogba is really coming home and i think all football fans will be happy to see him in the premiership.
Also i would like to hear those 5 midfielders that are doing a better job then him...in his exact playing style wich is a box-to-box CDM/CM/CAM. There are better players atm then him obviously but what I'm saying is that he is already at the level of some of the very best. Not all, but some. For me atm Pogba is playing better then a Matuidi or a Yaya Toure, or a Matic and many more players that are world class no doubt about it. And he is 23 while those who i listed are at there peak or early decline. And well lol, this isn't said only by me, this is believed by many football critics, he could definitely get to the lever of Iniesta, Xavi, Scholes, maybe even Zidane. This of course is early to be stated but if he continues to develop his game the same way and so rapidly I don't think there will be anything stoping him from achieving just that and maybe even more.
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Now I'm gonna say some of the bigger matches that happened today and open a discussion about them. (Unfortunately I didn't watch any of the games including, to my sadness, the Comunity shield game (GLORY GLORY MAN UNITEEEEED ^^) tho i did watch the extended highlights.
1. Wender Bremen vs Chelsea - 2-4 - Seems like it was a pretty fun game and a high score one as well. Good to see the former PFA Players of the Year Hazard on the scoring sheats yet again after scoring a brace against Real Madrid wich does indicate only good things for the new talisman of the blues.
2. Manchester City vs Arsenal - 2:3 - this is a game im so bugged I wasn't able to see since it would've been a great example of what we could expect from both of those big teams in the season ahead tho it seems that at this stage of development Arsenal still have what it takes to knock Guardiola's army down, tho it seems like it was a close game.
3. Mainz vs Liverpool - 4:0 - a funny thing indeed but it's something that we did see a lot in the games of Loserpool under Kloop last season - a big win against a great team, followed by an embarrassing defeat to a much lesser team - so the same problem seems to be there and I'm sure that Kloop will definitely try and not allow those things to occur again when the new season kicks in.
4. Leicester City vs Manchester United - 1:2 - YES! We did it! (GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED) The new era is starting full on and thats just the beginning, first trophy of a bunch to come. Amazing win. Now from the highlights i saw, the game was pretty balanced, even tho United did have more possession for the majority of the game and had more clear cut opportunities. That doesn't mean Leicester hadn't had good chances it's just that they seem to be overshadowed by the solid defending of a young name that is gonna be known some all over the world just like Raphael Ravane a few years back, going by the name of Erik Baily who was also voted the man of the match and with a great reason it seems. Lingard getting his inner Messi and scorin a superb solo goal glazing trough 4-5 players and neatly finesing it past the keeper.That boy honestly loves scoring at Wembley lol xD An incredibly stupid defensive error by Fellaini gave Vardy the opportunity to go one on one with De Gea and that most of the time is a known outcome. And finaly a solid header by our new star striker Ibra-Cadabra getting his first professional goal on his first professional game, winning his first trophy with the club. And that goal was assisted by non other then Valencia, who is just giving assists from that right back position like its nothing.
Anyways, what did you make of this game and all the others in general. If you watched any of them post your opinions. I might have missed some big game, since i only saw this in my 30 minutes on Facebook :D In other news Higuain looks fat as shit, and really
@Lux i might take my statement back after seeing that belly xD