Premier League 2016/17 season

[RUS arsenal]

The Luiz, Azpilicueta + Cahill line is working fine & Zouma back now to fill in rather than the old boys.

Six clean sheets in the last eight with just one conceded in each of the other two! Includes the likes of United, City, Sp**s, Everton & Leicester.

I was worried based on Chelsea's results but after watching their game against City, I'm a bit more relaxed. Looks like it is just a good run much like us, City and 'Pool had. Furthermore, it looks like that run is coming to an end as they were absolutely dire Saturday. I wouldn't be surprised if West Brom got some points off of them. Luis and Cahill are a terrible combo of CBs to have (Luis really should've been red carded much earlier in the game when he brought, I think it was, Aguero who would've been free on goal. Not to mention Aguero failed to score some chances he generally puts away in his sleep).

 

[Goonerozil33]

I was worried based on Chelsea's results but after watching their game against City, I'm a bit more relaxed. Looks like it is just a good run much like us, City and 'Pool had. Furthermore, it looks like that run is coming to an end as they were absolutely dire Saturday. I wouldn't be surprised if West Brom got some points off of them. Luis and Cahill are a terrible combo of CBs to have (Luis really should've been red carded much earlier in the game when he brought, I think it was, Aguero who would've been free on goal. Not to mention Aguero failed to score some chances he generally puts away in his sleep).

More or less agree with this assessment. I think the front 3 make them extremely dangerous. Hazard, Costa and Pedro or Willian are all dangerous players who can score goals and create without needing too much support. The rest of the 7 are a good defensive unit now. Unless Costa goes down for a month or two i expect them to win the league. He is the most important player in their team. Also, the effort put in by their wingback is not going to last for an entire season. I think they will start dipping soon in the next 2-3 weeks.

 

[redanddread]

This Chelsea team know how to win the league BUT they should have been battered on Saturday. City imploded but Chelsea were ruthless on the counter - they're the best in the league on the break.

Anyone finishing above Chelsea will win the league imo.

 

[Mark Tobias]

This Chelsea team know how to win the league BUT they should have been battered on Saturday. City imploded but Chelsea were ruthless on the counter - they're the best in the league on the break.

Anyone finishing above Chelsea will win the league imo.

Yip, I've been convincing a City fan at work for over a fortnight now that they're the team to beat. He finally agrees with me.

 

[samshere]

Chelsea look like a well oiled machine. Not that there aren't any weaknesses. Its just that it'll take a team of City/Arsenal's quality to exploit them. And how many such teams there are in the league.

 

[Hunta]

Just need to be close after Christmas when we get Wele back, he'll be that special weapon that'll take us to the top when he returns.

 

[DasBootist]

The hashtags were right. #Welbz2017

 

[Penn_]

Kante's due an injury, his started basically every game for Leicester and Caen.

Doubt it'll happen though, guy's a machine.

 

[albakos]

Costa seemed to have pulled a hamstring late in match, no ?

Hopefully it means they can't score as much and end up dropping few points somewhere in their easy run till after New Year.

 

[bingobob]

Chelsea are clearly front runners. No European football is a big advantage, they've experience of winning the league, they've big game players and they've already played all the top teams at least once and have a very good record.

Duffed United, beat City away, beat Sp**s lost against us and Liverpool. Duffed Everton and disposed of Southampton as well.

One or two injuries may hurt them but when you can bring in Fabregas, Willian, Batshuayi, Terry etc you aren't to bad off.

 

[CurryFlavoured]

Chelsea have been fool proof since we beat them. Wins over Utd, City and Sp**s and they've conceded what, 2-3 goals. If they continue like this they'll run away with it but you'd assume they will hit a slump. They are super solid right now though.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Chelsea have been fool proof since we beat them. Wins over Utd, City and Sp**s and they've conceded what, 2-3 goals. If they continue like this they'll run away with it but you'd assume they will hit a slump. They are super solid right now though.

2 goals I think it is in like 8 games. Madness!

 

[Trilly]

Imo I won't see us as title challengers until we tackle a tough run of fixtures and actually meet or exceed expectations.

Chelsea got six points from Sp**s at home and City away. Excellent. A lot on here would be happy with 2 or 3 points from those two fixtures.

We had Sp**s at home and united away and got two points (let's not even talk about the performances) Decent.

Decent doesn't win you titles.

 

[redanddread]

This league is so unpredictable but Chelsea steamrolling through that unpredictability. Hopefully Costa's hammy will go twang soon!

Key for us to remain on their coattails till we find some form. There has to be some confidence gained by the lads with results gained whilst not playing well.

 

[Makingtrax]

This league is so unpredictable but Chelsea steamrolling through that unpredictability. Hopefully Costa's hammy will go twang soon!

Key for us to remain on their coattails till we find some form. There has to be some confidence gained by the lads with results gained whilst not playing well.

At the moment Chelsea are winning but City missed some easy chances. Player confidence is high now. Notice the difference between this team and the one last year when confidence was low with Mourinho, similar players.

The same is happening at United. His whole demeanour is 'down' and it carries through to the players.

Still think 3 at the back is risky in the EPL. Hopefully they'll lose a game or two soon, like Liverpool.

 

[redanddread]

At the moment Chelsea are winning but City missed some easy chances. Player confidence is high now. Notice the difference between this team and the one last year when confidence was low with Mourinho, similar players.

The same is happening at United. His whole demeanour is 'down' and it carries through to the players.

Still think 3 at the back is risky in the EPL. Hopefully they'll lose a game or two soon, like Liverpool.

We have to hope!

 

[Penn_]

I wouldn’t go crazy over Chelsea yet, they’re on a good run of form just as we’ve previously had ourselves. It’s impressive but they’re performance haven’t been so incredible that they look unstoppable. The 3-1 at the weekend was partly due to a ref error.

Weren’t Tottenham looking good at the end of October? Things quickly change.

 

[redanddread]

After 14 rounds, we can now make the "Anyone Can Beat Anyone In The Premier League" circle

submitted 17 hours ago by moonflower

Arsenal beat Chelsea 3-0 24 Sep 2016
Chelsea beat Tottenham 2-1 26 Nov 2016
Tottenham beat Manchester City 2-0 2 Oct 2016
Manchester City beat Manchester Utd 2-1 10 Sep 2016
Manchester Utd beat Southampton 2-0 19 Aug 2016
Southampton beat West Ham 3-0 25 Sep 2016
West Ham beat Bournemouth 1-0 21 Aug 2016
Bournemouth beat Everton 1-0 24 Sep 2016
Everton beat West Bromwich 2-1 20 Aug 2016
West Bromwich beat Watford 3-1 3 Dec 2016
Watford beat Middlesbrough 1-0 16 Oct 2016
Middlesbrough beat Sunderland 2-1 21 Aug 2016
Sunderland beat Hull City 3-0 19 Nov 2016
Hull City beat Leicester 2-1 13 Aug 2016
Leicester beat Swansea 2-1 27 Aug 2016
Swansea beat Crystal Palace 5-4 26 Nov 2016
Crystal Palace beat Stoke 4-1 18 Sep 2016
Stoke beat Burnley 2-0 3 Dec 2016
Burnley beat Liverpool 2-0 20 Aug 2016
Liverpool beat Arsenal 4-3 14 Aug 2016

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/5ggwl7/after_14_rounds_we_can_now_make_the_anyone_can/

 

[SYS]

Imo I won't see us as title challengers until we tackle a tough run of fixtures and actually meet or exceed expectations.

Chelsea got six points from Sp**s at home and City away. Excellent. A lot on here would be happy with 2 or 3 points from those two fixtures.

We had Sp**s at home and united away and got two points (let's not even talk about the performances) Decent.

Decent doesn't win you titles.

Reckon we have good chance of winning against Everton and City to stay in the mix till Januray. Feb/Mar is where we fall apart usually being the toughest part of the season for any PL team. Remains to be seen if we can keep our players fit during that phase

 

[redanddread]

Reckon we have good chance of winning against Everton and City to stay in the mix till Januray. Feb/Mar is where we fall apart usually being the toughest part of the season for any PL team. Remains to be seen if we can keep our players fit during that phase

Lets keep them fit through December & January first.