Quote from: Coyster on July 23, 2023, 09:10:43 PM

Quote from: Issa56 on July 23, 2023, 08:45:33 PM

Last season was competitive and interesting, I was surprise to see Manchester City win the league.

I would've been surprised if City didn't win the league. I know that Arsenal were on the summit of the table for nearly the entire season, but during that period i still believed that City would win the EPL title. Manchester City know exactly what needs to be done in order to win the league, thus once it gets to the final part of the season, they get into gear and become unstoppable. Arsenal put on a great show last season, but it just wasn't enough.

City are yet again favorites for the title, but with the good business that Arsenal have done this summer, they will be one of the contenders for the title, this new season will even be more competitive than last season, and the big clubs would want to make sure that City do not win it again.

I know and agree that City are still the favorites and probably we can say that by far the biggest favorite. But their pre-season opening in Japan was not so bright. I know it was a friendly game and also in Japan, and even the game tempo was obviously like not a real game. But City gave too many positions to them and 2-0 was almost a disgrace for a team like City. Of course then they saved the game, surely it was expected. But still I felt like something might be wrong. They brought off the Grealish, Ake, Walker and Akanji which are some of their best players. Half their best played the first half and the other half played the second. KDB didn't even play (probably cause he could still be injured). Man City weren't trying as hard as they could. It's pre-season, used to test the youngsters and fitness levels of their players. And the Japanese team played splendidly in my opinion. At least I wasn't expecting this good. Nevertheless, I don't know if I'm being too negative but I felt like something was wrong in City.