Quote from: Asiska02 on August 22, 2024, 08:54:33 PM

Quote from: xzone on August 22, 2024, 04:18:39 PM

Chelsea may be the team that can surprise us the most this year. I think it's quite difficult to make predictions about them, I really can't predict where we will see them in terms of the Champions League or the League table. They have ba pretty good squad, but a good squad may not be enough to win matches. They must be more than that and be successful as a team. We'll see what they can do in the first few weeks

It is not really cool looking down at a team from the first instance or there first outing in the league. The loss may be a stepping stone to more success for them. Chelsea have a pretty good squad and that is a reason why they should not be look down on even when that’s not enough to qualify them to be league contenders or will finish in the top four of the table. The new coach has a lot to work to do because a good squad without a good coach to manage them will be worth nothing in the end and can lose everything they want to fight for for that season.

Quote from: bastisisca on August 22, 2024, 05:14:07 PM

It takes at least 4-5 days of matches to see a trend, in the first few days even the last ranked teams from last year can be first: this is absolutely normal.
I always find the start of the season of the various championships exciting, it's all a buzz. Then during the year I always go to focus on what interests me.
The start of the championship is like the first lap of Formula One for me: great fun for me Cheesy

The start of every season is always full of fun and many of the matches will make you feel a particular team will do better that season or some teams will play worse for that season. That been looked into, it is very important to know that every team at the start of the season don’t always get their best self yet and may only do better or poorer than how they start depending on how they assemble and prepare their squad for the future encounters.

I love ambiguities like this. We have seen similar scenarios in many teams before. Even in the teams we call the best teams in the world, we have seen major collapses after the coach changed or a few players left the team, and the quality of the team suddenly changed. Or teams that are in a very bad situation or even have financial problems can suddenly become very good. We know the example of Xavi, who took the team from the bottom to the best. That's why Chelsea has the potential to do anything Cheesy