I’m in two minds about this complete title speak. Chelsea ARE factually in a title race. As a result of while you have a look at the league desk, on the time of writing [Sunday morning], Chelsea are second within the league and simply 5 factors behind Liverpool. We will scale back that to only one tonight if we beat Brentford.
However in actuality, it’s completely different. We will nonetheless see some vulnerabilities, primarily on the again. And there are going to be many powerful video games and banana skins arising. It’s nonetheless going to be very up and down, and there’s a lengthy technique to go. We’ve to anticipate that.
Nevertheless, while you have a look at how the groups round Chelsea are doing proper now on present type, I ask the straightforward query, is there ever going to be a greater alternative to problem for a Premier League title than this season? And I’m not simply asking that to Chelsea, I’m asking that to any membership in or across the prime 6-8 proper now, as a result of it’s so tight up there.
Even Liverpool should not precisely being invisible proper now and are greater than beatable. Arsenal are in some struggling type, and we are able to all see what is going on at Manchester Metropolis. These three had been alleged to be clear title challengers pulling away from everybody else, however they’re not, so it is a enormous alternative. We will definitely profit from that.
It’s a extremely powerful scenario although, as a result of none of us wish to get carried away and we see the realities, however on the identical time I don’t know if we’ll see this craziness once more and the way open this league is on the prime proper now.
Liverpool drew with Fulham yesterday, and Arsenal had been held by Everton. These are huge probabilities now for Chelsea to advance. The ball could be very a lot in our courtroom, and it’s as much as us what we do with it.
Keep in mind when the membership saved pointing at Arsenal for example of our undertaking needing time? Effectively, they’re now in decline….
Arsenal’s Premier League factors tally after 16 video games throughout the final three seasons:
2022/23: 43 factors
2023/24: 39 factors
2024/25: 30 factors
Chelsea’s time to shine? The league is nearly begging for a membership to step up and take the reigns. It’s actually there for the taking.
Perhaps this has come a season too quickly for Chelsea, however the details are there. I hate having to jot down these sort of articles on match day earlier than a sport is performed, as a result of I don’t know how as we speak’s sport goes to go. Brentford are a little bit of a bogey workforce for us, however how we truthful tonight may actually elevate us to everybody genuinely calling us actual title challengers, or we might be humbled ever so barely too.
Both approach, what a possibility for groups to maximise off the demise of different golf equipment. Though having mentioned that, I’m by no means going to jot down off a Pep Guardiola managed membership thoughts, not to mention Manchester Metropolis. And I additionally anticipate Arsenal to enhance once more too.
