2024 - 2025 Premier League Thread

[Thus Spake Mainer]

Schedule release today.

Premier League Fixtures & Live Matches on TV Season 2025/26

View the 380 Premier League fixtures for the 2025/26 season, visit the official website of the Premier League.

www.premierleague.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Here ya go, @RyanSnyder

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Football transfer news: Unofficial deadline day looms for clubs to comply with PSR

Sunday, 30 June has been described as an 'unofficial deadline day' as Premier League clubs look to trade to meet PSR rules.

www.bbc.com

 

[LaJollaCreek]

Manchester Derby tomorrow morning at 10am for the Community Shield which should lead right into the women's gold medal match. One week out from the season starting.

Top 6 predictions.

1. Arsenal finally get over the hump, if not Arteta may see his window closing to get it done.
2. City. (hopefully they finally get hammered this fall with a massive points deduction and finish 20th)
3. Villa had a decent transfer window. Will be second if City gets hammered.
4. Liverpool
5. Chelsea
6 toss up between Spurs, Man United, and Newcastle.

 

[LionJim]

Gunners at top of the table!

 

[Alphabets]

Manchester Derby tomorrow morning at 10am for the Community Shield which should lead right into the women's gold medal match. One week out from the season starting.

Top 6 predictions.

1. Arsenal finally get over the hump, if not Arteta may see his window closing to get it done.
2. City. (hopefully they finally get hammered this fall with a massive points deduction and finish 20th)
3. Villa had a decent transfer window. Will be second if City gets hammered.
4. Liverpool
5. Chelsea
6 toss up between Spurs, Man United, and Newcastle.

Chelsea.... I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[LionJim]

First league match is 3pm next Friday, Man U-Fulham. USA Network.

 

[LaJollaCreek]

Chelsea.... I'll believe it when I see it.

They were playing well in the second half of the season. Outside of the top 2 it will come down to the health of the squads below the top 2. 6 team fight for 2 spots.

The other kicker for Chelsea is the turnover they had again this year. I think they’ll be in the mix for top 6 at least.

 

[LaJollaCreek]

First league match is 3pm next Friday, Man U-Fulham. USA Network.

My neighbor is a Jaguars fan so he picked Fulham to follow a few years back due to the owner. His pool has a TV mounted so I’ll be in the pool watching the opening match. Fajitas and beers to kick off the season. I can’t wait even for tomorrow.

 

[Thus Spake Mainer]

Saturday's Harry Kane and Eric Dier return to North London will be carried by Paramount+ and Golanzo on Pluto TV. 12:30EST.

 

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[Thus Spake Mainer]

 

[Thus Spake Mainer]

 

[Alphabets]

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Nice to see Harry finally get a trophy.

 

[Thus Spake Mainer]

Nice to see Harry finally get a trophy.

Actually a lot of sloppy reporting saying that Harry finally won a "trophy". First, these two or four team pre-season "trophies" are a joke. On CBS's coverage of the game, nowhere in the graphics did they say this was a cup game, they never mentioned it until the final few minutes. They displayed it as a Friendly.

Second, Harry and Tottenham DID win one of these pre-season cups. The 2019 Audi Cup.

Audi Cup - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Alphabets]

Actually a lot of sloppy reporting saying that Harry finally won a "trophy". First, these two or four team pre-season "trophies" are a joke. On CBS's coverage of the game, nowhere in the graphics did they say this was a cup game, they never mentioned it until the final few minutes. They displayed it as a Friendly.

Second, Harry and Tottenham DID win one of these pre-season cups. The 2019 Audi Cup.

Audi Cup - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I'm just busting rocks. My disdain for Spurs does not deter from my appreciation of Kane. He's such a class guy, childhood Gunner don't forget!!!

 

[Thus Spake Mainer]

I'm just busting rocks. My disdain for Spurs does not deter from my appreciation of Kane. He's such a class guy, childhood Gunner don't forget!!!

The "reporting" I mention was not you, but what I actually read in some of the Fleet Street papers today that this was Harry's first "trophy". Feels free to bust chops.

 

[Alphabets]

The "reporting" I mention was not you, but what I actually read in some of the Fleet Street papers today that this was Harry's first "trophy". Feels free to bust chops.

I honestly didn't see any reporting, but can imagine that would be the laziest reporting possible. Not shocked.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 1: Arsenal

Gunners finished empty-handed despite a record-breaking 2023-24 campaign: can they finally go one better this time?

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 2: Aston Villa

As the club returns to Europe’s top competition, meticulous manager Unai Emery insists it is important to dream

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 3: Bournemouth

Andoni Iraola’s pressing game won plaudits last season but ambitious owners will expect a more consistent campaign

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 4: Brentford

The saga of Toney’s future rumbles on and signings and a fast start may be needed to avoid a relegation scrap

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 5: Brighton

New manager Fabian Hürzeler’s possession-based style should mean plenty to look forward to for Seagulls fans

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 6: Chelsea

Enzo Maresca inherits an expensive yet disjointed squad and one that may already be riven by internal tension

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 7: Crystal Palace

Glasner made a thrilling start but will need Wharton to shine and signings to work after at least one key departure

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 8: Everton

Club hoping for a less fraught time on and off pitch in final season at Goodison Park before Bramley-Moore Dock move

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 9: Fulham

Marco Silva has lost some key performers again but the manager himself is an asset and Smith Rowe’s arrival has raised hopes

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 10: Ipswich Town

Stunning rise has taken famous old club back to the top and almost anything seems possible with Kieran McKenna in the dugout

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 11: Leicester City

Steve Cooper is a shrewd appointment as manager but PSR problems may make their top tier return a struggle

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 12: Liverpool

Amid a club overhaul, Arne Slot has made a good early impression as he looks to fine-tune a rich Anfield inheritance

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 13: Manchester City

Key players are ageing but a record fifth consecutive title under Pep Guardiola still seems within reach

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 14: Manchester United

Erik ten Hag’s future was in the balance mere months ago after their lowest-ever finish but it is now full throttle ahead with the backing of Sir Jim Ratcliffe

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 15: Newcastle

Lack of European football and an uncluttered fixture list could help Eddie Howe, as should the return of Sandro Tonali

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 16: Nottingham Forest

A quieter time after plenty of off-field turmoil and making their way up the table are the main aims at the City Ground

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 17: Southampton

Having bounced straight back up via the playoffs, staying in the top flight is now the requirement at St Mary’s

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Ten potential breakout stars to watch in the Premier League this season

From a pair of Spurs youngsters to Brighton’s new Gambian acquisition, 10 players who could become household names

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Premier League to bring in AI-powered camera system to speed up VAR process

The Premier League is poised to unveil a revolutionary new version using semi-automatic offside which, it claims, will deliver verdicts within seconds

www.theguardian.com

 

[LaJollaCreek]

One more day!!!!!!!!

 

[HarrisburgDave]

My son is a big Arsenal fan. His hopes are high.

I see they may play several different men at the center forward. My old basketball coach used to say when you play several guys at one position that means you don’t really have anyone good enough to win with at that spot.

I don’t understand how they have managed to add players at other spots and leave that starting spot in the state it is?

 

[LaJollaCreek]

My son is a big Arsenal fan. His hopes are high.

I see they may play several different men at the center forward. My old basketball coach used to say when you play several guys at one position that means you don’t really have anyone good enough to win with at that spot.

I don’t understand how they have managed to add players at other spots and leave that starting spot in the state it is?

In basketball you don't have 3-4 separate league/tournaments running the entire season. Aresenal has EUFA, FA Cup, and Corrabo Cup so you need fresh legs for the mid week games and the ability to rest players in which will be a grueling year for Arsenal. With Man City facing deductions this January, IMO Aresnal are the CLEAR cut favorites to win the league this year. The only team that can really challenge them from a points perspective stands a decent shot of getting the hammer dropped on them halfway through the season.

In terms of signing people the rules for "free agents" and transfers is a bit different. Most guys sign 3 or 5 year contracts so you need to either resign them before their final year or they can walk free so you get nothing in return sometimes. It's not that these teams don't see the holes they need to fill, but sometimes the people they are targeting sign elsewhere or the $$$$'s just don't make sense. The players, clubs, and agents all have a say so it's a mess trying to get signings done. As a Man United fan I can could go on and on about awful spending and awful decisions under the Glazers who were in charge until this last spring.

 

[HarrisburgDave]

In basketball you don't have 3-4 separate league/tournaments running the entire season. Aresenal has EUFA, FA Cup, and Corrabo Cup so you need fresh legs for the mid week games and the ability to rest players in which will be a grueling year for Arsenal. With Man City facing deductions this January, IMO Aresnal are the CLEAR cut favorites to win the league this year. The only team that can really challenge them from a points perspective stands a decent shot of getting the hammer dropped on them halfway through the season.

In terms of signing people the rules for "free agents" and transfers is a bit different. Most guys sign 3 or 5 year contracts so you need to either resign them before their final year or they can walk free so you get nothing in return sometimes. It's not that these teams don't see the holes they need to fill, but sometimes the people they are targeting sign elsewhere or the $$$$'s just don't make sense. The players, clubs, and agents all have a say so it's a mess trying to get signings done. As a Man United fan I can could go on and on about awful spending and awful decisions under the Glazers who were in charge until this last spring.

Nothing you write is new to me.

I have seen Arsenal come up small two years in a row in the last month of the season. Both years they had a glaring weakness and they are trying to address that weakness with more of the same.

Arsenal can be had. Artetta has a high ceiling, but he may have already hit it.

 

[LaJollaCreek]

Nothing you write is new to me.

I have seen Arsenal come up small two years in a row in the last month of the season. Both years they had a glaring weakness and they are trying to address that weakness with more of the same.

Arsenal can be had. Artetta has a high ceiling, but he may have already hit it.

Well you clearly don't understand why you need more than one player at each position so that apparently needed explaining. If your goal is to win the league and Europe, you need real depth everywhere. Your attempt to say if you have more than one player kind of struck me as someone who doesn't understand the season and strain these guys are put under playing so many matches.

Arteta's ceiling was only undone by a team that played by their own FFP laws....you can google FFP since you seem to know. Anyone can be had with 2-3 key injuries including Arsenal, but on paper ahead of this season many are picking them as the writing is on the wall for City. I'm not sure why people ask questions about stuff they clearly don't know about and then say...they know it.....ok then.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

City’s charges, Arne Slot and new players: will this Premier League season surprise us? | Jonathan Wilson

Whatever happens in 2024-25, the hearing into 115 charges brought against Manchester City will be a key milestone

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

TV schedule this weekend (8/16, 8/17, 8/18, 8/19), for the first weekend of the 2024-25 season.

Friday
3:00 pm EDT -- Man U. vs. Fulham (USA Network)

Saturday
7:30 am EDT -- Ipswich Town vs. Liverpool (USA Network)
10:00 am EDT -- Nottingham Forest vs. AFC Bournemouth (Peacock)
10:00 am EDT -- Arsenal vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (USA Network)
10:00 am EDT -- Everton vs. Brighton & Hove Albion (Peacock)
10:00 am EDT -- Newcastle U. vs. Southampton (Peacock)
12:30 pm EDT -- West Ham U. vs. Aston Villa (NBC)

Sunday
9:00 am EDT -- Brentford vs. Crystal Palace (USA Network)
11:30 am EDT -- Chelsea vs. Man C. (NBC)

Monday
3:00 pm EDT -- Leicester C. vs. Tottenham Hotspur (USA Network)

 

[HarrisburgDave]

Well you clearly don't understand why you need more than one player at each position so that apparently needed explaining. If your goal is to win the league and Europe, you need real depth everywhere. Your attempt to say if you have more than one player kind of struck me as someone who doesn't understand the season and strain these guys are put under playing so many matches.

Arteta's ceiling was only undone by a team that played by their own FFP laws....you can google FFP since you seem to know. Anyone can be had with 2-3 key injuries including Arsenal, but on paper ahead of this season many are picking them as the writing is on the wall for City. I'm not sure why people ask questions about stuff they clearly don't know about and then say...they know it.....ok then.

You are choosing to be argumentative and misrepresenting what I wrote.

Arsenal has had a weakness at center for two straight years. They have attempted to address it by plugging in multiple players. That has clearly not worked in the meaningful games in the closing months of the last two seasons.
They enter this year with the same situation as last.

Can they overcome this situation? Yes. Every team has some weakness.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 18: Tottenham

Fans still adore Ange Postecoglou’s brave style of play, but set piece frailties may hamper talented squad’s top four hopes

www.theguardian.com

Premier League 2024-25 preview No 19: West Ham

While a lot of West Ham fans wanted to move on from David Moyes, Julen Lopetegui knows he needs to make an early good impression

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Premier League: 10 things to look out for on the opening weekend

New managers, new players, new hopes and new dreams as clubs ready themselves for another marathon season

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Premier League 2024-25: New rules, new managers and what to expect this season

The Premier League begins this weekend, with Manchester City bidding to continue their supremacy in English football and Ipswich Town making their top-flight return.

www.bbc.com

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Premier League predictions 2024-25: BBC Sport pundits pick their top four

We ask 30 BBC Sport football pundits to predict who will win the Premier League title, and which clubs will finish in the top four this season.

www.bbc.com

 

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TV schedule this weekend (8/16, 8/17, 8/18, 8/19), for the first weekend of the 2024-25 season.

Friday
3:00 pm EDT -- Man U. vs. Fulham (USA Network)

Saturday
7:30 am EDT -- Ipswich Town vs. Liverpool (USA Network)
10:00 am EDT -- Nottingham Forest vs. AFC Bournemouth (Peacock)
10:00 am EDT -- Arsenal vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (USA Network)
10:00 am EDT -- Everton vs. Brighton & Hove Albion (Peacock)
10:00 am EDT -- Newcastle U. vs. Southampton (Peacock)
12:30 pm EDT -- West Ham U. vs. Aston Villa (NBC)

Sunday
9:00 am EDT -- Brentford vs. Crystal Palace (USA Network)
11:30 am EDT -- Chelsea vs. Man C. (NBC)

Monday
3:00 pm EDT -- Leicester C. vs. Tottenham Hotspur (USA Network)

Happy Friday, c'mon Fulham!!!!

 

[LaJollaCreek]

Happy Friday, c'mon Fulham!!!!

GGMU!!!!!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

how do you let a goal like this, in the 87th minute?

Final: Man U over Fulham, 1-0