ANALYSIS: Premier League preview: The contenders, the pretenders, and the questions in between
The 2022/23 English Premier League season is about to kick off when Crystal Palace host Arsenal at Selhurst Park on Saturday at 5am AEST.
City have basically signed positional replacements after losing Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, and Fernandinho — players who were regular starters and were already acclimatised to the 4D chess Guardiola often deploys on the field. At Spurs, Alberto Conte has been given more leeway to craft a team that he feels he can work with, which should be enough to secure them Champions League football again this season.Liverpool, City, and Chelsea — yes — though I think the battle for fourth will be tight between Tottenham and Arsenal.
Either way, the Premier League top four/six is basically just rearranging the deck chairs at this point. Anyone else desperately miss Leicester City?Despite the yo-yoing of certain clubs being considered by some to be the ideal model to build up some capital to make a genuine charge at staying in the league, it's hard to see how any of Bournemouth, Fulham or Nottingham Forest will stay in the top tier.
Brentford, Leeds, and Wolverhampton have all stayed up since their respective promotions and played some fabulous football to boot. The secret ingredients seem to be having an effective and distinct style of play, coupled with a manager who makes solid strategic signings with their swole broadcast bonuses.
Ultimately, though, you can't just lean on a couple of glittering signings to drag you through a competition like this. Both clubs will have to hope the squads that got them promoted in the first place are able to swim rather than sink now that they've been thrown in the deep end.If Haaland can get up to speed quickly then he'd have to be in with a chance to bang in plenty for City.
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