Gameweek 1: LFG

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Barely 10 minutes in the season, Danilo with a horrific ankle injury for Forest. Privacy tent was on the field while they treated him.
 

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Great save by Raya. Arsenal have been pitching back and forth between dominant and doormat.
 

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Arsenal's corner strategy is the cluster 5 guys near post & then send the ball straight into the royal rumble. Not for the weak.
 

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West Ham gives up a 4th minute goal
Only positive is only one of the 3 new defensive signings is playing
 

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West Ham spent all summer trying to get Jhon Duran, Villa dejected like 5 bids... Villa supporters were pissed that he did the crossed hammers on Instagram and wanted to leave..... He comes on as a sub and scores the winner for Villa
 

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Minteh to Brighton is looking like great business. Champions League or bust…
Fantastic debut for the new guy. I'm with you though, feels like Bloom is pushing his chips all in (as it were) and if this season and spending spree falls short things could really go off the rails. That's a concern for another day though. Top of the table!
 

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Then Mbeumo with a class run and strike against the run of play. Nut punch for palace.
 

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Eze’s shockingly bad touch earlier made me feel so much better as a player.

doesn’t matter how they go in…
 

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Both times I've left the room Brentford has immediately scored so I will take sole responsibility if Palace lose this one
 

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Mbuemo and Wissa looked as dangerous as anyone has looked this opening weekend, against a very good defensive side. Who needs Toney?
 

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Chelsea with the dynamic new tactical formation starting three 6s
Chelsea’s positional discipline in their own third is atrocious. Clumps of dudes over here, acres of green over there. Meanwhile City look in April form. They may put a couple past Ederson but City gets at least 3 and probably more is my hot take.
 

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It will remain extremely funny that Chelsea hired a Pep lookalike to manage them until the day 7 weeks from now when he gets fired.
 

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HAVE TO stay onside there. Not hard to do. All of the defenders have their back to him. Just slow a bit and time your run.

Dumb.
 

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Announcer just said “quite naive,” I was about to say “looks like men versus boys.” There’s a sense that City are patiently going about their business while Chelsea are at the edge of anxiety all the time.
 

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Chelsea the first club to have a visitors section & an out of the team section of the stadium.
 

Mighty Joe Young

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Chelsea’s positional discipline in their own third is atrocious. Clumps of dudes over here, acres of green over there. Meanwhile City look in April form. They may put a couple past Ederson but City gets at least 3 and probably more is my hot take.
This is what happens when you play a midfield that has never , to my knowledge had ever played together. Typical Chelsea … I paid my two bits to see the high diving’ act and I’m gonna SEE the high diving’ act.!
 

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I'm just glad I'm watching this from home I'd be so frustrated paying to see this. Wheres Poch when you need him :'(
 

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They gave him the entire middle third of the field and Colwill watched him coming the whole way. Bad instincts and (presumably) bad communication from his teammates not telling him to step up there.
 

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Kulu, Richy, and Werner on the bench for Spurs. PL website is not an authority but it's showing a front three of Son, Solanke and Brennan Johnson.

37 yo Jamie Vardy starts for the Foxes.