Wednesday, September 13, 2017

New season, new talents, new challenges

What can be more exciting for football fans all around the world than to have the EPL back! 2017/2018 season is here and it looks promising as ever with so many young talents to look out to and what a remarkable start it has been thus far. Situations in the table at this point of time looks slightly different than to how it ended last season. As of now, Manchester United are steadily sitting at the top with 10 points from a possible 12, sharing the plight with Manchester City who are just tailing the Red Devils at 2nd place. Liverpool and Chelsea had a positive start to the season as well but suffered defeats which created the points difference with the top 2. Manchester United had 3 straight consecutive wins and it was proven that the likes of Lukaku, Matic and the return of Baily has hugely made a difference. Lukaku is looking sharp as ever and to be honest, the lad's finishing has been extremely clinical thus far. Matic is definitely one of the best buys this season simply because of the aerial abilities the lad possesses and the type of results he is capable of producing. He is definitely one of the underrated players in the league but surely result -oriented in many ways. Manchester City are currently very much reliable on their young samba genius, Gabriel Jesus who has been shining since day 1. He is one of those young talents that needs a close watch this season and a type of players that's full of surprises and always wanting to prove his capabilities to the people around him. Overall, City are looking deadlier upfront but they do have their issues at the back just like how Liverpool are suffering every season. Liverpool, on the other hand invested on quality players like Sadio Mane, Salah, Robertson, Solanke and the latest transfer of Oxlade - Chamberlain from Arsenal. The only ongoing concern that the Reds has been facing since day 1 would be defence. It has been a total disaster at times seeing how careless and silly the mistakes that are being committed at the back and honestly speaking, it comes with a hefty price to pay. Klopp simply needs to look into that and invest on some real quality left, right and centreback for the betterment of the team so that the team would be capable on genuinely putting up a firm fight for the title.

Some of the young talents that needs a close watch this season would be Marcos Rashford, Anthony Martial, Robertson, Solanke, Gabriel Jesus and the list goes on. These players are already proving to be a massive threat whenever against any of their opponents. It is the energy they bring to the team that keeps the spirit going and surely a force to be reckoned.

Tottenham Hotspur had a shaky start to the season and it is probably due to the shifting of stadium from White Hart Lane to Wembley which is causing some discomfort among the players and will definitely require time to adapt to Wembley. Harry Kane, surprisingly had a slow start and failing to score in the first few games before finding the net twice in the last week's clash with Everton.