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Chelsea shed Palmer's dependence
It is not an insult to call Chelsea a “Cole Palmer Football Club”. Oh no, you are one of the best attackers in the world. Oh no, you got him at a cheap price. Oh no, he won the Club World Cup last month. However, no party is willing to rely entirely on a player. Chelsea’s goal is to rely more on the collective than individuals. They have never struggled with Palmer in the past, but thrived last week without him being against West Ham. Palmer withdrew his groin injury during the warm-up process, a question about facing Fulham on Saturday’s lunchtime kickoff. However, Enzo Maresca has a choice. Estêvão William turned to Palmer against West Ham and was outstanding on the right. João Pedro and Pedro Neto are excellent. Chelsea had enough talent to beat Fulham, without Palmer. Jacob Steinberg
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Will the stubborn Amorim become ruthless?
Ruben Amorim must end on Saturday afternoon, with only one thing accomplished: The first victory of the season will calm the noise around him and Manchester United. Burnley will come to Old Trafford with the opposite goal and should take a closer look at Grimsby's bland man who eliminated Amorim in a 12-11 penalty shootout in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday. So it's time to make the head coach ruthless and choose an XI that takes Bruno Fernandes as his 10s, the central midfielder Kobbie Mainoo, who heads to the center, dares this correspondent to raise this point in the centre-leading No. 1 Premier League, which shows that it's his 4-3-3-3-3-3-3 his over overved 3-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4–3, which is his attitude. Will the stubborn Amorim do this? The last of them is almost certainly not. Jamie Jackson
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Frank will work hard on his Spurs player
It's a niche statistic, which is very important for the days when nine people have a heel kick on the Tottenhams bench. Last weekend, the average time for top teams to replace for the first time in the second game of the Premier League was the 54th minute. Ignore those forced by early injuries until No. 63. Tottenham Hotspur made its first replacement in the 78th minute, and in this young season, they and Nottingham Forest were already the only teams to have not made any changes before the 70th minute of the Premier League. The average Spurs substitute this season took only 11 minutes on the court, with the United League the lowest in the league (with Forest and Bournemouth levels, their numbers tend to be biased to the two 89th minute change bias that they lag behind in the late opening game in Anfield). The team that replaced the least time on the court last season was Thomas Frank's Brentford. Given Dane's strength, it's the intensity his players demanded, and it was the Spurs' victory at Manchester City last week, but his starting XI needed to get used to hard work and a long shift, and his other teams attributed to the fragments. Simon Burton
Thomas Frank is looking forward to his players relentlessly. Photo: Mark Atkins/Getty Images
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Wissa misses a party for friends
Although Yoane Wissa is eager to move to northeast England, the Brentford striker seems unlikely to compete with Sunderland's old friends. The problem is that Wissa wants to join Newcastle, but his club is determined to keep his attitude, and the resulting frustration has prompted him to miss Keith Andrews’ team sheets this season. That might make Régis LeBris. Sunderland's manager spent countless hours honing the Congo Doctor's forward game while spending countless hours as coach at Lorient. Wissa also played with Enzo LeFée of Sunderland at the Breton Club, who moved to Brentford before Le Bris was promoted to Lorient head coach and changed his life shortly after. For some time, it involved throwing an acid attack on the striker's face, moving it to dangerous West London. The initial concern, Wissa, who still needs eyes every day, may be blinded, explains why the 28-year-old's subsequent success delights Le Bris, Le Fée and his old friend from Brittany. Louise Taylor
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Moyes releases sales in the offensive?
David Moyes gradually fell into pieces. Everton's manager's top priority has shifted to strengthening the defensive program, and he made it clear that he needed reinforcements after the season with 15 senior players and Tyler Dibling began. The 19-year-old right-wing hit £42m, the club's second-priced buy-in, is an original but talented performer who has been tracked by European elites and his arrival should be seen as a coup even if his early promises disappeared in Southampton. Dibling is building fitness after a preseason break at Everton's victory over Everton's Everton Carabao Cup on Wednesday. A trip to Molineux offers Moyes the first real opportunity to blend his new look offense after the arrival of Dibling, Jack Grealish, Thierno Barry and Carlos Alcaraz, who was a borrowed Argentine from the club in the second half of last season. Ben Fisher
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LongStaff proves against the old club?
The knee injuries suffered by Tanaka Ao and Ethan Ampadu are bad news for Leeds. But they did open a door in the midfield for Sean Longstaff when Daniel Farke's old team visited Elland Road. Earlier this summer, Longstaff’s former manager Rafael Benítez congratulated Rafael Benítez, former manager of Newcastle, for his former Protege decided to lose his beloved club in the club he fell in love with since his teenage years and decided to make a new start in West Yorkshire. Now Longstaff has a chance to show Eddie Howe what he is missing and gets injured, Sandro Tonali and Joelinton weaken Newcastle's midfield with a chance to wave to £12m Tynesider. If you feel at ease with Alexander Isak's ongoing non-engagement, Leeds need to remove memories of a 5-0 defeat at Arsenal last Saturday. Without the amazing Isak, Newcastle scored a point from two games, but unfortunately lost to Liverpool at home on Monday. Even if Anthony Gordon starts three games, they must be underestimated. Captain
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Brighton's Tzimas can make his claim
Brighton spent over £50m on Greek teenagers Stefanos Tzimas and Charalampos Kostoulas and earned their first return on Wednesday, when the former beat Oxford 6-0 in the replacement Carabao Cup to score twice at Oxford’s 6-0 hits. Kostoulas is an 18-year-old striker who also debuted from Olympiakos for an initial £30m price by Fabian Hürzeler, and his experimental side headed to Barnsley in the next round at the Kassam Stadium in the last 12 minutes. Brighton is eager to transfer some marginal players by next week's transfer deadline, which means there should be more opportunities for both in the coming weeks. But Herzeller apparently did not hesitate to confirm that Tzimas, which sold for £20 million from Nürnberg in February, could face Manchester City on Sunday. “It's certain that he's closer, but I'm not sure if he might be the weekend's choice, we have to see how he reacts,” said Brighton head coach. “We have to be very patient with him and let's see what the next step will be.” Ed Aarons
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The weird West Ham number means the only way to do it is
There was a period at the end of last season when it felt that perhaps West Ham were close to getting somewhere – they may have won only four of their last 16 games but of their seven defeats in that period not one was by more than a single goal and they would have banked several more points had they not conceded result-changing goals in the 89th minute or later against Everton, Liverpool, Southampton and Brighton. But if they are unfortunate, it's nothing compared to the start of the season. Of course, they weren't doing well, but they also converted 24 into a goal with no score and a last place, while Forest turned 20 into 4 goals, four points and fifth. Meanwhile, 55% of all shots made against them have been targeted at the other end of the court, with two-thirds of the number of shots they admit – already in. These are all odd numbers that are impossible: in the past five seasons, none of the teams have matched 16% of their opponents, and none of them can get it. SB
West Ham's Jarrod Bowen is in the news this week. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA
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Anfield Baptism of Eze
Eberechi Eze's reaction to Arsenal's handing to shirt No. 10 shows what it means to the fans of the Teenage Gunners. It was a combination of surprise and childish joy, a real fan reaction rather than a hard-working professional, and prompted Eze to promise “give me all” to repay the honor after Dennis Bergkamp and other Arsenal favorites. There is no place to pay back £67.5 million in Anfield, the ground where Arsenal hasn't won the title since 2012, and their title has withered on the following few visits. Kai Havertz A's absence may make his debut in the Premier League title due to suspicion of Bukayo Saka and Martinødegaard's injury. According to Mikel Arteta's choice, he's likely to start at 10, or the expected role on the left. Either way, Eze will wear this shirt in a competitive action for the first time. Andy Hunter
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Mullen might inspire flat villas
Aston Villa hosts Crystal Palace in comparison to the club. The Palace will go from qualifying for the conference league to Villa Park after progressing against Norway’s Fredrikstad, who is trapped in the mud. Villa had only two games in the season, but a stalemate against Newcastle, Brentford failed. Unai Emery's party gave up their strength and the Villa manager had to find a formula that harmed the stubborn palace defense. Emery must be tempted to turn to Donyell Malen, who has been used almost exclusively as a replacement since signing a £20m contract from Borussia Dortmund in January, winning two league matches for Villa. Even if the captain was able to run on the side, Mullen was more natural than John McKinn. Evann Guessand is another obvious choice. Even in this early stage, another flat performance is unthinkable. bf