Premier league table

When we started doing this we thought it was to enjoy Manchester United being bottom, but Liverpool is pretty good too, we guess.

And the defeat to Chelsea was definitely a touch unlucky. Bizarrely, last season was the third in four years since Wolves’ return to the top flight that both league games between the two were won by the visitors, with Spurs also winning a Carabao clash (albeit on penalties) at Molineux for good measure. But at least they’ve got a point more than West Ham. And if we assume, as we still surely must, that neither Arsenal nor Tottenham (nor Newcastle, nor Brighton, nor Leeds, nor etc…) are actual rivals for the actual Premier League title, then there is plenty of good news for City further down this table. That said, even with last season being such a disappointment for United, a long-term strategy of turning all the wins into defeats and all the defeats into wins is still a deeply flawed one that Erik ten Hag would be wise to abandon. Two seasons in a row Villa have started with a dispiriting defeat against a promoted side. Conceding a last-minute winner at Fulham after battling from 2-0 down (for the second time already this season) will sting, but it is in fact a marginal improvement on last season’s result at Burnley if you can believe such a thing. Palace are a point up, but how far up in vibes? A strong contender to top this particular table come season’s end thanks to the ticking of both key boxes: Being pretty good this season and absolutely sh*tbone awful (for most of) last season. Edge out Brighton for third here by the narrowest of margins with a six-goal swing in goal difference as opposed to the Seagulls’ mere five-goal improvement. [Jesse Marsch to be able to implement his philosophy quite so fast](https://www.football365.com/news/jesse-marsch-destroying-every-myth-americans-football-leeds-opinion) – or at all to be fair – at Leeds, but at the moment he is a gamble that is paying off handsomely. Chuck in a ludicrous draw against Chelsea and Spurs don’t just have seven points from nine to start the season; they have seven points from three games that brought them zero points last time around.