Somewhere along the line a lot of people, including these pundits, appear to have forgotten Chelsea finished 12th last season with only 44 points. Chelsea not only finished with 63 points, a 19 point improvement over last season but also finished 6th and are literally the youngest side in the entire EPL. Finally, these pundits mocked Poch for previously bringing up the fact Chelsea are actually 4th in xG this season. The reality is points won and only points won matter at the end of the day. But Chelsea have literally won the 4th most points in the league since the start of January. What has happened is Chelsea’s young talented side is not only coming together but they are actually finishing their chances. Because Chelsea have actually dominated and outshot the vast majority of their opponents, even in matches they drew and lost. They have actually been playing to their exact xG for the second half of the season. Poch should definitely stay and anybody who objectively watches Chelsea know they have a ton of young talent and have massively improved this season.

when Craig starts moaning and Dan goes over to the next person to talk or next question is an absolute humor LMAO brilliant

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Trent Arnold will be remembered as the defender who only knew how to attack

The past 3 seasons Chelsea had the worst injury crisis in the League. Main starters were missing for a whole season. No top team would have survived those many injuries. Some big teams struggled with just missing two or three key players. Chelsea will surprise so many people next season.

Loved Dan basically telling craig that no one cares what he thinks

Chelsea got the 4th most points in the second half of the season!

How did Craig go from admitting to not caring about Copa America to calling fans ignorant and lazy in the next question

Lbh Chelsea have got a full team of potential they’re gonna come good at some point

Arsenal did have the best defensive record but they did NOT score the most goals in the PL. City did. 96 to 91.

Chelsea were going through a lot the past few years, and we're starting to see several of their transfers deliver. Yes, they could have done better, but this is a massive improvement, and they'll likely build on that if they keep most of these players. Arsenal and City are in their own level, but Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea, and Newcastle will compete for those 3rd and 4th places next season.

So why were Dan and Craig at each other this episode 😂

Michael Ballack must be the king of Runner-up medals. Poor guy lost so many finals in his career!!

Kieran's face, Mario's smile: great! 😂😂😂

Of course they could. Great squad getting more experience

Yall always use Chelsea for headlines.. yall spoke about so many other stuff.. that’s how u know Chelsea the big dawgs 😂

How confident is he now that Poch has "parted ways"??

POCH GOT THE SACKED 😂😂😂

Chelsea had a disappointing season yet were 5 points out of 4th so that doesn't seem unreasonable. As long as Chelsea keep what they have and don't drastically change things with coach and players its a safe bet that they will improve. Man United will improve and if they aren't in europe that gives them the option to focus more on the league games.

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I know its not something that is much to anyone, but Chelsea did get 4th since the start of the year. Their turnaround in the second half of the season was amazing. No one should knock a team that made such an improvement on their last season and on their first half of the season, because they are a YOUNG team, with new players ina new country and league, all playing together for the first time, with a new manager and practically new ownership. People need to get real, what they done in the latter half of the season is a sign this team will COOK very soon.

Depends on the medals… you get a medal for winning the 3rd place match in the WC, and 1st obviously gets one. So it stands to reason to have 2nd place medals

Craig “angry rebel” Burley was on one in this episode. The thing about Craig is that he plays on his persona of being a rebel who speaks his mind all the time. But he’s so corporate himself that he doesn’t actually say anything that controversial.

If City beat United in the FA cup final then Chelsea would have two paths for getting Champions League football... Top 4 OR winning the Europa League. Chelsea have always been the sort of team that could put together a KO cup run even when they aren't good in the league.

Craig was just needlessly toxic on the episode

Craig is so salty when Chelsea topic pops up coz he was NOT a decent player while at Chelsea and got shoo out the door after a season or two!😂

What happened to Craig?

Dan opening the show with violence

Craig was on a sick one in this segment.

This argument that Pep should go to struggling team to prove himself is just nonsense, he is that good that’s the reason he get big jobs and never been sacked. They make it seem like Sir Alex was managing and dominating leagues with some very mediocre teams or as if Ancelotti won a champions league with Everton. The big managers who end up at struggling teams do not have options. Let Craig leave ESPN to some small sport channels to prove that he’s a good pundit. This is absolutely ridiculous nonsense

They sacked the gaffer 🤣

Craig obviously drinks end of season 😂. Better watch he keeps it in check

Could there not be annoying music in the background the whole time 😩

If they sign a top cf and avoid a points deduction.

The world must hold a debate about another club making it into europe top 4 for another next season....

Yes, without a doubt if they can work on conceding less goals and have key players stay fit for most of the season.

Top four is a trophy

There is definitely talent to tap into. Any decent coach could finish 6th with this Chelsea. This team could be switched into overdrive, not necessarily with Poch.

This aged well

Even with the same squad and hopefully less injuries we should get top 4 at least.

Call me crazy but i think top 4 next season will be: City 1st, Arsenal 2nd, Spurs 3rd, Chelsea 4th...I think Villa will not be up there cuz of UCL football, Liverpool will struggle with new coach, and Man U, i think they can finish 5th, if they sack Ten Hag, and bring in new players. Very curious to see where will Brighton go without De Zerbi, what will Newcastle do when Tonali returns from ban, how will West Ham look without Moyes, and what can Palace cook under a full season of Glasner + if they can keep their new players. Also a 2nd season and Andoni Iraola with Bournemouth and a full preseason of Gary O Neil with Wolves. I can't wait for the prem next season. The tittle race, the race for the european spots, and the dark horses...and we got the Euro's in the summer where it will obviously be coming home.

Great palmer 💙💙💙

Always loved Mario, was a top player!

In my opinion the difference between City and Arsenal alrhough slim margins, it was Arteta being too cautious when he played for the draw at the Etihad; and in those close draws and loss's a real striker wld have cut those down to a minimum.

Chelsea added 19 points to last season, of they can add another 29 points to 63 of this season, they can win the league comfortably. By simple analogy of this season performance, going by the points they careless threw away too easily to teams they could have overpowered, even in their present State, Chelsea should have won the league this year.

Almost anyone could (or couldn't) potentially be to 4 next season. Liverpool, Chelsea, ManU, Spurs, Villa, Newcastle, Palace are all possible next to Arsenal and City

The way Kieran deliver his opinion is always if ,maybe ,actually , no not actually..is it because of that character & other arsenal players character of his time reflect on their playing career at Arsenal as never unsure of their abilities .. thus not winning anything😅

What about Tuchel's comment, dear ESPN? /iykyk

I hope the premier league teams play better in UEFA competitions next season, and this means a top 5 finish is a more realistic goal for clubs like Chelsea and Man United.

My prediction for the next season: 1. Arsenal 2. Man City 3. Chelsea 4. Liverpool 5. Aston Villa 6. Manchester United 7. Tottenham Hotspur 8. Crystal Palace 3 promoted teams will cause some disruption and it is very difficult to predict the bottom 3 or relegation contenders. My pick for the bottom 5 in no particular order, Ipswich, Southampton/Leeds, Nottingham Forest, Brentford & Wolves.

"recency bias" when they had multiple 90+ seasons, even multiple 97+ seasons in the best PL of all time. Back 10-30 years ago, Serie A and Laliga were at least on the same level as the PL and mid/low ranked PL teams were much weaker than now. I really think its extremely impressive to play near perfect seasons right now. The only reason Ferguson/Wenger are ranked higher is the time they spent and the fact that Klopp only won once. Wenger also won only trice and no CL title in like 20 years. Imo its Guardiola>Fergi>Wenger>Klopp and because of the time spent still Fergi/Wenger > Guardiola/Klopp but its close for sure

They keep talking about Barca like it was an elite team before Pep. It had young talents that didn't know how good they could be. It was Ronaldinho's team, yet Pep flushed him out in favour of a younger Messi. Made Iniesta a nailed on starter, transformed Xavi's game from being a player almost sold to a legend. Made Busquet, who was a languid defender in a DM. Promoted the likes of Bojan and Pedro. One could argue that under a lesser manager, only Messi would have been special, and he'd be an 20 goals a season winger, not the 50 goals all rounder he became. Barca, before Pep, was a great team who didn't know what greatness was; Pep would teach them. That's what he's done, to a lesser degree, at Man City.

or generally living

we are not even thinking of top 4 next season...top 6 is no different from top 4, we will have a run for the title

It’s Fergie wenger and Jose

About Chelsea... questionable. We will be into another serious reshuffle of the squad due to financial reasons while serious funds are already spent on 16 years old wonder kids. True, we got plenty of long term injuries and the guys returning and staying( hopefully) fit will have positive effect but there is no sense of stability and clear plans for the future yet.

As much as Pep is great, I can't pick him over Sir. Alex or Wagner. All Pep team is fill with super stars. Even the backup is a star player. Pep had to sell the entire man city team before winning. Imaging that Barca or Buyarn team

poch has been sacked now what chelsea. LOL

They need players with league titles and European success under their belt. That is the biggest thing they lack.

Bet on it baby! Chels top 4 guaranteed next season. We’ll take Liverpool’s spot happily

With discipline and technical knowledge how on the part of the coach, discipline and hunger for success on the part of the players and with good relationship and understanding on the part of the coach, technical crew and the players, this Chelsea team has all it takes to dethrone Man City next season. They should not settle for top four but go for the trophy. That is the spirit of Chelsea💪🏼🔵💙

Arsenal praised for finishing second, despite bottling the league at home against Villa when only needing a draw, and not making a single cup semi-final in the last two seasons. Brighton, Sheffield United, Southampton, Newcastle, Coventry have all contested domestic cup semi-finals in the last two seasons, whereas Arsenal perfected the art of finishing second. Now we are being told Arsenal can only get better; Liverpool said the same in 2022.

Chelsea has improved a lot, and has a young squad. Liverpool is due to regress. Only Arsenal and City are definitely better.

City , Arsenal , United, and Chelsea top 4 next season

City will win the league next season no doubt about that.

Fergie and Wenger any day for me!!!!!!

We need a thiago replacement immediately. Benoidsshille should be sold. Some new players needs to come in as well then we have a discussion for top four

It was a terrible Jorginho mistake that lead Arsenal to drawing vs Spurs, if it was Xhaka instead of him they win that game and end the season with 91 points and 63 GD. You don't even have to break your brain trying to figure out what happens with the extra quality, that single mistake by Jorginho lost Arsenal the title.

Please don't give me hope

Nobody wants a runners up medal.

dan is getting tired of Craig's antics

Top 14 maybe

Oh are these the guys that were consistently and smugly wrong about Chelsea all season? Yea let's hear what they think..

An ex Chelsea player thinks his old club will perform well next season. In other news night follows day and rainfall will stop at some point.

What Fergie did was Aberdeen prin better than what did any one season with manc utd - altho the full body of his work at Man U insane - wenger had a great team who had won title beofre he just reorganised them after couple bad seasons - but that back line had won title before he took over so Craig a bit wrong in that front - fergie 4th season in charge did worse tha ten hag - want till his 5th season that challenged and in toasts world he’d have been sacked and knowing would think of Man U as a big club

Yes, if Chelsea continues to keep on improving and playing like the last five games definitely the top 4 is possible.

Dan is so abrupt and dismissive with Craig at times. I know the guys understand each other well but one of these days he's really going to get a punch.

Chelsea is still a coin flipping on the air. Just for some good matches we cant say they gonna continue performing greatly. Will see... will see.

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All the players European teams sign for 100 million are in South American So yea copa America

No known cares what Craig Burley thinks :D .. but this shows in boring without him :D

Chelsea aint doing ish next season

If there is a team that can have one shitty season and have an amazing season in the next seaon.... That team is chelsea.

So according 2 Craig arsenal would of won the league with xaka, as they only finished 3pts behind 115 city, if burley hates all ths guff, why is he on the show at all

Finally agreed with Craig on SAF and Wenger

City will till going to win the league next season

Craig needs therapy.

Poor 👶 and right on his head.

Go look at what Barca was before pep mr Burley,I would probably still go fergie though cause he more versatile rebuilding teams on the fly

Wtfkkk top 4? Chelsea will win treble next season lol

Chelsea will definitely be in top 4 next season. Villa and Liverpool won’t be there

Chelsea need to be consistent of finishing top 10 first 😂

It's not exactly a big leap, is it? Rich London club with half the planet on their books -- it would be a failure if they didn't at least make CL next year. Liverpool, Tottenham and Aston Villa will all be worse, and only Newcastle will be better. I'd say Chelsea will finish 3rd or 4th comfortably, and I don't even like them.

Craig needs to be kicked from this show. This is a joke. 😮

Liverpool will win the league next year Jurgen already said it 🎤 Arne slot la la la la 🎶

Theyll be top 4 in the 2025-2026 season… When theyre in the championship.

Why is the panel focusing on midtable cannon fodder mike chelsea? They shohld focus on teams that are exciting and looking on the way up like crystal palace

Well birth rate is on a significant decline and over time this will be a severe detriment to society so let's see how long this nonsense last.

Anything is possible, just rack up 116 charges

If only Jackson was finishing his chances, this debate would be different