2024/25 Season

[Mark79]

They can get more made but at their own expense.

The club can request more if they have more than 39 players who qualify for one, but there's no extra expense.

From PL website:

How many medals do the champions get?
The champions are given 40 commemorative medals made of silver, which are 2.25in (5.7cm) in diameter.

They can be distributed to the manager, players and officials, as the club see fit, as long as every player who has made at least five Premier League appearances during the title-winning season gets one.

Additional medals may only be presented with the consent of the Premier League Board, and that will only be granted if more than 39 players have made at least five PL appearances during the campaign.

[BigChief]

Under Slot I'd be surprised if more than 18 players had played more than 5 PL games!

[Doc_Piptorious]

Under Slot I'd be surprised if more than 18 players had played more than 5 PL games!

21 at the moment.

Chiesa is on 4 so any appearance gets him there.

[danperkins]

I’m the opposite when it comes to what I think is coming next season. I think we’ll win it again or be very close. I don’t think city will recover as quickly, that’s if they survive the punishment they might get. Arsenal are not a striker away from being the best team, they aren’t as creative as you need to be so unless Arteta changes his style they’ll do the same. There might be another team up there next season as well but we’ll be the pace setters again.

Looking at this as a bedding in season to some extent with a squad which wasn’t his he now knows which players he rates and trusts. It is frustrating as I had high hopes for Elliot as I’m a big fan but it doesn’t look like he fits what Slot wants.

He’s managed the squad well in terms of injuries while not rotating as much as we may have liked. Let him change the players he doesn’t fancy for ones he does and that becomes even better for squad management and injuries.

His style of play is also somewhat limited without all the players he would want. Then he might also be looking at changes for next season. He’s shown how adaptable he is which is very different to most modern managers. After a year in the league he’ll have some ideas about how to take the team to another level.

It’s been a long season and even that great team that won the league so easily dropped off and couldn’t sustain those levels after it was all but done. Plus teams will want to knock off the new champions especially as we’d only been beaten once.

One area I think they’ll look to improve is the physicality of the team. It’s where they’ve struggled a bit recently. And the attack. It’s never really fit together since the big three plus Origi and Shaqiri got broken up. They all fit together much better. And it’s not just this season but the last couple as well. They can score goals and have moments of individual brilliance but they don’t have that understanding and connection that you’d want. Going back to the old style of recruitment should help in buying players that work together better.

A year to figure it all out and let everything from the squad to the back room staff and recruitment team working together and the team should be stronger than ever. Plus the confidence in each other after winning it this season.

Some great points there

[SB]

the club get 40 medals, anyone with 5 appearances is guaranteed 1. Up to the club to decide which staff/players get the rest

The

Only 21 players are entitled to a medal.

bit through me

[red g]

I’m guessing math isn’t your strongpoint!

MAths is fine, English needs work....21 + Chiesa =22

[SB]

Only 21 players are entitled to a medal SO FAR . CHiesa needs 1 more game for his

Thats 18 spare medals I wonder if he will play the kids to let them get one too

The bit through me

MAths is fine, English needs work....21 + Chiesa =22

Fixed it for you now that I know what you were trying to say

[Buzzo]

Interesting to note in all the Virgil info that we have the joint most number of clean sheets in the prem this season with 13 same as Forest.

Best attack, joint best defence. We’re not bad - right?

[Mark79]

Interesting to note in all the Virgil info that we have the joint most number of clean sheets in the prem this season with 13 same as Forest.

Best attack, joint best defence. We’re not bad - right?

Well, goals conceded is generally a truer measure than clean sheets. But that still puts us 2nd best!

And Goal Difference is probably even better, which puts us clear 1st again!

[Buzzo]

Well, goals conceded is generally a truer measure than clean sheets. But that still puts us 2nd best!

And Goal Difference is probably even better, which puts us clear 1st again!

And we will theoretically improve the squad this summer. It’s the start, not the end

We just need to avoid/ignore/correct all the counter narratives that are being seeded about this team.

[Doc_Piptorious]

And we will theoretically improve the squad this summer. It’s the start, not the end

We just need to avoid/ignore/correct all the counter narratives that are being seeded about this team.

Is actually nuts how much of that has been about, especially in the media/amongst pundits, this season.


Yet teams below us get praised to the hilt on a regular basis for their results and are title chasers/models of top tier consistency/one season away from winning everything etc.


Is like the narrative was set before the season begun and actual results over the course of the season just get ignored.

[RedAndWhite]

WAs in the Liverpool Shop in Dublin today and asked about plans for League winning merchandise. I was told it will be available once the title is won, to which i said so possibly Monday (being a bit tongue in cheek) and was told no, it wasnt arriving until Tuesday/Wednesday next week.....

[spud_gun]

They sound a right barrel of laughs

[RedAndWhite]

They sound a right barrel of laughs

They were ok to be fair. I'm guessing it is not something they are supposed to be openly saying.

[Norbs]

As it stands, we can't finish lower than 2nd. Who'd have taken that back in July?