Grading Big Clubs' EPL Seasons After 10 Games: Chelsea even worse than Man Utd
The 2023-24 Premier League season has reached the 10-game stage, and the title race is already throwing up surprises.
Unfancied Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten and two points clear at the top under new manager Ange Postecoglou, while big-spending Chelsea are languishing in the bottom half of the table and -- in terms of points -- are closer to the relegation zone than the Champions League qualification spots.
In between, Arsenal are repeating last season's impressive start and champions Manchester City are shaping up well in their quest to become the first team in English football history to win four successive league titles. Liverpool and Newcastle United are both keeping pace with the leaders, but Manchester United are enduring another crisis after losing five of their first 10 games.
So with all of the preseason title contenders' seasons now more than 25% complete, it's time for the early season report cards on the overachievers and those falling way off the pace.
(1st in table, 26 points, goal difference +13)
The story so far
It has been a dream start for Spurs, especially so considering that the August departure of Harry Kane to Bayern Munich was the news that everyone at the club had dreaded. But without Kane, Postecolgou's team has made the club's best start to a Premier League season, and they sit two points clear of the pack, having already beaten Manchester United and Liverpool and fought back to earn a draw at Arsenal. Postecoglou has made big calls such as dropping Eric Dier and Hugo Lloris and putting his faith in new signings Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie and the outstanding James Maddison. And newly appointed captain Son Heung-Min has also rediscovered his best form. Spurs are playing exciting, winning
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