Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 107. (Read 58934 times)

What a beautiful start to the season by Arne Slot's brand new Liverpool. I think some of the credits goes to the legend, Jurgen Klopp, for what he has done for us so far. He left the team in a great state, the players are of amazing quality, and top tier mentality. They never want to give up.

None of us Liverpool fans expected Arne Slot to have such a belter start to the season, we saw a flawless pre-season, but we told ourselves that this is nothing, Premier League would definitely be much more difficult. But for him to show us such beautiful football in all three of these games, was something I did not see coming.

Arne likes the team to play a very interesting style of play. He wants the team to go for quick and instant attacks, pressing high and taking chances everytime we get. But he also likes the team to keep possession when they can, which gives the team some time to gather up, organize, and go for the attack again, which is a key difference from how Klopp wanted the team to play.

Arne Slot also wants the team to evolve as much as they can, playing off of situations, not letting anything go off notice. This also helps the team to go and take every attempt at the attack, and while defending, taking time 1on1, and let everyone else organize in time. Arne's project is very exciting, and I am all in for it.

They didn't lose the match because they stepped up with their defense. If they had continued with the way they were playing then they will probably would have lost. However, before i was comparing the performance of Manchester United to be the same with Chelsea but now i can boldly say that Chelsea has improved and now have better performance to Manchester United this season. Even if the winning the league is not assured at least coming out top 5 should be what they should be concerned about. If care is not taken Manchester United will not be going to the Champions league next season. With the way they are playing now there is no hope at all.

One thing to note in that match was that Manchester United were short of goals but there wasn't much of a difference. Where Brighton made 14 short while Manchester United made 11 short. Moreover, the position of Manchester United was rather good in other aspects. But they failed. Towards the end of the match it looked like it would end with a draw but it was not to be as João Pedro win the match by scoring in extra time. Brighton is in a good position this season in terms of team condition. Out of 3 matches, the team has won 2 matches and drawn one to retain the third position in the points table. On the other hand, there is nothing to say about the position of Manchester United. The team cannot stand this season. Unless this situation improves quickly, it will be difficult to expect anything good from them.

I think Haaland would better this season from the fact that his performance this season now is better than how he did last season where he couldn't even do well against some mid teams. It was obvious how getting a goal were difficult for him last season when KDB was injured but there have been improvements this time.

About him not doing well during big matches, this has been the main reason he is still less regarded as he ought in the world and I believe if he is really wants to go above his comfort zone and become more than he is now then I think this season he will do much better disregarding most efforts of the opponent tactics in neutralising him.

3 games with 3 wins and being the only club that has managed to keep a cleansheet so far is of course a very good thing for Liverpool because they exceeded the expectations of most people including me at the beginning of this season.

Honestly, in the pre-season I doubted them with a new coach because after all Slot is still untested in the EPL and with the courage when not bringing any players to make plans for Slot's future it makes it even harder for me to believe that Slot can do his best at the beginning of this season.
But the first 3 matches for them really slapped me in the end because after all now Slot proves that in his first season in the EPL and only relying on players who are already in the Klopp era he can still get consistency in terms of performance at the beginning of this season.

Now for Slot only needs to continue to maintain this condition so that they continue to be good in the future because even though now they are very good but that does not mean this should be used as satisfaction because the season is still very long.

If you look at Manchester, their performance is not good for me.  Because they perform well in a match and not in skiing.  Because of this, it is difficult to predict.  And Brighton performance is understandable, as their performances are often at a high level.  For this reason, whoever writes victory in their favor makes his own predictions.  And their performance in this match also shows that they are a good and strong team.  Obviously they won the match very well and hard because the competition was equal but their players showed speed and played the match very well to score a goal and win the match.  Many people have been surprised by his performance.  He really had to star on this win.  This player is the main character of this victory.  If it had not forced itself upon itself, the match would have been even.

What Slot said should be a lesson for Ten Hag to improve the game strategy he is currently implementing at Manchester United, I think Slot is quite familiar with the strategy implemented by Ten Hag because the two of them were once rivals when coaching the Dutch team and Ten Hag continues to apply the same style of play that he has been using at Ajax , so that it looks very monotonous without any strategic reserves to anticipate the game strategy of his opponents and this was clearly visible during the match against Liverpool yesterday, slot and ten hag have often met Previously in the Dutch league, Ten Hag should have tried a different tactical approach and strategy when he had to play against Slot, because with that I thought Ten Hag would be able to surprise Slot with a different game during this time but in fact he is quite proud of his current game strategy.

When you see an experienced manager who knows how to study the tactical structure of his opponents before playing against so he can device a means of coming top at the end of the day, you'll definitely not struggle to notice about his professionalism. Arne Slot came to Liverpool and started with by studying the tactical approaches of his predecessor Jurgen Klopp which was why he was able to use the squad at his disposal effectively without even adding a new player in their mix. Like you rightly said, he exposed the weakness of Erik ten Hag's tactics which was why deviced the best tactical approach to get all three points from the game at Old Trafford yesterday and that actually worked perfectly for him.

It’s easy to be smart while doing a post interview,
Where it gets real difficult is when your on the job. I don’t really take much of a post interview or critic on footballers. The case wouldn’t have been much different with them on the job either as players or a manager on the sidelines.
I don’t say this to side anyone but, it’s just how I see these analytics about games after the play. Anyone can be a manager then, a good one at that.

Honestly, this wasn't what I expected anyhow. While I knew that Arne Slot was a great manager, even a great manager can't always have a great start, usually it takes time for players and manager to find that right balance and chemistry and when that relationship gets better the team gets better, which I did expected them to do because it looked like they would be better eventually.

However, they started very well too, and this does scare me just a bit, not a lot but just a bit. I fear that they may actually do worse later on, like they started great, but where can this go, they can't just keep being awesome, very few teams ever does that, there could be some problems along the way, if not then the title is so easy to win, if it does, then solving it quickly will be the key.

Despite owning Klopp's squad legacy, but Slot knew better about United rather than ten hag. If you're watching Slot's post interview, then you would see how he was breaking down Ten Hag's pressing. he even exposed United's tactic to the public.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_HxkKdWAl0

I think Ten Hag had no idea about what his team is doing. And it seems there is a big gulf between him and players. Also, i don't like the way he works at United is very hands off to his players. I hope he takes a note from Slot's interview and make some changes.

The pace of the game was just too dull for Manchester United, too many passes but they didn't have a great chance to move forward. Two bloody errors caused the first two goals. I'm not boggled because Arne Slot dealt with Manchester United when they first faced themselves during the pre-season games.

I was a strong supporter for Erik Ten Hag last season but this season, I'm keeping mute on whatever that comes now. They had a great first 25minutes yesterday, nothing wrong with the defenders in my opinion, what I saw wrong with the game yesterday was that Casemiro not being effective. He did during the game against Fulham United, Brighton and now the game against Liverpool. He lacks pace now ans also energy. Diaz was held down, Mo Salahs wing was more effective than that of Luiz Diaz. I don't lie when I say Arne Slot inherited a great sqaud.

Haaland is of course a great player there is no doubt about that, but he is not playing well during big games, that's the bad thing about him that he needs to work on. When he is playing against other premier league teams that are not great, he scores bunch of goals, it's easy to score hattrick against these teams, but when it comes to UCL for example, or even FA cup finals to be fair, he is nowhere to be found.

That's the issue he had for two years in a row now, even when they won the treble, he wasn't scoring on the final games, even semi finals. This is why he needs to keep scoring and keep that momentum and then start scoring on those very crucial important games as well, that would make things a lot better for him.

Without scoring on those games, he will just be Kane and nothing more, he will never become a superstar, he will become a player that everyone likes and has a lot of scoring titles, but he will not be considered big like historical football figures.

The attack for Liverpool's second goal was started by a foul. The referee didn't see that it was an obvious foul against Casemiro.
Anyway, Liverpool deserved to win this game. This is going to be a transitional season for Manchester United. They will get rid of all their useless players and try to gather a better squad. Ten Hag would stay for this season only because the new owner of Man United doesn't want to pay him several millions in compensation for sacking him. United has to build a brand new team and they will start the next season with a brand new manager. I don't expect United to get to the Top 5 at the end of the season.

The draw really disappointed me. Chelsea had many chances to score more than 1 goal. But, their attackers were not performing well. Jakson, Chelsea's striker was so awful when he was one on one against the goal keeper. Medueke should have scored, but he has been poor in his finishing.

And I think they should think again to put double pivot(Enzo & Caicedo) together. coz Enzo and Caicedo Pivot is actually never going to work in any case. I really miss the combination between Caicedo and Gallagher. Enzo was not a good pair for Caicedo.

If we will still perform the same against brighton in away game, we're finished.

Horrible performance by Manchester United...    Casemiro is a joke and the defense line was also too bad. They couldn't score even one goal home. This team is just crying for help.

Erik ten Hag is getting closer to the end of his time here as it seems. I thought they would make a better start after making good signings for the defense. But right now they are at the 14th position with only three points. Liverpool were really impressive. Diaz - Salah cooperation was great to watch.    Salah is already crucial for this team but it wouldn't be fair to overlook Diaz's contribution at the same time. Chiesa's job is really difficult.

It's actually a bit late to discuss this but very disappointed with Fulham's performance that wasted a great opportunity to steal points from a club that was just promoted this season.
Ipswich is not a strong club and Fulham should have been able to put more pressure on Ipswich's defense, but instead Fulham even though they had more possession of the ball but in terms of attacking, Ipswich often made surprising attacks.
Most likely Fulham seemed to underestimate Ipswich so they could concede 1 goal.
In the second half Fulham had 2 good opportunities but those opportunities were wasted and even almost conceded again.

Jurgen Klopp indeed left Arne Slot a great team fo him to handle and he has handled them very well during the pre-season games and also the first three games in the Premier League Competition. Gutted to see Manchester United losing but Liverpool had a great game today. Mo Salah won't stop scoring Manchester United. What a player!


All Manchester United fans might not love the current situation of the club but they should trust the process. This is a good idea of the word Open Heart Surgery said by former Manchester interim manager Ralf Rangnick. As for the Premier League Competition winners, we already know who will be the winners right from the very start. The only thing that can halt them now would be the 115 rules they've been rumoured to have broken.

Well Haaland is back in his track with scoring 7 goal in 3 games.
With this pace he can beat every record in Premier League and scoring even 50+ goals.

Not only that but the Premier is already in his shape...
With Manchester City the only team having 3 wins over 3 games and Liverpool with Arsenal right behind them.

It will be a rece with these 3 teams, this year too like the past year.

I'm surprised that many people escaped Manchester United fans who opinion was influenced by their passion for their club were expecting a different result against Arne Slot's Liverpool today. One even had to stake a direct bet with me that Manchester United were surely going to get a point from the game but was deeply disappointed at the end of the match as his darling club failed to score in the game despite playing at home. Manchester United is a big club but their manager isn't a big club manager if you ask me and my opinion is based on his performance with the club in the last two years he's been with them. Imagine a manager telling you that a club like Manchester United with so many world class players are unlikely to win the league just after three league games. If Manchester United must succeed and return back to winning ways, they must make the big decision of getting rid of the Dutch manager