Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 164. (Read 72353 times)

Am thinking about two things that might be the reason why Manchester United are still keeping Ten Hag. The first reason why I think they are still keeping him is because they don’t really have a replacement for him yet, because if Ten Hag is sacked, who do we think can replace him that will improve the club's performance? The second reason, which I think is the reason why they are keeping him, is that maybe Manchester United are just trying to give Ten Hag more time to see if he will improve, but with the way things are going, Manchester United might end up ending the season in a worst position, which they never expected.

Chelsea played well in the match, and their performance impressed everyone, no one expected the match to be so easy for Chelsea. The season is just starting, but at least their performance is kind of good compared to previous seasons. I am surprised to see Chelsea in 4th position, I never expected that. Let’s just hope Chelsea will keep on improving.

Chelsea were very impressive in their game yesterday. Once again they proved that they are still a top club in the premier league as they demolished Westham. I think Enzo Maresca is finally getting the pieces together with Chelsea. I was surprised to see Jackson so composed in front of goal and finishing well. The criticism from Mikel Obi and the fans has made Jackson a better goal scorer IMO. There are high hopes now of a bright future for Chelsea FC.

I understand that these are very good things that these players can do, but just seeing things that seem immature to me, for example Garnacho came in, scored a goal and celebrated the goal like CR7, just because of that Ten Hag is not going to score it again, so that's stupidity on the part of the coach, it seems to me that he is not a mature person, freedom has to exist, if he wants to celebrate however it doesn't matter, he already scored the goal, so because of that he won't score it, so these are the type of attitudes that don't let a team advance, is that fair? No, so basically for me the problem is only Ten Hag.

I strongly believe both teams will be prioritizing their defense. There won't be a lot of goals to happen from them. They will produce a maximum of two goals. And most likely their game will end draw/1-0.

I think picking under 2.25 is a sense choice but going higher than that, like under 3.25 is still good; it's also less risky.

Chelsea looked liked a different team yesterday when they took on Westham in the London Derby. Westham didn’t look prepared for the game because they let Chelsea dominate them in every position of the pitch and were very poor in defense too, giving way to Nicolas Jackson to run through their defense and scoring two wonderful goals. Chelsea are attacking so well now, they have very good options in attack and everyone is putting efforts now. Enzo Maresca seems to have his project put together.

Chelsea play very well and they deserve the victory, scoring early and adding more goals made it easy for them to dominate the game. West Ham did not look like they could have won the game. Chelsea not scoring more goals was very surprising because they had many chances but did not utilized them very well or it could be they were tired of playing for the goal. Nicolas Jackson has been improving since his contract got extended, he had his 50th appearance yesterday and got a brace. I thought the coach would allow him play more so he can get a hat trick because he had just one goal left to complete that and there were many chances being created that no other players were capable of converting. Felix had few chances that he could have converted in the second half but he missed them with a close call.

Liverpool are currently at the top of the points table although I think Manchester City have enough to do to win the title this season. We have seen Liverpool win Bournemouth game with Liverpool and they have added points from that win to top the points table. Anyway Manchester City is going to face Arsenal today, these two teams are very strong in EPL, I think Manchester City will win this match today. Manchester City is much stronger than Arsenal now and they perform well in every match so I think Man City will win this match today.

Kevin De Bruyne might be missing today, but Haaland's main target is now to fire City 5 points clear of Arsenal, now they are 2 points ahead from the Gunners.

If Arsenal is actually able to win this match it is going to be a little bit of a surprise for me. I still think that Pep Guardiola's side is a better team with a better squad and they will have the upper hand in this match. But Mikel Arteta has also been able to build a strong squad and they will definitely give a good fight. Even though I say that Artetais's side is not as strong, I think in this match there is a chance for any of the teams to win.

the Gunners has to step up in these big matches if they want to win the English premier league title. They can't just win the matches where the teams are not as strong as them and somehow get a draw against worthy opponents. That is just hiding behind like a coward. If Arteta's men can't win against worthy opponents they don't deserve to win the title.

Source: https://talksport.com/football/2066098/kevin-de-bruyne-man-city-injury-news/

Today's big match between Man City vs Arsenal.

In terms of H2H, these two teams always compete very tightly in terms of getting 3 points in each meeting and both teams have the same results in 5 meetings. However, if we refer to the previous season, Arsenal always performed well at the beginning of the season and if that happens, I am sure this match can end in a draw or a narrow victory can be obtained by Man City.

Man City odds @1.78
Arsenal @4.80
Draw @3.70

Looking at these odds, bookmakers still believe that Man City victory can happen and a draw is also one of the surprises that could happen. I might choose to bet on under 2.25 to get higher odds because both teams don't want to concede and have a very strong defense.

I have said it many times that Manchester United's victory in the previous match even with a big score cannot be used as a benchmark to repeat the same thing when playing against the Premier League club because Man United's performance is still very doubtful since Erik Ten Hag coached this club so I am not surprised if Man United only got a draw in this match even without a goal because they were not able to do much, Man United's front line could not play its role well, maybe because the strategy given by the coach made Man United players become dull and lose their motivation. I think if Erik Ten Hag continues to be maintained by MU the club will not be able to compete in the top 4 this coach cannot make Man United rise from its slump.

Manchester United did play a bad game overall. They were so wasteful, they missed many chances to win. Their performance was worse than in previous games.

They performed so differently. Too many backpasses on the back line. The attackers were toothless and couldn't find the net. Very disappointed how they get draw as their final result.

In the end, they could win the game if they was not being so wasteful in this game. They had the chances to have absolutely buried them.

Tomorrow the biggest match of the Premier League will be held where Manchester City and Arsenal will be the opponents. If we discuss the two biggest teams in the Premier League at the moment, then Manchester City and Arsenal will definitely be at the top of the discussion because this team has been performing brilliantly for the past few seasons and the position of these two teams has been at number one or number two in the points table.
Many are saying that tomorrow's match is likely to be a draw but the statistics of the match may be different if either team scores earlier and goes ahead. Since the opponents are almost equal, the team that scores first between the two teams will have more chances to win. I will refrain from betting on this match and I will only enjoy this match.

Maybe because MU's players still on euphoric the big win the other day so neglect to take advantage of opportunities. I don't know why Ten Hag didn't play Rashford as starter. maybe if he played earlier can provide motivation for other players to create the winning as in the previous 2 games. Some players also showed poor performance, and giving up opportunities in front of goal. they are like "reset to  the factory" and forgot how well they played the other day.

It was quite a tough match to predict because several things where to be considered in which if properly examined one would come up with the feeling of not even trusting Manchester united to achieve any goals. in the recent times they have been doing well in some areas just like the past match which they won 7:0 against Barnsley but from the statistics of crystal palace they are well trained to play a defensive game which was why Manchester united find it difficult to break through this tough defense.

I already had the feeling that it would probably end in draw so I took the away or draw option on my local betting site which came out correct. So people just had to go for other options than straight winning because it wouldn't work with crystal palace.

Dominating a game from the first minute till the last minute and still fail to win it as as good as the opposing team who was dominated because at the end of the day, both teams will leave the pitch with just one point apiece. Manchester United style of football have limited the potentials of the players in the team and that's why they're not performing at the top of their game.
If a player like Alejandro Garnacho is managed by a better manager who understands how to use his pacy and skillful playing pattern, I'm sure he'll be competing with his peers as one of the best players in the world. The earlier the club management of Manchester United comes to terms that the club will not grow more that it is now if their current manager continues to be at the club, the better for them.

Mhannn, that miss by garnacho would have been a finesse goal -- fuckin' inches away, swiping through the keeper's gloves and hitting the cross bar!!!?? I nearly screamed my head out. The second touch by Fernandez wasn't accurate anyway, otherwise, they would have sealed that goal. A reply of that, with the way the pass was laid out tells me alot about how united has improved their gameplay over time.

On the other hand, crystal palace also had -- almost the same opportunity, but lost it on a one-on-one encounter with onana... How insane was that? I just find it hard to believe, but I think man united played so well in the game, but were unlucky to bag home that 3 points.

I know football is something that is not predictable and can likely go on the opposite, like, when you don't expect you see a different results from them but at the time wouldn't be expecting something much then you will also a different version of them just as what Chelsea did to West Ham today. They have been poorly performing of few of their matches which I happened to give them winning but it was on the opposite and regretted haven give them such priorities, but whatever I don't care because I know how the terms of football game works and it happens when we least expected it.

Actually you are right but I'm sure United ruined a lot of betting tickets today and I still cannot understand how Ten Hag is still their coach after failing so many times in the last couple of years.

Chelsea really impressed today and it was a well deserved victory and very important 3 points for them. Same goes for Aston Villla who had the power to comeback from 1-0 against Wolves and win the game with 3-1 + this game was also a great game to bet if you had money to spare. 

Odeegard may not be needed to beat a team like Luton or whatever, but when you are playing City that means you need to have all your players ready and because of that I think they should have all their players with them and having some sort of result that is different and difficult when they have some missing players.

I know that it is going to be a hard situation for the long term but that doesn't mean that we are dealing with something that is going to be an absolute loss for them neither, sure they would be better with Odegaard but without him they are not terrible so it should be normal that they end up losing that way too or could get a win. I think it's going to be a hard fought game and it will be quite fun to watch and see how it will be on the long run.

This fixture is a game that so many are looking forward to. I remembered the first fixture between both sides that was played at the Emirate stadium, I remember the commentator saying that it was the most watched game in the league. I don't know about tomorrow, but maybe it can also break the records, because lots of people are anticipating to see this two sides compete. Judging from their last encounter at the etihad, I didn't enjoy it much because the game was boring. City were all over arsenal, but arsenal defended well. If this same thing happens tomorrow, then we might just end up watching an entire 90mins of a boring game. It's unlike before, when city used to score so many goals against arsenal. Things has changed, so let's see what both sides has to offer.


In this kind of match, anything can happen, but what we mostly expect is a draw. However, it is very possible for either team to win the match. Despite the match being hard to predict, if I should go for my favorite team, I would choose Manchester City. If Manchester City can't win the game, I expect them to draw because it is their home game. I have some confidence that City will put in extra effort and try to maintain the record that Arsenal has been unable to break for the past few seasons. It has been a while since Arsenal won against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.