Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 244. (Read 58934 times)

Manchester City are pretty dominating not just in the league but in Europe generally as you can see how fierce they have been able to perform very well. You can see them being able to win the league and also ucl last season. Right now you can attribute their major success to Pep being a very tactical coach and you can say thay the team is now one top team that’s able to contest in the league and major tournaments in Europe. In the match against Brighton, you can say that they will sure be able to defeat Brighton especially right now they’re in the chase for the league.

 Manchester City must try to maintain their winning rate if they are to end up being the league champions and this will be one very good one in helping them keep dominating. At the moment, they’re in the finals of the FA Cup and are about 6 matches away from being crowned league winners.

 They need to maintain their strong lead because they are under pressure from the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool and any falter from Man City will be them probably losing out on Thr league. pep is a tactical and quality coach and knows the best for this Man City team and he’ll be able to help them win the league.

Arsenal and Liverpool managed to win this week as well as coup Manchester City's position at the top of the table, this week actually Manchester City will play a match against Brighton but because Manchester City must play in the FA semi-finals then the Brighton and Manchester City match is played on Friday, against Brighton of course it will not be difficult for Manchester City because currently Brighton is not in good shape after they had a perfect season At the beginning of the season, Brighton's current form is no longer consistent and even they fail to win in their last 4 games in the league, while Manchester City have so far been quite consistently unbeaten after last being beaten by Aston Villa last December.

The performance of the two teams that are inversely proportional at this time of course makes Manchester City favorites to win the game, before the Brighton vs Manchester City match starts, first Arsenal will face a difficult match against Chelsea, so I think the victory over Brighton will make Manchester City can take the top of the table from Arsenal because I think Arsenal will lose the game against Chelsea later.

Hopefully it is going to be a must win for Man City against Brighton on 25 April because for the past few weeks now Brighton players are not doing too well week before last Burley draw 1-1 with Brighton, I think the 5 games that is remaining for Man City they will not like to give any chance of being diffited by any of remaining match, because they'll not like to give any hol for Arsenal and Liverpool to be ahead of them any longer.

Liverpool made me doubt them really much for a specific time period during the Fulham game but they managed to get a decent win anyway. I mean they played a part of the game by giving big opportunities to their opponent in the defense line. Fulham even benefited from that in the end by scoring the equalizer. But Gravenberch and Jota were there to save the team with their goals. 

At this moment an unexpected point loss would finish off that team. I'm saying this for Arsenal and Liverpool especially as they did it once previously. Manchester City have lost the lead due to a missing game. Technically they have two missing games so far and it is one game for each one of the other title contenders. The final weeks will be really lovely. 

Just like Arsenal, Liverpool also won their away match with a pretty good score of 3:1, a good win for both clubs who are fighting for the EPL title. They are still competing fiercely now so I think they will win the rest of these matches to continue winning. Man City will also do the same thing by not giving Arsenal and Liverpool the opportunity to surpass Man City at the top, even though Arsenal is now back at the top and Man City is back in 3rd place, but Man City has not played the match in Week 33, so it is very likely that Man City will return to the top if you play it and win.

In fact, Fulham is in bad form so Liverpool can beat them easily if Liverpool also did the same thing in the previous match against Crystal Palace, maybe now Liverpool is at the top, 2 points ahead of Man City.

Crystal Palace seem so different this second half of the season. They perform really good with their tactics of tight press and transitional attack. Their tactics of man-to-man marking really made Liverpool players struggling to express themself in building attacks. Won at Anfield is a big achievement for a non-big teams.

I dont feel surprise at all to see Crystal Palace were able to beat West Ham. Even though West Ham is currently not in a good phase, the win is pure of great display by Crystal Palace. They dominated the game with great tactical scheme of attacks and applying tight pressing when they lost the ball. I can tell this win is not a luck, but it's the team's brilliance to score four goals in an away game.

I think PSG has the best manager for them in this situation as Luis Enrique is really a top tier coach right now and he knows how to build a proper team and motivate players on high levels and we can see this in UCL where PSG plays amazingly and I won't be surprised to see them lifting the trophy. However, I think Pep era at City it's almost over and he might try his luck with a national team on his next journey because just like any other top tier coach , he wants to conquer that World Cup as well.

Manchester City did not have difficulty beating Brighton because statistically in the 5 meetings between the two, Manchester City won 4 matches and 1 draw. So, in the second meeting this season, of course, Manchester City will be quite the favorite to win. Even though Brighton is playing at home, it will be quite difficult for them to beat Manchester City. Indeed, Pep Guardiola is a great coach where he is able to produce many great players in the team so that they can easily beat their opponents.

But for this season competition, Manchester City must not be careless in the slightest because the slightest mistake will be quite crucial for them. Liverpool also managed to get 3 points in today match which moved Liverpool position up to 2nd in the standings. We are just waiting for the match that Manchester City will play in the 33rd match because if Manchester City manages to win then Manchester City will again lead the standings.

After getting that win against Liverpool last weekend, Crystal Palace was in high spirits before that game with West ham. On the other hand, West ham has been very inconsistent and they recently got thrashed off from the Europa league just this week. If Crystal Palace win any 2 of their last 5 EPL games, they'd definitely be safe from the drop zone.

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In other news, the title race is still on after Liverpool and Arsenal won their games this weekend. I'm not sure if it's going to happen but I feel like Man City will drop points soon.

Winning have been important for Manchester City this season. Manchester City is the best team in the EPL this year and other recent ones. The Citizens will dominate and flogged their opponents without struggles. Pep Guardiola is one of the successful mansger in football and have done great accomplishments for Manchester City. He played a major role in winning Manchester City first UCL title last season and have also dominated the league this season with stellar performance but we're yet to clarify such stats.

The level of good performance Crystal Palace has over West Ham United on this match is quite unimaginable because considering their gap between crystal Palace on the table is surprising to see the outcome of the match against West Ham United and also right from the beginning of this season Crystal palace has been struggling to win their matches but were not consistent enough so they ended up on the 14 place of the table, however it was at this time of the season they are managing to improve their performance that's why they were able beat Liverpool on their last meeting.

But even if they managed to beat Liverpool I never believe that West Ham United will stoop so low that Crystal palace that are currently on the 14 position will score them this much, well congratulations to Crystal palace but they need to step up their performance the more because their upcoming match  against Newcastle United will not be easy on them and Newcastle United is nothing like West Ham United in terms of performance so is going to be a tough match for Crystal palace.

Until now i haven't read a single online newspaper that talks about speculation about Pep Guardiola's move, let alone that he will move to PSG, Pep is the coach who i think is the best in the world at the moment, he has a lot of effective strategies, it's a shame they had to lose penalty shootout against Madrid in the UCL, but in the EPL they have already won it.  Even though Pep Guardiola will move, I am sure that the one who will benefit here is PSG, they are a team that has not yet won the UCL, if Pep Guardiola trains PSG then it is certain that PSG will have great potential to become UCL champions.

Manchester City without Pep seems like a tough deal for both sides, I do not know where Pep could leave to if they part ways, he did managed three big clubs so far, all of which won so many titles, and that's why it is going to be quite tough for Pep to find a team that would be at least that good, he will have to pick a team that's a little different, maybe he could try his luck at PSG next season, who knows?

But for City, it is even harder, because they are going to find a manager that could make them win so much, they won so many with him so far that picking another manager would be very tough for them. I believe that we are not really going to see a manager that could get as good results as they did with Pep Guardiola.

Manchester City are now back to second place with a match in hand which is against Tottenham and you can expect them to be able to win that match because this seem to be the major competition they’re still participating in. A win against Tottenham means they have successfully been able to lay one hand on thr league trophy again for the 4th consecutive time.

 Arsenal and Liverpool have little chances and their only and major hope is for City to be able to get a  draw in at least one match but for that to be an added advantage they’ve got to make sure they themselves are able to gather all 3 points in their remaining 6 matche. Arsenal will be having the major challenge as they have about 4 top teams to face in their final and in about 48hours they’ll be having the first test, Chelsea.

 ⁠I don’t think Arsenal will be able to challenge Liverpool or City especially as these 2 teams have a better experience on battling at the top of the table as compared to Arsenal who are very good bottlers of the league when they’re expected to win. City at the top of the table doesn’t seem to get weak whenever they get to that position and you can imagine how much the team will be willing to go for that.

 Yes If it’s true Pep is leaving then the team will want to also want to win the league for them as this is going to be his last legacy for the club and to the players before his departure. I can now begin to imagine how this team will be able to play without pep next season and as such, the club should try to get a perfect replacement so fast else I think they’ll probably struggle next season.

We are entering the second half and westham gets fucked by palace. It will be amazing if westham will able to equalize the score during remaining time of second half. I never expect palace to humiliate westham this bad. It's totally unpredictable result for sure.
Westham is still having chance to get one points as long as it will able to score another goal. Congrats for anyone who pick total over for this game. Their bet has been successful.

Im feeling this season is gonna his last season in westham. Totally unpredictable by me. AFAIK, palace was a not a strong club and it's even weaker than westham.

The chances of Arsenal and Liverpool to win the Premier League this season of course depend on the defeat of Manchester City, indeed in football everything can happen without us expecting but logically of course seeing Manchester City lose the rest of their matches this season is of course very difficult, from the rest of the matches there is only Tottenham that has the potential to trouble Manchester City but that does not mean Tottenham will be able to beat Manchester City in the match later,  Because I don't think Tottenham's performance is stable and we can see their performance in some games that are often up and down, I don't think Manchester City will lose to tottenham because for now Manchester City will be fully focused on the EPL trophy after they failed in the Champions League.

Maybe Manchester City will suffer 1 defeat in the rest of their matches, but I think it will also not guarantee Liverpool and Arsenal can win the league this season, because of the remaining matches between the three championship contenders, Arsenal and Liverpool actually have a tougher match, so the possibility of Arsenal and Liverpool losing is of course there so I think we will still see Manchester City ranked 1,  Liverpool and Arsenal are ranked 2nd and 3rd at the end of the season.

Rob Edwards thinks placing 4 midfielders can make them dominate the game and at least it can make time run out and get 3 or 1 point, but in reality they only have 53% possession of the ball, it's true that they dominate possession of the ball, but that's not a big difference. Yoane Wissa managed to score 2 goals from Rob Edwards strategy of placing 3 defenders and the 3 additional points they got will most likely save them from relegation.

The painful defeat to Brentford made Luton's position now more vulnerable but still they still have hope if Nottingham Forest fails to comeback against Everton today, currently Luton and Nottingham who are above the relegation zone are only 1 goal apart and Luton still has a chance to improve his position in the remaining matches, especially next week Nottingham Forest will face Manchester City and it is difficult for Nottingham Forest to win So it has a chance for Luton to unseat Nottingham Forest, but it looks like it will be very difficult for Luton to win next week because  Luton will also have to face Wolves who are also relatively strong.

Looking at the position at the bottom of the Premier League standings at this time, not only Luton has the potential to be relegated, but if we look at the existing points difference, of course Nottingham Forest is also still not safe at this time, but as you said, of course Sheffield United will certainly play in the Championship next season because with 16 points, it will certainly be difficult for Sheffield United to catch up with Nottingham Forest's position in the safety zone at this time,  As for Burnley and Luton, of course, there is still hope for them to stay in the Premier League next season even if it is difficult.

Right now, Manchester City = Guardiola and vice versa. It is quite an obvious fact. 

Guardiola has actually achieved great things with Manchester City for 8 years. The Champions League title was the only one left and he achieved it as well in the previous season finally. He is just trying to increase the number of titles of the tournaments he has already won at least for once. 

One day they will part ways for sure but it is hard to predict when. When it happens the name I would like to see filling his place is Arteta. I think that he would be the best option to maintain this vision. 

This season, none of the three promoted teams performed well enough to survive at least one or two seasons in the English Premier League, all three performed disappointingly and had to go back down the division, even Burnley, who was predicted to perform better than the other two promoted teams, apparently did not perform as expected.
Several weak teams that were almost relegated last season, such as Everton and Nottingham Forest, were helped by the poor performance of Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United, so they have a chance to come back safe, but if we look at the difference in points, the team that will go down the division can change because of the difference the points are quite narrow, Everton and Nottingham Forest are not completely safe so this will be quite interesting to look forward to until the final match of this season, only Sheffield can be sure of going down a division.