Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 280. (Read 71110 times)

The three teams were inconsistent at some point and Liverpool was even better at first but they couldn’t maintain the pace and they started to lose focus after they drop points to Manchester United. After that match Liverpool was not themselves anymore and that was how they lost out in the race.

Arsenal actually caused everything on themselves, they were so inconsistent and lost unnecessary points to clubs they should’ve won easily and it cost them the title. They didn’t better than last season but they should’ve understood that losing points to inferior teams is very bad for title contenders.

Arsenal was good this season but they were inconsistent at some point, I can still recall how they lost to Fulham, West Ham and Aston Villa, they lost to Aston Villa twice which is not good for title contenders. These are teams they should have won easily. Losing to Aston Villa was a terrible mistake but it wasn’t the only reason why they lost the title, had it been they were able to win Fulham or West Ham then it should have be a different story.

I came across several Arsenal fans in the last few days. They told me that Tottenham and a few other teams really didn't want to help Arsenal win the title, especially since they couldn't beat Manchester City. Some time ago it was said that Tottenham fans would rather lose than see Arsenal win, that was clearly very painful for Arsenal to hear.

However, basically Arsenal is not a team that has a winning mentality. They still depend on other teams for their fate instead of doing something for themselves. Arsenal must be able to beat Manchester City's dominance if they want to win the title, of course they also can't expect other teams to help them in critical times, especially when it comes to beating Manchester City. So it's a bit embarrassing to say that other teams don't want to help, while Arsenal themselves have failed to maintain their performance and consistency in winning points.

We all will agree that Arsenal really did well since January till now but around late last year we will also agree that they were inconsistent which cost them the league, if they were actually consistent around that time what will the week 33lost to Aston villa mean to them will be minimal because they would have still  be topping the league till season end by which they will become league winners.

Hooe you get what I meant now?

I saw this today and I got really sad for Arsenal.    This season was really special for them. They managed to stay in the championship race until the final moments of the season. But they couldn't make it anyway. It is really not an easy task to do this job with young players indeed. Especially while there is a team like Manchester City in the same league. 

Arteta's seat must be safe anyway. It must be. Otherwise it wouldn't be fair for him. He is one of the best managers of the Premier League. Who knows maybe next season is the time for Arsenal... 

I don’t believe you for saying that Arsenal are inconsistent this season, in fact, they are the most consistent team in the league, they are just unlucky as they lost to Aston Villa in their match week 33 and that is the main reason why Arsenal lost the title to Manchester City because Manchester City is very good at the end of every season.

On Champions League case, they Arsenal are also willing to go far in the Champions League, but Bayern Munich showed experience and eliminated them with just one goal difference, but the whole world know that Arsenal is trying now and Arteta will soon bring glory back to Emirate.

Actually Arsenal was not focusing on the Champions league, the reason they failed to win the league was because they were inconsistent at some point in the league which was late last year and how these three teams Liverpool, man City and Arsenal were going during the league season shows Liverpool were title favourite but they end up bottling up the league with a disappointing season ending performance while at that time Arsenal as already been written off but we can say Arsenal did better than their last season because of the consistency they showed during 2024 session of this concluded season.

Any team who really wants to win the league now must be aware that in order to out perform Man City they need to be consistent throughout the whole season.

I also have the feeling that no matter what team played yesterday against City , they all would have lost because that was a god-like form from City and I'm still surprised that they only scored 3 goals because the score could have very well been at least 5-0.

Yep , Arsenal made a huge mistake in the last 10 minutes against Villa and that ended up with a title lost but let's be honest and admit that City deserved to be champions this year but also massive prompt for Arsenal to achieve such a big number in points as that is the first time in history where a 2nd team achieves 89 points without winning the title. 

From the start of the match City really dominated West Ham. They play in half court. City really put pressure on West Ham and didn't give them space to develop the game. The result was a quick goal in the 2nd minute from Phil Foden's super shot. Overall City recorded 12 shots on goal. Areola really works very hard to keep his goal from conceding more goals.

The match against Aston Villa is truly crucial. Arsenal was really unlucky as they lost by 2 goals in the last minutes of the match. In fact, if the match ends in a draw, Arsenal will still fail to win the EPL trophy. Statistically Arsenal dominated a bit but Aston Villa really played well that night. In fact, if Arsenal wins and the rest is the same as now, Arsenal will become champions with a collection of 92 points. This is a really difficult time for all the players and team management because they have been runners-up twice in a row.

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I don't know about strongest team but this performance is made possible all thanks to Arsenal who have been breathing on their necks from the start of the season...but I think when City will be making replacements of their older players, Arsenals youngsters would have grown and they have the experience already from Champions league & EPL which makes this team one to look out for as they will bring some silverware sooner or later...


Nice of you to give Arsenal some credit for the work put into their games

City without Guardiola isn't city, but then again before Pep came through these guys  with Roberto Machini have been destroying teams and I don't see this changing should he decide to leave... otherwise the citizens are a well balanced team and ready for a new challenge, and at the moment Arsenal are the only team that come close to their calibre.

It's not often that we see clubs with the treble and that's why the only English Premier League club that's won the the treble before Manchester City achieved that feat last season was Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United so I wasn't surprised that Pep Guardiola's Manchester City failed to repeat that same achievement of last season in the current season. Pep Guardiola as we all know is the only manager that's one the treble two times as he did win it during his time at Barcelona and last season with Manchester City but one thing about the Spanish manager is that he's always trying to break as many records as possible.
I'm yet to see manager who's very eager to break records that'll remain untouched for ages like Pep Guardiola but that's actually a very interesting feature of the Manchester City manager and that why he's been able to achieve so many records in the world football over the years.

Maintaining what was won last season is more difficult than achieving it, Manchester City has tried to repeat last season's success, but Real Madrid has knocked Manchester City out of the UCL early. Manchester City performance is not too disappointing this season, Pep Guardiola has just led The Cityzen to defend the EPL trophy for four consecutive seasons and still has the chance to win the FA CUP trophy. Of course, Manchester City will not waste the opportunity to win the FA CUP trophy, they will also win it from Manchester United like when they won the EPL trophy from Arsenal.

Before Manchester City was taken over by Sheikh Mansour in 2008 of course Manchester City was a mediocrity team in the English League, but after Sheikh Mansour took over of course Manchester City has transformed into a fairly strong team and continues to be a contender for the championship in the English League and Champions League, in the early era of Manchester City ownership,   Sheikh Mansour immediately poured a large enough fund of around 500 million pounds to make improvements to their squad and until now of course there are countless amounts of money he has spent to make Manchester City as great as it is today, that's why I think the achievements of a football club are not far from the amount of money the owners have,  there are some teams that are able to compete as title contenders without a lot of money, but I think those teams don't last more than two seasons like Leicester City did.

In addition to money, of course, the coach factor is an important factor that makes Manchester City as great as it is today, coaching methods, motivation and also the tactics and strategies that Guardiola has applied in Manchester City so far are certainly able to lift Manchester City performance to continue to compete in the race for the title, I think in today modern era, Guardiola is the most successful coach in the world and he continues to be able to make the team he coaches can win the championship the prestigious, of course the trophy wins in Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City have been clear evidence of his greatness so far.

That's normal odds considering the performances of both teams in the last games. Manchester United have been so disappointing in the last several games. They even experienced big losses against teams when they are expected to win. Injuries have big impact on their performances, but there is no excuse to be that bad, because the squad depth better than the teams that beat them.

It's expected that Manchester City become an absolute favorite to win the FA cup. It feels strange, because that's still a derby game which should be an intense game at any circumstance. The ambition to secure the trophy has made Manchester City become a scary team to play against. There is no reason for Guardiola to lower their determination in the game as this is the last game and the climax of the season.     

Oh boy! Look at the odds... It's so disappointing to see Manchester United in this situation. Bookies are determining the odds like they are one of the weak teams in the PL while they are facing Manchester City. 

But there is nothing to do as long as they don't make progress with new transfers this summer. Anyway my favourite is of course Manchester City like most people. They have just become the champions in the PL and their morale must be at top level. Some people might say that maybe they won't finish celebrations and focus on the FA Cup finale properly. Honestly I don't think so. Guardiola would be prepared for adding another trophy to his collection.

I am in total support for Manchester City to beat man United because I’m a Chelsea fan and if man United should beat the citizens we will be qualifying for the UEFA conference league but if Manchester City should win Chelsea will be qualifying for the UEFA Europa league. Chelsea’s were without a European football this season, for a club like Chelsea standard European football is a must every season. This past weekend I supported the citizens and I will also be doing that when the face Manchester United in the FA cup finals.

The season ended yesterday and it was a show down. Manchester city were declared winners of the 2023/2024 season with them needing to beat Westham and de did. Without wasting time Phil foden scored a 2 Min goal and shows exactly why he was the player of the season. The match ended 3-1 and Arsenal also doing it late beating Everton 2-1 in a very tough contest. I didn’t want gunners to win the title because they are our rivals so it was a good game all round and luton Town couldn’t keep there place in the premier league with them been relegated.

Pep Guardiola's Manchester City wanted to repeat their feat of last season by winning the UEFA Champions League, English Premier League and the English FA Cup competitions but Real Madrid stopped them from achieving another treble this season but despite their elimination from the UEFA Champions League competition, Manchester City can still go on and win two out of the three trophies they won last season. Yesterday in the English Premier League, Manchester City were able to win the English Premier League after defeating West Ham and will now have to face their city neighbors Manchester United at Wembley for the final of the English FA Cup competition.
In my own opinion, I think the citizens are definitely going to win that particular final. Manchester United who haven't been able to win any trophy this season is expected to be at their best when they face Manchester City in the final but considering the performances of both teams, Manchester City will win

Take a look at the match statistic between city and westham. It's obvious that if city was totally owning westham. The goal from kudus was only a free goal caused by a small mistake being made by city's defender by keep him to do bicycle kick. You can compare that from the total shoots, ball possessions.

City was totally owning the game. Even city was always isolating westham, it's aways playing a half field. Westham tried so hard from leaving being isolated by city's players but they are unable to do that./
I must admit that how manchester city was showing better performance in this game.

Manchester City is set to play in another final after it was winning premier league. The citizen will be given another chance to win the FA Cup against manchester united soon and i think that's gonna be another ez game for city like when it was beating westham. city will face Manchester United for the three times this season and i strongly believe city will beat it once again. I am convinced that MU serves no purpose for the city and FA cup will be owning by manchester city soon. It's clear that picking city is even more profitable in this game considering how poor MU is now. Picking a city to win the game is regarded as the safest option even though the odds was not tempting.

BTTS is likely to occur because this is the final match but the probability may be low. It should be noted that Manchester City is in excellent form after winning the Premier League and FA cup is just under city's radar to add it on its trophy cabinet.

Meanwhile, its competitor fell to the middle of the table. Chelsea has performed even better than Manchester United. We will see that the striker claimed by United fans to perform better than Haaland is once again defeated by Haaland.

It is time for Haaland to prove to Hojlund that he is the best striker in the Premier League.

The league just ended and you're still anticipating Arsenal winning the league that Manchester City just won yesterday and the last time Arsenal fought for the title was last season, the last time they won it was in 2003/2004 so you misunderstood the whole thing.

You were going somewhere but you mixed up the whole thing. Klopp just left and Pep still has a year on his contract so maybe one day the likes of Arteta, Eth and Poch will have better competition when Pep leaves cause that is the only way others can compete.