Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 291. (Read 58602 times)

I also hope Liverpool can win that match but statistically City is superior and more favored in that match. Liverpool needs Salah in top condition to give him a chance to win. But City have a solid squad because Haaland and KDB have played together. Yes, I saw Haaland played for almost the full 90 minutes before being replaced by Jacob Wright. But we know Haaland just played casually and didn't work hard in that match. So Haaland should be fit for the match against Liverpool. I think City will win that game.

You forgot to mention that even when MU was not allowing him to do what he wanted but mourinho contributed 1 europa league trophy for the club. So, what contributions did Ten Hag make to the club? Carabao trophy? For such a long time? it is very strange to keep ten hag for several years instead of mourinho.
I would rather sign him back than recruit another flop like Graham Potter with his Potter Ball. I respect the parking bus football often used by Mourinho. It's because Mourinho used his logic, like it didn't matter when you play good or bad as long as you win and can be a champion.


De Rossi appears to be a suitable new appointment for Roma. Roma's game is considerably more regimented, and the team regularly plays offensively rather than defensively, as it did when Mourinho was there. I can't exactly call it an improvement because Roma hasn't won a trophy under Rossi but it shows beautiful football.
I would rather that United signs Amorim over Conte. He might be able to grasp the club well. Amorim is pursued by several teams. It demonstrates that he was a decent coach.

Manchester United needs a new name to run the club. Sir Jim has to find a new face who can help improve the club.

Not going to lie I am a little surprised to see Liverpool at the top of the table.
But the competition for the title is going to be really hard this season.

Just for context, I am giving the positions and number of points of the first three teams below.

Liverpool- 63 point
Manchester City- 62 points
Arsenal- 61 point

Only one point difference from each other. the competition is really hard for the title.
But I believe Manchester City might be able to win the title. I don't have much strong logic behind it, just a feeling.
And I am sure a lot of people also have this feeling as well.  

I just don’t want to talk much consigning the Premier league . but the way I am seeing it and how things are going. Manchester city is for the 2023/2024 winning cup, I don’t usually follow the premier league,but I like Manchester city carry the season, Manchester city, Shouldn’t , allow Liverpool or give them the chance. for Arsenal , I just like my boy SAKA, Saka has been one of my favorite player this season even last season.

City will be going in with Haaland, Alvarez, KDB, and Rodri as goal scoring threats going into this match. Foden is fatigued allegedly. Doku is nowhere to be found but that might as well be good for City as they play better without him. If we count defenders then Ake is pretty good too assuming Pep starts him.

Meanwhile we've got: Salah, Nunez, Diaz, Szobo, Macca, and Big Virg available as the people who could win the game for us.

And also, did I mention Anfield? They are going to boo City like crazy. There is no way the crowd will roll over let City get another title without a fight.

Sorry if I have a different view from you, in fact I hope that Liverpool is able to maintain their position as top holders of the standings until the end and get the title well this season, because why could that be their farewell to Jürgen Klopp with his statement some time ago that he wanted to  retire, but if the reality is different that Liverpool can't afford it, maybe this season will be the most bitter season that Liverpool has experienced, but at least Liverpool must remain consistent with the remaining matches this season and also focus on the Europa League because that will improve their quality on the European stage, not only  in the league.

One of the most important games before the end of the season. After this game, City and Liverpool will face Arsenal in another schedule. I hope City wins the game like your prediction above, because I want to see King CITY win the EPL trophy again.
Guardiola rotated his players against Leipzig because he understood that the match against Leipzig would be less crucial than the encounter against Liverpool since the club had won with big aggregates in the first leg. It should be highlighted that if Manchester City won the first game with big aggregates, why do they need to play seriously in the second leg?
Even with the secondary team, City may win by a large margin and some players were also scoring in the game. City didn't even need to seriously used the main squad to beat copenhagen.

Do you know if Liverpool shall have faced Sparta Prague before their important encounter against Manchester City? Teams need enough time to rest and regain their stamina, you know. Guardiola didn't want to put his top players at risk, so De Bruyne and many others didn't participate in the last game. City managed to defeat Copenhagen 3-1 with their secondary squad. It means that copenhagen was a weak club. City was able to kick it out from the UCL even with the secondary squad.

I hope City can stop Liverpool from getting closer to the trophy. Manchester City will play with their full team, who were benched in the last game. I believe Pep's main motivation for this match is that it's a more difficult encounter, so he needs to ensure that all his players are doing well in order to defeat Liverpool.

It is true that Mourinho wasn't fully allowed to do what he wanted at Manchester United. However that wasn't the point I wanted to underline. Even if he was allowed his style is just boring to watch for me. He is still caring about defense more than offense. We have seen many examples while he was managing Roma also.

But now Roma have started to be much more productive and to get better results after De Rossi's taking over.    It is more enjoyable to watch their matches now as they are playing positive football. I think Conte can really be given a chance by Manchester United. I feel like they won't be regretful.  

Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur are currently 2 clubs with similar conditions where they are surprise clubs with dark horse status. Aston Villa this season is stretching well because looking at anything, their current condition is different since Emery came their performance became better. Likewise with Tottenham where I didn't expect much when Kane left there although in the end this season they also improved a little in terms of performance.
In terms of current statistics Aston Villa is actually better only for the quality of individual players we must be aware that for now Tottenham is still a little superior where some of their players are still quite good in terms of popularity and individual skills.

Aston Villa home will definitely be troublesome because we know that apart from a good defense they also sometimes have a good direct pass and maturity in midfield. This must be considered by Tottenham if they do not want to lose points in this match because Emery can control a good rhythm when the defensive transition is changed to attack mode.

This time I will not predict from the last appearance of these two clubs because these two clubs have equal strength and I will look at the statistics of the meeting between the two clubs and in the near future the last meeting between the two clubs Aston Villa can always beat Tottenham with a narrow score even though Aston has Villa as a guest played away but in fact Aston Villa still managed to win and I predicted the same as other people who said that Aston Villa would win the match against Tottenham.

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It turned out that my prediction was beyond expectations because Tottenham really looked really scary with their appearance of continuing to control the ball, pressing Aston Villa's defense and ultimately producing 4 scores.
Very surprised by the decline in performance experienced by Aston Villa, it was very clear when they failed to provide resistance or even control the ball. Aston was unable to be more productive, whereas Aston Villa playing at home should be more confident.
Tottenham felt proud this time to embarrass Aston Villa with a big score at home while getting 3 points to keep Manchester United at arm's length.
This time my bet was disappointed by Aston Villa.

It is going to be one of the most crucial games for Liverpool and Manchester City both. Liverpool need Salah playing in this game from the beginning to the end. Otherwise I think Manchester City would have a bigger probability to win the game. Guardiola rotated the squad for the Copenhagen game but we saw Haaland playing for nearly 90 minutes. 

I don't think it was a good idea to keep him that long because Manchester City were already 3-1 ahead by the end of the first half. But I guess Haaland wouldn't still be very tired in the Liverpool game.

I won't bet on a side but I hope Liverpool win to get closer to the championship. 

Tottenham Hotspur against Aston Villa catches my fancy, tough game and difficult for me to predict who win at the end of the game, one would say Aston Villa would come out victorious from the game on Sunday, but I will day after the Conference Cup Competition, they should sure be having tired legs from that game and could be used as an advantage you see.
I'd say both side would draw but these clubs here have both been unpredictable to be very honest.

The same as well goes with West Ham United, for they'll be against Frieburg in the European Europa League Competition, they should also be exhausted from that fixture on Thursday. Could be a good chance for them to utilize the chance they have to go above Manchester United, but would that be possible? Burnley are also so poor that I cannot back them to even win the game. Vincent Kompany and his lads should do better.

For the the game between Liverpool and Manchester City, Anfield has been a fucking fortress you see, and having Injured players right now has got to be tdue biggest blow they'll face ahead of the game. Would the likes of Mo Salah and Co's be back for that game? T's another difficult game for me to predict. I don't mind seeing Arsenal ahead of them in the Premier League standing. Both Liverpool and Manchester City have both dominated the league in the last few years. Hopefully, they share points and Arsenal gets to  use the chance they have against Brentford to go top.

Arsenal are currently on form and on fire as they have had large rain of goals in the past three to four matches and this shows how productive their attack line is. They are scoring so many goals which is helping them to build goal difference to be able to fight for the league. This season title challenge is keenly contested and their idea of building up goal difference for themselves is very clean and top notch as that could be what will help them stay on top this weekend. Yes they have a chance of staying on top the league should they win Brentford and Liverpool stumble to a draw with City.

 Arsenal and Liverpool will be locked with the same points but the built goal difference will be the help and boost for Arsenal to stay on top of the league. The way the Arsenal players are all involved in the matches is really top notch as that shows commitment. They’re all committed to makind up for last season’s mistakes and yes they real have a chance to gun for the league if they keep maintaining this kind of win streaks. They still have two tough matches which they need to overcome, Man City and Chelsea.

 Chelsea aren’t real in good shape but they could also be capable of spoiling the party for Arsenal as fellow London rivals. Man City are in the race too and Arsenal won’t be finding that match easy nevertheless. The best way out is to get all 3 points and build up goal difference by making sure you take ypur chances as this is the way they can possibly get the league. They are having their players back frim injury and that should be a major boost in the Arsenal camp and I’m optimistic they can perform the magic this season.

This Sunday will be an epic battle and I think it is going to be quite entertaining as well. I think it should be something that will be worth to watch as like taking the day off style. I understand it may not be for everyone, but a lot of football fans will probably just arrange some foods, chips beers, drinks whatever they can and get in front of the TV. Not only it is a game that became a classic in the last decade, but also it is a game that can decide so much about the league as well.

I believe that it will be the most important game of the season for sure, the winner will have such a good chance at the title, and the loser may have trouble coming from Arsenal as well. It is a very important game and I can't wait to see it.

Thank you for sharing this interesting news with us.    As there is going to be a new format to take place in the Champions League by next season I assume the officials wanted to make some changes in the quotas as well.

The Premier League to have 5 teams joining the Champions League? It would make them even more dominant in the tournament. But I feel like it would be better to give the last two additional places to the leagues with few number of teams joining the Champions League group stage or even the leagues with 0 quota for the group stage.

For example it would be really good to see one of the places being given to the Turkish Super League. This league had one spot to join the group stage directly in the past but not anymore.  

I come with another interesting news. I have heard that if there will be a new spot to be added by UCL for the leauge with the best performanace this season. There will be two more spots to be added, currently several leagues have 4 spots to quality for the UCL next season and there is also potential for this place will be added into the 5 places in total.
Goal has posted a very interesting article that breaks down which club that has the highest rate. Serie is still topping the ranking then bundesliga following it at the second place. Surprisingly, premier elague was at the third place.


By having two additional teams to come in and im sure the competition will be even more competitive. The winner from this will be eligible to have one more UCL spot in the next season. The league needs to work even properly to ensure they can get one more spot to play in UCL.
Personally, i don't really like this method caused by the only big league that will acquire additional spot. UCL should have given more spots for the league that has less than 4 spots to qualify for the UCL.

To be fair, the league like PSG deserves to get another spot.I can't predict what motive that used by UEFA to add two more spots into the UCL. It seems like UEFA has a plan to make the competition getting tougher than before by adding more clubs to compete in.

Still waiting for response from some members here. There may be some who pros and cons with the new spots to be added by UEFA soon. Two spots will be reserved for the winner.

Bukayo Saka may not have scored a goal, but he can be said to be a player who always tries to make a big contribution to Arsenal and managed to provide one assist.
Arsenal's victory over Sheffield United was impressive because they made sure they performed optimally to beat their opponents with a very convincing score by scoring lots of goals and this made Arsenal the most productive team at the moment with the fewest goals conceded.
Arsenal just need to maintain their consistency because after facing Brentford next week there are two tough matches they have to face, namely against Chelsea and Manchester City.
Maybe Chelsea will not be considered as a team that will give Arsenal difficulties but still they have to be alert because Chelsea can perform better when facing a strong team and against City it will be enough to determine their next ranking, beating City means they will pass their opponent in the standings but if If they lose, it will make their chances of winning the title this season even harder

Just as you expected. The match Sheffield United vs Arsenal ended with a score of 6-0 in favor of the away team. But Bukayo Saka did not have luck in this match. Arsenal pressed forward to attack right from the first minute. Bukayo Saka was the one who spoke before finishing the ball and hitting the post in the 2nd minute. Anyway, Mikel Arteta's army entered the game excitedly, leaving the home team unable to react. Specifically, Arsenal led 3-0 after only 15 minutes, and after 39 minutes, the score was 5-0 for the Gunners. This strong victory helps the Gunners continue to chase Liverpool and Man City in the championship race. They currently have 61 points after 27 matches, 1 point closer to Man City and 2 points closer to Liverpool. This is a truly dramatic race.

No other result was expected than a massive win against Sheffield as Arsenal are currently on fire and form and are fiercely chasing the EPL title with all vigour. Their players returning from injury is a major boost to this team’s growing confidence. Although Arsenal are a better side judging from their EPL performances, to their group stage performances too. Arteta's Arsenal are young, vibrant and victory oriented too. They won't want to give off their chances at the trophy just so easily to Porto. They're a side more likely to put up a fierce contest and make the game tough for their opponent Porto.

 Maybe or maybe not, Porto will be able to endure the strength Arsenal would put up. Arsenal are to some extent technically better than them still. Their win against Sheffield United  was well deserved as they're a team set to make remarkable difference in all their endeavors both in the domestic, country and European cups too. Sadly Sheffield United lost big time to Arsenal and this made them face another downward wrath on the league table. Their remaining weeks in the EPL are shaky, even though they can try to be competitive.

 The probability for a consistent good game result is very low and they have to put in more work to at least finish the season in a reasonable standing on the league table. Arsenal rotation is what’s key at this time as we approach crucial stages of the league and they’re hooked in a 3 club race with an in form City and Liverpool side so the players rotation is needful at this point and must be applauded by the fans.

United have problems in their defense. Several mistakes from the defender allowed the opponent to score goals. That's been their problem from the start of the season. But overall it was impossible for United to win the match. They did perform well in several matches but to beat City with their full squad I think United must appear solid and consistent in every match.

Yes! Of course that is what all fans hope for. Seeing the championship candidate teams fight until the final week will make the atmosphere and tension of every club fan even greater. It's really exciting to see the fans' adrenaline rush every week. I still remember the dramatic moment when City won the 2012 EPL where the winning moment was truly determined in the final match and in the last minute of the match when Aguero scored City's winning goal. It was one of my most memorable moments in football.