Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 294. (Read 58602 times)

They have the best team, they won the Champions, they have the best coach in the world probably.

Do they really need 2 players to be able to win?

I mean... for sure they are strong Haaland and KDB but the others 15 top players they have are not bad players.

Therefore when I say honestly that in a short time it will not be possible to change something 100%. Erik ten Hag is not a bad coach because he has good potential as a coach. He hasn't managed Manchester United for long but changes can be felt when Manchester United returns to the UCL.

Even if the club brings in a new coach to replace Erik ten Hag, then if the new coach is only given a short opportunity to be able to bring about fundamental changes, of course he won't be able to.
For me it's about trust and timing. The least time is five seasons. Think of the first and second seasons as a transition. In the third year it will be possible to see whether there is a positive impact on the club's progress.

To be honest, Arsenal just don't have it in themselves to win a Premier League title yet.    You know how they destroyed a big chance to make it last season. I think that nobody would be surprised to see a similar ending for them this season as well. I'm saying this despite being aware of how impressive they are recently. They are one of the most scoring teams but being consistent is not a thing they are the best at.

But one thing is clear that Arteta is a great manager. I believe Arteta could be an alternative to Guardiola in case he leaves Manchester City.  

Regardless of the current goal productivity for Arsenal it will not matter because in the end it is the points that determine and currently they are still behind in terms of points even though it is still very much catchable.
In March, it is possible that the position could change if you look at the schedule that occurs, there will definitely be a gap that might be favorable for big clubs because looking at the schedule there will be several big matches that occur in March this time.

Manchester City will be a little more troubled because they will face several big clubs such as Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and they also have to prepare for other competitions where the Champions League will be in leg 2 against Copenhagen and Newcastle in the FA quarter-finals.
It is possible to make a significant difference because with such a busy schedule and big matches every week, there will definitely be more energy for them. However, Arsenal also have some big games in March and it is Liverpool who have the advantage as they only have to face Manchester City for their toughest game.

With such an interesting schedule this month, I certainly expect a situation that could make the points difference even more pronounced.

Hmm in the case of De Bruyne, I wonder what will happen to Manchester city when this guy will finally retire as they are yet to get his perfect replacement

I would say that getting tired could be one of the biggest reasons. Arsenal has a great 11 and that is how they are doing wonderful but the more players they rest, the worse they become, because they are lacking the depth that other two teams have.

Liverpool has great depth and has used it perfectly so far this season and City is famous for their depth, at this stage we could say they have at least 15 players who are starting calibre, and this is how they keep getting better and better by near the end because they can rest whoever they want, whenever they want. This means that we are going to end up seeing Arsenal stay behind those two, and they will end the season third but if they keep this up, they could get some more players to make a bigger depth next season.

Erik Ten Hag said they love challenges but I double doubt this is the Manchester City they'd want to challenge at Etihad most likely on Sunday, Yes?
Lol. Words are like bullet, you cannot take them back and Erik Ten Hag should be careful if whatever he says because, Manchester United have been nothing but completely disaster. Last year everything was completely different but this year, they've seen some better levels in f growth and goals scored.

For the game you know, Erling Haaland should still be able to score, can he be helded down by Harry Maguire and Rapheal Varane during that game? We'd definitely come to that.

Man City has returned to form after the return of Haaland and De Bruyne from injury.
United must be extra vigilant in this Manchester Derby, and their defenders must be ready to shut down Haaland's movement.
While I am not underestimating United, their recent performances cannot erase my doubts.
But City fans should not be overconfident. This is a Manchester derby, and anything can happen. Winning will explain everything.

I do not want to predict the outcome; I only want to focus on the game and enjoy the football this weekend.

Talking about Manchester City's chances in every competition is very convincing as long as there are the duo Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne and I really believe that in the FA Cup Manchester City will have a very big chance of reaching the final round and also in the Champions League and even in the PL. I also believe Liverpool and Arsenal will be eliminated by Pep Guardiola's troops.
Looking at Manchester City's current performance, it seems like it has returned to last season which looked very perfect and I see Manchester City in the upcoming match getting the opportunity to get 3 points if they succeed in winning the derby match against Manchester United.
It has been confirmed that Pep Guardiola will arrange the rotation appropriately to beat Erik Ten Hag troops.

As long as Manchester City still has its mainstay players, Kevin de Bruyne and Haaland, winning a title in any competition seems very easy and on the one hand, Pep Guardiola is also very experienced in setting strategies to win titles in other competitions such as the Champions League or FA Cup so that the supporters never hesitate to continue to provide support to his favorite club because Manchester City will continue to be a club to be feared in any competition.

How well has he done with the German National Team? And you want him to be the manager of Manchester United? These news are nothing but completely fuckery.
I've not only read and  seen him move to Manchester United all alone,. Newcastle United are also interested in seeing the German swing that wasynas head coach for them next season.
I do think Eddie Howe hasn't been criticized despite having a poor season also. So much focus has only been on Erik Ten Hag LoL.

Manchester United wouldn't be waiting for Julian Nagelsmann to be very honest with you, these are on going speculations and they'll always be there and here until a final decision has been taken.
And even if Manchester United is to consider sacking Erik Ten Hag, I'd rather see Antonio Conte taking over than all of these coaches who are not tactically good.

Arsenal are one team that’s improved so greatly between last season and this current season. They’ve gotten and tried to build a very good squad depth and this is what’s key to garnering success in any competition. Last season they were so close on winning the league but due to some certain injury they were overthrown by City who went on to win the league. Now this led to them being able to build up for this season and they have been able to build both a 1st and 2nd team consisting of very good players that are able to deliver.

 I think after this, all eyes will be on Arteta and how much he’s able to perform with this squad depth. Well the fans wouldn’t want him to bottle it up anymore this season because they so want to celebrate a title of their own after a long while. Unluckily, the full squad of Liverpool is getting back and fit and you can say same for City who are now getting back their scoring boots on and this means more trouble and work for Arsenal to be able to go last these 2 teams. Sincerely it’s not going to be any easy but Arsenal can try to at least get some wins to their advantage.

 They still have some top games especially with City which when they get all 3 points it’s a big boost for them. Arsenal must try to maintain their winning streak and also their ability to score very high goals because soon those plenty goals will be needed. Arteta must real be under pressure and looking for ways or means to be able to go past these hurdles and win the league. I know how much this seem challenging but he’s got a good and balaced squad and with the right tactics, he’s sure to achieve victory in the league especially.

They were keys of manchester city to won everything last season. Pep is trying to repeat the same story again this season but things are going even harder for manchester city caused by some competitors which were performing so poorly last season have been comeback stronger. Haaland and de bruyne still become scary combination.
De bruyne is city's brain while haaland is executor. City's performance dropping a lot caused by those guys were injured but they are not so healthy to face any game. Luton has already destroyed by haaland the next match will be united that will get the same result as luton in the last match.
The only thing that can reduce the attacking line of city is playing passively to put all of the players in the penalty box like what chelsea did. MU will have no chance to win over manchester city if it will play openly. I demand ten hag to be replaced asap if he will force his club to play openly at etihad stadium.


They are still having the same chances. Nobody able to predict the result accurately but their mentality will be fully tested. A very strict competition is happening now and neither of them were dominating it but im sure the winner will be between liverpool or manchester city.
Arsenal's mentality is still weak enough and it's not even good enough to pick this as a favorite club to win EPL. My choices will be on liverpool or manchester city. These clubs have a winning mentality and im sure the winner will be between these clubs.

Currently Arsenal is leading with goal points they just have to secure the top position and make sure they win all matches. Although it wont be that easy for them. But looking at the teams they have to play they have less stronger teams to play against win in this remaining 12 matches.

The teams that are yet to play that may give them little difficulties are Manchester City, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Luton Town. The rest are workovers. If they are able to win these club i mentioned them are likely to win the EPL title. Chelsea is the strongest of them all here that would be a bi g rival to Arsenal. We saw what they did to Manchester City if not that Haaland came to the rescue it would have been a clean defeat.

We shall give luton credit caused by at least this club could still score two goals against manchester city which was using the best line up. They did everything very well but the quality was determining the result from this match. Luton is incomparable to the manchester city. MU will be the next.


The second leg of UCL has not yet began. City can still breathe for a while. The anticipation of an easy victory against united is expected to have a positive impact on City's performance in the second leg against Copenhagen at home.

I think the German Football Association popularly known with their abbreviation DFB was very careful with the terms in their contract with Julian Nagelsmamm when they signed the German manager last year September to continue the management of the German national team after Hansi Flick was sacked for poor performance. The DFB didn't give Julian Nagelsmamm a long term contract probably because they're not fully convinced that Nagelsmamm will deliver. The current contract between the two parties is gonna expire after the UEFA Euros Championship that'll played this summer and that's why I think it'll be very possible for Manchester United to get the services of Julian Nagelsmamm if they really wish to sign him to the club this summer.

The current manager of Manchester United have managed the club players for the past two seasons but he's yet to make a significant improvement in the team or show a remarkable result of he was able to achieve with the team. This season, the club is still struggling to make it into the top four if the English Premier League table and as a club that's big as Manchester United, that's the least of things they should be worried about at this time of the season. Julian Nagelsmamm I think will be a better manager than Erik ten Hag so I think the club should go for him this summer

Indeed, from the start Man City was the favorite to qualify for the FA Cup semi-finals, but many did not expect Man City to qualify with a fantastic performance and beat Luton with a big score. From here we can judge Man City with the return of Kevin De Bruyne, Man City's performance is getting fiercer, because when Kevin De Bruyne plays City's game it becomes more exciting and goal productivity increases.

In that match, Haaland scored 5 goals and Kevin De Bruyne provided 4 assists. This is proof that these two players, if played together, will be very frightening for their opponents. A good win for Man City as a warm-up ahead of the Manchester derby match. Man City in March faced tough matches such as Man United, Liverpool and Arsenal.

There is a very visible difference in the quality of the two teams in this match and I think city ability to beat their opponents has been very great, so far manchester still maintains the opportunity to win in several existing competitions including the FA Cup, if we look at this matc of course luton is not a worthy opponent for manchester city, and even Luton, they had to concede a goal after only 3 minutes of the match, so it's not surprising that Manchester City can scored 6 goals in that match because Luton defense was quite bad, even though they managed to get two goals back in that match, unfortunately Luton wasn't enough able to overcome the aggressiveness of Manchester City game in the match.

Right now manchester city succeeded in continuing their positive trend and of course they are now getting closer to winning the trophy, 6 teams from the premier league and 2 teams from the championship managed to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and i think we will have the potential to see a big match in the FA final match later.

There have been only a few months since Nagelsmann started his job at German national team. However his contract makes me doubt about his future there. Because it is only until July 31, 2024. The board must have wanted to see his performance in Euro 2024 and then make a decision about extending his contract longer than that.

For this reason there is a chance that Nagelsmann can be free agent by the end of Euro 2024 also. If Manchester United wait until that time then who knows?  

Nagelsmann has had a big leap in his career so far. Maybe he can be a good choice for Manchester United if there isn't any available better alternative to sign.

None suggest him but we may see that the fans to urge him to leave if arteta will repeat the same result like last season. FYI, arsenal has 91% win rate last season but it's losing the trophy. There shall not be another tolerance for arteta if he keep bottle PL title this season. It's hard to measure whether arsenal's mentality has improved or it';s still remain the same.
Arteta's future totally depend on the result in UCL and EPL. These are the keys owned by him to stay even longer in arsenal. Kroenke has spent a lot of money to fill arteta's wishes to build his club. So, there must no be an excuse if arteta will fail to manage the club to get a title this season.

People are slowly getting upset if arteta keeps earn nothing from all of his efforts with the club. Expecting salah and nunez will be back soon. So, tougher competition is awaiting for arsenal. Manchester city is coming back to the its best performance again.
Another hard test is coming for arsenal. Im sure the fans will be booing arteta if he keeps deliver nothing to the club. The current squad looks very potential to win EPL but don't forget there are liverpool and city are also ready on winning it soon.

Im not favoring arsenal to win the competition but this club has almost same chance as city and liverpool to take EPL trophy. Arsenal consistently winning the game with big scores and it makes whole fans trust it to get EPL trophy.
It's failed in the FA cup. There must not be another bad result for the gunner.

The English Premier League is their only hope at the moment to win the title because Arsenal has been eliminated in the FA Cup and the Champions League is even more difficult for them, even when Arsenal was in their glory days they couldn't do much in the tightest competition because in the Champions League all the best teams in their respective leagues gather to compete.
They must not give up until there is no longer a chance to become champions because currently the opportunity is still wide open and they must be able to maintain their performance, last season's mistakes must not be repeated.


Last season's failure also involved players getting injured and that is the most frightening thing for all teams when they are in critical moments, especially Arsenal's squad is relatively young so they don't have the experience when under pressure and their coach still lacks experience.
This will be one of the tightest seasons of competition because there are three teams competing for the championship because in previous seasons there were usually only two teams left competing when it entered the middle of the season but this time it is quite different and very interesting when the champion is determined in the 38th match week.