Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 329. (Read 70802 times)

It is very feasible to place Arsenal as favorites to win the Premier League title, but other clubs such as Manchester City and Liverpool also still deserve to be favorites because they are still fighting hard until now, if Arsenal is able to overcome quite difficult obstacles when facing other top clubs in the remaining matches this season he will get the Premier League title but if he struggles and is only able to achieve a draw against an elite club, this is still in doubt. I don't want to be disappointed again like last season when Arsenal failed to get the Premier League title because they were careless in several the last match gave Manchester City a golden opportunity to overtake Arsenal.

If Arsenal don't want to waste another golden opportunity they have to consistently win and prove their best performance until the end of the season, I know Arsenal's performance is very strong this season and different from last season but if Arsenal's focus is divided into 2 competitions then it will make it difficult for Arsenal in the League England to get the trophy unless Arsenal is eliminated in the Champions League then Arsenal can focus more on the Premier League to get the title while the other two clubs have busy schedules which may affect their performance.

Arsenal are quite well-prepared to anticipate the tittle race in the ending phase of the season. This is proven by the quality squad with having backup players for every position. Last season have given them a good lesson when they were losing Saliba, they were having inconsistency in the ending phase of the season. Arteta has been succeeding to manage the gametimes for his players that makes Arsenal having less injuries problems compared to their competitor. This shows a serious ambition from Arteta and the board of the club.

Hypothetically, The chance of Arsenal to secure the premier league title is smaller than Manchester City and Liverpool. This is based on their remaining teams the have to face in the remaining games of the season. Three of the teams are their historical rivals, Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspurs which will give them an intensive game. Rivalry can evoke emotional display on the pitch that will need a strong mentality to be in the game.

Arsenal is the team that has impressed me the most in the Premier League this season. What they have shown is convincing. Of course, they are one of the serious candidates for the championship. But I think Arsenal's chance of winning the throne is too tricky. Many difficult matches ahead will hinder their ability to win the championship. Accordingly, Arsenal will play at home against Chelsea, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, and Everton, and three away trips against Wolves, Tottenham, and MU are also challenging.

Actually, I want Arsenal to win the championship, but I think Liverpool is the number 1 candidate for the throne at the end of the season.

The draw against Liverpool by Man United was really one result that the Man United fans got and took as a relief from the run of poor game they’ve been having. Yes they expected to lose the match but they were happy to at least get a point and that was a big one for even the job of ETH.

 Now I think dissecting the match, you’ll be able to identify some key problems that went wrong in that match and one was the substitution of Eth not being able to be clinical and help the game. As you can see how the club has thrown away a lead in 2 matches in less than one week which is something to really be worried and wary of.

 ⁠The club will probably be ending the season trophyless though there’s still high hopes on them winning the FA Cup but the fans would want the team gunning for the league instead. It’s over for that this season and they can’t just wait for the start of the mew season so that they can have a fresh start and probably fresh addition to the squad.

 ⁠Yes the squad needs fresh additions that will be able to help out as you can see the team is suffering from injury crisis of it’s crucial defenders though we know injury is a very big part of football. I also think for the remaining matches this season ETH should try and be careful with his substitution especially as he’s in a bid to secure UCL spot as he should try not to lose points anymore and give away his lead cheaply.

One thing about Manchester United is that they are always disappointed. That is my main problem with them. If not, they play a nice game against Liverpool, but at the end they give them a chance for a penalty. That is the same incidence that makes them lose a game against Chelsea, which I was so annoyed with, and I just put it that relying on Manchester United will not be a good choice any more because they keep repeating the same mistakes all the time, which will be a regret for them and their fans at the time. 

But still, what they will thank God for is that they don't lose the game, but when it comes to a draw, that is not a nice one, but at least it was not a loss, although the match was slightly tough and amazing to witness.

During the just concluded AFCON, I noticed the unusual relationship between Victor Osimhen and D.Drogba. It was after that tournament that I began to hear the rumour of Osimhen to Chelsea. Well, I would say that for the past decade, Chelsea has been a big team and many Africans love Chelsea because of their ability to sign African players. But recently, the Chelsea we see is quite different from the Chelsea that has been. If I were to advise Victor, I would not adi e him to join Chelsea now that they are very much unstable. There are no much exceptional strikers, it is a time for Victor to position himself in a good Champions league team.

Seriously Arsenal is really performing well this season, and am really impressed by their performance this season, but their are still few matches to be played, and currently we are in dangerous period, any slight mistake from Arsenal, they they are going to drop from their current position, so they really have to maintain their consistency. I don’t just know why I still have the feelings that Arsenal won’t be able to win the premier League this season, I still have confidence in Liverpool, or Manchester city to win the league this season, Arsenal might find it kind of difficult, but honestly their performance is really good currently.

Many teams are currently fighting for Osimhen and not just Chelsea, currently PSG, Arsenal and even Manchester United are reportedly quite interested in signing Osimhen next season, Chelsea have lost their sharpness in the front line and make them only able to rely on Palmer and Gallagher in the attack line, so it is certain that Chelsea will try to sign Osimhen at any cost,  But the question now is will Osimhen choose to join Chelsea when Chelsea's condition in the league is worse than Napoli ?.

At the moment I think Chelsea's strongest rival to get Osimhen is PSG, and we all know if PSG has everything Chelsea can offer Osimhen and even more than Chelsea in my opinion, Chelsea are ranked 9th in the Premier League standings at the moment, so their chances of playing in the Europa League next season are of course very small and I think of course Osimhen will refuse to play for Chelsea because after all playing in the Champions League is everyone's desire European players during this time, if Chelsea want to get great players next season, of course money is not enough as an attraction.

Chelsea - Osimhen speculations are getting more common lately. Chelsea must still have a lot of money to spend despite pouring around 1 billion euros in the recent 2 years. I don't think they would have any issues with affording him also.

On the other hand I wonder whether Chelsea would be the first option for Osimhen...    Because I think Osimhen's priority would be to play for a team that is a part of the Champions League next season.

However let's say only Chelsea made an official offer for him then I think he would rather join Chelsea instead of continuing to play for Napoli. At least he would play at the PL level which would be better for his career in the long term. 

You don't expect a big team with lots of Injured players week after week with not good enough quality players to succeed. Yes I agree, they not good to watch with the human eye as they have also deprived most of these fans from the pleasure they desires this particular season.
Just like Vidic the club legend has said these players have not don well for the manager at all as they have a poor mentality. When you taka a good look at whatever the coach Erik Ten Hag achieved for Manchester United last season, you would want to give him credits for that.

Even if Manchester United has plans of sacking him, they can't introduce a failed manager like Graham Potter as replacement for Erik Ten Hag. That would be ridiculous!

Manchester united might have been a shitty team since the beginning of the season but let's use Liverpool as that relevance you talk about. Since 2005 that Liverpool last win the Premier League, they didn't win any again until later 2019 which was 14 years different and since then they haven't won Premier League since then but I didn't see where they became irrelevant. They are now among the top team and they are still kicking some teams despite not been in the Champions League this season to compete with others but Manchester united even had the opportunity to played in the group stage before they were eliminated.


If they don't finish in the top 5 which is not even certain yet because they are 11 points behind, they can atleast go for Europa conference league and demonstrate some muscle there. I'm sure that if they get there and fight a little bit, it might turn to motivation in the Premier League like the way Liverpool are kicking teams in the Europa League and at the same time fighting here.

I think Manchester United just needs changes and a major overhaul, they are not playing very consistently this season but are always full of surprises, that's why Manchester United is a little boring this season, but I don't know who is at fault in this case, whether it is Ten Hag or the players. which is less productive, I think if next season Ten Hag is replaced of course there will definitely be newer changes to the style of play and also maybe it won't be boring let alone disappointing all the supporters, clearly this season has had too many disappointing results and seen a lot of disappointment from all the supporters .

I also think that Manchester United needs new players to be able to make it stronger next season, at least replace some of the players who were less productive this season next season so that they can have the progress that all supporters hope for, I often see where many Manchester United supporters are at my country has always been the subject of ridicule by my friends, even always ridiculed with memes and so on, I know that this team was great in its time but since this season they don't look good, I definitely support changes for the better in the next season at least. The EPL next season will be full of quite tight competition.

The red sentence was totally wrong. Arsenal never learned from their past mistakes even though various coaches have been coaching this club. The trouble was always there, and it can be seen from how the club kept bottling the title. That's enough to explain that Arsenal never learned from their previous mistakes.
I will tell you that if Arsenal had ever done what you said above, it would have won a trophy in modern football. However, Arsenal has never won a PL trophy since 2004-2005. It has been two decades since Arsenal tried so hard, but it has always failed.

Even the public knew this club as a club that often bottled the trophy once it got very good results in the domestic league, like last season. Arsenal had 91% WR, but it was not winning the trophy. It shows how Arsenal has no winning mentality compared to its competitors.
Arsenal's hard fixtures will come soon. Be ready to see Arsenal bottling the title for the current season. Arsenal is arsenal dude. They never learnt from their old mistakes.

I have heard so many statements that are similar to yours.

Manchester United's performance against Liverpool is nothing compared to how poor they have been throughout the season. I have always said that Manchester United are definitely the best team in club level football but they are going to lose their popularity and their consistent performances for several seasons.
If a team continuously performs poorly and if they don't work on their poor performance then people will not follow that team.

In the case of Manchester United, the same thing has happened, earlier there was a different excitement to watch the game of Manchester United, now the excitement to watch the game of Manchester United does not work, it means that the popularity of the game of Manchester United has decreased. As we come to the end of this season, we will be hoping that Manchester United can plan the best from next season and deliver consistent performances.

Their performance this season is much better than the previous season. They should have no problem winning the EPL this season. They also learned from their mistakes last season and I think they are also very motivated to win the EPL. I think this season is their best opportunity. They have 2 difficult games against Aston Villa and Tottenham but I think they will be able to overcome them.
City are the biggest threat like the previous season. Most people thought City would be back to back champions after Liverpool drew against United. They have a more solid squad. Competing with City means Arsenal must win all the remaining matches to secure the title.

Both teams to score can be a reasonable option I agree. When we examine the last games between these teams at Emirates we can see that most of them ended up like that. It wouldn't be bad to give it a chance @1.86 considering that.    Aston Villa don't have any problem with scoring you know. They are one of the most productive teams in the league this season.

When it comes to Aston Villa's chance to steal some points of course there is a slight chance. If they score first they might be able to do it but still their job is really difficult. I don't like Aston Villa defensively this season honestly. 

I think Man United has a chance to win that match. Their performance was inferior to Liverpool's and they didn't have as many chances as Liverpool, but they had a 2-1 lead before Liverpool finally equalized through a penalty they got in the 84th minute. Ten Hag couldn't handle the pressure because, in their last 3 matches, Ten Hag always implemented the wrong strategy when Man United had a goal lead.

Maybe it would be effective if Man United were in their prime condition and all their defenders were not injured, while Man United's current condition is really in tatters. At that time Ten Hag decided to play full defensive football because of the goal advantage they had, that's when Man United completely lost their rhythm and control and it was easy for their opponents to build attacks, most of which turned out to be nightmare goals for Man United.

exactly! betting on BTTS is one of the best solutions to make a profit from the Arsenal vs Aston Villa match because I have the same assumption as you, even though Aston Villa is not having a good performance, at least 1 score can be scored by Aston Villa.
If you bet on the Asian handicap of 1.25, for me it is too risky because I predict the score in this match will only end 3-1 or maybe choose to bet on the Asian handicap of 2 with odds @1.60, maybe the risk is much smaller.
but still the best betting option in this match with a more comfortable risk in my opinion is BTTS with odds @1.86.

I am very confident that no matter how bad Aston Villa are at the moment and even though they are playing away from home they will certainly provide very strong resistance like when they played against Man City, but Aston Villa was able to score 1 score.

Are you an Arsenal fan? I guess Yes because this pain is second to none. You just hit the innocent teams with your stray bullet due to anger. Every one is entitled to have their preferred team to win the trophy. You can not expect less from Liverpool fans because they are contender for the title as well. As for Manchester united and Chelsea, I still believe they have set of fans rooting for Arsenal to win the trophy. Now to be honest, Arsenal is responsible for the hatred from some group of fans because they have disappointed them countless times. Imagine what happened last season and tell me if you are still comfortable supporting them to win the league title. The truth remains Arsenal doesn't keep the same energy when the league gets tensed. Let them prove everyone wrong that they can do it. Take a look at Messi and Ronaldo and see how they prove those criticizing wrong. When you are good, you are good for real. Arsenal should do the same and not attempting to silence people for no reason.

Saka should receive yellow card for diving.

Arsenal should be grateful they didn't lose that match because Bayern Munich would have scored 3 goals because Gabriel picks up the ball in penalty box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HStHyBX5owQ

This is really unfair for Bayern Munich, since we already know the quality of both teams, I won't be surprised Bayern Munich will win the second leg.