Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 360. (Read 58074 times)

Am more surprised than you in this instance, because for me Newcastle united were already winners, but after 90' I can't say same. It has really been a very different result than I anticipated for all the matches played this weekend, because all the teams I was hoping to see win, lost and the  EPL table looks more clustered at the top than ever.
The fatigue is setting in and all the bigger teams with more matches in other leagues go through this I believe, hence why the  least performing clubs in the EPL right now are doing better than ever.

4-1 was not the defeat that Newcastle wanted because previously Newcastle also suffered a 3-0 defeat at home to Everton. This defeat meant that Newcastle had conceded 7 goals in two consecutive matches. When they held PSG to a draw and went on to win narrowly against Manchester United, I thought Newcastle could get back into the title race, but they were different than I thought.
Maybe Newcastle will make a surprise there in the final group match.

This was unexpected because Fulham's opponent was West Ham, not a promoted team. 5-0 losing is not a reliable result.

Really this week there are too many disappointments, if you place some bets. Damn I'm disappointed.

Manchester United and Chelsea are no different, they lose, win, lose again, who knows how long these clubs will be in competition but in reality this season is too bad for them.

Aston Villa managed to steal 6 points from big teams Arsenal and Manchester City. Villa managed to be in 3rd position with a narrow points difference.

Newcastle is getting worse, especially when they face PSG, they are still not sure they will grow at that time, but however, sometimes the English team always has a surprise at the end.

Fulham have been on a goal spree for two weeks and they were able to score 10 in two games.

Arsenal weren't better in the second half which was a relief for Aston Villa to secure a victory in this game. Otherwise I wouldn't have expected to see Arsenal losing there. Because Arsenal's character is much more different than Manchester City. You know the classic Manchester City. They have a boring passing system. 

However Arsenal aren't like that. They like to play fast so I expected Aston Villa to be in some trouble in defense. But they still managed to defend amazingly to win by 1-0.

It might be too much to expect Aston Villa to keep a title race until the end of the season. But if they go on like this they can really finish the season in top 4.

For the Month of November, Manchester United bagged 3 individual awards in the EPL and you can say yes, they were all merited. Especially Maguire, as over the past 3-5 games in November, you can see how quick he’s improved both defensively and offensively and credits must be given to the coach of the month, who has helped him regian not just form but confidence and now he’s been favored by the fans and media.

 Garnacho’s goal against Everton was also one stunning that couldn’tgo unnoticed, as it’s one that’ll leave in the heart of the fans over a period of time Ten Haag yes, there are talks of him being sacked but I think this award will be a big boost to him and it’ll help him in his confidence moving forward, cause he has to start getting things right again.

Overall I can say that United performed quite well this November. Maguire has had quite good development. I see that he really looks different from the Maguire we know so far. I honestly hope that he continues to play this kind of game.

A serious problem lies in the rewards for team managers. I see perhaps one of the judging factors for the best team managers of the month is their team's performance. But this will raise a big question mark because as we know Ten Hag has had many problems with the tactics he uses. But who knows what the English Football Association is thinking.

Aston Villa have not lost at all in their last five matches. It is very clear that they are serious about this season and it seems that winning the title is just a bonus, but their target is only to finish in the Champions League zone. The rest is just a bonus, winning over Man City is the beginning of Aston Villa's rise to conquer the big Premier League clubs.

It's not surprising that Aston Villa beat Arsenal last night because that has become their benchmark for getting points in that match, so that's why Aston Villa played well and plus playing at home made Aston Villa become so, it's a very unreasonable sight in all leagues...

There's a rather amusing piece of information I recently came across: Manchester United secured three significant Premier League awards in November, despite their recent performance. Specifically, Maguire was named the Player of the Month, Ten Hag won the Manager of the Month, and Ganacho's goal was awarded the Goal of the Month. Maguire's award is quite justified for his continuous efforts and improvement, becoming a pillar of United's defense, especially with Martinez's injury and Varane's lack of favor. In the past, I may not have held Maguire in high regard, but currently, I see him deserving of this accolade.

What I find amusing here is Ten Hag winning the Best Manager award. Why is it that a manager who is consistently in the talk of being sacked gets this honor? I genuinely can't comprehend why people voted for Ten Hag given what he has led Manchester United through recently. Perhaps in November, United had some wins, but they were far from convincing, not to mention their dismal performance in the Champions League and the controversies in the dressing room. Therefore, in my opinion, Ten Hag is not at all deserving of this award.

As i predicted that if liverpool is always having dramatic ending. I meant crystsal palace has been leading the match till the end of game. Liverpool was able equalizing it through salah. Salah was also able helping the club to gain its spirig again to win the game against palace. Glad to see that if elliot has been helping liverpool to win the game during the additional time. Watching liverpool playes in EPL is always pumping for me.

It's always losing the game duringt he first but liverpool was always able making dramatic comeback like that. Is this liverpool's main strategy or what? Liverpool has been repeating this pattern so many times. This is what i called that as a winning mentality.
Lose during the first half but it was able to get three points during the injury time. Salah is always performing so well. Liverpool shall not sell him to the saudi pro league club. he is an asset owned by liverpool.

Place has been trying so hard to win the game but since it was not lucky enough and we need to applause it. Liverpool is always having luck on its side at the late game.

The English premiership is becoming very interesting, Aston villa maintained there early lead against arsenal, though arsenal performed much better than them but there is nothing the could do, at this point aston villa is sitting at the third position which is a good one for them, the performance of aston villa has been very impressive, the won their match against Manchester city with a 1 goal victory the same event repeated itself in their match against arsenal there is much drama in the English premiership this season, it seems that the unexpected is going to happen in the premiership this season.

I must say that I am shocked by the results of yesterday's game. Arsenal played against Aston Villa, it was a game in which all attention was on seeing if, after Aston Villa had defeated Manchester City, they would also be able to defeat Arsenal, something that wouldn't be easy, but it wasn't impossible. and that's what happened on the field, Aston Villa defeated Arsenal and this is something that could really harm Arsenal in the race for the title, I don't know what the hell is happening with Arsenal, even though they have a good squad they couldn't score a goal in that game today, they didn't look like a team that is fighting for the title, on the contrary they looked like a team that is fighting to stay in the top 4. for Aston Villa this victory puts them in third position and they can fight to finish in one of the 4 positions or become champions, I no longer doubt that

Liverpool also played and won, with this victory Liverpool is at the top of the table and with that they can become champions if they continue to win games constantly and pray that their opponents lose games, so that they have a big points advantage. Another game with a shocking result was the Manchester United game, I don't know what the hell this team has, they lost and conceded 3 goals, very regrettable, so I don't doubt they will fire the coach before the season ends. today we will have more games, manchester city will play, another team that will play will be chelsea, tottenham and newcastle, these are the big teams that played, there are more

During the week, Everton's encounter with their visitors Newcastle was impactful as they ensures that they kept a clean sheet with a reasonable goal margin too. There's no doubt that they are a good side too. They've got this fighting spirit in them and they really shouldn't be messed with. Newcastle being a good side also weren't just lucky few days back.

 Tomorrow, Everton would take on Chelsea and it's very much likely that they'd be in control of the game, being that Chelsea incurred a loss to United and their confidence will be diminished, adding to the fact that they're not really a solidly grounded team too whilst for Everton, they've got extra confidence and they're goal oriented too. They're not set to slack or have a shaky team as Chelsea. I won't be wrong to tag Chelsea as less team to Everton but maybe they'd prove Everton wrong and show them how victory is gotten.

The first half of the game between Aston Villa and Arsenal is almost over and the Villans are still hanging to their one goal lead despite all the pressure from the their visitors. Arsenal has been very wasteful in the first half because they've created many chances but failed to convert them.

Unai Emery's reactions from the stands shows how worried he is because he knows Arsenal are capable of coming back to the game and win in the second half. Considering the number  of Arsenal misses, Aston Villa might still hang on to claim another win that'll boost their confidence and quest to finish in the top four of the English Premier League league at the end of the season.

The Premier League, oh my ....

So Manchester United after playing full of heart against a tougher opponent in Chelsea got a win here, and as fans expected the momentum to continue when facing Bournemouth...but guess what the team was beat hands down right in their own backyard at old Trafford and am wondering what went wrong   If this continues am affraid that Erik Ten Hag won't last and poor results calls for the manager to take responsibility!!!

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Else where , Aston Villa continue to terrorize the so called big guns, first the managed to bring down Manchester City and today they are having Arsenal for dinner and if they continue to perform like this a top four finish is definitely on the cards

Nice game so far between Arsenal and Aston Villa. Am enjoying the scorelines of matches played today and I know the match of Arsenal won't see same fate as that of Manchester United who lost 3 points with 3 unreplied goals at old Trafford.
Martinelli has missed good chances and Odegaard at some point made a choice to hold and move the ball rather than shoot at the instant . They have to be more relaxed and watch out for the pace of Aston villa's attack, because I don't think they intend to conceed or give away any point, unless Arsenal forces them to with a win or draw.

They had opportunity to make use of their first 5-10 minutes chance to get an early goal in the match, but after then, they are not fully in the game because Arsenal were coordinated and are now given them too much pressure.

If the match continues like this, Arsenal will win the match because they are creating more chances and pressure against the Aston Villa defense. If Arteta was able to give the players a bit motivation in the dressing room now, they will comeback strong and do what Liverpool did this afternoon against Palace.

Aston Villa are facing a bigger challenge at the moment because Arsenal are playing much more effective than Manchester City. However Aston Villa are still very good at keeping their 1-0 advantage in the game. But Emery must be still worried about a comeback so he would have a good talk with the players at halftime for certain.

Aston Villa have an amazing home record so far (which is starting as of last season). They are still winning since then and they want to add another one to their series.

Their being able to do this against even top teams of the league is incredible. They are literally one of the EPL title contenders now. 

Another match for newcastle is coming soon. Hope howe will not make the same mistake like what happened against everton. Chelsea is going to face everton while newcastle is going to face totenham.

Totenham and newcastle are having the same problem at this time, these clubs are performing so badly but sometimes it can also show perfect performance. Newcastle is likely using defensive strategy against totenham.
If ange will let his team to play openly against totenham and im sure totenham will lose again. Newcastle is a typical of club that is always playing defensive and used counter attack as the main

That's the only best strategy that can be adapted by howe to beat totenham soon. It will make totenham will be frustrated to break newcastle's defensive line.

To be honest, I was very surprised by Newcastle's defeat yesterday. I bet on Newcastle because as I mentioned some time ago, Everton have performed very poorly this season and I can say they are a team that is struggling to escape relegation. So I never thought they would perform so amazingly.

Competition in the top 10 is still very competitive. Newcastle still has the potential to get into the top 4 but I think it's quite difficult if you look at half a season like this. They have a difference of 6 points from Aston Villa and 4 points from City.

@tusandii I too was surprised to see how poorly Newcastle performed and it shows that they yet need more player’s to become even stronger than they currently are. Furthermore I believe that it’s just a small slip up and they’ll bounce back strongly because Howe been doing good work and they’re definitely a strong contender to secure a top 4 spot for themselves.