Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 40. (Read 59281 times)

Breaking News: Erik ten Hag has been sacked as Manchester United manager. A statement later on Monday confirmed the news, which read:

 “Erik ten Hag has left his role as Manchester United men’s first-team manager.

“Erik was appointed in April 2022 and led the club to two domestic trophies, winning the Carabao Cup in 2023 and the FA Cup in 2024.

“We are grateful to Erik for everything he has done during his time with us and wish him well for the future.”

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It’s finally happening. I have never been this excited about a person losing his job in my entire life. I had to double check the news on Fabrizio Romano and it looks legitimate. This is the beginning of a fresh start for Manchester United, getting a new manager is a step in the right direction. Next step is to overhaul this team of mediocre players that Erik Ten Hag assembled. 

Manchester United is suffering from winning mentality. They signed new players but unfortunately, they arrived and joined the losing culture of the team. How exactly do we expect Ten Hang to do after adding players like De light, Zirkzee, Ugarte, Højlund and others to the team? I know these players are not world class players but they are classic players that ought to have improved Manchester United. A club with a winning mentality will surely go far with these players including the ones they already have. The likes of Garnacho, Mainoo and the rest. We can't deny the fact that Manchester have a good squad they surely have no winning mentality and if that doesn't change, even if after bringing new couch they should not expect a different result.

I played a full-time draw game and it came through. For Arsenal to be without their defenders and captain and at the end of the day still getting a draw?  They did well to get that draw but at some point when taking theead I begin to wonder why attack when you can sit back and frustrate Liverpool players from equalizing. Too many injured players made them draw that game, I never saw Liverpool winning this game. Cole Palmer aand Jackson raising the bar week in and out for Chelsea all they need now is a proven striker and a center back which they be lacking. He should have scored more than that goal on Saturday but thanks to Aaron Ramsdale.

Wasn't expecting arsenal to win this game. Was sure both teams would score in the game but to say arsenal deserve a win against the Liverpool team that has remained one of the most consistent team in the season will be very biased. This is how the score line should be on a normal day  when these big teams are playing themselves. From the standpoint of who needs the point more, arsenal obviously needs it more though even if they had won, they wouldn't have gone up past the third position they are still occupying. All this small one and two points they are throwing away will hunt them real hard when the season is drawing to a close and they discover that what separate them from the top of the table is just a single point or two points.
strong win indeed. Newcastle defense wasn't good enough and Chelsea capitalized on it and played really well against them. The mentality and energy is superb and Jackson is currently giving to the team what was missing in the last season of the Chelsea attack. Currently, his attacking style is even better than that of halland because he has the ability to come back and create a lot of chances for his team mates in the midfield whiles still pushing upfront as a neutral attacker. With this current form, anything is possible and you might see them breaking past Aston Villa into the top 4 before the end of the season but even if they ends up fifth witj this kind of performance and depth of team they've built, it's still a good season for them.

No doubt the game between arsenal vs Liverpool was actually a fascinating encounter between these two teams no doubt because I was actually expecting a goals feast which played out as expected, and arsenal were able to put an end to the winning run of this Liverpool side, so in my own opinion I think that they really tried to hold this Liverpool team to a draw because the form this Liverpool side is in right now, it's only an extraordinary performance like this that can stop them from getting all the three point at the Emirates stadium, but I think that a draw was actually a fair result.

Then as for Chelsea, I think that they are making a great stride and their are much more improvement they have made this season in their performance and in result, and if they can continue in this vein of form, am very much positive that they can qualify for a place in the uefa champions league without much obstacles, because I believe that Aston villa will later fall off, if Chelsea is very much consistent in getting the desired result.

If they sack the manager and maybe get a better manager who can bring in two to three standard players. Could see things turn around for Manchester United.
Who would have though Chelsea with same players will be fighting for tool 4 this season considering how they ended last season. United needs a manager that will bring out the best in this players and also get rid of the ones that aren’t making impact in the team

I see no announcement from UEFA if they're gonna add new spots. I think Chelsea will qualify for the UCL by finishing in the top 4. They're still good so far. Fixing some minor mistakes on their defensive line may help them compete for 4th in the UCL, against Aston Villa.

I don't see a potential competitor for the last spot in UCL other than Villa. Their only main task is to beat Villa in the UCL spot competition.



The key is that Arsenal's defense was much weaker after Gabi and Timber went off due to the minor injury. I thought they could still lead the game by doing a parking bus if Gabi and Timber were not subbed off. So, 1 point looks very fair for them. It's better than losing three points.

Liverpool is also under pressure to hold on 1st stand. This shows how hard Liverpool try to equalize the score with the Parking Bus scheme where arsenal implementing it to hold their winning. When I look how hard to destroy the arsenal defense, Liverpool only rely on counter attacks, and finally succeeded after Darwin Nunez got Assist form Diaz, and to be fed to Mohammed Salah to equalize the score. Now, Liverpool's position was also shifted by Manchester City, it is becomes difficult to get it back, Liverpool are just waiting for the city lost it draw on next match which I thing it's look the mission impossible when they was on 1st stand premier league.

I also think that Liverpool should have won this time. Because there are indeed some key Arsenal players who are absent from this big match either due to injury or suspended because of a red card. But indeed, fortunately Saka has returned and joined the squad, this must be very good for Arsenal's performance. If from the statistics, their performance can be said to be very balanced, both of them did it very well, it's just that a draw is the best result for both of them at this time. and now, Man City is the top rank in the EPL standing.

Here we can see Saka's contribution to Arsenal, it is very significant and he remains a key player for the club.

whoa another game with many goals in the big match between Arsenal and Liverpool.
I was expecting a win for Arsenal in a home game but it didn't happened.

Strong win also per Chelsea versus Newcasle, with this pace they can go in Chamspion League next year, if we will have one.
Premier should have 5 spots next year probably.

As always Haaland is dominating the goalscorer leaderboard so far.

Yes, On a day when both teams' attacks shone, the match ended with a total of 4 eye-catching goals. The match reflected both teams' fierce fighting spirit and technique, along with impressive performances from the stars. On a day when Arsenal's defense was patched up due to injury and suspension, Gabriel's departure left Arsenal's defense more vulnerable. Liverpool took advantage of the opportunity to increase the pressure, Salah's equalizer at the end of the match brought a 2-2 draw for Liverpool, in the away match at Arsenal's stadium.

Both teams paid the price for not being able to win. Of course, the team most pleased with this result was… Man City, is the team currently at the top of the rankings.

As far as I can confirm nothing has changed 8 the pattern of Manchester City's football I think Pep Guardiola is not interested in wasting his time to push his team forward to keep scoring goals in difficult matches hex just want them to secure the victory and get 3 points against us the most important thing to him and his team if you want to know how dangerous the Manchester City team can be watch them play against top opponents in the league and see if you will not see them scoring goals as they used to score.

If you observe very well most of the small teams in English Premier League appear to be difficult to defeat when they play against big teams so Pep Guardiola will just advise his team to secure the win before looking for more goals and when you see a team in England winning games with 1:0, just know that the team is likely to win the league.

Today's game was a tough and really competitive one at that... I wasn't expecting Liverpool to get away with all their matches unbeaten, yeahh presumably, that's possible but it's been going on for too long and the monopoly needs to be broken..

The first goal of the game was everything -- finesse! I really loved to watch that scene all over again that I had to watch match reviews from different angles... Saka controlling the ball at such a great speed and fall, squaring into the open space and leaving Robertson rolling on the floor, then a quick shot to put the ball away in the Net.
I think they were both prepared for the worse to happen in the game, which would be losing their position on the table... The counter passes/ attacks were spot on as well .

Arsenal couldn't hold on to a very important win against Liverpool and now they are 5 points behind Manchester City, which is quite a lot because City is a team that it is very difficult to make up such a gap against. But besides not being able to win, they also didn't take points away from Liverpool and allowed City to return to the top of the table, so this time City benefited the most from this draw.

Haha it seems I have a friend here because in this case I also feel the same way where Manchester United if they don't lose, they must draw so I never bet for them in matches that are carried out even though they face opponents whose level is below them.

Today was the same, they came with confidence but the results didn't match their expectations even though there was a lot of momentum that could have been converted into goals but they couldn't do it.
What I regret in this case is Dalot's chance that when the goal was very empty but because this is Manchester United even though there is no goalkeeper guarding the players it is still difficult to score goals lol.

I want to keep saying for them to sack Ten Hag but it seems like it's useless because it won't work

Whenever Manchester United is having any match, I do expect either a draw or a loss from them. I don’t always expect Manchester United to win, even when they are playing against a weak team. Manchester United played against West Ham today, a club that they are supposed to win conveniently, but Manchester United lost the match, which is not a surprising one. Manchester United are currently in 14th position, and maybe till they get to relegation zone before the management will start thinking about sacking Ten Hag since they are still satisfied with the result they are getting from Ten Hag.

Crystal Palace win today against Tottenham Hotspur was a result i never saw coming and that's why I lost a huge sum of money because of that result as I had initially staked on a Tottenham win or draw in that game but I have to say kudos to Crystal Palace for winning such a difficult game without conceding a single goal.

Manchester United defeat today against West Ham wasn't surprising to me because I know that under their current manager, the team will continue to deliver average performances. The big question now is who knows if the club management will be bold enough to sack Erik ten Hag after today's disappointing result.

Tottenham played there best performances but crystal palace seems to have more opportunities than them, although, the game was not that amazing to watch but is a nice performance to crystal palace, many don’t think that they will be able to defeat Tottenham but they did. Again Tottenham has a bit low effort from their strikers, which they need to force more on to avoid further disappointment.

Furthermore, talking about Manchester United game which almost ended on a draw. Moreover I was not even expecting a goal from Manchester United due to their performance in first half, but they did a bit of performance and end up spoiling everything by giving a chance of penalty in the extra minute. It not encouraging at all they are supposed to do more better not losing games.

The most interesting match played today is that of Chelsea, both teams had what it takes to win just that Chelsea where on a leveled potentials above Newcastle. Chelsea are closer to finishing among the top four this time than them not making it there. The best result that they can achieve to call it a great milestone so far this season is by qualifying for the Champions League and winning the Conference League which looks very minor and easy to accomplish.

very dismaying to see Manchester United perform this bad and currently in the worst position that any one should think of. They lost to West Ham with an intimidating performance, lots of missed chances which happens to be the problem to why they keep failing. Brilliant goal scoring opportunity from Dalot with the keeper outside the view, nothing was an obstacle from him scoring but seeing how he missed with a poor target screams that the most problem is coming from the players and not the Coach.

To be honest I thought previously  today match will be easy match for Liverpool, because the conditions and performance of the two teams were different, but in the match Arsenal started the match well and make me very suprising relying on two wings who continued to be able to put pressure on the Liverpool defense, it was clear that Arsenal game increased drastically in the match with Saka's return to the squad, the 2-2 draw was of course very beneficial for Manchester City at the moment but if you look at the performance of the two teams in the match then 1 point is the result which is fair in my opinion.
If we pay attention to the game, actually when Arsenal were 2-1 up over Liverpool, they had survived but the injuries to Timber and Gabriel in the game forced Arteta to make a slight change to their game scheme, defending to face a team like Liverpool with a narrow victory of course is a bad thing, especially after they has lost two tough defenders in that match, because however in superior conditions Arsenal still must to build their attack to disrupt Liverpool game and what Arteta did today is right in my opinion.