Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 424. (Read 77846 times)

Pochettino has pointed out the effects of having too many youngsters in the club as this have not helped the team achieve anything this season. This means that most of these youngsters weren’t needed and they have failed to reach their potential at the club. This means they’ll have to be offloaded because the club doesn’t need to be spending on players that aren’t adding value to the club. The club is in her rebuilding phase and will need to cut down on crazy expenses.

 The players still have the EFL Final and still in the FA Cup and could have one or bot titles depending on how serious the boys could get. Another issue is Poch as he’s not a quality coach to help these boys achieve maximum potential to get the club’s glory days back. Well this is just his first season with the boys and I'm very sure they'll need more time together before they'll start achieving success.

Liverpool's loss at Arsenal last weekend provided Pep Guardiola's Manchester City the chance to go top of the league of they can win all their outstanding games and for a manager like Pep Guardiola who's always hungry to win as many titles as possible, I expect him to help his team win all the the games that'll see them reclaim the top spot.
Their win today against Everton even after a goalless first half goes a long way to tell how serious the team is and how they're ready to always break their opponents and win games even when things doesn't seem to be going their way. The most important moment in the game today for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was to see his striker Erling Haaland who was initially out injured find the back of the net

Crystal Palace are not a good side God knows and Chelsea after winning Aston Villa would definitely beat Crystal Palace even if it's a London derby and they will never see Palace ago soft on them in the league Competitions.
They can do that once again as they travel to fave palace who needs to sack them manager or management because he had dragged them downwards since they sacked former Arsenal legend and player Patrice Vierra.

They've gotten some good players, I believe up till this very moment, the coach hasn't found or gotten his first eleven yet. Also they've got no good striker in this squad.

Today's match between Fulham vs Bournemouth in Premier League has already started. So far Fulham team is leading by 1 goal. B.  De Cordova-Reid scored 1 goal in 5 minutes. Bournemouth team has not scored any goals so far. It is not predictable which team will win today's match as the two teams are almost at the same position in the points table.

I think Manchester City will soon be in first place if they have played the match that was postponed due to the narrow point difference with Liverpool, of course Manchester City can still catch up because Manchester City has been on a winning streak recently, there is no doubt because Manchester City's players are complete and will certainly strengthen Manchester City's performance again, which experienced difficulties when its players were not yet complete, but Pep Guardiola can still optimize the performance of all players so that they do not experience a decline.

Manchester City is still many people's favorite to win the Premier League title because in the last few seasons Manchester City was able to win it and this season they also still want to win it but the competition this season is quite tight because Liverpool also wanted the Premier League title before being left by Jurgen Kloop and so did Arsenal failed to achieve it last season and this season Arsenal are also competing fiercely with Liverpool and Manchester City.

The match only runs 1 way where the dominance is still very much maintained for Manchester City, it's just that when looking at the number of kicks and On target this is a little far from expectations.
Manchester City really dominated in today match but indeed seeing from the attacks they made and the defense attempted from Everton, this match was a little monotonous.
At the moment it looks like Pep has started  to look for other options where he includes Kyle and KDB to increase their attack power because until now even though Manchester City's performance is still very good but for their attacks and opportunities they are still very empty.
60 minutes have passed now but still no change has been created and this should be used as a situation for Manchester City because time is still long enough considering it would be a shame if they had to share 1 point in today's match.

In terms of performance, Everton could be better, winning only 1 of the last 10 matches in all competitions, and is languishing in the relegation zone after having points deducted at the beginning of the season. If they win, Man City will surpass Liverpool to top the table, at least temporarily. In this match, Everton's defense was too tight. They were making Man City unable to create clear opportunities. Man City is controlling the ball over 80% but has not scored any goals, and the second half is starting, but the score is still 0-0. At minute 49, Alvarez shot a shot from far away. The ball was very tight, but the ball needed to be more accurate. Everton is still defending quite solidly. They are making it difficult for supporting champion Man City. De Bruyne and Walker came on to replace Akanji and Nunes, wondering if they could help their team breakthrough.

Unfortunately, Manchester City is not finding it easy to win even at Etihad as the match is standing at goalless draw as at half time. I'm not surprised though because Everton have been a difficult nut to crack for the big teams.  They were able to secure 2:2 draw with Tottenham in their last match following Jarrad Branthwaite 94th minute goal, although this is not enough to conclude that they will be able to withstand the firepower of the Cities.

I was thinking that Manchester City will have an easy win today following Liverpool's last week defeat by Arsenal that made them lose their first position for the interim should Manchester City win their outstanding match. Let's see how the second half ends and I hope the Cities are able to win this one because they desperately need the winning more than anything.

I don't know why Manchester City - Everton games are usually this boring.  

10 goal attempts 0 on goal... Manchester City had a quite poor half. The xG (0.71) so far also tells us a lot about the game until now.

De Bruyne is a substitute now by the way. I guess Guardiola is keeping him as fit as possible for the Champions League game ahead in 3 days, right? But hopefully we can see him on the pitch in the second half. He is a game changer and I would expect him to make difference on this game also.  

It was a boring first half, and I didn't expect that Manchester city would find it difficult of finding the back of the net. I was expecting much from the host but it seems that the absent of De Bruyne in the first half was a big problem for his team mate. It wouldn't be wise if City settle for a draw in this match. However, I believe that they will play better than what they did in the first half and Everton might find it difficult to be able to hold them down for a draw till 90 minutes. I expect goals from Manchester city in the second half, if they really want to take the lead from Liverpool.

Manchester City and Everton have not yet scored a goal at the Etihad Stadium, but Manchester City dominated the game until about 3 minutes remaining in the first half as I wrote this.
In the first half Manchester City should have scored a goal, but until entering the extra minute (3 minutes) Everton managed to hold on to a draw. This may be because Kevin De Bruyne has not been played by Pep.

In the second half, if Pep brings on Kevin De Bruyne, in my opinion there will be a chance to win because De Bruyne's role in creating opportunities is beyond doubt.
For Manchester City, 3 points are very crucial to get in this match.

Half time. 0-0

Manchester city is so struggling for this match. I can only see how everton puts the big wall in front off the goal keeper. It forces manchester city to put more effort into scoring. Im also concerning about there was no good player who can send creative pass like de bruyne. I hope that de bruyne will be playing at the second half.
Manchester city has to believe if the club will find a chance to score. Alvarez was not contributing a lot to this game. Playing without de bruyne was giving manchester city another difficulty to win the game. Doku was always trying so hard to attack from the left side but it's always failed caused by the by was getting deflected by the big wall created by everton.
It becomes a very important task for pep to recruit another good attacking midfielder. Alvarez is a good player but he can not give unpredictable passing like what de bruyne did. City really needs someone like de bruyne to play in the squad. City was being so clueless on how to go to the penalty box.
It's also very hard to shoot from outside of penalty box due to the greatwall by everton.

Yeah, Manchester city's win against Everton in their encounter tonight is sure and certain, Everton in their current form can not stand against the almighty Manchester city, not now that some of Manchester city's top players are back from injury.
Notice that there was a time when Manchester city started losing their matches, they also started dropping points alongside Manchester united, Aston villa, this was when Liverpool got the chance and opportunity and moved to the top of the league standings, but immediately after some previously injured players returned back to the club, they started winning their games again,  and I personally believe that their game against Everton tonight, Manchester city will return to the top of the league standing again, pushing Liverpool to the second place.

Honestly, both of the teams have been pretty inconsistent in recent times. So it is definitely very hard to trust either of them. Chelsea is going through a very rough patch right now.  the thing is if Chelsea can play this match well they will be able to win.

Actually, it is true for both of the teams. Whoever is going to play well in this match will be able to win. I think this match can go either way because as I said both of them are inconsistent. And for me, it is definitely very hard to actually trust Chelsea. They have dropped a lot in terms of performance and that is the reason why I don't trust them. Although in this match home team is Crystal Palace but i've doubt about their performance, sportsbooks are also supporting Chelsea.

Manchester City managed to win at Everton's home ground, Manchester City should also be able to win because they will play at the Etihad Stadium. Moreover, Manchester City performance is currently difficult to control. So, playing at home against a team that is without a win in the last six matches in the Premier League, Manchester City is certainly the favorite to get three points to record ten consecutive wins and at the same time lead them to the top of the standings.

Yes, currently Chelsea is in a bad condition, but when competing against weak clubs, Chelsea will still be superior because Chelsea's performance is stronger compared to Crystal Palace, whereas from previous meetings, Chelsea always easily beat Crystal Palace because Chelsea already knows Crystal Palace's weaknesses those on the defense line.
For me in this match there will not be a big score because for me Chelsea will only score 2 scores and if you are lucky Crystal Palace can still have a chance to score 1 score.

Meanwhile, currently a lot of Crystal Palace players are injured so Chelsea's chances of winning are very big, even though from the media data that I have seen, Chelsea has a 56% chance of winning, but for me it is convincing that Chelsea will win.
This is an opportunity for Pochettino to take advantage of this opportunity to get 3 points from Crystal Palace and if Pochettino fails to get a win in this match, I will stop giving credit to Chelsea.
Betting on the Chelsea score is a little more risky but betting on the handicap seems to be more comfortable than having to take too big a risk.

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People are still feeling curious whether arsenal will be ended this season with at least a single trophy or it will be trophyless like last season. There were many problems that never gets solved by arsenal. This is also related to the performance from the club at the end of season and how it was always bottling the EPL trophy.
This situation has been happening so many times. It's not only one or two times and even people were also feeling so damn bored with it caused by arsenal keeps repeat the same pattern to bottling the club. I think that arsenal will always become banter club.

The addition of these new achievements will only contribute to the growing list of negative accomplishments. There is also a sense of concern among people regarding this. One of the main reasons why I rarely hype this club is because Arsenal has consistently performed poorly at the end of the season.
I have no reason to call arsenal as favorite to win the competition caused by it was always bottling it at the end of season. Thing is also getting even more complicated than before caused by arsenal is always going up and down drastically.

Now doubt that people are also concerning this as the fundamental problem that must be solved by arteta since he was the head coach of arsenal. Let's see how arsenal will be sorting this problem in the future. Im very skeptical with it.

Everton stopped Manchester City's progress at the Etihad Stadium, of course not but it doesn't rule out the possibility that it could happen even though the chance is too small for it to happen.
Why? because Everton this season is not a better team than other bottom teams. This season it is predicted that Everton will be able to make a difference as happened last season when they were almost relegated, but until now there has been no significant change in their performance.

People who will bet on the possibility that Everton will be able to stop Manchester City from topping the standings are those who are prepared to lose money even though in a football match, a team that is considered weak can turn out to be a very strong team. For this fight, I don't think that applies.

I think you could say Chelsea lacks capable players on almost all fronts. Chelsea doesn't have good players in any line. They are a bit good in defense but as you said they lack good wing midfielders and defensive midfielders, as well as strikers who have good finishing. Chelsea needs to revolutionize the team in a big way. It looks like they have to throw away most of their players and look for new potential players. I also think it looks like Chelsea needs to fire Mauricio Pochettino and find a replacement coach who can rebuild the squad from scratch.

Next match Chelsea will face Crystal Palace, I don't sure put bet for Chelsea after losing last home match against Wolves and this week will face Palace as their away match. Currently Crystal Palace has lower position standings than Wolves maybe could be reason put betting for Chelsea although their performance not consistency yet in Premier League match.
Unpredictable with Crystal Palace fight for make their position out side from relegation zone, they have more motivate for winning match against Chelsea and secure three points to has many points left from relegation standings team. Currently Crystal Palace have bad capital last match after defeating by Brighton Albion and next match its proof for both teams Chelsea and Crystal Palace had losses their last match.