Topic: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 97. (Read 58846 times)

The North London derby will be a very interesting match to watch, Arsenal, who will visit their eternal rival, has been confirmed to be in a limping condition after losing several of their current mainstay players, Declan Rice, Merino and also Odegaard has been confirmed absent from the match and the absence of the this three player will clearly be a big loss and threaten Arsenal playing performance in that match later, what is happening with Arsenal now has raised a lot of doubts for us to see them being able to repeat performance like  last season because Arsenal has poor squad depth in the midfield this season, but even so, of course the match still will present a match full of high intensity in the game considering the tight rivalry that has occurred between the two teams so far.

If you look at the head to head of the two teams so far, they are actually quite balanced in achieving victory, so I think that in the match there will still be a winner at the end of the match and it is unlikely that the match will end in a draw, although Arsenal has dominated a bit over tottenham so far, but look at what has happening with Arsenal right now is that Tottenham seems to have a greater chance of winning the match.
My prediction is that Tottenham will win 3-1 over Arsenal in the match because losing Odegaard and Declan Rice will make Arsenal midfield unbalanced in building attacks and also helping the defense.

We can see the who importance of Odegaard and Declan Rice role in Arsenal midfield when they faced Manchester City last season:

The biggest problem with Ten Hag is that he doesn't realise that the fault is from him, he still blames the players. Don't get me wrong, the players are not without blame but the main issue has been from the coach and I will keep saying this. Last season some people said Ten Hag was not the problem, that the players were the problem, so I have decided to watch United very well this season. I have watched 2 out of the 3 games they have played in the EPL and I also watched the community shield against Manchester and I am more convinced that Ten Hag is the problem.

Most people don't understand the job of a coach. They feel the job of the coach starts and ends with picking starting lineups and setting formations. It's deeper than just that. When you watch a team you'll immediately know if the coach is doing a good job or not.

I heard Bruno Fernandes the other say Manchester United is not ready to win the premier league. You can't hear a player from Pep's team say that. That's a difference between them. It is the job of the manager to instil confidence in the players and make them believe they can do anything ad that is why Manchester City keeps winning the league. But here you have a player saying they can't win the league after just 3 games. What kind of a mentality is that?

This is always a fierce and difficult match, the rivalry between the two teams makes the tension of the match between the two teams always high.
Tottenham will play at home, of course they will be highly motivated to win the match but we can see overall Tottenham have not found their best performance at the beginning of this season, from the 3 matches that have been played they have only been able to win 1 time.
Meanwhile, Arsenal is also currently facing many problems because some of their main players will be absent in the match against Tottenham this weekend so this will make this match difficult for Arsenal.

I also hope Arsenal can win this match but I see this realistically that they always have difficulty when playing at Tottenham's home, especially with all the problems they are facing now, so I think the chances of winning for both teams are still quite the same and there is even a big possibility that the match will end in a draw.

There is a Tottenham v Arsenal match to be played soon. What do you think about the possible outcome? Do you think Tottenham will give them an upset or vice versa? 

To tell the truth, I expect Arsenal to be victorious one way or another.    They technically have a bigger scoring potential than Tottenham. However I can't overlook the way Tottenham started as well. Yes, maybe they have less points collected so far but I can't deny their goal productivity. Which is why I think it is quite probable for us to saw goals from both sides. I think Arsenal will win by 2-1 or 3-2.

I hope Arsenal win too. That point loss vs Brighton was a big disappointment.

 ten Haag is always irritable with the players, not friendly with the players. Which is why this season Manchester United team is with very poor performance, because if they perform badly with the players then the players cannot fulfill the proper design. Because it is normal for the players to get upset if the players are shown to be irritable while training. 

All these players have performed very well in the past, so the permanent solution to improve Manchester United's team performance would be to replace Ten Haag. Because day by day the Manchester United team is going towards the bottom of the points table, so it is possible to bring back the strength of the Manchester United team by changing the coach only.

I think Arteta wants a reliable striker to be signed. But maybe the board don't want to spend too much money for now. Because if you are going to sign a solid striker then you should be ready to spend a lot.    But I think it would be worth it anyway. They don't need any other signing in the end. The squad is already great in every position. There is only a question mark when it comes to the CF position.

They can't go on with Havertz there forever. He is still playing better under Arteta's management of course. But still not like a real striker.    I hope they sign Gyökeres later on. He is one of the best names for the job.

This is more of the reasons why I believe that Manchester city is the most potent and organize club in the English premier league, because if you take a look at the kind of deals Pep Gardiola has been making of lately, it shows that he actually knows what he is doing as a manager.

So it's a massive step in the right direction by the owners of Manchester City to still retain his services, because to me, Manchester city hasn't been this dominant in the EPL and Europe the way they are now prior to Pep's arrival, under his leadership it's been a major plus for the  Cityzens. So the owner's decision to retain Pep in City doesn't come as a shocker to me.

Yeah even if they decided to fire him is still at his own advantage because since they have extended his contract that means that he is entitled for full payment even if he was sacked by the club without finishing the additional one year contract, so the financial lost will be on the club and right now is the kind of lost Manchester United management is not ready to pay, so they are ready to accept any result they will get on this season from the coach because they have no option, well we just hope that the money Manchester United management spent on extending his contract never go in vain because already is obvious they will not be competitive but he should at least make a little positive change on the club, so that at least his contract extension will have a little significant.

After the recent transfer window, I can say that Manchester United has depth in the defense. ( De Ligt, Lisandro Martinez, Mazraoui, Dalot, Tyrell Malacia, Luke Shaw, Johnny Evans, Leny Yoro, Harry Maguire and lastly Victor Lindelof ) Rasmus Hojlund has been reported back from Injury and also training but they won't be forcing him into the first eleven immediately. Joshua Zirkzee will perform, you just need to know that this is the change we've been talking about, quick success do no come immediately, you've got to give them time though, some adapted immediately.
Fielding Rashford and not Garnacho would be the end of Erik Ten Hag. Rashford is way past his good days. He's got no passion to play for Manchester United no more. They'll do better, hopefully the month of September goes smoothly.


I feel like he's got whatever it takes to turn them into Premier League Winners and Champions, this season or next season. I'm rooting for Mikel Arteta. Can he just take a bold step towards signing a new striker?

Manchester City is a rich team that has strong finances compared to other teams in the English league, with strong financial support, of course Manchester City has had no difficulty in bringing in great players so far, but without the support of a great coach, of course Manchester City fate will also be Maybe it won't be different with Manchester United, so that's why Sheikh Mansour immediately stepped in to ensure that Manchester City won't lose Guardiola at the end of the season, So far Guardiola has had a very big role in making Manchester City become the most successful team, so Sheikh Mansour is trying to keep Guardiola in any way at this time, the situation that is happening with Guardiola quite difficult for Manchester City because Guardiola contract will end in June 2025 and it seems that Guardiola still doesn't want to extend his contract, especially after he issued a statement that he was already at Manchester City. for 8 years and he is unlikely to be 8 more years at Manchester City and he also said that he is more inclined to leave than stay.

Sheikh Mansour as the owner of Manchester City has started to make preparations and is ready to do anything to keep Pep Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium longer. Pep Guardiola's contract only runs until June 2025, the club's top brass are not ready to lose the coach who has successfully presented the first UCL trophy for Manchester City.

Guardiola has served Manchester City for eight seasons, he managed to make Manchester City dominate the EPL and managed to win the EPL trophy in four consecutive seasons. Other prestigious trophies were also successfully presented, including the first UCL trophy won two seasons ago. It is understandable that Sheikh Mansour is very afraid of losing Guardiola because he always has a way of making his team one step ahead of its rivals, but if Guardiola decides to look for a new challenge in another League or manage a national team, Arsenal chance to win the EPL trophy will be even greater.

The club management has given him many opportunities but he could not take advantage of the opportunities well and instead the club's condition is increasingly uncertain there are many controversies between him and many players on the team so that the players feel uncomfortable I think the club will not be able to find good chemistry between the coach and the players and if it continues like this the club will continue to experience difficulties and Man United is getting worse the club should not continue to delay firing the coach, he can no longer be expected.

None of Erik Ten Hag's chosen players are good either not in accordance with his coaching characteristics or indeed Erik Ten Hag who cannot distinguish which players are good or not, especially Man United goalkeeper Onana who is always used by Erik Ten Hag even though he often makes mistakes Man United's defense is very bad after David De Gea was replaced by this goalkeeper.

Since Manchester United has extended the contract with the current manager for one more season, if Manchester United wants to end the contract with this manager at the beginning of the season, then the manager will have to pay the full season. It can certainly be called a financial loss for any club. If Manchester United wanted to get rid of this manager, they would not have renewed his contract. So now it seems that they may keep this manager in charge of the club until 2025 even if they accept that the team will perform poorly under him for a full season. However, Manchester United should confirm in advance which manager will be given the responsibility of their club in the next season.

And yet he is still not fired, which goes to show you what kind of management exists in Manchester United as well. I have to say that it's really a shame that he is still managing the team and he should have been fired long time ago, he is not and that's a bad thing.

ETH is not a good manager, not at the level of Manchester United and he should have been fired already. The squad itself is not that great neither, I do not put the whole blame to ETH, but you cannot fire every player right away, it takes time to sell some of them and get others, but meanwhile you could just sack ETH and get someone better, and after they get some better manager they can slowly change the team as well.

We will not see Manchester united do fine for a while longer, it will take a while and they are going to be forced to do much worse for a while before they get some result. I think at least two more seasons, this season and next season. This season because they will either fire ETH and get someone interim, or they won2t fire him until the summer, and next season because first year of a new manager is rarely ever a championship, so it is going to be hard. So at least two seasons, maybe even more until they get better.

Manchester United doesn't have any squad depth. I find even their main squad not strong enough honestly. I mean the defense and midfield got better after the recent transfers. But there is still a question mark in the attacking line... 

Hojlund is still injured. Zirkzee has just arrived and for now we don't know how good he will perform in the long run. Rashford is terrible but still preferred by Erik ten Hag on the left wing. Just why man? 

Garnacho should be playing there. He is a right-footed LW. I believe he has a bigger talent than Rashford at the same time. Diallo can stay on the right wing. Zirkzee should be at the centre.

Manchester United can always fire any coach even if he has a contract, it's just that the club has to bear a lot of compensation for Ten Hag who was fired midway. Many teams do this, not only Manchester United, but I tend to believe Ten Hag will be kept until the end of the season.

Despite Manchester United's poor performance in charge, he doesn't seem to have many choices. Many players he wanted to recruit failed to bring in, including De Jong, previously from Barcelona. Ten Hag basically needs a lot of fresh players who can be relied on in defense, midfield and attack, while Manchester United is having difficulty reaching an agreement with the player's agent or club.

The first three lines of your post was beginning to make me doubt your football knowledge but when I read to the last three, I came to realize you're very much aware of how unpredictable Manchester United is since Erik ten Hag became the manager of the English Premier League club. Southampton will play that game against Manchester United at the Saint Mary's stadium which is their home and fortress so I expect them to put in their best in that game in other to get a good result.

That being said, Manchester United like I earlier said is very unpredictable which is why I can't totally write them off in getting all three points from that game. If the Red Devils can be at their best with the quality and world class players at their disposal, I think they can as well have an easy day at the office in that game

In the fourth week of the EPL league, this is one of the interesting matches for us to look forward to, how could it not be because the Southampton vs Man United match is a match that could affect Ten Hag's career with Man United after they experienced consecutive defeats that made Erik Ten Hag in the shadow of dismissal if he failed to get 3 points in this match.

The two consecutive defeats are very difficult for many fans to accept, especially since Ten Hag is supported by a number of top recruits this summer. If Man United can't win this match, I wouldn't be surprised if Ten Hag was immediately fired.

However, what is certain is that this match puts Ten Hag under great pressure, especially since in the last three matches they have played poorly and there are no signs that Ten Hag will improve the team because the decision to select players and when replacing players always makes mistakes. To be honest, even though statistically Man United is superior in this match, I don't dare bet on Man United to win. I predict this match will end in a draw or even Man United will lose.

Southampton has 3 consecutive league losses, but Man United has two, and they're playing in Southampton. So looking only at the current season stats, it's not clear if it will be an easy one for Man United.
I expect Southampton will focus on defence, knowing how desperate Man Utd will be for a win, and then will be looking for quick counter attacks and I wouldn't be much surprised if they manage to get 3 points.
Ten Hag's team demonstrated last season that their attacking power is very poor for a club aspiring to be at the top. This season is even worse with only two goals scored in 3 games. Luckily Southampton is even worse, with 1 goal scored, so maybe a goalless draw would be a good bet?

I am still surprised, because many people still think that  Manchester United has good squad depth and also, about Manchester United's defense line, many people still say that Manchester United has a good or better defense line compared to last season. Because inf act, Manchester United is still bad because sofar Manchester United has conceded five goals,and I think that is a bad defense line because the season has just started.

Thus, ofcourse Manchester United still has to improve the quality of their squad depth and also their defense line which is still very weak. So, there is nothing to be proud of with the  results that Manchester United has had so far, because they are still  bad.