Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 1644. (Read 785645 times)

Manchester United don't have impressive performances in this season but you are right if you only say it for their recent performances. They are playing better and narrowing down differences with Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa but they have yet taken over the fourth position. Gaps are still far enough but if they can maintain good performances, they will see top four more nearly and more achievable.

Because this season has gone through two thirds of its length and there is no much time and matches for Manchester United to make mistakes and correct their mistakes. Past mistakes already cost them gaps with Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa so now it's their very last matches to correct their past mistakes, not to make more new ones.

This case has been very protracted and there is no definite action to impose punishment on Manchester City, looking at the process which is quite slow, I doubt that Manchester City will receive punishment from several of these unproven cases.

Currently, several media are starting to report this intensively again, I hope this will not drag on because if this continues to be brought up then it is very likely that this will have an impact on the team's performance.

Looking at Manchester United's impressive performance so far, it is very possible for them to finish in the top 4, but if we go back to the start of the season, that is not Manchester United's target, they should be able to become champions or compete fiercely for the title with the strength they have , but unfortunately at the start of the season the team coached by Ten Hag was unable to be consistent and also unable to display their best performance.

Just take a look at this Manchester city case and how it has lingers for so long, this alone would tell you that their are so many things happening now behind close doors,  on the other hand, Everton case wasn't that long as this, between the space of 5months if am correct, everything was concluded, don't be surprised that they will just punish Manchester city by just telling them to pay fines, because that's how they normally punish the bigger teams in England, unlike smaller teams that got point deducted, which to me, is more severe than fines

Did Manchester City commit another crime or it is the outstanding one that we all know about. I am asking because if it is the outstanding one we all know about it means that it has delayed for a very long time. Although I have not followed the media recently to know if there is another case. But then what I really need to say is that Manchester City is not above to be punished. Earlier this season Everton received their punishment which reduce their point to the relegation side and they are still struggling till date. In the serie A, Juventus faced such punishment and they took it in a good faith. So, Manchester City and the English football league management should not be a difference. If Manchester City is found coupable I think their English Premier League title of that season would also be retrieved. I do not believe in media trial, whatever be the outcome, we will all know.

Yes, Manchester United's head coach, players, fans, and management will be happy if Manchester United finishes in the 4th position of the Premier League table, considering Manchester United's poor start in the Premier League this season. Luton Town will be an easy match for Liverpool today because Luton Town have failed to win in their last three matches in the Premier League.

I am waiting for developments in this case. I read the latest news about their case awaiting trial in court. So far, the news only ends there, they don't say when the court trial will be held. This case should be revealed openly, including court proceedings. This has to do with the EPL and its credibility. There should be no different process for fellow EPL clubs. Everyone must have the same rights and obligations. The Man City case seems to be going on behind closed doors and not many media are reporting this news. In fact I read the source from January.

Source: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39379562/why-secrecy-man-city-ffp-case-damaging

The strategy from brentford has made manchester city struggle to beat it. I don't know why but if you were also aware if any clubs that faced manchester city were always playing parking bus strategy. How can city win easily if its opponent put all of its players in front of the goal keeper?
It likes you are trying to breaking the big wall that defending the goal keeper. So, i can understand that why city was struggling to beat brentford. It's caused by brentford is fully prepared against city. The coach is very well maintaining its player to play carefully against manchester city.

City was lucky enough caused by haaland was scoring the only goal to win this match. Pep was not lucky enough to face the club that is strong in the defensive line. Brentford was not that bad in the first half but it's a changed after enterning the second half.
The quality of squad owned by brentford is good enough but it's still lack of good attackers who can play quick counter attack against the big club like city. This is the main problem that needs to be cleared by pep guardiola.

Club must have tried to find something that will be very useful once it was facing the defensive team like that. It will be a disaster if city faces a club with perfect defensive line like intermilan in UCL.

For Man United, if they could reach the top 4, it would already be something special. Considering that they have been bad since the season started. And they have only improved since mid-season.

Liverpool today have a match that might be quite easy for them to win. Because Luton, who will be Liverpool's opponents today, is also not a strong team. They were promoted this season to the Premier League and I think they might also be relegated again this season.

The competition between Liverpool, Arsenal and Man City will heat up at the end of the season. The reason is that the difference in points between these three clubs is really very thin. Each is only 1 point ahead. Therefore, just one mistake could make these three teams change places quickly.

Despite Brentford's defensive approach, they made a crucial mistake and City capitalized on it to score. The only reason City won was because a defender slipped. Brentford put up a good fight, but unfortunately, City's goal-scoring machine proved again. +3 points are important, but City needs to start scoring more goals again. Although the wins were disappointing, perhaps Pep has a strategy in mind. There are crucial and challenging games ahead that City can't afford to lose. Based on their recent performances against Chelsea and Brentford, Pep seems to be focusing on keeping the team relaxed and fit for these important matches.

These 3 big clubs should continue to fight because their quality is beyond doubt. Liverpool which only has a 1 point advantage, is considered threatened because Man City clearly sees this as a big opportunity to take over the top of the standings. In my opinion, Liverpool need to be careful, they are playing a bottom club today but it could be a tough match. Even if Liverpool wins 3 points, that's normal but the victory still doesn't make it safe. Arsenal could actually be a competitor who is more ambitious this season because last season they lost at the end of the season, Arteta has learned a lot not to be too aggressive at the start of the season and save energy. Now the three clubs will use all their strength.

For Man United, I think finishing in the top 4 is enough

Liverpool and Manchester city are the two major contenders for the title race for me at this point, arsenal had a shot on the title but they couldn't maintain the top spot for too long, same thing they did last season and Manchester city came from behind and snatched it from them, however I think they haven't learnt their lesson yet, because if they inventually come back at the top, they will eventually drop once again at the crucial time, So for me, arsenal should me rolled out because of their inconsistency.

Manchester united are on the 6th position on the league table, behind Aston villa and Tottenham Hotspur, it won't be an easy task for united to get through these two clubs and occupy that number 4 spot, as both teams have been impressive lately.

Another example is Chelsea who have a fairly high budget in the transfer market but they don't get players who can really make their team improve. Meanwhile, Man United is a rich club. But their spending budget in the transfer market last season was quite limited. That's why ten Hag couldn't buy the players he was actually after. And he only bought alternative players that he could still reach with the remaining money. Man City is different because this club is very generous when it comes to spending budgets in the transfer market. But still, aren't there also limits on spending budget regulations in the transfer market?

So even very rich clubs still have certain limitations and cannot always buy with the unlimited budget they have.

Brentford made it tough for Manchester City both in the first and second half of the match. I was surprised to see that Manchester City found it difficult to enter their home because Brentford played a very defensive match. And seriously, that is what I didn't expect from Manchester City before the start of the match. I was thinking that with the current performance of Manchester City, they were going to find it easy to beat Brentford with many goals, but it later turned out to be the opposite. Although Brentford also had many chances to score, unfortunately they failed to do so, which I don't really know why in that match given that they were doing well and they didn't get weak through out the match till the 90 minutes of the match.

The role of good scouts is something that can't be over looked because they help in away to determine the the future of the team, they help get the kind of players that will give the team the kind of results they desired to get and get the team to winning trophies and been at the position the teams aught to be, Manchester united don't seem to have the best set of scout because if they do, they should be able to determine the points where the team needs some adjustments and help scout the kind of players that will get the team in better form.

Manchester city seem to be the team in England with one of the best set of scouts because they mostly bring in exactly the kind of players the team needs at almost every point nd they maintain set of players that are usually young vibrant and mostly in their prime. Liverpool aswell has got good scout but they have a good coach who help them assemble these teams much better even after the scouting but with Manchester united it seems much different that even the few good players that were gotten do usually seem to be in their best performance probably due to the Coach approach on how well to utilize them or probably the psychology of the players around the team but the coch has got a bigger role in all of this.

The points gap between Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool at the top of the points table is not much. So the position of the parties can change at any time.



The third-placed Arsenal team is just 2 points behind the top-of-the-table Liverpool. So if Liverpool lose a point in a match they are likely to lose the top spot in the points table.

The Premier League is very competitive. There are many strong groups. So it is very unlikely that Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City will win all their upcoming matches. However, the team that can maintain the most consistency among these three teams will win the title.

Actually I doubt if it will be possible for Arsenal to top the league because currently Liverpool and Manchester City has more quality performance than Arsenal but however if Arsenal should be given a chance to top the premier League once again there is no how Manchester City or Liverpool can outperform them because they will do everything possible to maintain there position to avoid what happened to them last season. However the reason why they are struggling this much was actually there faults because if they had been consistent during the time they were in a good shape they would have been leading the league table by now.

The matches in the top flight of the English league are very tight, so the three big clubs that are fighting will always want to win and maintain their points, in every match, so it is not surprising that the three of them are very focused in the matches they have played in the last few weeks.

Talking about Manchester United in the competition in the past and current seasons, it seems that Manchester United is actually thinking about fitness and consistency in several of their lines which have not been very consistent so far rather than thinking about fighting for the Premier League title, because Manchester United needs unity more  The players and their role in building chemistry in a team are what Manchester United wants instead of chasing the title this season because they know that their squad is not that good and is focused on being in the European league zone.

Naturally Manchester City spent a lot of money to build the squad to be stronger because indeed they have not achieved success as has been obtained by Liverpool. Club Manchester City voters also have a number of well -known businesses and he is a person who is quite influential with unlimited wealth, so to buy any player is not a big problem for him. In contrast to Liverpool owners because he cannot allocate large funds like Manchester City, so they continue to rely on existing power.

What Manchester City did had given results where in the previous season they managed to lift three titles at once in one season, so that their struggle was not in vain and the large funds spent were paid thoroughly by the achievements they got. This season Manchester City is also still in the race for titles with Liverpool and will be far more interesting when this competition continues until the end of the season.

Although I understand that a team shouldn't always expect to score a lot of goals, we all know that Manchester City is a team that scores a lot of goals in a match, which is why when they haven't done that in the two matches they play, it now appears as though their performance is different from before. Since Chelsea played against Manchester City and the match ended in a draw, Manchester City's performance has not been in good shape again. Moreover, none of their key players have injuries right now.

The goal Haaland scored yesterday was what kept Manchester City alive. Had Brentford not played with such seriousness, I would have assumed that the game would end in a draw. Based on Manchester City's performance thus far, I don't think they can compete with Liverpool in the remaining games, as Liverpool will do whatever it takes to win the league and satisfy their coach before he leaves the team.

I am also expecting a one-sided game but both keepers are special in this match The city is not up to mark but the defense is just perfect by Brentford. Last minute goal by Haaland give Man City 3 points and now it's just a 1 point difference from the topper of the table Liverpool.