Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 2134. (Read 791005 times)

They got players with bright future and we all know that, what surprises us is the fact that all these good players are under performing and currently sits at no.10, they can do more but it seems with time they are getting worse and worse and we are not certain where the problem lies, is it safe to say the coach is the problem or the players.

How do you mean Players what experience? When all these issues started they had experienced players in their midst so we should put the blame on the new kids who just arrived at the club few months back. Chelsea is going through a change of phase just like Arsenal did and obviously it will take time to recover but when they do they will be unstoppable, these kids have prospects and I believe in them.

Like I've said before  in the the beginning of the season,  Arsenal are I think are gonna be a stronger contender for the English Premier League title this seasthan they were last season they've been very consistent with their results and performances in the league and if they can maintain their current  performance,  winning the English Premier League I think  is a dream that's achievable for the North London club.
For them to be able to play a scored draw against a big club like Liverpool at Anfield yesterday  tells how determined they are to finish the season better than they managed last season.

They play against  Ham in their next league  game of the season and I expect them to pick all three points from that match and probably remain at the top of the league till the end of the current season. Arsenal might not have the strongest squad in the league in terms of quality of players but they surely  have enough quality of players that can help win the English Premier League title

It's absolutely insane how much money Chelsea have spent in the past couple of years just to be in the middle of the pack or the bottom half of the table. Chelsea currently standing in 10th place, while they have spent close to a billion euros in the past 2 seasons and still can't even come close to challenging European competition ambition. Chelsea have 19 losses in 2023, making them the joint-most Premier League losses in a calendar year, 2023.

Yeah, they will still spend a lot more because Pochettino is already beginning to make plans for the kind of players he wants to see in the Chelsea squad by the January transfer window. His target players are defensive players and strikers. But If Gallagher would agree to go to Tottenham by January, you know that there will be inclusion of midfield players in the January transfer window.
As it is very is, Chelsea, hasn't learned each other performance skills and position of how each player plays. That's why you find them winning and losing some matches. This shouldn't be the way they will make it to the top of the premier table this season if really they want to achieve that.

Three points went to Wolverhampton. They managed to intimidate the Chelsea defense with their attacks, and they got good results, one of the goals came from a corner kick. They score good goals from set pieces. In one position, Chelsea won the ball by getting in between the goalkeeper's pass, but wasted the position by selfishly trying to shoot while two of their friends were free. Chelsea has become a very ordinary team now, it's still Chelsea as if Tuchel hasn't forgotten my return. Nkunku scored in his first Premier League match, Chelsea's only goal belonged to him, it was a goal in the last minute, it was too late.

Today's match between Wolverhampton ended equally to Chelsea in the number of points, Wolverhampton hold the 11th place and has not lost in its last 7 home matches in the English Premier League.

They deserved three points with the most wonderful defensive organization. They gave a wonderful and excellent performance that made them jump from 14th to 11th place.

What happened in the first half is a clear indication that Chelsea has problems with scoring and finishing the attack, I believe that Pochettino is responsible for losing this match because he always chose the wrong starting lineup. I think relying on a mobile spearhead like Christopher Nkunku is the best, because Jackson and Borja are not at the level to play as starters for Chelsea. Therefore, they have to look for a good spearhead scorer in the next Mercato otherwise we won't see anything good from them this season.

Having wasted many good opportunities, Chelsea suffered a bitter 1-2 defeat to Wolves on Christmas Day. Chelsea created many opportunities against Wolves, but their ability to utilize them could have been better. Raheem Sterling missed an unbelievable opportunity in the 32nd minute. Chelsea's bright spot came in injury time when Sterling crossed from the right side for Nkunku to cut in and head the ball at an angle beyond the reach of Jose Sa. Nkunku is a quality player. He can score goals and create assists. I was very pleased with what he could do, although I was disappointed not to win the match.
The 1-2 loss meant Chelsea could not improve to 10th place and was even equaled by Wolves themselves by 22 points. Chelsea's busy schedule is probably the reason for their lack of performance. Pochettino and his team will prepare to return to Stamford Bridge to face Crystal Palace.

I'm not going to proclaim Arsenal as league champions just yet, despite their one-point shared with Liverpool in their last match. Liverpool is also in a better position to win the league, and with how these two teams are currently performing and playing, we will see a very tight and fierce race between the two of them. Arsenal's next game against West Ham will be crucial because West Ham is not a team that can be underestimated, but I am still confident that Arsenal will win. Similarly, I believe Liverpool will easily defeat Burnley.

Leicester City won the title with 81 points was indeed remarkable and somewhat unexpected. The fact that Arsenal, who finished second, had 71 points in that season illustrates the unique circumstances and challenges Leicester overcame. It's indeed hard to compare that season to the current season, because all top clubs that season had a poor season, or even all the clubs. That's why 81 points was enough to win the league.

The current season is so competitive when many clubs are performing very well that even Spurs is now being one of the best performers. The expected points tally for the second-positioned team is likely to be higher that indicates increased competitiveness in the league. More teams are actively contending for the title, making it a more fiercely contested battle. The difficulty of winning the Premier League is subjective. The current season's title race may be different in terms of competition, but the lesson from Leicester's triumph is that perseverance and consistency are vital elements in any team's journey to the top.

Yes, one more match before closing the end of the year and I think Arsenal will use this match as the best gift to end 2023. Arsenal will face West Ham which means this match will be full of fierce competition between the two teams. West Ham is not a weak team, they were able to beat Manchester United with a score of 2-0 and also beat Arsenal in the league cup with a score of 3-1. But in this meeting Arsenal will play at home which means it will be difficult for West Ham to repeat what they did in the league cup.

In the Premier League Arsenal have been so consistent and also in the previous match they have shown their best strength when facing Liverpool. So in the match against West Ham, if Arsenal want to maintain their ranking as leaders of the standings, they have to win this match. I think Arteta can give a beautiful closing gift to the fans by giving them a win in their last match of the year.

They will actually be doing something memorable but the miraculous title win was that of Leicester city because of the odd given to them, they struggle to survive the season before that winning season and so everyone doubted their ambition. As for Aston Villa since last season they have shown that character to challenge those big clubs and that could be seen as then went on to qualify for European competitions last season at expense of Tottenham and Chelsea. Unai Emery will be the most joyous person if it goes like that because it will be like stealing the title from the hands of its former employees Arsenal.



I don’t buy the idea that coaches to bear the brunt, yes coaches set out tactical plans but are the coaches also responsible for the clear chances that his players miss? If you say Manchester United should sack the coach and then bring another new one I would say it is a wrong decision this time around. This bunch of players have long been in the club and have been coached with different top managers and yet they couldn’t deliver, funny part most of these coaches are doing well in their new adventures which shows they weren’t the problem at Manchester United.

What I think Manchester United need is squad overhaul: send out old players and bring in new players that suit the coach pattern after this if he doesn’t delivers you can go ahead and sack him

I don't really think Ten Hag signed the wrong players, because all the players signed by Ten Hag were doing great before they came to Manchester United. But what is there? Maybe Ten Hag is not capable of managing this players. If not for the set of players that Manchester United have, they can form a good squad that can win the Premier League. Let's just compare the set of players that Manchester United is keeping with those of Aston Villa and Tottenham, which are doing better than Manchester United. You will see that Manchester United are keeping more world-class players than this team. So I just believe that when teams have a better coach, they will surely do well even with average players.

Absolutely, coaches should bear the brunt of the blame for any team's poor performance. While players may also share some of the blame, coaches should bear the brunt of the criticism since they have complete authority over every choice made by the team.Therefore, the best course of action for Manchester United at this point would be to fire Ten Hag and try a different, competent coach if there is no improvement in the team's performance.

This same Wolverampton won against Pep Guardiola and his almighty Manchester City, shared points with Aston Villa and Newcastle who was in a good position to win the game that day. So, Wolverampton is not one easy club to beat at home. I think they also won against Tottenham Hotspur.

Not just Mudryk and Nkuku. Cole Palmer and the defenders alongside the goalkeeper who did a good job back their to help the blues this afternoon. Madueke also when introduced did a good attacking job today. Raheem sterling should have scored that goal to put them ahead but he failed since he's a selfish prick.

Arsenal are most likely to end this year at the first position. Because they are going to play a home game against West Ham next time. I don't think they would lose points in this game. I expected them to lose against Liverpool at Anfield but they still got one point at least. I think this will be a more comfortable one for Arsenal to win.

West Ham newly beat Manchester United though but there is a big difference between Arsenal and the Red Devils these days. Arsenal would probably show the difference clearly in this game.    In the same way I expect Liverpool to beat Burnley as well.

Chelsea lost again, now people even stopped making fun of them. They are so pathetic. How can a team spend so much money, build such a large squad and fail so much? I don't understand why Pochettino can't find a solution. If you can't beat Wolverhampton, which team will you beat? Mudryk and Nkunku were the positive ones for today, but they didn't bring even 1 point. The players have no soul, the team seems to have lost its integrity. They cannot recover easily anymore.

Yes, yes I agree here. Talking about difficulty isn't really that easy as I am sure it was difficult as well back at the time when Leicester City won the title. But it is true in so far as Arsenal came 2nd in that season with 71 points and Leicester finished it with 81 points. I think you could put these two seasons, the one when Leicester won, and this one in so far into perspective as I doubt that this season's 2nd position will finish with 71 points. It is probably going to be more towards 80 points and in general there are more teams fiercely involved in the fight for the Premier League title. Nevertheless, Leicester City took it down back then because they never fell when everybody was hoping and waiting for them to fall. They kept going against all expectations.

I think proposition 1 is correct. Chelsea don't have a good squad. They spent millions of dollars on transfers but they don't have Haaland or Bellingham. Also before Pochettino, Lampard, Potter, Tuchel, Conte and Sarri were in charge of this team but they didn't get good results either. I think they are getting bad results because the squad is not good. If we talk based on this squad and evaluate the situation, the coaches should be secondary.

I don't think if you are right about Pochetino in Chelsea because I think Pochetino tried to do his best for this team but they failed and Pochetino is not guilty of it. Also, they sold many expensive players and Pochetino helped Chelsea to completely rebuild the team for a better result in this season.

Manchester United gave too much freedom to Ten Hag in his recruitment so that some of the players recruited now can be said to have failed because until half the season is almost over there is still no contribution made to their new players.
Onana still makes a lot of mistakes which in the end not a few mistakes made by Onana end up fatal and even harm his own club. Mount, who was brought in from Cheslea, also still cannot make a real contribution and sometimes he still loses the competition that occurs in the Manchester United midfield and is only on the bench and finally Hojlund, although given more opportunities, his performance is still not visible because the productivity of the goals he creates is still minimal and even 14 matches he went through in the EPL there was still no 1 goal he created even though in the Champions League he played very well.
This should be a more honest concern because if things like this continue to be allowed Manchester United could be even worse.

The last 5 matches 3 defeats, 1 draw and 1 victory they managed to achieve and don't forget they are also at the bottom of the table for the Champions League is this still not bad enough? Although in terms of performance they are now still better when compared to 1 season but can we guarantee that they will reverse the situation and restore the lost performance with the chaotic club situation like now? because if Manchester United cannot make their performance in a better direction then they with Chelsea last season will still be a reality.
In the end, Manchester United playing very badly in recent weeks cannot be denied because whatever the reason it is unacceptable because it is the truth and Manchester United still have a lot to improve if indeed criticism like mine does not happen again.
Not that I don't like Manchester United but indeed for now they deserve to be criticised if you look at the performance they have now.