Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 240. (Read 791005 times)

Leicester won 3-1 against Westham while Ipswich 0 - 1 Palace. Nice try.

Incredibly impressed by how RVN turn around things in matter of days. He gets his first win in his first game in Leicester City, the last time it's happened was at 2017, when they were coached by Puel.

A massive applause for Vardy, he's old, but still deadly. It seems the only problem is that previous coach unable to maximize his potential, and hats-off for Bilal, he scored one, but could also give an assist, but he's just unlucky.

You gotta play in EPL to be able to score. Let LCFC to recruit you first.  

It was a big win for him because most people thought he would get a bad result in his first game with Leicester City but he did it well enough.
A big win in the first game can be satisfying and it will be a great motivation for the team.
Jamie Vardy’s early goal made the difference even though they didn’t dominate the game and West Ham struggled to find chances.
Ruud van Nistelrooy managed to dampen West Ham's attacks and they tried to play more defensively to avoid conceding, his strategy worked well and he managed to get three points in his first match.

Problems in Manchester City are from both attacking, midfield and defense areas, and it's multiple challenges for Pep to resolve. It's not easy to resolve like you only have problems in defense and you can use your team's powerful attacks to cover weakness in defense. Or if your attacking power has issues, you can use your midfielders or defenders as aces under sleeves to have winning goals.

Manchester City with many injured players, currently have problems in all areas and Pep Guardiola is struggling to help them improving in performances as a team.

It is too early for this assessment, it takes more matches to come to a more comprehensive assessment on management quality fof Amorim and performances of Manchester United players. They can have one super good match, with a big win, but it's not enough to say they are improving in mentality and fixing their problems toward more stable better performances.

Jamie Vardy began to shine in Premier League with Leicester City when he was old already. He plays 2 seasons for Leicester City in Championship in 2012 - 2013 and 2013 - 2014 seasons, then he has chances to play for them in Premier League since 2014 - 2015 season. In that season, he scores only 5 goals, but the next season, he has 24 goals and only 1 goal less than Harry Kane, who won the league golden boot.

In that season, he wins Premier League title with Leicester City as a biggest shock in all big leagues around Europe and in that season he already 28-year old, no longer a young player.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Vardy

This is not just the first win but a brilliant win. I took out time to watch the game so I could evaluate the difference in the way the team played after they signed Ruud. And am flabbergasted to see the stunning performance of these players. His first game, first win and a big win in that matter. Scoring 3 goals against Westham.

The EPL is becoming more and more interesting to watch as there are good managers in different teams. Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, Amorim, Ruud, Arne Slot and Enz Maresca. These managers I listed out, are good and promising managers. They will make the EPL very thrilling and exciting to watch. Am still yet, to pick my favorite but for now. Mikel Arteta is leading my rank board.

There will definitely be pros and cons to the statement made by Pep. But what is certain is what Pep must do in the future so that they can return to their best performance. They must be more focused and solid to realize it all. The journey is not easy, however, they must win in these matches against Nottm Forest and also Crystal Palace. They must win, if not, their position will be further shifted down again.

And in the next all matches in December, Man City should get more victories than Loss even in EPL and also UCL.

Source: Manchester City Fixtures - December

From these fixtures, if Man City is at its top performance, they can very well get 100% victory. However, if you look at the conditions that are happening to them right now, it will be quite challenging to face Juventus, Man United, and Aston Villa. Man City must do more efforts.

Honestly Manchester United performances have really improved compared to their last season performances and even when this season as started, that’s how they they where performing very poorly before they sacked their former coach; but a moment they’ve new coach their performances has definitely changed to better. So Ten Hag is the main problem of the Manchester United that’s why a immediately he left , team turn back to the better knw which has even make the fans so happy: because it has been a while when they see Manchester United haven opportunity to score goals like this one.

 It seems that Ruud van Nistelrooy will be having his first win as manager in charge of Leicester and if you ask me, I'd say it's a well deserved one because for the better part of the game, it's them that are making the creative runs. It's not as if West Ham aren't making attempt at getting goals but still I think the loss they suffered to Arsenal is still affecting their performance.
 Jamie Vardy was able to give his team the lead in less than two minutes and he has managed to become the player to score the first goal for each new coach.I thought with how they are good at getting goals but later conceding, that West Ham will equalize but they too are a club that are not as tactical as other big teams.

Hahaha… you might not be scoring goals in the Premier League like Jamie Vardy but i am sure you’re definitely scoring your own goals somewhere else 

Jamie Vardy has already scored 5 goals already despite being 38 years old, he might be old but he is experienced enough to score in the premier league and help his team escape relegation this season.
Leicester city are two goals up in the game, i am surprised because i didn’t expect Leicester City to be ahead of West Ham in this way i just hope they can hold on to the lead till the end. Ipswich have lost the game against Crystal Palace and are still in the relegation zone.

I expected a match filled with many goals but its such a shame that it was only Crystal Palace that managed to get a goal. Ipswich Town have been good at getting a goal against average team like Crystal Palace so a bet on both teams to score was the most probable option but that failed because the home side could not even make good use of their home advantage.

Ruud van Nistelrooy seems to be a very good coach as he has just shown in the few matches he has handled. At Manchester United he did not lose any match before he was replaced and he defeated Leicester twice in cup and in league match. Now he is coaching the same Leicester and using them to win his first match in the club. That is some records to his name. Two goals to zero at the 70th minute against West Ham, the match is simply concluded because it will be near impossible for the visitors to equalize the goals.

The 1-0 advantage is not safe enough because the match is still quite long. I think Leicester City must play carefully because in their previous matches they had a hard time winning and they can maintain this advantage until the end of the match. On the other hand, I am quite confident that Ruud van Nistelrooy will be able to bring changes for Leicester City in improving their ranking in the standings.

This victory will feel special if Leicester City is able to maintain their performance. Well, in the second half, Ruud van Nistelrooy made several strategy changes where he pulled out Vardy and put in Daka. Btw the advantage became 2-0 where El Khannous brought Leicester City the advantage through the goal he scored in the 61st minute.

Ruud van Nistelrooy started coaching Leicester and today was his first match with the team. Leicester, who were playing at home, started to find the first goal in the 2nd minute through Jamie Vardy, but West Ham didn't seem to give up. West Ham dominated this match with a series of attacks that they built, but so far they have not managed to score a goal. The first half ended 1-0 in favor of Leicester, while the second half was already underway.

I wonder if this will be Ruud van Nistelrooy's first win for Leicester, if so then he really deserves the credit. Leicester have not calmed down the match in their last 6 matches in the two competitions, while they have failed to win in 5 consecutive matches in the Premier League. Of course it is hoped that Leicester can stop this bad trend when Ruud van Nistelrooy starts coaching, he had that opportunity today.

It will be very difficult for Manchester City to sack pep Guardiola considering what he has done for the team his achievement as Manchester City couch is what to be remember for by Manchester City fans. Pep Guardiola has won the English premier league tittle back to back in a row he has also won UEFA Champions league trophy for Manchester City and other trophies too so if the team is doing bad now doesn't mean he should be sack , Manchester City is in their worst moment as they have not celebrated any win in the past few weeks now as they have lost 4 times in the English premier league 1 time in the UEFA Champions league against Sporting Lisbon and so on but one thing I believe is that Manchester City will come back to their stand and start Winning matches again but it will be difficult for the them to win the English premier league tittle this season as they have drop alot of points. Manchester City need Rodri to be back from injury and also for Kelvin De Bruyne to come back to his fitness if there two are in a good form we will definitely see Manchester City winning games again but at this situation I really feel for pep.

You are Absolutely correct, Manchester City is drawing and losing certain games, which is something that can happen to any well-known club because no club can play consistently and shine in all competitions. Look at Real Madrid, they are also losing games, and they were in good shape last season, and Guadiola was doing well last season, but this season has been really difficult for them in competitions, but it is only due to injury players, which is causing their performance to be poor in the league.

Let's see who players Guadiola tries to recruit next after the transfer market opens, because they desperately need some crucial players if they want to win titles this season. They need to find successors for Bruyne because he is not performing as well as he once did because he has aged and is no longer in peak physical condition. But I am confident Guadiola will return to his best form very soon because they will do everything possible tomorrow to achieve three points in the league in their next game because they can lose back-to-back and are currently in fifth place in the league table, so they will not make mistakes and lose their next match, which would cause them to fall back into another position.

Both Ipswich and Palace are dragging the game, they have already played 55 minutes without a single goal, all the teams are overprotective, they all rely on this game to leave the relegation zone because any of them that win the match will leave the relegation zone.
However, the home team is doing great despite the fact that they are not considered as the favorites to win this game due to Palace's experience, but they are trying their best to see if they can get a draw in the match.

Ruud's side has already scored one goal in the early minutes of the game by Jermie Vardy, and the team is trying defensively to defend the goal because West Ham United is dominating the game, and they will do everything possible to win or draw the match because they lose massively against Arsenal. However, the match can also end in a draw because West Ham United is playing well.

Im expecting a draw but Leicester already went had and Jamie Vardy scored a goal already in the second minute and they are messing. The game opened up early and it is a really good game. West Ham already with a bad start but are attacking hard so im expecting at least one goal by them by half time. If Leicester wins here it will be some big points.

Leicester 1-0 West Ham inside 15 minutes. Jamie Vardy is 38 years old next month and he’s still scoring in the PL. I am a tiny bit older and I am not scoring goals in the PL haha.

I’ve got Leicester and Ipswich winning tonight.

Both of them are true, nobody expected City to have a full month where they didn't win a single game, it's been 7 or 8 years since that happened I guess, probably more. Also nobody expected Arne Slot to come in and just dominate the league neither, and I do not understand what makes Liverpool this much better, I watch their game and there isn't a specific strategy that makes them better neither.

Like how Pep had his tiki-taka, and how Klopp had gegenpress, and Mourinho had defensive counter attacking, etc etc, everyone has their own strategy. I do not see Arne doing anything special, he doesn't have anything specific like that, the team just... plays better? That's the best I can explain, they are playing a very usual style of football without anything extraordinary, but they play it extraordinarily good and that is how they are dealing with the situation and that's how Liverpool is at the top right now. I suppose we can say what Arne slot does is just get the best out of people.

Leicester and West Ham clash in a crucial match between two struggling teams near the bottom of the table. West Ham sit 14th with 15 points, showing glimpses of quality with wins over Manchester United (2-1) and Newcastle (2-0). However, their inconsistency remains a concern, highlighted by a 5-2 defeat to Arsenal and a 0-3 loss to Nottingham Forest.

Leicester, 16th with just 10 points, are in even worse form. With only one point from their last five matches and a recent managerial change, they’re desperate for a turnaround. Playing at home, the Foxes might edge this one in a tight contest. I believe that Ruud van Nistelrooy will be able to make a positive impact on his new team, so my prediction: Leicester will win.

There is clearly something wrong with the squad that Pep Guardiola has built this season so we can find their performance very disappointing. The players seem to have lost their good mentality and they seem to have no fighting intentions in the game. The defeat after defeat that befell them is very rare and this may be Pep Guardiola's first with Manchester City. This bad record must be stopped because after all Manchester City is an unusual team with such a bad record with Pep Guardiola.

Pep Guardiola must gain good momentum to increase the morale of his players. Foden, who played well last season, has also appeared sluggish so far this season, in fact he has not been able to score a goal in his last 10 appearances in the Premier League this season. Haaland still leads the top scorer, but his position is increasingly threatened because Salah has reduced the gap to 1 goal. Whatever it is, I think Pep Guardiola must find a solution so that the performance of his players can be improved, but Manchester City's decline has basically been anticipated by several other teams who have so far failed to win the title.

The improvement of Manchester United did not start with the coming of Ruben Amorim, it started from the moment Ruud Van Nistelrooy took over the management of the club after Erik Ten Hag was sacked. Since then, Manchester United have not lost any match. I'm yet to rate Ruben Amorim though because I think it is still too early to start commending him until he play like ten matches, lets see how many he will win inside so we can see if there is any particular style he is bringing on board because what he is doing now is nothing more like experiment.