Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 2572. (Read 775944 times)

Recently in the Premier League, the habit of firing coaches who have not produced maximum results for only 1 or 2 seasons immediately faces big risks. I mean, if you look at the past, coaches who were successful in bringing a club took a long time to really be able to achieve a good balance between performance and players who supported each other. However, the demands of today's trainers are quite heavy, with minimal experience capacity, the demands to provide maximum results are immediately imposed. It would be nice if coaches were given a little leeway so they could show the results of their hard work.

However, I know that competition in the coaching field is currently quite tight and there are always replacement options that can be called upon at any time. Does Manchester United deserve a new coach other than Ten Hag? and able to guarantee that Manchester United will become a strong team? I don't think that's a guarantee at all. We like to criticize Ten Hag's strategy, but suggestions to replace it are clearly not an objective assessment. Although I hope Manchester United can perform optimally, this also requires player continuity. If the players they have are not able to meet the criteria of changing coaches 10 times then the results will remain the same. So basically we just need to give Erik Ten Hag more time to assemble his squad.

 I see Mauricio Pochettino being quite ambitious by saying his team are confident after the win at Burnley before the international break and with two straight wins, I think he's feeling his team can beat any team. Should someone remind him that Arsena are the team they'd be meeting after the break? Let's see if they will be so confident after then. Mauricio has done a good job of not listening to critics and remaining focused but if we're him I'd talk less and work harder because Arsenal are riding on a high of defeating Man City and won't take chances with Chelsea, especially as they visit the Blues. In the total of 74 meetings between the two, Arsenal has won 27, while Chelsea has 26. The game will be a decider for not just who gets the three points, but also bragging rights.

Yes, Man City's situation is very difficult at the moment... Soon the match against Brighton, then the Champions League, then Man U... Although they have time to gain strength, but without key players it will be really hard for them... Probably they can lose points in the next EPL matches...

Being a Spurs fan, when Poch came in, I thought that's probably the best thing ever happened to Spurs besides Kane, in Spurs recent past. Ange is making things even better! The manager of the month two times in a row along with great results for Spurs.

Hopefully  G Pep  can soon find the right formula when they can't play the players they usually rely on. Because looking at the composition of the players owned by Manchester City, they actually have an evenly distributed squad and we know that is an advantage they have. But it seems that even though they have a squad like that, they still have some obstacles that ultimately make their perfrmance not at its best.
But I still appreciate them, it's not a matter of winning or losing, but in terms of the actual game they are not much down unlike the teams we usually see which if they experience a decline they are very worrying.

Now I we they can still rise quickly, and in the upcoming match they will be back with plyers who were previously absent, such as Rodri. They must find a moment of revival, and one of them is to win the upcoming match, at home to Brighton.

Every club has a tactical pattern of play and there are players who stands as the key or middleman for the pattern to work very smoothly so in times of Manchester City De Bruyne is one of them, his role on Manchester City is very important that his absent on any of there matches could easily be noticed.

So just like you said there failure is just from those injuries, and there is still a likelihood that Manchester city is going to pass through a lot because De Bruyne injury may still last up to two or three months before coming back to the field, however Manchester City needs a better strategy that would help there midfield by performing the same role as De Bruyne.

I think that on the one hand, Ten Hag dismissal could indeed bring changes to the Man United squad, but on the other hand, it is too risky because the new coach might experience the same thing, meaning it is not guaranteed to lead United to consistently win. The internal conflict within the United squad involving Ten Hag and several players has not yet been resolved, tensions with Sancho continue to this day.

Ten Hag doesn't seem to be completely liked by the players in the dressing room, I think the approach Ten Hag uses doesn't suit some of the players. What is clear is that it really affects the team performance as a whole, in my perception the option to end Ten Hag tenure at Old Trafford is indeed better, United management should also think so.

You're right, mate. I agree with you regarding Manchester City's horrible injury situation. Their failure without Kevin De Bruyne has been difficult. Kevin seems to drive that middle, no? They have so many injuries that appears like they sold their souls to the devil and are now hurt everywhere. It's hard to think such key guys went, but that's football, right? I get your point about some sales being bad. That midfield has looked like a ship without a captain lately. Feel the same way? Is the spirit lost without the faces we associate with City's glory?

I think, Tielemans still has and or Tielemans still still gets minutes to play at Aston Villa I means, Tielemans is not always just on the bench. Because after all, for matches in the Conference League also the fact that Tielemans is always included in the starting eleven and even, Tielemans can play throughout the match in the Conference League matches. Although indeed, if we only consider Tielemans in the Premier League, then we will get a note that Tielemans only entered as a substitute. But even so, Tielemans has always been given minutes in Premier League matches and I don't think that's a bad thing either.

If at Aston Villa he is not the coach's main choice then how can he get better things at Manchester City which has player material that could be said to be better than Aston Villa, in fact for Tielmans it is how he can become the main player but if his game is considered normal by the coach, don't expect him to get a good place at any club, because the decision to choose a main player is based on his playing performance, and Unai Emery may hope he can develop even better but making him the main player might reduce Aston Villa's performance, so he must be able to accept that and only move when a club is interested in him, because if he is an average player then he will not be like Haaland or other star players that many clubs compete for.

Manchester united united needs an overhaul because they have an almost an around problem from the keeper up to the strikers, ten hag has got a whole lot of work to do on the team, possibly make some transfer by January window, especially the defense, they really needs to fortify the defense because the defense is currently very weak and may continually cause them losses.

The defense is one very major problem they have and I think they should begin the work from there, probably buy new defenders by January to replace the lax defenders they have already, although the had a case of injuries in the recent past but it's not enough reason to continually fail as they have healed and are back and should be strong enough to perform, Maguire is a good play who has been complaining of staying on the bench for too long and not been used enough to deliver for the team, just like McTominay who was on the bench but later became the super sub who saved the day.

Onana played amazingly until this season, I do not think that we could put all the blame on him. I mean if a player is literally Ballon D'or candidate level (he is) because of how he played last year at Inter, and then he has been horrible so far here, maybe they need to take a look at something else? I am not saying he played amazingly, we all have seen how silly goals he conceded this season as well, but the sheer amount of it wouldn't be this bad. We already knew that their defense sucks and been bad for many years now and who did they get for the defense?

Not anyone that could make them much better. Hell at this point Rmaos could have been brought up and would still play better than the ones they have there, and it could have been good because at least he would yell at others to do their job better as well.

This is horrible for Youri Tielemans and his career; he should seek opportunities elsewhere before it is too late. Youri Tielemans, during the time he has been with Leicester City, is not a player to be benched or used as a backup. I hope he gets another offer soon since not receiving enough playing time at Aston Villa is not attractive to his career. He only needs to enhance his talents so that other teams will be interested in him during the January transfer window.


If Manchester United is going to do that in order for the club to improve, they will need to sell some players in certain positions because there is a limit to the number of players that can be in a team at one time and some can still be loaned out. Adding players in all positions will cost the squad a lot of money; perhaps they can replace a few and then work on getting the rest fit and ready to represent the team properly on the pitch. Erik Ten Hag has a lot of work to do to enhance Manchester United's football, but I don't see him disappointing; he will make an effort to improve the team as quickly as possible, no matter how difficult it may be for him to do so.

Buying a new good player only can make short term effects and in Manchester United, we saw it with Bruno Fernandez, Eriksen, Casemiro but now they are all stuck in the club with poor performance. Will Manchester United need new star players, they do need those players but they already have enough good players in attacking. They are only lack of good defensive players and their defense is their Achilles in this season.

Ten Hag seems to be very confident with his plan but results are chaotic enough and bring enough uncertainty for the club future. Not sure what Ten Hag and Manchester United are thinking of to buy in January 2024 to improve their team? New attacking players or new defenders? What will they priority in the winter and summer transfer markets?

It seems that, when there is a team that is experiencing a decline in performance it is more often to fire the coach. Because it seems like the only way that is easy to do instead of selling players and or buying players, which will certainly wait until the transfer window opens. So yes, it is not surprising that at this moment Erik ten Hag is planning to be fired, instead of improving the team's performance. Although in fact, recruiting a new coach will of course still not guarantee that the team can recover quickly.

You cannot say Tielemans isn’t a good player. He’s one of the best central midfielders in the EPL. He’s proven it in Leicester city over the years and he has been linked to many clubs all over Europe before he joined Aston Villa early this season. It’s quite unfortunate that he’s not having enough game time as he wanted when he joined.

And I understand that every manager has his preferred players in every position even though they’re are better options on the bench. Boubacar Kamara and Douglas Luiz are Emery’s first choice central midfielders and he trust them and I think they compliment each other in a way. It will be difficult for a manager to drop one of them for Tielemans at the moment except for the case of suspension or injury.

Was Ten Hag's sacking a good decision? This will set a new record again for Man United. But indeed I read a lot of news in the local media, Man United players began to dislike the coach's policy. I don't really understand, but in these conditions it should be professional players with whoever they work with. But indeed if the condition has been bad then they could have bad results. It seems that the problems with Sancho and Ronaldo will be a problem that continues to be remembered.

Such big teams as City cannot depend on only one player, Guardiola, by the way, constantly emphasizes this, but I agree that the team is missing Kevin. I am sure that he himself would like to return to the field as soon as possible, but now it depends on how quickly he can recover.

The prognosis is not very good yet and it looks like he won't be able to return to the game this year, most likely it will be 2024. For now, they need to proceed from the realities that exist, if Guardiola does not find a solution in the next matches, they may be forced to strengthen this position with a new player.

Sancho will be among the list of players leaving Manchester United same with Maguire,  Jonny Evans when his loan expires, Van dee Beek and some young players permanently.
Spending big is not a plan this new transfer approaching they have plans to get a defender.  I do not know  who else they will wan to sign.
They will have to see players leave before  they can bring in players else they will be part of the clubs breaching and breaking the financial rules set by fifa.
Pellistri also should be loaned he had his chance could not make the best of it.

Will spend big?

They already spent a lot of money for transfers over years and will they continue spending big? I think they will do it but will it help them to improve their squad?

Honestly I don't know because they must change their strategy on transfer market. Buying players for positions they need to improve in quality rather than buying one or two players at positions they are already good but ignore weakness in other positions. They did it recent seasons and their squad is still weak especially in defense so without good defense, they always play with fear in their matches. Their good streak can be broken by a bad match in defense and with not strong defense, they can not win titles.