Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 2681. (Read 773957 times)

Erik ten Hag is never bad as a manager or he was never bad. Last season we saw Manchester United finish in the top 6 of the points table.  

Last season, where they performed well for the entire season and ended the 2022-23 season at the sixth position, I hope that the team did not forget their performance in the 2023-24 season. Everyone can blame the manager for the team's poor performance but this manager has done well with this team in the last season so there is no room to blame the manager here.

The planning that Manchester United did last season may not be working this season due to which they are losing one game after another but they still have time to change their plans and they have enough time to get back to a good place in the English Premier League so that's all about this team.  

Manchester United have lost the rhythm of their current game. There is not much understanding among the team players due to which the team is not doing well. The coach of the team now needs to find something great to make it profitable for the team.

So at this moment, at least the attitude of maturity and professionalism should be applied because if not, then the dispute between them will become more difficult to overcome. Moreover, Manchester United position at this moment is also bad and also, Manchester United will face a more difficult competition than last season. Therefore, Erik ten Hag should be more assertive and do not need to lower his ego, because as a coach, he must have a firm and disciplined attitude to build the team even better. Because after all, the coach has authority in the team, so it would be inappropriate if Erik ten Hag lowered his ego, because it would make him weak. But indeed, basically Manchester United has started the season not well, so it will indeed be difficult to recover quickly.

Pochettino might as well count his days as headcoach of Chelsea because his clock is ticking, the supporters keep echoing and chanting about his sack during games at Stamford Bridge. Losing 1 nil was a dissapointing results for the blues, they never expected a red card for the defendlines. Malo Gusto tackle was probably based on gaining the ball, but with irrelevant raising up his boot towards his opponent, making it everything clear as a deliberate action. Chelsea previous game against Aston Villa, experiencing defeat was not part of the plan, instead they would have settle for a draw tie.

The points deficit will be met if Chelsea's form can improve but as of now I see no signs of that which makes me doubt that Chelsea will do anything great this season as the possibility of a mid-table finish like before is still very much a possibility.
Chelsea still haven't found anything from the money they spent before and this clearly seems in vain for what Chelsea have done to this day.
If they can improve their performance and not like now because they play badly then maybe they can be in a better position but by looking at the performance now I will not really believe this can be done by Chelsea for the near future.


When saying Sancho's performance is bad then what to do with the condition of Maguire, Onana or even now maybe Antony who got into trouble.
I don't think it's a performance issue but while some of the other players just went along with what Ten Hag was doing, Sancho became a player who didn't really like Ten Hag's style of play and what Ten Hag was doing so it became like a challenge and indiscipline for the coach.

This is another problem I think is holding Manchester United from doing well and if Erik ten Hag doesn't clean up this mess between him and Sancho I think is going to affect the performance of the club. With the way Manchester United are playing I just see some players acting up and I don't wish for the manager to be sacked or anything but eyes are now on him not in a positive way but in a negative way. Knowing Manchester as a club that have great players, the likes of Paul Scholes, Ferdinand and the rest of them, they'll all be questioning the decisions of the manager which is not cool, we all know how they do things, is best they are on his side than against him. So I think if Erik ten Hag and Sancho are in good condition I feel the Manchester United style of play will change for good.

You got what you wanted. MU is starting to go up while chelsea is even closer to the relegation zone. MU has been doing some progress like winning the match against burnley which was helping the club a lot in avoiding the bottom table.
I see there will be no change to happen with chelsea as poch said that if he will keep use same strategy in upcoming match. It's really understandable if chelsea fans are so angry to the club.
I saw various expressions were coming from their fans and they are entitled to their opinions. Chelsea's performance is so dreadful. Chelsea was always repeating the same pattern in any game.


The club played so well during first 20 minutes then it's declining so hard. Im even very boring to see the same pattern owned by chelsea. Many people were always being trapped by this team.
I don't even know how much time can be allowed for the players to get their confidences. It's absolute torture for whole of the blues fans to watch the game play from jackson and friends.

Good question. Chelsea had a kaleidoscope of both coaches and players (who were selected not by the coaches but by the management), so the blame can safely be laid on the management. Another question is what to do about it. If you fire Pochettino now, the kaleidoscope will continue; if you don’t fire him, then maybe Chelsea will lose their last chance to rise from the depths to at least the Eurocup zone (I’m not talking about the Champions League, but at least the Europa League).

The laxity of the team is still one amongst the major reason why Chelsea has been underperforming which is resultant to the management and squad depth. The red card was avoidable as far as I am concerned and wasn't the fault of the referee. The way they performed was really bad and that alone would have frustrated the referee for real. Chelsea needs to brace up if at all they have future in this season. Not for the gains alone but for the fans.


Like I've oftentimes mentioned is that both the coach and the players of the club lack confidence. For a team like Aston Villa, it is ought to be a straight win for Chelsea but the annoyingly lack that experience, expertise and vibe to win. Not in this season. If they don't improve in their playing style before the mid of the season, they might end up in the last half standings in the premier league.

As long Chelsea is still in decline, it is perhaps natural that many people will underestimate them. So far Pochettino has not been able to have an impact on Chelsea's game as a whole, but there is optimism that the fans must fight for even though they have dropped points so easily so far.

I agree that Pochettino is still in the adaptation stage to find the best form for his players, but if Chelsea drags on like this then the players' trust is really damaged. Pochettino must be able to motivate his players to do something better, but of course it won't be as easy as he says. There is still time, but the question is how long?

That's why it's so difference to see the game play of chelsea compared with city. Chelsea being so clueless after malo got red card. I think that malo was doing unnecessary thing that put chelsea in disadvantage but this club obviously has no winner mentality.
I think that the referee has different take compared with has. We may have wrong about that. Chelsea's chance to be relegated becomes far bigger now caused by 6 games played and 5 points acquired by chelsea.
The chelsea's level is so standard at this moment. It's even worst compared with midtable team which is so weird. Pochettino keeps do more experiment to the club by putting some players out of their position.
Pochettino is getting offside in determining the suitable positions for his players. I saw that pochettino was clueless. He was not always putting the players on their actual positions.
A bunch of complaints have come toward him.

 The issue between Sancho and Erik ten Hag is some how getting out of hand because I don't understand why a manager would let this happen up till this very moment. The player in question said he trains very well and the manager is saying otherwise and from what have seen, is like the manager doesn't like the player Sancho and is like Erik ten Hag prefer Antony to Sancho.
 With this issue at hand is it right for Sancho to apologize?Because to me I don't see Sancho being at fault here, the best thing is to resolve the issue behind close door, fine Sancho hasn't been in his best form but as a manager you have to take any actions you feel is right on any player who has messed and let it end there and not by suspending the player
or even preventing him from associating with his team mates. I don't think Erik ten Hag is right on this one.

In terms of squad quality Chelsea have the better players but with less experience playing in the premier league. The current problem with this Chelsea sode is that most of the players are very young and still lack that level of experience to compete amongst the top teams in the premier league at the moment. The team needs some experienced players to guide and lead this young ones, this is not entirely Pochettino fault.

In my opinion, a major overhaul like the one carried out by Pochettino can have risks, but it can also bring success if all elements support each other and the players understand and implement the new strategy well.
for example, newly recruited players may need time to adapt to a new team and strategy. They may not be able to perform optimally at the start of the match, but over time they can become valuable assets. and is only visible over a longer period of time. It is important for supporters to give coaches and players time to adapt before assessing whether the team reshuffle will be successful or not.
So it's not certain that Pochettino's current overhaul at Chelsea will fail, maybe it just takes time to prove it.

It is true that all coaches have a tough character or what we often call discipline, circumstances demand this in order to maintain the club performance to remain stable. It's true that Ten Hag needs to make a slight update to his approach with players, without giving them special privileges so as not to cause division in the dressing room. I think things will improve soon if all the injured players are available again, and Ten Hag has several rotation options if there is a decline in performance in the starting XI.

A player self-confidence really depends on the results of previous matches, and their role in contributing to the team during the match. In an unstable situation like the current one, Ten Hag efforts to bring his squad will continue to be challenged. It must be admitted that his second season at Old Trafford was a little more difficult, a series of player injuries, slow adaptation of new players and off-field player scandals made the current situation complex.

I have been thinking about this since the time Pochettino carried out a major overhaul of Chelsea and I believed and also said that this was a very good effort to overhaul all the players in each line which was overhauled by the coach. after the reshuffle was carried out, I did not have time to see how much Chelsea spent, but since the pre season match started, I was a little surprised that the players recruited were only ordinary players but paid very expensive fees. the question is whether Pochettino can not compare which players have talent and which players only have standard talent? TBH, I thought Pochettino was too ambitious in replacing players carelessly, after that he wanted to implement a new strategy that he had planned, but it turned out that the new players he recruited were very bad and could not implement the strategy well and I blame Pochettino more here because he was the one who chose the players for bought and he is the one who has the responsibility to change it for the better for Chelsea.

Chelsea is actually going through a lot of challenges now and the management and couch should be blame for this recent Chelsea's downfall. It would be a miracle if Chelsea is not relegated this season with the recent performance. Having five points after playing six games is a very bad record for a club like Chelsea. Potchettino as a coach is not helping matters with his comments both pre and post match. You can not claim to be building while you do away with useful materials. Selling experienced players and accumulating average and inexperience players is not the right way to build a team. I know the implications of sacking couch prematurely as Chelsea tradition but Potchettino is not suppose to finish this season with Chelsea if they're really serious.


But reverse is the case in this case. ETH ego is not helping the team at the moment and besides, team success is more important than his personal ego. There's nothing wrong in bending the rules to achieve a desire result when it's necessary. There's a way to discipline a player as a couch and it won't be obvious as if you have personal issues with them. Maintaining your ego at the detriment of the team is not a quality of a good couch. ETH started well but everything seems to be working against him at the moment and there's need for redress urgently to bring the team back on track.

It's very obvious and clear that Manchester united is better than Chelsea and that would be a straight answer to that question. If we are to lay this two teams side by side from last season up on till now, starting from the various challenges faced by both team and how well they have performed amidst these challenges it will be fair to say Manchester united is better.

Later part of last season both team suffered some form of set backs, for Manchester united it was mostly injuries and players been involved in one scandal or the other but no withstanding they were still able to win the caraboa cup and also made it to the champions league, so far in the premier league and champions league aswell they have been having a fluctuating performance.

Chelsea has been in the worse shape you can think of as they find it really difficult to win games, in the premier league they are really not finding it easy at all as they are struggling with every game they play, sadly the issues they are having can not really be traced to the coach, player or the management of the team it's just a whole lot and it will take so much time to fix but in the case of Manchester united a change in their tactics and giving them little time to adjust will most likely fix them.

Of course it is surprising that most people chose Chelsea to win against Aston Villa, but on the contrary, Malo Gusto's foul on Digne by making a tackle too high towards Digne's shin was of course a disaster for Chelsea and they immediately received a red card. the following minutes. second round. and only 10 Chelsea players remained to play. This was an opportunity for Aston Villa to put more pressure on Chelsea's defense, but it was not that easy because Chelsea's defense was very tight and the match became increasingly heated until the final minutes of the match ended.
Until extra time went on for the match, both teams failed to score and Aston Villa finally won with a score of 1-0 against Chelsea.

I think Erik Ten Hag doesn't need to lower his ego. Because ego is necessary for a coach to manage his players. Just think about talented coaches like Sir Alex Ferguson, Mourinho, Antonio Conte, or Jurgen Klopp... what were their egos like? I believe what Ten Hag needs right now is to adjust his ego and personality to be more suitable, so that other players on the team don't lose confidence and believe that he's not favoring anyone on the team. With that, Ten Hag can slowly revive Manchester United.