Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 2892. (Read 789717 times)

I don't understand what is wrong with the Manchester United team this season because if you look at the quality of the players, they are quite capable and the players in the Manchester United squad currently are the direct choice of coach Ten Hag.
So when the fans feel disappointed, it is very natural because what Ten Hag wanted has been fulfilled by the club, but the Manchester United team's performance has actually gotten worse this season.

I think now it is not the fault of the club owners and they cannot be blamed in the slightest because they have done what they should have done as requested by the coach.

Ten Hag is not a bad coach and he has been successful with Ajax but what you have to realize, this is a team in a different competition so I think Ten Hag's capacity is not yet at a high level to handle the Manchester United team, he is now really failing and he must be responsible for Manchester United's current poor performance.

First and foremost this is the English Premier League and not the Eredivisie where he just play how many matches and win the trophy back to back to back, ETH is finding it hard to get the players together and they're not making any effort to upgrade their style of play.
Manchester United don't have time to say they're rebuilding the team, is not United and ETH should stop that crazy experiment of playing players off positionq, is not going to work.
As for the big man Rashford, what's happening to him is expected, being selfish is something he has been trying not to display for long but when the results ain't coming what do you expect him to do? So to me I won't blame Rashford.

It's hard to imagine chelsea to bounce back easily. The club was just playing average since the last match against nottingham forest. Pochettino may keep use the same strategy as last season. He may put chilwell to play as left winger which is the dumbest decision that i have ever seen. I have heard that's not only malo but caicedo has been also facing injury after international break. I don't even know who the hell is suitable to fill RWB position. Chelsea always use malo and reece as best players to play in that position but chelsea will missing those guys against bournmouth.
There was no good player who could play as good as them.

It will be so stupid if poch will keep to give sterling a chance. Sterling is too inconsistent. Poch needs to do something new but it's not the same like put chilwell as left wing which was shit.
LW was not a suitable place for chilwell but i didn't even know why poch was putting him in that position, which is terrible.

Chelsea must win when they visit the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth headquarters. Whatever the case, Pochettino squad must be able to beat the hosts if they want to close the gap with leaders Man City. The position in the standings is quite risky, Chelsea now sits in 14th position behind Man United. Collecting 4 points in four matches is not the desired result, if you don't want to be under great pressure, Pochettino must be able to raise the players motivation and mentality towards challenging for the championship.

Talking about opportunities, the Blues have a big chance of securing full points even though they are playing away from home. When faced with a storm of injuries, the squad depth that the Blues have is enough to match Bournemouth game, I think. In head to head, Pochettino squad is still very superior, hopefully the results match predictions and their fate is not the same as Man United.

I agree that Chelsea should be able to win this week, even if they are playing away. But if Chelsea performance doesn't improve or they don't find points, then it will be very difficult to compete at the top for the champion zone.

Chelsea is currently in 14th place with only 4 points from the previous 4 matches. If the players' mentality does not immediately wake up then this season will be worse than the previous season.

I feel so sorry for Manchester United fans because alot of them are getting so frustrated, to the point that some fans are saying that Erik Ten Hag needs to be sacked and that De Zerbi will be in a better position to handle Manchester United's team, well they might be right about De Zerbi having a better strategy but I don't think he'll succeed in Manchester United under the current owners in two years, it's happened to previous coaches before Ten Hag, they were all successful in their first season at the club and qualify in the top four but failed in the second due to failed promises by the club owners.
 
 Well Erik Ten Hag is not a bad coach, he's proved himself at Ajax and even took the team when it was almost crumbled last season, revived it and took them back to the Champions league, even won a trophy for them and played in a final, and I think he would had performed better if the club administration backed him with the actual players he needed this season and even a CB, though he might be too skeptical with his decision making by trying out the wrong strategies but all he needs is time to make the team balanced again cause they've suffered alot of crisis this season and even had about 12 injuries this season, I feel the team would be more better when most injured players are back then he'll have lots of options instead of placing some players out of position.

Bournemouth and Chelsea match will take place at Bournemouth home ground so there is little chance for this team to win and on the one hand Chelsea is currently in a bad state even after the arrival of the proud coach Pochettino but until now they have not been able to make any changes in Chelsea performance even though making a transfer costs a lot of money but the results are still the same as last season. maybe last season Chelsea could beat Bournemouth as a guest when Chelsea still had Joao Felix and this season Felix loan contract has ended and he has moved to La Liga so Chelsea has actually seen a slight decline in performance and is having a bit of difficulty beating Bournemouth like last season.
I predict this match will end in a draw or Chelsea will win narrowly because these two teams have equal playing quality at the moment.

@Sexylizzy2813 as a Manchester United fan I’m sympathetic towards Ten Hag as too many first team player’s are out due to injury but what I didn’t understand was why in the world didn’t he start any wingers. Furthermore if that decision wasn’t crazy then playing Fernandes out of place as a CB was and secondly allowing Rashford to be so selfish is also effecting team and thus I feel that he needs stop over analysing and stick to the basics.

This is a match between two teams that have significant differences, I think even though there are several players who are injured it will not be difficult for Chelsea in this match.
Chelsea want to recover now from the series of bad results they have received and this week against Bournemouth is the perfect time because the Bournemouth team is also in a slump so Chelsea can take advantage of this moment to win.
I have no doubts about Chelsea winning, I think it will be an easy game for them.

Hold on, what's the new excuse again with the Chelsea squad? Injury problem again?
Chelsea are going to be at their best in today's encounter no matter what it takes because I don't see Pochettino coming to Chelsea to start thinking on how to survive with players who are prone to injury, is never going to help the team and the manager.
That's the problem of rushing into the market and getting players who easily visit the hospital bed due to injury, I just feel for the Blues because they're only going to play less this season that's to say no Europe games which they're suppose to enjoy till next season that they might go for either champions league or UEL but they have to suffer with injury issues, is not just healthy for the new manager.


Pochettino have to come out with his A game if he wants to beat this struggling Bournemouth team and I don't know how he wants to do it but all I want is that massive 3pt, Chelsea needs that point no matter what and is never going to be that easy from how I'm picturing the whole situation.
Bournemouth is a team that loves to have as many players on the midfield than the attack and it will be Chelsea's number 1 problem in this encounter.
The only way Chelsea are going to surpass this defensive Bournemouth side is by getting in players that will do more of the running like Sterling if not I think it will end in a draw.

I agree with you, but to replace Ten Hag they have to wait until the middle of the season. We know that currently there are several internal problems including injuries, so at least we have to wait for everything back to normal I think that would be fairer. Management must also consider Ten Hag's achievements with Manchester United last season, they managed to finish in 3rd place meaning they are able to do it if there are no problems, it's just that currently they have several problems that impact their performance.

I don't think anyone is to blame for what Manchester United has experienced in their last few matches. They had tried to get out of trouble, but everything didn't go according to plan. Manchester United were not only weak in defense but their strikers seemed to have no solution even though Ten Hag was actually to blame for the inappropriate strategy.

However, Brighton is not an ordinary team but they are a team that can be a threat to any team. But of course Manchester United, who have big names, clearly have more to hope for even though they have had less than satisfactory results so far. So Ten Hag needs to think about the right strategy and evaluate who deserves to be the main player when they lack options, so of course they are expected to be better in the next match.

It is what it is,we shouldn't blame anyone because we knew from the start that Britton were going to win Manchester United,but what amazed me was the way they played and possessed them with confidence as if they were playing a team like Luton.It is a shame that Manchester United coach cannot uptill now find a tactics that he can use,to revive the confidence level of their players.The United team has all it takes to be winning games,but at the moment,their confidence has died off,they need some kind of moral boost, to ginger them into winning games.
Another thing I picked from that game is the fact that the much talked About Onana is not good at all,he caused the second goal and the third goal,he was very poor.Now I know that the reason people though he was a good keeper at his former club was because of their strong defence.Naturally,that goalie is not good,and needs to be replaced.

Bournemouth vs Chelsea

Actually Chelsea want to bounce back through an this match but apparently it will hard to be realized and after international break confirmed 2 more players who got injured and they are Moises Caicedo and Malo Gusto but still no certain news regarding their conditions whether they will absense or not and if Malo Gusto will not be available to today then Chelsea have no real players on right back position because previously Reece James already got injured

Pochettino have to thinking hard because he have not much options for his strategy today but the duet between Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson seems will be available to played today and actually Bournemouth conditions is more worst that Chelsea that this team so far only able to gets 2 draw from 4 matches and if Chelsea can performing well just like they beat Luton few weeks ago i think 3 points will belong to them

The poor defense is an undeniable fact, this also the same problem with the previous season. Surprisingly, MU/Ten Hag did not try to do the best in the last window transfer to get some great defender. What they have spent during the last window transfer is not worth comparing to their performance in this early stage of the new season. Who to blame? I have to say all, starting from the management, the coach and also the whole squad. If there is no important improvement in their performance in the upcoming several matches, I think the management should consider to sack Ten Hag.

Bournemouth will win if chelsea keeps repeat the same performance. The draw may also happen but i think that chelsea will not able to win the game unless the club start fixing its problem quickly.
EPL is very competitive right now. Its rival like arsena, manchester city are ahead of chelsea in term of where they are in right now. It may take so long for chelsea to fix its problem.
Chelsea is still in the process in gambling with some potential owned by its new signings but it feels like if those new signings will take long time to discover their potentials. There are no also guarantees if those signings are going to reach our expectation toward them.
Even getting draw is better for chelsea than lose gainst bournemouth. Chelsea needs to prepare itself as fast as possible before the fixtures will be getting even harder.

The coach and its squads have responsible for the loss against brighton. The lose against brighton makes me feel if MU was still a million miles of beating bayern when MU will face bayern in allianz arena. It was just boring to see manchester united faces the same problem anytime.
The attacking line was doing quite well but the chance of strategy implemented by ten hag has been also making the players difficult to adapt. MU was always unable in covering mitoma's position. He would always be able run freely without any defender guard him.
Manchester united will face same problem every week starting now. Manchester united is in trouble right now.

MU will not able to get its confidence when club is still suffering the lose in premier league. Im not sure if manchester united will able to beat its opponents in UCL.
MU was also even struggling against the bad club in EPL. Ten hag needs to come with a proper solution for this.

Manchester united needs to come back as soon as possible or it will be in trouble.

Yes indeed it was a very poor performance coming from a club that we all expected more, something big to happen in their favor (but not me though). United has never had it that they can beat Brighton that has shown the football world that they have what it takes to be at the top level.
Imagine a team like Brighton playing a more entertaining football more than Manchester United, and I ask, why did Manchester United qualify for the UCL in the first place?
With their performance against Brighton you'd agree with me that they're not ready and they're going to find it hard to survive that group.
UTD have no force and they lack so much composure in that game, the coach was just standing there watching his team being brutalized by a club that never had that coordination of controlling the ball for 30mins last 3 seasons ago and now they are better than UTD, football has changed hands for sure.


I think he had an injury when they signed him from the Italian club Florentine, and what difference will his presence make?
He can't change a thing because if that team I mean Man UTD, if they don't take care of those affected positions and get things together they won't go far this season.
Just had to say it, Manchester United don't have a team and I don't know if is pride that's causing much issues at the club but I know for sure that the coach is to blame for some part of the failures or poor performance of this season.

I Think When your team doesn't meet expectations, it may be disheartening especially at Old Trafford. Erik Ten Hag will undoubtedly have a difficult time selecting the best lineup and strategies. Fans may find Marcus Rashford inconsistency frustrating, but patience is essential for growth, in my opinion. Last season, there appeared to be more going on than just a few key players as defensive mistakes and goal-scoring difficulties affected the entire team. The strategies used by Brighton were successful in taking advantage of United weaknesses. Hopefully, Manchester United can turn things around with some time and changes.