Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 290. (Read 789562 times)

Yes I Don't think Arsenal can be a tough league competitors this season if I remember arsenal lack consistency like last season they started well but the unconsistency affected them towards the end losing against the bottom teams to think of this season that they started weakly I think say they go fight for the top four instead of fighting for the league

Liverpool is ahead of Manchester City with 5 points, that’s not really much, but if Liverpool continues with their good performance, they should be able to maintain the first position till the season ends, but we don’t know how Liverpool's performance will be this season, we don’t know if they will be consistent, but if their performance can drop, then another club will take over the first position from them. Manchester City is currently in second position, and their performance has dropped this season, but I still believe Manchester City can win the Premier League this season because Pep will do everything to improve the team’s performance.

I don't think the Manchester United bosses were dissatisfied with Ruud van Nistelrooy. Instead I think their decision was driven by the need for a coach with a track record of success at the highest level. Ruud may be familiar with Manchester United history and culture, but that alone may not have been enough to secure the managerial position on a permanent basis. The appointment of Ruben Amorim as new Manchester United’s manager was a calculated move by Manchester United hierarchy. Amorim’s accomplishments at Sporting is the reason United prefer him over their ex-player Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Leicester City is newly promoted into the league, they've the best chances of fighting to recover full dominance over the elite oppositions but on the contrary, it's never going to be an easy pathway for them. Consequently, Chelsea is not in poor shape, they will definitely beat Leicester City because winning comes with full odds for them. They're more favorite to come out with a winning point because they stand tall and strong. Enzo Maresca have a role to play tomorrow towards Chelsea game against the Foxes. The Blues ought to win at King Power Stadium because there's tendency for them to keep pushing for greater heights this season. Perhaps hurdles are on the way, what's restricting them? More reason Enzo Maresca comes in the picture. Chelsea facing Leicester City tomorrow, it's early kick-off and what are the examined odds to be executed?

Although at the beginning of this season Arsenal had a little problem in consistency but actually they are not that bad buddy because in the end even though at the moment they are a little off track because they continue to draw but in other conditions 9 matches and only 2 defeats cannot be said to be a bad club in my opinion.

The fitness problem of the players is still a frightening specter for big clubs competing in several competitions at once so it is quite natural that Arsenal are a little shaky for now. But that doesn't mean they can't rise now. Calafiori, Saka, Rice, Tierney and Trosard may be able to return against Nottingham Forrest and this is clearly a pretty good thing for Arsenal because there is at least new hope to be able to return to improving performance after some problems in defense and midfield were disrupted due to injuries to several players.

While it might be true that Chelsea isn't that bad, I also think that it would be insane for them to win the season. Obviously nothing is impossible in world of football, we have all watched Leicester win this league after just getting promoted, so it's not really an impossible thing for anyone to have anything, but that doesn't mean that we are going to get something serious as a candidate for anyone.

It is going to be a troubled thing, and we shouldn't really be considering this to be growing that much neither. We need to consider how to grow further with time, and that's not going to be easy at all. We are going to see Chelsea not win the league, that's not on the table for me, not something I would predict, it's very very unlikely.

I agree with you that 9 point isn't a big gap, but they need to take some action before it gets tougher than this. I think, if we analyze this season so far, then making early conclusions won't even be necessary. Starting with Liverpool for example, we've known them to always starting the season well, but towards the end, their momentum decrease.The question then should be, is the same thing going to happen under this new manager?. Manchester city lost Rodri to injury, and we've seen them loss 4 games in a row for the very first time. Is that a sign that this season isn't theirs ?. Chelsea who just picked some crazy form this season has been doing well for themselves so far unlike other seasons, does that mean that they will secure a space in the top four or even win the title?.

And Arsenal who surprisingly has started the season very badly, which is unlike their previous seasons. Now that most of their players are back to the pitch, will they turn things around for themselves?, And besides, they're the only top side that has played against most of the top sides without lossing a game even with their bad performance. Manchester united also appointed a new manager who defeated Manchester city while he was still with his former club, does that means that United is ready to compete and climb back to the top?. Too many questions to be answered by those on the pitch. So, now that the international break is on hold till march, maybe we can now enjoy the premier league.

If is about Manchester City pep is the best thing that have ever happened to them so there is no way that Manchester city would have been able to win anything without pep so is contribution have been one of the most significance to Manchester City and I will actually say that am actually proud of him because only few people are the once that are able to actually do what pep is doing.  And one thing I would hate is when they tell me pep is leaving then his departure is seriously going to affect the performance of the club, and him extending is contract will be for the best actually. Because we can not afford to lose pep this period, and with this kind of our performance we need pep to fix thing back to normal because the performance of Manchester City is not looking at it at all. Liverpool is the one seriously leading the way so it might be their season.

Basically, what Chelsea did in the last two decades has nothing to do with right now, or previous few years. They did win an UCL with Tuchel, that was the last time they were good, since then they have been having trouble and since the takeover from Todd, all they did was increase the asset count, as in get more players. They have like 40+ players, which they need to sell nearly half of, so it didn't look that great.

I still think Chelsea is nowhere even remotely close to City, and Liverpool has been doing great this season as well, normally Arsenal was a lot better, but Arsenal had some serious injury trouble this season so they became a bit worse. I do not think it's mockery to compare Chelsea if you look at history, but if you look at this season alone, then Arsenal is the only decent one there.

Of course, in the first match, Ruben Amorim does not want his team to fail, victory must be obtained in this first match, this is important to increase his and the team's confidence. So I think he will bring out all his abilities in this match, because victory in the first match will determine the results in the next matches.

Moreover, Ipswich Town is not a team that will trouble Man United's defense because so far they have not performed well and in terms of the squad, Man United is far superior to Ipswich Town. So I think the aroma of victory for Man United is increasingly real, plus Ruben Amorim has done a series of training to sort out players who are suitable to play in this match.

In this match, I suspect Amorim will use the strategy he did in his previous team, Sporting Lisbon, using the 3-4-3 formation. Because he certainly doesn't want to take risks by doing a lot of experiments. So I think he will use the formation that he has mastered well.

I will still say Arsenal failing to win the league is because of their inconsistencies and we can also add the fact that Arteta ignoring how important the need for a proper nine in order for them to make use of their chances well and win the league.

Arsenal are not the only teams suffering injuries setbacks these past seasons,many top teams did suffered from it while this season, they are still not the only team suffering from it, Manchester City are getting it hard,but since many have been wanting their downfall, they won't actually take this among the reason for their losts these past games.

Arsenal are not doing great though; they are now sharing the same point with Chelsea in the table. Also Chelsea are doing great this season. I can see that Arsenal are still finding it difficult to keep their consistency this season again. They are not even doing something serious that will convince us, like last season when they were at the top, and we were thinking they would get the title at the beginning of the last season. This season they are not even the top 3 in the table this season. We can’t decide now. Let's continue watching them. Maybe they will get back their consistency.

There’s no doubt that Chelsea will win against Leicester City, but I also believe Manchester United can be able to secure a win against Ipswich regardless of whether it's Ruben Amorim first match in charge or not. Manchester United usually perform well in their first couple of games under a new manager.

Nottingham Forest can't pose a single treat to Arsenal. Since the match will be played at the Emirates Stadium, I doubt it will be difficult for the Gunners to win. I will confidently place my money on Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal to win.

Arsenal started well if I can remember. It was Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City that all started well. But Arsenal also started playing bad not long after because it is still just 11 matches that has been played. I did not follow EPL for quite sometimes now until I decided to check what is going on there recently. I was quit disappointed that I saw Arsenal that was able to draw with Manchester City and Liverpool with such low point. I do not think Arsenal is ready to win EPL.

Arsenal major problem is injury to any of their key players which make the club to become inconsistent, recently Odegaard got injured citing n his absence unfortunately the team struggle to win their matches because the team lack a natural creative midfielder thus that was one of the major reason that trigger their bad start of the season, though Man City though had started struggling in their last few matches too while Liverpool had a better run due to their consistency which I believe they can sustain it till the end of the season, though it's too early to start predicting the likely winner of the league now, however all the top teams has equal chances of winning it.

@Awaklara, I agree with you, by this time last season Arsenal has shown all they have to the fans that even made many to believe that Manchester City can not win the league title. And teams like Liverpool and Chelsea like you mentioned as teams that are above the Gunners this season could not get close to the title as of last season, but I believe Arsenal can turn out to be consistent again and the only problem the Gunners have is a natural number 9 who can convert every opportunity in front of goal and injury is a common thing that happens to every team they shouldn't worry about that (injuries) so there's hope for Arsenal to win the title.
@Publictalk792, Arsenal are not really doing well and with the problem that have been upon them I see a different team all together, like the game they played against Man City with one man down, the fighting spirit was much and they need to work on that part and apply it to their normal style of play it would make them stronger. Chelsea has never been this better but lack of consistency will bring them back to their poor form but this very stage I believe they'd continue winning games to stay in the top 4 but the pressure must come to drag them down, to me I don't trust Chelsea at all to maintain that spot on the log.

Arsenal may do the opposite this season, who knows, things are not going well for them now, the burden on them has become heavy, they have started well every season and then they have become the side that says goodbye to the competition. While making mistakes in Manchester City, starting this season well would have been very good for Arsenal, but it didn't happen.

They are playing unexpectedly well in Chelsea this season, let's see, I have some hope for them to play at the top.

It is noteworthy that he stresses that if City are relegated from the Premier League (obviously referring to the League vs City case) he will still continue to coach City. I wonder what this is connected with - maybe the sheikhs were able to convince him that everything would be fine? Or they simply gave him so much money that the relegation would have no meaning.

What we saw from Arsenal last season is the opposite of what we saw this season. Manchester City were the more consistent performing team last season and Arsenal battled Manchester City hard until the last match last season, but before reaching the midway point of this season, Arsenal are trailing Liverpool on points at the top of the points table. I thought that Manchester City will have a tough competition with Arsenal and Liverpool this season, but the way Arsenal are performing, it seems that Liverpool will be the champion this season and no team can compete with them. Because we don't see Manchester City in a good form this season.

9 point difference is not really a big gap, but it will be a problem if Arsenal cannot perform consistently while Liverpool remains strong, so instead of closing the gap, it will become even further apart. Likewise with Man City, even though they are only 5 points behind Liverpool, but their performance has declined recently, so if they cannot quickly find a solution to the problems they face, then the gap will also widen. I have no idea how long Liverpool will remain consistent, but what is clear is that Liverpool is really strong with Arne Slot this season.