Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 303. (Read 789481 times)

Pep Guardiola have been a great manager because he transformed Manchester City from grass to grace. He has proven himself to be the best coach who have coached in three different league and he has done a very good job in does places. I think they are in talks regarding his contract extension and I pretty sure it will work out but not as long as the previous contract, I even see something like months not years. Ronaldo Nazario the Brazilian legend is also planning to take him as a head coach in the national team after he have succeed in becoming the head of his country football federation. This is also a great opportunity for him to rest after working the all day for many years.

The problem of Manchester City is not only due to the injuries of some of their players but it is what I can say is fate, it happens to every team. There is no champion that reigns forever, you have to experience some moments of challenges so you re-strategize and come back stronger. Manchester City have had their own share of the struggling moment and I'm sure they will bounce back and face the fight ahead. I'm just worried that what is happening will not make Pep Guardiola leave the team because he is not too patient with failure.

I really do not understand you people's point when it comes to Pep Guardiola. Do you expect him to go to a small club or a struggling club to prove himself? How do you want somebody who has offers from the biggest and best teams in Europe to pick a struggling team just to prove that he's the best manager in the world or something? How does that make sense to you guys?

From Barcelona he got an offer from Bayern Munich and he took it, from there he got an offer from Man City and he took It. Man City was not a big club when he joined them. They have won a couple of leagues, but you'd be lying to yourself if you say Man City was among the elite clubs in Europe when Pep joined them. He joined them and turned them into the most fearful team in Europe. Every single team in the EPL has spent money just like Man City but none of them has had that success in this period.
Before people used to say he couldn't win the Ucl with Messi, but now he has done and the narrative has changed.

Well it is not an easy task, but even if they didn't lose anyone, even if they are great, it's still very tough to win 5 in a row, nobody did 4 in a row before City if I remember correctly, and now they are going for 5, which is insane. There is a reason why nobody did 5 in a row before, and even without injuries that has to be something very difficult to do, so it has nothing to do with injuries, it was already a very tough task even before the season started. Now that they have injuries?

Specially to players like Rodri? That became even bigger trouble for them and they are having some issues about it. I believe we are going to see a much worse situation for them if they keep this up, they need to stop losing and start winning some games and if they do a good job then they will earn a magnificent respect without a doubt. They also have to deal with this 115 charges topic as well, we still don't know what's wrong with that and what's going to be the result.

Bentacur made a mistake, and he deserved to be punished, but i think 7 games is a lot for him. Although he got 7 games suspension, he can appeal the length of the ban. The only problem is that some might think bentacur's appeal raises a moral issue. It means totenham supports a player who is racist.

It's a dilemma for Totenham.

Enzo was out of FA's jurisdiction when he did racist to his teammates, and this was the reason FA couldn't punish him.

It's kinda different with Bentacur's case. He did it inside FA's jurisdiction, so he is being used as an example of punishment for a racist player. I hope this explains you well.

I personally got news related to the accusations against Manchester City, but at that time based on the sources I read that Manchester City was not proven to have done anything wrong so the accusations against Manchester City were unsuccessful. That way, then at that time I thought the case was over but now I'm back to see info related to it. But about sanctions not being allowed to be relegated I think it might also still not fully be the final  decision. Because I think,if the case is severe then it might be appropriate for Manchester City to receive a relegation penalty. But yes, if the case is still classified as a mild case, then given the sanction of reducing points it is still feasible to apply as a punishment.

But, maybe I become curious, if for example Manchester City are proven to have committed an offense and get a penalty such as a reduction in points and or relegation. I am also curious, whether Pep Guardiola will still stay at Manchester City or maybe choose to leave. Because anyway, so far at least Pep Guardiola is only willing to be the manager of the top team.

Amorin has thought about everything he has done beforehand so that he can revive a team because if he doesn't take an attitude like that, Manchester United will never be consistent in chasing points in every match.
The departure of Terry, Céch from Chelsea, maybe there are a few other things that we don't know and we can't blame anyone for every decision taken for the best. I think this is very appropriate for Amorin to take advantage of the opportunities that exist in a slightly selfish way and system, that's how he changing the team is always consistent and unified on the field.

I think what he did was wrong because it may affect him like it affected Chelsea when they sack Thomas tuchel and most of the staffs left the club e.g Terry, céch andd more because they know more about the players and about the team more than a coach that is just arriving while the team is struggling but I pray may it be easier for amorin and Man UTD unlike Chelsea own

Guardiola is one of the best coaches in the world and he has made a huge contribution to Manchester City so far, with all the achievements and contributions that he has achieved so far then Manchester City should have to try hard to keep Guardiola in the squad, we know Manchester City has become a team that is quite great and respected in the domestic league and also Europe so far because Guardiola work and difficult to imagine what Manchester City will become If it were without Guardiola later.

This season Manchester City are in poor and stressful form after inconsistent performances in the league, but what is happening to them at the moment should not see Guardiola sacked, because however it will be very difficult for them to find a coach who is capable to bringing the  glory for team like Guardiola is at the moment, Guardiola still has not renewed his contract and it is still a puzzle for us at the moment.

If Guardiola chooses to stay at City, they will extend his contract because he has contributed to the success of the team, which is why Manchester City currently has a lot of supporters. Guardiola has also won numerous trophies, which I think nobody else will be able to win for Manchester City. I don't think Guardiola needs to extend his contract, which expires this season, because he has achieved a lot that every manager would probably like to do in their time as a manager. Perhaps his desire to lead a national team to win the national title as well.


I recall the news from the previous season when everyone believed that Arsenal would have a chance to win the league after Manchester City received a point deduction. However, that didn't happen as they deducted Everton points and managed to stay out of the relegation zone despite the point deduction. Before the season began, I believe I read that Manchester City would be punished by having their points deducted. Manchester City will have to put up a strong fight to stay out of the relegation zone if they lose any points this season because their performance has gotten worse at this stage, and Liverpool will be comfortably leading the league.

Everything will depend on how City finish this season, if they can't defend their Premier League title and don't achieve anything significant in the Champions League, then perhaps the management will decide not to renew Guardiola's contract, although to be honest I don't believe in it myself and even if this season is unsuccessful, they will be able to forgive him for one season. Besides, it's hard to believe that City will allow themselves to have a disastrous season, they still have a lot of time to fix everything.

Yes this is a good example that Manchester City should still be able to perform without some key players. As I said they still have a bench and while no bench of any team can be as good as the most important players starting every game, it can still be good enough to keep the quality of the team at a level that retains their competitiveness for a whole season. They can easily afford to put people like Grealish on the bench. They were able to compensate for De Bruyne last season such that they were still able to claim the title in the end. Rodri is a huge loss for the team and yet that doesn't make them less of a favorite for the Premier League title.

This is a big problem that Pep Guardiola must solve because losing a creative midfielder will make their attack line not run well in scoring goals. Pep Guardiola still has a contract left with Man City so he will definitely focus on finishing the job and trying to evaluate the weaknesses they are currently facing. If the management gives him the opportunity to recruit the needed players in the upcoming transfer market then I am sure he will solve the weaknesses faced by Man City at this time.

If he leaves then Man City will certainly face a new challenge with the coach who will handle them and maybe the positive trend that has been built by Pep Guardiola will slowly collapse. The new coach may not necessarily be able to provide what Pep Guardiola has achieved the management must consider many things before making a decision.

Though what you said can be considered too but we shouldn't forget that the owners of Manchester City has spent much sometime ago and I believe that should be the more reason why they aren't ready to spend much this time reason being that they have good players on board the team already and believing that those players can be use for the team to continue in their winning ways before they can reconsider to buy more quality players, not every team do things as Madrid do, they always go for the best players every season even when the team is intact but we are also seeing the situation at Real Madrid presently, even with some good players in the team though some injuries too but still the team is not in a good peak, so in this situation I will say the problem of Manchester City is both the players and the coach because we can't just blame only the coach in everything that happens in the club though realistically they manager has to blamed because he was hired to manage the team irrespective of the situation, talking about buying new good players, we wont conclude if he complained to the owners of the club what he really want to enable him perform his duties as expected.

Though it's difficult to manage a club when some players are injured however this is the time to also know a very good manager that can utilize the available to get work done, the situation of Manchester City this time is very bad, the manager has to act fast because am seeing the club history at jeopardy if the current underperformance persist.

Most of Man City trophies were won in the Pep Guardiola era, he also managed to make City the only team to win the EPL trophy in four consecutive seasons.

Some of the titles that Guardiola has won since becoming Man City coach:
Premier League (6x)
FA Cup (2x)
EFL Cup (4x)
UEFA Champions League (1x)
FA Community Shield (2x)
UEFA Super Cup (1x)

The bad period experienced by Man City is something that has rarely happened since being coached by Guardiola, this condition could happen to any club, especially now that they have lost their midfield general whose position is very difficult to replace by other players. Man City will not be a weak team even though they have not won in the last four games in all competitions, Guardiola knows what to do to catch up on the points deficit from Liverpool.

As Manchester City have been underperforming this season due to a lack of quality midfielders, a quality midfielder will be a key part of Manchester City's plans for the time being. But I have also seen many discussions that many are claiming that Pep Guardiola can leave Manchester City and take charge of another team in the next season. 

Pep Guardiola is one of the best managers so if he were to leave Manchester City and go to another club I would say that would be a negative for Manchester City. But if Pep Guardiola plans more seasons with this team instead of leaving Manchester City, then I would say that next season he will change every part of the team and bring good quality players to Manchester City.

What you said is true that when a top team loses some injured players they should still be able to perform consistently. But do you realize that what Man City is going through right now is not an easy task?
This is not just about the EPL match but Man City also has the pressure of the UCL match with a new system that makes some players tired. On the one hand the match schedule is getting tighter which has a negative impact on a player.
Maybe with this statement we can be more aware that some top teams in other leagues are also experiencing the same fate.

I don't see a lot of news about the development of the 115 indictment issue about Man City. But today this news came out by accident, I read Nick de Marco KC sports lawyer. He argued that when one of those cases is proven true, Man City should not be relegated. The best thing is the point deduction like the one obtained by Everton. Remember this case began in 2023 with a closed trial. Until now there is no clear news. It is estimated that this problem will be resolved early this December.

Source:
1. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-city-charges-verdict-mendy-34131625

Guardiola knows about his position and through his coach career, he doesn't want to work for clubs with weak positions and not too good player resources. We can say he took the coach position in Barcelona when they weren't in a too good situation, but it was far than a crisis and it's the first club of Pep Guardiola. A next one is Bayern Munich what dominated Bundesliga for years and had many star players when Pep Guardiola joined them. A third club for him is Manchester City, and he joined them with many available star players too.

Now, he can sign a new contract with them, or can leave the club to take a rest for one or two seasons and take a new challenge, perhaps in another league. If Pep Guardiola views that his chance to succeed in Manchester City is small, he will leave with his known style.

The issue of the Tottenham player who was given a 7 match ban for an alleged racist remark made about his teammate Son Heung-min in a TV interview has gotten to the point where they have to punish the player Bentancur, I support the kind of punishment FA gave the player for his actions and he also apologized which was accepted by his teammates Son Heung-min but it didn't stop the punishment from coming. But I'm not too ok with all these, if Bentancur can serve this punishment paying a fine and missing 7 games why has Enzo Fernandez not face such penalty? After all is the same racial abuse, why is the Chelsea midfielder not missing some domestic games and also paying a fine? There is something they're not letting us know.