Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 304. (Read 789559 times)

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.

What you said is absolutely right because a team like Manchester City should be able to find a balance of power more so that they can still be strong when one or two key players are injured. Because if that is the only thing that can destroy them from a good position to a bad position, of course it would be a shame because they should be fighting for the title again this season. The next game for Manchester City is at home to Tottenham who are also in a bad shape at the moment, so Manchester City should be able to win at home without any excuses.

Is Ruben Amorim a little insecure if Ruud still handles the team or works with him? Is he also afraid that the fans will praise Ruud more than him because before he coached the club Ruud was first the interim manager. I think Ruben Amorim just doesn't want to be involved with Ruud in his coaching system, meaning he is ready to accept all the risks he will bear and the fans have placed high hopes on Amorim for the rest of this season.

Guardiola is definitely not a bad coach and he is experienced enough to help his team to have better performance but currently, he is not in the good form at Manchester City. I think the problem in Manchester City is not just Guardiola and his bad performance. Don't get they didn't recently buy some good palyers and the team is not spending huge amounts of money like the other teams. At the same time, the other teams in the Premier League spent much more than AMcsnther City.
Also, many players in this team are injured and not in good form, so they can't replace the players.

I don't think Manchester City will be interested in giving Pep Guardiola another contract to sign to continue as the team coach after having a bad performance and losing four matches in a row, Pep Guardiola has done many things for Manchester City and the club will never forget what he has done for the club but I don't think they will agree to extend his contract because Pep Guardiola is not a coach that can turn things good when the team performance look poor, Pep Guardiola can't do without Star players or his key players.

I have said before that Pep Guardiola is not the best coach in the World, If Pep Guardiola is the best coach why can't he make things Right when the team's performance is not good, Pep Guardiola can't give any excuse that is because of the players that have injury that makes the team performance look poor, The same injury problem is with Real Madrid but Carlo Ancelotti always find a way to fix things but it is difficult for Pep Guardiola to fix Manchester City own, We all know that Pep Guardiola used to Run away whenever the team is having a bad performance, and if I'm lying then let go and look at when he left Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

Yea, it's very true that Manchester city performed really well even though they had so many of their key players injured last season, but  you know why they are struggling to cope with injuries this season?
It's because their era of dominance is coming to an end.
Everything that has a beginning must surely have an end, and I believe that even pep guardiola is aware of that, and that is why he is not too hard on himself because he knows that at some point in his Manchester city career, he wouldn't be that dominant with Manchester city as they are used to, so they should just enjoy the roller coaster ride while it last.

What i expect from pep guardiola from now on is to use this season to identify all the positions they are seriously lacking, and strengthen them with younger and more quality players that can fill the void left by most of this aging stars at Manchester city.

In the previous season, several players of Manchester City faced injuries. De Bruyne appeared in only 18 matches last season. Without this important player, Manchester City was able to maintain its performance stability in the last season. Haaland was also out of the squad in several matches. However, Alvarez was able to perform excellently as a replacement for Haaland. So, Manchester City's overall performance was stable.

There is no doubt that at the beginning of this season, we saw a much better performance from Manchester City. The top spot of the table was also occupied by Manchester City. However, due to the defeat in the last two matches, Manchester City is now in second place in the points table. Manchester City is 5 points behind Liverpool. It is very difficult for City to regain the top spot of the table.

After the international break, it is hoped that Guardiola will be able to solve the internal problems of his squad. City's squad is strong. Manchester City has the ability to dominate the Premier League this season as well.

City also had injuries last season, when De Bruyne suffered a very serious injury and was out for half a season and they were left without Gundogan, who went to Barcelona, ​​but all this did not affect City, they played very well and became champions again, despite the fact that Arsenal pursued them until the last round. But last season their attack played better, when Haaland could not score, Foden helped, and now it is more difficult for them even despite the return of Gundogan, or maybe he has not yet regained his form.

Van Nistelrooy actually want to joining Amorim team as coaching staffs but unfortunately Amorim has decide to bringing his own staffs to Manchester United and according to the news i have read currently Van Nistelrooy was linked to the several teams from Championship division such as Burnley and Coventry City especially for Burnley that this team has just sack their current manager Scott Parker so they look for the replacement of Scott Parker but so far this is only rumours and i am not really sure this would be happend but indeed Van Nistelrooy are thinking possibilities to train England teams but so far there was no good offers who came to him

There is no doubt that Guardiola has done a great job with Manchester City. Manchester City has won 6 Premier League titles. And Guardiola's target was to win the Champions League title. He has also been able to win the Champions League title with City. Guardiola has won all the titles with Manchester City.

This is probably why Guardiola is no longer interested in extending his contract with Manchester City. His contract with City is about to expire next season. But we have not seen any news yet regarding whether Guardiola will extend this term. Again, a few days ago we saw news that Guardiola is now interested in becoming a national team coach.

However, Manchester City started the season well this time. However, Manchester City has lost its last four matches. If Manchester City's performance is not stable, the team will fall behind in the title race.

Amorim was indeed a quite great coach when he coached Sporting CP. It has been proven that this season, Sporting CP was able to occupy the top position in the Portuguese League without losing, as well as in the Champions League, Sporting CP managed to occupy the 2nd position to date. Apart from that, during Amorim's tenure as coach at Sporting CP, from 2020 until now, he has been able to win 2 Portuguese league trophies with Sporting CP. So if you look at this record, Amorim won because he was a coach who was quite experienced and also considered successful. But the problem that Amorim will handle this time is a big team like Manchester United. So it can definitely be said that this will be a little difficult for Amorim, especially as we know Manchester United is at a bad point this season. So it is certain that Amorim will receive enormous pressure from Manchester United management and also from his fans. That's why I think Amorin will have a quite difficult task at Manchester United.

Then regarding Nistelrooy's dismissal, I was also quite shocked by this news. Because as we know, Nistelroy does have quite good abilities in formulating strategies. The reason is, he has proven this when he was interim coach at Manchester United, by achieving quite good results in 4 matches with Manchester United. However, it seems that Manchester United and Amorim management want Nistelroy to be fired. Maybe because Amorim already has the staff he will bring to Manchester United. That's why Nistelroy and other staff left Manchester United. But that's okay, I'm sure that with his promising skills, Nistelroy will definitely have no difficulty getting another contract from big teams in Europe. Maybe Nistelrooy just needs to wait for time to get this.

Winning the EPL title 4 times in a row, is it magical? Well with Pep Guardiola epic strategy for the club, it's possible to keep leading and becoming the top club, as far as there's presence of outstanding performance and consistency in their amazing form. What more do you see from Manchester City? They're currently in poor shape but there's absolutely nothing to worry about because the big winning comes with direct slate. Pep Guardiola is the best coach to ever manage Manchester City in the team's history. There's every circulating plan for the club to establish and becoming one of the best club in the English Premier League. Pep Guardiola can leave if he wishes to because there's absolutely nothing more to accomplish with Manchester City, he won major trophies for them.