Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 355.

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Quote from: Xcode7 on November 10, 2024, 12:51:03 AM

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This is not because many of Manchester City's main players are injured but indeed Man City's team performance is currently very low, in the last few matches they have not won and overall the team's performance is down and the defeat against Brighton is not so surprising.
Man City was actually able to play quite well in the first half but unfortunately in the last few minutes they seemed to lose focus so they had to concede 2 goals from Brighton, it's quite unfortunate but that's football.
There is so much to evaluate and Pep must be able to do it quickly if they want to keep competing in the title race.

Agree with you, previously several Manchester City core players have also experienced injuries, but their loss did not have a big impact on Manchester City's performance. The negative results achieved in four consecutive matches indicate that Manchester City is not in its best condition and for the first time in the last 16 years, the consecutive defeats are the first for Guardiola throughout his career as a coach. Manchester City also have three tough games in the Premier League, next up against Tottenham, Liverpool and Nottingham. If their form doesn't improve, chances are they'll continue to lose.

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Quote from: Farma on November 09, 2024, 09:24:03 PM

It is actually quite difficult for their fans to accept in a difficult situation like this, but that's what happened 4 games without a win is the difficulty they feel, Pep seems unable to process it better, and the next match they will face Tonttenham which in terms of Tottenham's game is very good in my opinion they will lose again for the second time this season against Tonttenham, but what happened to Man City at this time is beyond reason whether Pep is trapped in their game or their players are not good, they always rely on ball possession and when the opposing team holds it immediately becomes a dangerous attack and I think Pep in particular must make a new strategy to make this good again, or they will lose the trophy or not get a trophy this season, because Liverpool are very good at this time and they are quite comfortable at the top of the standings.

That was their fourth defeat in a row this season. Manchester City has gone years since the coming of Pep Guardiola at the Etihad without four consecutive defeats in a row across all competitions but it is happening now. They are indeed, going through an unusual hurtful experience at the moment but I belive it will soon pass. In a game of football, you normally expect three result from either win, draw or lose. Guardiola was the genesis of the problem himself because everything changed when he subbed out Savinho to bring on KVD who is just recovering from injury. Brighton came out in full force immediately Savinho was removed. I was expecting to see substitutions like Walker for Akanji or Kelvin for Gundogan. It's a bad moment but Pep needs to adjust and restrategized.

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Quote from: bering on November 10, 2024, 02:14:39 AM

Manchester United will playing against Leicester today and most likely this is the last match Manchester United with Ruud van Nistelrooy because after this match Amorim will be taking over coach position and seems Ruud van Nistelrooy know he will be sacked so that's why he want Manchester United can gets the winning result from this match however since Ruud van Nistelrooy in charge Manchester United have been through an 3 matches in all competitions with unbeated and Ruud van Nistelrooy had ambition in his last match Manchester United can able to managed this record and if possible win from this match

Ruud van Nistelrooy did his job well and stopped Manchester United's bad game and forced them to play a good game. They will play the game at home today and we will hear what the fans think about Ruud van Nistelrooy. If the fans are happy with Ruud van Nistelrooy, today could be his last game in charge but he could return in the next few years.

This game is very important for both Ruud van Nistelrooy and Manchester United because the team wants to prove themselves and they need it after the unsuccessful seasons. Leicester are a tough opponent but I think Manchester United will win this game.

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Quote from: bering on November 10, 2024, 02:14:39 AM

Manchester United will playing against Leicester today and most likely this is the last match Manchester United with Ruud van Nistelrooy because after this match Amorim will be taking over coach position and seems Ruud van Nistelrooy know he will be sacked so that's why he want Manchester United can gets the winning result from this match however since Ruud van Nistelrooy in charge Manchester United have been through an 3 matches in all competitions with unbeated and Ruud van Nistelrooy had ambition in his last match Manchester United can able to managed this record and if possible win from this match

However, the club's decision to appoint Amorim to be United's coach. and Ruud van Nistelrooy who was asked to handle United temporarily has done his job well. even some players seem quite comfortable with Ruud van Nistelrooy. a job for Amorim to gain the trust of United players when he comes. Amorim is a good coach and hopefully will fit in with United.
Ruud van Nistelrooy revealed that he wants to be United's coach permanently one day. but there is great hope for United with the arrival of Amorim who has performed exceptionally with his team. hopefully, this United match will be a good result for Ruud van Nistelrooy.

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Manchester United will playing against Leicester today and most likely this is the last match Manchester United with Ruud van Nistelrooy because after this match Amorim will be taking over coach position and seems Ruud van Nistelrooy know he will be sacked so that's why he want Manchester United can gets the winning result from this match however since Ruud van Nistelrooy in charge Manchester United have been through an 3 matches in all competitions with unbeated and Ruud van Nistelrooy had ambition in his last match Manchester United can able to managed this record and if possible win from this match

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Quote from: Out of mind on November 10, 2024, 12:20:58 AM

Manchester City's loss against Brighton is really challenging and difficult for the team at the moment. The way Manchester City is currently playing, they are unable to play with their best performance in every match and are failing. Losing against Brighton is really sad for the team, I think Manchester City may not be able to overcome their weaknesses, moreover, Rodri's position may not be filled by another player. In the absence of Rodri, Manchester City is facing many weaknesses, so Pep Guardiola will have to use a different strategy at the moment. Since Manchester City is currently not performing well, however, Manchester City lost points by losing this match. Due to losing this point, Liverpool has now moved a long way forward in the points table where the gap between the two teams is 5, Manchester City will have to face a lot of challenges to capture Liverpool's position now.

Rodri loss has been a significant factor in Manchester City performance decline, rodri role has been very important in maintaining the balance of the team both in defence and attack so far, so it is not surprising that without rodri when it has made their midfield lose stability and the ability to distribute the ball effectively in supporting the attacking line, I think for now Guardiola may need to consider several options to overcome the loss of Rodri by giving more playing time to other players as you said, I think instead of playing lewis to partner kovacic in midfield against brighton and cover rodri position, guardiola actually has a better option by playing nunes in my opinion in midfield with Kovacic, but it looks like guardiola is trying to try to change tactics by focusing more on wing attacks but instead the burden and pressure is greater on the defend and midfield at the moment.

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Quote from: Out of mind on November 10, 2024, 12:20:58 AM

Manchester City's loss against Brighton is really challenging and difficult for the team at the moment. The way Manchester City is currently playing, they are unable to play with their best performance in every match and are failing. Losing against Brighton is really sad for the team, I think Manchester City may not be able to overcome their weaknesses, moreover, Rodri's position may not be filled by another player. In the absence of Rodri, Manchester City is facing many weaknesses, so Pep Guardiola will have to use a different strategy at the moment. Since Manchester City is currently not performing well, however, Manchester City lost points by losing this match. Due to losing this point, Liverpool has now moved a long way forward in the points table where the gap between the two teams is 5, Manchester City will have to face a lot of challenges to capture Liverpool's position now.

This is not because many of Manchester City's main players are injured but indeed Man City's team performance is currently very low, in the last few matches they have not won and overall the team's performance is down and the defeat against Brighton is not so surprising.
Man City was actually able to play quite well in the first half but unfortunately in the last few minutes they seemed to lose focus so they had to concede 2 goals from Brighton, it's quite unfortunate but that's football.
There is so much to evaluate and Pep must be able to do it quickly if they want to keep competing in the title race.

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Quote from: Catenaccio on November 09, 2024, 10:37:28 PM

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The pressure to defend Pep's record after 4 straight PL titles is big. It's worsen with waves of injuries happened to his team. It makes him hard to rotate his squad. This hurts his team's performance. Several losses in a row have proven how struggled his team is now.

You said Pep's experience can help the city to fix things up. But, it won't work if he has no quality players in his squad. He's missing so many players that would normally make up his main starting eleven, such as Dias, Stones, Akanji, Rodri, Grealish, Doku, and many more. Those guys are important players in his squad.

Manchester City and Pep are in a worst or one of worst times in many years, but the season is long enough so that they can come back to a title competition and win it again. The ultimate result at the season ending means most, and it does not mean anything like how you play impressively or badly in early months of season but at the final day of season, you won't become a league champion.

That's the point. City was 5 points behind Liverpool with 27 games to go. That's enough to revive their chance to back stab Liverpool, like what they did to Arsenal. Grin

Quote from: Catenaccio on November 09, 2024, 10:37:28 PM

Two seasons ago, Arsenal led Premier League in most of weeks, but in very last weeks of that season 2022 - 2023, they lost a first position to Manchester City, then lost the league title to Manchester City too. No recognition is better than a title at the season ending day and in last 7 seasons, Manchester City did it best in Premier League with 6 titles.

This narrative most likely to happen only if they don't drop any more points in the coming weeks. But, if they do, they will have no chance in the title race.

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Quote from: Out of mind on November 10, 2024, 12:20:58 AM

Manchester City's loss against Brighton is really challenging and difficult for the team at the moment. The way Manchester City is currently playing, they are unable to play with their best performance in every match and are failing. Losing against Brighton is really sad for the team, I think Manchester City may not be able to overcome their weaknesses, moreover, Rodri's position may not be filled by another player. In the absence of Rodri, Manchester City is facing many weaknesses, so Pep Guardiola will have to use a different strategy at the moment. Since Manchester City is currently not performing well, however, Manchester City lost points by losing this match. Due to losing this point, Liverpool has now moved a long way forward in the points table where the gap between the two teams is 5, Manchester City will have to face a lot of challenges to capture Liverpool's position now.

I think that the major cause of the reason why Manchester city are struggling right now is because of the absence of Rodri, and just as you rightfully said, if a player of same quality comes into this Manchester city side, things will go back to normal, but the major problem here is that Liverpool are running away with the tittle, though five points looks massive in most football fan eyes, but I don't think it's that big because if Liverpool lose two straight games, that five points advantage would be over, and besides the season is still fresh, their is still a very long way to go, but before then, if Manchester city still wan to win this year English premier league title, they just have to start ranking up the winnings, because dropping more points right now wouldn't do them any favour at all .

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Manchester City's loss against Brighton is really challenging and difficult for the team at the moment. The way Manchester City is currently playing, they are unable to play with their best performance in every match and are failing. Losing against Brighton is really sad for the team, I think Manchester City may not be able to overcome their weaknesses, moreover, Rodri's position may not be filled by another player. In the absence of Rodri, Manchester City is facing many weaknesses, so Pep Guardiola will have to use a different strategy at the moment. Since Manchester City is currently not performing well, however, Manchester City lost points by losing this match. Due to losing this point, Liverpool has now moved a long way forward in the points table where the gap between the two teams is 5, Manchester City will have to face a lot of challenges to capture Liverpool's position now.

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Quote from: Plaguedeath on November 09, 2024, 10:02:11 PM

What exactly these guys doing? they can just clearing the ball instead of pass to each other. Manchester City conceded 2 goals because of their own mistakes, I would say Brighton is just lucky without discrediting their victory.

Quote from: blue Snow on November 09, 2024, 08:45:53 PM

Liverpool are not expected to be champions on premier league of this session, but after we look how consistant them to compete in all competitions, of course this will be an attention from other potential champions to do not underestimate them.

Many people keep speculating Liverpool will become the champion, but hold on, Manchester United will bring back the glory after sacking Ten Hag. We have Amorim and GOAT Antony, both of them enough to fight against any teams in Premier League.

Believe me, it was nothing about luck, they worked and fought hard for those two goals, the absence of Rodri is just the issue Pep Guardiola is currently facing, immediately a similar players comes in like him,it should be a settled case.

I don't see Manchester United winning the Premier league competition this season, what I see them doing is getting back to the top four before the end of the season. It's a new coach with new motivation, I hope to see them in the Champions league competition next season. Antony Goat? Wtf? Shocked

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Quote from: Smack That Ace on November 09, 2024, 11:32:25 PM

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We don't see a Liverpool team winning by a big margin. We rarely see Liverpool attacking so much. However, Liverpool is the most stable team in the Premier League at the moment. Liverpool's players are able to consistently perform well in every match. Liverpool's performance against Aston Villa was also very composed. Aston Villa are a strong team this season. However, Liverpool's players remained confident and managed to secure full points in the match.

Liverpool have won 9 out of 11 matches and lost just one. The important thing is that Liverpool is ahead of Manchester City by a big margin of 5 points. City have dropped points in their last two matches. It will be very difficult for City to close this 5 point gap.

While their rivals are in decline, Liverpool are shining with a series of wins. Since being handled by Arne Slot, Liverpool have only lost once to Nottingham, after which they immediately bounced back by winning 12 times and drawing once in all competitions. The victory over Aston Villa made them even more solid at the top of the standings, Moh Salah performed well in the match by scoring 1 goal and 1 assist. Up until week 11, only Manchester City is Liverpool toughest competitor in competing for the EPL trophy, but due to Guardiola's inconsistent team, Liverpool's chances of widening the gap between the two are very big.

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Quote from: blue Snow on November 09, 2024, 08:45:53 PM

Only Liverpool managed to win as expected tonight. They deserve as a club that's on the right path in the premier league today. They are consistent and able to play impressively according to Slot's instructions. They were able to increase the distance between the city of Manchester. When we look at player statistics, several players like Mohammed Salah show up if he is the Liverpool legend, he arranged the counterattack before Darwin Nunez created the 1st goal, Salah was also able to double the score after utilizing the counterattack again when Diego Carlos' made a mistake.

We don't see a Liverpool team winning by a big margin. We rarely see Liverpool attacking so much. However, Liverpool is the most stable team in the Premier League at the moment. Liverpool's players are able to consistently perform well in every match. Liverpool's performance against Aston Villa was also very composed. Aston Villa are a strong team this season. However, Liverpool's players remained confident and managed to secure full points in the match.

Liverpool have won 9 out of 11 matches and lost just one. The important thing is that Liverpool is ahead of Manchester City by a big margin of 5 points. City have dropped points in their last two matches. It will be very difficult for City to close this 5 point gap.

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Quote from: wakier on November 08, 2024, 10:48:54 PM

Nottingham Forest must overcome obstacles if they want to stay in their current position. They have not played half of the total matches this season so we cannot conclude too early anything can happen towards the end of the EPL season, the competition is very tight, especially to compete for places in the UCL and UEL zones.

By relying on the depth of the squad like now it seems impossible for Nottingham Forest to be able to maintain their existence and best performance until the end of the season and they have not gotten problems like the injury of some important players in the first team so that if there is a problem then it is likely that the coach will be quite difficult to rotate . The match will face Newcastle and even though Newcastle's appearance is not so consistent this season, this will be a slightly more difficult match.

The match will take place at the Nottingham Forest and maybe they are a little more favored but they should not underestimate the appearance of Newcastle if they want to get full points in that match.

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Quote from: Catenaccio on November 09, 2024, 10:37:28 PM

Manchester City and Pep are in a worst or one of worst times in many years, but the season is long enough so that they can come back to a title competition and win it again. The ultimate result at the season ending means most, and it does not mean anything like how you play impressively or badly in early months of season but at the final day of season, you won't become a league champion.

I can't remember the last time we saw such a poor result from Manchester City. Manchester City is the best team in Premier League. And in the last 3/4 years we have not seen such bad results from City. Manchester City have lost four matches in a row. This is very difficult for Manchester City fans to accept.

We thought Manchester City would make a comeback with a win against Brighton. But City lost 2-1 against Brighton in yesterday's match. Brighton managed to get 3 points in their home match. At the end of the first half, Manchester City was leading 1-0. Haaland managed to score in this match. City lost this match too due to poor defense. Brighton scored their first goal in the 78th minute and their second goal in the 83rd minute. Brighton scored two goals in just 5 minutes.

City will face Tottenham in the next match. Although Tottenham's performances have been erratic, this team is also quite strong. A win against Tottenham is also a big challenge for City at the moment.

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Quote from: shinratensei_ on November 09, 2024, 10:25:17 PM

The pressure to defend Pep's record after 4 straight PL titles is big. It's worsen with waves of injuries happened to his team. It makes him hard to rotate his squad. This hurts his team's performance. Several losses in a row have proven how struggled his team is now.

You said Pep's experience can help the city to fix things up. But, it won't work if he has no quality players in his squad. He's missing so many players that would normally make up his main starting eleven, such as Dias, Stones, Akanji, Rodri, Grealish, Doku, and many more. Those guys are important players in his squad.

Manchester City and Pep are in a worst or one of worst times in many years, but the season is long enough so that they can come back to a title competition and win it again. The ultimate result at the season ending means most, and it does not mean anything like how you play impressively or badly in early months of season but at the final day of season, you won't become a league champion.

Two seasons ago, Arsenal led Premier League in most of weeks, but in very last weeks of that season 2022 - 2023, they lost a first position to Manchester City, then lost the league title to Manchester City too. No recognition is better than a title at the season ending day and in last 7 seasons, Manchester City did it best in Premier League with 6 titles.

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I have no idea when pep's contract to coach Manchester city will expire, but if it's about to, like if this is perhaps his last year or something, it's absolutely obvious why the man seems very frustrated and depressed, for a club that has been winning the premier league title over and over and over again for several seasons, it looks or seems really abnormal for such a team to consecutively lose four match's in a row just as we have seen

But on the other hand, like I did touched on on one of my previous comment on another thread, pep should have known that city can't remain at the top forever, at any time, stuffs like this will happen, he should have known this and prepare for it, for a king does not remain on a throne forever, at an appointed time, he will always give way for another king to occupy the throne.

We understand why Pep Guardiola is frustrated. Manchester City has been very successful under his leadership. But you are right no team can stay number one forever. Pep should have expected this slump. Pressure to keep winning might be affecting him. His contract ending soon could also be on his mind. Still Pep experience will help City recover. Your comparison to kings and thrones makes sense all good things come to end. Maybe this tough time will motivate City to improve.

I think when you think about the successes he has achieved so far, he has gone down in history as a manager who has achieved great success at Manchester City. Pep Guardiola is still remembered as the manager who changed football. Of course, he may have been bad at times. He had his worst performance in the last seven years this year and was champion for six years. I think he has a limit to accept this much mistake. Also, if he leaves Manchester City, I have doubts that there will be a better replacement for him.

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Quote from: Publictalk792 on November 09, 2024, 08:51:03 PM

Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on November 09, 2024, 07:26:00 PM

I have no idea when pep's contract to coach Manchester city will expire, but if it's about to, like if this is perhaps his last year or something, it's absolutely obvious why the man seems very frustrated and depressed, for a club that has been winning the premier league title over and over and over again for several seasons, it looks or seems really abnormal for such a team to consecutively lose four match's in a row just as we have seen

But on the other hand, like I did touched on on one of my previous comment on another thread, pep should have known that city can't remain at the top forever, at any time, stuffs like this will happen, he should have known this and prepare for it, for a king does not remain on a throne forever, at an appointed time, he will always give way for another king to occupy the throne.

We understand why Pep Guardiola is frustrated. Manchester City has been very successful under his leadership. But you are right no team can stay number one forever. Pep should have expected this slump. Pressure to keep winning might be affecting him. His contract ending soon could also be on his mind. Still Pep experience will help City recover. Your comparison to kings and thrones makes sense all good things come to end. Maybe this tough time will motivate City to improve.

The pressure to defend Pep's record after 4 straight PL titles is big. It's worsen with waves of injuries happened to his team. It makes him hard to rotate his squad. This hurts his team's performance. Several losses in a row have proven how struggled his team is now.

You said Pep's experience can help the city to fix things up. But, it won't work if he has no quality players in his squad. He's missing so many players that would normally make up his main starting eleven, such as Dias, Stones, Akanji, Rodri, Grealish, Doku, and many more. Those guys are important players in his squad.

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Brighton vs Manchester City

I think this is match that Manchester City should have won after the 3 defeats they got, I hope Pep can give confidence and also the right direction for his players to be able to provide quality game competitively.
Indeed Manchester City is playing away but this is match that is quite important to be able to keep up with the points gap from Liverpool, I really hope Manchester City can win in today match.

Manchester City certainly wants to rise and get full points in this match but Brighton is also not an easy opponent to face, especially Brighton will play at home which makes them more confident to be able to get points.
If seen overall, Man City does have a slightly larger percentage to be able to win the match but this will be a fierce match for both teams.

Now Manchester City have 4 consecutive defeats and this is really very disappointing, results like this should not happen and after 3 previous defeats they should be able to play better but it all can not improve the mentality and also the quality of the game to be better after losing several players due to injury problems.
Manchester City game in the defensive line is very bad, I see boring game and this is not like in some early season games which showed they were very strong, again and again Manchester City must make me lose bets in the last few weeks.

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What exactly these guys doing? they can just clearing the ball instead of pass to each other. Manchester City conceded 2 goals because of their own mistakes, I would say Brighton is just lucky without discrediting their victory.

Quote from: blue Snow on November 09, 2024, 08:45:53 PM

Liverpool are not expected to be champions on premier league of this session, but after we look how consistant them to compete in all competitions, of course this will be an attention from other potential champions to do not underestimate them.

Many people keep speculating Liverpool will become the champion, but hold on, Manchester United will bring back the glory after sacking Ten Hag. We have Amorim and GOAT Antony, both of them enough to fight against any teams in Premier League.

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