Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 603. (Read 776396 times)

Recruiting Mikel Merino would certainly be a very good thing for Arsenal. The reason is that Mikel Merino is a very great player, because not only at Real Sociedad he was able to play well, but in the Spanish national team he also always played very well. The reason is that at the Euro that just ended, Mikel Merino appeared 7 times in the Spanish national team and was able to contribute 1 goal for Spain. So with this of course Mikel Merino will be a player who can be relied on at Arsenal. Because currently, as far as I know, Arsenal doesn't have a player in the central midfielder position. So with Mikel Merino coming to Arsenal, of course he will be a very good addition to Arsenal's midfield. Because Mikel Arsenal plays as a central midfielder, with this, Mikel Merino will definitely make Arsenal's attack flow better. That's why Arsenal signed Mikel Merino for a fairly long period of time. So hopefully Mikel Merino can quickly resolve his contract problems with Arsenal and be able to play with Arsenal soon. Because Mikel Merino will of course be very important capital for Arsenal.

Hey pals, take a look at the above image, from all corners and tell me if the refree and VAR made a wrong call or not, well according to the rules they might be right cause Zirkzee is in a wrong (offside) position but my thoughts are the rules can be unfair atimes and should be amended due to such cases, cause whether the shot by Garnacho came in contact with Zirkzee or not, it was already going it and even though Zirkzee was in an offside position, he didn't purposely aid the ball, he was already in motion and couldn't stop himself from sliding into the post, infact the ball would've gone in whether or not it touched him and even though he wasn't in that unfortunate position neither Brighton's keeper nor any of the defenders as seen in the image would've saved the ball from going in, so I think the VAR should've considered that and allow the goal stand, what are your thoughts?

Guardiola is a coach who does not want to stay with a club if he sees that he and his players already hit limits and start their journey in downside. He is smart and wants to leave a club at the highest point and does not want to be sacked or forced to leave the club with drama and massive criticisms on his bad coach management.

Throughout his coach career so far from Barcelona to Bayern Munich, he has the same decisions for his departure and I believe he will do the same with Manchester City. Soon in next one or three seasons, we will get his announcement to leave this club. He is a good quality mark that can help Manchester City to win more Premier League but it's natural that no club, no national team can maintain domination forever.

Slot can do his job well but to beat Guardiola and Manchester City is another thing. Like Arteta can have very impressive management in Arsenal but in last two seasons, he failed to beat Guardiola and Manchester City. If Slot can win Premier League in his first season with Liverpool and also his first experience in Premier League, it's magic.

In as much as Guardiola is still with Manchester city, always expect them to be the favourites to win the league. You will only count Manchester city out when Guardiola takes a bow out of the club. There's going to be just a little difference from what happened last season. The difference could be from Liverpool this season. Despite the beautiful start from Slot, I'm yet to trust him. He broke a record about newly employed coaches , hope he could continue with this pace but I doubt, he will drop especially when injuries come knocking.

Man City looks like it will still be the club with the most potential to win the title again this season. Seeing them play has really proven that they are on a different level from other teams. Arsenal and Liverpool might indeed compete closely with them. And Arsenal should be the strongest to compete with Man City. But now Liverpool also looks just as strong. I didn't expect that Arne Slot could immediately put this team in good form at the start of the season. It seems he already knows how to continue the strategy used by Klopp. So Liverpool remains stable even though they have a new coach. Brighton entered the competition at the start of this season. But I'm not sure they will continue to be consistent with results like now.

Liverpool is holding strong and I think it's only them and Arsenal that has done a clean sheet on two games played, but I will lie if I say I'm impress by the early winning. I want to see them struggle to draw or lose  some games and see if there is going to be improvement from their subsequent games, that's how you know a team that will go far and don't get wasted immediately the season change tune towards the middle of the season.


This is not about risk, Arne and Klopp are good coaches but it's too early to even compare what the duo can do at their best. Both of them have their own strategy but as I said it's too early to compare the two of them because one manage to win 2 games. Klopp has been in the game and Arne perhaps was somewhere else and starting Liverpool barely two weeks. Let's see where Liverpool.will be in week 15 of the season.

Manchester City is always focused and we are always making our moves slow and steady and i love the fact that we don't rush and we are going to start gathering points now and if you noticed all our games the only one we played draw is with Manchester united and the rest was a win. pep is a man that is always giving him self target of what he wants to archive and if am not mistaking he as more dream than last season, since we were only able to win the premier league than winning the other once that was last season and i know this season is going to be different both champion's league and the premier league. and we have six point already and we are gradually pushing it. very soon Brighton is going to go down I don't count them to be among the top three and the clubs that will still make it to the top three is Manchester city arsenal or Liverpool.

i don't like it when they are comparing how performance with that of arsenal and Liverpool we are currently dominating and I don't see them dominating for now, we are not going to get tired of wining for now and true that our productivity is high because we are Manchester city, we know that Liverpool and arsenal might be the tough competitors we are going to be facing, we are always winning even when they think they are tough.

Much will be expected from this new signing of Arsenal and playing form the midfield which is a very delicate position in the pitch, he’ll have to do extra work if he wants to be utilized and played more often by the coach. He’ll be given the chance as a new player but if he’s unable to play as they want him, he may not have a good season at Arsenal. With his previous stats at Real Soceidad, I’m certain he can do more and contribute well to Arsenal’s midfield.


With the way Chelsea started this season, they’ve given their fans and the management high hopes on them to be able to go far in the league this season after a miserable season in the past. As they have a new coach on board, expectations are high on him to be able to deliver the team above what they finished last season. The big win yesterday was a very good one for them, opportunities like this are meant to be utilized in order to have high number of goals that will compliment for them in the future later maybe when their win rate becomes lower.

Yes, Palmer is really classy and he is the motor of attack for Chelsea at the moment. A big win over Wolverhampton certainly becomes the spirit for The Blues players to face the next match. Yes, Chelsea has recruited quite a lot of new players and of course they must be able to bring out their best abilities in order to get a regular place from the manager. I think Maresca has found the right form for Chelsea, only he still lacks a central striker figure and Nicolas Jackson is not always reliable at all.

I expected Newcastle to win but the team failed to win. But the performance of the Bournemouth players really surprised me. I did not expect to see such a good performance from this team. In the first match Bournemouth team drew the match against Nottingham Forest. And they managed to get 1 point in their home match against Newcastle.

Newcastle's owner is very rich. Still I don't know why they are not taking necessary steps to strengthen the squad. I thought the Newcastle team would be as strong as Manchester City. Newcastle performed brilliantly in the 2022–23 season. and qualified for the Champions League. However, the Newcastle management did not provide large funds for the purchase of players. Newcastle are not doing very well this season. I think we will see this team at 8/9 position in the points table.

If you see, both the teams have work hard to equalize the match by score one goal each. If one side had score more goals, the match would have been over. But both of them work hard to stop their opponent goal and keep themselves. I would congratulate both teams equally as both have work very hard to save their team and need to work harder for either team to advance. Bournemouth tried hard to score but Newcastle were also save hard.The player of Newcastle have also tried hard but the players of the other team also came to open up so they did not let their hard work go to waste so the competition between the two sides was equal.

Manchester City under Pep Guardiola's guidance has always been a superior team and they deserve to be nominated every season. This time Manchester immediately stepped on the gas to collect perfect points every week to strengthen its position at the top of the standings. I predict Manchester City will again get a serious challenge from Arsenal and I am sure the two teams will compete tightly until the end of the season. How could it not be, The Gunners are very enthusiastic and they have prepared their best squad to achieve their hopes.

Enzo Maresca did well not to make up something, when Wolverhampton scored the second goal and apparently realizing that in the defense Chelsea really does not play very well removed Mudric and released attacking Neto and already on 49 minutes, the Palmer-Madueke bundle organized two goals in a row and it was seen that Enzo and Kaicedu work not only in defense, but also in attack, gradually increasing the pressure on the gate Wolverhampton and after the 5th goal everything was clear. At the end Enzo Maresca even decided to release Joao Felix with a free role on the field and he also managed to score a goal. Although the score is probably not on the game and Wolverhampton played not so bad, well pressed, but Chelsea midfield and Madueke played great, showing why they paid so much money for them.

This victory is very much deserved by Chelsea, although I do not like the way they recruit players, but it must be admitted that Cole Palmer's quality is able to provide many opportunities for his teammates. In the match, he created 1 goal and 3 assists, which means that without Cole Palmer's role, no one would have been able to end this match with a big win. On the other hand, the reason why Chelsea players were able to display an extraordinary game is the demands of competition, you know this club consists of many new players who are all competing with each other to win a place in the main squad. Even old players can be eliminated, one of which is Mudryk, who could lose his place. Remember that Chelsea players are hunting, so if they display bad performance, they will be kept on the bench longer.

Manchester City has once again proven its seriousness about being at the top of the standings this season. Pep Guardiola succeeded in winning an important victory in the second week of the Premier League and therefore Manchester City managed to lead the standings with 6 points. Brighton, Arsenal and Liverpool have the same points, but Manchester City is ahead in goal statistics.

Until the second week was over, only Arsenal and Liverpool were still clean without conceding. Manchester City conceded 1 goal in the previous match, but their goal productivity was quite high. Arsenal and Liverpool look strong to be Manchester City's tough competitors until the end of the season, but Liverpool are certainly still doubtful considering their new coach.

"The real rest is coming" is one statement you made that actually caught my fancy because Liverpool's next game will be a visit to Old Trafford to face Erik ten Hag's Manchester City and that's where the tactical strength of new Liverpool manager Arne Slot will be out to a strong test. Under the Dutch manager, Liverpool is playing a new style of football that's entertaining to watch but what marvels me more is the fact that he inherited all the players he's currently using from the club's former manager Jurgen Klopp. Most managers would've signed many players and released many existing members of the team on their arrival but Slot is okay with the quality of players at his disposal.
If Liverpool succeeds to beat Manchester United on Sunday, then we should know that they'll be a serious contender for the league title this season.

One thing that is shocking is the fact that Klopp was a great manager, and when you lose a great manager you lose a great team and end up with something much worse. However, for some reason Liverpool managed to find a great manager to replace their great manager and Arne Slot has been doing wonderful so far, he is changing up tactics, strategies, even positions of players and it all worked out great so far for them.

To be fair the first year is not always that bad, it helps with teams, remember how ETH got united to be third place on his first year, then look at last season and start of this one, well too soon to say something for this season but it's clear that he is doing something not that great. Maybe Arne will have a great year, but then he will end up mostly not that great anymore, that has to be the most important part, and I believe that we are going to end up with results that wouldn't be really that great next season, if he is consistent that would be better.

This was indeed a key win for Chelsea as they had lost to City in the previous game and if they had not taken 3 points in the game with Wolves, they would have fallen far behind their main competitors and weakened their position in the fight for the top 4. It can be assumed that most teams will lose 3-2 points in games with City, so if we take this factor into account, we can say that Chelsea are now back in business and can claim the highest places.

That match was organized in the Falmer Stadium and the surface of stadium was in the favor of  Brighton & Hove Albion F.C team and  after this win Brighton & Hove Albion F.C is, top of the rank and they are at second number in the table. The players of that team have mindset of winner and they want only win and they are very focused players and we saw they did goals without any struggle. We saw hard work in their kicks and opponent team is very below in the points table and they have to struggle to get good position in table. Man United team has 3 points and they have 11 position in points table. The players should work on their skills.

A big score victory not only gives great confidence but also improves the mentality of Chelsea players so that they can be ready to face every challenge.
However, I am still a little worried about Chelsea's defense which still looks a little weak even though Enzo Maresca has improved Chelsea's defense performance but I hope the coach will still pay attention to every mistake that occurs.
At least Chelsea this season should be able to get good achievements after being able to get a coach who for me is worthy of bringing Chelsea to compete with other big clubs and I am sure that even though Enzo Maresca has a heavy burden but he knows what he has to do to maintain the club's consistency.