Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 643. (Read 801101 times)

Cole Palmer is able to shine brightly at Chelsea because Chelsea is only full of young players whose quality is not much different from Palmer or slightly below Palmer. But when he was at Man City we knew Cole Palmer had difficulty competing there. Because we know Man City is always full of star players and experienced players. I'm happy that Cole Palmer is coming to Chelsea. Because that way he can show his true potential to everyone. Because if he stays in Man City then I think this player will find it difficult to show his potential. Because he won't have enough playing time to show it. And I don't think Pep Guardiola will regret losing Cole Palmer either. because Man City currently has many good players who can actually be relied on to make Man City continue to dominate the Premier League and even in the UCL. Cole Palmer is still young and he will still get better. So he really should be at Chelsea, which is much more interested in potential young players who will continue to be developed into better players. Meanwhile, in Man City, we always see that the players there have to be ready for much more difficult challenges. So it requires much more mature experience.

Yeah saying way too much earlier that LFC will be champions of EPL 2024/25 it's a very long journey in which you should must be consistent and execute plans on the pitch accordingly then you or your team will be able to win the title.

From now onward Pep and City management will regret to not sign this young Exciting talent because Palmer is a real threat for every team in EPL. No doubt in City they go for a Halland which is not a bad move but defiantly Palmer is still hunting Peps mind.

Nottingham Forst is one of the big surprises to me. They have had a few good games last season, but it was close in the end as they made the cut with 32 points only because Luton Town, Burnley and Sheffield were playing miserably. But I agree with you that Nottingham is not that team anymore that grants the opponent three points almost for free.

You can see the defense improved significantly. Now after six games they conceded five goals. Last season they conceded 67 goals, which averages out to around 1.9 or so while at the moment they are conceding less than one goal per game and that makes a huge difference even if their weakness is scoring goals themselves. But for as long as they know they are not conceding two goals per game, scoring one can already mean valuable points for them.

Ipswich team performance is not up to mark and they barely level the game but is good for Ipswich to show that kind of intent against Aston Villa team which is far more better than Ipswich.
And about Man U and Tottenham, they completely dominated the game and secured 3 points at Man U home.

I don't think Pep Guardiola or Manchester city's management is regretting not signing Cole Palmer because his team is still performing very well and Erling Halland is also a goal scorer so the only thing that would have made Pep Guardiola regret not signing Cole Palmer would have been if his team are not performing well or if he didn't have a striker who would match up Cole palmer's goal scoring record and if not for the 4 goals Cole Palmer scored on saturday, Erling Halland would have been the top goal scorer yet. But seriously Cole Palmer did a wonderful job for Chelsea last Saturday because scoring 4 consecutive goals in a row in either halves is a record kept by only few players in the history of football which are Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Jermain Defoe, Sergio Aguero and now Cole Palmer.

Palmer is an outstanding and perfect player to watch in terms of dribbling passing and sprinting he is a proper athlete and a player who scores on any pitch against any team. The way he played his previous game showed some lovely free-kick goals and close-range goals and still, he is way underrated in the EPL top performers list i don't know why but he is a pure and exciting young Chelsea player to watch.

Man U higher authorities confirmed that they are not sacking or firing the Ten Hag and they showed their confidence in them as well they wish him that his game plan works and is executed properly but still management is waiting for good results but sadly they haven't succeeded yet.

As hosts in this match, I think Bournemouth will win this match. And this season Bournemouth also looks much better than Southampton. Bournemouth have won 1 win this season and have only lost 2 times. Meanwhile, Southampton has suffered 4 defeats and they have never won a match at the start of this season.

My predicted score for this match is that Bournemouth will win with a score of 2-0. Even though I'm not really sure, I want to try to trust Bournemouth for this match.

Bournemouth vs Southampton

Bournemouth (confirmed lineup): Kepa Arrizabalaga, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook, Antoine Semenyo, Dango Ouattara, Marcus Tavernier, Evanilson.

Southampton (confirmed lineup): Aaron Ramsdale, Yukinari Sugawara, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Charlie Taylor, Flynn Downes, Lesley Ugochukwu, Maxwel Cornet, Mateus Fernandes, Ryan Fraser, Tyler Dibling.

Southampton are really battling to survive because they haven't recorded a single win since the starting of the league, this is so bad for them and they are going to be playing their 6th game of the season. Bournemouth only have a win too since the start, and they will be playing at Vitality Stadium which is their home, this game is very difficult to predict because currently Southampton have 3 wins against Bournemouth that have only two wins, and Southampton are not in good shape but let see whether they can perform miracles tonight at Vitality Stadium.

There is something off about Erik confidence and the things that he do say and comments after their games especially the games they lost and it seems to me that the contact he signed with Manchester United don't just give him the job as a coach and manager of the club but also protect him from been sack and replace by another person and he doesn't even get scared like other coaches do, not even remorseful but will complain about the players.

He is used to "sack" statement anytime he lost a match, doesn't this and that and doesn't care if he is sack for not winning but they have a lot of works to do. Pochettino didn't last long when he was saying those statements but here we are with Erik confidence. Today, barely 12 hours when they lost their match against Tottenham, he quickly came to Old Trafford for training, I don't know who gave him advice but he was quick to the field today, very unpredictable manager with ego.

In fact, we were all surprised by Ten Hag not being fired at the end of last season after Manchester United had very bad results in the Premier League and also in the UCL. Ten Hag's career was saved only because Manchester United won the FA Cup last season. And the funny thing is that we weren't the only ones surprised at that time. Because I read a news story at that time that talked about Manchester United players who were also surprised to hear that Ten Hag had not been fired and that Ten Hag would still be their coach next season.

Now Manchester United is really having a pretty bad season again. because currently Manchester United is even ranked 12th. Chelsea, which everyone doubts, is currently in a better ranking. In fact, in the last two seasons we have seen that Chelsea and Manchester United have had the same problem regarding their consistency on the field. But it seems like Chelsea have been able to overcome their problems. Meanwhile, Manchester United still cannot overcome their problems.

One of the most plausible reasons I can think of is that Manchester United don't want to pay a compensation fee for Ten Hag if they sack him while his contract is active. If they realize that Ten Hag cannot improve what they expect, then it should be easy for Manchester United to fire him like the decision of other clubs to fire their coaches. I have no other reason, in fact I believe Manchester United no longer fully trusts Ten Hag's ability to manage the team.

The depth of the squad must be increased, the coach must be replaced, even according to some advice I think Manchester United's management also needs to change. I mean, it's probably time to consider a change of owner if this club wants to be the best competitor in the Premier League again instead of just Manchester City.

Certainly Cole Palmer would have been more good than this if he had go to Manchester City considering his efforts in scoring even when he has a limited resources in terms of assistance in Chelsea but he still manages to deliver, so certainly he would have score far more higher than Haaland if he was to be in Manchester City because everything he would need in terms assist and those that would create scoring opportunity for him are all there, so it would have been much easier for him since he is also an Independent player. However let's imagine Haaland and Cole Palmer to exchange team, there is no way Haaland will even score the way he normally do in Manchester City.

How will anyone even support Ten Hag with his current performance? Manchester United fans are really the ones calling for his sack, Manchester United performances have been so poor since last season, Manchester United are struggling with even clubs that they are supposed to win comfortably, Manchester United fans are just tired with the disappointment that they are getting from the club whenever they play, and they know the problem is not from the players alone, the coach also has to be blame because he is not just making use of the right players in matches, it’s just like Ten Hag is having some kind of personal problem with some players.

Ten Hag is a difficult manager to work with and he’s also not getting results. If the hierarchy of Manchester United could let Ronaldo and Sancho go just to please the manager, I doubt they would sack him. Last season, there were rumours that Erik Ten Hag was going to be sacked. The worst thing that happened to Manchester United was winning the FA Cup. It gave United the false impression that Ten Hag was going to turn things around for the club. Things have gone from bad to worst under Ten Hag. What would it take for Manchester United to fire Ten Hag?

It's quite unfortunate how the great  Manchester United has fallen so greatly. It pains knowing how much their management has failed in providing a solid squad. However  the only solution to this mess is a change in management, I believe  ten hag has failed  and this is actually  bringing the team to an undesired level. He needs to be compensated and let go else they might end the season really  close to the relegated zone, and if not careful  they might relegate this season, because its obvious  almost  every team is taking their turn in defeating Manchester  United. Ten hag has made several unfavorable transfer decision.

The hardest part for ETH right now that he has very tough two games ahead of him. They are going to play against Porto and then Villa. Porto did lose their first game unexpectedly so they will want to get points from this without a doubt, while maybe it could end in a draw, we know that Porto will do their very best to win this game no matter what, and that's the most important thing. If United loses that, then they are going to face Villa, who has been doing amazing so far and did very well even last year, so there is a big chance that Villa will win, even odds say that Villa should be winning the game.

So because of that, there is a potential that they could end with two more losses back to back. In that case, maybe they will fire ETH right on the spot after Villa game, and try to find some other manager during the internation break and get some good manager, don't know who they can get at the middle of the season but they really do need to find someone.

Lampard and Potter are both free agents right now, and I honestly can't see how either could be worse than ETH, they both could do better job, not sure but it's a possibility. And for foreigners we have Tuchel and Xavi, I know Tuchel could be great there is no doubt, Xavi is questionable but could do very well too. I think they should at least go and talk and see if it can be done.

Since the start of the 2023/24 season, no player have had more goals involvement in the English Premier League than Cole Palmer. The England attacker have two more than Manchester City's Erling Haaland. Considering the fact that Cole Palmer was deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester City which made them allow him join Chelsea last year's summer, do you think Pep Guardiola and the management of Manchester City is now regretting the decision to allow him go or not? Would he have been this prolific if he had remained at Manchester City?

Erik Ten Hag should have left a long time ago and I was surprised when he was not sacked at the end of the year, because the results were average and Manchester United invested a lot of money in players, maybe a little less than Chelsea, but still it was a huge amount, and no one sees the results.
Although I still don't understand why Pocchietino was sacked at the end of last season, but now we see how Maresca has improved the team and Chelsea are having one of their best seasons in recent years and I think that if Ten Hag had been sacked at the end of last season, Manchester United could also have had a good start to the season on that occasion but unfortunately Ten Hag still in charge.