Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 673. (Read 774756 times)

I believe that was why Alvarez also left City because he is a second choice player and due to his quality and potentials he deserves to be among the first eleven of any club he is playing in. His departure will not affect City and since a replacement would be made that will not be any problem. Alvarez in Atletico will have the chance and opportunity to score as many goals as he likes since he is a starter there and that is what he wants and not being a sub-player.

Man, not again, and this is crazy. Could someone tell me how much money Chelsea spent on goalkeepers now? It's very obvious this team is not even working to be a title contender, and this is what Todd wanted. I guess Chelsea is having a plan to flip talents for profit. It's risky. But, it makes sense since they spent $100 million. They got 5 talents, compared to when they only bought 1 talent for the same amount. The ratio for Chelsea to lose money can be minimized, but this is crazy, you know. But this seems to me that if i think Chelsea is becoming a football talent management agency.

It's totally different from when Abramovich was still there. Chelsea had the ambition to be a top European football team then. But, it's all vanished under a new owner.

Rodrygo may realize that Manchester City is not his dream team, but that doesn't mean he won't do well at Manchester City. Pep Guardiola certainly has players he wants to bring in to replace Alvarez, but he will not force players who don't want to play for them. Rodrygo is not suitable for Manchester City, so Pep Guardiola will likely find an alternative.

There are many alternatives available on the market if Pep Guardiola wants to bring in a replacement for Alvarez, but in my opinion Manchester City actually needs a good midfielder to anticipate the injury-prone De Bruyne. Bernardo Silva is also not as good as he was a few seasons ago, so Pep must anticipate that as soon as possible.

I cannot conclude that Manchester City's greatness is only about Haaland although indeed, I also admit that Haaland is very productive even though Haaland's productivity only occurs in the Premier League. But at least, the main factor Manchester City still managed to be consistent with good performance so far because of a great coach. Because anyway, when Pep Guardiola gets full support from the board and the team as a whole, then of course Pep Guardiola will really succeed in making the team impressive too.

Therefore, I can only assume that the factor of Pep Guardiola is still the most important factor about the success of Manchester City so far. After all, if for example Pep Guardiola leaves then I am sure, Manchester City will not always have a good chance like in the Pep Guardiola era. Thus, because Manchester City also still managed to keep Pep Guardiola, then whatever the composition of the squad Manchester City has, then I will still believe Manchester City will remain fine.

Everything works and to hand. If a team is buying new players without tactics and a good head coach, they will hardly see the team's improvement because, in the end, the new players will adopt the team's patterns of playing. But with a good head coach, bringing new players always adds value to the team. If they always want improvement, they will surely bring in new players to help strengthen the performance of the team. If any team refuses to add more new players every season, they will hardly see improvement because, no matter what, every season a good head coach must discover the weak players in the team. So, they need to replace them in the team to not drop the value and performance of the team.

As for me, the only teams I can predict their performance for now are Manchester City and Arsenal. With the set of players these two have and the way I see their players even playing in this preseason, there is a higher probability that these two teams will be the fighters for next season's Premier League. From observation of other teams, I can't really say much about their performances because I believe with the players they also have, they will come along the line and fight for the trophy. Aston Villa surprised us last season with their great performances, so next season we are also expecting a new surprise from another team again.

It only looks like Liverpool has already made players and for the new player to join he has to wait for the right opportunity given to him which many won't want, they want that regular playing time and I feel that was why he didn't go for Liverpool and I feel player like Mo Salah need to leave for others to take the spot, age is not in his side and he's an injury prone player. With how the club is handling the pressure of getting a new player I don't think they're ready to add any player to the squad and is something the fans don't want to see, the fans want their team to get involved in the market too. Since they can't get this player who chooses Dortmund over the Reds it only means that Liverpool can't give him what he wants (playing time) with the bucket loads of players.

I think both Man United and Man City will not take the match lightly. Moreover, the rivalry between the two teams is very strong, so a victory over their rivals will give them pride. Man City is probably better prepared for this match than Man United because Man United is again facing the problems that plagued them last season, that is an injury crisis. It is quite unfortunate that Man United cannot play with their best squad. Leny Yoro and Rasmus Hojlund will definitely not take part, while, Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw are still unsure whether they will be able to play in this game.

Manchester City having a player like Haaland is one of the reasons why Manchester City is more superior than arsenal because Haalaand is a player that scores goals for Manchester City consistently. Arsenal struggle to meet up with the standard of Manchester City because they do not have a player like Haaland.  I know Arsenal have done very well in their performance in two seasons now, but for me i don't think the quality they have can be matched with what Manchester City have.

I just hope with the experience from the previous season it can make a good difference this season.  One of the advantage of Manchester City is the experience they have in both players and the coach.  

Sometimes players reject a move to a club because they feel they might not get enough playing time. In the case of Liverpool, he feels he'd be pressured to meet up with the likes of Coady Gkapo, Salah, Darwin Nunez and the rest so I guess going to Dortmund seems like a fair enough place for him and like you said, it's the player's choice.

I remember reading about this somewhere, but I was too in a hurry and didn't quite pay attention to grab the core details, but all the same, what I have to say is that it's his life and decision, different people have different choices, and sometimes, we possibly can or do come across some people with what seems to us like odd choices, and this is because people see things differently.

We never can really understand why the young player(striker) rejected Liverpool's offer and choose to remain in the Bundesliga, only have a personal chat with him, perhaps, can one get to find out why he made that decision, but then, like I said before, is his life, and choices are his too.

Currently both teams deserve to be favorites as challengers for the title next season, even though Arsenal performance has improved drastically in the last few years, we have to admit that Manchester City is still much better and more complex in every line compared to the squad that Arsenal have today, Arsenal last season could be said to be a team that had very high goal productivity but we cannot deny that they are still below Manchester City and we can see that Manchester City has 5 more goals than Arsenal, apart from that the main factor that makes Manchester City attack What's better is the presence of Haalaand in their squad who can continue to be a mainstay in the front line, in contrast to Arsenal who don't have a center striker they can rely on all this time, so to be able to compete with Manchester City, Arsenal should now be able to recruit a center striker who can Become a competitor for Haalaand next season.

There are three things that Guardiola has that Arteta has not been able to match, ^[1] Guardiola genius exceeds Arteta abilities, ^[2] he also handles a bigger team than Arsenal which Arteta is currently handling, ^[3] the club that Guardiola handles has more money than Arsenal. This advantage allows Guardiola to easily bring in quality players to add to his attack.

Arsenal's failure so far has always been in the attack line which has not been able to maintain its sharpness, after they managed to surpass Manchester City points, they have always failed to maintain their performance. Arsenal defence also needs to improve, an unexpected defeat like last season must be avoided if they are to win the EPL trophy. Arteta is almost able to make Arsenal break Manchester City dominance, but he needs to maintain Arsenal toughness from the start of the season until the end of the season.

Man UTD will be playing Man City tomorrow in the community shield and  this will be the third time the two sides are meeting and of the three times they've met, Man UTD have won two of them. Bookies are pitting Man City as favorites to win which is not a surprise because Pep Guardiola's side are strong and formidable but this is football and anything can happen. This was the same thing that happened during the FA cup final when no one, absolutely no one expected Man UTD to even get a goal from that game but it happened that they were able to silence the chants of the City fans and douse their expectations when they took the cup.

From how things have been, Man UTD tend to get more favor in games like this and since statistics show they have been more frequent at carrying it than City, maybe they will be looking to take it the third time? We know Pep Guardiola is highly competitive but since the community shield is not as important as the FA cup, I doubt he'd put in much work, but who knows, maybe they'd try to win it just to spite Man UTD, who knows?

I think for all the years he played for the other clubs last season was the best I have seen of the man Solanke, if not for lack of consistency he would have gotten the Golden Boot but he did his best with those number of goals.
I don't think Arsenal can get Osimhen because the Gunners don't seem serious about getting the Nigeria striker, it is either the Sporting CP attacker they are eying at the moment and if they don't get this guys then they should show more interest in Solanke after all Tottenham Hotspur can't give him champions league football so I guess the Gunners have the open opportunity to get him.
To me I can't settle for Jesus and Kai even if Havertz has been brilliant but we shouldn't rely much on him. Is hard to say what will happen next season because Richarlison can become a better player than he is last season, we know he doesn't have that luck of getting goals but every striker will have to sit up to keep their place in their team if not you see guys who are suppose to start are the ones sitting on the bench, and you'd agree with me that Richarlison always comes in as a sub so he can do something different next season.

Liverpool fans must be very worried. Because Liverpool is still quiet in this summer transfer window. But it has emerged that Liverpool have been dealt a blow in their pursuit of Maximilian Beier, with the club set to miss out on signing Hoffenheim striker Maximilian Beier in the summer transfer window. The 21-year-old has rejected interest from Liverpool to stay in the Bundesliga and is set to move to Borussia Dortmund.
I don't understand why Maximilian Beier chose the Bundesliga instead of the top league Premier League. Meanwhile, Liverpool is a much bigger team than Borussia Dortmund. Perhaps the Champions League runner-up title attracted him more.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/29763742/liverpool-maximilian-beier-transfer-zubimendi/#:~:text=LIVERPOOL%20are%20set%20to%20miss,Borussia%20Dortmund%20on%20the%20cards.&text=Beier%20has%20been%20a%20Premier,breakout%20season%20in%202023%2D24.

Manchester City had an uncertain pre-season due to the participation of the leaders in the Euros and Copa America, but Erling Holland is in great shape and ready to score. At the same time, Manchester United had good results in the pre-season tournaments, but the team faced serious problems: defenders Maguire, Evans and Lindelöf are injured, as well as attacking leader Højlund. Given these problems in defense, it will be extremely difficult to contain Holland, so I bet on Manchester City to win.

Arsenal's attack at the end of the season, in my opinion, looked even more confident than City's, but the main thing is not episodic bursts of good play, but stability, this is what the result depends on, and it seems to me that it is very difficult to compete with City in this regard. City planned to get Rodrigo from Real to replace Alvarez, but I think that Alvarez's absence is not critical, he was not a key player in Guardiola's team, and by the way, this was one of the main reasons for his departure. Yes, he is an important substitute player, but City has someone to play in attack without him. Rodrigo, by the way, doesn't want to leave Real, so this won't happen.

Yes, I agree with your opinion that the adaptation factor is something that cannot be avoided if a team recruits new players and that is what Manchester United is experiencing this season. The reason is that in the transfer market last summer, Manchester United bought several expensive players such as Rasmus Hojlund and Mason Mount. However, as a result, Manchester United is getting worse in the Premier League this season. So as you said, this is definitely caused by the player's poor adaptation factor. Maybe if the Manchester United players who joined last summer can adapt completely, maybe Manchester United can be a little better next season. However, this still cannot guarantee that Manchester United can shine next season. Because in essence it is not the only factor that makes a team shine. However, many factors are needed for a football team to be able to produce excellent performance. So we'll see what Manchester United will be like in the next season, whether it will move in a positive direction or move in a more negative direction. If it moves in a positive direction, Ten Hag will definitely continue to get a contract extension. But if for example Manchester United moves in a more negative direction, I think Ten Hag could be fired by Manchester United in the middle of the season.

Well, I'm glad there are those who think the same way where it could be like money laundering because it really doesn't make sense in their main squad they have 43 players and we know that many players will not be used for a full season. Usually for a main team they only have 22 players or less that includes their reserve players but here we see Chelsea there is an indirect oddity.

Todd Boehly is known as a successful businessman but he still lacks experience in this field compared to other club owners and he seems mediocre with the management's attitude of taking some useless players. I hope there will be further investigation for Chelsea because everyone has also started to suspect them.

If I'm not mistaken, based on the picture above¹, Chelsea currently has a total of 43 players, including new and old players. Not only are you confused about what Chelsea is doing, they are not targeting an ideal game next season but it's like they are laundering money. It is true that Chelsea has a lot of useless players, maybe Chelsea management doesn't realize it. Busy shopping for unnecessary needs, until they forget that their headquarters is full of garbage. Todd Boehly is trying to break the Muri record with the most and worst squad, after being in his hands Chelsea is no longer the Chelsea we know.