Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 680. (Read 774846 times)

Well, for Alonso, this is the first defeat in friendly matches, I don't think Alonso wanted to play a match with Arsenal just to test a few new players, this could have been done with any team, and these are the last preparatory matches before the start of the season and here the coaches, in my opinion, put out lineups close to optimal, perhaps with the exception of a few positions in which they still have doubts. I think we will be able to see how strong Bayer is at the group stage of the Champions League, but after the Europa League final it was clear that Bayer is not as strong as expected.

Apparently no one coach can succeed with Chelsea as long as Bowley is in charge of transfer policy, because sell how can a coach win if Bowley decided to sell Gallagher for 45 million and buy an unknown Omorodion for 45 million instead.
I don't think any coach with that kind of leadership can be successful. After the sacking of Pochettino last year it was very sad because Chelsea's failure was virtually predetermined. Pochettino was able to lead Chelsea out of the crisis that the team was in for almost 2 seasons, managed to unlock Palmer's potential and lead the team to the European Cup and then he was sacked at the end of the season, which seemed crazy, but apparently Pochettino knew that Bowley would again make transfers as he wanted, without taking into account the opinion of the coach and decided to leave himself, so as not to fail next season.

It seem Chelsea are not that prepared to start this season even though pre-season doesn't worth playing for but at least it shouldn't be the way they are playing it, they have had five pre seasons matches and they only won one and a draw, am not satisfied with this two matches because the both team are not upto Chelsea strength that why they are able to hold them. Celtic, Manchester city and Real Madrid won against Chelsea and this are the kind of team Chelsea will be playing with throughout the competitions, they will have their last pre season match against inter Milan l hope the can be able to fix all their problems before start the Premier League match against the champion Manchester City.

We have a very long season ahead so we can’t conclude on what Enzo Maresca can achieve yet because this is just  the preseason. Pochettino came in and had a wonderful preseason performance which raised the hopes of everyone and making the fans believe they will witness a blossom season but when the season started it was not as we expected. Pre season does not determine anything and i believe Enzo Maresca will identify the mistakes made in the preseason and correct them so i have hope that their performance will improve as the season progresses.

Maybe Todd Boehly doesn’t want Pochettino style that why he sacked him, i know he believes in Maresca’s abilities and he will give him the opportunity and enough time to build this team even if it will take more than a season. Arteta also didn’t build Arsenal in a season and when he started Arsenal also went through this process and struggled at the beginning.

I pray Todd Boehly gives this manager a chance because it is difficult for a team to be transformed in a season.

It is a very big win for Arsenal and can increase their confidence a lot before a new season. Leverkusen in the last season, shown that even with their alternative squad, they were able to maintain strength and played very strongly. This match is only a friendly match and I don't know what's happening in Leverkusen now but if they are as same as last season, with a strong alternative squad, this big win is very impressive performance from Arsenal.

This big red warning for Alonso and Leverkusen before a new season. They will have a better squad when main players returned to the club, for training and matches in a new season but if they can use such big defeats as big lessons for improvement, they will be able to maintain their strength and increase it too.

Xabi Alonso and Leverkusen will aim at a new season to defend Bundesliga title and try to play well in Champions League. The new season will be very ambitious for Leverkusen but it's certainly very difficult for Xabi Alonso and his players.

It's very clear now that Arsenal will still take a good lead in the next season, because they are doing a great work in this pre-season matches and they where able to defeated Bayer Leverkusen 4-1 to embraced victory from the match which many teams never achieve in this pre-season competition. I know that game can change either positive or negative but for Arsenal case, I don't think it will change negative when the season start, because they have perform well in all their pre-season matches which is the evidence many managements want to see from their managers to know how prepare they have prepared in this summer season. Even though Arsenal win all their pre-season matches, i don't think they can defeat Manchester city in the premier League competition to win the title, because Manchester city players are still very strong to repeat what happened last season to win the title again.

Arsenal remains a team that will not win the EPL, they are indeed starting to develop and show their class, especially since they have just defeated a club that last season had one defeat, namely Leverkusen with a very convincing score of 4-1, a victory for Arsenal, of course with this victory they consider that Arsenal has made very rapid progress, but I say otherwise, this is just pre-season, there is nothing to exaggerate because they are only hunting for stamina in this match, so in this case I cannot say that Arsenal will be the right candidate to win the EPL next season, of course with the assumption that Man United is doing something that should be a consideration for EPL teams next season and Man City, yes they are indeed in good strength as long as Pep is still in their position. For me, Arsenal will not compete to be champions next season, in fact I think they will compete in 3/4 position because they have not found a good striker for their team to make their spearhead more fierce, so it cannot be expected for a team that does not have a good striker to be able to win the competition, of course for them they still have many shortcomings and in my opinion Arsenal is not a team that deserves attention next season.

Of course, if they play like that, like when they won against Leverkusen, there would certainly be great potential for Arteta's troops to become champions in the EPL and there would certainly be great potential for Arsenal fans' dreams to come true, namely seeing Arsenal become EPL champions.
Of course, Arsenal's match against Leverkusen was the last pre-season match for Arsenal and of course Arteta's troops ended the pre-season match well and beautifully. and of course the EPL match is just around the corner and what is certain is that I see that Arsenal's preparations are certainly sufficient and they are definitely ready to compete in the EPL match.

Arsenal's next match is certainly an interesting match because Arsenal will compete against Lyon in the Emirates Cup final and of course I'm sure Arsenal will definitely use their best strategy and I'm also sure Arteta will definitely field Arsenal's main squad so that Arsenal can win and become champions but what is certain is Lyon It also cannot be taken lightly, but what is clear is that the competition will be tight in that match, but I predict that in that match, Arsenal will have great potential win against Lyon. What do you think, who will win?

This is a mistake because the fact that they made Maresca the coach was the result of Poche leaving (not fired) but decided to leave professionally by mutual decision because the relationship was not very good. Although it happened because of Todd's own actions but Poche's departure was not because he was fired and we have discussed this a lot.

Pochettino has left by mutual consent

But I agree with what you say where Todd always gambles with their circumstances and it is evident when Todd always hopes for more with the money he has when in fact it always makes them hassle because in the end a lot of money cannot be accompanied by good management.

There is still no clarity about Manuel Ugarte, while Man United must quickly get a new player in the defensive midfielder position because their season will start soon. If indeed they can't sign Manuel Ugarte, then Sander Berge could be an option for them. I think if Sander Berge is given the opportunity to play in a big team, he could be a very tough midfielder because as far as I know, he has ability to read opponent's movements and breaking up opposition attacks.

But now the problem is, that Burnley seems to want to take advantage of Man United's situation and will give a high asking price for Sander Berge. While Man United probably won't want to pay that much because Sander Berge is not their main target.

I doubt that Maresca is capable of achieving more with Chelsea than Pochettino did. If Alex Ferguson said that he would like to see Pochettino as the Manchester United coach, then this is an indicator that he should be trusted more, but Boehly sees it his own way. I think he also wants only the best for the team and is trying to change something, hoping to find a coach who can make Chelsea a team that can become a champion. The Conference League is not the level that Boehly wants to see.

Yes, I was surprised to see Arteta's men so serious in this match. I don't think Arsenal will be serious in this pre-season match. Because if you look at the other teams undergoing pre-season matches, almost none of them are really serious about winning their matches. Maybe because the opponent Leverkusen is a special attraction for Arteta and also the Arsenal players. Because as we know, Leverkusen is unbeaten this season in the Bundesliga, and Leverkusen has also qualified for the Europa League final this season even though they lost to Atalanta. So I think Arteta saw these factors, therefore in this match his team was motivated to play seriously. Apart from that, after watching this match I saw Arsenal's performance was very good, maybe if Arsenal can continue to maintain this good performance I am sure it will be very beneficial for Arsenal in the Premier League. Because as we know, in this match Arsenal fielded many of their main players, so the performance shown by Arsenal in this match was definitely their original performance.

Apart from that, in a few days Arsenal will also compete against Lyon in the Emirates Cup final. This match will definitely be very exciting, so I will not miss this match because I will also bet on this match. Because I believe that with Arsenal's current performance, Lyon will definitely be very easy to beat. And speaking of Leverkusen, in this match did not show its true performance. However, I'm sure Xabi Alonso definitely doesn't want his team to lose this match. So in essence, this crushing defeat was clearly beyond Xabi's predictions. Apart from that, it is true that for Granit Xhaka, this match was his first match against his former club, after moving to Leverkusen in the transfer market last season.

Chelsea under Todd Boehly has weird policy because they always be signing unknown young players which we still don't know they are potential players or not and i think this is wrong moved because we can see it that mostly those players who buy were failed to in form and this make Chelsea cannot playing consistent

But unfortunately Chelsea keep doing that and we can see it based on the players they bought this summer because we usually still don't know their quality besides that currently Chelsea has 44 players at their squad and this is too much considering the league only allowing Chelsea to register 25 players total for next season so Chelsea have to sell at least 19 players

I found a news about Chelsea because according to their policy the manager do not have the right to decide which players to buy so the policy for selecting players is determined by the Chelsea owner himself and this is also makes Pochettino complaining about this thing because he was unable to choose the players he want

Arsenal played very well yesterday against Bayer Leverkusen. I didn’t expect a high scoreline like that. I understand it’s a preseason friendly game but Arsenal took it personal. They’re a very good side. They have improved massively and are going about strengthening their squad ahead of the next season.

It’s obvious that they are definitely going to give Manchester City a deadly run for the EPL title this season. Liverpool is not in the mix. Manchester City and Arsenal are the only two sides that will Challenge for the title. I think everyone is predicting a top-2 finish for Arsenal. They’re doing so because of their recent antecedents, squad strength, stability and strong champions mentality. And they feel that these attributes doesn’t apply to Liverpool and others.

I don't think it's a gamble but Chelsea want to build this team with many potential young players which means they want to build a team with a strong framework for the future and if that is their projection then it is natural that in the last few seasons Chelsea's performance will not be good and indeed basically building a football team cannot be done instantly, I think the steps taken by Chelsea now are quite right unless they replace/fire Enzo Maresca again.

Chelsea's new management does not really understand how to build a strong football team, they have made many mistakes in the last few seasons and maybe that is a valuable lesson so now they are trying to do things the other way around to build this team.

Arsenal is a team that has started to improve in the last two seasons so Arsenal will not immediately be bad in this new season. Because Arsenal still has an experienced coach and also some of its mainstay players so Arsenal still has to be considered by its rivals including Manchester City itself. In addition, we can see how Arsenal starts this season in the middle of this month because the new Premier League season will start soon and as usual everyone will see how their favorite team plays in the new season later.

Perhaps Chelsea is investing in young players?
Obviously, there are many easy players who are recruited but they still fail to perform their best for Chelsea and now bringing in 20-year-old Samu Omorodion, it is clear that they have no experience, and it could be that when playing it will be nervous for the player.

Chelsea are indeed generous in buying players they can buy what players they want but it doesn't get better and indeed the player has potential at the previous club when he comes to Chelsea like no contribution.

Stupid signing by Chelsea, I'd rather choose to sign 30 years old striker that plays in the top teams instead of potential players that haven't prove anything. Chelsea is already full of potential players, they're lack of experienced users that's why Chelsea performance is really inconsistent.

Chelsea is really like gambling, first they gamble to sack Pochettino for Maresca, then they gamble to sign many potential players again.

The initial problem arose because Todd Boehly put too much pressure on Pochettino to immediately bring Chelsea to their best performance, but Pochettino could not fulfill this demand because it was impossible for him to do so in his first season. Now that the two parties have parted ways and Chelsea have found a new coach, perhaps the demands will return to Enzo Maresca, who is now Chelsea coach.

Todd Boehly expectations are too high, he wants something that a coach can't give in just one season. If it continues like this, Chelsea will have a hard time developing because the coach is working under pressure from management. It is not yet certain what Pochettino experienced will be felt by Enzo Maresca or not, but if Todd Boehly does not give the coach time, the possibility of another coaching change is very large.

Pre-season matches will certainly evaluate the coach's strategy, this is to test the players about mentality and see the game because every player the coach must know where the right position is to do in the League match later.

At least in pre-season matches Arsenal did not show a decline, especially with several players already brought in by Arteta, therefore the point of weakness can be overcome and when competing with Man City they are ready with everything that happens when they meet.