Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 686. (Read 774975 times)

After previously getting negative results from two friendly matches, in today's match Madrid were able to return to winning ways and end their pre-season tour with positif result, while Chelsea will likely still receive criticism from fans after achieving another negative result in this match, to be honest even though the match was a friendly match, I doubt whether Chelsea next season will be able to compete with other teams in the EPL, although they have currently made major changes to their squad, but in this match the majority of Chelsea players played very badly and I don't even know what hhat Maresca did looked like it was really which difficult to instruct her players to play well in that match, the substitutions she made did not improve Chelsea game and tended to make their game worse.

The two goals scored by Madrid in that match were actually not due to the greatness of the Madrid players, but rather the poor and weak defense that Chelsea currently has, even from what we saw today, don't we all really miss Rudiger, Thiago Silva and also Koulibally is currently in Chelsea defense, not the clowns that Chelsea bought expensively, such as Fofana, Colwill and Badiashile.
I think Madrid second goal could have been prevented if only Badiashile had moved quicker to block the ball into the goal and not just watched without making the slightest effort to prevent it.

Mr @X-ray I never said the Blues have improved and never will I say such until I see some improvement which I haven't seen in a very long while, they look like a team that can withstand the pressure of Madrid from the start but after few minutes they went back to default settings. Careless with the ball never know when to release the ball and the manager isn't seeing those crazy errors. No matter how long the players of Madrid stay due to resting or holiday as the case maybe, the Madrid B team will always beat Chelsea and is a shame that for almost 3-4 friendlies they (Chelsea) haven't changed a bit and they're even get extremely bad in performance.
The manager Enzo Maresca hasn't done anything since his arrival at Stanford Bridge because all the players have been doing is run without direct, no coordination like team play, at least try to recreate something, is like nobody is learning from their mistakes. Chelsea defense has never been in good shape right from last season so this is a medium for other clubs to make use of the chance to get 3 point out from them, it will be another season of point giveaway.
Chelsea isn't finished yet, I'd blame the manager for trying something he knows won't work, he doesn't have what it takes to deliver and it seems like the manage is trying to bring this trial and error style which I don't fancy in any way, it will only bring more confusion to the squad and come to think of it, doesn't Maresca knows his first 11?🤔

After reading some of the opinions you guys have discussed, I conclude that although this match is not too important, it is difficult to predict.
If we think Manchester City will win, but Man Utd in the FA Cup was able to beat Pep Guardiola's troops, while an unimportant match like this, Manchester City usually won't take it seriously and just play simply without pursuing victory.
However, if we think so, it is impossible for Manchester City to give up in this Community Shield match because Pep Guardiola's reputation will certainly still be prioritized before the match starts.



From my betting choices, there are 2 choices, such as if you want to get certainty, maybe choose City to score more than 1.5 with odds @1.58.
However, if you want to get big profits from our prediction speculation, choosing Man Utd to score more than 1.5 with odds @2.95 is very profitable.

I remember Ten Hag said when they won the FA Cup that he was confident of beating City if his key players were not injured. But unfortunately many of Manchester United's players are injured ahead of the Community Shield. I favor City to win the Community Shield. Ten Hag probably still has a good tactic to beat City because he did it in the FA Cup final. But without the players he needs it will be difficult for Ten Hag to play his tactics. I just hope United's players can recover from their injuries when the season starts. I expect United to have a good start to the season with their current squad.

Dude, Chelsea hasn't improved. They keep getting fresh complaints. Some Real Madrid players are back from their holiday. They are not fit to play, like Rodrygo. But Chelsea's defense looks so disastrous to fight Real Madrid players. I'm really disappointed. Chelsea's defense has never improved at all.
Also, the season hasn’t even started, and teams have already figured out how to beat Chelsea. Just sit and wait for Chelsea's defense to make mistakes. This is not funny how Maresca's system doesn't fit Chelsea's roster.

Some nonsense things happened in the game. They put Malo Gusto at midfielder. This wasted Gusto's attacking potential with this inverted RCB nonsense. Chelsea fans must be tired of their club. The clueless owners and directors bought all the wrong players. I think Chelsea is finished.

There wasn't much Chelsea could do in the friendly matches they played recently and today Chelsea was defeated by Real Madrid with a narrow score of 1:2 Chelsea also didn't make many shots. I also don't think Chelsea can beat Real Madrid because in the previous match they were defeated by Man City.
Chelsea got less than satisfactory results and I also didn't expect many to criticize Enzo Maresca because Chelsea lost in this pre-season match even though we don't know what the coach will do when the season starts later.

as I predicted before Chelsea and Real Madrid will definitely not score more than 4 goals.

Ten Hag was expected to be fire around the end of past season but Manchester United decided to continue with him at least one more season. It's not easy to say this decision is good or bad because he will have one more season to defend his coach position. Manchester United will use a next season to assess his work and at this moment, there is no enough more evidence from Manchester United to make a tough decision against Ten Hag.

I see it is pure rumor, nothing more than that. If Manchester United did not sack Ten Hag months ago but oppositely decided to use him, it does not make sense to sack him now when a new season is in the air.

As far as I know Manchester United are banking on their current manager for one more season. Manchester United did not get good results under this manager yet Manchester United gave the manager another chance. 

If Manchester United stick to their singular decision this transfer season, if they extend their current manager's contract for another season, I would assume this is the last chance for Ten Hag. If Ten Hag fails to deliver good performance this season, Manchester United will definitely fire this manager without thinking about next season. But now there are rumors that Manchester United could change this manager. 
Basically when the transfer window opens there are many such rumors and all kinds of rumors are likely to come true now it remains to be seen whether Manchester United will trust their old manager or hand over the reins of their club to another manager.

One shot on target and we have a goal in the friendly between Madrid vs Chelsea, I just hope that before the end of the game we won't be having a fresh complain from the Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca because it seems like is what we're going to be getting from him especially whenever things doesn't work as planned next campaign.
The Chelsea squad look fresh to take on this Madrid side but they lack that togetherness, playing with much confidence and I don't see anything too special about the Madrid side that can drop the morale of the Blues, they can get something in this game if they go all out after all nothing much is at stake, they (Chelsea) should just avoid defeat.

I see nothing special in this game. We know the FA Cup is more prestigious than the Community Shield. I prefer to bet on a City win. United beat City in last season's FA Cup, but I'm not sure if City will play with their full squad. And losing in this game doesn't make one of these clubs a loser. 
United had a few new players. They have not yet integrated with their system. I take double chance as my safe zone to bet. Also, winning or losing doesn't matter in this game. I see it as a glorified friendly match between Manchester United and Manchester City.

It will simply be a City match... I would say that Manchester United moral for the pre-season has been calmed by injuries of both their old and newly signed players. So, I do not expect them to face Manchester City with alot of energy in order not to sustain more injuries before season will start.

However it is community shield which doesn't have much importance but yet it is a derby match and so we expect it to have the derby weight. So, it will still be an interesting match and probably a win for the citizens.

Still the Community Shield could be important for them in this match, I'm sure they will field their main squad to win this match we don't know how much possession but sure it will be Manchester City.

That is not in favor of Manchester United, some of the main players must be absent due to injury, I don't dare to bet on Manchester United's victory if the situation is like now like a lack of players later.

Maybe Erik Ten Hag will try to make a better strategy in order to win the match with his rivals.

Enzo Maresca seems to have to work harder to create balance in the team, this is because the club has invested too much in young players. I think it will take a few seasons to see Chelsea squad become more mature, so they can become one of the trophy challengers. Chelsea defense is indeed porous, they really need to fix it, especially after the departure of veteran defenders like Thiago Silva. Last season Chelsea conceded 63 goals in the Premier League, it is clear that Enzo Maresca must fix his defense. Chelsea journey on the pre-season tour was also not so good, and soon Chelsea will face Madrid.

Overall Chelsea needs time to be able to return to being a respected team in the Premier League, the young squad that is currently being built needs time to process. If Chelsea avoids the injury storm like last season, Enzo Maresca has the chance to lead Chelsea to a top four finish in the standings. If Chelsea again fails to get a ticket to the Champions League next season, then I predict Enzo Maresca will also be fired like Pochettino.

I believe Ten Hag has already won the hearts of Manchester United management, he has won two trophies in his previous two seasons, a trophy that several managers were unable to win during their period at the club, and Ten Hag has done it. Even though Ten Hag fails and does not win the title next season, I don't think the management will consider firing him as the best option because every manager has a difficult season, it is not an easy job to win a trophy every season, I believe Ten Hag is doing everything he can to build the squad because last season, when they didn't have the necessary players, he still won a trophy, which satisfied the management that he is the perfect coach to improve the team.

Manchester City is the favorite in their next Community Shield game, as the FA Cup got away from them last season. Even if Manchester City performed poorly in pre-season games, it's clear that they are in better shape and do not have an injured player like Manchester United.

City won't play purely defensively but it could happen that they control the ball all game (without trying to take risks, playing "for sure"), then United will have big problems to score a goal. So I'm not at all confident in BTTS. I'll probably just place a simple bet on City, as it will be a normal game (and not a game where City players have not had time to sober up from drinking in honor of the title) as I expect them to justify their status as favorites.

That's not right at all to blame the coach for everything because to achieve the success you need to have everything you need like a player and good management also the coach is effective but that's not everything.
They blame the coach for everything in Manchester United while now Ten Hag is not guilty of all the bad results they got however he was effective in these games the had.

Problems with Manchester United were never down to just the coach, but for the past 4-5 years, everyone kept blaming the coach, not anything else. It started with club legend Ole, and it kept on going. When Ralf Rangnick took charge, he addressed a lot of problems, but the board found him problematic. But it's true that he was right.

On the other hand, Erik Ten Hag is a tactical coach. He really knows how to set up a team and beat them with tactics. He's been unlucky with injuries, and this is something we can't blame him for. He's been decent throughout his time, apart from the injuries his team went through. But yes, the standard is much higher, and I have a strong feeling they can turn it around this season.

The all entries Chelsea has a problem not the third defense Chelsea is in needed of seriously recover, because the way Chelsea has been performing all this while is not something their performance is very low honestly; one thing is ensue no matter how the Chelsea defense good reach of their midfielders are not function well is all the same level.

Chelsea manager needs to put much efforts the team if he really wants the team to be part of the successful clubs next season, because the way I’m seeing Chelsea performance since from last two season that’s how I’m still seeing them up to today there’s nothing changed, but let wait and see either this coming season will be there fervor.

I am not him, but I also said that City would trash United without a doubt, I wasn't even expecting a close game, I was expecting like some high levels of dominance from City, if the game ended with City getting a 5-0 victory, I wouldn't find that shocking. However, the whole world expected that, why did the whole world expected City to just destroy United? What was the reason?

Well I mean it's obvious, Erik Tan Hag made United play awful all season long, had the worst season in decades, I can't even remember a season when United was this bad, and that says something because they had some awful seasons. So just because he won FA cup, we should ignore the fact that he was last place in UCL groups, and he sucked insanely at league?

I do not think that would make sense, I know that he at least won something, it's better than not winning something, but at the end of the day this isn't good enough, it just doesn't make sense to me at all, feels like it is not enough. I think he should be at least doing fine for the league part, if he stays in the top four, even if he is fourth every year, that would be fine. But if he has another season like this, I think he should be fired right away.

I think it wasn't their wish to sell Conor Gallagher they are been forced to do it, look at what I discovered