Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 688. (Read 775016 times)

I removed some part of your post due to how lengthy it is. I don't think Manchester united management is ready to fire Ten Hang because there is no perfect time to fire him than at the end of last season when clubs who were not satisfied with their couch fire them. Everyone expected to wake up to the news of Ten Hang sack but were all shocked hearing that he will continue as the head couch. He has a very good relationship with the management crew and that's what is keeping him. I quite agree that they have players who have potential but then injury is giving them tough time and Ten Hang on the other hand doesn't know how to make good use of the available ones with his preference and selection.

Of course Enzo Maresca needs time with Chelsea, don't expect Chelsea to be strong in the near future even though they have a good squad with Chelsea. Because to become a strong team, the coach must have strong chemistry between players and so far I haven't seen that at Chelsea. The pre-season matches were still very disappointing, they lacked focus and were not sharp. Enzo Maresca must also be able to make his players stop making mistakes over and over again. If Chelsea wants to be a top team again, he must not make those silly mistakes again.

In my opinion, Chelsea also really needs an experienced center back like Silva to provide knowledge to the young players. Because, Chelsea's defense is currently far from good and can win the title. In addition, Chelsea players need intensive passing training and really intense shooting training. All of that can be overcome if Enzo Maresca is given enough time, not just one season, because Chelsea's culture is no longer good to continue, every bad coach is immediately fired. Hopefully Chelsea will not do this again to Enzo Maresca.

That is if the players he bought are in prime condition for next season, because it would be useless if they were injured like Yoro who had to be absent for 3 months. Therefore Erik Ten Hag was asked not only to improve himself last season, but also to choose the ideal squad composition. Many old and new players were injured. So I will not put high hopes, seeing other squads that are far above United. Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool who were not too aggressive in the transfer market this season, were still able to bring United to their knees in the pre-season match. This means that so far there has been no improvement shown by Erik Ten Hag in preparation for next season.

In pre-season matches, it is no longer strange that a club always plays second tier players and it is true that Manchester City and Manchester United always play second tier players and their young players. However, considering the pre-season matches between Manchester City and Manchester United, of course Manchester City only won 1 win, namely against Chelsea and Manchester United won 2 wins, but Manchester United has already played 5 pre-season matches.

I also predict the same as you, namely that the upcoming match between Manchester United and Manchester City in the Community Shield will be exciting and tense and what is certain is that in this match the Manchester United squad will compete optimally and definitely. the real power will come out and Pep will definitely field his first layer players so that they don't swallow the bitter pill again like in the FA Cup and what is certain is that if Manchester United manages to beat Manchester City it will make Manchester United fans proud. Of course Erik ten Hag will not waste the final match and of course Ten Hag will definitely prove that his contract extension by Manchester United will produce good results.

I personally also predict and have a hunch that Manchester City will succeed in beating Manchester United, but of course we'll see. And indeed, with so many Manchester United players injured, Manchester United's performance will certainly decline and Manchester City's preparations will definitely be better than Manchester United's. I personally can't wait to see that match.

Ipswich are the only team that can be called a newcomer while the other 2 clubs are already familiar well here I will highlight Leicester City they have an impressive history a few years ago when they came as a promotion team then they won the title so will this moment be repeated? yeah this is hard to predict especially now Leicester City will be handled by a new coach not the coach who brought them back to the Premier League. Talking about Southampton I am not too sure about this team because they back to the premier league with a bit of luck and they only finished in 4th place last season so, what about Ipswich? they were the most productive and least defeated team last season but the records are still not convincing enough.

If they continue to improve as much as they have done over the past two seasons, they can surely win the English Premier League title next season. If you look at the 2022-23 season Manchester City were champions and Arsenal were second but the points gap between Manchester City and Arsenal was huge. Similarly if you look at the 23-24 season you will clearly understand how much Arsenal improved their performance there as well as they battled Manchester City till the last match. Arsenal can pick up from where they left off and do a little better but beat Manchester City to win the Premier League title. Manchester City have won the Premier League title for two seasons in a row so would love to see a new team celebrate winning the Premier League title.  There is no chance to exclude Manchester City but if any of these two teams apart from Liverpool Arsenal win the Premier League title then that moment will be much more joyful.

3 new clubs promoted
1. Leicester City
2. Southampton
3. Ipswich Town
Interesting with the condition of this team. They came from Championsip and tried not to be a decoration in 1 season. These 3 teams seem to be familiar with the EPL, they are experienced. So it seems that they have to struggle when many big EPL teams add to the strength of players with transfers. What do you think? Can they make a surprise?

Chelsea is a disorganized team, since Todd Boehly bought Chelsea in May 2022, he made some moves that were not good in my opinion, but Chelsea's problems started a little before Todd Boehly bought Chelsea. For example, they sold players who should not have been sold, it was a bad choice, they sold Mason Mount, they also sold Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Lewis Hall, Billy Gilmour and these sales started to generate a lot of criticism from Chelsea fans



When a team keeps selling good academy players and then keeps buying players from other teams for a much higher price than the selling price of their academy players. Then we have a scary scenario and everything gets worse because Chelsea has been buying players for a very high price who at the end of the day have not contributed much to the team. Tomorrow Chelsea will play against Real Madrid in a friendly match. In my opinion it will be a match in which Chelsea can win, they have a chance of winning because Real Madrid will not put all their best attackers. But in my opinion I do not see Chelsea being able to win the Premier League any time soon.

That's the point from of pre-season matches being carried out by every team currently, including Chelsea, so that they know which lines are worthy of improvement currently previously the official matches  started, Enzo Maresca and Chelsea have received a lot of criticism considering their very poor performance in friendly matches, so It seems that Enzo Maresca still has a lot to do at the moment to improve their playing performance for next season, in several friendly matches that Chelsea have played so far, we and Maresca should be able to see that if defense should be the main target that must be evaluated currently, without a strong defense, it will be difficult for them to face attacks from rival teams who have many very sharp attackers in next season.

Well, in pre-season matches, Chelsea only won once, namely against Club America. And the remaining Chelsea lost twice and drew once. Chelsea can be said to have shown a fairly good level of attack. And yes, they always score goals in every match, even against Man City. But I agree that this will not be good enough if it is not accompanied by a strong defense. So now Enzo has to think about this. And tomorrow Chelsea will face another pre-season match. And this time Chelsea will face last season's Laliga champions and UCL champions, namely Real Madrid. I think this match will be very important for Chelsea to test their strength. And Enzo must try to start the match using the main squad and see how it goes. Only then in the second half could Enzo return to trying the second tier players or young players as usual.

Chelsea hasn’t seen anything yet, Chelsea is the kind of team that has money but doesn’t know what to do with their money, after sacking Pochettino and bringing in Another I said that Chelsea made a big mistake by sacking the coach because they were going to start afresh with everything they have built, Pochettino has already started building the squad before he got sacked and Enzo Maresca is going to come with his new squad just to make his squad look good but it will take time, we all need to understand that every coach needs time to build a team but that is what Chelsea doesn’t want to understand.

Chelsea is a kind of team that is controlled by the fans and sometimes the owner of the team needs to be honest with his plan and stop what the fans say, Chelsea was defeated by Manchester City and many people are shouting and complaining about the new manager, what do people want him to do? He needs time to build his team so let's give him time and see what he’s capable of doing, the only complaint I have against Chelsea is they are selling some of their players and they need to think before selling them.

Last season, before the FA Cup Competition Finals against Manchester City, I can vividly recall you saying same words like this. I have a clear picture of how you said Manchester City would trash Manchester United in that finals and that he'll be sacked immediately after the game.
Fast forward till today, how has things been? I don't know why you say such things, well they're your opinions and we don't see things the same way. I just want to tell you that Erik Ten Hag is the right man for Manchester United same way I have always advocated for his stay with the club prior to the FA Cup Finals.

One thing you should allow sink in your head is that, he is not a magician and will not be able to get Manchester United to glory days with these players, same players from Louis Van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunner Solskjaer. Until they're gone and players with standards, technique and quality comes in Manchester United will go nowhere.

I'm not sure if this is an important match or not what is clear is don't be too confident on one side. Indeed, Manchester City deserves to be the favorite to win because they have a better history and statistics it's just that sometimes the unexpected can happen for example they play young or new players well this can mess up our predictions so it's better to wait a few hours before the match starts to see the starting lineup. By the way so far the sportsbooks Stake.com prefer Manchester City and both teams to score YES and over goals are still the favorites to place bets, I don't think both teams think about playing defensively meaning the fight will go on until the last minute and let's wait for the next 4 days.

Though I agree with you on the fact that both of them, I mean Manchester city and Manchester united both had a bad preseason, but it changes nothing, due to to following reasons you have already stated clearly, which is playing youth and feeders players, but I believe that most of the absent players will join up with the rest of the club this week, so it's definitely going to be a fascinating encounter between these two teams.

Secondly, I don't sees any team among them as favourite now, you know why? Due to the mixed form of both teams right now and couple with the fact that it's a derby game, I think it's unwise to rule any of them out, or seeing any of them as favourite, but one thing am quite sure of is that the game will be very intense no doubt because it's a derby game, and that bragging rights is very important to the fans mostly, so I believe that the both teams will definitely give their all comes Sunday.

Lastly, it's high time people stop seeing Manchester city as the favourite anytime they are up against the Manchester united, because I believe that it's always not as easy for them the way people makes it looks like, though it's very true that Manchester city is an exceptional team, but when they are up against Manchester united, it's a different ball game altogether, so people should take not of that.

In addition to these losses, Rashford and Antony were also injured in the match with Betis, I can’t yet find out how serious their injuries are, but I hope they can recover for the match with City, otherwise for ten Hag these will be too big losses. For City this match can have special significance, as rehabilitation for the defeat in the final and I think that Govorila would really like to achieve a confident victory and show who is stronger of the Manchester teams.

Both Manchester City and Manchester United both had mediocre pre-season matches. they sometimes lose and sometimes win. But that's all because both of them only play second-tier players and young players. But in the Community Shield match, I think both teams will play with their full strengths. And I am sure Manchester City will win the match. I still doubt Manchester United. And again, we know that Hojlund, who is also an important player for Manchester United's attack line, is still injured. And it's likely that Hojlund will only return after the end of August. So Hojlund will definitely miss the match. Leny Yoro is a new player but he has shown a very good game at the back but he is also still injured and will probably return after the end of October. The point is that Manchester United may not be completely ready. Meanwhile, Manchester City is always ready.

Chelsea's pre-season match was quite bad and indeed Enzo Maresca must be able to fix this team as soon as possible before the start of the competition and the absence of several new Chelsea players in the pre-season match is also very unfortunate they should have been able to join the match immediately to have close chemistry.

Expecting Chelsea to win a trophy next season I think is too much, this team is in the process of rebuilding their performance and for Enzo Maresca to take this job is not an easy thing.

Honestly I doubt Chelsea next season but I believe in the process that will be carried out by Enzo Maresca, if he is given support and time by Chelsea management maybe one day Enzo Maresca can make Chelsea win a trophy again.

Liverpool did play very well in that match and indeed the strategy used by Arne slot was extraordinary and of course Ten Hag's defense had a few weaknesses which ultimately allowed Liverpool players to break through easily. but yes, of course it is a shame for Manchester United because many good opportunities have been created, but yes, of course, in terms of utilizing opportunities, Manchester United players are still not good. The performance of Carvaho and other Liverpool players was also of course very good. and indeed in that match, of course, Liverpool was very good and impressive, but yes, of course in the pre-season match against Manchester United, Arne Slot will definitely learn a valuable lesson and of course Liverpool fans will hope that Arne Slot can bring Liverpool even better this season in the EPL.

Manchester United's pre-season matches are certainly not very impressive and of course in 5 matches Manchester United only won 2 matches, but of course winning 2 matches is certainly a good thing.

As champions of the FA Cup, of course Manchester United will face the EPL champions again for 3 consecutive seasons and of course this is a serious match because it brings together two. champions. In that match it will certainly be difficult to predict who will be the winner because in the FA Cup final I also predicted that Manchester City would win but in fact Manchester United won. and of course in the next match there will definitely be many people who predict that Manchester City will win and of course it seems like I also predict that Manchester City will win the match. Yes, of course, by competing in the Community Shield it will definitely make Manchester United confident when this season's EPL matches start, even though many of their players are injured.

Chelsea has a lot of players they signed and didn't use them in their friendly games, such as Renato Veiga. The defensive midfield was not allowed in their pre-season games; some Chelsea fans praise the player for his ability to defend better than the center-back Manchester United signed, but I can't wait to see how he performs on his debut. Enzo Maresca needs to make changes to how they play in the Premier League since the method he used in the preseason games was not enough to win games. The Chelsea defense was really weak against Manchester City, the first two goals they conceded were errors from the defenders. I'm wondering if the Chelsea defense lacked the confidence to defend, it seems like they were afraid to stop Haaland from scoring goals.

It will be embarrassing if Chelsea does not win a trophy next season because I do not see the point in recruiting young players if they do not get results. Chelsea has signed more players than any other Premier League club, and I believe that is not the end, Chelsea will sign two or more players before the season starts.

Chelsea's defense is indeed very weak especially with the departure of their captain Thiago Silva, of course it can be seen how careless they are on the defensive side, from the 4 matches they have played they have conceded 10 goals, of course this must be evaluated immediately because the league is getting tighter, seeing Chelsea's defenders they have many choices in my opinion they don't have to buy again they have to maximize last year's purchases which are defenders, of course this is not a matter of replacing but they must be able to develop because they have invested a lot in young players and until now they have not been able to optimize it, so of course for Enzo Maresca must be able to bring development to this team which has conceded many goals during pre-season of course this is carelessness, especially since they have conceded 4 of them from Celtic of course this cannot be justified. Now I think Chelsea does not need to buy new players to strengthen their defense because they have a lot of defenders but none of them can be developed and their playing minutes are still very lacking of course for Enzo Maresca must try many options in his training camp to create solid defenders for next season because if not they will be an ordinary club next season of course that will be a setback for them.