Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 696. (Read 795272 times)

The Emotional management of ETH is very poor, he bows to pressure easily and unnecessarily and speaks things that demoralizes even the team he is managing. Naturally when people are motivated, they perform even beyond their capacities. Players need to know that the manager believes in them and their talent to be able to give in their best for the team. This is particularly why I so much love Ancelotti of Real Madrid, the guy is much of a friend, rather than a coach to his players and with such very good relationship, he is winning trophies and getting the best out of the team.

Ronaldo was right. He was talking about the truth. He talked about weak weak mentality of his former club

It's weird. Ten Hag, Manchester United's coach, wasn't trying to motivate his club to compete for all the important titles. He don’t even believe in his anymore. And that’s filtered down to his players.

I know ETH is being realistic, but now that he has a decent team, he should be aiming for higher target. So, it can help the players to be motivated. But, sadly, we already threw in the towel before the fight, which is really inappropriate to see that.

I believe this chaotic consternation reflects the ongoing frustration many Manchester United fans and football pundits feel. Manchester United is undoubtedly one of the most storied clubs in the Premier League, and with that reputation comes heightened scrutiny. The club’s recent struggles have indeed centered around managerial decisions and inconsistent performances on the pitch.

While Erik Ten Hag has shown flashes of tactical brilliance, especially in his earlier tenure, it’s evident that he is under immense pressure to deliver results. The critique of his decision-making, especially in key matches and player selection, is valid. However, it’s important to recognize that Manchester United’s issues run deeper than just the manager. Structural problems within the club, player morale, and the weight of past success have all contributed to their decline.

Ten Hag still has the potential to turn things around if given the right backing and allowed to implement his long-term vision. The question now is whether the board and fans are patient enough to trust his process or if they will seek a new direction before it's too late. The future of Manchester United hinges not just on managerial changes, but on creating a cohesive strategy that combines vision, recruitment, and performance.

For this match I think I will avoid it, MU's condition is still difficult to predict, their performance has been too bad at the beginning of this season, although on paper they have a big chance
betting on MU's victory is the same as hoping for luck.
However, I suggest if anyone wants to bet it is better to draw as you said, both teams are not too dominant in scoring goals, even Southampton in the last 3 matches has only been able to score 1 goal this season.

Once they were moving together towards one goal and Arteta remembers those times, now they are moving towards one goal but with different teams. The same can be said about Maresca and Kompany (only in a different championship) I am sure that only an ambitious and intelligent person can get into Guardiola's team, and it is logical that over time these people will want to try their hand at being a head coach.

And as we see, people who worked with Guardiola achieve success to varying degrees, this means that he is a great coach and there is something to learn from him. By the way, now they have started discussing the possible appointment of Guardiola as coach of the England national team upon the expiration of his contract with City in the summer of 2025.

Though I have not come across this statement but I think with how you narrated it, he actually said that, that's to say that he is not supposed to be a coach of a club like Manchester United because he lack all it takes to manage such football club, even If he was gonna say that it shouldn't be in the public, he should actually be telling the owner of the club what he wants in other to build the club to the desired level since he failed to do that I think it is a mispriority for him, having said that I think all the blame should go to him because this statement of his has shown that he doesn't know his duty as a manager, if a manager must say things the way he thinks that's good for him, he should be optimal in his assignment as a coach, if he is this anxious to say his mind in the public which am not actually against, why can't he apply this anger to his coaching job to give his team the best coaching experience they have ever seen or had.

His utmost concern as a manager is supposed to be bringing trophies to the club and if he feels that the team he is managing can't bring such success, instead of giving silly excuses, it will be better for him to complain to the management and tell them what is needed to be done in other to achieve the success the team want.
Since it has gotten to the extent of him coming to the public to say things like this, the club should be looking for his replacement because this kind of statement can make the players to start underperforming since they are not valued by their manager and it could lead to a dressing room issues that may result to weakening the morale of the entire player and we all know the dangers accompanied with such events happening.

With Guardiola, Manchester City began an era with solid idea on their philosophy from this coach and their transfer strategy changed entirely to support the coach too. Guardiola does not stop to upgrade himself but generally his favorite playing style does not change too much. There are improvements and Manchester City are different than Barcelona with tiki-taka 10 years ago but results are they dominated Premier League and won a first Champions League in their club history.

Arsenal and Arteta still have weakness but in last two seasons, especially the last season, they came very nearly to a final win against Manchester City. They failed eventually in a very tight race but I believe they don't give up and are preparing for a better ending this season.

The direct competition between Arteta and Guardiola is very interesting as Arteta learned a lot of things from Guardiola as an assistant coach in Manchester City years ago.

Southampton's best ever result against Manchester United was a draw although the last meeting at Old Trafford in 2023 also ended in a draw.
The 1.74 odds given by the bookmakers for Manchester United do not make me dare to predict it will be correct because I think the potential for another draw is still very possible.
I am more willing to bet on a draw in the 1x2 bet and under 3 considering the performance of both teams is below expectations.

Guardiola is Manchester City made a lot of improvements and they have a much better team compared to the last season. I think one reason for Arsenal to lose the title to Mcnshter City is Guardiola in this team otherwise they have much better players and good teamwork but that's not enough for a race with a coach like Guardiola because compared to Arteta, Guardiola is much more experienced and when Arteta was assistant coach he was working for Guardiola in Manchester City.
Now the best thing they have to do in Manchester City is to even extend the contract of Pep Guardiola and make sure they are going to have this coach for a long time.
 
 

The way some manager talk in the press conference is a bit disappointing, as a manager to make a name for yourself you need to change the mentality of the club you're handling and always stay positive, winning trophies is also the number 1 task you need to accomplish but Manchester United coach says things the way he feels without mind if his reputation is at stake. How can he say the team doesn't have what it takes to win trophies? Like he doesn't even have confidence in the squad he is managing even if they are not good enough to deliver but you are there as the coach to help them from that suffering stage, to me it speaks low of him that he isn't capable of managing any club.
I agree with what Cristiano Ronaldo said, it is too poor for the manager to have that weakness and even letting the public know they can't compete for any title, which means the game against Southampton is going to be a game they're going to lose. I now see why some Manchester United players perform very well when playing for their country but awfully while playing for UTD. ETH has lost it and to me he doesn't deserve the chance to continue with the club.

Forget about the new players that they just signed, Manchester united has a well to do squad even without bringing new players. The source of their poor result is the couch. He's actually a good couch per se but he has caused his own downfall the moment he start selecting players based on sentiment and favoritism. That his ego is the Genesis of the mess they found themselves in all this while. The day he change his attitude, remains focused and talk less  will be the beginning of new era for them. Quite alright, you can not win every game in football but the nature of their defeat is always embarrassing. I have not seen a couch so satisfied with mediocre performance before like Ten Hang seriously.

It is indeed very difficult to predict the result of this match, namely Southampton against Manchester United. Of course, if you look at Manchester United's performance, it is indeed less impressive considering that they could only win once against Fulham with a score of 0-1, so of course in the next match, I personally also have doubts whether Manchester United will win or not, but what is clear at the moment is that Manchester United players don't seem to be performing well. but in my opinion, if for example Manchester United loses against Southampton, of course Ten Hag will have the potential to be fired at the end of the season.

However, if you look at the last 5 matches, of course Southampton have never won but have drawn 3 times, so it could be that your prediction is correct as the match will most likely end in a draw. because of course I also see that Southampton cannot be underestimated and is able to play in the strongest league in England because of its extraordinary abilities. It seems like I also predict a draw for Southampton's match against Manchester United.

As the host, Southampton will definitely try to win the match and the Southampton fans and supporters will definitely give maximum enthusiasm so it will definitely not be easy for Manchester United to win the match in the next match. and the match will definitely be exciting and we will definitely see the strategies and formations used by Erik ten Hag and Russell Martin.

Of the two defeats that Manchester United has experienced, it will certainly trigger many bitter assessments for Ten Hag because he is considered unable to build the Manchester United team well even though there are new players brought into the Manchester United team at this time. But if Ten Hag can think more wisely in conditions that are not easy like this season, of course he must be able to give all his best efforts to the team so that Manchester United does not continue to experience defeat this season, especially if they lose to the promoted team in the upcoming match.

Your guess is likely to be correct. Because Manchester United is such a team that it is impossible to predict the outcome of their matches with certainty. In previous seasons too we have seen Manchester United win against big teams and then lose against a smaller team in the next match. The team's performance throughout the season was very erratic. This season also we see similar performances from Manchester United players.

But the problem is that Manchester United's attacking players are not playing well. In the first three games we have not seen good performances from United's forward players. On the other hand, Southampton will want to secure 1 point by playing defensive strategy in the match. If Southampton play a defensive strategy, it will naturally be more difficult for Manchester United to break down Southampton's defence.

Manchester United started the season quite badly as one of the big teams in the English league this season, 1 win and two defeats from 3 matches is not something that management expected after they spent a lot of money in the transfer market last summer, so I think that even though Manchester United United has offered a contract extension to Ten Hag but his position as coach is still hanging in the balance if he suffers a defeat against Southampton, it is reported that Manchester United are now starting to put pressure on Ten Hag and are giving an ultimatum to immediately improve manchester united performance, because Ten Hag dismissal will really depend on with the result from next match, whether the information circulating is true or not, but I think for now Ten Hag must really work hard to improve he game strategies, if he doesn't want the fans to be happy with his dismissal later .

If we compare the quality of the squad that Manchester United has with Southampton at the moment, of course the match against Southampton should be an easy match for them, but the performance shown by Manchester United in the last few matches seems to make this match a difficult match for the Red Devils.

This is a bad situation for Arsenal because they can't play without their 3 mainstay midfielders when they have to compete with one of the strong contestants in the Premier League Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal have to play away in this match the chances between them are also not too far apart a fair result for both of them might get a draw but Mikel Arteta has to work hard in making the right formation because Tottenham might know their current weaknesses.

In addition, they will soon also play their first match in the Champions League on September 20 against last season's Europa League champions Atalanta I think Arsenal is in a pretty critical situation now how will Mikel Arteta handle this?

I actually think the opposite, the Manchester United team under Erik Ten Hag in the last few seasons has always been able to rise and get out of the pressure to win after much criticism due to bad results in several previous matches so in the match this weekend I think there is a big chance that Man United will win the match especially Southampton also does not have good strength this season.
Although it is risky, I plan to bet big on Manchester United's victory in the match this weekend.

Both Southampton and Manchester United are in desperate needs of a win in order to gain points and start climbing up the table. The 1x2 odds payout set by the bookmakers on Manchester United are looking very attractive at 1.74. Even though Manchester United are missing out a few key players due to injuries for this upcoming away match against Southampton but I think they should still be able to beat Southampton to claim a victory at the final whistle.

Really? How well did Erik Ten Hag do then in his first season? Most of you posters here are not staunch football fans not to even talk about Manchester United fans, all you want to do is slander the club and it's players all for fun or for posting sake. Dig out for proper information and encode it well. Same Ten Hag turned Marcus Rashford in his first season to be the highest goalscorer that same season. Made Old Trafford a fortress and many many records. Ronaldo is a person I love but he behaves like a grown baby. Most of you posters are too dumb to see what he's doing. Man just want Erik Ten Hag out by all means which is wrong. Manchester United fans are just impatient honestly, they don't know what they have. Cristiano should just focus on getting ( 1000 ) and stop creating uproar amongst Manchester United fans. You know nothing about football, just on her blabbering about. SMH!

I can understand your apprehension about the game between Manchester United and Southampton, especially considering United's recent performances. Still, it's football and anything can happen. Regarding Brighton and Ipswich, I also agree that it's not a clear cut case. Ipswich might leverage the home advantage even though Brighton is technically the better side. As for the Chelsea match, it really does seem like an unpredictable one, but I agree that both teams scoring is a probable outcome given the tendency of both teams. Your point about Manchester City and Liverpool are also spot on as they are both favorites to win their respective games.