Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 696. (Read 775585 times)

Friendly matches actually give us a greater risk of losing money in betting, so we should be selective and not be careless in betting on the team that seems more favorite in that match, because so far I have seen that many of us are actually more dominant in considering the favorite team who will win in a friendly match, even though in reality the favorite the team prefers not to play seriously by fielding a young squad, equating a friendly match with roulette might make more sense for us because both will make it difficult for us to choose the right one to win the bet , currently choosing to play parlay with the option of under or over goals is a better option than betting on a teamvictory in a friendly match.

Chelsea: New management, new players - this creates uncertainty. Even with Pochettino trying to turn the ship, last season was average. Now Enzo is leading, a lot of youngsters under tow, and its a gamble if they will mesh fast.

In the Premier League you snooze and you lose. Every dropped point is a nail in the coffin of title dreams. Its about Enzo discovering that magic formula quickly, not only about development. Should they stumble early on, it is an uphill fight all season. Enzo works a hard job, people. Though there is promise, another season of disappointment is also very possible. We shall have to wait to see how this one turns out.

In fact, if you think about what the ownership means, we could basically say that Newcastle United has the richest owner of all time. The team is owned by "the public investment fund" and has a trillion dollars in assets, it's the government of Saudi Arabia that owns the fund, and Saudi Arabia is a kingdom with a king, meaning that the ownership of that fund is bin salmans and nobody else's, so we could say that a king of a whole nation owns it, and not like some small African tribe where they still lack water wells, I mean Saudi Arabia, one of the richest nations in the world, and king of that nation owns the team.

So we can safely assume that financial fair play is the max they can have, that's literally their max, because if it wasn't for financial fair play, they could pay a billion dollars per player on transfers and pay 100 million on salaries, just like they are doing at Saudi league as well. So they are only following the limits they have, and have no need to sell anyone at all.

I also can't see Manchester United going any better for next season. Lack of creativity and the composition of the players they have is very below standard. While Manchester City remains the same and can even be much better for next season, there is nothing to worry about The Citizens considering the management of this club is well organized. Manchester United under Erik Ten Hag can no longer put high hopes, no matter how good the Manchester United players are, they still depend on the quality of the coach. Now Erik Ten Hag is pushing himself too hard and next season bad results will be the end result for his career as United coach.

You are right that Manchester United coach Ten Hag has not taken any steps to strengthen the squad even though there are many weaknesses within the squad. At the same time, Hojlund's injury has weakened Manchester United's attack. Last season also we saw Manchester United's weak defense and weak attack. Ten Hag should have taken the necessary steps to strengthen Manchester United's defence. Manchester United needed to add talented and experienced defenders to the squad. If the defense is not strong, Manchester United will not be stable next season.

Also, without Hojlund in Manchester United's squad next season, the overall performance of Manchester United's attack will also be weak. So I don't expect much from this squad next season. Also, I don't see good performances from Manchester United players even in friendly matches.

It seems to me that the randomness in friendly games is so great that it is easier to bet on roulette. There is nothing to predict here at all. His previous two bets were BTTS on two games, and in the end only one goal was scored in the two games (the odds seemed to be something like 1.65 and 1.8 ).
It is clear that if we want to have fun, then any bet is good, but in my opinion it is closer to roulette than to betting.

Fulham having good performance in last season ended at 13th with 47 points in this season they are strengthening their squad with quality players management is feeling they need to be had some improvement before start as challenges are coming, and they need to be prepared having first win against Benfica and now facing Sevilla which is badly struggling into last season and things are looking not positive, but they are also doing their best for having development and things on track.

In this preseason game which is going to play Portugal surely give them some practice and their players will be also had good start of their campaign in coming season while Fulham is having the toughest start of season first game at Old Trafford against Manchester United, and then they will be host Newcastle United at Caravan cottage so they surely will give their best for another good season.

I honestly can't understand Manchester United's management. They have a lot of money, they could sign the best players and they would be a strong team like Real Madrid or Manchester City, but they are worse than many teams that don't have the money Manchester United has. This shows that Manchester United's problem lies in the management and the coach. For this season, Manchester United's coach has two assistant coaches, but even so I haven't seen them making any major changes to the squad. They made some signings that in my opinion won't have a big impact this season.

Manchester United's forwards aren't doing well either. For example:

Marcus Rashford = played 3 friendly matches, but only scored 1 goal, which was a penalty.

Mason Mount = played 3 friendly games, but didn't score any goals

Jadon Sancho = played 3 friendly matches, but didn't score any goals

If Manchester United were a team that wanted to fight for the Premier League title and win European competitions, they would be signing great players from other leagues, for example they could have signed Victor Osimhen, if they offered the amount of money that Napoli wants or at least offered close to the amount that Napoli wants, then they would have Victor Osimhen, they could also have signed Viktor Gyokeres who is a good striker from Sporting. In the past Manchester United made good signings like Van Nistelrooy, Ronaldo... but in recent years Manchester United has been a team that does not have great players.

I expect the same narrative as what happened last season. The narrative is about when Maresca will fail to deliver. Then, Todd is ready to fire him as head coach mid-season. Todd will then appoint an interim to fill the role temporarily.
This is pretty much the same as when Todd decided to sign back Lampard when Potter failed to deliver.

About Chelsea rarely attracts top players to help the club. I think they have no interest in recruiting experienced players. And they have gone the opposite way when Chelsea is only recruiting young talent to join the squad. Imagine a team with no experienced players, and nothing to expect from Chelsea.
Chelsea had a top coach last season, and he started to deliver, but Todd fired him. Also, Chelsea has a large fund for the transfer season. But, the scouting team is a problem. Chelsea could never recruit a good player at a bargain price. Also, none of its transfers since Todd became chairman have been efficient.

Last season, Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah both disappointed in the striker role. The choice of Kai Havertz is only effective in terms of playmaking ability because the former Chelsea star is not good at finishing. Therefore, this summer, Arsenal aims to bring in a world-class striker. But the obvious answer to the Alexander Isak deal is clear, Arsenal should give up on this deal.

Mikel Arteta could look for alternative options to strengthen his attack next season. Arsenal could make a return bid for Brentford's Ivan Toney. Napoli's Victor Osimhen and Sporting Lisbon's Viktor Gyokeres I think are also quite reasonable for Arsenal.

In all the games except game with America game they have conceded two or more goals, but on the other hand it is very difficult to focus on defense when the coach makes almost a complete change of the squad during the game. I think that friendlies should not be taken too seriously in assessing the team and the players' form, but the general opinion about the team can be obtained, and so far I am not very happy with the way Maresca has transformed Chelsea. Now there are rumors that they may let Gallagher go to Atletico, in my opinion this is bad news for Chelsea...

It doesn't even matter how City start at the beginning of the season, does it? They just end up winning the league and that is why they are unstoppable. The mentality of Pep is unbelievable, how he pushes his players every season is beyond me, despite all the success they have achieved. They are starting this season again as favorites and right now who can say who will stop them.

The community shield does not really count for much, neither is it an indication of much as well, City can lose it and have an unbelievable season, meanwhile United can win it and have a dismal season.

Smile, you want Chelsea to stay in their favorite spot next season. Chelsea's performance against Manchester City was poor, the attackers did well, but the defense was very weak, if a team concedes more than it scores, it's absolutely nothing because they can't get any points in their games. So, despite all of the players Chelsea has signed, they can still concede many goals in their games. If Chelsea continues to perform like this next season, they cannot finish among the top four Premier League teams.


At this stage, I believe we can only be concerned with adapting to the club, as some players struggle to get used to the Premier League in their first season. Joshua Zirkzee's stats for Bologna's previous season were not bad; he scored 12 goals in 37 appearances for Bologna. Despite the fact that the Premier League is difficult for some players, Hojlund managed to score 10 goals in the Premier League last season. If Zirkzee quickly gets used to the league and the club, I think he will be a perfect replacement for Hojlund.


Manchester United, in my opinion, can finish among the top four teams next season because the club currently has the players needed to beat any of its opponents, If Manchester United fails to finish among the top four next season, Ten Hags must accept the blame because the club provided him with what they needed. Furthermore, if Manchester United injured players are ready to play and Ten Hag improves the players, I think the team will perform well.

Compared to other teams like Manchester City, and other big teams that winning trophies across Europe, how many goals does their strikers score? They score reasonable number of goals that help their team to achieve greatness which is trophies at the end of every season.

Kai Havertz, and Gabriel Jesus are good no doubt, but how many goals can both of them score for Arsenal? The wingers we have are even given us more goals than our strikers which simply means we cannot rely on them to win titles. We need a reliable striker which was why an offer to sign Isak was made; I hope we get a striker before the end of the transfer window.

Of course Alexander Isak's performance has improved tremendously, he is one of the major player that has helped contributed to the growth of Newcastle, so somebody like that, I doubt Newcastle will easily let go of him. However arsenal are not serious in looking for Sharp striker, if you want a top 9 that has great caliber, they need to break the Bank and get out good money for transfer window.

Mikel arteta needs to understand that he doesn't need to manage a bad situations, the arsenal team doesn't have much problems, except for a regular scoring striker, so the arsenal Board need to come to the realization that, releasing good money will certainly get a good catch in the market,  the transfer window is still open so there is still ample time, arsenal should make hay while the sun is still shining.

Newcastle only found their bearing last two season and they have being in a good performance due to the commitment of the players and the coach. The club is trying to build a strong team and we saw how they were able to qualify to UCL last two seasons.

I don't see any reason why Newcastle will sell Isak, a brilliant attack with great potentials and when he is on the field he contributes tirelessly to add impact on the match. Newcastle is a rich club and I don't think that they have plans of selling any of their main man because they also want to win the title and selling Isak will not be the best for them.

Seeing that Arsenal have finally given up in their chase Aleksander Isak I don't think is good news to the supporters of the north London club considering their performance of last season and how they seriously need a sharp like Isak complete their near perfect team. I understand that Arsenal do not want to overprice Newcastle for the services of Isak but I think it would've been better for them to table a high fee that would've helped convince Newcastle to let go of their striker. Maybe they have a second plan for another deadly striker but if Arsenal fails to land a big-game striker to the club this summer, I will not be expecting anything better than what we all saw from them last season.

We all know how Arsenal are worried about their striker spot which is having quality and their budget is unlimited so they are looking for a player who fits their budget and whose performance is top-notch, but now situation is completely changed in market because top strikers are having huge tag price and their all-hard work is already ended without any development.

Newcastle Untied is also having some good targets for the next season so they are having tag of €130 Million which is not under budget of Arsenal. They are already having same replies from other clubs this situation is not ideal but as we are heading for the last few days before start of new season we will be having some sorted out situation for them.

Arsenal is serious about their next season, and they are busy in this as well but can they go through with quality striker after having many rejections it's important for them, and they need to work out of this quickly.

Man UTD are making things hard for them ahead of next season with how they are going about their preparation I don't see any reason why ETH should be thinking of playing either Sancho (seems they're on the same page now) as a false 9 or Bruno Fernandes, like what is he thinking? The squad is facing some little injury crisis but that doesn't stop him from going back to the market to get a back up striker since the guys he had hope on are out due to injury and a new striker can be of great importance to the team.
I used to remember back then when UTD have about 3 strikers in one team without any confusion on who to start ahead of who but now the club is just scared of spending to save the image of the team, look at Arsenal it was lack of goals that cost them the title and the Red Devils are still not getting it while the ball is in their court to make things better next season. ETH will be making a huge mistake if he doesn't get any striker other than thinking of playing any of his wingers or midfielders as a false 9.
Sancho isn't a bad play but since he (Erik ten Heg) has included him to his plan I don't think is right to let him feel stranded as a false 9, if he wants the best of Sancho I think he should play him in his best position, because it would be another problem of saying the player is not fit when he couldn't deliver. ETH need to go out and get a better striker, let that striking department get heated with much competition, I feel that's what UTD need to boost their confidence.

I never expected the deal to work out for both teams. Arsenal has the money to pay after selling two players and loaning out one. How will Arteta think that getting Isak this summer will be done, without Isak Eddie forward play won't work as it did last season. if Eddie agrees to the deal who will score their goals. But wait what did Arteta need again when he had Kai Harvers, and Gabriel Jesus on his forward line, is it that they are not capable of scoring the goals he needed?