Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 714. (Read 774917 times)

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Enzo Maresca is obviously not going to try to find success with the squad that another coach made. He is obviously going to try to find success with his own squad that he is going to make. I really hope that Chelsea does not have any problems with the finances. Because otherwise these transfers are going to look really dumb for Chelsea.

I also want that this time, even if the Chelsea squad is unable to perform really well, the alternative is going to give time to the new manager. I was actually a little surprised and disappointed when I saw that they are changing the coach after Chelsea had very good performance towards the end of the last season. Maybe now the Chelsea authority will be a little patient.

Maybe a small number of bettors are not sure to bet on friendly matches but for me friendly matches usually all clubs score big or maybe without scoring.
So to predict the Manchester City vs Barcelona match, I will not be confused because both clubs will definitely score even bigger.
There is no guarantee but at least we can see the formation of both clubs whether both clubs will use main players or only use reserve players.
If using reserve players it would be better to choose under 4.5

Are you sure Chelsea make money on the transfer market? In my opinion Chelsea are very bad at transfers now, they buy players who don't live up to their expectations for huge amounts of money and then can't sell them, even for a much lower price. They sell and buy every off-season, every time it seems like the game is starting to improve, like it was with Pochettino at the end of the season, they change everything again, a new coach, a lot of new players and I'm almost sure Chelsea will be somewhere in the middle of the table again.

I am not that surprised that Chelsea are acting this way because they brain behind all this bunch of transfer activities is just clueless, Todd boehly and co are just busy gathering bunch of kids into Chelsea football club as if the English premier league is an under 21 competition,  and this is one of the major reason Chelsea has now turn to a mid table team under his leadership.

Let's take a look at the kind of players he is signing since he took over as the owners of the club, apart from Raheem sterling, Enzo Fernandes and caciedo, the rest of other players he has recruited are all immature players, that wouldn't help the team in any way, and the most annoying part is that, players that they should be keeping, is the player that they are talking of selling, someone like cholaba and Gallagher, so this upcoming season, am not expecting anything good from them, because to me they over achieved last season, but this season, with what I have seen already, they will be worse, am quite positive on that.

In fact, the problem of injuries is always something that is really worrying for all teams, they will be busy looking for replacements and really ensuring that the players who fill the gaps can perform as well as the core players who are absent.
Based on what is happening now, it is actually mistake because in pre-season matches should be able to optimize performance by using reserve players and not core players because it could be very risky.
After everything happened, Manchester United can only accept that they have to play next season when starting the season with players who may not be like before.
Rasmus Hojlund and Leny Yoro injuries will make Manchester United lose two important figures, Leny Yoro himself was brought in this summer but he had to be absent and undergo recovery period at the start of the season with Manchester United.
I don't know what Ten Hag will do to overcome this problem, but what is clear is that it was his mistake and he must be able to resolve it well or else it will be difficult for Manchester United to compete at the start of the season.

The bad luck experienced by the Man United squad doesn't seem to be over yet. After last season their performance dropped drastically due to a storm of injuries that befell their players. And now player injuries are something they are experiencing again even though the season has not yet started again. And what is surprising is that in one match two players were injured. And both can be said to be important players for the club. Even though Yoro is still new, he shows good quality at the back. Unfortunately he also had to get injured when he first arrived at this club.

But the news I found was that Hojlund's injury was not too serious. and he will probably recover in the near future and will probably only miss one game this pre-season. But regarding Leny Yoro, it seems a little worse because maybe he will be out for longer because he has a muscle injury. but the good news is that maybe he will only be absent for about 1 month. So in essence both of them only had minor injuries and were not serious.

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It's actually quite sad to see Chelsea's crushing defeat when playing against Celtic but we know this is just a pre-season match and I think Enzo Maresca also didn't use a really good strategy for this match so Chelsea was very easy to beat and it's quite funny if because of this defeat the coach was fired when the season hasn't started and Chelsea has to find a new coach again and that will waste time again to repeat the game from the beginning.
I think Chelsea is also a top club that is too reckless even though Chelsea's performance started to improve at the end of last season when coached by Pochettino but the management still fired him and again Chelsea has to find a new coach who is not yet known whether he will be a good coach or not, if Chelsea fails this season the one to blame is their management.

Currently Chelsea has recruited 5 new players, I also don't understand why Chelsea recruited that many players. Apart from that, what I don't understand is that most of the players currently recruited by Chelsea are midfielders. Even though currently Chelsea already has several midfielders who are quite good and experienced. Examples include Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandes, Conor Gallagher, and Nkunku. So Chelsea shouldn't need to buy too many midfielders at the moment. Because in essence Chelsea already has many midfielders (defense, center and attack). Because even though this is Enzo Maresca's plan as Chelsea coach, I'm still a little confused by all this recruitment. Because if Enzo Maresca wants to bring Chelsea to shine in the Premier League, I don't think these new players are really needed. Because as far as I know, Chelsea's performance has improved rapidly this season. However, unfortunately Chelsea's old coach was fired and finally Enzo Maresca stepped in to replace the coaching chair at Chelsea. So if you think deeper and observe Chelsea's development, in my opinion, even with old players, Chelsea can definitely shine next season. As long as the Chelsea coach can really develop the talents of each player.

However, what Enzo Maresca is doing at the moment, it is difficult for me to predict what Chelsea will be like next season. Because as said @Knowngunman, Chelsea seems to be replacing old players with new players. In fact, if Chelsea did that, I'm sure Chelsea's performance would be even worse. Because, the old players certainly have good chemistry between the players and the new players of course have to adapt first. For this reason, I am also a little confused about Chelsea's current player recruitment. Because you could say that recruiting this player is not needed at Chelsea.

As long as they are able to bring in lots of players, that's not a problem. Even last season the results were proven, namely the players they brought in made Chelsea better even though at that time Chelsea was coached by Pochettino. And this season, Chelsea has a new coach, Enzo Maresca. And yeah, there's definitely change going on there. So many other players were brought back. But if we look at the records of player arrivals and departures in the current transfer market, it shows that Chelsea is in a position to benefit from the sale of their players. So yeah they know what they are doing. And I'm not surprised that Chelsea is good at making profits in the transfer market because they are owned by a skilled businessman, namely Todd Boehly. So when they bring in lots of players there must be a business element to it. And yeah there's nothing wrong with having more than 2 goalkeepers.

Mount can still improve after all he hasn't done much to say he's a waste of fund like the Antony you're talking about, no matter how bad Mason has been last season (due to injury) I don't see ETH thinking of letting him go that quick, that can't happen. If you say Antony is leaving base on how poor he performed last season or since he arrived at Manchester United I'd say is a fair decision because how can you spend so much on a winger that can not get past 1 defender when it comes to 1 beat 1 situation, to me I think ETH made a wrong choice in signing the Brazilian.
Chelsea has nothing to do with this and I think they can manage to go above the 10th position on the table but haven't you seen Man UTD and Chelsea play their friendly games? Don't they have something in common, confused and trying to get their legs together, like the both teams need a creative midfielder to help the team be positive, they need to get themselves together before the season begins.

Exactly you are right dear about Manchester United injury problems. They had a lot of injuries last season and it effected a lot on their performance. Now it is happening again before new season starts. Hojlund is important player and if he gets hurt it will be hard to replace him. Antony might not be able to fill gap because he does not play well all time. If Manchester United can not fix their injury problems and find good backup players I think they will have more ups and downs in their performance next season.

I still don’t think we will see a complete squad in this match. This is no time for Pep Guardiola to test the strength of his team when he’s very vulnerable to injuries in this match. Flick will want to try out his full squad in order to impress the management that he’s the man that’s best for the job given to him. It’s going to be a tough match indeed because of the teams involved but I don’t see all two teams using their first eleven in this game as it’s just a preseason.


The best strategists is Pep Guardiola, so he’ll definitely be trying out how to make good use of a new strategy that will go well with the old and new players. They lost in their last preseason game but that is not enough to see Manchester City as a team without much competitive edge to be a winner. The game is a very tough one and I think he won’t use his main players in this game. He would not want to risk them going for injury, so it’s better they dont feature in that match. Starting the season with a full squad is a very good advantage that Pep Guardiola won’t joke with since he’s having a big time next season with all teams not willing to allow him win the trophy for another consecutive time.

Its undeniable that although in the end the final result doesn't always matter because that's not the initial goal but at the end of the day friendly matches are not to be messed with.   Because as you said this is a way to make a team more prepared in terms of mentality, chemistry and teamwork.
In addition with friendly matches it is actually a benchmark for a club whether they are ready for the new season or not because if in the end the results are not too good in these friendly matches it can also have an impact on their performance when the new season starts.
 
There are several clubs who are already running friendly matches at the moment and we can see the development of a club when they compete especially maybe for some of the big EPL clubs who have started this. Of course there are also some things that we need to notice especially in terms of performance considering there are some big clubs like Chelsea also it seems that they still haven't found a good chemistry after a few tries in the friendly matches they have played.

Last season too we saw many players in Manchester United's squad facing injuries. And this was one of the reasons for Manchester United's erratic performance. And even before the start of this season we heard several injuries. If these injuries are serious then I don't expect anything better from Manchester United next season.

Ten Hag put Hojlund at the center of their attack. Hojlund is now a very important player for the United squad. Manchester United cannot find a suitable replacement for Hojlund at the moment. But maybe if Antony's performance improves. But Antony's performance is very erratic. So I'm mentally prepared to see the erratic performance of Manchester United's forward players next season as well.

Chelsea has the money and  with the new  coach Enzo aims to achieve either winning the EPL or finishing in the top four position that's the aim for all the extra signings. I don't know what you mean by if they have no intentions of making use of the old players because as we all know the manager even in his signing of new players to the club hasn't made such statement which in my opinion every player is inclusive in his plans for the season.

A team's victory in a friendly match does not fully reflect the true strength of that team when the season starts.
I found that Barcelona won the El Clasico match against Real Madrid in the previous pre-season match, but after the season started Barcelona actually lost to Real Madrid in the official match.

Hansi Flick and Pep Guardiola probably also thought the same way in the pre-season match when Barcelona and Manchester City played. Manchester City and Barcelona are two top teams that will attract a lot of spectator attention, this is the spectacle most eagerly awaited by most fans who are hungry for entertainment during pre-season, especially during their tour.

Last season there was a pretty good improvement from Hojlund but it looks like luck is not on his side when he who was on fire immediately got an injury that made him return to his usual performance after injury recovery but it looks like for this season he will still be trusted for Manchester United's attack line.
It's just that by looking at the current conditions it seems that it is also a little complicated for Hojlund because indeed with Ten Hag's scheme which sometimes always keeps 1 striker in the formation used in matches, there could be a struggle for the main place with Zirkzee who was brought in this season.

Speaking of Malacia, it was recently reported that he had a car incident with Rashford although they were taken to hospital but they were fine without any serious injuries.

Man United forward Rashford, Malacia Involved In Car Accident

You have a point but I'm not sure if the new coach of Barcelona will be ready to follow this path of carelessness when he was just appointed for the new job. Xavi was sack despite coming second in their domestic league of Laliga and a new guy Flick to take over where he stopped, I'm not sure if he is going to lag behind on his first day, he will want to impress the team and the fans just feel home and not get unnecessary pressure as the season is about to start.

Pep on the other hand might want to test the Barcelona coach or perhaps they both would want to dominate each other and see who has more goodies for the season and since they both going to meet probably in the Champions League, a lot is going down on this match for sure, we might see the complete squad on this match form each of the team.

There's something about preseason matches. Sometimes the coach will not care about winning or losing, but the most important thing will be if he has tried a particular formation and it is workable or not. This is why these matches does not in most times reflect the true status of the club.

It is likely that Pep will start his first team and in the second half he will make changes. Big matches as this also enters into record of h2h, ranking and the rest. That is why coaches will not easily allow defeat. So, the bet above is fair if Barcelona will also not take the match so seriously.

One thing about Pep Guardiola is that since he understand the performance and the strength of his main players he may not really put all of them on that match because there is nothing to evaluate from the old players again and also considering the fact that the new season is by the corner he will try to avoid stressing those players too much, though the only reason why he would want to use the main players is actually because of the new players he signed so that they will get use to the team pattern of playing, so actually I agree with you that the match may likely be very unpredictable irrespective of Manchester City being more superior than them because I think Pep Guardiola aim on that match is identifying the best strategy or pattern to use.