Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 722. (Read 774831 times)

This is good news for all City fans and the club because it shows that City will always keep to their consistency from time to time. Pep was the one that revived City and made it as strong as it is, which means that only him is the perfect coach for the club.

Rumors had it that Pep will be leaving, maybe he was looking up for a new contract by City management and I believe that has come true which will make him not leave anymore, because if he leaves where will he go to when he has built a solid club that is among the best in the world.

Pep ending up with another contract with City could definitely change premier league forever. We are talking about someone who is getting enough titles to put City at record books already ,and that's right now, think about keeping him for lets say another 10 years?

He would put City name all over premier league and build such a gap that it would be very tough to keep them down even after he leaves, they will probably keep winning qite frequently even after him, because he would be basically building a legacy there that doesn't require much. But also, when you think about it, Sir Alex Ferguson turned United into a team that is incredible, and the moment he left team start to crumble, so if City is mismanaged then even after Pep they could be terrible too, we are really not sure. Because of this, they should keep him managing as long as they can.

At certain point money makes no sense, when you have made so much money in your life that it doesn't matter to your decisions, City can only hope to keep him as their coach for as long as he wants to, if he ever wants to leave then he is going to have trouble for longer time and that is going to be something that will take a while for sure.

Yeah it's no secret that Guardiola is behind Manchester City's success, he can build a solid squad and can find the right players to place in each line. We can compare Chelsea and Manchester City when Chelsea have great players in the squad but are unable to control them while Pep Guardiola can do it well. I think Pep Guardiola wants to make new history for Manchester City before he leaves or retires at least equal Ferguson's record. By the way, Pep Guardiola's contract with Manchester City will end next season, did you hear that he is moving to another club? If he really does move next season then PSG is the right team for him.

Friendlies are a whole different ball game and I wonder why punters even take them serious because most teams have experimental tactics and new signings need to find their feet with a new team..which means it's difficult to predict an outcome for such games

I just hate small odds because they are usually the culprits when you have an accumulator mixed with bigger odds, and such an odd would never be me especially when it involves football.

Btw didn't Leicester city sack their coach before coming to the EPL, thought it's a new manager in the driving seat hence the result.. correct  me if am wrong

The answer is yes, because Aston Villa have found an equal replacement and Unai Emery's observation is no doubt for the readiness of his squad for next season. Both the EPL and the champions league will remain high standards for him and Unai Emery does not want to lower his standards and wants more than what he achieved last season.

The problem of challenges will certainly always surround him and I think with everything he got in the summer it should not be a hindrance and instead make it easier for him to play every match in different competitions. I don't want to expect too much for the champions league and as long as they are not in the group of death with other strong teams then their path will be easy to the next round.

Manchester City knows without Guardiola is not strong anymore. Manchester City lost many players but still had good performances in the last season and this team thanks to Guardiola could win the Premier League while other teams like Arsenal had good performances so far in the games we saw from them,
However, recently Guardiola showed the green light and said he is going to stay in Manchester City for a longer time.
 

Chelsea recruited many young players in the transfer market this season is an indication that they will build a squad for the future but that can not be a benchmark so that they are underestimated because some of those in the team already have sufficient experience so that there will be a mix of young and senior players in the team, so I think that will be quite good.
Enzo Maresca who has just become Chelsea coach of course will not be easy to make this team compete at the top but I think it is not impossible because they have a qualified squad, so everything is still possible for Chelsea and it is worth looking forward to.

Given Chelsea efforts to build squad depth, it seems that Enzo Maresca will have a hard time leading his team to compete in the top four of the standings, it will take a few more seasons for the young group of players to become more mature and experienced. Chelsea management seems to still be investing in a number of young players with long term contracts, their average age is around 22.9 and could continue to decrease if Lukaku leaves. With the squad they currently have, it is difficult to say that they will be able to compete with Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United, in fact I think they will have a hard time securing a ticket to the Champions League. Enzo Maresca wants his team to have an identity, such as dominating possession, without a good defense Chelsea will concede more goals if they want to carry out this plan throughout the season.

Previously Pep Guardiola has feeling very sad because he saw Klopp leave Liverpool and this makes him starting to thinking to leave Manchester City because he hasn't gets decent opponents again for race titles even Guardiola says 8 years is enough to staying at Manchester City especially with this team Guardiola can gets almost all of the trophies he want from domestic league and Champion league so Guardiola want to find new challenge by moved to other teams and this also makes until now Guardiola still hasn't signing new contract although his contract will be expired on 2025

After his statement then people has starting to speculate his future and his next destination teams after leave Manchester City because i am sure with his achievement in Manchester City a lot of teams want to using Guardiola service even before have new managers at that time Barcelona and Bayern Munich also linked to him and Manchester City realize this situation so that's why they starting to prepare the new contract for Guardiola

I have a good news about Guardiola future in Manchester City because according the the latest news i have read Guardiola might be will thinking to extended his contract with Manchester City and Guardiola recently make a statement that although he won't be last long in Manchester City but he still give his priority for this club and i think this is good news because Guardiola has been able to make Manchester City became an strong team in Premier League and Eropa and it's not easy to find the replacement of him if he really leave Manchester City

The Manchester United Board of Directors will still retain Ten Hag for next season before taking other steps such as firing him when they have found another coach who is more suitable for the Manchester United team later. However, this will certainly be evaluated again by the team management through the final results that Manchester United will get next season, because if Manchester United can finish in the top four next season, of course Ten Hag still has a reason to be retained by Manchester United itself.

What's the point in bringing in players who can't do what you want? Is that not waste of funds? No one will be looking at Chelsea if their fans, players and owner don't always try to do things that will put them in the spotlight. Imagine as an owner, the criteria for looking for a coach is one who can fetch you titles in his first season with a club that hasn't been in form in a while. Growth takes process but the Chelsea owner wants it too fast that he often makes decisions that end up dragging the club farther from their dream.
 Granted, Enzo Maresca still adapting and will need time to bring the team to his style of play but we expected more than this draw seeing how he was so confident that he could bring Chelsea up to a standard that they can beat Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool.

Well, hypothetically, if MU continues to fail for another 10 years, no one can imagine what terrible collapse will come to this team, especially when the old generation of fans is getting older with memories of the Sir Alex Ferguson era gradually fading into a fairy tale.
Obviously, MU is still a big team, revenue increases steadily yearly and it is always supported by fans. However, it is a fact that the attraction of this team to the stars has been decreasing year by year due to poor performance. For nearly a decade, MU has made a series of player transactions to regain past glory. They have all failed, leaving behind a transfer "graveyard". So far, no high quality rookie has been bought. That could be a consequence of the blind transfers MU made since Sir Alex Ferguson retired. And coach Erik Ten Hag is partly responsible for that wasteful recruitment.

I actually understands what he is trying to do here, he is just biding his time, by keeping people in the dark regarding his future, so that if he feels like staying, no wan will questions it , and if he also feel the need to change, it wouldn't be like a surprise to anyone, but in my own perspective, I really do think he might seek a new challenge elsewhere, if what he is expected from the hierarchy of Manchester isn't met.

Secondly, another thing I observe about this Manchester city side is that, the team is getting old and it needs rebuilding after next season probably, so I believe that pep guardiola is trying to know how committed the hierarchy of Manchester city will support him in the rebuilding process before he decides to commit to the club, but since that time hasn't come yet, he just wants to keep everyone on suspense while he makes his observations, and I think it's a logical thing to do as a manager that knows what he actually want,  that's my opinion though.

Guardiola managed to win all the titles with Manchester City. He turned Manchester City from a mediocre team into one of the best clubs in the world. Manchester City Management has a lot of money. But without an experienced coach like Guardiola, City would not have been successful. City's achievements have been possible because of Guardiola's mastermind.

Guardiola is not interested in signing a new contract with City. Perhaps now Guardiola is keen to take on a new challenge. Or he doesn't want to take that much stress. This is probably why he is not interested in renewing his contract with Manchester City.

However, Manchester City management should have their plans in place now. Finding a new experienced coach. Without an experienced coach, it is a much tougher task for a team to continue to perform well consistently and dominate the Premier League.

They're currently hoping to have a good start in the next two weeks when the Premier League kicks off. They're also making changes within the sqaud to get themselves ready. But then, after the disastrous season Manchester United had last season, I feel like everyone in that club working towards having a great one this season. Top Four? It could happen. Personally, I see them finishing top three come May next year.

Only a dump person will see Erik Ten Hag as the problem of Manchester United. People who also say after two years he has struggled didn't watch him during his first season as head coach for Manchester United. Also, blind to see the little achievements he's had fir Manchester United. When you don't appreciate the little things, how can you get big things?

What Erik Ten Hag has achieved in the space of two years for Manchester United, is far better than, David Moyes, Ole Gunner Solskjaer, Louis Van Gaal and lastly Jose Mourinho. Only a biased football fan, Ten Hag hater, and a person who has no idea or no knowledge of football will write such words. No body gives two flying piss about your opinions, they don't count, Erik Ten Hag wouldn't be sacked.

It seems that Unai Emery is busy preparing Aston Villa for the upcoming Uefa Champions League and English Premier League as he has been very active in the transfer market. Even though a lot of new players will be joining Aston Villa but a few key players have also left the team through the transfer market and I wonder if Aston Villa are still able to keep up their excellent form last season. I guess the real big test for Aston Villa will be coming soon once they start their Uefa Champions League journey by playing against other top European football clubs and I hope they could at least progress to the round of 16.

Liverpool won Real Betis in their pre-season friendly with a goal from Dominik Szoboszlai in the first half with the assist from Salah though the build up for the goal was really good a lot of commendation for their youngster Trey Nyoni, I wonder if this is the plane of Arne plans sticking more with academy players rather than getting new signing and using both.


I think it is expected that Pep would be getting tried of being Man City coach from the fact that he has dominated the league and won everything there, he definitely will be wanting a new challenge and I guessed PSG might be his next club while if he shows interest for the National, I guess England & Brasil will have to fight for him though I think he is still considering what is the appropriate time to leave City in order for the team not to gradually decline instead remain a top flight team.

I wouldn't worry too much about the late games but Arsenal lost a few early games and they couldn't recover from those losses. When a team starts the season aiming to win the title, they cannot lose any match and their plan should always be to get 3 points in every match. Also if their opponent is much stronger then at least one point must be scored against that opponent. In Arsenal's case, they didn't start the season very well and in the middle of the season they dropped points in some easy games which pushed them further away from the title later on. The new Premier League season is going to start very soon and like other seasons Arsenal will enter the field with plans to win the title but their plans this season should be different. If they can plan properly and play according to that plan as well as if the starting eleven players are injury free for the entire season, then their dream of winning the Premier League title next season can be fulfilled

Pep Guardiola's contract will expire at the end of next season 2024/25 will Pep stay at Manchester City again? he has served as manager of The Citizen for 8 years and if his contract ends it will be 9 years the same as Jurgen Kloop when he coached Liverpool but this coach has left at the end of this season.
The England national team is interested in appointing him as coach to replace Gareth Southgate but there is no certainty about this but it could be that Pep Guardiola is considering it and wants a new challenge to be able to achieve targets that he has never felt as a coach.

A few days ago Pep Guardiola stated that he was closer to leaving than staying is this a code that Pep Guardiola will not extend his contract and will leave Man City next season?

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I do not doubt that when playing, any team should pay attention to the Mistakes that are made , but as I have said on several occasions, when they are pre-season games , the best teams can take the risk of losing, no matter who they play against. There, the potential of each team is not measured, but what is very beneficial is for the coaches to see which players are potentially good to form the starting lineup in case of an emergency , injury or any other Situation, so since it is a Friendly term, for me it is to take full advantage of it in that sense, and I think it is only logical , of course as a fan one Sees all things.