Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 729. (Read 774718 times)

This pre-season match is an opportunity for coaches to try using the latest strategies or perhaps try to give experience to young players as Arteta has done currently.
In my opinion, Arsenal's performance was quite impressive even though it looked a little irregular, but I understand that these players may still lack experience but were lucky to win in the penalty round.
I bet on Arsenal in this match but unfortunately my bet lost because I was hoping to get 1 more score for victory but Nwaneri failed to score when he had a good chance.

Am not against Ten Hag rating himself high after all it creates more confident thinking positive and high of oneself especially in a robust competitive ground like the EPL. However, I don't agree with his rating of himself that high above Mikel Aretha and J. Klopp, if we have to contrast the performance of the three coaches teams they manage we can see that Manchester united is lagging behind Arsenal and Liverpool in the last season. Ten hag has only been luckier than klopp and Aretha by winning two trophies since he arrived at UTD, for if it's by performances he's no where near klopp or Aretha.

Unfortunately, trophies are what we just use to judge how better a manager is than another but we can't outrightly jettison performance too because that's what raise the games to the interest and entertainment of the fans than winning a trophy in a boring way. But for this next season, with what Ten Had is doing at Manchester united am trusting he's going to get better with performance with his team, hopefully.

Probably yes, because I have said this before in the past that Eric ten hang is a proven winner, in as much as Manchester united aren't doing well in the league but they still manage to be winning something, which is very good, though their performance in the league over the past two seasons under his watch is terribly bad, and it is what they have to improve on, on the longer run, but I agree with him in his argument that after pep guardiola, he is the most successful manager in the English premier league in the past two seasons.

So I believe that this upcoming season is the season that will mostly define his future, wether he going to stay more years at the club or he is going to be show the exit door, but in my own perspective, I really don't think the problem of Manchester united is because of the manager alone, because so many good managers has managed Manchester united in the past, and still yet, they are just the same, not gotten back to that level they were under sir Alex Ferguson, so sacking him wouldn't change anything, it's more of how the club is being structured that is affecting the club.

According to him, the defeat really still has shortcomings in the Man City squad, even though it's only a friendly match, at least Pep is able to fix the shortcomings in his squad, the concentration must be really right in the next match against Milan, I believe Man City will be able to beat Milan in the next match at least still  optimistic even though playing with a makeshift squad.

I have discuss about this before and Real Madrid is look for new right back because it is impossible to always be rely on Dani Carvajal for each matches of next season especially next season Real Madrid will be very busy because they have to playing at several different of competitions besides that we can see Dani Carvajal is not young anymore because his age also above to 30 years old so Real Madrid want at least 1 more player for right back position and they have several candidates including Trent Alexander-Arnold

Trent Alexander-Arnold is from Liverpool academy and i am sure he loves this team and if Liverpool is still need his service i am sure he would give his priority for Liverpool and for next season although Liverpool have new manager Arne Slot but Trent Alexander-Arnold has been confirm that he won't be leave this team especially Arne Slot also want him to stayed because he feel Trent Alexander-Arnold is still important for Liverpool especially for right back position i have to says Trent Alexander-Arnold irreplaceable

I was a bit worried about Trent Alexander-Arnold future in Liverpool because his contract will be expired on next year but recently i have read the news that Liverpool still prepare to give Trent Alexander-Arnold new contract and it says Liverpool will give him long term duration contract and i think this is good news because at least Liverpool is concern about this rumour and i think if Liverpool is really give Trent Alexander-Arnold new contract then most likely this transfer will not be happend and Real Madrid has just wasting their time because obviously Trent Alexander-Arnold will signs that contract

When Arteta first joined Arsenal, Arsenal actually experienced a decline in performance because at the end of the season I remember Arsenal finished in 8th place, whereas in the 2018-2019 season Arsenal managed to reach 5th place, so in my opinion there was a decline in performance. but in my opinion, despite that, the reality is that now Arteta is certainly showing his greatness and now Arsenal's strength is increasing from time to time and of course I personally am also amazed by Arteta.

but I am also impressed by Erik ten Hag because since he joined Manchester United, Manchester United's strength has indeed made progress at that time because at the time of Erik ten Hag before joining Manchester United, namely at the end of the 2021-2022 season, Manchester United managed to finish in 6th place, whereas in when Erik ten Hag joined at the end of the 2022-2023 season, Manchester United managed to finish in 3rd place, but yes, it is very unfortunate that in the season that continues, there are Manchester United players who are injured, which of course makes Manchester United's performance decline. But yes, it is true. It's a shame that Manchester United's performance in the EPL has declined unlike Arsenal's, but of course with this, I hope Tenhag can improve it next season.

Personally, I am neutral in this matter because what I see is that Arteta is a coach who succeeded in building Arsenal and until now his performance continues to improve. However, I personally saw that Erik Ten Hag succeeded in bringing Manchester United to become FA champions. I think that is a plus for Ten Hag. Yes, although many people want Manchester United to win the EPL, yes, of course Ten Hag probably needs a process to build Manchester United and of course in the next season we will see Ten Hag's work, but what is certain is that I am sure Ten Hag will have the potential to be better than the season just now. end. Yes, of course I see that Ten Hag has special qualities, and so does Arteta.

For next season, I personally also predict that Manchester United will certainly find it difficult to surpass Arsenal, but I am sure that Manchester United's performance will be better.

Arsenal played out a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth in a preseason match in the US. It was quite entertaining because it featured some academy players and they all performed well. I have always wished for them to feature in games under Arteta. Even if it’s the cups, with what I saw in that game, I think these young midfielders should be given a chance. The time is now. Nwaneri impressed me I’m that game. Honestly, I don’t see why a Nwaneri can’t play in a 3 man midfield with other experienced midfielders vs 2nd division teams.
I expect Arteta to integrate a lot of these young talents into the team when the season starts. They have a point to prove and if given the right opportunity, I think they’ll excel.

The pre-season match doesn't mean anything. I don't think anyone is exaggerating that, Manchester City is a team that already has quite a strong character and what happened in the pre-season match was an attempt by the coach to make a lot of changes or trials so it's only natural that the result not optimal.
Regardless of what happens, Manchester City have proven that they have quite good quality and consistency over the last few seasons so this could also happen next season, I think no one doubts that.

The claim made by Ten Hag is based on the only two minor trophies that have been won by Ten Hag, whereas so far Pep Guardiola has never boasted about himself by saying he is the best in the English league even though he has won it all with Manchester City, Ten Hag seems to be right now is  looking for consolation for all the pressure he got after ending the season in 8th place, when he said he was the second best in the English league, not only other people might laugh at his words and maybe he will even laugh at his own words now🤣, With these words, Ten Hag is actually showing his character as a coach who has an ego and also likes to brag about himself ,ten Hag arrogance has not only happened once and has even happened several times before and I hope that next season his ability to build Manchester United will be better than his ability he spoke.

I don't think, this defeat will move any Manchester city fans, because they know what Manchester city can do when the premier league competition and other competition start, and they will still going to display well next season. That is the strategy many managers are using in this pre-season matches, because that is the best way to test their new players or to allow the players they always bench in some matches to showcase their talents for their managers to know how good they are in this summer season, which is what Manchester city manager did in this pre-season match. As long Manchester city manager is still with Manchester city in this season till next season, they will still get it right next season, because he know what to do to correct the mistakes of his players in this pre-season matches for them to perform well when tournament start.

What ETH said was the truth here.  Ten Hag counted it since he came to United, and it's not about overall performance. Ten Hag won two trophies in his two seasons at Manchester United. Arteta and Klopp are tied for third with one trophy each. Arteta won 1 Community Shield and Klopp 1 Carabao Cup. It makes sense for Ten Hag to claim he's the best after Pep Guardiola. He did not count the overall performance, and It was only since 2022/2023. Ten Hag is now rebuilding his club seriously. We may see Manchester United come back to compete with City and Arsenal for the EPL trophy.

This friendly match went very beautifully both teams gave each other attacks and Celtic was very confident with some of his young players at the beginning to block Guardiola's care, Celtic itself is not a small club he is a big club in Skotland and they are also a good team so it is not easy for Man City to beat them, even though we can see the squad that Pep is also good but it seems that Celtic is better than Man City yesterday.

Indeed, it looks like the defense on the left side of Man City is often used by opposing players and Celtic can make chances into goals because it is easy for them to find a gap on the left side, in the match it is also seen that Pep is also not really really in improving it, and I think Pep is not too serious in handling their academy players because he is not too good with young players he prefers to work with ready-made players, so I really want to know how he will do the next match if he does not have a senior player in his squad.

If you compare Arne's experience as Liverpool's new coach and Ten Hag, it is clear that Ten Hag is more experienced. Because as you said, Ten Hag has coached Manchester United in the English top league for several seasons. But still, for now I won't say that Manchester United is better than Liverpool. Even though it is true that Liverpool has now been abandoned by its old coach Klopp, I am sure that the Liverpool players will continue to play as well as when coached by Klopp. Because in essence the chemistry between Liverpool players is currently very good, in contrast to Manchester United whose players lack close chemistry. So this could be very good capital for Liverpool next season. Apart from that, we cannot immediately underestimate Arne, just because it is his first time coaching a team as big as Liverpool in the Premier League, which is of course very tight. Because I'm sure the Liverpool analysis team also chose Arne very maturely and not carelessly. So with this, Liverpool will certainly remain above Manchester United next season in the Premier League standings. Because if Manchester United's performance next season also improves, I still believe Liverpool will definitely be much better.

Because Arne will definitely be very enthusiastic and eager to train Liverpool well. The reason is that he also knows that currently he has a very big responsibility to make Liverpool a tough competitor in the Premier League. Therefore, it is certain that Liverpool in Arne's hands will most likely remain good. Maybe to make us less curious about the performance of Manchester United or Liverpool. We can watch the pre-season match between Liverpool VS Manchester United in a few weeks and of course we can use this as a benchmark for the performance of the two teams.

Well no one underestimates Ten Hag we all just judge everything based on the results he has produced at the club. And last season the results really didn't meet everyone's expectations. In the early season, Ten Hag was able to make us all have high hopes for his skills at the club. But then Manchester United started getting bad results from the start of the season and this automatically made us disappointed and this is normal. But when we heard that Ten Hag was not fired and would continue to coach Manchester United, from then on we could only hope that this time Ten Hag could repeat the good results he had when he first joined this club. And he is back in the race for tickets to the Champions League. Now Manchester United is actively moving in the transfer market and trying to improve the weaknesses they have, namely at the back. And I hope it works. But if this still fails to maximize the team next season then of course Ten Hag must realize that he is indeed unable to bring development to Manchester United.

I also didn't expect the result of the match that Pep's troops lost to Celtic, but remembering the pre-season match, of course I saw that the Manchester City players were not too serious in that match and indeed Pep was testing his players and measuring the extent of his players' strength. but honestly I was amazed by the performance shown by the Celtic players because the Celtic players were very good at breaking through the Manchester City defense.

but of course I saw in that match that Manchester City's defense had to be improved because I saw that it was very easy for Celtic players to break through Manchester City's defense and I also saw that Manchester City's players were less than optimal in taking advantage of opportunities during that match because if Manchester City could take advantage of opportunities better. Well of course I'm sure Manchester City will be superior in goals to Celtic. But yes, of course with that match I hope Pep can improve that.

Yes, of course, in this match, victory was not prioritized and it seems like Pep was not disappointed with his defeat by Celtic, but what is clear in this match is that both teams benefited, but of course Celtic must be proud because they managed to beat the EPL champions.

Well, nothing to expect from the pre-season game. Still, it's a brilliant performance by the youth squad of Manchester City. They were not using the main squad, and it was probably the best time for Pep to give minutes to his young players. The city's squad against Celtic needs better players. Then, they will be ready to face the next season.

Bobb showed amazing performance in this game, and he ran the show. Some players played averagely, like Rico, Perrone, and Halaand. But, they had delivered their best in that game. But some played so badly in this game, like K. Phillips, McAtee, and Esbrand. I think they need a long time to get their best.

But all of the young players of Manchester City need to hit the gym, bullied too easily by celtic players.



The city's stats from the game against Celtic are not that bad. But, yeah, they missed many chances. City's attacking line must have improved even more. I must admit that Schmeichel was also cooking in this game.

For many years he has been with Liverpool since he was 17 years old it would have been quite difficult for him to leave this club but getting an offer from Real Madrid would have been difficult to refuse because Real Madrid is a top club and has more achievements than Liverpool but yes this is It depends on Trent Alexander Arnold's decision whether he is willing to remain loyal to Liverpool or decides to leave. Liverpool certainly don't want to lose this player for nothing and will definitely offer him a new contract, but if he wants to join Real Madrid I don't think this club will buy him now they will wait for the player next season on a free transfer, but for now Real Madrid will continue to monitor him.

Lol... People who say things like this are either new to football or they just center their eyes on the premier league football alone. This is fuckery!
The English media is known for hyping people to the sky and also the first to bash them down to earth, I'm not surprised with whatever they're doing to Erik Ten Hag and I don't even blame them, I blame people who cannot read things online and think for themselves, make analysis with whatever they see with them own eyes.

Secondly, I blame people who cannot watch football without bias and say things as it's meant to be. No sane person will ever say Mikel Arteta is better than Erik Ten Hag. In terms of what please? Even in the Champions League Competition, we have seen how Erik Ten Hag also dealt with a big club like Real Madrid.

People who have good memories of what Erik Ten Hag did during his first season for Manchester United will put some respect on his name. Don't forget what Jose Mourinho and Louis Van Gaal said about Manchester United, so for Erik Ten Hag to finish third in his first season with a trophy and 8th with a trophy, he did pretty well.

I hate the comparison, what nonsense! Erik Ten Hag is a fine coach, check what he did with Ajax. Yes, the Premier League is not the dutch league, but he cannot do that with players with low standards who are overpaid. Change takes time, this is Mikel Arteta's fought season in charge, what can he boast of winning? Dumpster Comparisons! SMH!

Arsenal have made rapid progress since Arteta came as a coach and Arsenal have also improved in the form of games.
Erik Ten the right to come to Manchester United in his first season a little better but in the second season got a problem where the players he had injured and the absence of a more solid teamwork.
The club wants a trophy and they don't care how the game patterns they show are because the club's success is seen from how much they won the title.

Next season both Arsenal and Manchester United have made changes and I am sure Manchester United will be much better.
Arteta had to try to play better so they did not fail again to win the English League for the third time.

I get your point and those trophies are the reasons why he made such statement and from how things has been for the manager ETH, things haven't been working out for him as expected since he arrived at OLD TRAFFORD so after getting back the contract I think he just needed to make the media all about him ones again because we all know how poor and confused he had been, with the fact that he can't even take control of the dressing room, he just wants people to talk about him as the second best. Without those trophies I don't see any great impact he has done to elevate the team from where they are now. As it is I don't think Man UTD fans care if the trophy is a little cup or not, all they know is that they won something.