Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 730. (Read 774728 times)

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.

Although it was a friendly match, the match was very competitive. Celtic players tried hard to win the match and in the end Celtic team won the match. There is no doubt that Celtic's players have performed well.

On the other hand, Guardiola is experimenting with his squad. We don't see any experienced players in Manchester City's defense today. While City have Haaland and Grealish in attack, they lack experienced players in defence. This is why Manchester City conceded four goals in this match. However, these friendly matches are organized to enhance the experience of young and inexperienced players. But Celtic's players will be more confident after beating a big team like Manchester City.

Trent Alexander-Arnold seems a loyal player for Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold started playing for Liverpool in 2016 and he had good performance during this time, he achieved many titles with his team and won many trophies but Trent Alexander-Arnold he recently had an offer from Real Madrid.
Since he has a good relationship with Jude Blingham this player was about to leave but he is going to stay in Liverpool and it seems Trent Alexander-Arnold is not going to leave his team even for a team like Real Madrid.

Wow, what a friendly match it was. Even though it was a friendly match for Celtic, I think it was an important win and a really great result to increase pre-season morale and motivation. I think the meaning and importance of this match for Pep Guardiola was not really the victory but a few tries, so I don't think losing is very important and I can understand what he wants to do.

Guardiola always likes to give young players a role and highlight them, of course, friendly matches give him very good ideas to try.

I know that in situations like this, the yard stick for measurements has and will always be trophies and of course if that's the case then Eric Ten Hag will always in most cases be considered to have been of a relatively good performance but then again a typical and technical point of view will show otherwise and the obvious will be that he's not that good, he manages to win some trophies I see as weak trophies, as a matter of fact, Manchester city contributed to him winning the FA cup last season so he still remains a poorly performing coach from my perspective. Others may not have won trophies but they have got a much stable team than he's got and their targets are not for any of the low ranking trophies ETH has won.

Many young players had their quality tested by Pep Guardiola in the match against Celtic where Luke Mbete was given the opportunity for this match but in this match he really failed to defend well because statistically Celtic were able to shoot 13 shots and 6 were on target. So in terms of the team's performance in that match, of course Pep Guardiola can learn a lot of things because the defense line is very fragile which makes it difficult for them to dominate the course of the game in this match.
 
Of course, if all the main players play, Manchester City can definitely win this match, but friendly matches are not important matches so defeats and wins are a review for the coach to assess the players who rarely get playing minutes.
Erling Haaland also scored a goal in this match and he also had several good chances but his shot was blocked by Schmeichel.

It's just a friendly match and we can't understand anything from it. Manchester City had good players but they are in team training and the team is not in the good form yet. I think Manchester City could easily win this game against a team like Celtic if they had players in the good form.
Manchester City lost the game but I think Guardiola used this match to have the team in the better form to have a better performance in the next season.
The interesting thing about this match is that Haaland scored a goal in a game which is not important like he always does.

Come to think of it ETH is right, since he came to the EPL no manager have won any trophy that Man City are also competing and he has been the second best, where we have Arteta, Klopp and the others, you see him getting a trophy out of the two coaches so why are we saying he isn't the second best? Fine Manchester United haven't been pretty good but let's give the man some credit for the little he has done with the side by winning something no matter how small it is and some would want ETH to win the EPL title but he can't win it because they're not up to that level.

Ten Hag tried his best to see that Manchester United succeed in these trophies, but still, to me, it is getting worse because United are not even getting to the top of the table. I just think if Ten Hag cannot do it, he should hand it over or leave because Manchester United are not even competitive again while other teams that Manchester United were even better than are topping the tables and doing well.

 Although I don’t underrate Ten Hag for his job, I just feel like he’s getting too much as a fan. I want to see improvement than this. We are not what we want. We are tired of waiting. 

Enzo Fernandez after winning the Copa America with his national team Argentina posted a video on his social media account which appeared to be racist chants that targeted France national team players, the video drew criticisms from many especially from France internationals and some even had to unfollow him on social media. However, he has publicly apologized since fbe incident happened and today, Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca as well as the captain Reece James in their interview has disclosed that Enzo Fernandez will be accepted back to the team when he rejoins with the squad after his summer holiday. It's a good news for Chelsea fans if you ask me but Fernandez who have been forgiven by all must be careful of his actions going forward so that  people don't see him as a racist

I fully agree with you that De Bruyne always plays a very important role in Manchester City every season, despite his age and injury issues that come up every season. I know that De Bruyne's injuries are getting worse season by season, and he is aging. As this situation continues, De Bruyne may plan to leave Manchester City. I hope that Guardiola will be looking for a good replacement for De Bruyne.

But the truth about Guardiola is that he always has a replacement for any player he has. Either he converts a current player in the team to play the position, or he gets a good replacement. Even last season, when De Bruyne had a long-term injury, I don't think it affected Manchester City too much. Let's see what happens before the season starts; maybe Manchester City will convince De Bruyne to stay.

Guardiola experimented with his squad in this match. So I am not at all surprised that Manchester City lost this match. But I thought City could draw the match. But in the end, Manchester City lost the match by 4-3.

Celtic's two strikers Kuhn and Furuhashi performed well in this match. Kuhn had 2 goals and an assist. Kuhn performed very well in this match. Kuhn's performance helped Celtic beat Manchester City.

Manchester City's defense did not have any experienced players in this match. We don't see Walker, Ake or Gvardiol in the squad. If these three were in the city's defense, Manchester City probably would not have conceded three goals in this match. City's attack was strong in this match but City's defense was weak. The Celtic players made good use of this opportunity.

I am not surprised by the result of the match. Manchester City losing a pre-season match doesn’t mean anything, it doesn’t mean that Manchester City won’t be performing well when the season starts. We all know that most clubs won’t be making use of their main squad in pre-season matches, they do make use of the players that they are always keeping as reserves, so we can’t conclude how a club will perform when the season starts. But I am still expecting Manchester City to perform well when the season starts, we shouldn’t start concluding that there is a drop in their performance just because of the pre-season match.

Maybe for some teams it's an indicator to win a preseason game, but I think it's just to appease themselves, nothing more. For serious teams, it's a chance to release those players that the coaches will definitely not release in EPL matches, because every match is important there and a mistake by a young player can cost a defeat in the end. So the appearance of new players today is a good sign

It is a preseason-friendly match that helps teams to prepare ahead of a fresh season. Results like this do come up in matches like this because we know that it is always not a serious one for any competition or title chase, and if you observe very well, Manchester City begins to show seriousness in the match when they are down by two goals, but unfortunately, they lost the match which is a good one because Celtic is also not a small team.

Next season will be a tough season because I have seen how Manchester United is signing players just to make their squad better than last season which is very good and I am impress because they are signing young players. Arsenal on the other hand hand just added a defender, and still willing to get a striker and replacement for Bukayo Saka so that the team will be balance.

Pep Guardiola was only experimenting and he has seen what he wanted to test out, we should be expecting more of this experiment in other preseason games. if this was a real game and not a training, Pep guardiola would had use his best team and won the game. I watched the game and I loved Haaland goal. He looks very confident and ready to resume from where he stopped last season. Manchester city are still going to be the dominant force this news season as it seems nothing has changed from their style of playing. They only lost by 1 goal and that isn't a big deal since this was just a preseason games with alot of young inexperienced talents playing.

The match is a friendly, therefore I'm not shocked that Celtic defeated Manchester City 4-3. If it's a tough match, Celtic won't have a chance of winning because Manchester City outperformed them. You can't join Manchester City and Celtic. Guadiola did not field his first eleven in the match, which is why they defeated them. I am confident that if Manchester City meet Celtic in the UCL next season, they will not have the opportunity to score a goal, and now that the UCl methods have changed, I do not believe they will be able to compete. The match is friendly game am very sure if Manchester City meet celtic in the UCL next season, i don't think they can get the chance and even score one goal and now that the UCl methods as change i don't think they can meet.

The match is just a normal game, and they are playing in the patch as if they are not from Mac-City. Let the league begin, and we shall know whether Manchester City has lost form or is simply performing poorly in the friendly. Is their recent loss in a friendly match against Manchester United still fresh in their minds If Celtic play as well as they did against Manchester City, they will be able to win the league next season because I believe they have greatly improved and will challenge other league opponents in the league.

The same Manchester City that I know were beating by a club that last won a trophy in there gallery since 2018, no way but I will assumed this is a friendly match and it's not always that serious match but then again, the way Manchester City played made it look like they were serious but they didn't do much, the way Haaland even score his goal was a serious one or could this be a sign that city will perform well in this match.

There are some players that are not back from international matches, they weren't even available to be substitute when there is emergency substitutions else I'm not sure Manchester City will lose match easily to any team especially another one from a club that is has been long they won a league for their club.

And if De Bruyne should leave, it will affect us because De Bruyne plays a very important role because De Bruyne does most of the job in Manchester City gives good assists and if Pep is bringing anyone in, the person has to be super good to be able to replace De Bruyne because I love him so much that I am sure even Haaland will miss him. I don't know how true it is about him leaving because nothing is official yet. and De Bruyne has actually experienced a number of injuries, and despite these injuries, De Bruyne continues to play at his best, as opposed to other players who will fall behind after a series of injuries before eventually improving. i just hope is not true that De Bruyne  is leaving and if evetually he leaves their will be adjustments for sure and i hope our new signing from girona will do well this new season but i trust pep when it come to selecting.

I would add, pre-season matches are often an opportunity for coaches to restore the fitness of their players before playing a full season after the League title. Plus, the coaches will play their young players to assess how much potential they have. like yesterday's City match, Pep Guardiola preferred to play some of his young players, especially in defense, and did not play his starting eleven in the match against Celtic. City's first match of pre-season, he will not immediately play the entire core team. Moreover, several names were not on the list of players for last night's match.

Referring to match statistics, Pep still uses the system he usually applies. It seems that there will not be many significant changes when City play match after match when the League has been rolled out. Apart from that, City still has the same squad as the previous season. Even though several names are rumored to be leaving, so far the closest is Ederson, the City goalkeeper. Well, we agree that this result has no impact whatsoever on Pep Guardiola's team. they just used this friendly match for everything Pep planned before the competition started, so City is still a team that is a threat both in the Premier League and in the Champions League.