Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 - page 937. (Read 782662 times)

Even playing in the Europa League, Liverpool couldn't become champions there even though the Europa League is not as big as the Champions League and surprisingly he was defeated in the quarter-finals, meaning he lost before reaching the final, a bad result for a club as big as Liverpool, even though most people's expectations were that Liverpool was the favorite to win. won the Europa League title at that time but unfortunately it didn't live up to expectations, next season we will see Liverpool playing in the Champions League with their new coach the results could be better or worse but everyone expects good results for a club as big as Liverpool at least not lower than the quarter finals .

Who means that several Liverpool players will retire? I think Liverpool players are still fit enough to play and I have not heard of several Liverpool players who will retire, even Mohammed Salah is still far from the age to retire, he is still fit enough to play for Liverpool as a reliable striker, but if there is a club that makes an offer to Liverpool with the high transfer fee for Liverpool I think the management will consider it, besides that I don't expect satisfactory results in the coach's first season because every coach usually needs time to improve the club's performance.

Liverpool may indeed have to look for several talented young players in the transfer market to become mainstay players in the future. Just like what Real Madrid and Barcelona do in Laliga, they always develop young players for the club's future. But maybe their focus now is adapting to the new coach. And let's hope it goes well. Because still, even though Liverpool's first season with a new coach will be a difficult season to predict, I hope Liverpool don't experience bad results. Because I want the competition in the Premier League to be as interesting as last season.

But Arne Slot seems to have also targeted several young players to be placed in the back line. And Liverpool, in this player transfer market, seems to have prepared funds of £128 million to look for new players who can strengthen the team. And reportedly Arne Slot intends to bring in one of the defenders from Feyenoord, namely Geertruida.

Yes, Todd Boehly seems to want to bring Chelsea to more instant success, but actually this will certainly be a little difficult. Because it requires a fairly intensive process and also takes quite a long time to make a football team truly mature (become great). So even though Todd Boehly has quite a lot of money, if he can't change his mindset, I think Chelsea will have difficulty developing. So it's true, it looks like Todd Boehly really needs an advisor who is truly an expert in the world of football. Because, it is natural that Todd Boehly wants to make Chelsea successful quickly, or is too hasty. Because basically he is not a player or expert in the world of football, but a well-known businessman. So of course, he didn't have much experience regarding football. So Todd Boehly must be given better direction, so that his team can develop rapidly. Because it would be a shame if the money Todd Boehly spent was wasted because he doesn't have enough experience in the field of football.

And now the Chelsea coaching chair is filled by Enzo Maresca, I think he is a pretty good coach. The reason is that last season, when he was still coaching at Leicester City, his progress was quite good. Because, he succeeded in bringing Leicester City to qualify for the Premier League next season. So if Todd Boehly is aware of that, I think keeping Enzo Maresca for a few seasons will definitely have a good impact on Chelsea. Especially if Todd Boehly spends more money in the transfer market this summer to buy several players. Certainly Chelsea could have a much stronger squad depth.

I also think Liverpool team needs to prepare for future because Salah might leave soon. Club needs to find new players who can take his place. New coach Arne Slot has had average results in past so I am not sure about his coaching how he will do for Liverpool. But he might do better at Liverpool because they have stronger team. We should not expect everything to go perfectly in his first season. It will take time for him to adjust and make his plans work. Liverpool success depends on good planning developing players and making smart decisions.

Its not surprised news with Manchester City have problem with their financial fair play or FFP because almost last several years ago this issues have been show to the public but never get suspended such as Everton faced 10 points deduction last season with financial problem. Manchester City not balance yet with their transfer activities because most spending much money for signing new players than receiving much money from selling their players.

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Premier League season 2024/25 still longer and each teams has more than two months later before first match start, some team have prepare for pre season training and they have schedule of pre season match and looking for the potential formation next season.
I am waiting with Liverpool under new manager Arne Slot will make difference and Liverpool become the top fourth of premier league team in this season or he failed with his first season debut with The Kop.

When you started from 0 and your opponent started from 100, how can you call that is not an important problem? Liverpool must be starting from the scratch again. It means liverpudlians may not expect the good performance from liverpool under arne slot on his first season in the reds.
What experience is it? Arne slot is obviously non experienced coach in manage the big club. Arne slot never manages the big club on his career. This is arne's first time in managing the big club like liverpool.

Liverpool shall sell the players that will be running out their contracts. The reds must cash in them before it's too late. But, who is gonna retire from liverpool? You can mention at least two names. I only know about joel matip who is gonna retire after he exit from liverpool.

In terms of squad depth, maybe for next season we don't need to worry about it. But for the next few seasons well that will turn out to be quite worrying. Because this club must start preparing players who can replace Salah if Salah leaves. And Salah, who is also no longer young, will definitely not last much longer at Liverpool. So Liverpool must start preparing it now.  And regarding Liverpool's new coach, Arne Slot, I actually don't really know the data about this coach. He has experience in the UCL and European League with the Feyenoord club. But the results are not that good. But maybe because Feyenoord's depth is not that good. And maybe Arne Slot could be a better coach at Liverpool because Liverpool has better squad depth. But well, we can't expect his first season at Liverpool to run smoothly. Because there will definitely be several adaptations and readjustments throughout his first season at Liverpool.

To me the main reason why they still have him as the manager of the side is because quality managers are no longer in the market, they're all occupied so they had to hold on to the one they have instead of throwing him off but they're waiting for Southgate I think, he (Southgate) said if he fails to win the Euros that he's leaving the 3 Lions which means UTD board are eying him, so to me ETH is just covering the position till Southgate comes, they know England isn't going to win because to me they're not as strong as the other countries only over hyped players they have.
Would you blame him? The players ain't cool with him, the FA CUP finals was one of the best of ETH and Manchester United players, the players played out their best and it paid them in a positive way by lifting the trophy. If they have been playing like they did against City I believe they would've finished in the top 4 of the table but since they don't fancy his (ETH) style of play then they have to behave any how, win today and lose straight 3 games.

Yeah I get it, that's why I said there's no need to expect more in the first season because building a team is not an easy thing, especially if there are new talents there. We know how Klopp built Liverpool, which was once the best team in the Premier League and next season they will have to adapt to a new style it's clear there will be an impact on the squad. Do you think Arne Slot can take Liverpool to the same level or higher? as we know he has no experience in the Premier League.

Based on history on transfermarkt Liverpool have not been active in the transfer window there are no new players except players who return after being loaned to other teams.

You have comfortably highlighted one of the problems of so many football clubs. When a particular club has more number of old players than young players, you know that there is a looming problem. You should look at Real Madrid very well, when their player started aging, they did not outrightly sell them. The had to keep the old players and buy young ones, this made it possible for the old players to groom and nurture the young players to being world class footballers. Even when some of the old players insisted of retiring, just like Toni kroos. The club had to beg him to stay one more season. And today he has groomed people to replace him in the club. This cannot be said about Liverpool where someone like sadio mané left without anyone replaceing him, and any moment from now Muhammad salah will also live and he will not be replaced. How will The young ones that they will sign know the norms of the club. How will the young ones that they will sign learn to continue the legacy, especially when there is a new coach. I am praying hard that what happened to Manchester United and Chelsea should not happen to Liverpool.

Yes, at least Liverpool has experienced an improvement in their position in the Premier League standings this season after previously failing to enter the UCL zone and also failing to win the Europa League trophy. So no matter what, Liverpool will also fight as optimally as possible in the UCL in the future, because this is what they always dream of beating various top clubs in the UCL even though they know this will definitely not be easy.

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Based on the news, Man Ciy has been reported that they still have to sell one of their top players to help improve their financial problems. Many have speculated that this will be the new Alvarez so far, he is a player who is being targeted by various clubs, but Man City are still not willing to let him go. Maybe the main reason is actually related to the price. So, maybe if there is a suitable price, there is no possibility that Man City can finally let him go.


Source: Manchester City

There's something you don't seem to understand, this is the game of football, anything can happen. And we saying so is suppose to happen that way but it didn't because we all including yourself say things base on how we're seeing it. When a coach like Erik who has been making mouth of winning trophies for the club start messing up do you think he shouldn't be sacked? When he came to the club the expectation was high and everything seems to be promising but later on things started working against him and you'd agree with me that this man has lost control in the locker room of UTD. No one is being biase here is just how it is, I don't know about others but the Red Devils don't have anything to offer next season.
Manchester United would give out those two trophies just to be in the finals of the champions league, those trophies don't mean anything compared to the UCL trophy and EPL title, so you shouldn't be too comfortable with that, face the fact Manchester United are never going to improve until the issues they are battling with indoor are settled.
The body language of the players don't really want Erik ten Heg and you know it so let's call a spade a spade, I'll still say it that the relationship between Erik ten Heg and the players ain't healthy, take a good look at how Pep, Arteta and former Liverpool coach Klopp relate with their players, the joy in the locker room of those managers will always make the players to play for the manager every week, but that's not how it is for ten Heg.

It wouldn't be an important problem for Liverpool if they started from the bottom again, Liverpool needs experience like this to form a new strategy that might give Liverpool victory in the next match. When many Liverpool players are about to retire, they will take advantage of the opportunity to buy new players at a young age. In this way, the strategy used by Liverpool will have the potential to put on a good show in the next match.

Yeah Liverpool only play in the Europa League because they finished in 5th place last season and that was their worst achievement in the previous 5 seasons, now Liverpool must start everything with a new method and strategy as you said the impact could be better or vice versa. Apart from that, several of Liverpool's mainstay players are heading towards retirement meaning this situation is really not easy and honestly I don't expect more from their performance with a new coach at least in the first season.

Have you forgotten that Liverpool did not participate in the Champions League this year?  
A place is not guaranteed to anyone, if we were confident in Liverpool it would be an easy +53% per annum. By the way, a change of coach is a very serious factor that can strengthen the team or, on the contrary, weaken it. If I had made an outright bet, I would have chosen a different outcome.

You make a lot of sense and I completely agree with what you said, such things are normal with life itself, where of you are do well, people like you and praise you, but the moment you start failing, everyone hates you like you are the worst human being on earth, forgetting that life itself is a Rollercoaster, there is never any stability, most especially in activities like games..

For example, take Manchester city's coach as a good example, Manchester city have been doing really well and everyone believes Pep Guardiola to be the best coach ever in the history of the club, but watch it, Manchester city is not going to be in their current form forever, sooner or later, they will lose form and start under-performing, by then, the majority are going to forget completely all this years the club have done really well, and they are going to be asking for Pep Guardiola's head/resignation or sack.

So for Ten Hag, it's clear that that FA cup win is beginning to give fans a  reason to have a second thought about him, and the real question actually is, is there another worthy and better replacement for him if he is sacked?

Mauricio Pochentino took over a Chelsea side that was below average and started to rebuild the team from scratch with his tactical experiences. At first, it looked like Chelsea weren't gonna get better under him but after several tactical works have been put in place by the Argentine manager, Chelsea began to perform better in the last games of the season. I'm surprised that the club management decided to sack Pochentino even when it looked like he was going to win numerous trophies with the team in few seasons from now. The new manager Enzo Maresca now have a very difficult work to do because he's also gonna introduce his own football pattern which might take the players longer time before they can fully adapt.
There's every possiblity that the new manager might succeed at the club but I think it'll take a long time to achieve for him to achieve success with the team

Actually I even feel he got this planned out, because he knew if thw season were over with the kind of poor performance he had, winning thw FA cup was the only way to get some more relevance for his stay in the old Trafford because it will look like he's most likely going to be sacked if there was nothing to show for the season but this could  be a reason for consideration on his side because it will mean he was able to achieve something before the season cane to an end.

Next season If he's been given the chance to still manage the team, I feel that he might get sacked half way if he's unable to show some kind of improvement midway the season because if he's not showing any improvement for the probation which he may be granted then leting him go would be their next option. Personally I don't see any great future with him at Manchester united especially if he's still going to have exact same players to work with in the new season.

The attitude management and club officials will not change, even though Enzo Maresca has been given a five-season contract. They can easily fire him, if Chelsea fail to win any trophies, it's not a big problem to fire him even if they have to pay compensation. That is the Chelsea tradition that we know so far, it seems that in matters the dismissal of manager Todd Boehly is the same as Abramovich before. So it is not wrong when many people say that Pochettino dismissal was wrong, because they did not recruit a better and more experienced coach, instead appointing Enzo Maresca.

To be honest, I also doubt that Enzo Maresca can live up to expectations, but we shouldn't be too harsh on him, because we haven't seen how he performs with Chelsea. Pochettino was fired and left a potential young squad, Enzo Maresca is very lucky because next season these players will be fully available, no one will be injured. Realistically, Chelsea has a chance to compete and finish in the top four of the standings, but to challenge the title, Enzo Maresca it takes a lot more than one season.

Enzo Maresca will not fail at Chelsea I'm fully convinced about this. The man is a born tactician, you can see it from his games at Leicester City. The Man understands the game of football. Just imagine the first season at Leicester City and he won promotion in his first managerial job that speaks a lot of volume and I think that's one of the main reason why Chelsea went for him. The Man know the challenge of the job and he is already bracing up for the huge task ahead. Chelsea will be very strong next season, they just have to get their transfer plans right, if they do that Chelsea will finish in the top 4 next season and possibly pursue the tittle. Enzo is lucky he is already inheriting a squad that's full of young players who have played together for a season and now understands their Flow of the game. They just need to get a recognized striker to bring competition for Jackson.