Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL) - page 404. (Read 1199178 times)

Aston Villa, one of the few english that won the Champions League (the others are Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, and Nottingham Forest) is back in the EPL...Good to know that we'll get to watch the top teams at Villa Park, it's such a nice looking stadium 

Btw, did you guys read the news about Newcastle? The club is about to be sold to the Bin Zayed Group^[1], the same ones who failed to takeover Liverpool last year^[2]

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1. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9164187/newcastle-sale-terms-agreed-sheikh-khaled-mike-ashley/
2. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1007716/Liverpool-takeover-Man-City-owner-cousin-Sheik-Khaled-Anfield-FSG

Welcome Aston Villa to Premier League!

Just from entering to the premier division of english football, they will earn $200 million. 

I'm all in for Derby to make it back to the EPL too, they've always been available for playoffs but yet not making it through.

They are behind already after an El Ghazi goal just before halftime, I just wish they can still turn the tie over in the 2nd 45 minutes.

Edit: Aston Villa has doubled their lead, and It's bound to be another disappointing year for Derby County in the playoffs, except they can come up with 2 goals withing the next 20 minutes plus stoppage time.

^  Just checking the score every now and then over here.  And yeah, I want Lampard to get Derby up the EPL too.  

On SAF, no way it was deliberate.  Pep was his first choice to take over at United.  SAF even went to him at New York to talk Pep out of his sabbatical from management.  But Pep said no.

Bookies know what they're doing. Maybe more automation and more algorithm crunching the numbers for them but they are making calculated risks when offering odds all the time. 3/2 for Pep to Juve was probably just to get some money in for bets they knew would never happen.

Anyone watching the final playoff now? Derby's been good to me this season. Got a parlay on them to surprise Aston Villa. Still 0-0 at 38th minutes.


Some people still think it wasn't a mistake, but a big, big deliberate move to ensure his legend was forever entrenched in United lore. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I wonder if there were a shred of truth, especially with the aging machine poor Moyes inherited that should have been replaced long ago.

^  Seeing what we saw happen after SAF left, yup.  It was a big mistake giving it to Moyes.  Lmao...  But what if Mou or Pep took over right after SAF left?  I think United's situation could've been better than what it is now.

I couldn't say. Depends on numerous factors, but if Pep would have gone to Manchester United instead of Mou I think he wouldn't have done any better or worse than Mou. Winning the Champions League isn't the only mark of a great manager either though obviously it's a huge deal. Apparently the Pep to Juve rumors have been rubbished by City today but I guess they could be lying or just wishful thinking as they really wont want to let him go.


I really doubt they'll kick them out. They'll probably at worst fine them a load of money which City will happily pay. They know the Champions League is too valuable to both them and City to not have them in it.

Aaron Ramsey has officially left the arsenal to go to Juventus, who do you think is the suitable player to replace him? and also anyone who will be Arsenal's list of hunters in the transfer market later, I think arsenal will buy a lot of players in this transfer market.

There’s no official word yet from UEFA conforming that Manchester City will be banned from Champions League, and unless they make it official he’s indeed staying. Pep has only one desire left now after winning the treble he wishes to win the champions league with Manchester City, and I believe he’ll not quit unless he achieves it.

I think it's too difficult for Pep Guardiola to get to Juventus, but it might be possible to see a case like C. Ronaldo who surprisingly came to Juventus. I think it's also interesting to be able to see Pep Guardiola to work together as a coach with C. Ronaldo.

If it is true that Manchester City has received sanctions from FFP, of course, the punishment is very heavy, which is to be disaffected by 1 season at UCL. Of course this is in my opinion a heavy penalty for the club. For Pep the possibility of survival and if Pep leaves Manchester city, of course Juventus is not a suitable place for pep.

The only way Pep leaves this summer is if Man City are guilty of all that money laundering shit & FFP cheating. If they were to be kicked out of the CL maybe he would go to Juve.

Then he needs to hurry up until Messi still plays there and did not go to retirement. after will be very difficult to prove that he is the best manager.

Does that prove Mou is better than Pep?  Mou won the UCL with Porto as the underdog at 2004.    And that's the state of the game we have today.  Everything is all about the money now.  Put any manager somewhere, they'd have a better chance at winning anything if he's given a huge transfer budget.

I like gambling and watching it too but that's all it is for me, mindless entertainment, but it's become a religion for people when in reality it's just like watching a big budget movie with huge souleslly corporations behind it selling the punters the same old thing just refreshed a little to keep them watching (How many superhero movies do we really need that all follow the same formula). To me there's not much excitement in watching the same big teams prevail and win games where you know the outcome just like superhero movies (the good guys always win everytime).


I don't think he will leave just yet, but just like Ronaldo it's an easy and riskless move for him. Loads more money and he can easily add to his trophy cabinet by joining another one of the biggest and best clubs in the world and one where they hardly ever lose the title. Going from great team to great team proves nothing about Pep (or any other big manager). Go to a team that's slightly outside the top two like Athletico or either Milans or Marseille or Lyon or something then win them the titles then we can call you great. Pep going to Juve, PSG or even back to Barca or Bayern is just going to be boring.


It's rarely a deal breaker for clubs though obviously it's something all world class teams strive for. Lets face it, only one club out of the entire Europe can win it and there's plenty of supposed world class managers so they cant and shouldnt all be sacked at once just for failing to win it especially when its so difficult and competition is as strong as its ever been.

Bookers are hardly not right.
They probably have inside info that he is going to move in Juventus. It would be interesting to see how he is going to cooperate with Christiano Ronaldo and fit him in his playstyle.

1.50 odds sounds like a done deal to me. Damn, i was quite sure he is staying on City at least one more season. Maybe he wants to manage a top club in all top leagues so Juve is a logical next step Barca, Bayern, City and now Juve if true. Nice resume to have.

There are rumors going on in Italy that say Pep has already signed a 4 year contract with Juventus. Of course we can't know for sure if this is true but bookies are showing us that this might not be only rumors. It's surprising that he made this decision since he doesn't like Ronaldo that much but I guess he knows with him the chances of winning Champions League are higher.

Funny...  Skybet has Pep as the favorite (1.50) to be the next Juventus manager with Mou next then Sarri.  Hmmm, what do the bookies know?

If he does leave, I think I'm gonna lose a bit of respect for him.  I mean 'that's it, you're leaving'?  Lol.

pep guardiola will stay at city until his contract end, and will be back to barca i guess barca now struglling and need a new manager, i think pep will be back if barca interested to give a pep new contract. pep is the best manager in the world imho.