Topic: Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL) - page 537. (Read 1199179 times)

It could have been alot worse but they are not really utilizing everything that they got yet, it seems to me that Manchester City was holding back for the first half thats why they are having hard time dealing with Wolves on the second half. If only they have gone more aggresive in the first half then they wouldnt really share the point

Those 2 points City lost yesterday could be huge for them in the long-run. Imagine it costing them the title? I doubt there's many games Liverpool or City will lose or draw this season so it could come down to matches like these.


But who will they get to replace him? It's never as easy as just hiring another manager and achieving instant success. Do you think if someone like Zidane went to United he would win them something straight away? I wouldn't be surprised if he did end up there and also doesn't win anything. How about if Pep swapped sides? Would he be able to turn them around? Whoever they get what if they do even worse? Sack them and try the next in line? I think both the Premier League team owners and fans should stop calling for managers to be sacked every other week. It really doesn't help and makes the culture of it worse. Why are people not calling for the heads of the players who are doing a subpar job on the pitch? It's mostly their fault and they should be to blame in the majority of cases.


Nothing lasts forever. Some once big teams end up getting relegated eventually. Look at teams like Leeds United. Newcastle and West Ham were often title challengers for a bit as well but fell off. I'm not saying Man United are going to get relegated or anywhere close to that happening but the Fergie era is over and maybe now it's time for another team to dominate for a decade. It was always boring when United won everything and everybody in the country wore United shirts regardless of where they were actually from. I'm starting to see more and more City shirts these days as well. Fucking glory supporters.

Even though Arsenal have managed to win their first match since the start of the English Premier League with the scoreline of 3-1, but I would say Arsenal is a bit lucky in this match as the own goal conceded from a West Ham player helped Arsenal to get ahead of West Ham. In my opinion, the overall defense of Arsenal is still looking very vulnerable to me, as the players of West Ham have clearly wasted a lot of scoring opportunity in front of goals, and West Ham is just an average team in the English Premier League, so I believe the manager Unai Emery should not be too happy from this victory and he would surely need to think of some ways to improve the defense of Arsenal in order to compete for at least a top four spot on the table.

Within that draw, Wolves showed how tough team they are and showed to others that no one can expect easy victory against them.

I think they will avoid relegation this season and maybe even end up in mid table.
It is still too soon to predict that, but I think they should stay in Premiership for couple years.

I'm sure Man City wouldn't be happy with the result against a lower ranked team however I do see where aso118 is coming from as the Wolves play a defensive game style which made it hard for City to score and also for City to go behind in the match and score an equaliser with a tough defence is why I can see that City would be happy with a point as it could of been a lot worse with them losing the game.

Why would manchester city be happy with that? In term of statistic and performance, they are actually way ahead of wolves. They shouldnt be happy with this especially when they can win the game. Everyone was expecting it to be easy match but manchester city decided to dissapoint everyone with their poor performance

Yes it was a great show by the Wolves today against one of the best attacking teams in the EPL. I just had this feeling that City might struggle to score in this match but stupid me still went with a bet over 2.5 goals which was looking good at all in the 1st half but once a couple of goals were scored quickly in the second half I thought it would come in as City had the momentum but couldn't score the winner. At least I got my bet on the Arsenal/West Ham game with over 2.5 goals. I also thought Brighton played well to hold Liverpool to just 1 goal.

In terms of reputation, the Wolves are definitely underdogs and should be happy to get a point against Manchester City. But the way, the match panned out, I think it is Manchester City who should be happy with the point. You should remember that the score at half time was 0-0 and it is the Wolves who took the lead in this match.

They are they doing what every top team should be doing. All those easy match should have ended with victory and that would grant them 3 points, that means they could be much relaxed when the champions league or the local league has started. More schedule will put some burden to the player's stamina and that might cause them to sacrifice some point by benching the main player

I am amazed by Liverpool. Their first three matches ended with a perfect victory. Although their performance have not been tested by the big teams, at least their current achievements can inspire them to compete for the title this season.

Yeah right and people here are so one sided when it comes to duo Manchester. When Manchester City did one bad game, people say nothing about it but when United lose the game then alot of people turn into a proffessional football analyst . They said United lose the whole season just because they lose one game last week 

Speaking about defences, I am watching Arsenal - West Ham at the moment, and the Gunners are absolutely awful on defence. Also, the linesmen made some glaring mistakes stopping a goal scoring attack by Arnautovic for offside. From what I saw in the video replay there was no offside. I think the Premier League should implement VAR for next season And West Ham should have been in the lead already.

1-1 Wolves - City.

IMO Wolves deserved the point for the amazing defensive display today, despite that small error in Laporte's goal, they were absolutely incredible in the entire match, you know you're doing something good when you have City playing long balls, first half was like that, Wolves completely nullified Mendy, a guy who has been key in the last two games for Pep's team. City was a bit unlucky (a few shots that hit the woodwork, and that free kick from Aguero in the last minute!), but still, great work by Wolverhampton.

I bet this draw against the almighty Manchester City feels like a major win to Wolves fans.

@toke last week you said I was out of my mind to back a draw against city but damn it I should have repeated the bet today! Lost my parlay already because Wolves/City needed to score one more, but this draw is well worth losing 0.001 BTC for me haha because at least by end of tomorrow we won't see City on top of the Premier League table (unless the other top 6 all eff up!). The season really doesn't have to end so soon so well done to Wolves for their second point of the season, if only they could have somehow kept City totally out though it was some kind of special header to be honest from Laporte... and that last freekick from Aguero at 95th... made my heart stop when it hit the bar.

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I think United players still want to play under Mourinho otherwise they would have already covertly boycotted the manager and failed on purpose like Leicester City players did to Claudio Ranieri and got him sacked. I reckon it hasn't gotten to the boiling point yet where the board would be massively disappointed in Mourinho but it's slowly getting there lol. I am going to go out on a limb here and say that Mourinho is probably the most respected by the players manager United have had since Ferguson.

I think that Manchester United need to sack Mou in favour of another coach, a good coach who knows how to put the players in field in order to get the maximum for them and who is not afraid to attack whichever team he is playing against.

I think Mou is getting old now and his ideas aren't quite clear anymore. It is a shame that such a big team like Manchester United to be in such position for some years now in the Premier League.

Exactly what I said.  It's Mou who's the problem, cos of him the squad isn't cohesive.  And by this time Mou should have already settled at the club and should be in form to fight for the league.  But no.  The worse part is he could be sacked.  That would surely hurt the club's stability even more.

Dont you worry about it, he will sort it out and he know it better than anyone if that he doesnt fix the problem then he wont be coaching Manchester United anytime longer anymore. He know it better than most people especially after they lose last week, thats more reason for him to think of a new strategy for the team to adapt to

The new Arsenal manager Unai Emery is not having an easy time after taking over Arsene Wenger duties, as Arsenal have already lost two games since the start of the English Premier League, I believe West Ham would be a much more easier opponent to handle, and since Arsenal is playing against their opponent with home ground advantage today, the players of Arsenal should try their best to beat West Ham today if they still wish to qualify for the Uefa Champions League next season.

Well that's what I get from this: