I also don't like to watch any driver dominating the whole season in F1. Who would like that in the end?

Of course there are so many people who are fans of winner drivers. But even they must be getting bored to see the season ending very early. If Ferrari didn't start to fail this much quickly then maybe we could have witnessed a fierce championship race between Verstappen and Leclerc. I really think that Leclerc is also an amazing driver and he deserves a title run. I still don't believe in Ferrari much about next season. Because they have shown bad examples to us for a long time. Even if they do good at first again I'll continue to doubt their performance in the long run.

Things are going really bad for Tottenham in the recent times. There is a significant level of drop in their performance clearly. When it comes to their big matches in the league so far, they haven't been good at all. They lost against Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool and Newcastle. They got a draw against Chelsea also. This means that they still have zero win in important matches.

Conte must focus on this problem of the team also. They don't have big problems on defeating smaller teams obviously. However they just can't do the same to their biggest rivals in the league now. Tottenham have a really strong squad actually. They have the strength to upset all of those teams. Conte just needs to develop new strategies depending on their opponents.

These are the results of the last 32 draw.

The most attracting matchup is obviously Barcelona - Manchester United. It is like Ronaldo has Champions League brought to himself.    However it is even doutbful whether he will be staying in January. If he manages to find a favourable team for himself then I think he wouldn't think of staying. Otherwise a really lovely matchup is waiting for him. ten Hag has chosen him for the starting eleven regularly in the Europa League so far. I assume he would continue to start like that in both legs then. These teams are among the biggest candidates for the title. It is quite difficult to guess which side would make it. But I guess I will prefer Barcelona for now because of being in need of money.

There is really an Emery effect.  

We have seen it clearly in his first PL match with Aston Villa. They were very effective in attacking. Manchester United were really bad at defending honestly. They gave big spaces to their opponent and Aston Villa players benefited from the chances really great. The second goal came because of Martinez's simple mistake. Digne's free-kick goal was really impressive though. De Gea didn't have much thing to do about the 2nd and last goal of their opponent. Shaw was lucky to score the goal that would have made them hopeful about a comeback. However Aston Villa were attacking dangerously instead. With a game plan like this, Manchester United would continue to be inconsistent.

Chelsea might be likely to lose Nkunku to Real Madrid now. Because there is some new update such as Real Madrid have started to monitor his condition also. It is claimed that this interest might have an affect on Nkunku to change his mind. Chelsea were actually really close to signing a deal with him. They were trying to agree personal terms as early as possible to finish the transfer next summer. But it looks like their job will be quite hard from now on.

Chelsea still need to improve their attacking line I think. I still don't see it good enough despite signing Aubameyang. They need a more reliable striker on the front to increase their effectiveness in scoring goals. One of the reasons why they are losing points is definitely related to this issue.

There is an Aston Villa - Manchester United match also today.

This is going to be Emery's first Premier League match with Aston Villa. We all know about the Emery effect on many teams so far. Maybe Aston Villa will also be one of these teams that Emery makes a much more successful team. But it would be too much to ask from him to do this right away now of course. He will need some time to know the team first. Therefore I see Manchester United as quite close for the win already. Their problem is just not being able to score multiple goals in one match easily. Otherwise they haven't lost any league match for many weeks. Maybe this one could be another close match but I think Manchester United will win by a close margin such as 2-1 or 1-0.

Manchester United seem confident about convincing Dalot and Rashford to sign a contract extension.

I would like to see Rashford staying especially. Because he is still a young talent for the team in the attacking line. Maybe he isn't always a sharp-shooter but his general effort so far has been quite good. The more he finds chances in the starting eleven the better he performs. He has got 7 goals and 3 assists in 16 matches in total so far. As Ronaldo is on the verge of leaving the team as well the team need Rashford a lot now. I know that they have Martial also but I see Rashford as a more skilled striker than Martial to be honest.

Arda Güler şu ana kadar gerçekten de doğru düzgün bir zaman alma fırsatı bulamadı. Genelde kısa sürelerle maçlarda yer aldı. Buna rağmen daha 17 yaşında bir futbolcunun yeteneklerini bu kadar rahat gösterebilmesi takdiri hak ediyor. Potansiyelli bir oyuncu olduğu ortada ve eğer fırsatlarını bu şekilde değerlendirmeye devam ederse bir süre sonra büyük Avrupa takımlarının dikkatini çekmeye başlayıp teklifler alabilir.

Bu maçta yer almasını eleştirenler görüyordum ama Arda bu eleştirilere çok iyi bir cevap vermiş oldu. Rennes'in evinde AEK'yı yenememesine de çok şaşırdım. Ben farklı bir galibiyet alıp liderliği Fenerbahçe'nin elinden alırlar diye düşünüyordum. Temsilcimiz böylece Şampiyonlar Ligi'nden gelen takımlarla önümüzdeki turda eşleşmemiş olacak.

People were mocking Messi about one thing before he joined PSG. They were comparing him to Ronaldo in terms of being able to play in various teams. They were thinking that Messi wouldn't be able to perform as strong as his performance at Barcelona. I must admit that I also had big doubts about him because of playing for Barcelona for so many years. It wasn't going to be easy for him to adapt to a completely different game plan playing with different players.

His first times at PSG weren't impressive also but it was normal. After some time he started to adapt quite well. And now in this season he is just performing not much different than his times at Barcelona. He has proven that he can do just as Ronaldo when he goes to a different team.

I agree with the opinions on Juventus. However I still see them among the title contenders in the Europa League honestly.

I'm aware of the injury situation at the team now. They are dealing with many players who are injured at the moment and this is another big factor that is holding them back. Their performance while not having this many injuries wasn't very impressive too though. But I started to see some improvement by Juventus in the Serie A recently. They started a winning streak I mean. This is a good sign for the future hopefully. They have a good squad to be able to win the Europa League title also actually. There is a lot of time for next round matches and the injured players can heal until then. After that I will be hoping them to show a good performance here. Allegri just needs to be as successful as possible to remain at the team.

Newcastle are definitely one of the impressive teams this season. They have lost only one match which was an away one against Liverpool. They are among the best away teams so far. Especially their win over Tottenham was really impressive. Because it was the only point loss for Tottenham in home matches at the same time.

On the other hand Southampton are far worse than Newcastle now. First of all, they are the worst home team statistically. I don't think they can resist Newcastle until the final whistle. Newcastle beat them here last season and they can do this even more comfortably this season considering their effort so far. I expect a Newcastle win and the odd is 1.93 for that.

Actually I think that Atalanta have no difference than Milan when it comes to playing against Napoli. Because Napoli have already proven how capable they are by defeating some of the title contenders. Atalanta are another target for them. Of course its being a match home is nice for Atalanta but this doesn't change that their job is still difficult here. In their last head-to-head match Napoli defeated them 3-1 in this stadium. While in a very impressive form like this, Napoli can do this once again.

Napoli lost to Liverpool in the Champions League a short time ago and I wonder if this would be enough for dropping their momentum a little. I still don't think that they will lose though but maybe Atalanta would draw with them in the worst case. Atalanta are one of the solid defense teams but they aren't as productive as Napoli. If Napoli score first then Atalanta might be in a really big trouble.

Chelsea - Arsenal maçında Arsenal bence favori taraf olsa da iddaa oranlarına bakıldığında Chelsea'nin favori gösterildiğini görüyoruz. Bu da haliyle biraz şaşırtıcı tabi.

Her şeyden önce bu tarz büyük maçlarda ne olacağı tabi ki belli olmuyor. Mesela Arsenal Manchester United'a kıyasla çok daha iyi gitmesine rağmen Old Trafford'dan çıkamadı. Bir benzerini de Manchester City Anfield'da Liverpool'a karşı yaşadı. Gol bile atamadan yenilmişlerdi. O yüzden burada da Arsenal'in benzer bir sonuç almaması için sağlam oynaması lazım. Chelsea son günlerde ligde pek güven vermiyor evet. Potter'ın eski takımına karşı seçimleri o kadar kötüydü ki geçen hafta Brighton'a 4-1 gibi bir skorla kaybetmişlerdi. Bu sefer dersini almış bir şekilde gelirse kaybetmeyebilirler. Ben Arsenal'in yine de bu seferki büyük maçında yenilmeyeceğine inanıyorum.

I agree with you.

When it comes to seeing the performances, things might change really quickly. For example, who could have expected Villarreal to make it to the semi-final last season, right? They eliminated very powerful teams like Juventus and Bayern Munich. Especially Bayern Munich were like a nightmare to smaller teams on paper. But Emery created a solution to their style and shocked them. Of course I wouldn't like to mean like Club Brugge or Frankfurt will do the same this season. But there is always a chance for this as long as they have the right game plans for doing this. But I'm also not expectant in that way truthfully.

It looks like Daniel Ricciardo is really close to becoming the third driver for Mercedes.

This must be still good news for Ricciardo because he hasn't been able to find a new team for himself until now. He has been speculated with some teams like Alpine and Haas but there hasn't been any positive or negative development about them. In fact, Alpine preferred to bring Gasly instead. I think that their next season could be really interesting with two young and competitive drivers.

Coming back to Ricciardo, it would be nice for him to be in one of the strongest teams in this situation. He would be like the backup driver for Hamilton until Hamilton retires. In this time period, I wonder if Ricciardo would like to leave if he gets an offer from a team as one of the main drivers. Because we don't know when Hamilton will retire. Maybe he will continue until winning his 8th world title.

Manchester United are said to be after Bayern Munich striker Choupo-Moting as well. I don't understand this interest if it is really true of course. Because he is like 33 years old now and there is no meaning for Manchester United to try to sign a player who will soon be useless. He isn't a superstar and he wouldn't be a reliable striker for them.

Bayern Munich would be eager to sell him there is no doubt about that. They must already be looking for a striker to transfer next summer. Manchester United should look for a much younger and talented striker if they really aim this kind of a transfer. It wouldn't be bad to sign a good striker honestly. Because Rashford is not very consistent about scoring goals and Ronaldo will leave as well.

PSG started really quick against Juventus. There was another nice cooperation between Messi and Mbappe this time and they are 1-0 ahead. Juventus' job is really tough against this duo in this match for sure. Neymar isn't able to play in this one because of being suspended. However they are still doing a very decent job.

Benfica also got 1-0 ahead not long ago. But that match is going on really competitively. Maccabi Haifa are also finding crucial opportunities but wasting them. But if Benfica don't open the goal difference more quickly then it might not be too difficult for Maccabi Haifa to score the equalizer. Maccabi Haifa need only one point as long as Juventus are the losing side.

And Maccabi Haifa have just scored a penalty and equalized the score.    Juventus might really say goodbye to the Europa League as well.

When it comes to comparing Barcelona and Real Madrid for the league title, I can say that there is no clear favourite at the moment. Real Madrid just seem a little ahead to me because of defeating Barcelona in the El Clasico recently. However we have also witnessed how Real Madrid can lose points simply against much smaller teams. The point loss against Girona was really unexpected.

Of course both teams would continue to make this kind of mistakes from time to time. I remember Barcelona's draw against Vallecano also despite being fully dominant in the match. It's just not easy to predict which side would be more consistent now. In addition to that, winning in the other El Clasico will also be important. Comparing the experience levels, Ancelotti is a much better manager of course and this is a nice advantage for Real Madrid to carry them one step ahead on paper.

We indeed saw that Real Madrid can lose in an unexpected match also. Leipzig's win might encourage much bigger teams to do the same in the later stages too. Real Madrid were really unstoppable last season. They eliminated very big opponents one by one and made it to the title. Sometimes they had a huge difficulty though and were very close to even being eliminated.

This time they are stronger than their look in the previous season. It is impressive to see them doing this even in the absence of Benzema too. This is a proof that they aren't dependent on Benzema anymore. They had better not be like that because the better the team performance the closer they are to the Champions League title. There were some times that they got lucky in last season but now they have a more solid game plan. They haven't faced big teams yet though but this performance is still giving us some clue about their effort against those teams also. They must have learned their lesson from the Leipzig loss too.

Lorient - PSG is a candidate to be one of the most interesting matches of this match week I believe.

I'm aware that PSG are strongly favoured for the win and there is no surprising thing about this. PSG are like this against the rest of the teams in the league in the end. There is a huge gap. However Lorient have an interesting head-to-head history against them in the recent times. Lorient didn't lose to them in their last two meets and won even one of them also. Now they are having even a much more solid season compared to those times. Besides PSG are going to be playing that match after facing Juventus in Italy. Maybe the result of that match could affect their mental also. All in all, I want to give both teams to score a try for this match. 1.75 is a decent odd to make use of.