The EPL is in currently in the 12th week, not even up to half way the tournament yet, which means that Manchester United still have about 26 matches left to correct their mistakes and try getting into the top four, well they might be 5 points behind Aston Villa currently but that doesn't mean Aston Villa would finish above them, let's take for instance,Newcastle where performing better than Manchester united at some point last season but united managed to finish 3rd position above them when the season ended.

 Well I've heard several rumors about united replacing Erik Ten Hag and several names where mentioned for his replacement including Graham Potter, i doubt if replacing ETH with Potter would be possible cause that's like moving from grace to grass and I don't think the Glaziers would want to make such terrible mistake, i think if they're to replace ETH it would be with a more quality manager with Same or better experience than him, not some Potter.

 Those people that are saying ETH out and that he's not a good coach have forget so soon how he helped them win a trophy and even qualified for UCL and participated in the FA Cup finals, I bet most of them didn't even watch him coach at Ajax and that he won several titles with them and had a good UCL record with a team made up of young and vibrant players of which some have now become top players and are in big teams, Erik Ten Hag is a good coach, all he needs is more time and resources, coupled with the right players at different depths of the squad to get them doing better again like they did the previous season, well they're currently in the 6th position which is not actually bad what they need is to work together as a team, to do better and move up in the standings.

Leipzig is one strong team in the German Bundesliga and they stand a lot of chances when they face other teams. Though in recent games, they've been victorious but they've gone less in the goal margins, they're most likely to be the victor in every game they have but they have to work on making the goal margin tangible and concrete.

 Their position in the league is  threatened because of they're not able to meet up, Dortmund who's 2points below them may end up scoring more goals then overshadowing them and pushing them below the table.
 
 They should be able to secure a win with a wide goal margin. Although their next game is seeming promising and it's more likely that they'd secure the 3points in the game, they have the quality of players and managerial board they'd need so most definitely it's just a few effort extra they'd be needing to add.

The news of Al Nassr taking part in next season's UEFA Champions League contest is one that is so our of the jurisdiction of the European Football body. There are so many points to counter this decision but let's focus on one which seems as the key point, Al Nassr is a club in a league that doesn't fall under the European umbrella.

 How and where's it that that UEFA, Europe's football body would now because of some interests we may not have a single idea about give a go ahead for an Asian Club to be a part of its competition, that's more or less corrupt, no one knows the motive behind this decision but the truth is it's just not a right decision, if things are to be appropriate, there ought to be a lot of counters against this verdict.

 It's more or less diminishing to the capacity of European football, its occurrence would bring negative looks at the football body and it has to be avoided, some say it's a rumor and some say it's a news that stands at the start of the new season, whichever one it is, it just won't be right for it to ever happen, football shouldn't be made to seem as something else from its original vìew, there should be correctness in all it entails.

VAR is one technology that changed football wholly when it got introduced, It aided proper decision making. Twas a revolution that was proper because normally the world evolves in technology, even as the evolution occurs, every aspect imbedded in this world should evolve too, at the beginning there was a tangible percentage of accuracy but in  games, weeks and months, the accuracy range dropped, errors started being welcomed, technical and human errors which normally is no ones fault.

 The errors tended to cause grievances between the fans and the match officials. We should note that for every innovation of man, there's no guaranteed perfection, there's although a warranty and once the period of the warranty elapses, then most definitely, we should expect any new development from this innovation, this reason makes for the continuous upgrade and update of the VAR system because of not, the discrepancies will get increased to a point of no fixing and then, it may see to the strategical end of it, the VAR is one technology that'd continue to be much useful and that's why we have a task of boosting up it's quality as the world moves technologically, we  won't want to have an out of date system used in our games. It won't deliver as it ought to.

City's boss Pep is one good coach that has good foresight. His style of play, choice of players and combination of squad makes City formidable in all their displays, City themselves has a lot to offer in football, they're one team that are tough to encounter, this is because of Pep, how best can a team be with 3 different squads that are too good to face any rival, even the youngsters are doing far better than old big Dawgs in other teams.
 
 The best thing that's ever happened to Manchester City is People Guardiola. Sometimes one would wonder if he'd be able to do these exploits with a different team, the answer is yes. We've seen his works in the clubs he's been before City and we've seen that he's the right man for any club's managerial position. For Kyle Walker, finding a replacement for him won't be too difficult as the boss is capable to scout new skillful stars or even mould up the old stars in the team to the taste and standard he wants them to perform.

Erik’s position at the club is under serious scrutiny and being questioned as United have had their worst start to a season under his watch, many fans fear the removal of the Dutchman would be a pointless exercise, as his potential dismissal this season would mark the fifth managerial change in less than 11 seasons since Sir Alex Ferguson's departure, here are the leading candidates to replace Erik on a permanent basis, should United yet again look for other options; Reuben Amorim, Graham Potter, Julian Nagelsmaan, Zizouu and Hansi Flick.

 Hansi Flick seems to be leading in the race. Flick endured a disastrous spell in charge of the German national team, taking over in 2021 after Euro 2020, he lasted little more than two years in the job, he flopped spectacularly at the 2022 World Cup as Germany was eliminated in the group stages by Japan, he was then sacked last month after a humiliating 4-1 thumping at home by the same team.

 Flick at the club level has achieved sextuple with the German giants Bayern Munich in 2020, he has proved that at the club level, he can be successful and can manage a team like United, changing the coach isn’t really important, I think the team needs a proper and total overhaul then things will fall back in place

Rudi has been sacked by Napoli, the Italian champions on Tuesday after a poor start to the season left their Serie A title defence squirming,  He was fired after a 1-0 home defeat to Empoli which was greeted by a deluge of boos from fans whose Joy at winning the first Scudetto since over a while has vanished, and it might take a while before they could win it again, cause I don't see them winning anything with Mazzarri as their coach.

 Napoli are a top club and needa to stick to top managers who will be able to bring back the glory days of the club and put them back into the Serie A top 4 competition, Mazzari isn’t that quality needed and I pretty see things going mid and below average for Napoli, I hope the fans are ready to have their hearts broken because I think they’ll also lose some players to other clubs.

Lille being top in form going into this encounter have all the strength to secure 3 points in this encounter, Lyon who have been struggling since start of the season and managed to secure their first win over the past weekend will come into this match confident also, when this sides meet, the anticipation will be at an all-time high, with both teams showcasing remarkable form in the France Ligue 1, a draw is a strong possibility.

 I think PSG are the only big side who have maintained form and I see them taking the Ligue 1 title before the end of the season, form and consistency will be needed but no offense, I don’t think Nice will pose a serious threat to PSG, however PSG really needs to be careful cause in the previous season Lens almost won the league and their's a possibility that Nice could do same this season.

Mbappe’s dream club has always been where his Idol was (Real Madrid) as that’ll be an enabling push to get the Ballon D’ Or which he desires so much, Kylian is a pretty good guy with his feet especially on the field of play. I think the Real Madrid reducing interest thought they had all their issues in the team solved, but currently I think there’s a missing piece in this Real Madrid side, the striker position and Kylina could be a perfect fit.

 Mbappe’s isn’t happy being at PSG and is already forcing a move out to explore other challenges across Europe, Liverpool on the verge of losing Salah for a mouth watering price could use half that money to get Kylian into the team as his replacement and that’s what’s best for business and they can be considered especially as they’re a top side and currently sits 2nd in the EPL log where there UCL hopes next season is almost guaranteed, Well let’s see how things go in coming weeks for Kylian and his team.

To be frank the two red cards they conceded against Chelsea has really affected the general teams performance cause Romero and Udojie are 2 key players in different wings and Tottenham don't really have a very good squad depth with players that could replace the booked ones, that's why their performance has gone down cause they also lost to Wolverhampton after that match and it came as a suprise cause majority of people would've expected them to use the match against Wolverhampton as a consolation match based on their humiliation by chelsea.

 This shows that Tottenham really needs to strengthen their squad depth in the upcoming window, I believe they still have the funds they realized from selling Kane, so it would be useful in recruiting new players, but for now they need to build back their confidence and play with a good team spirit to get back to winning ways.

The Saudi League has gotten the audience it needed with massive recruitments the last summer, currently there are plans on adding them to the UCL competition which we all know will make the competition go across it’s traditional European Competition to European/Asian competition.

 Well, Ronaldo is seen as the big fish behind this because this is in a bid to get him back on track for International Individual Recognitions, It’s up to Al Nassr to maintain top spot of their league, I think addition of SPL in UEFA is really best for business as we know football has gone past being a mere sport to a business hub.

 The fans would love to see this merger happen but are the SPL clubs ready to take on any European club? Well,  we’ll find out when there’s a maiden edition of the competition.

Well that's not an excuse because Chelsea really made the game hot for them, to the point that they felt the pressure and began to defend very aggressively and were so unfortunate to concede 2 red card booking, well Chelsea really made use of the advantage the match to humiliate Tottenham by scoring about 4 goals and since them the Tottenham team has not really been in a good shape cause several of their players got injured in that match coupled with the booking of two of their key players.

 Definitely Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou would be feeling the heat from the EPL currently and I'm pretty sure he's fully aware that he's not going to find it easy when they meet Aston Villa after the international break, so I believe he should be cookimg up something to help his team get better.

Osimhenn could be seen on the verge of leaving the Italian Champions, Napoli and he’s been linked with a move to 2 top English clubs, Manchester United and Chelsea which are currently in need of a top prolific striker, Osimhen would be quite an expensive signing but I think just Chelsea would have the financial strength to pull his signing off if they let go of some players.

 Poch has his own plans on some wingers and luckily for him the winger on his radar isn’t going to cause the club to break the bank, but I think before any signing will be made for Chelsea, some  will have to be carried out, Manchester United might not have much for Osimhen signing due to the takeover process underway but as we all know, nothing is predictable in football.

Lyon might have secured their 1st win this season in their last match against Rennes but it's not enough cause they're still at the very bottom of the league, however they're lucky that the league is not yet close to it's late stages if not they won't have missed being relegated, but I think there's still hope for them to get better this season, well with the way they've performed so far, one would be right to say that a new ownership of the club should be considered, to save the club from failing and strengthening them financially during the January window to help them sign new players and get out of the relegation zone.

 They'll be facing a team that's currently top four in the league and i doubt if they'll be able to win the game even though they'll be facing Lille with a home advantage, Lyon might have won Rennes but Lille is  stronger side and would really pressure pressure Lyon more to get the three points.

In my opinion I think that's one of the best thing Juventus did for both parties, I mean Fagioli might have done a wrong act that got him punished but he's a young talent with lots of quality and Juventus can't afford to lose him to other top clubs that might want to use this opportunity to lure him out of the club, take for example the case of Ivan Toney when he got suspended for illegal betting as well, alot of the top teams in the EPL tried negotiating a deal with him to try lure him out of Brentford based on his quality and I believe he might switch to another team upon his return.

 Also extending his contract even while he's serving a punishment can serve as a form of support and encouragement for the player to stay in a good mental condition and also train harder while he's out from the teams training ground to be in a good shape when he returns to the squad.
 

To be honest I never knew his father was a coach, well if your statement is right, then I now know where he got his coaching abilities from, "the apple does not fall far from it's tree they say" well Xabi Alonso might be a young coach but not all coaches that are his age grade are experienced like him, I think he deserves some accolades and I believe if he maintains the good form of his team Leverkusen for a season or more in years to come he'll get to the standard of Pep Guardiola.

 However it would be nice seeing Xabi Alonso coaching a big team, but in my opinion i feel he shouldn’t be in a hurry to move yet but rather he should take his time to develop better in his current team, and try to win a trophy to achieve the UCL spot with them, then his performance in the UCL with the small team would determine if he's really ready to switch over to a bigger side.

Well some players can be very versatile, though the striker position is not his wing, but he's a good finisher and has the ability to score more goals than most of the attackers in the club cause the position well and also utilises good chances very well, which is a very big advantage for Realmadrid considering the fact that they don't have a very good top 9 to head their team, and I believe that's the major reason why Jude Bellingham is opportuned to shine in the team when it comes to goal scoring and I believe if he continues to maintain the form after he returns from injury, their's a possibility that he could win the golden boot.

 Well focusing on the main task doesn't mean he should withdraw from scoring goals when he sees a clear opportunity and as we've seen so far, Jude Bellingham positions well on the pitch and it gives him enough chance to covert a shot into goal, we witnessed it in the El Classico match where he scored a brace, his both goals where due to good positioning.

Well the league is becoming very tougher and we've seen teams like Tottenham that waw once the league leaders loose form and drop on the standings, while Chelsea that started poorly are now becoming stronger and has stolen points against three top teams, however based on Tottenham's injury crisis they might suffer for a while and i don't think it would be possible for them to go back to the top of the league again, definitely not with this recent form.

 Well in their next match their is a possibility that they could suffer another lose, cause Unai Emery's  team is in a good form and could really disturb Tottenham in that game, Olie Watkins is a player to watch in that game cause of his recent good form this season, however Tottenham should taken advantage of their home ground to win the game.

Liverpool falling short with Toulouse shown that they aren’t the most consistent team in this year’s edition of The Europa League, Xabi Alonso’s Bayern Leverkusen has proven to be a very consistent team in Europe both in the league and across the Europa League and that’s a very big threat to clubs in the Europa League.

 Liverpool are pretty favorites to win this year’s edition but I think we wait till after the Round of 32 before we make our choices, Liverpool are really a good side and have really succeeded in Europe over the past years and they’re a team to watch out for especially wanting to steal the trophy and get UCL spot next season,well asideswinning the trophy Liverpool's chances of qualifying for the UCL next season is very high.

Slovakia sits second in the Group J with 16 points and Portugal tops the group, a draw for Slovakia will see them qualifying for EURO 2024 which, they face Iceland who have been in pretty good form since change of head coach and that’s been something really cool for the team and I believe they could get a win against Slovakia, even though they've  got a home advantage.

 Now Slovakia faces a new Iceland side but they’re lucky they’ll be playing infront of their home fan and gaining or harnessing a point from this match isn’t going to be muc of a big deal for this Slovakia side, Iceland will have the top of stat in this game but trust Slovakia to always control the game and come out top of it at the final whistle.