Latest posts of: Velvet78

Chelsea are going to host Aston Villa in their next game. Chelsea are favoured quite much by bookmakers but I don't have the same idea with them. Because there is literally no reason for this gap of odds. What is the reasoning in the first place? Aston Villa have started the season much better than them.

Of course Chelsea have a much better squad quality but is their game convincing enough? No way. I would never place a bet on Chelsea while they are playing this weak. I might think of betting on Aston Villa's double chance maybe as I trust them more. Chelsea just need to get rid of Jackson in the starting eleven as soon as possible too.

Union Berlin is an easy target for Real Madrid. Even if the game was going to be played in Germany I don't think anything would have changed. Real Madrid seem way stronger than the previous season now. Even with a few important injuries they are still continuing solid on their way. This is the first ever game between these teams too by the way.

When it comes to the Atletico Madrid game I expect Real Madrid to win that one also. Atletico Madrid's result against Lazio last night was disappointing. They should have had a bigger score advantage to prevent Lazio from being hopeful. I don't expect a big goal gap of course but Real Madrid should win this one too.

Dortmund improved their morale quite much after beating Freiburg by 4-2. But this happiness didn't last long because they lost to PSG by 2-0 last night. It was a tough game for them of course and they played even away. They needed to defend them as good as possible but I can't say Dortmund are one of the good teams about defending.

PSG have been having hard days actually. They just lost to Nice home but this didn't affect them at all in the Champions League game. However I don't think Dortmund are very unhappy now as a loss was already quite probable to be seen.

I was really surprised with the result of the Milan - Newcastle game. Milan was in full control of the game. Newcastle started to play even more defensive after realizing that they can't fight back much. Milan had so many goal opportunities in both half but there was still no goal at the end.

Especially the first half was something else. Milan wasted unbelievable goal opportunities. Newcastle should consider themselves lucky about this one point. The result could have been much worse for them if Milan were a little better at finishing.

Quote from: Queentoshi on September 18, 2023, 11:35:43 AM

Quote from: Velvet78 on September 18, 2023, 09:04:28 AM

Next weekend's game for Tottenham will be a very big test for the club because they will be playing against Arsenal who are still a very good team that were able to score two very quick goals against Manchester United as they were able to score in their own game against Sheffield. Tottenham have improved very well from the last time that Arsenal played against them. They are more dangerous team than last season and with how their performance has been steady in this season, it will be a tough game for them, tougher than their game against Manchester United earlier.

That game and the game right after that will be both huge tests. Because after Arsenal their next opponent is going to be Liverpool. These teams have all started the season really strongly as you know. These games will be pretty tough for Tottenham as a result. Firstly I don't think Tottenham will manage to steal points from Arsenal in Emirates.

However the game against Liverpool is a home one for Tottenham. Maybe that one would be better for them but it is still against Liverpool which have made a big progress since the previous season. Salah is in great form so it will be difficult to stop him.

Roma were superb last night. That win by 7-0 over Empoli must have made the players very happy. Dybala has made a great return as well. He scored two goals in his second league game. Lukaku also scored his first goal for Roma which is really good news to hear. His starting to be consistent at scoring goals again can be really helpful for Roma.

Lukaku has been doing pretty well for Belgium already. But we couldn't see the same effort in normal times for a while. But maybe this goal is a start of a good form for him. Belotti also made a big contribution by the way as he made 2 assists in 30 minutes he played for.

Manchester City's not being too active is totally normal. Because they don't need it. They already have a wonderful squad. They are just focusing on increasing the number of alternative players for some specific positions that's all. Gvardiol transfer was for adding him to the starting eleven though but generally their transfer policy is like this these days.

Guardiola has just the kind of a squad he would like in his hands. They won the Champions League title with this squad recently. I think they can even win this title two times in a row with the same squad.

I'm quite surprised with the odds of Milan - Newcastle game honestly. Because maybe Milan are the favourite team to win but the odd gap is really small. I would have expected Milan to be shown more favourite than this for this game. Because Newcastle are in much worse condition than them right now.

I know Milan were demolished by Inter the last time but their general look is still solid. In San Siro I will be expecting Milan to win as well. But the score gap wouldn't be that many of course. I expect a win by one goal gap for Milan.

Sevilla have finally put an end to their losing streak. But it wasn't a comfortable win for them anyway even though they dominated the game against Las Palmas. It was Lukebakio's first game and only 10 minutes after entering the game he scored the winning goal. He is a skilled youngster so maybe this transfer would be really helpful for Sevilla during the season.

However the important thing is to maintain some winning streak for Sevilla. Their next game is an away one against Osasuna which can be quite difficult. They couldn't beat them in their last 2 head-to-head games in the La Liga but hopefully they can this time.

Quote from: Leviathan.007 on September 17, 2023, 11:15:04 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on September 17, 2023, 09:26:45 PM

It wasn't an easy win for Arsenal despite being in control especially in the second half. But getting three points was the important point of course. Trossard hasn't been scoring a goal in Premier League games for a very long time. But today he scored the winning goal and finally finished this bad streak for himself.

Things are going well for Arsenal in the league. But they might need to improve their performance a little more in the long term. This is important for especially big games. Their next game is against Tottenham in Emirates so I really wonder how this game will end.

The performance of Tottenham is far from what we saw from then in the past, especially in the last season.
We know Tottenham didn't have a good performance and that's why they fired their coach in the last season, also Tottenham didn't have a good atmosphere in the team and when Kane left then I thought they would show poor performance.
But a miracle happened and in the game, they had against Sheffield United, Tottenham scored two goals in the waisted time to win the game.

Tottenham are really interesting this season indeed. But the most important thing has always been to improve their team performance. As they were weak in this before even Kane's high effort wasn't enough to save the team. But now it seems like the new manager is doing a good work about this situation.

The game against Sheffield was really interesting. Richarlison became hero after entering the game by a goal and an assist. This was important for him to take back his place in the starting eleven faster.

Leverkusen are really pretty impressive so far. Xabi Alonso is just continuing from where he left. I'm curious about one thing as well. Can they stay in the title race until the end? After seeing them performing really decently in Allianz Arena and stealing a point from them too I started to think about this possibility more.

Leverkusen wouldn't do like Dortmund did at the end in my opinion. They would play much stronger if they play a championship game on the final week of the season. Therefore Bayern Munich had better be as consistent as possible if they don't want to see their title streak ending.

Quote from: legendbtc on September 17, 2023, 12:16:34 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on September 17, 2023, 09:17:34 AM

PSG board can really decide to sack him earlier than expectations if the team continue not to make a big improvement. The Champions League title has been their main goal for many years. They have changed many managers in the meantime. They are already used to do this so Enrique has better start improving soon.

They can even be under the danger of losing the Ligue 1 title to another team. This would definitely be the end of Enrique's work here even if he is kept until the end of the season. There is nothing in their hands to convince Mbappe to stay for another season if they have a poor season as well.

'Winning and losing is normal in football. But, I am satisfied with the mental state of my students. They fought until the last moment and did not give up. We will learn valuable lessons from this loss.' This is what coach Luis Enrique emphasized in the latest press conference. I think Enrique wants the team to maintain morale when preparing to face Dortmund in their first match in the Champions League.
With 8 points after 5 matches in Ligue 1, PSG did not start well, which for a big team like them is a failure. Anyway, Mbappe played very well without Neymar and Messi. What will PSG do next if Mbappe also leaves the club?

There isn't a proper team performance right now. Without Mbappe they would be just desperate and wouldn't be much different than an average team as for their game. We saw this at the beginning of the season when Mbappe didn't play in a couple of games much. They were in control in terms of ball possession maybe but they weren't able to score.

Mbappe will probably leave the team at the end of the season if they have another disappointing season. Real Madrid might be his next station or who knows maybe an English Premier League team can intervene and make the race for him more exciting to follow.

Maybe Real Madrid were 1-0 behind first but they still managed to make the comeback to 2-1 not much time later in the second half. Modric wasn't in the starting eleven this time. There was Kroos on the pitch though but the rest of the midfielders were all young ones. Modric entered the game after this comeback happened by the way.

This shows that they don't really need Modric in the game to win. I'm saying this considering the possibility of his leaving the team at the end of the season. It is 5 wins in 5 games for Real Madrid now. Bellingham didn't make a direct or indirect contribution to the goals this time but they still got the win.

Napoli have been really bad for two weeks. After losing to Lazio home this time they got a draw with Genoa by 2-2. They could have even lost the game I mean as Genoa got 2-0 ahead first. Osimhen couldn't make any impact on this game and this was also one of the factors of course.

Napoli need to improve their team performance. Their next game is going to be an away one against Bologna. I will be expecting Napoli to get a win finally. They really need this to boost their morale. I'm curious about their Champions League performance as well. Their group isn't a very challenging one to qualify from.

Real Madrid might extend Modric's contract according to some rumours. However I don't think this will happen. Maybe Kroos would stay for one more season at least. But Modric is way older than him now. I think it is time for Real Madrid to part ways with Modric and give more chances to younger midfielders.

But I must really admit that Modric is still doing really good. It has been a great joy to watch him at Croatia recently. He can still have even more than a full match on the pitch as we have seen him play for 120 minutes for Croatia recently.

The biggest surprise of the day was Valencia - Atletico Madrid by the way. I knew how Valencia started the season but this was still too much from them. Atletico Madrid weren't like on the pitch in the first half. This half was really enough for Valencia to capture a safe lead by 2-0. After that they just focused on keeping the advantage.

Atletico Madrid tried many times but they couldn't score even one goal. This 3-0 loss is an embarrassing one for them considering how long Valencia couldn't beat them home in the league. This is a big hit to Atletico Madrid before their Champions League game.

Something is going on really wrong with Freiburg these days. Because they conceded nine goals in the last two games while scoring only two. Maybe the red card they got against Dortmund helped quite much but there wasn't such situation in the game against Stuttgart. There is a huge difference between the Freiburg this season and the last one.

They need to make a huge improvement in especially defensive effort. Because it has got much poorer. Dortmund needed this win as well by the way because they got two easy draws against smaller teams before.

Quote from: KTChampions on September 16, 2023, 01:14:19 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on September 16, 2023, 08:38:11 AM

By the way Luis Enrique even made a statement after the match like he was really satisfied with the team performance there. This must really be a joke. Grin

Because how can you be satisfied with that defensive performance for example? Nice could have even beaten you by a gap of a few goals. You shouldn't be talking like that in this situation.

I can't imagine how bad PSG would be without Mbappe even in the Ligue 1. I don't want to mention the Champions League because I guess it would be much worse for them.

Enrique is forced to say such things, this is called putting on a good face when playing poorly. In general, of course, it is difficult to understand what he could have liked because, despite having less possession of the ball, Nice made more productive actions and their victory is completely logical.
In 4 days Dortmund will play here and if PSG continues to play poorly, then Enrique does not have such a great chance of holding out until the winter Grin

Quote from: marcous on September 16, 2023, 08:39:12 AM

Quote from: Velvet78 on September 16, 2023, 08:21:41 AM

Jadon Sancho refused to apologise to Erik ten Hag you know and it doesn't look like the problems between them will be solved. Right now it is just said that Jadon Sancho wants to leave at the earliest opportunity. It would be the best for his career as well honestly because he has been performing really poorly since he came to the Red Devils.

There is like a huge difference between his effort here and at Dortmund. There were some rumours in the latest transfer window like he would return to Dortmund. Maybe in January we might see a move from Dortmund too who knows.

But if a Saudi Arabian team intervene then the player might choose to make much more money.

It seems like the Man United squad this season is more busy with player scandals and internal commotion at the club, Ten Hag focus has definitely been a little diverted by this. Jadon Sancho refusal to apologize to his manager will make his career at United even bleaker, Ten Hag seems to no longer consider Sancho an important player in his squad. Reportedly, Sancho has been separated from The Red Devils main team, and of course the best option for conditions like this is to move.

I think it is better for Sancho to return to Dortmund, he can develop there better. Nottingham Forest is also reportedly monitoring Sancho, they are also rumored to be interested in recruiting him in January 2024. As for moving to the SPL, I think this is difficult to happen considering he is still very young.

I'm not sure about whether Nottingham would be a good choice for him. Actually Nottingham started the season decently and they even beat Chelsea away the last time. But still I think it would be better for Sancho to play for a team competing to qualify for the Champions League.

Dortmund would be the most ideal choice for him if they start to be interested in him again in January. He should think of going outside Europe as well if he gets a high level of salary offer. He can play for 1-2 seasons and then go back to Europe if he wants.