Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[cazkooo]

Mourinho is only successful within his first few seasons with the same club and then it seems his success rate degrades quickly. His last spell at Chelsea was a disaster because Mourinho himself lost his cool, his own footballers were acting in insubordination and on top of that the fans wanted him out so it was simply a failure in the making. But now he is at a new club, everyone's hopes are up and the fans seem to love him so this will surely be a very interesting season for United and Mourinho at Old Trafford.

This strongly suggest manchester united to sack him after the first season as he mostly delivers bad result the following season. I laughed when reading atleast it made some great midnight jokes. If you look at his statistics at the other club, this seems to be correct so we'll see how he deliver some great news to old trafford before he delivers bad result the following years

Yes i'm also aware of it because at some clubs could be champions together mourinho in the first year is a team that already has a composition very good player and I saw it was not in manchester united.

Manchester united is a better team than porto. If mourinho could win with porto then he could win with manchester united as well although I am actually skeptical about this thing because he was very bad on the last season with chelsea, the same thing could be repeated as well for united this season

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[Falconer]

I think a lot of United fans feel for LVG. I'm not entirely convinced it would have been all doom if he'd stayed but honestly you can't pass up Mourinho, who is certainly an upgrade, to keep LVG around for 1 more year.

pressure from the fans, several times bad results, and he has spend lot of money but didn't bring the trophy to old trafford i think LVG has deserve to be sacked and i think the owners also have same mind to me and will not wait until next 1year

Well actually he has brought one FA Cup to Old Trafford last season. And comparing what Mourinho doing now, LvG spent less. Actually he did good enough job, which he has rebuilt Man United after Moyes ruined them. Yeah I'm not a fan of Man United, but his work should be appreciated.

[NewBet]

I think a lot of United fans feel for LVG. I'm not entirely convinced it would have been all doom if he'd stayed but honestly you can't pass up Mourinho, who is certainly an upgrade, to keep LVG around for 1 more year.

pressure from the fans, several times bad results, and he has spend lot of money but didn't bring the trophy to old trafford i think LVG has deserve to be sacked and i think the owners also have same mind to me and will not wait until next 1year

Well actually he has brought one FA Cup to Old Trafford last season. And comparing what Mourinho doing now, LvG spent less. Actually he did good enough job, which he has rebuilt Man United after Moyes ruined them. Yeah I'm not a fan of Man United, but his work should be appreciated.

Manchester United hired him to take them to success , not help them to save money. If spending a lot of money will make Manchester United great again , then why not?
LVG already a part of history now , all his hard work will definitely be appreciate. We should worry about his managing career , it might be end for him. I heard a rumour about he gonna taking Belgium national squad , but i think he should just retire , obviously he too old for any job now.

[azguard]

Not sure mourinho will success in the first year with manchester united, seems it will be hard for all manager to win premier league this year since many good manager come to premier league to fight each other to be the best.

jose mourinho with manchester united batle titile win to EPL very dificult
is ready manchester city with guardiola, is buy player high quality is unlimited money
chelsea with antionio conte,  arsenal with arsene wenger, black horse team suprise
is leicester city liverpool and totenham hotspur

maybe this season in premier league will the best ever seen in long time
i hope to see battle 5-6 team for title not just one or two
but from look of thing and players they bought MNU and MNC have big odds

[daarul50]

Mourinho stated this before start of the match, this is not important match for them so this kind of result is not a big surprise, I also think MU will learn from their mistakes and will improve for future matches, that is I also will do agree with you.

Mourinho should take this match more seriously as this will be reflection of their actual performance to their fans. If he cant provide atleast an insight of what manchester united has been giving the money for then I doubt the fans is going to support they at all, it is clearly a basic logic to me

Mourinho still concocting strategy to get the game right on his side, just wait for the results of the various experiments in this friendly match.

[doublemore]

I think a lot of United fans feel for LVG. I'm not entirely convinced it would have been all doom if he'd stayed but honestly you can't pass up Mourinho, who is certainly an upgrade, to keep LVG around for 1 more year.

pressure from the fans, several times bad results, and he has spend lot of money but didn't bring the trophy to old trafford i think LVG has deserve to be sacked and i think the owners also have same mind to me and will not wait until next 1year

Well actually he has brought one FA Cup to Old Trafford last season. And comparing what Mourinho doing now, LvG spent less. Actually he did good enough job, which he has rebuilt Man United after Moyes ruined them. Yeah I'm not a fan of Man United, but his work should be appreciated.

He played a very boring defensive style i think is the problem man united fans have.  He had money so did moyles.  Mourinho might also play a tight style but will win more games which will make fans happy.

[EdenHazard]

I think Mourinho will be better at Manchester United, he was backed by good financial, by buying ibrahimovic, I think The purchase outstanding. also Pep in manchester city makes mourinho will get better, to show who is the best.

as far as i know ibrahimovic move to manchester united as free agent , so there is no fee to any club . just pay his wage . a good financial did not guarantee any success , look at leicester city who spent low money but they incredibly success.

i wish money can not buy a success , not here not anywhere.

[shulio]

as far as i know ibrahimovic move to manchester united as free agent , so there is no fee to any club . just pay his wage . a good financial did not guarantee any success , look at leicester city who spent low money but they incredibly success.

i wish money can not buy a success , not here not anywhere.

Leicester success story is something that could only happen once in a century, it wont happen anymore. Any team in premier league could try to be the next leicester however it wont happen again, not when team like manchester united, city, chelsea and arsenal is pulling guts to sign superstar players

[lexuz]

I think Mourinho will be better at Manchester United, he was backed by good financial, by buying ibrahimovic, I think The purchase outstanding. also Pep in manchester city makes mourinho will get better, to show who is the best.

as far as i know ibrahimovic move to manchester united as free agent , so there is no fee to any club . just pay his wage . a good financial did not guarantee any success , look at leicester city who spent low money but they incredibly success.

i wish money can not buy a success , not here not anywhere.

But see how old ibrahimovic now? 34 year old and want to play in premier league even manchester united not spend a money for transfer but his wage is pretty high.

[ingiltere]

I think you need better odds for Arsenal to finish in the top 4.  With Pochettino, Conte, Klopp and even Ranieri going after the top 4 and Arsenal's lack of better striking options over Giruod, they would have a really hard time getting in there this season.  I'm not even mentioning Pep and Mourinho yet and it's already a hard proposal for Arsenal.

Arsenal finished last season in 2nd place despite Tottenham was leading all the time until last week. I don't remember any season Arsenal didn't finish in Top-4, basically they are dominating the league even though they couldn't be champion. I remember 10 times or more they qualified to Champions League in a row and you can't go CL if you are not in Top-4.

So you think Arsenal will breeze through the season and get to top 4 easily making those odds justifiable?  The sportsbooks are exploiting us.  At least look for a better line.  Last year sure, easy top 4 with a weakened Man United and an under performing Chelsea.  This year?  I doubt Arsenal will find it easy.

arsenal from 1997 until 2016 is always follow champion league competitition
several 20year arsenal always big four
whatever club is competitif arsenal is going still big four in EPL

Exactly. No matter how they play they always finish in Top4. Lsat year they were behind Tottenham for whole season long but after last week games they finished 2nd place at the end of the league. There's no other club in Premier League has that consistency.

[brigadier2001]

I think you need better odds for Arsenal to finish in the top 4.  With Pochettino, Conte, Klopp and even Ranieri going after the top 4 and Arsenal's lack of better striking options over Giruod, they would have a really hard time getting in there this season.  I'm not even mentioning Pep and Mourinho yet and it's already a hard proposal for Arsenal.

Arsenal finished last season in 2nd place despite Tottenham was leading all the time until last week. I don't remember any season Arsenal didn't finish in Top-4, basically they are dominating the league even though they couldn't be champion. I remember 10 times or more they qualified to Champions League in a row and you can't go CL if you are not in Top-4.

So you think Arsenal will breeze through the season and get to top 4 easily making those odds justifiable?  The sportsbooks are exploiting us.  At least look for a better line.  Last year sure, easy top 4 with a weakened Man United and an under performing Chelsea.  This year?  I doubt Arsenal will find it easy.

arsenal from 1997 until 2016 is always follow champion league competitition
several 20year arsenal always big four
whatever club is competitif arsenal is going still big four in EPL

Exactly. No matter how they play they always finish in Top4. Lsat year they were behind Tottenham for whole season long but after last week games they finished 2nd place at the end of the league. There's no other club in Premier League has that consistency.

yeah that consistency is great but they are not getting anywhere with it and they need to boost their attack if they wont to compete on the title as the other big names clubs still in transition they need to take advantage of that and go for the league title this year

[tokeweed]

I think a lot of United fans feel for LVG. I'm not entirely convinced it would have been all doom if he'd stayed but honestly you can't pass up Mourinho, who is certainly an upgrade, to keep LVG around for 1 more year.

pressure from the fans, several times bad results, and he has spend lot of money but didn't bring the trophy to old trafford i think LVG has deserve to be sacked and i think the owners also have same mind to me and will not wait until next 1year

Well actually he has brought one FA Cup to Old Trafford last season. And comparing what Mourinho doing now, LvG spent less. Actually he did good enough job, which he has rebuilt Man United after Moyes ruined them. Yeah I'm not a fan of Man United, but his work should be appreciated.

I agree.  But I could imagine a United fan would find this really difficult.  They were used to Sir Alex managing the club for so long they still couldn't move on to the fact that he's gone and with that a struggle to be at the top would ensue.

[Falconer]

He played a very boring defensive style i think is the problem man united fans have.  He had money so did moyles.  Mourinho might also play a tight style but will win more games which will make fans happy.

Yeah, I hope Mou will make Man United better. But lost against Dortmund few days ago made me bit surprised, even conceded 4 goals (?).

I agree.  But I could imagine a United fan would find this really difficult.  They were used to Sir Alex managing the club for so long they still couldn't move on to the fact that he's gone and with that a struggle to be at the top would ensue.

Sure, I think no one could be better than Sir Alex as Man United coach. He succeeded to sign great players with 'reasonable' price even less, and brought many trophies into Old Trafford. A really big burden for the coach after him.

[cazkooo]

I agree.  But I could imagine a United fan would find this really difficult.  They were used to Sir Alex managing the club for so long they still couldn't move on to the fact that he's gone and with that a struggle to be at the top would ensue.

Sir alex made history for the club, manchester united would never be the same without sir alex. Probably the most reasonable reason is that sir alex is still fit enough to continue the job but yet he let everyhing go because of his love for his wife, this decision was sweet however breaks up their fans

[olubams]

I agree.  But I could imagine a United fan would find this really difficult.  They were used to Sir Alex managing the club for so long they still couldn't move on to the fact that he's gone and with that a struggle to be at the top would ensue.

Sir alex made history for the club, manchester united would never be the same without sir alex. Probably the most reasonable reason is that sir alex is still fit enough to continue the job but yet he let everyhing go because of his love for his wife, this decision was sweet however breaks up their fans

Alex Ferguson not only a coach but an icon for Manchester United and he set a big precedent which is so high that will take extra effort to beat by any coach and that is why its been difficult to adjust to the new Manchester United after Alex. How the sooner we realized that he is gone and that getting someone that could surpass him is a myth which could or could not be achieved, the better for everyone... This season will speak anyways... My 2 cents...

[bering]

I agree.  But I could imagine a United fan would find this really difficult.  They were used to Sir Alex managing the club for so long they still couldn't move on to the fact that he's gone and with that a struggle to be at the top would ensue.

Sir alex made history for the club, manchester united would never be the same without sir alex. Probably the most reasonable reason is that sir alex is still fit enough to continue the job but yet he let everyhing go because of his love for his wife, this decision was sweet however breaks up their fans

his journey has already done and he will be remember as the legend for Man Utd fans because Ferguson has been change Man Utd become the frightening team in EPL and currently will very difficult to other coaches to emulate his achievements but he doesn't did it instantly it took several years to Man Utd get the first EPL trophy under him

[shulio]

he doesn't did it instantly it took several years to Man Utd get the first EPL trophy under him

That was when manchester united was still a small club and he cant sign any player of his preference without having to consult about the team's financial. Nowadays manchester united could sign almoat every player that they wants, they are a rich club and it shouldnt be an excuse for the new coach of not getting trophy on their first year

[Daneric]

I agree.  But I could imagine a United fan would find this really difficult.  They were used to Sir Alex managing the club for so long they still couldn't move on to the fact that he's gone and with that a struggle to be at the top would ensue.

Sir alex made history for the club, manchester united would never be the same without sir alex. Probably the most reasonable reason is that sir alex is still fit enough to continue the job but yet he let everyhing go because of his love for his wife, this decision was sweet however breaks up their fans

his journey has already done and he will be remember as the legend for Man Utd fans because Ferguson has been change Man Utd become the frightening team in EPL and currently will very difficult to other coaches to emulate his achievements but he doesn't did it instantly it took several years to Man Utd get the first EPL trophy under him

That being said, I think Man U could not have brought in a new coach after the exit of Alex Ferguson. Ferguson was in charge of Man U for a long time and he had all the time and resources to mentor one of his assistants to take over. This could have ensured continuity and Man U could not undergo what they are right now. Mourinho will try but he will not bring Man u back to where it was when Ferguson was in-charge.

[EdenHazard]

as far as i know ibrahimovic move to manchester united as free agent , so there is no fee to any club . just pay his wage . a good financial did not guarantee any success , look at leicester city who spent low money but they incredibly success.

i wish money can not buy a success , not here not anywhere.

Leicester success story is something that could only happen once in a century, it wont happen anymore. Any team in premier league could try to be the next leicester however it wont happen again, not when team like manchester united, city, chelsea and arsenal is pulling guts to sign superstar players

indeed i know it , everybody know it. but you can not say impossible right?

i mean it is possible two season in a row premier league won by the underdogs , even we have seen the big five arsenal, man. city , man. united , chelsea and liverpool have been prepared for a new season by bought a lot of star players. still it will provide them guarantee.

[Arcteryx]

I think I will bet against Manchester United for every match this season.
They had me lose alot of my bets last year and they made me very upset with my picking them to win.