Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

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Why not lockdown the thread for a while


without any actual football to discuss

I think everyone still needs information about EPL so I think this thread is still useful even though the match is postponed.

Btw ,, who knows in April the match will start again,

[DeathAngel]

Why not lockdown the thread for a while


without any actual football to discuss

I guess if people are in self isolation they enjoy chatting about the football, just general football chat.
April 30th is when the league plans to start again any way.

[Indymoney]

Why not lockdown the thread for a while


without any actual football to discuss

I guess if people are in self isolation they enjoy chatting about the football, just general football chat.
April 30th is when the league plans to start again any way.

Its mean this time we have very short break with next season start in August and this is going to end in July likely if we have start again.

[Juggy777]

Why not lockdown the thread for a while


without any actual football to discuss

I guess if people are in self isolation they enjoy chatting about the football, just general football chat.
April 30th is when the league plans to start again any way.

Its mean this time we have very short break with next season start in August and this is going to end in July likely if we have start again.

I don’t think locking this thread down is such a great idea, instead we should now focus on discussing what this season now holds for us. I’m referring to the following: 1) Liverpool will finally win a Premier League title, (but they’ll never be as great as Manchester United is.) 2) Manchester United finishes in top 4, and that means Sancho is coming and I’m pretty excited for his arrival. 3) Last and most importantly what happens to City if their ban is not over ruled therefore you’ll see we have so much to discuss till the league resumes again.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1257480/Manchester-United-transfer-news-Jadon-Sancho-Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-tactic

[qomariah95]

Why not lockdown the thread for a while


without any actual football to discuss

I guess if people are in self isolation they enjoy chatting about the football, just general football chat.
April 30th is when the league plans to start again any way.

Its mean this time we have very short break with next season start in August and this is going to end in July likely if we have start again.

I don’t think locking this thread down is such a great idea, instead we should now focus on discussing what this season now holds for us. I’m referring to the following: 1) Liverpool will finally win a Premier League title, (but they’ll never be as great as Manchester United is.) 2) Manchester United finishes in top 4, and that means Sancho is coming and I’m pretty excited for his arrival. 3) Last and most importantly what happens to City if their ban is not over ruled therefore you’ll see we have so much to discuss till the league resumes again.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1257480/Manchester-United-transfer-news-Jadon-Sancho-Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-tactic

I just agree if this topic is locked.
But if it is not required, then we can still discuss even if it's not about the match. Because this delay isn't too long either. Well, maybe April we will see the latest developments.

As said @Juggy777, the information conveyed was very useful, because I don't really have to know every update that happens at EPL.

[vella85]

So they are planning to re-start the season at the end of April, I'm not sure if this will go ahead as things are getting worse even with the lock downs in most countries. Also we then need to think about what the economy will be once the virus is over, right now its not looking good at all and if things get worse, no one will worry about football matches. We are heading into something that the world has not seen in a very long time, I just hope we all come out of this mess and we start to see sports back playing again but I still have my doubts that this will happen in the next month or two.

[hd49728]

So they are planning to re-start the season at the end of April, I'm not sure if this will go ahead as things are getting worse even with the lock downs in most countries. Also we then need to think about what the economy will be once the virus is over, right now its not looking good at all and if things get worse, no one will worry about football matches. We are heading into something that the world has not seen in a very long time, I just hope we all come out of this mess and we start to see sports back playing again but I still have my doubts that this will happen in the next month or two.

It totally depends on the pandemic, the situations in next weeks in England and in the Europe. If situations changed better, next one month and a half, we will have changes to see Premier League back. But even such good situation comes, teams and players need time to come back for training. One month and a half (maybe) off can damage players' fitness and they will not be in good mood at that moment. It is nearly like (or even worse) summer break.

The pandemic is the worst one over nearly a century so sure the world has to be serious about it.

[DeathAngel]

I know they’ve said there’s no football until earliest April 30th but I still think it’ll be at least another 2 weeks after that until a ball is kicked & even then it might all be behind closed doors.

[examplens]

I’m referring to the following: 1) Liverpool will finally win a Premier League title

Are you 100% sure?  there is much more games to play.
although the whole thing is with the virus so serious, FC Liverpool's case always makes me laugh. After 18/19 season and losing title just because of one point (or few millimetres in goal line), Now is a big chance season 19/20 to be cancelled. Regardless of dominance, he will remain without a title. However depressing it may be for Liv supporters, for others it may be funny.

[hd49728]

Are you 100% sure?  there is much more games to play.
although the whole thing is with the virus so serious, FC Liverpool's case always makes me laugh. After 18/19 season and losing title just because of one point (or few millimetres in goal line), Now is a big chance season 19/20 to be cancelled. Regardless of dominance, he will remain without a title. However depressing it may be for Liv supporters, for others it may be funny.

They (Liverpool) waited for decades to have a national title, and this season it seems nothing can prevent them to get it. But only one thing, the Covid-19 forces the season to be postponed and maybe cancelled. Liverpool has been very close to the title and if the league goes next few matches, Liverpool can make it well. Anyway, it is a general case for all and they have to accept it (if the season will actually be cancelled - that I don't believe it will happen). It is more than a joke for Liverpool and their fans.

[tokeweed]

Why not lockdown the thread for a while


without any actual football to discuss

I guess if people are in self isolation they enjoy chatting about the football, just general football chat.
April 30th is when the league plans to start again any way.

Its mean this time we have very short break with next season start in August and this is going to end in July likely if we have start again.

I don’t think locking this thread down is such a great idea, instead we should now focus on discussing what this season now holds for us. I’m referring to the following: 1) Liverpool will finally win a Premier League title, (but they’ll never be as great as Manchester United is.) 2) Manchester United finishes in top 4, and that means Sancho is coming and I’m pretty excited for his arrival. 3) Last and most importantly what happens to City if their ban is not over ruled therefore you’ll see we have so much to discuss till the league resumes again.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1257480/Manchester-United-transfer-news-Jadon-Sancho-Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-tactic

Yup.  Anybody else could start a new EPL thread and it'll be as if nothing happened.  Lol.  I think it's a good idea to disable sigs in here like the WO thread at the speculation section tho.

And how can you say Liverpool will never be greater than Man United?  Check LFC's history.  

[Naida_BR]

So they are planning to re-start the season at the end of April, I'm not sure if this will go ahead as things are getting worse even with the lock downs in most countries. Also we then need to think about what the economy will be once the virus is over, right now its not looking good at all and if things get worse, no one will worry about football matches. We are heading into something that the world has not seen in a very long time, I just hope we all come out of this mess and we start to see sports back playing again but I still have my doubts that this will happen in the next month or two.

It is said that during the end of April and the beginning of May will come the second wave of coronavirus.
I am not optimistic that the Premier League is going to start again. Possibly the league is going to end with the current standing with less games played. It is obvious who is going to be the winner of the championship this season.

[leea-1334]

Are you 100% sure?  there is much more games to play.
although the whole thing is with the virus so serious, FC Liverpool's case always makes me laugh. After 18/19 season and losing title just because of one point (or few millimetres in goal line), Now is a big chance season 19/20 to be cancelled. Regardless of dominance, he will remain without a title. However depressing it may be for Liv supporters, for others it may be funny.

They (Liverpool) waited for decades to have a national title, and this season it seems nothing can prevent them to get it. But only one thing, the Covid-19 forces the season to be postponed and maybe cancelled. Liverpool has been very close to the title and if the league goes next few matches, Liverpool can make it well. Anyway, it is a general case for all and they have to accept it (if the season will actually be cancelled - that I don't believe it will happen). It is more than a joke for Liverpool and their fans.

Yeah, I do think it is quite funny. Even if they can play 2 more games to win the title, how do you decide relegation and promotion for all the other teams? Or even,,, who qualifies for champions league etc? You know El Salvador already ended their stuff early and declared the champions with only 11 games played! And everyone seemed to be happy with them.

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So they are planning to re-start the season at the end of April, I'm not sure if this will go ahead as things are getting worse even with the lock downs in most countries. Also we then need to think about what the economy will be once the virus is over, right now its not looking good at all and if things get worse, no one will worry about football matches. We are heading into something that the world has not seen in a very long time, I just hope we all come out of this mess and we start to see sports back playing again but I still have my doubts that this will happen in the next month or two.

It is said that during the end of April and the beginning of May will come the second wave of coronavirus.
I am not optimistic that the Premier League is going to start again. Possibly the league is going to end with the current standing with less games played. It is obvious who is going to be the winner of the championship this season.

It's clear 2x more matches for Liverpool will win the championship this season, but the current conditions there is no certainty in April or May that clearly Covid-19 continues to grow worldwide so this pandemic will be widespread everywhere.
But for other leagues, it can still be won by several clubs, unlike EPL, whose points are far from first place.

We see the situation and the development of WHO on Covid-19.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

But for other leagues, it can still be won by several clubs, unlike EPL, whose points are far from first place.

Let's say hypothetically that there will be no more matches of this season in EPL. Clearly Liverpool wins the season title but from the 2nd to 6th position they will always have this regret that they could do a bit more to get their position up a bit especially Utd coz they will end up in Europa eventually.

[RealMalatesta]

Yeah and they were going like a record breaking season as well, they got a loss from Watford and we know that however do not forget the 100 point record, they could have broken that if they kept this up, and that would have been a generational difference, they were that good. Yet now they are totally gone by the looks of it.

Nobody has any idea what will happen, nobody knows if it will continue later or if it is totally over, everyone is afraid of whats going to happen and so forth, we all know that but honestly this is a serious discussion by FA as well as all other leagues, like the league has been going off so long when this happened, I don't know if they could somehow suddenly say it is cancelled and this season doesn't count, that can't be done right?

[hd49728]

Yeah, I do think it is quite funny. Even if they can play 2 more games to win the title, how do you decide relegation and promotion for all the other teams? Or even,,, who qualifies for champions league etc? You know El Salvador already ended their stuff early and declared the champions with only 11 games played! And everyone seemed to be happy with them.

Choice for winner is easily and is not a complicated one. Liverpool deserves it. For relagations and Champions / Europa leagues spots, it is a very tough decision, and will cause massive complaints from many clubs. The best one (in my opinion), is having a direct limited cup between candidate clubs. They will draw slots in 2 tables, and play directly to find who will get those spots. But even Champions or Europa leagues, we don't know that they will happen next year or not. The pandemic has not yet given us any clue when it will end.

[tokeweed]

Are you 100% sure?  there is much more games to play.
although the whole thing is with the virus so serious, FC Liverpool's case always makes me laugh. After 18/19 season and losing title just because of one point (or few millimetres in goal line), Now is a big chance season 19/20 to be cancelled. Regardless of dominance, he will remain without a title. However depressing it may be for Liv supporters, for others it may be funny.

They (Liverpool) waited for decades to have a national title, and this season it seems nothing can prevent them to get it. But only one thing, the Covid-19 forces the season to be postponed and maybe cancelled. Liverpool has been very close to the title and if the league goes next few matches, Liverpool can make it well. Anyway, it is a general case for all and they have to accept it (if the season will actually be cancelled - that I don't believe it will happen). It is more than a joke for Liverpool and their fans.

Yeah, I do think it is quite funny. Even if they can play 2 more games to win the title, how do you decide relegation and promotion for all the other teams? Or even,,, who qualifies for champions league etc? You know El Salvador already ended their stuff early and declared the champions with only 11 games played! And everyone seemed to be happy with them.

Well...  El Salvador's clubs prolly don't have as much financial incentive as the EPL clubs to finish higher in the league and get those CL and Europa slots and staying up.

[panjul07]

Yeah, I do think it is quite funny. Even if they can play 2 more games to win the title, how do you decide relegation and promotion for all the other teams? Or even,,, who qualifies for champions league etc? You know El Salvador already ended their stuff early and declared the champions with only 11 games played! And everyone seemed to be happy with them.

Choice for winner is easily and is not a complicated one. Liverpool deserves it. For relagations and Champions / Europa leagues spots, it is a very tough decision, and will cause massive complaints from many clubs. The best one (in my opinion), is having a direct limited cup between candidate clubs. They will draw slots in 2 tables, and play directly to find who will get those spots. But even Champions or Europa leagues, we don't know that they will happen next year or not. The pandemic has not yet given us any clue when it will end.

Yes Liverpool deserves the title but it will be hard for the Federation to decide whether or not to give the title for Liverpool due to many aspects as you have mentioned related to relegation and CL/EL spots next year.
IMO it is better to wait for a bit longer time while waiting for the updates related to this global pandemic. Absolutely all people in this world want to see something that can destroy the virus forever so everything will be back normal again and all sports events back as usual.

[examplens]

Are you 100% sure?  there is much more games to play.
although the whole thing is with the virus so serious, FC Liverpool's case always makes me laugh. After 18/19 season and losing title just because of one point (or few millimetres in goal line), Now is a big chance season 19/20 to be cancelled. Regardless of dominance, he will remain without a title. However depressing it may be for Liv supporters, for others it may be funny.

They (Liverpool) waited for decades to have a national title, and this season it seems nothing can prevent them to get it. But only one thing, the Covid-19 forces the season to be postponed and maybe cancelled. Liverpool has been very close to the title and if the league goes next few matches, Liverpool can make it well. Anyway, it is a general case for all and they have to accept it (if the season will actually be cancelled - that I don't believe it will happen). It is more than a joke for Liverpool and their fans.

Yeah, I do think it is quite funny. Even if they can play 2 more games to win the title, how do you decide relegation and promotion for all the other teams? Or even,,, who qualifies for champions league etc? You know El Salvador already ended their stuff early and declared the champions with only 11 games played! And everyone seemed to be happy with them.

Well...  El Salvador's clubs prolly don't have as much financial incentive as the EPL clubs to finish higher in the league and get those CL and Europa slots and staying up.

  Oh, El Salvador's league is so relevant.
One game like Manchester United vs. Manchester City cost and make a profit much more than completely El Salvador's league.

Yes Liverpool deserves the title but it will be hard for the Federation to decide whether or not to give the title for Liverpool due to many aspects as you have mentioned related to relegation and CL/EL spots next year.
IMO it is better to wait for a bit longer time while waiting for the updates related to this global pandemic. Absolutely all people in this world want to see something that can destroy the virus forever so everything will be back normal again and all sports events back as usual.

I saw some suggestions to play in June and Jully, short closed for public, only on TV. They have a big loss because of TV rights and this is the only way to mitigate the damage.