Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[o_e_l_e_o]

The gap between Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal, Man Utd and the rest is HUGE.

The gap between Leicester and the other top teams was huge. The season before they won, they were 20th for 18 weeks. They were also saved from relegation by seven wins in the last nine games. The season before that, they were in the Championship.

Obviously I'm joking when I say Fulham to to win, but can you imagine the scenes if they did. Will be equally crazy if they go down again this season after spending so much.

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[swogerino]

Spending so much doesn't mean anything in the short term as the players transferred do not know well each other. A good example of this is when Abramovic first bought Chelsea and right after that he bought a lot of star players but success only came after a few years and not immediately.

Same can be said about Fulham but I doubt they will go the same route as Chelsea at that time.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Spending so much doesn't mean anything in the short term as the players transferred do not know well each other. A good example of this is when Abramovic first bought Chelsea and right after that he bought a lot of star players but success only came after a few years and not immediately.

Same can be said about Fulham but I doubt they will go the same route as Chelsea at that time.

He bought them in June 2003 ahead of the 2003-2004 season & they won the title the next season 04-05 & then successfully defended their title in 05-06. Money makes a big difference & wins you trophies if you spend it well.

[tokeweed]

^  Yup.  Pep got it right, Mou didn't.  That's cos Pep, Txiki Begiristain (City director of football) and Ferran Soriano (City CEO) have already worked together during their days at Barca.  The latter two were also responsible for Pep's appointment at Barca...  And City.  

[Juggy777]

^  Yup.  Pep got it right, Mou didn't.  That's cos Pep, Txiki Begiristain (City director of football) and Ferran Soriano (City CEO) have already worked together during their days at Barca.  The latter two were also responsible for Pep's appointment at Barca...  And City.  

Manchester United are just splashing cash on star players, and hoping for a quick fix rather than finding a long term solution. The list of flops just keep on growing Falcao, Maria, Sanchez, Baily and so on. Then again there have been some revivals also Lindelof, Martial and Shaw form have improved, but like you said Pep and their director knew each other and communicate with each other, last year Mourinho asked for a winger denied, asked for a central defender this year denied and that I feel has been a major problem at Manchester United.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

^  Yup.  Pep got it right, Mou didn't.  That's cos Pep, Txiki Begiristain (City director of football) and Ferran Soriano (City CEO) have already worked together during their days at Barca.  The latter two were also responsible for Pep's appointment at Barca...  And City.  

Manchester United are just splashing cash on star players, and hoping for a quick fix rather than finding a long term solution. The list of flops just keep on growing Falcao, Maria, Sanchez, Baily and so on. Then again there have been some revivals also Lindelof, Martial and Shaw form have improved, but like you said Pep and their director knew each other and communicate with each other, last year Mourinho asked for a winger denied, asked for a central defender this year denied and that I feel has been a major problem at Manchester United.

I think Mourinho is finished as a top/elite coach. His tactics & style of play is outdated. He hasn’t evolved with the times, other managers are better & more tactically aware.

[tokeweed]

^  I think Mou needs some time off from football.  It's not his tactics imho, I think it's his man management that's the problem.  He doesn't seem to get 100% out of key players...  Like Pogba. 

[DIA7]

^  I think Mou needs some time off from football.  It's not his tactics imho, I think it's his man management that's the problem.  He doesn't seem to get 100% out of key players...  Like Pogba. 

not only Pogba I do not understand yet what happened with Eric Bailey and Mourinho he was one of Mourinho's best deals now is looking to be sold alongside Rojo who is fat better then Smalling and Lindelof who will be looking to stay. Baily initially showed remarkable abilities, but it seems to be more about his relationship with Jose than anything else.

[tokeweed]

^  And don't forget Fred!  Man City wanted him to be Fernandinho's long term replacement, but Mou and Woodward offered him more money to entice him to join United.  Lol.

Fred must by thinking:  'Wtf did I get myself into?'  Lmao.  I barely saw him start a match.

[Wete]

^  Yup.  Pep got it right, Mou didn't.  That's cos Pep, Txiki Begiristain (City director of football) and Ferran Soriano (City CEO) have already worked together during their days at Barca.  The latter two were also responsible for Pep's appointment at Barca...  And City.  

Manchester United are just splashing cash on star players, and hoping for a quick fix rather than finding a long term solution. The list of flops just keep on growing Falcao, Maria, Sanchez, Baily and so on. Then again there have been some revivals also Lindelof, Martial and Shaw form have improved, but like you said Pep and their director knew each other and communicate with each other, last year Mourinho asked for a winger denied, asked for a central defender this year denied and that I feel has been a major problem at Manchester United.

Yes, it looks like Manchester United will soon follow in the footsteps of Arsenal. They will be more concerned with income than achievement.

[Indymoney]

^  Yup.  Pep got it right, Mou didn't.  That's cos Pep, Txiki Begiristain (City director of football) and Ferran Soriano (City CEO) have already worked together during their days at Barca.  The latter two were also responsible for Pep's appointment at Barca...  And City.  

Manchester United are just splashing cash on star players, and hoping for a quick fix rather than finding a long term solution. The list of flops just keep on growing Falcao, Maria, Sanchez, Baily and so on. Then again there have been some revivals also Lindelof, Martial and Shaw form have improved, but like you said Pep and their director knew each other and communicate with each other, last year Mourinho asked for a winger denied, asked for a central defender this year denied and that I feel has been a major problem at Manchester United.

Yes, it looks like Manchester United will soon follow in the footsteps of Arsenal. They will be more concerned with income than achievement.

Arsenal is not alone in this race most of European clubs doing this and their income is very good just because of their greediness bringing down level of soccer very quickly and badly.

[swogerino]

The problem with Manchester United is that after the quitting of Sir Alex Fergusson the other coaches has not found harmony between the players. They have good players in attack and in midfield but they seem that they cannot all play together in harmony. Pogba , Huan Mata, Rashford are only a few good players which aren't showing their true potential playing at Manchester United.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Mourinho’s style of play doesn’t allow the attacking players at United to flourish. It’s all one big mess, Mourinho gets paid a lot, he has spent a lot on players in the soon to be 3 years he’s been there. He should be doing a lot better. I predict he gets sacked in the summer.

[tokeweed]

^  The problem is who's replacing him?  I don't think Zidane is a good option (IMHO), Poch is not gonna be available (I think).  And apart from those two, there's Luis Enrique, Conte and Leonardo Jardim (this one I particularly like if rebuilding is the plan).

[tomahawk9]

Mourinho’s style of play doesn’t allow the attacking players at United to flourish.

That sucks because I remember Mou when he was in Real Madrid, and under him we were known for having a good attack and probably one of the best counter-attack systems in the world, like, every counter attack was so precise that everyone kept complimenting Mou for it.

Now he's like a completely different manager who doesn't like offensive football anymore. At first I thought it was because of the players, but it's not like Man Utd doesn't have competent players to play some really good football. Mou, what happened to you?

[BlackPanda]

Manchester United are in a poor condition this season, they are playing under-performing and Manchester United will have difficulty competing for the EPL title this season. On the other hand, the other Manchester team, the citizens are at their best, they are very likely to win the title. but the journey is still long and if the citizen can lead until the 30th week then I am optimistic that Manchester City can be sure to win the English league 2018/2019 season !!!

[Wete]

Manchester United are in a poor condition this season, they are playing under-performing and Manchester United will have difficulty competing for the EPL title this season. On the other hand, the other Manchester team, the citizens are at their best, they are very likely to win the title. but the journey is still long and if the citizen can lead until the 30th week then I am optimistic that Manchester City can be sure to win the English league 2018/2019 season !!!

I think the English league title will be tight until the last week, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs will not just let Man. City won the league easily. We will see later.

[emberbekas]

Manchester United are in a poor condition this season, they are playing under-performing and Manchester United will have difficulty competing for the EPL title this season. On the other hand, the other Manchester team, the citizens are at their best, they are very likely to win the title. but the journey is still long and if the citizen can lead until the 30th week then I am optimistic that Manchester City can be sure to win the English league 2018/2019 season !!!

Manchester United has changed a lot after Sir Alex Ferguson left. They are not Manchester United that we know is very fierce when facing their opponents. I think it will take a relatively long time to restore the glory of Manchester United.

[bering]

Manchester United are in a poor condition this season, they are playing under-performing and Manchester United will have difficulty competing for the EPL title this season. On the other hand, the other Manchester team, the citizens are at their best, they are very likely to win the title. but the journey is still long and if the citizen can lead until the 30th week then I am optimistic that Manchester City can be sure to win the English league 2018/2019 season !!!

Manchester United has changed a lot after Sir Alex Ferguson left. They are not Manchester United that we know is very fierce when facing their opponents. I think it will take a relatively long time to restore the glory of Manchester United.

Besides that i think the current problem for manchester United is they cannot anymore produce young talented players again and since sir alex leave there is no more important players who came from their own academy and they always bought the players with expensive price which is eventually those players does not have important role for every Manchester match and i think they will be difficult to compete with Chelsea, Liverpool or Manchester City for the trophy

[swogerino]

This week the English Premier League is back after an absence of 2 weeks until now. It will be a busy time for all the teams as they will play almost every three days or so in the month of December, this league is the only one to be playing even in the boxing day when everybody else is in vacation mode. Probably the condition of the teams playing in Champions League will be weakened in February when Champions League will restart.