Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[Trofo]

Ah a fellow City fan.  Where have you been?  Lol.  Everyone was rooting for Liverpool in these parts, been navigating the keyboard to avoid offending anybody.  Lolol.

Still, no CL, no satisfaction for Pep.  He's gonna stay until he wins one for City, unless the club gets implicated for some FFP rule they're being accused of breaking.

I think that he is going to leave the club this summer.
So many years and still didn't manage to win the Champions League or at lease reach the final with such a powerful team. There would be a lot of teams that will be in search for a new coach so he will have his chances to choose one of them,

I agree with tokeweed, Pep is staying unless City gets thrown out of Europe. The club wants him badly and they offered him a new 5 year contract (20 millions pounds per season if I am not mistaken)

[MakeMoneyBtc]

Ah a fellow City fan.  Where have you been?  Lol.  Everyone was rooting for Liverpool in these parts, been navigating the keyboard to avoid offending anybody.  Lolol.

Still, no CL, no satisfaction for Pep.  He's gonna stay until he wins one for City, unless the club gets implicated for some FFP rule they're being accused of breaking.

I think that he is going to leave the club this summer.
So many years and still didn't manage to win the Champions League or at lease reach the final with such a powerful team. There would be a lot of teams that will be in search for a new coach so he will have his chances to choose one of them,

He's been with City for only 3 seasons so that's not such a long time considering he did a great job for the team even though they didn't won a Champions League trophy or come close to that. He will probably stay for a few more years here because there is still enough time for him to win. Champions League and he knows he has good chances to do it with this team.

[rachman mahesa]

Ah a fellow City fan.  Where have you been?  Lol.  Everyone was rooting for Liverpool in these parts, been navigating the keyboard to avoid offending anybody.  Lolol.

Still, no CL, no satisfaction for Pep.  He's gonna stay until he wins one for City, unless the club gets implicated for some FFP rule they're being accused of breaking.

That's what Pep! Pep wants to become a UCL champion with Manchester City, because the premier league title is certainly no satisfaction for him. Actually, the big goal is to become a UCL champion with Manchester City. After that, the target may be fulfilled and will look for experiences in other leagues.

[slocker]

It this true that they will be some new rules in Premier league next season.

1. Hand-playing - From now on, every hand-gamble will be sanctioned, it will no longer look at whether the hand was with the body or whether the player intended to play it. Each contact of the ball and arm will be judged as a penalty kick.
2. Penalties - Goalkeepers will have to always be on the goal line with one leg and before the penalty shootout they will not be allowed to touch the goal frame.
3. Free kick - A free-kick team will not be allowed to have their players in a live wall, but only the players of the defending team will be able to find it there.
4. Changes - When changing players, a player can leave the field at any place, so there will be no longer waiting to go out in the middle of the playground.
5. "Dead" ball - From next season the ball will in this situation belong to the team whose last player had contact with it.
6. Cards for coaches - Judges will be able to sanction coaches who will receive yellow and red cards as well as players in the field.

It will be interesting to see how the Premier League will look next season with all the new rules, and how the teams and coaches will adapt to these newspapers.

[edisystem]

With this win on FA Cup, Manchester City got a Treble winner for this season. Congrats to man city and Pep, also Man City just give a new contract to Pep for the next five years.

Next season will be interesting though. Let's see is Man City will still the same or not.

[swogerino]

With this win on FA Cup, Manchester City got a Treble winner for this season. Congrats to man city and Pep, also Man City just give a new contract to Pep for the next five years.

Next season will be interesting though. Let's see is Man City will still the same or not.

Manchester City is the first team to win three trophies in a year in Premier League.No other team had won the three trophies before them so this is a great achievement from Manchester City.Imagine if they had eliminated Tottenham and also won the Champions League that would have been awesome.

[Sutters Mill]

Has Pep finally established himself in the English Premier league?

I think he has. And he's accomplished several things that other legendary managers in England weren't able to do. Pep with Man City so far:

- Record of most points in a season (100).
- Won the domestic treble: FA, league cup, league title. First time ever in english football.
- Won every single domestic tournament (4) in one season. Again, first time ever.

English Football has not seen such level of dominance I think since Ferguson's Man Utd when they won the EPL three times in a row...twice.

Pep’s a great manager but he only ever goes to teams that are already built with the most money in their respective leagues.

He still hasn’t got to a CL Final without Messi.

Pep didn't do that. His squad of world class players did. I think managers are overrated. Let's be honest, who couldn't win something with Barca or Man City? Let Pep go to a struggling team and see how well he does then. Let's see if he can get a none-league team into the Championship or even Premier League. Then I will call him great. He'd be nothing without hundreds of millions to spend and a squad already worth half a billion. Money has tarnished football for me. The Premier League is great to watch but where's the glory in watching a team built on foreign money with foreign players? Supporting your local team is irrelevant now as what relation are they to you other than in name? If some billionaire buys out your club, buys half the best players in the world then starts winning trophies is that something to be proud about? Isn't that essentially just cheating? It's like soccer's own doping scandal, but instead of using drugs they just use money and loopholes and buy the best players and you know they'd go to any team as long as the wages are big enough. Ronaldo and Neymar would probably go to Tranmere Rovers if you gave them a million a week. Who is going to be the next big club to top City? It's just the luck of  what investors  pick which club. City are arguably one of the biggest and if not best team on the planet right now but they weren't' before all the oil money. They were nobodies. I just can't see how you could make it more fairer but the FIFA financial rules are a joke. I doubt they'll deny City the CL. They'll just fine them a shitload and it's more money for them and City will pay it with no complaints. Not much different from racketeering if so. They should look into how many foreigners you could have on the pitch at once as well. Then let's see how great City are and everyone else. I wonder what the leagues would look like if you could only have x amount or even all players that were born within your city. Then that would give you something to be proud of when your team win something. Smaller clubs just don't have a chance. It's going to be really boring if City just win the league over and over like how United dominated in the late 90s and early 00s. There really needs to be a sea change in how football clubs can operate but when all the governing bodies care about is making money then I can't see it happening.

Ah a fellow City fan.  Where have you been?  Lol.  Everyone was rooting for Liverpool in these parts, been navigating the keyboard to avoid offending anybody.  Lolol.

Still, no CL, no satisfaction for Pep.  He's gonna stay until he wins one for City, unless the club gets implicated for some FFP rule they're being accused of breaking.

I think that he is going to leave the club this summer.
So many years and still didn't manage to win the Champions League or at lease reach the final with such a powerful team. There would be a lot of teams that will be in search for a new coach so he will have his chances to choose one of them,

I agree with tokeweed, Pep is staying unless City gets thrown out of Europe. The club wants him badly and they offered him a new 5 year contract (20 millions pounds per season if I am not mistaken)

  Silly money. It's probably just cheaper to bribe FIFA to win the CL.

[tokeweed]

^  Uuuhh.  I really don't take it that seriously to make a comment.  I just love gambling on football and watch.  But I get what you mean.  I got friends who say the same thing.  I just tell them to enjoy it.  At the end of the day, it's just a sport, nothing more.  They sometimes treat it like some sort of religion, sometimes willing to bash heads for it.  Lol.

[examplens]

Ah a fellow City fan.  Where have you been?  Lol.  Everyone was rooting for Liverpool in these parts, been navigating the keyboard to avoid offending anybody.  Lolol.

Still, no CL, no satisfaction for Pep.  He's gonna stay until he wins one for City, unless the club gets implicated for some FFP rule they're being accused of breaking.

That's what Pep! Pep wants to become a UCL champion with Manchester City, because the premier league title is certainly no satisfaction for him. Actually, the big goal is to become a UCL champion with Manchester City. After that, the target may be fulfilled and will look for experiences in other leagues.

I would like to see him in one club for more than three seasons. When they need to keep continuity with different players. They win everything this season (okay, almost everything ) and I am very curious how they will motivate his players in next season. It is much harder to stay on top than to go up there.

[gabbie2010]

Does Guardiola said anything about his future after the final?

I know what he said yesterday but if City will be not on UCL next year I doubt he will stay.

Also he Said the same thing back when he was on Bayern before goes to Man City...

I really hope he comes to Juventus

Pep Guardiola thinks I will stay with Manchester City, everyone knows that the club is very rich. If Pep wants to get out, I think the club will use various ways with his money to seduce Pep to stay at Manchester City.

Pep not winning CL trophy yet at Manchester City could be a major factor that will guarantee his stay at the club next season however if the club is sanctioned then he will go elsewhere to continue his job.
To Prove a point as a world class coach he must win CL cup to his kitty in man city this will in a long run established his status in the global football arena having achieved and won numerous trophies in his former clubs.

[Red_Evil]

Does Guardiola said anything about his future after the final?

I know what he said yesterday but if City will be not on UCL next year I doubt he will stay.

Also he Said the same thing back when he was on Bayern before goes to Man City...

I really hope he comes to Juventus

Pep Guardiola thinks I will stay with Manchester City, everyone knows that the club is very rich. If Pep wants to get out, I think the club will use various ways with his money to seduce Pep to stay at Manchester City.

Pep not winning CL trophy yet at Manchester City could be a major factor that will guarantee his stay at the club next season however if the club is sanctioned then he will go elsewhere to continue his job.
To Prove a point as a world class coach he must win CL cup to his kitty in man city this will in a long run established his status in the global football arena having achieved and won numerous trophies in his former clubs.

pep guardiola will stay at city until his contract end, and will be back to barca i guess barca now struglling and need a new manager, i think pep will be back if barca interested to give a pep new contract. pep is the best manager in the world imho.

[tokeweed]

Funny...  Skybet has Pep as the favorite (1.50) to be the next Juventus manager with Mou next then Sarri.  Hmmm, what do the bookies know?

If he does leave, I think I'm gonna lose a bit of respect for him.  I mean 'that's it, you're leaving'?  Lol.

[MakeMoneyBtc]

Funny...  Skybet has Pep as the favorite (1.50) to be the next Juventus manager with Mou next then Sarri.  Hmmm, what do the bookies know?

If he does leave, I think I'm gonna lose a bit of respect for him.  I mean 'that's it, you're leaving'?  Lol.

There are rumors going on in Italy that say Pep has already signed a 4 year contract with Juventus. Of course we can't know for sure if this is true but bookies are showing us that this might not be only rumors. It's surprising that he made this decision since he doesn't like Ronaldo that much but I guess he knows with him the chances of winning Champions League are higher.

[Trofo]

1.50 odds sounds like a done deal to me. Damn, i was quite sure he is staying on City at least one more season. Maybe he wants to manage a top club in all top leagues so Juve is a logical next step Barca, Bayern, City and now Juve if true. Nice resume to have.

[Naida_BR]

Funny...  Skybet has Pep as the favorite (1.50) to be the next Juventus manager with Mou next then Sarri.  Hmmm, what do the bookies know?

If he does leave, I think I'm gonna lose a bit of respect for him.  I mean 'that's it, you're leaving'?  Lol.

Bookers are hardly not right.
They probably have inside info that he is going to move in Juventus. It would be interesting to see how he is going to cooperate with Christiano Ronaldo and fit him in his playstyle.

[Sutters Mill]

^  Uuuhh.  I really don't take it that seriously to make a comment.  I just love gambling on football and watch.  But I get what you mean.  I got friends who say the same thing.  I just tell them to enjoy it.  At the end of the day, it's just a sport, nothing more.  They sometimes treat it like some sort of religion, sometimes willing to bash heads for it.  Lol.

I like gambling and watching it too but that's all it is for me, mindless entertainment, but it's become a religion for people when in reality it's just like watching a big budget movie with huge souleslly corporations behind it selling the punters the same old thing just refreshed a little to keep them watching (How many superhero movies do we really need that all follow the same formula). To me there's not much excitement in watching the same big teams prevail and win games where you know the outcome just like superhero movies (the good guys always win everytime).

Funny...  Skybet has Pep as the favorite (1.50) to be the next Juventus manager with Mou next then Sarri.  Hmmm, what do the bookies know?

If he does leave, I think I'm gonna lose a bit of respect for him.  I mean 'that's it, you're leaving'?  Lol.

I don't think he will leave just yet, but just like Ronaldo it's an easy and riskless move for him. Loads more money and he can easily add to his trophy cabinet by joining another one of the biggest and best clubs in the world and one where they hardly ever lose the title. Going from great team to great team proves nothing about Pep (or any other big manager). Go to a team that's slightly outside the top two like Athletico or either Milans or Marseille or Lyon or something then win them the titles then we can call you great. Pep going to Juve, PSG or even back to Barca or Bayern is just going to be boring.

Pep not winning CL trophy yet at Manchester City could be a major factor that will guarantee his stay at the club next season however if the club is sanctioned then he will go elsewhere to continue his job.
To Prove a point as a world class coach he must win CL cup to his kitty in man city this will in a long run established his status in the global football arena having achieved and won numerous trophies in his former clubs.

It's rarely a deal breaker for clubs though obviously it's something all world class teams strive for. Lets face it, only one club out of the entire Europe can win it and there's plenty of supposed world class managers so they cant and shouldnt all be sacked at once just for failing to win it especially when its so difficult and competition is as strong as its ever been.

[tokeweed]

Funny...  Skybet has Pep as the favorite (1.50) to be the next Juventus manager with Mou next then Sarri.  Hmmm, what do the bookies know?

If he does leave, I think I'm gonna lose a bit of respect for him.  I mean 'that's it, you're leaving'?  Lol.

I don't think he will leave just yet, but just like Ronaldo it's an easy and riskless move for him. Loads more money and he can easily add to his trophy cabinet by joining another one of the biggest and best clubs in the world and one where they hardly ever lose the title. Going from great team to great team proves nothing about Pep (or any other big manager). Go to a team that's slightly outside the top two like Athletico or either Milans or Marseille or Lyon or something then win them the titles then we can call you great. Pep going to Juve, PSG or even back to Barca or Bayern is just going to be boring.

Does that prove Mou is better than Pep?  Mou won the UCL with Porto as the underdog at 2004.    And that's the state of the game we have today.  Everything is all about the money now.  Put any manager somewhere, they'd have a better chance at winning anything if he's given a huge transfer budget.

[examplens]

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pep guardiola will stay at city until his contract end, and will be back to barca i guess barca now struglling and need a new manager, i think pep will be back if barca interested to give a pep new contract. pep is the best manager in the world imho.

Then he needs to hurry up until Messi still plays there and did not go to retirement. after will be very difficult to prove that he is the best manager.

[DeathAngel]

The only way Pep leaves this summer is if Man City are guilty of all that money laundering shit & FFP cheating. If they were to be kicked out of the CL maybe he would go to Juve.

[rachman mahesa]

The only way Pep leaves this summer is if Man City are guilty of all that money laundering shit & FFP cheating. If they were to be kicked out of the CL maybe he would go to Juve.

If it is true that Manchester City has received sanctions from FFP, of course, the punishment is very heavy, which is to be disaffected by 1 season at UCL. Of course this is in my opinion a heavy penalty for the club. For Pep the possibility of survival and if Pep leaves Manchester city, of course Juventus is not a suitable place for pep.