Premier League Prediction Thread (EPL)

[andrearz]

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.

I think it's too difficult for Pep Guardiola to get to Juventus, but it might be possible to see a case like C. Ronaldo who surprisingly came to Juventus. I think it's also interesting to be able to see Pep Guardiola to work together as a coach with C. Ronaldo.

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[Juggy777]

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.

There’s no official word yet from UEFA conforming that Manchester City will be banned from Champions League, and unless they make it official he’s indeed staying. Pep has only one desire left now after winning the treble he wishes to win the champions league with Manchester City, and I believe he’ll not quit unless he achieves it.

[andrearz]

Aaron Ramsey has officially left the arsenal to go to Juventus, who do you think is the suitable player to replace him? and also anyone who will be Arsenal's list of hunters in the transfer market later, I think arsenal will buy a lot of players in this transfer market.

[Sutters Mill]

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.

I couldn't say. Depends on numerous factors, but if Pep would have gone to Manchester United instead of Mou I think he wouldn't have done any better or worse than Mou. Winning the Champions League isn't the only mark of a great manager either though obviously it's a huge deal. Apparently the Pep to Juve rumors have been rubbished by City today but I guess they could be lying or just wishful thinking as they really wont want to let him go.

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.

There’s no official word yet from UEFA conforming that Manchester City will be banned from Champions League, and unless they make it official he’s indeed staying. Pep has only one desire left now after winning the treble he wishes to win the champions league with Manchester City, and I believe he’ll not quit unless he achieves it.

I really doubt they'll kick them out. They'll probably at worst fine them a load of money which City will happily pay. They know the Champions League is too valuable to both them and City to not have them in it.

[tokeweed]

^  Seeing what we saw happen after SAF left, yup.  It was a big mistake giving it to Moyes.  Lmao...  But what if Mou or Pep took over right after SAF left?  I think United's situation could've been better than what it is now.

[buwaytress]

Bookies know what they're doing. Maybe more automation and more algorithm crunching the numbers for them but they are making calculated risks when offering odds all the time. 3/2 for Pep to Juve was probably just to get some money in for bets they knew would never happen.

Anyone watching the final playoff now? Derby's been good to me this season. Got a parlay on them to surprise Aston Villa. Still 0-0 at 38th minutes.

^  Seeing what we saw happen after SAF left, yup.  It was a big mistake giving it to Moyes.  Lmao...  But what if Mou or Pep took over right after SAF left?  I think United's situation could've been better than what it is now.

Some people still think it wasn't a mistake, but a big, big deliberate move to ensure his legend was forever entrenched in United lore. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I wonder if there were a shred of truth, especially with the aging machine poor Moyes inherited that should have been replaced long ago.

[tokeweed]

^  Just checking the score every now and then over here.  And yeah, I want Lampard to get Derby up the EPL too.  

On SAF, no way it was deliberate.  Pep was his first choice to take over at United.  SAF even went to him at New York to talk Pep out of his sabbatical from management.  But Pep said no.

[Harkorede]

^  Just checking the score every now and then over here.  And yeah, I want Lampard to get Derby up the EPL too.  

I'm all in for Derby to make it back to the EPL too, they've always been available for playoffs but yet not making it through.

They are behind already after an El Ghazi goal just before halftime, I just wish they can still turn the tie over in the 2nd 45 minutes.

Edit: Aston Villa has doubled their lead, and It's bound to be another disappointing year for Derby County in the playoffs, except they can come up with 2 goals withing the next 20 minutes plus stoppage time.

[HighArT]

Welcome Aston Villa to Premier League!

Just from entering to the premier division of english football, they will earn $200 million. 

[tomahawk9]

Aston Villa, one of the few english that won the Champions League (the others are Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, and Nottingham Forest) is back in the EPL...Good to know that we'll get to watch the top teams at Villa Park, it's such a nice looking stadium 

Btw, did you guys read the news about Newcastle? The club is about to be sold to the Bin Zayed Group^[1], the same ones who failed to takeover Liverpool last year^[2]

1. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9164187/newcastle-sale-terms-agreed-sheikh-khaled-mike-ashley/
2. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1007716/Liverpool-takeover-Man-City-owner-cousin-Sheik-Khaled-Anfield-FSG

[buwaytress]

Aston Villa, one of the few english that won the Champions League (the others are Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, and Nottingham Forest) is back in the EPL...Good to know that we'll get to watch the top teams at Villa Park, it's such a nice looking stadium 

Btw, did you guys read the news about Newcastle? The club is about to be sold to the Bin Zayed Group^[1], the same ones who failed to takeover Liverpool last year^[2]

1. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9164187/newcastle-sale-terms-agreed-sheikh-khaled-mike-ashley/
2. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1007716/Liverpool-takeover-Man-City-owner-cousin-Sheik-Khaled-Anfield-FSG

I think it was sad they dropped out, big club, big organic fan base, but I wasn't too unhappy they got relegated back then, they were playing god awful football so maybe this will jolt them back into the proper way of playing football (whatever that is, NOT how they played 3 years ago!).

But say what Newcastle? Another Sheikh club must not happen! Don't get me wrong, I have little against the origin of owners, just against the origin of owners' cash;) I think even the Toon Army would prefer bloody Ashley to some absent rich oil man... unless they get another guy as passionate as Leicester (now deceased) owner.

Benitez will hope it's true I suppose so those purse strings can open up.

[Naida_BR]

Aston Villa, one of the few english that won the Champions League (the others are Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, and Nottingham Forest) is back in the EPL...Good to know that we'll get to watch the top teams at Villa Park, it's such a nice looking stadium 

Btw, did you guys read the news about Newcastle? The club is about to be sold to the Bin Zayed Group^[1], the same ones who failed to takeover Liverpool last year^[2]

1. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9164187/newcastle-sale-terms-agreed-sheikh-khaled-mike-ashley/
2. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1007716/Liverpool-takeover-Man-City-owner-cousin-Sheik-Khaled-Anfield-FSG

I read that Aston Villa is going to get some fresh cash of 170 million because they got back in the Premier League.
This number is so impressing if you consider that some other teams around the world who play in the first division would never get this money. But, this is the reason why Premier League is the top league around the world.

[coinlocket$]

How much reliable is sky UK for transfer market operations?

[snipie]

Aston Villa, one of the few english that won the Champions League (the others are Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, and Nottingham Forest) is back in the EPL...Good to know that we'll get to watch the top teams at Villa Park, it's such a nice looking stadium 

Btw, did you guys read the news about Newcastle? The club is about to be sold to the Bin Zayed Group^[1], the same ones who failed to takeover Liverpool last year^[2]

1. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9164187/newcastle-sale-terms-agreed-sheikh-khaled-mike-ashley/
2. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1007716/Liverpool-takeover-Man-City-owner-cousin-Sheik-Khaled-Anfield-FSG

I think it was sad they dropped out, big club, big organic fan base, but I wasn't too unhappy they got relegated back then, they were playing god awful football so maybe this will jolt them back into the proper way of playing football (whatever that is, NOT how they played 3 years ago!).

But say what Newcastle? Another Sheikh club must not happen! Don't get me wrong, I have little against the origin of owners, just against the origin of owners' cash

I would like to know what is the point of this move. I mean a Saudi guy bought an Egyptian team and made him famous by a way or another. But this is EPL and things is different! Emirates and Saudis Sheits ruined every thing they touched...

[BitBustah]

Aston Villa, one of the few english that won the Champions League (the others are Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, and Nottingham Forest) is back in the EPL...Good to know that we'll get to watch the top teams at Villa Park, it's such a nice looking stadium  

Btw, did you guys read the news about Newcastle? The club is about to be sold to the Bin Zayed Group^[1], the same ones who failed to takeover Liverpool last year^[2]

1. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9164187/newcastle-sale-terms-agreed-sheikh-khaled-mike-ashley/
2. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1007716/Liverpool-takeover-Man-City-owner-cousin-Sheik-Khaled-Anfield-FSG

I think it was sad they dropped out, big club, big organic fan base, but I wasn't too unhappy they got relegated back then, they were playing god awful football so maybe this will jolt them back into the proper way of playing football (whatever that is, NOT how they played 3 years ago!).

But say what Newcastle? Another Sheikh club must not happen! Don't get me wrong, I have little against the origin of owners, just against the origin of owners' cash;) I think even the Toon Army would prefer bloody Ashley to some absent rich oil man... unless they get another guy as passionate as Leicester (now deceased) owner.

Benitez will hope it's true I suppose so those purse strings can open up.

I think Manchester United fans are still in shock with what happened with Manchester City and how they became the better team.  People hate the rich owners that spend to win until the guy buys the team they support, then they love it.

[Tipstar]

Aston Villa, one of the few english that won the Champions League (the others are Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, and Nottingham Forest) is back in the EPL...Good to know that we'll get to watch the top teams at Villa Park, it's such a nice looking stadium  

Btw, did you guys read the news about Newcastle? The club is about to be sold to the Bin Zayed Group^[1], the same ones who failed to takeover Liverpool last year^[2]

1. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9164187/newcastle-sale-terms-agreed-sheikh-khaled-mike-ashley/
2. https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1007716/Liverpool-takeover-Man-City-owner-cousin-Sheik-Khaled-Anfield-FSG

I think it was sad they dropped out, big club, big organic fan base, but I wasn't too unhappy they got relegated back then, they were playing god awful football so maybe this will jolt them back into the proper way of playing football (whatever that is, NOT how they played 3 years ago!).

But say what Newcastle? Another Sheikh club must not happen! Don't get me wrong, I have little against the origin of owners, just against the origin of owners' cash;) I think even the Toon Army would prefer bloody Ashley to some absent rich oil man... unless they get another guy as passionate as Leicester (now deceased) owner.

Benitez will hope it's true I suppose so those purse strings can open up.

I think Manchester United fans are still in shock with what happened with Manchester City and how they became the better team.  People hate the rich owners that spend to win until the guy buys the team they support, then they love it.

Club football in most part of the world are not just a team but a culture for the place they are situated in. I think commercialization of football clubs may bring in more cash but in long term would lose fan base. World Cup is famous because everyone supports their country. Likewise a club should also be restricted towards playing at least 4 local players and be owned by Local persona with at least 50% stakes of the city.

[rosezionjohn]

I think Manchester United fans are still in shock with what happened with Manchester City and how they became the better team.

One is the money that was injected into Man City which allowed them to buy top quality players.
Second is the departure of SAF. Man United never really found their footing since his departure. We'll see how their new manager does next season. He did quite well last time to be honest.

[kodtycoon]

I think Manchester United fans are still in shock with what happened with Manchester City and how they became the better team.

One is the money that was injected into Man City which allowed them to buy top quality players.
Second is the departure of SAF. Man United never really found their footing since his departure. We'll see how their new manager does next season. He did quite well last time to be honest.

this is not a problem with money, Man United also has a very good income and Man United always spend a lot of money to buy expensive players in Mourinho era, in my opinion this is just a coach problem because it is true, since SAF departure Man United are no longer performing well consistent in every match

[swogerino]

I think Manchester United fans are still in shock with what happened with Manchester City and how they became the better team.

One is the money that was injected into Man City which allowed them to buy top quality players.
Second is the departure of SAF. Man United never really found their footing since his departure. We'll see how their new manager does next season. He did quite well last time to be honest.

this is not a problem with money, Man United also has a very good income and Man United always spend a lot of money to buy expensive players in Mourinho era, in my opinion this is just a coach problem because it is true, since SAF departure Man United are no longer performing well consistent in every match

It is a coach problem and players problem because it needs both elements to work in harmony in order to be ready to win again for Machester United.

In Sir Alex era the players were great much better than the actual ones now and of course Sir Alex was a great trainer so that was the reason why Manchester United won everything during Sir Alex era.

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I think Manchester United fans are still in shock with what happened with Manchester City and how they became the better team.

One is the money that was injected into Man City which allowed them to buy top quality players.
Second is the departure of SAF. Man United never really found their footing since his departure. We'll see how their new manager does next season. He did quite well last time to be honest.

this is not a problem with money, Man United also has a very good income and Man United always spend a lot of money to buy expensive players in Mourinho era, in my opinion this is just a coach problem because it is true, since SAF departure Man United are no longer performing well consistent in every match

It is a coach problem and players problem because it needs both elements to work in harmony in order to be ready to win again for Machester United.

In Sir Alex era the players were great much better than the actual ones now and of course Sir Alex was a great trainer so that was the reason why Manchester United won everything during Sir Alex era.

SAF era lasted almost 30 years. Everything that happens is completely normal, plus some failures with managers selection. Same things happen in Real Madrid after leaving one player and manager.
Man.Utd spend some important time to try with established top players, like Falcao, Di Maria, Sanchez etc... they need to start building a new team with young players the first season after SAF retirements. Now they going to rebuild six years after. De Gea, Smalling, Jones, Ashley Yang, Valencia they all are selected in Sir Alex era. all those are the first choice (except Valencia) in last season.
Unfortunately, I can see the next season of bad results, I don't think that Ole can arrange team if they make much change and bring many new players as newspapers say.