Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[udidrone]

What you are saying is not a new thing as we are know that united board show alot of relent when it comes to sacking of coach, but that's doesn't mean they can pull the plug when it calls for it, Erik ten hag is still given some breathing space because everyone knows that it's not his fault for the club playing performance been very poor because the club players  themselves lack discipline to play and it's also believe that the players themselves are the one actually underperforming on purpose.

From what I hear the main problem is player injuries I see several important players are on the injury list. Apart from that, there are also internal problems between the coach and the players, which creates a few obstacles in determining the line-up so actually the problem is not only in Ten Hag hands but there are several factors. I think they still give Ten Hag a chance until the end of the season, firing him at this time was not the right choice because whoever the coach is, it will be difficult to improve the team's performance in conditions like this. Manchester United only has 2 choices, wait for all the players to recover or look for replacements in the next transfer window and we know this is not an easy choice because it requires sacrifice.

[Alpha Marine]

Chelsea performance are merely classified as mediocre this season. I've seen no quality performance from Chelsea this season, I'm still watching the exact Chelsea game pattern under Frank Lampard and Graham Potter. When Todd Boehly appointed Mauricio Pochettino as headcoach, I thought everything will work out fine and smooth for the club, but it will definitely take time before this event could be triggered. However, Mauricio Pochettino have intents for the club, he's keen on signing more players for the Blues this season and he will not hold back his determination and actions for his club.

Chelsea under Todd Boehly's leadership has been full of bad decisions. The coaches, the player signed, etc. To me, the only good business that Chelsea has done under him that is significant enough is their player sale. They managed to sell their players off at fair prices. I'm still trying to figure out how they were able to sell Kai Havertz to Arsenal for about £65.

When Potter came, I expected him to do well but he didn't and he should have been fired sooner, but they didn't, then they eventually did but they signed Lampard as an interim instead. Who makes those decisions? After Lampard they hired Pochettino.  So many bad decisions.
Pochettino is good, but for a team that doesn't want to fight for anything. A team that can go 4-5 seasons without winning a trophy and they'll be satisfied with just playing well and finishing in the top 6. That's not what they need at Chelsea. With the amount of money Chelsea has spent, they need results. They need to win games and compete for trophies.
In my opinion, I think Pochettino has to go. It's sad but he has to go.

[snipie]

It is not that Ten Hag isn’t making mistakes tactically but asking for his sack just during his second season is considered not the right to do to me because after his first good season he deserves a chance and the board should be trusting him with good Signings.

Even if a Pep or Mouh is signed today Manchester United will still remain like this because of the players nonchalant behavior

At the same time I think charging coach might bring a fresh air and discipline to the team, as much I feel this will not work out as planned for a team like Manchester United. Chelsea for example, are living hard seasons and their results were catastrophic for a team like them, yet large investments and a turn over of top coaches didn't work as it was expected to be. I doubt it will work for Manchester United too.
Pep Guardiola in the other hand might fix that team but he will not move there since he will be considered as traitor at least for Manchester City fans.

[shogun47]

There is no doubt that Manchester City is very strong this season. However, their performance in this season is weak compared to the last season. The team is dependent on Haaland. However, Haaland is not getting enough support from the midfielders this season. However, Haaland has been able to score a lot of goals, which is why Manchester City's performance has not been too erratic yet. However, if they want to win the Premier League title, the Manchester City team has to play better. Because the performance of Liverpool and Arsenal this season is very strong and consistent. At the same time Aston Villa team is also playing very well. Therefore, if Manchester City's performance is not stronger, they will not be able to survive in the competition.

But the difference is still the two midfielders Gudogan and Kevin De Bruyne, which goes hand in hand with what you said. They were excellent in assisting Haaland putting him into the perfect position to score, but what made them so impressive last season was that they scored themselves when Haaland didn't score. Do you recall the 4-0 against Real Madrid? No goal from Haaland, but since he is so dangerous the opponent is always busy paying attention to him while other Manchester City players can enfold their potential. On top of that there was this insane midfield and that is what made them unstoppable last season. As you said, it is not the same this season.

[TopT3ns]

Chelsea are doing much better than bottom of the table teams. Their level hasn't stooped so low that they will be relegated so easily. They have lot of good players in squad and I think they have lot of potential to get back on track again. The team chemistry is just not upto the level that a big 6 team should have inn Premier League. Yeah they also need to make some good signings in area where they lack, for instance on defence (particularly centre back).

I see that Chelsea's performance still cannot be said to be "much better" because, up to now, they are still in 12th place at the top of the standings, and in every match they have difficulty achieving victory. In their last match against Everton on December 10, they also did not produce good results. well, and still disappoints his fans. On December 16, Chelsea will meet the team that is at the bottom of the standings. If Chelsea still doesn't win this match, then there is no hope for Chelsea.

[JoyMarsha]

Chelsea team needs more improvement. Chelsea's performance is likely to improve if coach Poch can build his squad with his preferred players in the next winter transfer window.

In the next transfer window, Pochettino is thinking of signing new defensive defenders, midfielders, and strikers in addition to the once they have already had. The question now remain, doesn't it mean Pochettion doesn't know how to feature the existing players who are newly signed this season?
It is saddening to see how Chelsea performs with their so called players quality players so many of us praise them for signing into their team at the beginning of this season. Having them play like this makes a jaw drop in disbelief that Chelsea would play like a mediocre club that can't win matches in weeks

[nelson4lov]

Chelsea under Todd Boehly's leadership has been full of bad decisions. The coaches, the player signed, etc. To me, the only good business that Chelsea has done under him that is significant enough is their player sale. They managed to sell their players off at fair prices. I'm still trying to figure out how they were able to sell Kai Havertz to Arsenal for about £65.

When Potter came, I expected him to do well but he didn't and he should have been fired sooner, but they didn't, then they eventually did but they signed Lampard as an interim instead. Who makes those decisions? After Lampard they hired Pochettino.  So many bad decisions.
Pochettino is good, but for a team that doesn't want to fight for anything. A team that can go 4-5 seasons without winning a trophy and they'll be satisfied with just playing well and finishing in the top 6. That's not what they need at Chelsea. With the amount of money Chelsea has spent, they need results. They need to win games and compete for trophies.
In my opinion, I think Pochettino has to go. It's sad but he has to go.

You made a lot of sense with your post. In hindsight, the only thing Todd Boehly has done thus far is to splash money at the problem Chelsea has with the hope that everything will be fine and all will be happy but splashing money is only a temporary fix. Plenty of terrible decisions have been made and he just spends much with the hope that it would be resolved that way — for instance, Chelsea didn't need Caicedo (even if they did, he was a £40M player before that bidding war with Liverpool) and also Lavia.

Pochettino is trying his best but Chelsea needs a hard core manager. This Chelsea situation reminds me about the time when Liverpool were drowning in inconsistent results and losses until Klopp came along from Dortmund and turned things around.

[Stepstowealth]

Pochettino is good, but for a team that doesn't want to fight for anything. A team that can go 4-5 seasons without winning a trophy and they'll be satisfied with just playing well and finishing in the top 6. That's not what they need at Chelsea. With the amount of money Chelsea has spent, they need results. They need to win games and compete for trophies.
In my opinion, I think Pochettino has to go. It's sad but he has to go.

We have not seen Pochettino use Nkunku yet in the league, and we know that Jackson sucks! so let us just assume that the lack of a good striker for Chelsea is what has affected his expected results for Chelsea because there has been no change in the position Chelsea were last season and then this season. I will not say that the people who are calling for his sack are asking too much, the coach has to proof himself and justify the investments that has been made into getting new players for the club. Tottenham spent less money and are having better results. If Chelsea continue like this, they will also not be in the champions league next season for failure to finish top four.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Chelsea team needs more improvement. Chelsea's performance is likely to improve if coach Poch can build his squad with his preferred players in the next winter transfer window.

In the next transfer window, Pochettino is thinking of signing new defensive defenders, midfielders, and strikers in addition to the once they have already had. The question now remain, doesn't it mean Pochettion doesn't know how to feature the existing players who are newly signed this season?
It is saddening to see how Chelsea performs with their so called players quality players so many of us praise them for signing into their team at the beginning of this season. Having them play like this makes a jaw drop in disbelief that Chelsea would play like a mediocre club that can't win matches in weeks

The thing that saddened me if pochettino has got everything he wanted before but the performance of club was still very bad. It was unable in winning the game against easy club. I have no word to say but this is a horrible thing to see that from chelsea.
Pochettino seems keen to add more young players which are very bad for chelsea at this moment. I hope that this will not true but yeah those young players in the clubs were only showing his ego.

Look at when a midfielder can't have proper shoots like enzo. Enzo was good for passing purpose but it was so terrible in doing long shoot. I really miss lampard which was able to do long and strong shoots.

Chelsea needs someone who can play as good as frank lampard. All of its strikers were so garbage as they can't even have good positioning against its opponent. Chelsea is a different team right now.
The club is still playing so badly and pochettino needs to solve this as soon as possible or todd will kick him out from the club. I would rather believe if chelsea needs to recruit xabi from leverkusen as a new coach.

[BigBos]

Chelsea team needs more improvement. Chelsea's performance is likely to improve if coach Poch can build his squad with his preferred players in the next winter transfer window.

In the next transfer window, Pochettino is thinking of signing new defensive defenders, midfielders, and strikers in addition to the once they have already had. The question now remain, doesn't it mean Pochettion doesn't know how to feature the existing players who are newly signed this season?
It is saddening to see how Chelsea performs with their so called players quality players so many of us praise them for signing into their team at the beginning of this season. Having them play like this makes a jaw drop in disbelief that Chelsea would play like a mediocre club that can't win matches in weeks

If that does happen, Chelsea will indirectly make a major overhaul again, which in my opinion will clearly disrupt their stability due to the adaptation of new players.
I think instead of that happening it is better to focus on looking in the defense area first. Chelsea's midfield and attacking line are actually very good and it shows when their mastery is good and the most important thing for Pochettino is to restore the performance of some of their strikers to score goals.

Palmer is always good at finishing but when there is a lot of guarding on Pamler then other strikers like Mudryk are quite stuck and this is what Chelsea must pay attention to.
Sterling is also not maximized well so there must be a good scheme for them to go according to plan rather than constantly reshuffling players who make this new again and again.

[Palakka]

Chelsea team needs more improvement. Chelsea's performance is likely to improve if coach Poch can build his squad with his preferred players in the next winter transfer window.

In the next transfer window, Pochettino is thinking of signing new defensive defenders, midfielders, and strikers in addition to the once they have already had. The question now remain, doesn't it mean Pochettion doesn't know how to feature the existing players who are newly signed this season?
It is saddening to see how Chelsea performs with their so called players quality players so many of us praise them for signing into their team at the beginning of this season. Having them play like this makes a jaw drop in disbelief that Chelsea would play like a mediocre club that can't win matches in weeks

New striker must be their main target because Jackson really cannot be relied on to be their goal machine. Pochettino must be able to bring in more quality strikers for their team such as Osimhen to support a better front line performance in the second half of the season. Well apart from that their defense is quite fragile this season because they have conceded a lot of goals so a major overhaul they may have to do in the winter window.

Manchester United is the same, they also have to focus on bringing in lots of new players because they have a defender crisis and also need new strikers for this season. Erik Ten Hag must know deeply the weak points in his squad so that they can be corrected well in the transfer market. Maybe they should buy some good players from the barcelona squad for this transfer window.

[youdacapt]

Pochettino is good

This is false, Pochettino is not good enough for the chelsea clubside. Last transfer market, Chelsea and Liverpool searched for same profile of midfielders; Chelsea got all, and Liverpool got none; today, Chelsea is struggling while Liverpool is right at the top; excellent coaching by Klopp and awful coaching by the Chelsea manager

He definitely needs to do better; over 9 months and no convincing performances!!
Chelsea deserves better

[makishart]

Chelsea team needs more improvement. Chelsea's performance is likely to improve if coach Poch can build his squad with his preferred players in the next winter transfer window.

In the next transfer window, Pochettino is thinking of signing new defensive defenders, midfielders, and strikers in addition to the once they have already had. The question now remain, doesn't it mean Pochettion doesn't know how to feature the existing players who are newly signed this season?
It is saddening to see how Chelsea performs with their so called players quality players so many of us praise them for signing into their team at the beginning of this season. Having them play like this makes a jaw drop in disbelief that Chelsea would play like a mediocre club that can't win matches in weeks

Pochettino needs to sell a lot of them. I meant that if in fact, chelsea has extremely big squads. The club needs to sell the players first before it will able to buy the new players. We remember that the new policy was making chelsea must have sold 1 player before the coach will be willing to buy 1 more. This to make sure if chelsea will not be violating the FFP rules. We have seen that chelsea is potentially violating FFP rules in the pass. The club is trying to make sure they will not repeat it again.

This is also a sense reason for the creation of new policy for selling 1 player to buy 1 player. It will not be easy for chelsea to sell the players. The club was still unable to shows very good performance.
So many big players bought by chelsea are totall useless at this moment. How many times chelsea keep waste lots of resources like this. I hope that everything will be going right .

Chelsea needs to get back again into the top place to compete with other clubs for the UCL spots. It will be a disaster if chelsea will be missing it again. Pochettino has made wrong choice by buying non experienced players.
The club needs to start from zero again.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

If that does happen, Chelsea will indirectly make a major overhaul again, which in my opinion will clearly disrupt their stability due to the adaptation of new players.
I think instead of that happening it is better to focus on looking in the defense area first. Chelsea's midfield and attacking line are actually very good and it shows when their mastery is good and the most important thing for Pochettino is to restore the performance of some of their strikers to score goals.

Palmer is always good at finishing but when there is a lot of guarding on Pamler then other strikers like Mudryk are quite stuck and this is what Chelsea must pay attention to.
Sterling is also not maximized well so there must be a good scheme for them to go according to plan rather than constantly reshuffling players who make this new again and again.

It's true that Chelsea doesn't need a major overhaul because the current squad is sufficient and able to compete it just needs a few adjustments, if they really want to bring in new players it's better to focus on the defense line because Chelsea's defense is one of the weakest at the moment with a record of conceding 26 goals in 16 matches yeah that means the average Chelsea conceded 1.6 goals in each match of course nothing can be relied upon with it. Previously I was optimistic that Chelsea could rise from adversity but after their recent losing streak that optimism has disappeared.

Chelsea still has time to improve everything in the next transfer window It's just that is the owner still willing to spend a lot of money to bring in new players? We know that in the last 2 seasons Chelsea has spent a lot of money of course they don't want to repeat the same mistake unless they barter between players for example releasing several players like Lukaku and others so they don't have to spend more money, what is clear is that efficiency is needed, there is no need for an overhaul.

[makishart]

Pochettino is good

This is false, Pochettino is not good enough for the chelsea clubside. Last transfer market, Chelsea and Liverpool searched for same profile of midfielders; Chelsea got all, and Liverpool got none; today, Chelsea is struggling while Liverpool is right at the top; excellent coaching by Klopp and awful coaching by the Chelsea manager

You'r right about that. People were overreacting pochettino. Chelsea is now going down again like the previous season. It seems like that this club has no motivation to win at all. It gets another factory reset. Chelsea needs also to perform the same like before. It's quite hard to imagine if chelsea will able to compete for the top 5. Chelsea is getting another decline again and this is a horrible thing for the club. I think that pochettino shall be warned. his motivation to bring lots of young players have become the main problem for the club.

He definitely needs to do better; over 9 months and no convincing performances!!
Chelsea deserves better

So true, this is very disappointed result from pochettino. He can be sacked by todd if he didn't even fill our expectations. Todd needs also to warn him regarding chelsea's performance. The young playaers are not even mature enough to face everton.
Glad to see that everton was winning in this match. I hope there will be more to come soon. I expect something big will be happening in the future.

Todd needs to get experienced players instead of kids who know nothing to play football.

[liuka]

It's true that Chelsea doesn't need a major overhaul because the current squad is sufficient and able to compete it just needs a few adjustments, if they really want to bring in new players it's better to focus on the defense line because Chelsea's defense is one of the weakest at the moment with a record of conceding 26 goals in 16 matches yeah that means the average Chelsea conceded 1.6 goals in each match of course nothing can be relied upon with it. Previously I was optimistic that Chelsea could rise from adversity but after their recent losing streak that optimism has disappeared.

Chelsea still has time to improve everything in the next transfer window It's just that is the owner still willing to spend a lot of money to bring in new players? We know that in the last 2 seasons Chelsea has spent a lot of money of course they don't want to repeat the same mistake unless they barter between players for example releasing several players like Lukaku and others so they don't have to spend more money, what is clear is that efficiency is needed, there is no need for an overhaul.

Of course Chelsea doesn't need a bigger overhaul because they bought a lot of players in the transfer market last season. I think Chelsea Management and Pochettino only need to bring in 1 or 2 right players for their front line in the upcoming transfer window. They have to adapt their game so that it fits better with the existing squad because the chelsea players are quality players who they bought last summer.

Pochettino needs time to give Chelsea back-to-back wins and that effort certainly won't happen so quickly after the slump they experienced last season. Even this season chelsea have only won 5 matches out of 16 matches which of course they have not been able to show their best strength. Chelsea must be able to end their bad streak to improve their performance in the standings because they are stuck in 12th place and if they lose they could drop their ranking again.

[Kaliandra]

And Tottenham Hotspur's next match is against Nottingham Forest which is currently ranked 16th. Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 against Wolves, but in my opinion at that time Nottingham Forest had the potential to win if the defense was tighter because what I knew at that time was the formation used Nottingham Forest 3-5-2. So I think this formation will make it difficult for Nottingham Forest to defend.
In terms of strength, of course Tottenham is very superior, but of course there are always surprises in every match and in my opinion Tottenham should not underestimate Nottingham Forest because it does not rule out the possibility that Nottingham Forest will win against Tottenham Hotspur. but I chose to bet on Tottenham Hotspur winning, and I hope my guess is correct.

[Bobrox]

Pochettino is good

This is false, Pochettino is not good enough for the chelsea clubside. Last transfer market, Chelsea and Liverpool searched for same profile of midfielders; Chelsea got all, and Liverpool got none; today, Chelsea is struggling while Liverpool is right at the top; excellent coaching by Klopp and awful coaching by the Chelsea manager

He definitely needs to do better; over 9 months and no convincing performances!!
Chelsea deserves better

I think Pochettino have get enough time with Chelsea almost first half season he still fail and make Chelsea few points remaining from relegation team, current team target finish on top fourth standings seems difficult although Chelsea not participants in Champion League or Europe League and have one match every week but can't give more contribution for Chelsea. Pochettino fatal mistake when sold experienced players and Chelsea build up by new youth players without experienced for playing in Premier League.

Liverpool has difference with strategies transfer, he sold any midfielder but has right replacement position with the same level qualities, difference with Chelsea after selling experience player but they haven't compete to find right replacement although Chelsea spent much money in last window transfer.

[udidrone]

and Tottenham Hotspur's next match is against Nottingham Forest which is currently ranked 16th. Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 against Wolves, but in my opinion at that time Nottingham Forest had the potential to win if the defense was tighter because what I knew at that time was the formation used Nottingham Forest 3-5-2. So I think this formation will make it difficult for Nottingham Forest to defend.

In terms of strength, of course Tottenham is very superior, but of course there are always surprises in every match and in my opinion Tottenham should not underestimate Nottingham Forest because it does not rule out the possibility that Nottingham Forest will win against Tottenham Hotspur. but I chose to bet on Tottenham Hotspur winning, and I hope my guess is correct.

For now we can't expect more from Tottenham because they are inconsistent I am not underestimating them but based on the history of their matches we can see that they lose when they are favored and win when they are not favored so even though Tottenham looks stronger than Nottingham there is no guarantee Tottenham can win. Apart from that Nottingham can be relied on when playing at home and always active in scored well, I don't recommend you bet on one of them unless it's just a prediction, it doesn't matter. Another consideration is that Tottenham has the ambition to enter the top 4 while Nottingham wants to stay away from relegation.

[TastyChillySauce00]

and Tottenham Hotspur's next match is against Nottingham Forest which is currently ranked 16th. Nottingham Forest drew 1-1 against Wolves, but in my opinion at that time Nottingham Forest had the potential to win if the defense was tighter because what I knew at that time was the formation used Nottingham Forest 3-5-2. So I think this formation will make it difficult for Nottingham Forest to defend.

That's easy match for totenham. Nottingham will be obviously change the strategy. I meant it must go to the fully defensive strategy against totenham. Totenham was very strong and i think that if nottingham would be using the same strategy and it's a mistake.
Ange needs also to make sure totenham has dynamic strategy. Totenham was always struggling once it was facing a defensive team. It can be seen from how totenham was not able beating the big clubs consistently.
It was always losing during the several matches. This is the main problem owned by totenham and ange needs to fix it as soon as possible.

In terms of strength, of course Tottenham is very superior, but of course there are always surprises in every match and in my opinion Tottenham should not underestimate Nottingham Forest because it does not rule out the possibility that Nottingham Forest will win against Tottenham Hotspur. but I chose to bet on Tottenham Hotspur winning, and I hope my guess is correct.

In term of quality is yes but we don't really know what's gonna be the output from this match. Nottingham considerably as a strong team once it was facing a tough club.
It can be seen from so many times nottingham forest was making the big clubs struggle to beat it.,