Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[red4slash]

In my opinion, Erik Ten Hag deserves to be kept for at least one more season because he has shown good performance with Manchester United this season by winning the FA Cup despite many players being injured. Therefore, giving him more time and opportunity to develop with Manchester United seems to be a more sensible decision to improve Manchester United performance.

With all the selfishness he has? I think this is not too worth it even though the fact that he managed to bring the FA Cup trophy cannot be denied but when talking about overall performance in domestic competitions, the character and attitude he shows is actually not too suitable if it is forced to be retained because after all we must be aware that in the end this makes the same situation repeated where I would not be surprised if in the end there will be several players who have personal problems when Ten Hag is retained.

In addition, his vision in my opinion is a little bad because he sees some players who leave, for example, loan players who can be made permanent like Sabitzer and Sancho, they actually play very well but because of poor personal vision Ten Hag does not see that which makes Dortmund clearly profitable because with the help of Sabitzer and Sancho they even reached the final this season so with poor vision from Ten Hag I don't think it's too good if this is forced on United.

[imamusma]

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Erik Ten Hag has made a major overhaul of the team as he wanted last season, but the results have not been satisfactory, because last season many of their main players were injured, making it difficult for Erik Ten Hag to choose players and develop the team's performance.

It's not easy to compete in the Premier League, but we also can't judge Erik Ten Hag now because his success in bringing Man United to the FA title is worthy of appreciation and because it also makes Erik Ten Hag worthy of being trusted again next season. makes the team much better.

Ten Hag success in delivering Manchester United as winners in the hunt for the FA Cup should be appreciated, especially as the opponents they faced in the final were not teams that were easy to beat. However, this success did not make Manchester United management throw away its disappointment with Ten Hag who failed to bring Manchester United to a better position.

It is indeed not easy to manage a team like Manchester United with a very high level of demands. Ten Hag must make Manchester United always appear consistent to satisfy Manchester United Management. Every failure experienced by the team is the coach's responsibility, especially since the coach has been equipped with quality players.

Everyone is now quite curious about Ten Hag future, how likely it is that the manager will be retained, or whether Manchester United might even fire him. Manchester United achievements in the last two seasons have been less than satisfactory, the FA Cup trophy presented by Ten Hag not balanced if converted into the transfer fee spent. Likewise with Manchester United adventure in the Champions League, which was eliminated so quickly in the group stage. Apart from various internal problems within the club and player injuries, in my opinion, if management evaluates Ten Hag from that point of view, it is very likely that he will be fired.

Therefore, in my opinion the possibility of Ten Hag being fired or retained is 50/50. Finishing in 8th place in the standings has a big impact on Manchester United image as one of the Premier League elite clubs, because throughout the club history Manchester United has never occupied that position when the season ends. The FA Cup trophy could be one of Ten Hag defenses, apart from the poor performance of the Manchester United players due to injury, this could also be another additional reason. For his performance, Ten Hag deserves to be praised by fans, but we also realize that quite a few people have criticized him this season.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Lucas Paqueta is the dumbest player in the history of football... I have never seen such an idiotic attitude as he did with the bookmaker case... 60 people won the prize betting on him... and all the bets were placed from the place he was born, from the bookmaker that sponsors his club... How can it be more idiotic than that? impossible 

I don't know why some players don't use other people's mistake to learn and what pains me the most is that the player Paqueta is a very good player with a bright future coming from a big nation as Brazil. Brentford player Ivan Tony was charged for this same thing which I believe Parquet should have learnt from, why would he even engage in such act after all they pay him well to be more comfortable but now he'll be without anything concerning football for 8yrs I think, I was even thinking that Pep would get him.

It's very unfortunate of course, because Lucas Paqueta is still young because he is still 26 years old, but Lucas Paqueta is already West Ham's main player. But unfortunately, with a gambling case like this, based on rumors circulating, Lucas Paqueta will get a life sentence. But if this punishment is true, then of course it will be a huge regret for young player Lucas Paqueta who still has a bright future. But unfortunately, Lucas Paqueta himself destroyed his future, because he broke the rules and never learned from the mistakes of other people who had also experienced the same case before.

If they say is a life time punishment I won't feel for him because he has everything given to him but he threw it away, like you said he's the main man for the Hammers and with time bigger clubs would be asking for his services but it seems betting is more better than his football career. If they ask me between Paqueta and Paul Pogba who I'd like to come back without serving the punishment I'd go for Paul. Between one of the two players one is struggling with injury that made him (Paul Pogba) find himself using drugs, at least that's understandable but Paqueta, I have no pity for him.
I don't know why Brazilians end their football career in a disgraceful way, talk about players like Anderson, Adriano, Alexandre Pato (no one knows how he stopped playing) and many more, these guys have so much to offer to the game of football but drinking, drugs, gambling and some other stuff stopped them too early.

[KTChampions]

Will this be the last chance for Eric ten Hag? We know that not many coaches get an opportunity like this. Manchester United is one of the world football teams which has many fans, so Eric ten Hag has quite a big responsibility to bring the Manchester United team to another championship in the prestigious Premier League competition. If now he succeeds in getting the support of an amount of money that he can use without thinking about the amount, then I really hope that Eric ten Hag does not miss this opportunity to get a player with very good skills and who must be considered well and in accordance with Manchester United needs.

Ten Hag already had 400 million for transfers and after he made them the situation at United worsened, and those players he brought either degraded or were initially weak (and did not correspond to the price that was paid for them). Ten Hag already had 400 million for transfers and after he made them the situation at United worsened, and those players he brought either degraded or were initially weak (and did not correspond to the price that was paid for them).

[Oluwa-btc]

United and ETH wouldn't really be something great anyway. I feel like they should just find someone that would be ab it more level headed, ETH seemed like a person who always wanted to show his talents and success, you do not get that good with ego, and definitely going to crash that with players ego as well.

That was one of the reasons why Ronaldo left as well, dude clashed his ego with managers ego, you do not put Ronaldo to bench if you have him on your squad, you can argue he should or shouldn't be in the squad if you want, but if he is, then he plays, benching him all game and not even putting him was the key to what kind of person ETH was. They did alright that season so everyone argued ETH was good, but we see how terrible he was this year.

What are you saying? There's nothing bad about it, he earned all of these trophies and glories he's had elsewhere. Even Jose Mourinho goes about to tell how many he has won especially when playing these mind games with other coaches. I don't know why the so much hate and dislike for Erik Ten Hag.

Y'all can paint him blue/ black, he'll remain Manchester Uniteds best coach post Sir Alex Ferguson.

Y'all do not know and will not know because you have refused to learn. Most of the people that fought Cristiano Ronaldo to leave are the likes of Paul Scholes and most of them 92 Manchester United set.

Erik Ten Hag only dumped him on the bench because he didn't show up for the preseason and early for training sections. Cristiano Ronaldo had his own failings, he shouldn't have returned to Manchester United and also he insulted the owners of Manchester United publicly in that video he did few days before the Fifa World Cup Competition kicked off.

[rahmad2nd]

United and ETH wouldn't really be something great anyway. I feel like they should just find someone that would be ab it more level headed, ETH seemed like a person who always wanted to show his talents and success, you do not get that good with ego, and definitely going to crash that with players ego as well.

That was one of the reasons why Ronaldo left as well, dude clashed his ego with managers ego, you do not put Ronaldo to bench if you have him on your squad, you can argue he should or shouldn't be in the squad if you want, but if he is, then he plays, benching him all game and not even putting him was the key to what kind of person ETH was. They did alright that season so everyone argued ETH was good, but we see how terrible he was this year.

With respect, Ronaldo's time with United has come to an end. he has been given the opportunity, but is having difficulty returning to his best performance. It's only natural that in the end both of them decide to end the contract. IMO, ETH is a coach who really values ​​discipline, he also doesn't focus too much on relying on players who have above average individual skills. But what he emphasized more was that he needed teamwork, using a system according to the modern football style he implemented. I am not a fan of this Dutch coach, nor the Red Devil. However, he has the ability with his coaching style, the proof is that in the first season he was able to bring United to finish in the top four of the Premier League. Unfortunately, this season there are many obstacles faced by Manchester United. starting from problems with club acquisitions, management which is not good at negotiating to bring in players at a decent price. the problem of players and coaches, apart from that, as professional players, players, especially those who are given more trust, should obey what their coaches say. plus, the hurricane of injuries that hit United. So, their performance immediately plummeted ups and downs. However, everyone only sees the coach's mistakes, even though several players are also questionable. for example, Marcus Rasford who lacks discipline and is too selfish. Likewise with Bruno Fernandez, he tends not to perform well when he is rotated from his original position.
Now, if ETH is replaced by another coach, will he be able to bring United straight back to the top flight. Of course the answer is, yes or no. I'm sure the club management is also considering this, after all this season the blame should not always be placed on ETH. The point is, if United wants to appear competitive next season, support must be provided plus make changes and bring in players who are really needed but can be relied on. roughly, I think like that.

[hahay]

If Chelsea management is too hasty in hoping for a quick fix, then they will only be wasting time and money. The best approach I can expect from them next season is to give the same coach at least 2 to 3 seasons to develop, of course one season will not be enough.

New coaches require adaptation and implementation of good strategies for their players. He needs to implement many new things in his players and of course that takes time and patience. It was no surprise when we saw Pochettino fail in his first season at Chelsea, but he started to improve as the season drew to a close. If only Chelsea will be patient, then I think Pochettino can offer a lot of new things next season.

Its not difference with Chelsea's management expectation with new manager keep get top fourth standings position or winning the Premier League trophy in his first season appearance.
Pochettino had working hard after many key players injury and success made Chelsea finish on top sixth standings place but management sacked him after lack patience waiting the progress and development.
Seems difference with Chelsea performance next seaosn if management keep believing for Pochettino because has opportunity keep in the Premier League race or finish as big four premier league teams.

But at least, if Enzo Maresca fails to make Chelsea compete in the top four, then it is expected that Enzo Maresca is ready to get sacked at the end of the season. Because I think, someone who becomes Chelsea manager then of course, they must prepare themselves to get fired. Because after all, even though Pochettino managed to make Chelsea get a Conference League ticket too, in fact Chelsea still fired Pochettino. Therefore, it is indeed a target that must be achieved to be able to finish in the top four if Enzo Maresca or whoever becomes Chelsea coach wishes to stay at Chelsea.

[CryptoBuds]

There are some things that feel really hypocritical to me.  It is not okay to get a yellow card willingly if your friends have actually made a bet on it,  but somehow it is okay for the batting companies to actually sponsor the leagues and even clubs. Either you do not associate with any kind of gambling or betting or these things are always going to happen.  but again there is another fine line between the player making a bet.  getting a yellow card willingly doesn't sound so bad. But what if that yellow card is going to deny him playing in a crucial match which is the next match?  and what if it was not just a yellow card?  what if he actually deliberately got a red card?  suddenly it sounds really bad, doesn't it?

 all I want to say is that if the player is actually guilty he should be punished.  but if he is not guilty,  we should not suddenly assume that he has definitely done this. If he is guilty Ban him,  but until then do not put any kind of pressure on him because that might actually make him perform badly.

Source: https://x.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1797988305981579530

[karabiber]

I am 100% certain that Unai Emery is miles and miles better than Erik Tan Hag without a doubt, the comparison isn't even close in my mind, I think it's quite clear that Villa being higher up than United by that much margin proves that Unia Emery is an elite level manager.

I hear that United is interested in Tuchel, which wouldn't be that bad, I do not think that Tuchel would be able to turn this team around that easily, I think it is going to take some time, but I feel like it is not going to be that impossible neither. We will see them do better I think, well usually new managers at United do very well on their first season, and do very badly on their second season, which I think will be the case for United and if they hire Tuchel as well, great first year, terrible second year.

Manchester United should have stuck with Erik ten Hag. Because I think he has just started to adapt with ManU this year. It could have been an unsuccessful season in the league, but ManU struggled a lot with player injuries this year. Erik ten Hag lost his most important players throughout the season. In other words, how would he implement his football philosophy with such a weak squad depth?

Despite everything, Erik ten Hag won the cup with ManU. It was only his first year and he was trying to adapt to the team. Erik ten Hag may not be a manager with high potential, but he was just at the beginning of his career with Manchester United. If the management had been patient, they would not have parted ways with him.

[Weawant]

Will this be the last chance for Eric ten Hag? We know that not many coaches get an opportunity like this. Manchester United is one of the world football teams which has many fans, so Eric ten Hag has quite a big responsibility to bring the Manchester United team to another championship in the prestigious Premier League competition. If now he succeeds in getting the support of an amount of money that he can use without thinking about the amount, then I really hope that Eric ten Hag does not miss this opportunity to get a player with very good skills and who must be considered well and in accordance with Manchester United needs.

The problem has not been with ten hag getting a player that will be able to get the job done for Manchester united, rather it has been the fact that they had so many injuries and the coach had almost no proper or adequate tactics to make up for such situations and then he's not got a good strategy aswell which makes them only have few good results, totally they had so much of inconsistency in their performance this season.

If ten hag is given good money just like he was given seasons back and he's not able to tactical use the players he's buying well enough to their fullest potential, I doubt if they will still be able to be as productive as they should be enough to get results, a season ago he got onana and a few players but still they weren't optimal enough in their performance and Manchester united still be experiencing the same set back for which he was brought to take them out of, ten hag doesn't seem to have a good relationship with his team members and I think that too is a problem he needs to fix if he has been given the chance again to head the team.

If it were to be other premier league teams, considering the fact that the league is a very competitive one and they aren't meeting up with expectations, I doubt if they would have allowed ten hag even finish the season with them but Manchester united have kept on giving him the benefits of doubts hoping he will improve, personally I think he should be allowed to go, and get someone els for the job.

[Arenga pinnata]

Manchester United should have stuck with Erik ten Hag. Because I think he has just started to adapt with ManU this year. It could have been an unsuccessful season in the league, but ManU struggled a lot with player injuries this year. Erik ten Hag lost his most important players throughout the season. In other words, how would he implement his football philosophy with such a weak squad depth?

Despite everything, Erik ten Hag won the cup with ManU. It was only his first year and he was trying to adapt to the team. Erik ten Hag may not be a manager with high potential, but he was just at the beginning of his career with Manchester United. If the management had been patient, they would not have parted ways with him.

Erik Ten Hag has been at Man United for two seasons, namely since 2022. And I don't think it's accurate if we now say that Erik Ten Hag has just adapted there. Because a coach adapting to a club doesn't have to take two seasons. But it's very natural for you to think that Ten Hag needs to be given another chance if yesterday was his first season. But in reality it was his second season at Man Utd. And even though Erik Ten Hag succeeded in helping Man United win the FA Cup trophy. But it still doesn't compare to the bad results that Man United experienced throughout the season in the Premier League. But I think keeping or releasing Ten Hag also has advantages and disadvantages. Because having a new coach also doesn't guarantee that the team will improve. And re-adaptation is needed from the new coach. But retaining Erik Ten Hag will not necessarily make Man United grow rapidly in the coming season. Because many people now doubt Ten Hag after the bad results Man United got this season. Currently the club is definitely considering everything. However, several names have emerged that could potentially be targeted by Man United to replace Ten Hag if Ten Hag is really fired. But this speculation will not end until the club makes a decision whether they want to keep Ten Hag or not.

[Antotena]

Manchester United should have stuck with Erik ten Hag. Because I think he has just started to adapt with ManU this year. It could have been an unsuccessful season in the league, but ManU struggled a lot with player injuries this year. Erik ten Hag lost his most important players throughout the season. In other words, how would he implement his football philosophy with such a weak squad depth?

Despite everything, Erik ten Hag won the cup with ManU. It was only his first year and he was trying to adapt to the team. Erik ten Hag may not be a manager with high potential, but he was just at the beginning of his career with Manchester United. If the management had been patient, they would not have parted ways with him.

Manchester united should stay with Erik or they should sack him you mean buddy? That guy has nothing new to give to that club, if there is they would have been around 5th place as a least spot on the Premier League but FA cup help their life and now all of a sudden everyone is using that as a justification for his automatic ticket as Manchester united coach for next season. Do you even know that the club rating has low, like so much that the fans are just staying loyal for the love.

There are many alternatives to best performance of a team and the first and foremost is to get a good coach for the team, Erik has tried no doubt about that but it's time for him to continues his journey. The club is not a family legacy that he would want to rule forever, he is there to do a job and if it's not delivered, another person will be call for the job, that's simple in my opinion.

[KTChampions]

There are some things that feel really hypocritical to me.  It is not okay to get a yellow card willingly if your friends have actually made a bet on it,  but somehow it is okay for the batting companies to actually sponsor the leagues and even clubs. Either you do not associate with any kind of gambling or betting or these things are always going to happen.  but again there is another fine line between the player making a bet.  getting a yellow card willingly doesn't sound so bad. But what if that yellow card is going to deny him playing in a crucial match which is the next match?  and what if it was not just a yellow card?  what if he actually deliberately got a red card?  suddenly it sounds really bad, doesn't it?

 all I want to say is that if the player is actually guilty he should be punished.  but if he is not guilty,  we should not suddenly assume that he has definitely done this. If he is guilty Ban him,  but until then do not put any kind of pressure on him because that might actually make him perform badly.

Source: https://x.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1797988305981579530

To be honest, this is some nonsense news (or not all the evidence has been published yet), there is no evidence, in total those who bet on it won 100k pounds (that’s just pennies), and not at once, but over several games. I see that in the last season he received a card every three games. It doesn't take a genius to bet that such a player will receive a card.
As I understand it, the club is on the player’s side and if the League does not show any significant evidence, his career will continue without problems.

[Minecache]

Manchester City had a good competition for the Premier League title this season. Both Arsenal and Liverpool were very close to Manchester City at one point. But  Liverpool was not able to bring in three points consistently towards the end of the season. That was something which gave Manchester City some breathing space. But Arsenal was always competing very closely with Manchester City. In the end, Arsenal was always behind. Either they had played one match more compared to Manchester City or if they had played the same number of matches they were behind in terms of points. Other than that Manchester City did not have any other competition from any other team in the English Premier League. Maybe this is becoming the real farmers league day by day. In the next season, there is a big possibility that only Arsenal will be able to give Manchester City some competition.

[baeva]

I am 100% certain that Unai Emery is miles and miles better than Erik Tan Hag without a doubt, the comparison isn't even close in my mind, I think it's quite clear that Villa being higher up than United by that much margin proves that Unia Emery is an elite level manager.

I hear that United is interested in Tuchel, which wouldn't be that bad, I do not think that Tuchel would be able to turn this team around that easily, I think it is going to take some time, but I feel like it is not going to be that impossible neither. We will see them do better I think, well usually new managers at United do very well on their first season, and do very badly on their second season, which I think will be the case for United and if they hire Tuchel as well, great first year, terrible second year.

Manchester United should have stuck with Erik ten Hag. Because I think he has just started to adapt with ManU this year. It could have been an unsuccessful season in the league, but ManU struggled a lot with player injuries this year. Erik ten Hag lost his most important players throughout the season. In other words, how would he implement his football philosophy with such a weak squad depth?

Despite everything, Erik ten Hag won the cup with ManU. It was only his first year and he was trying to adapt to the team. Erik ten Hag may not be a manager with high potential, but he was just at the beginning of his career with Manchester United. If the management had been patient, they would not have parted ways with him.

It wasn't his first year and I think adaptation time should be given to players, not coaches. The coach should see the situation from the beginning and realise how to fix it, but Ten Hag couldn't do that and their cup win I'm sure is not an indication of their strength and ability. The next season they were left out of the European Cup and finished this season in 8th place, that's what is important

[Ryu_Ar1]

To be honest, this is some nonsense news (or not all the evidence has been published yet), there is no evidence, in total those who bet on it won 100k pounds (that’s just pennies), and not at once, but over several games. I see that in the last season he received a card every three games. It doesn't take a genius to bet that such a player will receive a card.
As I understand it, the club is on the player’s side and if the League does not show any significant evidence, his career will continue without problems.

Now this matter is still being explored and if indeed the accusations given to Lucas Paqueta really happened, then there must be a penalty that he will bear and even indeed early retirement as a player is still very possible because seeing in some news now, a long enough sanction charge awaits if this player is found guilty of his current case.

At the moment the club is still behind him because after all despite the current controversy he is one of the players who brought West Ham to what it is now so it is quite natural that West Ham is behind this player at the moment.

The truth is still not revealed but if in the end he is proven guilty then indeed this must be a lesson for other players so that what happened to Lucas Paqueta this season and Tonali last season does not happen again because apart from harming the club, this is also detrimental to his own career.

[DaNNy001]

Manchester City had a good competition for the Premier League title this season. Both Arsenal and Liverpool were very close to Manchester City at one point. But  Liverpool was not able to bring in three points consistently towards the end of the season. That was something which gave Manchester City some breathing space. But Arsenal was always competing very closely with Manchester City. In the end, Arsenal was always behind. Either they had played one match more compared to Manchester City or if they had played the same number of matches they were behind in terms of points. Other than that Manchester City did not have any other competition from any other team in the English Premier League. Maybe this is becoming the real farmers league day by day. In the next season, there is a big possibility that only Arsenal will be able to give Manchester City some competition.

I don't know why you would even term the premier league as a farmers league in the first place, I mean you yourself clearly saw how the competition was fierce among these teams and that has been the case for like three seasons now but the difference is that city always know how to manage themselves under pressure and never gives in to any mistake and this is where the others do fail and that's how they have manage to secure these title. I believe an example of a farmers league would be one that the point difference between the first and second is very big and sometimes the league is even won before it even gets to the end of season.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Manchester City had a good competition for the Premier League title this season. Both Arsenal and Liverpool were very close to Manchester City at one point. But  Liverpool was not able to bring in three points consistently towards the end of the season. That was something which gave Manchester City some breathing space. But Arsenal was always competing very closely with Manchester City. In the end, Arsenal was always behind. Either they had played one match more compared to Manchester City or if they had played the same number of matches they were behind in terms of points. Other than that Manchester City did not have any other competition from any other team in the English Premier League. Maybe this is becoming the real farmers league day by day. In the next season, there is a big possibility that only Arsenal will be able to give Manchester City some competition.

I will like to say this season competition is one of the toughest competitions over the last four seasons now because the Premier League title was fought until the last day that the Premier League season ended before they found the winner. Honestly,  I like the way this season competition is. Manchester City really played well despite Arsenal, but Arsenal was not just lucky, and that is why they were not able to win the Premier League title. If Arsenal can keep up with their current form, it is possible that next season they will be able to compete with Manchester City and other teams well and be opportune to win the Premier League title. Arsenal and Manchester City are still the favourites to win the Premier League title if we should judge them based on their current performances and coaches.

[SUPERSAIAN]

I am 100% certain that Unai Emery is miles and miles better than Erik Tan Hag without a doubt, the comparison isn't even close in my mind, I think it's quite clear that Villa being higher up than United by that much margin proves that Unia Emery is an elite level manager.

I hear that United is interested in Tuchel, which wouldn't be that bad, I do not think that Tuchel would be able to turn this team around that easily, I think it is going to take some time, but I feel like it is not going to be that impossible neither. We will see them do better I think, well usually new managers at United do very well on their first season, and do very badly on their second season, which I think will be the case for United and if they hire Tuchel as well, great first year, terrible second year.

Manchester United should have stuck with Erik ten Hag. Because I think he has just started to adapt with ManU this year. It could have been an unsuccessful season in the league, but ManU struggled a lot with player injuries this year. Erik ten Hag lost his most important players throughout the season. In other words, how would he implement his football philosophy with such a weak squad depth?

Despite everything, Erik ten Hag won the cup with ManU. It was only his first year and he was trying to adapt to the team. Erik ten Hag may not be a manager with high potential, but he was just at the beginning of his career with Manchester United. If the management had been patient, they would not have parted ways with him.

Even though Eric Tan Hag had player losses and came to manage an already unsuccessful team when he arrived, he did well in the season and even won a cup. I think Manchester United club acted hastily, perhaps there may have been situations where the club and the coach did not agree, other than success.

There may have been communication problems or something else, because no matter what anyone says, the coach did not have an unsuccessful season.

[Sexylizzy2813]

The way Manchester United are going about business concerning their players is some how going to affect them, in the case of Greenwood I think the guy would have been a better addition to the squad, with all he did this very season in the Spanish league even UTD fans would want him to come back and also Sancho has a bigger role to play in other to make the Red Devils stronger than we saw them play last season.
I still don't know what is holding Manchester United from making a decision on letting these guys back to the team especially Greenwood, I mean he's better than Alejandro Garnacho and Antony but they still use his past to keep him (Greenwood) off the senior team, would it be wise to let Greenwood and Sancho go because that's how it looks like, is it a wise choice to make from the UTD board? To me I see it as a terrible choice that's if they let both players go.