Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[imamusma]

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I can understand the bad results, Enzo Maresca has just coached Chelsea and he needs some information to be able to formulate a strategy so what happened can't conclude anything, in fact I think the bad results can be a benchmark for Enzo Maresca to be able to build the Chelsea team when the season starts later.

It's too early to say Enzo Maresca was fired because the tasks and burdens carried by Enzo Maresca are not easy, he handled a Chelsea team that was already very depressed so Chelsea management must give Enzo Maresca time to start the process to be able to build this team.
I think Enzo Maresca has the quality as a pretty good coach and we just need to wait for Enzo Maresca to prove it with Chelsea.

Not only too early, but too much just because of losing a friendly match. Enzo is immediately at risk of being fired? It's strange and very unethical to judge the performance of a team that Enzo has just coached and then fired. This is not a comedy football, everything needs a process of improvement, evaluation, and many tasks to be completed. My advice, if you have drawn a conclusion from the friendly match and finally feel that Enzo needs to be fired, it's better not to watch football.

Unless the official league has started and at the end of the season Enzo still doesn't give better results, then go ahead and say Enzo was fired, because that could be a strong reason because he has played officially. Being fired for 1 season is common because it's a matter of satisfaction of the club owner and fans.

Friendly matches cannot be used as a full reference, because Enzo Maresca will not force his squad to win. In addition, Enzo Maresca also considered the risk of player injuries because the Premier League will soon start, but the defeat should encourage them to perform better in the future. Sure enough, we realize that Enzo Maresca deserves a chance, at least for one season, let's see how Chelsea performs in official matches. Expectations for Chelsea are actually not too high, if they are able to compete in the top four of the standings I think that is very good. If Todd Boehly had not fired Pochettino, it is likely that they would have been able to win a ticket to the Champions League next season. Next up for Chelsea is a clash with Club America, a great opportunity to get a win and make fans believe that Chelsea can be on fire next season.

[tusandii]

From the 2 upcoming pre-season matches, everyone will definitely be looking forward to the Manchester City match that will face a popular club from LaLiga.
I have a thought that if the upcoming match Pep Guardiola uses the main players, I am sure Manchester City will win by scoring over 2.
If Manchester City uses reserve players, it is likely that City will lose by a scoring over 2.

It is difficult to predict pre-season matches but for me this is very profitable and I hope Pep Guardiola uses the main players and includes new players who are recruited to see how strong Manchester City is.

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Again, Man United has to experience serious problems with its current players who are currently undergoing examinations related to injuries. Initially, Ten Hag might have wanted to warm up each player before the new season match began, but it would be more appropriate for Ten Hag not to use the main players in the pre-season match to avoid major problems such as injuries.

I do not blame anyone and I even admit that Ten Hag has good intentions but it would be better for the main players to just warm up during training without having to participate in the pre-season match.

What I am saying is actually a support for Man United who are currently continuing to look for new quality players. So everything will be in vain if it is not managed properly by the Man United players. And I hope the injury is not too serious and the two players will recover soon.

It's an unwise decision by ten Hag to start his big boys in pre season friendlies because it then makes it pointless of having those academy boys. It's like the preseason games and other unimportant tournaments are their opportunity to be featured but when you make use of your very limited first team players, things like this should be expected.
 It is a bad time to get injured and for a player like Hojlund who needs to grow his confidence more, this will affect him and will leave more load on the new attacker, Joshua zirkzee.
Their game against Real Betis will really be a tough one and will test their strength because the Spanish side are the type of club that would wear  out any team who don't have the stamina to withstand them.

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Friendly matches cannot be used as a full reference, because Enzo Maresca will not force his squad to win. In addition, Enzo Maresca also considered the risk of player injuries because the Premier League will soon start, but the defeat should encourage them to perform better in the future. Sure enough, we realize that Enzo Maresca deserves a chance, at least for one season, let's see how Chelsea performs in official matches. Expectations for Chelsea are actually not too high, if they are able to compete in the top four of the standings I think that is very good. If Todd Boehly had not fired Pochettino, it is likely that they would have been able to win a ticket to the Champions League next season. Next up for Chelsea is a clash with Club America, a great opportunity to get a win and make fans believe that Chelsea can be on fire next season.

Whatever the results achieved in the pre-season matches cannot determine the suitability or inability of the coach to handle the team, the coach will not force the players too much to achieve victory because he is very aware of the risks that will be faced. Injuries suffered by players in pre-season matches will be very detrimental to the club, the coach will also be even more burdened if the injured player is an important player in his squad.

Enzo Maresca will try to take advantage of the opportunity given by Chelsea management to achieve satisfactory results, he will try to do something that the previous coach was unable to achieve to maintain his position. Chelsea management is not too demanding of Enzo Maresca to make Chelsea the new champion in the EPL because they are very aware of how difficult it is to compete with Manchester City who always perform optimally. Finishing in the top four will make Chelsea management feel satisfied with their performance, they also need to build new strength slowly and will try to improve the quality if Enzo Maresca is able to make Chelsea compete in the top four.

[Justbillywitt]

From the 2 upcoming pre-season matches, everyone will definitely be looking forward to the Manchester City match that will face a popular club from LaLiga.
I have a thought that if the upcoming match Pep Guardiola uses the main players, I am sure Manchester City will win by scoring over 2.
If Manchester City uses reserve players, it is likely that City will lose by a scoring over 2.

It is difficult to predict pre-season matches but for me this is very profitable and I hope Pep Guardiola uses the main players and includes new players who are recruited to see how strong Manchester City is.

Manchester City hasn't recruited much players this transfer window apart from Savinho, I don't think they have brought in any player to the main team. But judging by how Guardiola usually do his things, I think he is more likely to use more of academy players and mix it up with some players from the main team. Guardiola always like giving young players opportunities to show themselves up in preseason matches, because that's one way to discover new talents. But irrespective of how the team line up to play against Barcelona, one thing I'm sure is that Manchester City will definitely score a goal if not goals because Haaland will definitely feature in the match. You know preseason matches like this goals are easily scored, so both teams are definitely going to be on the score sheet.

[Palakka]

From the 2 upcoming pre-season matches, everyone will definitely be looking forward to the Manchester City match that will face a popular club from LaLiga.
I have a thought that if the upcoming match Pep Guardiola uses the main players, I am sure Manchester City will win by scoring over 2.
If Manchester City uses reserve players, it is likely that City will lose by a scoring over 2.

It is difficult to predict pre-season matches but for me this is very profitable and I hope Pep Guardiola uses the main players and includes new players who are recruited to see how strong Manchester City is.

The match against Barcelona will be very worth watching even though the match is only a friendly match, but the match will be emotional for Pep Guardiola who has left Barcelona for more than 12 years and of course he will be very nostalgic for the Barcelona squad although they are opponents, for Hansi Flick is clear that the match against City will be proof for him to show his quality and ability to coach Barcelona at this time, so I think both teams will try to target victory in this match to please their fans and we can be sure that both of them will field their best squad in the friendly match later, Barcelona, ​​which is under Hansi Flick coaching, will try to challenge a team that is currently better than them and like you of course I also see that Manchester City will be able to beat Barcelona in that match, because Barcelona game under Hansi Flick is currently not very solid considering him haven't had much time to develop Barcelona game so far.

Head to Head 5 last matches between Manchester City vs Barcelona:

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I don't know what Chelsea aim to achieve with all these players they are signing but I don't think it will make any changes. For the past few months, Chelsea have signed more than enough players as if they are attempting to change the entire squad. I don't know whether they have no intention of using the old players. I just hope the expenses will not be in vain.

Chelsea isn't just moving chairs around; they're flipping the whole ship over. Chalobah, winner of the Champions League, was thrown out like old news? Terrible, man. It's a cold warning of how competitive this game is

Is that when they get a new goalkeeper from Villarreal? It's not like a planned game of chess; it's more like they're blinded darts. It's possible that this chaos is part of the plan to change the team's path. But giving up on chemistry and comfort is a huge risk

But hey, maybe all of this is for a reason. Putting together old guard and new blood? A team like this might not only be good today, but also able to change for tomorrow

[Issa56]

It's ridiculous to keep adding 1 more goalkeeper, why have more than 2? I am surprised by Chelsea transfer pursuit which can be said to be a waste of time and money.

Maybe Chelsea don’t really know what their problem is, because I am just kind of surprised that adding a goalkeeper is the only thing they could even think about. Goalkeeper isn’t even part of the problem Chelsea is having currently. I don’t know what Chelsea will be doing with so many goalkeepers that they are having, their defense is just kind of poor in all their pre season matches, they are not talking about how they will improve their defense or other positions. I am not just impressed with Chelsea's performance in all the pre season matches, and I have the feeling that their performance won't change even when the season starts.

[Cookdata]

From the 2 upcoming pre-season matches, everyone will definitely be looking forward to the Manchester City match that will face a popular club from LaLiga.
I have a thought that if the upcoming match Pep Guardiola uses the main players, I am sure Manchester City will win by scoring over 2.
If Manchester City uses reserve players, it is likely that City will lose by a scoring over 2.

It is difficult to predict pre-season matches but for me this is very profitable and I hope Pep Guardiola uses the main players and includes new players who are recruited to see how strong Manchester City is.

Betting who is coming out between Manchester City and Barcelona is like putting hands on high voltage will low insulation but you made the right decision by going over. Hopefully they used the main squad by the two teams, you should have more than that but even if they don't use the main squad, just a couple mixed midfielders and Forward, total goal should be above 2 or if the match is not boring, there will be more goals.

Pep has been silent all while and enjoying his break but I'm sure he still got some nerves strong in him. The only person I'm waiting to see is Flick, I want to see how he is going to push Barcelona ahead of this season and if sacking Xavi is worth it because I'm even thinking this Barcelona and Manchester City looks like a set up, first match to test one of the best team in Premier League is crazy.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Manchester City hasn't recruited much players this transfer window apart from Savinho, I don't think they have brought in any player to the main team. But judging by how Guardiola usually do his things, I think he is more likely to use more of academy players and mix it up with some players from the main team. Guardiola always like giving young players opportunities to show themselves up in preseason matches, because that's one way to discover new talents. But irrespective of how the team line up to play against Barcelona, one thing I'm sure is that Manchester City will definitely score a goal if not goals because Haaland will definitely feature in the match. You know preseason matches like this goals are easily scored, so both teams are definitely going to be on the score sheet.

Pep Guardiola will bring in players based on the team's needs like last season Manchester City spent 260 Million for 5 players or in the 2022/23 season they spend 155 million for 5 players so we can assume Manchester City spends more than 100 million in each transfer window meanwhile, for this transfer window they only spent 25 million well, I'm not sure Manchester City will stop here I'm sure they're still looking for some players and we just wait until the last week.

We know the competition for next season will be even tighter so they need to prepare a more complete team, while Arsenal and Chelsea are so far ambitious to win the title meaning Manchester City must take the same steps. I predict Manchester City will look for a goalkeeper because of the 3 goalkeepers one will move while the other 2 goalkeepers are old players so a replacement must be prepared.