Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Miles2006]

When a club is performing poorly, the first person to be blamed is the coach, because he is in control of the players. If a particular player is performing poorly, then he should be replaced, but if the coach doesn’t do that, then at the end he will be blamed. There are some players that we know are not really ready to play for the club, I don’t know why Ten Hag keeps on making use of them when you have better options on the bench.
 
Any player that’s not in form, then make use of another player. I don’t know why Ten Hag is still making use of Rashford when it’s obvious the guy has not been in form since last season, but Ten Hag keeps on making use of him in almost all matches, which he does end up performing poorly.

Honestly speaking, when Manchester United make any mistake the blame is always on Ten hag because that’s how it’s suppose to be. I had this same discussion with a friend about Manchester United and the opportunity Rashford get always despite his poor performance, I think Ten Hag is sending a warning and a last chance before making any move, Manchester United need a strict coach right now not the one that will be considerate that’s the reason Arteta and his boys keep performing good despite the recent game. Just watch out The next match Arsenal will play against Tottenham, Arteta will never hesitate to bench a player who performed poorly previously but, when it comes to United Ten hag always act different.

[Btcdeybodi]

The manager of the year will likely be between Pep Guardiola and Arne Slot because both have them have not lost any game. Fabian Hurzeler of Brighton and Mikel Arteta of Arsenal do not have 100% 'performance. They have both had one draw in three games. Arne Slot might be the preferable candidate since he is new in the Premiership and successfully won two games. But Pep's Manchester City have won more games than Liverpool, this might be the advantage the Spaniard have over Liverpool's coach.       

The manager of the year awards will not be determined by the performance of coaches in the current season besides it's called manager of the year and not of the season so Pep Guardiola has done exceptionally well even though Mikel Arteta has also been a back to back competitor with Pep Guardiola but yet he hasn't done enough to win the award. Fabian Hurzeler has also done well for Brighton but I prefer Unai Emery who displayed world class performance for Aston Villa last season and project them to the champions league and as for Arne Slot, he is just new to the premier league and hasn't really done much even though he started the season well so Pep Guardiola is technically outstanding and i believe the award suits him well.

[MusaMohamed]

Let’s see what happens over the next couple of months. I would love Salah to get a 2 year extension (after this season) to take him to aged 35 but I don’t trust our owners at all. FSG hate giving big contracts to players over 30.

Mohamed Salah has amazing and unbelievable stats in total goals he scored for Liverpool in Premier League. Since his highest and most successful season in 2017 - 2018, with 32 goals in Premier League, in other seasons after that, he managed to score goals very stably around 20 goals each season. So far, there is no signal in latest season and in early matches of this season that his ability to score goals will drop significantly.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/mohamed-salah/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/148455

Salah, Van Dijk and Trent all can leave for £0 next summer as their contracts expire. It’s awful planning by the club, all three should be offered new contracts ASAP.

Trent can be kept at Liverpool but Salah and Van Dijk will possibly let go as free agents in the next summer. With their star player positions, they will nearly not accept 1-year contract offer from Liverpool and also disagree to receive lower salary. It's problem and conflict between old star players and their clubs over years and I believe both Salah and Van Dijk will be ready for choosing their new clubs.

[JiiBs]

Salah, Van Dijk and Trent all can leave for £0 next summer as their contracts expire. It’s awful planning by the club, all three should be offered new contracts ASAP.

Trent can be kept at Liverpool but Salah and Van Dijk will possibly let go as free agents in the next summer. With their star player positions, they will nearly not accept 1-year contract offer from Liverpool and also disagree to receive lower salary. It's problem and conflict between old star players and their clubs over years and I believe both Salah and Van Dijk will be ready for choosing their new clubs.

Something that should be really looked into by Liverpool, finding suitable replacements when the transfer window opens in January or the good old days of Liverpool could be long behind us. It doesn’t matter how well the team might be doing right now with the absence of Klopp as these are key players in the team, Trent, Salah and Van Dijk.
Would these guys really be open to taking new contracts?
I’m not sure about that although, you would agree that they’ve played their hearts out for Liverpool and should they choose to leave, they leave the team as one of its very best.

[Pandorak]

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The fans want it, to bring Manchester United back to the Sir Alex Ferguson era but there has been no right replacement to revive the soul of the red devils, currently ten hag is not really working, at MU ten hag is only reuniting with his ajax players, he has no concept in building a team.
I see after the Fergi era who can really talk a lot in the EPL is only Jose Mourinho, after that MU went downhill again until now. [...]

They really need new hands, i heard that Ten Haag will leave Manchester United in October, don't know whether this information can be validated or not, but that's the rumor i heard. If Ten Haag really leaves, there are 5 suitable manager candidates to replace him, Gareth Southgate, Thomas Tuchel, Kieran McKenna, van Nistelroy & Graham Potter. Which manager do you think fits Manchester United's style of play philosophically?

[lizarder]

How can you replace a player when you dont have the right replacement for the player? Manchester United substitute players cannot make any changes when they come into the field. For quite some time, Garnacho has been starting replacing Antony, when he is subbed for Antony there isn't any good performance from him as well. Manchester United should sell their players and buy new players or better they should bring young boys from the academy. Because it pains me a lot to see that it's their first team that is having this bad performance its better that the academy boys lose to some teams in the EPL than see the almighty Manchester United players including Rashford doing nothing.

This will be more problematic when the substitutes have skills below the core players so that the rotation carried out will have a worse impact. Although in some cases this actually happens better where the substitutes can play a much better role. I remember how Maino's debut was and who said he had the best ability as a debutant but he proved he deserved to be given trust so that his game got better and improved.

The problem faced by Man United is because their players are too selfish and they don't play collectively because they are too focused on individual achievements. Garnacho and some other players held the ball too much and sometimes they did not pass at the right time. Even though the chance of a goal would be much greater when the ball was passed to another player, that's what happened.

[Litzki1990]

The big problem for Manchester United right now is their manager. If a manager has been in charge of a team for a long time then he must bring something good to that team but Ten Hag is a complete failure in this regard. Everyone like me says the same thing why Manchester United can't do well despite having these players. Manchester United have been making some mistakes in this regard, such as relying on a manager when the team has consistently underperformed. There are many managers who are not in charge of any team at the moment, a quality manager should definitely be in charge of Manchester United. Since Manchester United will be managed by Ten Hag this season, we may not see anything good from this team this season either.

It's still early in the season, there's still time for Ten Hag to build the Manchester United team even though it's doubted by many people because so far with Ten Hag's support and freedom in building the Manchester United team but he hasn't succeeded.
The management has decided to extend Ten Hag's contract at the beginning of last season so there's no other choice for the management but to wait for the process this season because it's also impossible for the Manchester United management to take major action at the beginning of the season.

It is the early part of the season but where other teams have been able to perform well at the beginning of the season to keep themselves in a good position in the points table, Manchester United has not been able to keep up with all the other teams. The current manager of Manchester United seems to be an incompetent manager in all aspects. If he had failed for a season or two then maybe he would not have been criticized so much but he has been in charge for Manchester United for several seasons but he has always failed to prove himself. But the big question is why a manager is not succeeding where there are good quality players. Looking at Manchester United's performance, it seems that the team has become like Brazil, where despite having talented players, they are not able to achieve anything due to an incompetent manager.

[letteredhub]

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The fans want it, to bring Manchester United back to the Sir Alex Ferguson era but there has been no right replacement to revive the soul of the red devils, currently ten hag is not really working, at MU ten hag is only reuniting with his ajax players, he has no concept in building a team.
I see after the Fergi era who can really talk a lot in the EPL is only Jose Mourinho, after that MU went downhill again until now. [...]

They really need new hands, i heard that Ten Haag will leave Manchester United in October, don't know whether this information can be validated or not, but that's the rumor i heard. If Ten Haag really leaves, there are 5 suitable manager candidates to replace him, Gareth Southgate, Thomas Tuchel, Kieran McKenna, van Nistelroy & Graham Potter. Which manager do you think fits Manchester United's style of play philosophically?

Well, it's actually true that almost all Manchester united fans want Eric Ten Hag to be sacked, which is quite understandable, because since he came to the club, this year is going to make it three seasons at the club, and their is no significant improvement made by this Manchester united side as hoped for, so I understand the angle the frustrations are coming from, but let's be sincere here, Eric Ten hag is not the sole problem of this Manchester united team.

The hierarchy of Manchester united are also part of the the cause because over the years, since sir Alex Ferguson left the club, they have practically turns the club to a commercial club just as Luis Van Gaal rightfully said, and they have cared less on what have been happening in the field of play, so that winning mentality has gone out of the players as it were in the days of sir Alex Ferguson.

 so for Manchester united to return back to it glory days, they actually needs to invest heavily in the team and give the coach time to implement his playing system, and in my view, Eric Ten en hag is the right man for the Job, because he has proven to be a winner, by using Manchester united to win some trophies in his two seasons at the club even when they are not in good form, so I still believe that he can still turns things around.

[Farma]

It is the early part of the season but where other teams have been able to perform well at the beginning of the season to keep themselves in a good position in the points table, Manchester United has not been able to keep up with all the other teams. The current manager of Manchester United seems to be an incompetent manager in all aspects. If he had failed for a season or two then maybe he would not have been criticized so much but he has been in charge for Manchester United for several seasons but he has always failed to prove himself. But the big question is why a manager is not succeeding where there are good quality players. Looking at Manchester United's performance, it seems that the team has become like Brazil, where despite having talented players, they are not able to achieve anything due to an incompetent manager.

Since the beginning of Ten Hag's arrival, he has not succeeded in lifting the performance of the Manchester United team even though he has made many changes in each season, the support from Manchester United management has been very maximum for Ten Hag and also the time has been long enough to wait for the process carried out by Manchester United but there have been no positive results.

Now there is nothing to expect from Ten Hag, we have seen at the beginning of this season that Ten Hag has again failed to make Manchester United better.
Two defeats from the first 3 matches of this season are enough to prove that Ten Hag has failed again this season and management has indeed not been able to make big decisions at the beginning of the season but in the course of this season it is possible that Manchester United management will fire Ten Hag, I think that will happen.