Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Juggy777]

btw, did anyone see WHY exactly Lampard got the sack? apparently, there was a toxic atmosphere surrounding the club which he actually created. The infamous Dailymail have an article about the whole thing^[1]...looks like Lampard didn't get along with the players and also a few members of the board! wtf? not the type of stuff i would expect to see linked to a club legend

1. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9184169/Frank-Lampard-clashed-Chelsea-bosses-Kepa-trying-buy-Rice-sacking.html

Sacks often come from bad results and internal conflicts that can be between coach and president, big member in the board director. This news need to be verified and after many months later we might know the truth behind the sack. Do you remember how long it takes till the day the secret behind the sack of Mourinho and drama on the conflict with J.Terry was revealed?

Lampard as a coach is a good one even he is a young coach and has not too much experience in that position. The sack shows how fast things in football can be changed. A few rounds ago, Lampard and Chelsea was still on the top and people shown them respect after the clash with Tottenham.  Chelsea with the sack will go to another chaotic season and it is not helpful for them to rebuild their team. In my opinion, Lampard should be given this season and the next one as Chelsea can not blame all things on him on the bad performance and adaptation of Kai Havertz and Timo Werner in the Premier League.

With this strange season, Chelsea can climb back to top 4 in few matches if they win all.

The club should have stood by him in this trying period after-all OGS also passed through similar problem that when Man Utd was under performing but the club backed him, presently Man Utd had turned the table and in-form now same with Arteta in fact ex Newcastle player turned soccer analyst  Alan Shearer once taunted Arsenal that they will battle relegation this season, when they club was struggling in league with losing streaks, he was backed and now the team has pick form, I believed Lampard need more time to turn things around while some of his approach and tactics in some matches are questionable particularly the formation of the team, well let see how Tuchel steer the club in their subsequent matches

I refuse to buy this bullshit that Lampard created a toxic environment, because for me he’s a humble player and humble coach. In my personal opinion he became victim of his own success, and sadly he brought too many player’s with little or no premier league experience and that’s why he failed to turn things around.

Source:

https://talksport.com/football/823609/frank-lampard-harry-redknapp-chelsea-sacked-nephew/

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I agree. He will be a good choice for the manager role at Chelsea. I liked his style when he was at Dortmund and PSG. He is a really good manager I think. After Lampard leaves, I believe he can help the team improve its performance and be much better than now.

Every new manager looks like a good choice for Chelsea until they start their job. Chelsea doesn't believe in the rebuilding process as seen in the duration of previous managers they hired and sacked. Best of luck to him.

Can anyone really pick a clear winner out of those line-ups other than both the Manchester games? They all look like very close match-ups. Chelsea should win at home against Wolves though but all else look like potential draws to me.

The Spurs vs. Liverpool looks tough to decide but the home team will take the W. Neither team will settle for a draw since both of them are chasing the Manchester teams. Spurs looks better defensively.

[hd49728]

The club should have stood by him in this trying period after-all OGS also passed through similar problem that when Man Utd was under performing but the club backed him, presently Man Utd had turned the table and in-form now same with Arteta in fact ex Newcastle player turned soccer analyst  Alan Shearer once taunted Arsenal that they will battle relegation this season, when they club was struggling in league with losing streaks, he was backed and now the team has pick form, I believed Lampard need more time to turn things around while some of his approach and tactics in some matches are questionable particularly the formation of the team, well let see how Tuchel steer the club in their subsequent matches

Manchester United learned their expensive lessons from sacks on Moyes, Van Gaal, Mourinho and huge budget failed on transfers. They gave Solsa more patience, more time and get some success so far. It takes Solsa 3 seasons to bring Man Utd. to where we are now. I am still confusing on the capability of Solsa as a coach but only look at the result now, he and Man Utd get something good.

Chelsea need to give Frankie more time as he loves the club as same as Solsa. They were wrong when they fired Mourinho seasons ago and now Frankie.

I refuse to buy this bullshit that Lampard created a toxic environment, because for me he’s a humble player and humble coach. In my personal opinion he became victim of his own success, and sadly he brought too many player’s with little or no premier league experience and that’s why he failed to turn things around.

Source:

https://talksport.com/football/823609/frank-lampard-harry-redknapp-chelsea-sacked-nephew/

I think Frankie will soon to be a great coach in few seasons. No one knows all the transfer in summer was made by Frankie's decisions. Abramovich often invades too much in transfers of Chelsea.

In early of this season, people talked Frankie made good decision to sign a free contract with Thiago Silva who improved the confidence and quality of Chelsea's defense. Werner and Havertz are failures now but as you said, they are new to Premier League and need time to adapt to the league. Not all players can play excellent in first seasons as Bruno Fernandez.

Good luck to Frankie and I hope he will return to Stamford Bridge again.

Mourinho still shown he loves the club so much. He said good words to Frankie and in his speech, I see he loves the club, and has due respect to Frankie.

"I don’t think Frank wants to speak to me or anyone outside of his family and his friends," Mourinho said.

"Of course I am always sad when a colleague loses his job. Frank is not just a colleague, he's an important person in my career so of course I feel sorry a bit.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1388930/Jose-Mourinho-Tottenham-Chelsea-Frank-Lampard

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I think the match between Newcastle United and Leeds United today will be quite intense as Leeds United are a team which prefers to play offensively and Newcastle United would surely want to stop their losing streak today. This might be a high scoring match between these two teams but I guess Leeds United will stand a higher chance winning the match today.

[3meek]

I like games between the leaders of the standings. They've been rich in goals lately!
January 28 will be the game Spurs vs Liverpool... Bookmakers give preference to Liverpool, but in my opinion bet on Spurs win with odds 3.2 looks attractive!

[Globb0]

Ruud Gullett would be a good manager for Chelsea.

Today there is this....




Newcastle v Leeds gah, 2 of my battle teams. This should be a great game. (BT SPort)

[nelson4lov]

I like games between the leaders of the standings. They've been rich in goals lately!
January 28 will be the game Spurs vs Liverpool... Bookmakers give preference to Liverpool, but in my opinion bet on Spurs win with odds 3.2 looks attractive!

Top of table clashes are a hit and miss for me. Particularly because I enjoy watching these sorta matches as you get to see good football if the two sides are at their best but... It's harder to make predictions on such games. You never know who would come up on top or who won pull the bigger surprise.

As for Tottenham vs Liverpool, I'm not sure about Liverpool winning. We haven't put up that much of a performance lately which explains why we went from 1st position in the league to 4th right now. I'm not placing bets on that game as I tend to be bias when it comes to Liverpool and it isn't time to be bias.

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Newcastle v Leeds gah, 2 of my battle teams. This should be a great game. (BT SPort)

That Leeds game and Southampton vs Arsenal game for me are the top matches for today. The saints are just two points above Arsenal and given how desperate Arsenal is to get back to the top half of the table, I'd say it will be an interesting game.

[cytpoway121]

Ruud Gullett would be a good manager for Chelsea.

Today there is this....




Newcastle v Leeds gah, 2 of my battle teams. This should be a great game. (BT SPort)

Top matches today for me will be  West Brom vs Manchester city and Southampton vs Arsenal Arsenal will be looking to bounce back from the FA Cup defeat at southampton with a win; While city will want to extend their own win run in the premier league without talisman Debruyne.

Southampton 2 - 1 Arsenal
Westbrom 1 - 1 Manchester city. My predictions.

[DeathAngel]

I like games between the leaders of the standings. They've been rich in goals lately!
January 28 will be the game Spurs vs Liverpool... Bookmakers give preference to Liverpool, but in my opinion bet on Spurs win with odds 3.2 looks attractive!

I wouldn’t bet on Liverpool at the moment, they’re in the worst form I’ve seen from them since Klopp became their manager. They have a real problem from losing VVD & Gomez.

[Ratash]

I think the match between Newcastle United and Leeds United today will be quite intense as Leeds United are a team which prefers to play offensively and Newcastle United would surely want to stop their losing streak today. This might be a high scoring match between these two teams but I guess Leeds United will stand a higher chance winning the match today.

This match is between newcastle who are not able to win in areally long time and they did not score in their last three matches and leeds on the other hand didnt score in the last two so the doubt is surely in the players mind and that maybe a factor for a more balanced game so i think newcastle has a golden chance to stop their losing streak

[Iranus]

I think the match between Newcastle United and Leeds United today will be quite intense as Leeds United are a team which prefers to play offensively and Newcastle United would surely want to stop their losing streak today. This might be a high scoring match between these two teams but I guess Leeds United will stand a higher chance winning the match today.

This match is between newcastle who are not able to win in areally long time and they did not score in their last three matches and leeds on the other hand didnt score in the last two so the doubt is surely in the players mind and that maybe a factor for a more balanced game so i think newcastle has a golden chance to stop their losing streak

I checked the head-to-head match statistics of Newcastle and Leeds. In the last 5 matches both the teams have won 2 and drawn 1 match. But in the last match between Leeds vs Newcastle, Leeds got a huge victory by 5-2 goals. So I want to put Leeds ahead a bit in this match. Whatever the outcome, I think the match will be very exciting

[snipie]

I think the match between Newcastle United and Leeds United today will be quite intense as Leeds United are a team which prefers to play offensively and Newcastle United would surely want to stop their losing streak today. This might be a high scoring match between these two teams but I guess Leeds United will stand a higher chance winning the match today.

Same I think Leeds has a better chance of winning this. Newcastle is disappointing, only 1 point in several successive games doesn't feel reassuring for a team that try to avoid the relegation zone. Meanwhile Leeds, from time to time, loses relatively easy games
For the other games, I think West Ham, Southampton and City have better odds today!

[NotATether]

  What the heck is up with the table now! United/City/Leicester all in the top 3 spots with 40 and 38 points and Man City played one game less than the other two, Liverpool sliding down to fourth and may even slide down further at this rate. How are we going to face RB Leipzig in the round of 16 like this?

Frank Lampard getting sacked by Chelsea eh? Well he's better that however Arteta is coaching at Arsenal given that Chelsea is still very much ahead of Arsenal in the table. Tells me a lot about Chelsea's board. They do not tolerate managers who are not bringing winning, winning, winning, results all the time while Arsenal's board is backing Arteta despite rumors of a toxic environment and such even when they almost hit the relegation zone.

Bringing Thomas Tuchel in that case is not the best idea; they should have reached out to Pochettino long ago while he was available. Like do they really expect Tuchel to make Chelsea win a bunch of games given that he was just sacked by PSG for the same reason?

[hd49728]

What the heck is up with the table now! United/City/Leicester all in the top 3 spots with 40 and 38 points and Man City played one game less than the other two, Liverpool sliding down to fourth and may even slide down further at this rate. How are we going to face RB Leipzig in the round of 16 like this?

The table of Premier League has been interesting like this for so long. It has not changed much as top clubs are unstable in their performances and mid clubs still have their amazing performances.

Frank Lampard getting sacked by Chelsea eh? Well he's better that however Arteta is coaching at Arsenal given that Chelsea is still very much ahead of Arsenal in the table. Tells me a lot about Chelsea's board. They do not tolerate managers who are not bringing winning, winning, winning, results all the time while Arsenal's board is backing Arteta despite rumors of a toxic environment and such even when they almost hit the relegation zone.

It was predicted after the huge summer transfer season for Lampard. The pressure is real, since the beginning of this season and Lampard made his job well after the last one or two months.

Arteta is secured with his position that can be financial condition of Arsenal that don't want to spend more compensation fee for coaches. I guess it is the reason but if you look at the past season, Arteta did his job well and brought hope back to Arsenal. Things are changed fastly with Lampard, Arteta, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Bringing Thomas Tuchel in that case is not the best idea; they should have reached out to Pochettino long ago while he was available. Like do they really expect Tuchel to make Chelsea win a bunch of games given that he was just sacked by PSG for the same reason?

Agree with you as Thomas Tuchel does not have experience with Premier League. He can be a good coach but look how Werner and Havertz are struggling to adapt to Premier League.

[Igebotz]

Bringing Thomas Tuchel in that case is not the best idea; they should have reached out to Pochettino long ago while he was available. Like do they really expect Tuchel to make Chelsea win a bunch of games given that he was just sacked by PSG for the same reason?

Tuchel is far better than Pochettino; chelsea needed a trophy winning coach and not an entertainer like Pochettino, Tuchel sacking was failure to deliver Champions league trophy which was clearly stated in their contract agreement he had a good season last season.

Besides how do you want us the Chelsea fans to feel that you brought in a coach who was recently sacked by our London rival to do what? So we become a laughing stock ?

*Tuchel and Allegri were the only options@NotATether

[ILuckyGuyI]

Leeds are going to play an away game against Newcastle this evening. Leeds are the 12th with 23 points and Newcastle are the 16th with 19 points. Newcastle have been too bad for a long time as we know. Leeds lost their last 2 games. Leeds haven't had a draw in away games so far (4W 5L). I think Leeds won't lose this and they could even get a win here.

[GbitG]

Leeds are going to play an away game against Newcastle this evening. Leeds are the 12th with 23 points and Newcastle are the 16th with 19 points. Newcastle have been too bad for a long time as we know. Leeds lost their last 2 games. Leeds haven't had a draw in away games so far (4W 5L). I think Leeds won't lose this and they could even get a win here.

I am also sure about this today we are going to have these wins Leeds, Southampton and Manchester City in fourth match I have better chance for West Ham but its very cheeky game so away and draw is also better option.

[kassex]

Leeds are going to play an away game against Newcastle this evening. Leeds are the 12th with 23 points and Newcastle are the 16th with 19 points. Newcastle have been too bad for a long time as we know. Leeds lost their last 2 games. Leeds haven't had a draw in away games so far (4W 5L). I think Leeds won't lose this and they could even get a win here.

Newcastle have never lost at home to Leeds, but the problem of the two teams is that they cannot score in the last 3 matches, and Newcastle even 4, but I still lean towards Newcastle winning with a minimum score.

[Slow death]

Leeds - Newcastle

I'm betting Newcastle will win that game.

Leeds: after losing shamefully against Crawley Town, Leeds went on to lose against Brighton and are in a very bad position. I think they will make more effort to beat newcastle

Newcastle: there are already many games that Newcastle don't win, it may be that for this game they try harder, but I will still bet on leeds

edit: in the end I bet leeds would win. but now I see that Newcaste managed to score 1 goal, but leeds is winning. I am watching the game now that it has 73 minutes. I had to leave and ended up losing a good part of the game

[hahay]

Leeds' first game won with a convincing score of 5-2 at home and with the difficult situation in the opposing team this time with a losing streak, I don't think Newcastle will come back at this moment. So yes, I think Leeds will be able to win even though at first I wasn't sure about that, because Newcastle are really messed up and it looks like it will be difficult to improve in the team's performance anytime soon and that's the reason I'm sure Leeds will win, but bet Under I guess can be a good option too.