Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Velvet78]

One of the things I'm curious about is how strong Chelsea will be able to return after this long break.

Because their performance has been really poor for a long time. Potter is still having big difficulties in finding the right game plan for the team. They have big problems on scoring goals these days as well. Many of us must have underlined this already. Therefore I wonder what Chelsea are planning to solve this problem. There are some rumours like they aren't interested in bringing Ronaldo as well. Then I wonder if they are even thinking of making a striker signing in January.

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[darewaller]

Factors in the locker room can be a major factor in Ronaldo's performance decline this season, most of the Man United players can't make Ronaldo develop, especially providing a good supply of balls in passing or to raise Ronaldo's enthusiasm in every game, we can't blame performance. bad from that point of view because in playing football it is 11 players who are responsible for the victory or defeat of the club, not blaming individuals or blaming Ronaldo when playing Ronaldo to be involved in the defeat in the Man United match, if one team can help each other otherwise it will be a solid team, different from Ronaldo when he was at his previous club, Ronaldo always gets good feedback from his teammates, as well as at Real Madrid or Juventus, even Ronaldo broke his record for the most goals, but it's different when Ronaldo plays for club Man United, no u bait that in my opinion can be made into goals by Ronaldo, I hope Ronaldo can find his new club so that his retirement is happily arranged..

I would guess that he wasn't having any friendship there neither, that could be a big problem. Remember this was the team that finished second prior to Ronaldo coming in, and then Ronaldo scored so many goals and hattricks and yet they sucked a lot worse, and that is why there must be something bigger than we know going on.

If you normally have a team that finished second, and add Ronaldo to that, someone who scored bunch of goals for you, that means you should be even better, and for some reason they got worse.

I feel like locker room could be that reason, everyone else played worse because they didn't play well with Ronaldo, that doesn't mean these players are bad, doesn't mean Ronaldo is bad neither, it just means Ronaldo didn't fit with the others.

[terrorJR]

For the people who think that Newcastle can join the race to sign Ronaldo, I would like to share this news:

https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-newcastle-united-snub-cristiano-ronaldo-after-16m-late-night-development/

On this source, it is said that Newcastle have no interest in bringing Ronaldo to the team in January. I was surprised to hear about this when I first read it truthfully. Because Newcastle don't have any budget issues as you know. They can buy whatever player they want theoretically. Maybe they didn't want this because of having many strikers in the squad already. They must be happy with Wilson's scoring performance as well. But we are still talking about a legend like Ronaldo. I think it would be better for them to have him in the squad and sell the worst striker in the team currently.

Apart from that we don't know how much Ronaldo would be eager to go there as well. I guess that he wouldn't be eager so much because of Newcastle's not being part of the Champions League.

I think the main reason for newcastle success is that they rely on all players and not some individuals, they might think that having an important player such as ronaldo would have a negative impact on the team performance, they currently are on the third position and they only lost one game against liverpool they can easily end up in a champions league spot.

The partnership they have built this season has been great and of course this has had an impact apart from their money as well.
Howe really did a very good job for Newcastle and indeed their players also have equal quality so there is not one player who is special that makes them so strong because they are aware that instead of changing conditions to one of the players it will be more well they strengthened their cooperation in the match.

[Oneandpure]

I will blame SIr Alex Ferguson for all his ordeal. He was already set to move to Manchester City with all arrangement ready before he got the call from Sir and had to respect it. The annoying part is Sir Alex was no where to be found when his hard times in United began uptil when his contract got terminated. I am glad he is happily playing in the WC and has recorded his 36th goal. I hope Napoli finalises their deal with him because he will be far better in the seria A

Cristiano Ronaldo have big respect to Manchester United former Sir Alex Ferguson and his decision accepted deal agreement with United after have close rumor joined with Manchester City last several season. I don't think problem faced complicated right now because sad ending for Cristiano Ronaldo have reach mutual agreement contract left several months later.

Return back to Serie A competition I don't think bad ideas for Cristiano Ronaldo because his still on the top level right now, but little sure with his chance and opportunity joining with Napoli because have top performance right now and make several player composition changed if Napoli reach agreement to signing Ronaldo.

[SatoPrincess]

Ronaldo now is totally focused for Portugal and his last Word Cup in his career. I don't know that Ronaldo will get back to his right track after a few terrible months. Furthermore, we also know more about his problems with ageing that he will not be able to avoid. World Cup and today match will be a first test for Ronaldo to show that he is still able to play at highest level.

Ronaldo is going to play the best football of his life reasons are - 1) due to his experience in his game this is his last World Cup I believe after this world cup is going to retire. 2) If he doesn't play well in this world cup I think it's going to affect his club football because right now it's currently without a club so he needs to bring up his a-game to be able to show to the world that he still has a lot to offer when it comes to the world of football. Because after this world cup he still has the league to play and which at present he doesn't have a team so I believe is going to put all his best into action to be able to get a good club and at the same time to prove to the world that is still good enough to play for the next three years before he retires.

We don’t know if Ronaldo will retire after the world cup, all we are thinking of is how well Portugal will perform i. The world cup and if there is a possibility of them winning the world cup or how well Ronaldo will perform in their fixtures. Ronaldo's future move will be a carefully planned one that will be able to fulfill his ambitions, Manchester United was not a good match for him and I'm happy it is over now so all parties involved will finally get peace of mind and move on.

[CryptoPanda]

One of the things I'm curious about is how strong Chelsea will be able to return after this long break.

Because their performance has been really poor for a long time. Potter is still having big difficulties in finding the right game plan for the team. They have big problems on scoring goals these days as well. Many of us must have underlined this already. Therefore I wonder what Chelsea are planning to solve this problem. There are some rumours like they aren't interested in bringing Ronaldo as well. Then I wonder if they are even thinking of making a striker signing in January.

Chelsea have been a bit short of goals in their attack and despite having 3 attacking options Aubameyang, Sterling and Broja they seem to lacking in their conversion rate and need a more productive attacker who is capable of converting these chances. Ronaldo can do the job but the question is if Chelsea are willing to sign Ronaldo to be that option.

[JeromeTash]

Return back to Serie A competition I don't think bad ideas for Cristiano Ronaldo because his still on the top level right now, but little sure with his chance and opportunity joining with Napoli because have top performance right now and make several player composition changed if Napoli reach agreement to signing Ronaldo.

The problem probably is that very few clubs might be willing to foot his wage bill. I personally want him to go back to his boyhood club in the Portuguese league ( Sporting Lisbon) and retire from there but they also said they wouldn't afford him.

A short term return to Real Madrid would be another option since Benzema is injured, but am not sure if F. Perez is even thinking about that right now.

[ilovealtcoins]

One of the things I'm curious about is how strong Chelsea will be able to return after this long break.
Because their performance has been really poor for a long time. Potter is still having big difficulties in finding the right game plan for the team. They have big problems on scoring goals these days as well. Many of us must have underlined this already. Therefore I wonder what Chelsea are planning to solve this problem. There are some rumours like they aren't interested in bringing Ronaldo as well. Then I wonder if they are even thinking of making a striker signing in January.

Chelsea have been a bit short of goals in their attack and despite having 3 attacking options Aubameyang, Sterling and Broja they seem to lacking in their conversion rate and need a more productive attacker who is capable of converting these chances. Ronaldo can do the job but the question is if Chelsea are willing to sign Ronaldo to be that option.

Not only is Chelsea weak in attack, but their defense is also weak. In 14 matches they scored 17 goals and conceded 17 goals. So I don't think signing Ronaldo will solve all of Chelsea's problems. They have to come up with a change in match strategy. At the same time, they need more experienced players in attack and defense. But I don't think there will be much change in their performance this season.

[Velvet78]

One of the things I'm curious about is how strong Chelsea will be able to return after this long break.

Because their performance has been really poor for a long time. Potter is still having big difficulties in finding the right game plan for the team. They have big problems on scoring goals these days as well. Many of us must have underlined this already. Therefore I wonder what Chelsea are planning to solve this problem. There are some rumours like they aren't interested in bringing Ronaldo as well. Then I wonder if they are even thinking of making a striker signing in January.

Chelsea have been a bit short of goals in their attack and despite having 3 attacking options Aubameyang, Sterling and Broja they seem to lacking in their conversion rate and need a more productive attacker who is capable of converting these chances. Ronaldo can do the job but the question is if Chelsea are willing to sign Ronaldo to be that option.

Aubameyang and Broja aren't able to give what the team need right now in the attacking line. I don't have big expectations from Broja actually as he is still a very young player. He is newly getting chances with the team. However I was expecting to see a better performance than this from Aubameyang.

Sterling is trying his best but he can't be enough for the team only by himself. This is a clear sign of how much they need a productive striker these days.

[nurilham]

Not only is Chelsea weak in attack, but their defense is also weak. In 14 matches they scored 17 goals and conceded 17 goals. So I don't think signing Ronaldo will solve all of Chelsea's problems. They have to come up with a change in match strategy. At the same time, they need more experienced players in attack and defense. But I don't think there will be much change in their performance this season.

Of course, it won't solve the problem of Chelsea if they can't improve the defense problem too. Chelsea must buy strong defenders besides buying Ronaldo. I agree that Chelsea needs some changes in their defense line because they are too easy to get conceded goals. After Rudiger, Christensen, and Marcos Alonso left the club, Chelsea defense line looks rather weak. As you said that they get 17 conceded goals in 14 matches, which is a warning for Chelsea coach to improve the defense line. Not only signs Ronaldo, but Graham Potter also needs to plan buying some top defenders in the upcoming transfer window.

[SatoPrincess]

For the people who think that Newcastle can join the race to sign Ronaldo, I would like to share this news:

https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-newcastle-united-snub-cristiano-ronaldo-after-16m-late-night-development/

On this source, it is said that Newcastle have no interest in bringing Ronaldo to the team in January. I was surprised to hear about this when I first read it truthfully. Because Newcastle don't have any budget issues as you know. They can buy whatever player they want theoretically. Maybe they didn't want this because of having many strikers in the squad already. They must be happy with Wilson's scoring performance as well. But we are still talking about a legend like Ronaldo. I think it would be better for them to have him in the squad and sell the worst striker in the team currently.

Apart from that we don't know how much Ronaldo would be eager to go there as well. I guess that he wouldn't be eager so much because of Newcastle's not being part of the Champions League.

As of today we are yet to get concrete news on Ronaldo's next destination. I think Ronaldo is fully focused and committed to national duties and would love to concentrate on how to win games for his team in the world cup. Newcastle isn't a bad team after all but it will only come down to Ronaldo's choice of destination which we will have to wait until the end of the world cup or Portugal's eviction to find out.

[ampere]

I don't blame Manchester United for anything,  everything is just Ronaldo fault. Ronaldo is a desperate players. Ronaldo coming to Manchester United he was expecting a lot, after he could not get what he wanted he tried leaving the club by all means but he couldn't get the prefer club he wanted in the summer season.  All this time he already had misunderstandings with ten Hag because of not showing up in the preseason games. Ten Hag not giving him the chance for participating in most games was also a problem. Everything was his fault, he was trying to make decisions for the club.

To me, i think majority of the problems at mufc is Manchester United fault; they have focused so much on signature signings without minding if it fits the idea of the coach, team or the football club. Signing Ageing ronaldo was always a mistake; when the club could get a young striker and build a team around them; but the mufc focused on the marketing side of football. Happy to see that the team has chosen the football this time, and also they did that early before the january transfer window

[borovichok]

What this performance that richarlison put on today at the world cup,I think I now understand why Conte went all In for him instead of lautaro Martinez, I think Tottenham Hotspur started dropping points when him and kulusevski got injured,after the world cup Tottenham will play better,the amazing thing about his performance against Serbia today was that he kept Gabriel jesus at the bench,even though the arsenal man is in top top form in the premier League.

[snipie]

What this performance that richarlison put on today at the world cup,I think I now understand why Conte went all In for him instead of lautaro Martinez, I think Tottenham Hotspur started dropping points when him and kulusevski got injured,after the world cup Tottenham will play better,the amazing thing about his performance against Serbia today was that he kept Gabriel jesus at the bench,even though the arsenal man is in top top form in the premier League.

The team that is willing to fight for the top spot should be ready for any surprises including injuries although it is expected to happen soon or later for every player and in every game.
Now when it comes to Spurs, they wasted many points in EPL and even their defeat in EFL Cup vs Nottingham could not be explained by injuries only.

[TopT3ns]

Of course, it won't solve the problem of Chelsea if they can't improve the defense problem too. Chelsea must buy strong defenders besides buying Ronaldo. I agree that Chelsea needs some changes in their defense line because they are too easy to get conceded goals. After Rudiger, Christensen, and Marcos Alonso left the club, Chelsea defense line looks rather weak. As you said that they get 17 conceded goals in 14 matches, which is a warning for Chelsea coach to improve the defense line. Not only signs Ronaldo, but Graham Potter also needs to plan buying some top defenders in the upcoming transfer window.

Ronaldo is not the key to Chelsea's victory, so far defense is also very important for Chelsea, therefore they have to increase defenders too, while their attacking players are good enough if they buy Ronaldo there is no guarantee to always win, Ronaldo's difficult nature to work in a team is still can't be changed yet, so Graham Potter should consider it first and don't just buy players who are old enough.

[Coyster]

Newcastle isn't a bad team after all but it will only come down to Ronaldo's choice of destination which we will have to wait until the end of the world cup or Portugal's eviction to find out.

Well, whilst the hierarchy at Newcastle have all the money in the world, and they can afford any player they desire, the club are far from attaining that elite club status that can allure world class players (like Ronaldo) to the team, thus there isn't a chance that Ronaldo is going to play for them. Ronaldo loves to be at the top, he is an elite player, and he always wants to play for an elite club, Newcastle aren't there yet, they would be in a couple of years anyway. Having said that, i think Ronaldo would find himself a suitable club after the WC, an elite/big team, and what drama is about to unfold if this team happens to be in the EPL and Ronaldo ends up facing Manchester United as an opposition this season.

[Smack That Ace]

Factors in the locker room can be a major factor in Ronaldo's performance decline this season, most of the Man United players can't make Ronaldo develop, especially providing a good supply of balls in passing or to raise Ronaldo's enthusiasm in every game, we can't blame performance. bad from that point of view because in playing football it is 11 players who are responsible for the victory or defeat of the club, not blaming individuals or blaming Ronaldo when playing Ronaldo to be involved in the defeat in the Man United match, if one team can help each other otherwise it will be a solid team, different from Ronaldo when he was at his previous club, Ronaldo always gets good feedback from his teammates, as well as at Real Madrid or Juventus, even Ronaldo broke his record for the most goals, but it's different when Ronaldo plays for club Man United, no u bait that in my opinion can be made into goals by Ronaldo, I hope Ronaldo can find his new club so that his retirement is happily arranged..

I would guess that he wasn't having any friendship there neither, that could be a big problem. Remember this was the team that finished second prior to Ronaldo coming in, and then Ronaldo scored so many goals and hattricks and yet they sucked a lot worse, and that is why there must be something bigger than we know going on.

If you normally have a team that finished second, and add Ronaldo to that, someone who scored bunch of goals for you, that means you should be even better, and for some reason they got worse.

I feel like locker room could be that reason, everyone else played worse because they didn't play well with Ronaldo, that doesn't mean these players are bad, doesn't mean Ronaldo is bad neither, it just means Ronaldo didn't fit with the others.

For some reason, I think the whole of Manchester United actually wanted to end the career of Cristiano Ronaldo. Obviously, there were other factors involved but I think Manchester United to not show Cristiano Ronaldo the respect that he deserves and also the play time which he needed. So that his career comes to an end basically. 

But that did not happen. Obviously, the coach was the main culprit. I think Cristiano Ronaldo did not have a good relationship with any coach that he played under at Manchester United after he moved from Juventus to Manchester United. So, the coach actually wanted to get him out of the team so that he can do whatever he wants because Ronaldo is not going to be there to say anything. And obviously, they would not do that directly. That's why they took this approach.

regards

duke

[X-ray]

Not only is Chelsea weak in attack, but their defense is also weak. In 14 matches they scored 17 goals and conceded 17 goals. So I don't think signing Ronaldo will solve all of Chelsea's problems. They have to come up with a change in match strategy. At the same time, they need more experienced players in attack and defense. But I don't think there will be much change in their performance this season.

Of course, it won't solve the problem of Chelsea if they can't improve the defense problem too. Chelsea must buy strong defenders besides buying Ronaldo. I agree that Chelsea needs some changes in their defense line because they are too easy to get conceded goals. After Rudiger, Christensen, and Marcos Alonso left the club, Chelsea defense line looks rather weak. As you said that they get 17 conceded goals in 14 matches, which is a warning for Chelsea coach to improve the defense line. Not only signs Ronaldo, but Graham Potter also needs to plan buying some top defenders in the upcoming transfer window.

It's not only the defense line but the attacking line must also become the main concern. Some players alreayd bought by chelsea but so far there are not improvements that happend with this team. The midfielder was also become another problem that has not yet solved. By the way chelsea was also looking for a new coach to replace potter too. it seems like that chelsea under todd was not even become even better. It was going degrade as a big team. Chelsea has been getting lose streak without even a single goal.
This must become the main problem from this club. it's all of lines have been performing so bad during several matches in the EPL. i doubt chelsea can win against dortmund.

[Sexylizzy2813]

For the people who think that Newcastle can join the race to sign Ronaldo, I would like to share this news:

https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-newcastle-united-snub-cristiano-ronaldo-after-16m-late-night-development/

On this source, it is said that Newcastle have no interest in bringing Ronaldo to the team in January. I was surprised to hear about this when I first read it truthfully. Because Newcastle don't have any budget issues as you know. They can buy whatever player they want theoretically. Maybe they didn't want this because of having many strikers in the squad already. They must be happy with Wilson's scoring performance as well. But we are still talking about a legend like Ronaldo. I think it would be better for them to have him in the squad and sell the worst striker in the team currently.

Apart from that we don't know how much Ronaldo would be eager to go there as well. I guess that he wouldn't be eager so much because of Newcastle's not being part of the Champions League.

For Newcastle not being in the Champions League is going to be hard for him to consider, but if he would like to join them I think it will be for the money but I don't see him joining Newcastle. From what I read the money to be offered is kinda tempting;
"Mohammed bin Salman wants to sign him for 6 or 18 months for Newcastle and then send him to Al-Nassr FC afterwards, with an offer of €300M"
(Source: Gazzetta dello Sport)

The Saudi Arabian club, Al-Hilal are still pushing if they could  get him after there bid was turned down in the last transfer window;

Saudi Arabian club, Al-Hilal, are looking to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is now a free agent after Manchester United terminated his contract this week, following his interview with Piers Morgan.

In the interview, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner criticised the club, its owners and manager Erik ten Hag.


The 37-year-old is currently at the World Cup with Portugal and scored in their group fixture against Ghana on Wednesday.

United received an offer for Ronaldo from Saudi Arabia in the summer, but the deal eventually fell through.

In the interview with TalkTV, Ronaldo claims he turned down the move, which was worth around £305m.

Sky Sports claims if Al-Hilal get to sign Ronaldo, they will listen to offers for Odion Ighalo, whose contract is up in the summer.

https://dailypost.ng/2022/11/24/transfer-ronaldo-to-replace-ighalo-at-new-club/?amp=1

[Bobrox]

For some reason, I think the whole of Manchester United actually wanted to end the career of Cristiano Ronaldo. Obviously, there were other factors involved but I think Manchester United to not show Cristiano Ronaldo the respect that he deserves and also the play time which he needed. So that his career comes to an end basically. 

Before mutual contract agreement reach have rumor about Manchester United try to make Cristiano Ronaldo career ended by eliminated him from main squad until his contract over, but highest salary received by Ronaldo make Manchester United looking for other alternative way by reaching mutual contract and not have to pay salary for Ronaldo with several contract left.

I think Ronaldo keep respect contract with Manchester United until over, but seems not happening because he has frustrated difficult to be main squad and several games not including in line up team. Last appearance with Portugal national team I think Ronaldo still in the top level and I don't think difficult for Ronaldo signing with top team in European or have chance with team playing at Champion League.