Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Falconer]

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Agreed. Luton Town is seemingly the weakest of the bunch. For now anyways as there are still a lot of games to play. Having been just promoted to the EPL, they seem to be struggling and it’s obvious from the games they’ve played so far as they haven’t managed to bag a win.
The last game with West Ham wasn’t any better. They managed to score a consolation goal at the tail end of the game, perhaps in a bid to appease the home crowd.
They most likely have envisaged and are finding out about the stiff competition to be faced in the EPL.

Competition in the Premier League is very tight, meaning that if a team doesn't have a big budget to build a quality squad then they will sink to the bottom of the standings. This is a normal thing to happen in the best competitions like the Premier League, so Luton Town should have known for sure that they would really be at the bottom of the table if they weren't able to bring in a lot of quality players.

I don't mean to underestimate  them, but that's how it is. Luton Town must find a good sponsor and earn money from him to build a better squad. They can't count on all the players hoping to put in a good performance, it's difficult. Luton Town won't be able to, but are any of you expecting a miracle from them?

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Breaking News!

Virgil van Dijk will be banned for the other game and also fined £100,000. This he got after protesting the decision of the referee John Brooks in the match against Newcastle last week which resulted in him getting a red card. Maybe Virgil van Dijk was so annoyed with the referee's decision that some inappropriate words cost him a fine. That will add to the loss for Liverpool considering he has to miss several matches. Jurgen Kloop might be quite a headache because we know that at Liverpool there are not many good center back options to replace Virgil van Dijk. Even so, I think Virgil van Dijk has to be calm and he has to trust his teammates to be able to face the next match.

I think the problem I have with this extra game ban is a massive lack of consistency with PL refereeing. It’s reported VVD said ‘you are a fu**ing joke’ to the referee after his red card. I mean it’s bad language yes but are referees going to start sending every player who swears to the stands? I don’t think so and that’s the problem I have.

There is no consistency with refereeing in the PL. We have some of the best players in Europe playing in our league so why do we have substandard officials? The PL should start bringing in the best referees from elsewhere because it’s clear the British one’s here are not good enough.

[baeva]

Well, according to media reports Liverpool have abandoned the idea of selling the player to Saudi Arabia. Although I don't understand why many people are so unhappy, he is already 31 years old and sooner or later I think he will move there, maybe in a few years, because now he is still very good, last season he played all the matches and scored 19 goals.

Usually Liverpool will not keep their players by insisting on selling them, but it is still worth keeping Salah considering that he is still very happy in Europe. Salah can still compete in the Premier League or Europe to be the best, but the Saudi Pro League team will clearly follow his development and try to recruit him if they can.

I wouldn't be surprised if Liverpool end up parting ways with Salah at the end of this season. Liverpool will get a high income for Salah and they can recruit other players to regenerate their players in the coming season.

Their decision in case of anything is understandable, after all, you don't have to build everything around one player. Moreover, I doubt he can compete for the best in the league, because with Haaland's arrival it's as if everything is predetermined. His teammate De Bruyne is also extremely good, and other players could well be better than Salah too

[Marykeller]

It's a joke to read, but it's true. I'm also very surprised by Harry Maguire, who always wants his game to be in the lyrics, but the mistakes he often makes make it seem like it's right and good for the club, but instead the club feels they are being disadvantaged by mistakes that often pose a threat to Manchester's goal. United.

My question is whether there is a club that will accept him, while the video of his mistakes has become a laughing matter for Manchester United fans. Even though he is no longer part of Manchester United's main squad and is a substitute player, Harry Maguire is still confident that he is still a player. became captain of the Manchester United team, even though he was aware that he was no longer trusted within the team to serve as captain of Manchester United.

In fact Harry Maguire status at Manchester united is unusual. He is loyal to club despite the controversy surrounding his performance and contract talk. When supporter and management may have question about him his willingness to stay at the club demonstrates his sincere passion. While some may have issue with his performance on the pitch he stands out for his commitment to the club and dedication.  Maguire comes across as a player who cherishes the legacy of the team because of his unwavering determination to keep donning the Manchester United jersey even though other may doubt his appropriateness. Whether he is considered a hero or not his loyalty is indisputable admirable.

Ten hag is enough giving him more chance to play in the club. Harry meguire was always bringing the club into the critical situation. I meant to look at how bad he was as a defender. He was always making mistake in any games. He shall not even have a place in the club again.
ETH must be aware if meguire can never grow even higher. He will be stuck at this place forever. It doesn't even matter how hard ten hag gave him motivation and he will always show stagnant progress.
Manchester united needs a better defender than him. It's quite strange to see ten hag is still trusting him. I would be accepting it if it's due to defenders crisis faced by manchester united.
giving meguire a chance to play like MU was killing itself. The club has big chance to lose three points once he played.
 

The reason why Harry Maguire hasn't been laid off from the Manchester United team yet is that his contract with them will be over by 2025 not this year or next year. Letting go of him before that time, requires Manchester United to pay him off because of that. However, Maguire is demanding for 15million euro pay off from Manchester United, if they want to let go of him. And Manchester is refusing to do that. They prefer to sign him out to a club than losing completely. That's why you see at times Ten Hag will play Maguire in some of their matches to see if any other club apart from West Ham will find interest in him. Not that Ten Hag trusts him, he also wants Maguire to leave the club as soon as possible. And there is nothing else he can do, either wait till the time Maguire's contract with Manchester United ends or get a club for him to sign as their defense player.

[rendravolt]

Breaking News!

Virgil van Dijk will be banned for the other game and also fined £100,000. This he got after protesting the decision of the referee John Brooks in the match against Newcastle last week which resulted in him getting a red card. Maybe Virgil van Dijk was so annoyed with the referee's decision that some inappropriate words cost him a fine. That will add to the loss for Liverpool considering he has to miss several matches. Jurgen Kloop might be quite a headache because we know that at Liverpool there are not many good center back options to replace Virgil van Dijk. Even so, I think Virgil van Dijk has to be calm and he has to trust his teammates to be able to face the next match.

How long will Virgil van Dijk not be able to play, because just by getting a card they have also made Virgil van Dijk not play for the next one or two matches. So, if Virgil van Dijk still gets another penalty regarding the red card, then how long will Virgil van Dijk be absent because of the penalty. Because anyway, in the next match Liverpool will play against Wolves and maybe, that match is still fine for Liverpool even without Virgil van Dijk.

But after that match Liverpool will get more difficult opponents like West Ham, Tottenham, and also Brighton. So, if the penalty for not playing that Virgil van Dijk gets becomes longer, then of course it will be a big loss for Liverpool, considering the opponents Liverpool will face in few next match also in the Premier League are not easy.

I think that with this penalty it is likely that Virgil van Dijk will be out for 3 matches. Because normally a red card penalty will only be punished for 2 matches. Indeed, this feels unfair, especially since in the future Liverpool will face quite strong opponents and if it continues like this, their opponents could make good use of this opportunity. But with this incident, Virgil van Dijk must be more mature, especially if the team really needs his role as a senior player, he has to set a good example for his friends.

[QueenVera]

Competition in the Premier League is very tight, meaning that if a team doesn't have a big budget to build a quality squad then they will sink to the bottom of the standings. This is a normal thing to happen in the best competitions like the Premier League, so Luton Town should have known for sure that they would really be at the bottom of the table if they weren't able to bring in a lot of quality players.

I don't mean to underestimate  them, but that's how it is. Luton Town must find a good sponsor and earn money from him to build a better squad. They can't count on all the players hoping to put in a good performance, it's difficult. Luton Town won't be able to, but are any of you expecting a miracle from them?

They managed to be promoted to the Premier league where the competition is very tough and their no pity for weak teams, to survive there you need to be very fierce and have a good defense strategy to play against big teams but if you look at the Luton Town team they lack the quality and necessary players required to survive in the Premier league and I won't be suprised if they end up getting relegated cause they're indeed  the team not only that but financially as well.
 I don't think they'll still be in the EPL next season but if they manage to be in the league then their coach Rob Edwards would deserve an applaud become it won't be easy to avoid relegation with such squad in the EPL, they've currently lost all the three games they played this season and are currently 19th I'm the table next to their fellow promoted team Burnley of which both might not escape relegation this season.

[snipie]

The reason why Harry Maguire hasn't been laid off from the Manchester United team yet is that his contract with them will be over by 2025 not this year or next year. Letting go of him before that time, requires Manchester United to pay him off because of that. However, Maguire is demanding for 15million euro pay off from Manchester United, if they want to let go of him. And Manchester is refusing to do that. They prefer to sign him out to a club than losing completely. That's why you see at times Ten Hag will play Maguire in some of their matches to see if any other club apart from West Ham will find interest in him. Not that Ten Hag trusts him, he also wants Maguire to leave the club as soon as possible. And there is nothing else he can do, either wait till the time Maguire's contract with Manchester United ends or get a club for him to sign as their defense player.

Harry Maguire was close to join West Ham but he refused although Manchester United wanting him to leave the club.
I don't know why he didn't go on loan to West Ham for example with a possibility of purchase or if that was ever discussed? Anyway Manchester United stuck with him right now and he is accepting to stay although he was stripped from being captain and almost not playing with the team..

[Rengga Jati]

Ten hag is enough giving him more chance to play in the club. Harry meguire was always bringing the club into the critical situation. I meant to look at how bad he was as a defender. He was always making mistake in any games. He shall not even have a place in the club again.  

Yes, because after all, if Ten Hag still plays him in the squad, then it will actually have a bad impact on the club, especially on the mentality of the players when competing. This year, Ten Hag has officially removed the captain's armband and I think this is a wise and good step for the team. Not only that, Maguire is also often on the bench. Not a trivial reason, but seeing how he performed last season, everyone will be worried about the same incident. In the world of football, if you can't give your best, but on the contrary it is detrimental to the team, just be prepared to be on the bench and even be thrown out. Because this involves professionalism and contribution to the team

I think the reason many clubs are not interested in signing Maguire is because in the history of last season this player made a lot of mistakes and carelessness so that other clubs did not dare to take the risk of signing Maguire.

Yes, there will definitely be concerns. Not only from clubs but also from fan clubs who might be interested, there will definitely be a lot of resistance. Because seeing how he performed last season was very detrimental to the team. In fact, it often harms the team more than contributing well.

[FanEagle]

United is the big news these days, between ETH, some players saying some bad things about the club, Greenwood, now Anthony as well, and finally Maguire of course. These are all obvious things and the easiest to solve would have been selling Maguire and getting a proper defender, it is obvious that they have a terrible defense and never really improved it neither.

It is obvious that the team is not playing properly and they are not really looking to do any well soon neither when you look at the situation. I think it is obvious that we are talking about a situation that would be quite tough to handle and we shouldn't really expect much from them neither, it is not going to be working out that well for them.

[Stepstowealth]

Since Manchester United fans don't like Harry Maguire, and now Harry Maguire is not performing consistently well, Ten Hag should find a replacement for Harry Maguire. United's defense is not strong enough. Ten Hag need to strengthen their defense. If the defense is weak, Manchester United cannot be in the top four of the table.

The coach of the club will not let a player go simply because the supporters of the club do not like him. He is the manager of the club, not the supporters who can be a little impatient and who their opinion can easily be changed. If Maguire begins to play very well for Manchester United, the fans will loves him again. For the now, the coach has to help him get back to the form he was in when Manchester United were interested in signing him. Since no premier league games this weekend, many of the coaches will be hoping their players return without injury.

[Falconer]

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Harry Maguire was close to join West Ham but he refused although Manchester United wanting him to leave the club.
I don't know why he didn't go on loan to West Ham for example with a possibility of purchase or if that was ever discussed? Anyway Manchester United stuck with him right now and he is accepting to stay although he was stripped from being captain and almost not playing with the team..

I somehow have respect for Maguire even though he is starting to get left out of his current team. Maguire contributes to the team even though recently he often makes fatal mistakes that cost his team, but he was a good captain for Manchester United several seasons ago. Of course I'm not going to press for a favorable opinion of him, but respect for Maguire feels deserved.

His mentality might not be as good as it used to be, his confidence as well, so even if he stays then I don't think his performance will be as good as before. Maguire ultimately had to force himself to leave Manchester United, I hope he can consider that next season.

[Bananington]

I think a loan deal probably to another league division entirely would make Maguire recover his form. Better still is if he were to attract offers from the Saudi pro league. It would be good money, more playing time with less pressure to perform coming from a defender. I think he would make a great big brother to the younger team mates too.
The offer to go on loan to Westham would have been good but he would have faded from recognition because the club wants to keep goals not lose them to careless defending. if it is because of recognition he still remains at Manchester United, then he's got this season to do it well.

[imamusma]

I think a loan deal probably to another league division entirely would make Maguire recover his form. Better still is if he were to attract offers from the Saudi pro league. It would be good money, more playing time with less pressure to perform coming from a defender. I think he would make a great big brother to the younger team mates too.
The offer to go on loan to Westham would have been good but he would have faded from recognition because the club wants to keep goals not lose them to careless defending. if it is because of recognition he still remains at Manchester United, then he's got this season to do it well.

It seems that Harry Maguire will no longer be the main choice in Ten Hag's game scheme this season. Maguire made 16 appearances last season for Ten Hag in the Premier League, less than half of the total number of games played by Manchester United. Moreover, it seems that Maguire will no longer have Ten Hag's full trust, this has been proven by Manchester United's 4 matches so far.

Harry Maguire will have difficulty breaking into the main squad under Ten Hag because of his performance in defense. He often makes mistakes which of course really put Manchester United in trouble. Many players criticized him during the match, it was something very sad for a captain of a team as big as Manchester United.

[Leviathan.007]

Last year there was a big story with Ronaldo and a seemingly restructuring of the team - so many were inspired by TH and believed that thanks to him, United was on the rise. Therefore, many (players) perceived his demands for discipline as adequate. But I see that this season the dreams are dissipating and United will most likely hang around 5-7 places again. In such conditions, I don’t think that everyone will perceive TH tolerantly and conflicts will arise within the club. Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but this development of events seems logical to me.

I see where you are going but i feel ten hang still need some space and after all united did perform a little better but the only issue they were having was the inconsistency that the team always face, one moment they are very good with their gameplay and the other a total shit hole and this has been the problem of this squad and I feel ten hang needs to work on that.

At the moment, TH has a conflict with Sancho and, as I understand it, the majority supports TH in this conflict (Sancho is supposedly doing a bad job in training). But I see a certain pattern in TX’s behavior (by the way, he had conflicts with players back in Ajax) and I’m sure that this will not lead to anything good. Being a coach of a top club (United is vying for this role) means not being a dictator, but being able to find an individual approach to each player. TH obviously uses a different role model, “I’m the boss and you’re all fools,” but while he had success, they forgave him for this, soon it seems to me that we will see something different.

It seems Sancho is not going to have good days in Manchester United after this behavior he had in the team and the problem he had with Ten Hag.
We know Ten Hag is not a coach to let a palyer have behavior like this and he will surely make this player say sorry for what he said.
On the other hand, some palyer in Manchester United don't have a good relationship with Sancho, and they start defending their coach, that's why even in Manchester United's locker room some players are not friendly with Sancho anymore.  

[Jegileman]

Personally I don't think harry maguire is too bad of a defender. He is quite a talented defender. I have seen better performances from Harry maguire in several matches. But Manchester united fans don't like Harry Maguire. The main reason for this is that the Manchester United team has to admit defeat due to Harry Maguire's mistakes in several important matches, or own goals. This is why Manchester United fans hate Harry Maguire.

There reason for hating Harry Maguire doesn’t matter anymore. For every player, there’s always a good time and a bad time for them. For Harry Maguire, he’s currently undergoing his bad time performance in his career which the Manchester United fans can’t bare with him for too long. Just like as they praised him when he was performing well, that’s the same way he’s been blamed now for causing them a lot of defeats. The best thing for Eric Ten Hag to do now is to keep him in bench through out his recovery period and allowed to go through extensive trainings before been given opportunity to play again. He’s quite a good player before and with time he might regain the good form back again.

[Furious 7]

Personally I don't think harry maguire is too bad of a defender. He is quite a talented defender. I have seen better performances from Harry maguire in several matches. But Manchester united fans don't like Harry Maguire. The main reason for this is that the Manchester United team has to admit defeat due to Harry Maguire's mistakes in several important matches, or own goals. This is why Manchester United fans hate Harry Maguire.

There reason for hating Harry Maguire doesn’t matter anymore. For every player, there’s always a good time and a bad time for them. For Harry Maguire, he’s currently undergoing his bad time performance in his career which the Manchester United fans can’t bare with him for too long. Just like as they praised him when he was performing well, that’s the same way he’s been blamed now for causing them a lot of defeats. The best thing for Eric Ten Hag to do now is to keep him in bench through out his recovery period and allowed to go through extensive trainings before been given opportunity to play again. He’s quite a good player before and with time he might regain the good form back again.

But in this case I never even saw Maguire perform very well in the matches he did especially for a few seasons because apart from his usual performance he mostly performed poorly for the price Manchester United spent.
I am not a Manchester United fan for that matter but to look at a situation like this we have to be subjective and in the last few seasons apart from a few blunders and criticism given to Maguire there is nothing that makes him special.
On the other hand, it's not hating on the person of one club because when there are other players who are worse in terms of play then it will also be criticized but so far when it comes to Manchester United, Maguire is the one who always gets a lot of mistakes in the matches he does.

[Google+]

I think a loan deal probably to another league division entirely would make Maguire recover his form. Better still is if he were to attract offers from the Saudi pro league. It would be good money, more playing time with less pressure to perform coming from a defender. I think he would make a great big brother to the younger team mates too.
The offer to go on loan to Westham would have been good but he would have faded from recognition because the club wants to keep goals not lose them to careless defending. if it is because of recognition he still remains at Manchester United, then he's got this season to do it well.

It seems that Harry Maguire will no longer be the main choice in Ten Hag's game scheme this season. Maguire made 16 appearances last season for Ten Hag in the Premier League, less than half of the total number of games played by Manchester United. Moreover, it seems that Maguire will no longer have Ten Hag's full trust, this has been proven by Manchester United's 4 matches so far.

Harry Maguire will have difficulty breaking into the main squad under Ten Hag because of his performance in defense. He often makes mistakes which of course really put Manchester United in trouble. Many players criticized him during the match, it was something very sad for a captain of a team as big as Manchester United.

Well, in my opinion, Harry Maguire is at the end of his glory days with Manchester United. Because Erik Ten Hag had put a lot of faith in Harry Maguire last season but he failed to use it to improve his best quality in defense. I believe that every rotation made by Erik will have a big impact on other players and that is what made Harry Maguire slowly start to be eliminated from the main Manchester United squad.

So, if some of Manchester United's core players recover from injury faster, Harry Maguire will find it difficult to get minutes to play this season. Harry Maguire often makes blunders which results in great vulnerability to the defeats experienced by Manchester United. Let's see how Maguire can survive every doubt that comes his way.

[Leviathan.007]

There is a piece of bad news for Ten Hag and Manchester United about their new player, Sofyan Amrabat. Ten Hag wanted to hire this player weeks ago and finally, in the last days of the transfer window, they took this player for the loan from Fiorentina. Ten Hag was texting to see good performance from this palyer in this season and improve the team after the bad performance they had. But it seems this palyer is injured and this can be challenging for Ten hag to fill his place.


  
https://www.eurosport.com/football/premier-league/2023-2024/manchester-united-dealt-fresh-injury-blow-as-new-signing-sofyan-amrabat-withdraws-from-morocco-squad_sto9786527/story.shtml

[nurilham]

There reason for hating Harry Maguire doesn’t matter anymore. For every player, there’s always a good time and a bad time for them. For Harry Maguire, he’s currently undergoing his bad time performance in his career which the Manchester United fans can’t bare with him for too long. Just like as they praised him when he was performing well, that’s the same way he’s been blamed now for causing them a lot of defeats.

You won' feel it since you are probably not Man United fans.
If you are Man United fans, you must understand why we need to hate him. Harry Maguire didn't only played badly, he also often made nonsense mistake that lead to a severe defeat of Man United. Man United has spent a lot of money for that guy, but his performance never showed his quality. Even Man United management must feel very disappointed on him.

The best thing for Eric Ten Hag to do now is to keep him in bench through out his recovery period and allowed to go through extensive trainings before been given opportunity to play again. He’s quite a good player before and with time he might regain the good form back again.

I think the best option should be selling him. He already got a lot of time to improve his performance, but he never changed. Keeping him on the club won't be a good idea since Man United must pay him with high salary.

[Asiska02]

There is a piece of bad news for Ten Hag and Manchester United about their new player, Sofyan Amrabat. Ten Hag wanted to hire this player weeks ago and finally, in the last days of the transfer window, they took this player for the loan from Fiorentina. Ten Hag was texting to see good performance from this palyer in this season and improve the team after the bad performance they had. But it seems this palyer is injured and this can be challenging for Ten hag to fill his place.

This is sad news for Manchester United, from one bad news to another recently, when will all this stop? Manchester United at this stage I don’t know how their performance is going to be in their next league match. They’ve been hit by series of bad news and bad lucks too. From Antony’s case and now Ambrabat injury, I don’t if they’re more coming but I hope there’s none again at this point. I just feel pity for their fans, they’ll be going through a lot of trauma as well as the coach too. I just hope this doesn’t affect their performance in their next match.