Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[imutlinda]

The whole problem this season for Liverpool is that Van Dijk is not playing. it is a big mess in their defense every game.

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[ampere]

The whole problem this season for Liverpool is that Van Dijk is not playing. it is a big mess in their defense every game.

Liverpool problem was not Van Dijk; a team should never struggle because a defender was injured; Liverpool and Klopp tactics were simply exposed this season in the premier league; high line, cross and hope for a goal tactics was outwitted this season. Klopp has bought 2 new defenders this January and has failed to score more than 1 goal at Anfield this season; how are the problem the defense ?

Liverpool face Aston Villa this weekend after a 7-2 first leg drubbing; How will Liverpool perform? Who will be blamed this time ?

[ILuckyGuyI]

West Ham are another team that are fighting for the 5th place and they had bad results on the last weeks. As Wolves are quite out-of-form, West Ham can benefit from their condition and get a win in this.

West Ham have a really good opportunity to move 4th on the table   with 52 points if they win tonight against Wolves and Chelsea and Spurs will move one place behind. Wolves don't have that attacking power that the used to have and West Ham really have a good chance to win on this one. And odds are good for Hammers too  .

West Ham got a very nice win with a 3-2 score and now they are at the 4th place leaving Chelsea behind. They could have actually beaten Wolves with a better score than this but Wolves tried their best and reduced the score difference to 1 at least.

The thing is that whether they will be hold that till the end. They already have got some injuries like Declan Rice and Ogbonna and yesterday Antonio was also forced off in the first half and Lingard who have been crucial since he arrived was also seen limping in ending minutes so not a good sign for Hammers.

It looks like Antonio's condition is doubtful. Declan Rice is going to be back on early May and Ogbonna on mid April. I didn't see any injury info about Lingard. It's for sure that they will have tough time on defending the 4th place.

[hahay]

The whole problem this season for Liverpool is that Van Dijk is not playing. it is a big mess in their defense every game.

Liverpool problem was not Van Dijk; a team should never struggle because a defender was injured; Liverpool and Klopp tactics were simply exposed this season in the premier league; high line, cross and hope for a goal tactics was outwitted this season. Klopp has bought 2 new defenders this January and has failed to score more than 1 goal at Anfield this season; how are the problem the defense ?

Liverpool face Aston Villa this weekend after a 7-2 first leg drubbing; How will Liverpool perform? Who will be blamed this time ?

That's right, I wouldn't blame one or two Liverpool players for their decline near the end of the season. If you are concerned about a defender why not the other way around, such as a bad striker because it is difficult to score goals or the cooperation between a midfielder and a striker is not solid. There are many factors that make a team's performance decline and it's not just about one or two players, because after all the ups and downs and inconsistency of every player on the field is bound to happen.

[Avirunes]

It looks like Antonio's condition is doubtful. Declan Rice is going to be back on early May and Ogbonna on mid April. I didn't see any injury info about Lingard. It's for sure that they will have tough time on defending the 4th place.

In ending minutes he was seen limping off and he was seen having a hard time. Though he was bit running and all but it was clear that he was also having some issue. Still I wouldn't call it that bad but does indicates that he was not 100% fit and needs a rest. I still think that they have got Benrahma and Bowen who can fill in and still continue on the fight.

[fullhdpixel]

I find this somewhere on the internet, it was interesting stats.
What do you think about Arsenal fan's happiness with their results this season? >71%
Also Man United more than 70% satisfied with team performance. have their criteria dropped so much?

I can't believe how Liverpool is not at the bottom. I mean yeah newcastle is doing worse than expected but not like they were expecting to be champions neither, they were expecting to be a lot lower. And I have to say Sheffield wasn't even that good to begin with.

Spurs I would understand, they did worse than their fans expected that part is very true, but I wouldn't say they were championship contenders neither. Whereas liverpool was a team that got 99 points last year, I think biggest ever was 100? Something like that, so they were one win away from breaking the biggest points record in all of premier league history and after a season like that this year they are 7th in the league. I mean how do you explain such a big fall, I get that it was a bad luck few times and all but honestly from breaking historical record to being 7th is a huge difference and people should have been more upset with them.

[snipie]

The whole problem this season for Liverpool is that Van Dijk is not playing. it is a big mess in their defense every game.

Van Dijk is a key player in the defence line and his absence among other players made Liverpool looks miserable in different leagues. Klopp mission right now is to join CL (or EL) next time.. maybe.

[BuNga_cute]

The whole problem this season for Liverpool is that Van Dijk is not playing. it is a big mess in their defense every game.

Liverpool problem was not Van Dijk; a team should never struggle because a defender was injured; Liverpool and Klopp tactics were simply exposed this season in the premier league; high line, cross and hope for a goal tactics was outwitted this season. Klopp has bought 2 new defenders this January and has failed to score more than 1 goal at Anfield this season; how are the problem the defense ?

Liverpool face Aston Villa this weekend after a 7-2 first leg drubbing; How will Liverpool perform? Who will be blamed this time ?

That's right, I wouldn't blame one or two Liverpool players for their decline near the end of the season. If you are concerned about a defender why not the other way around, such as a bad striker because it is difficult to score goals or the cooperation between a midfielder and a striker is not solid. There are many factors that make a team's performance decline and it's not just about one or two players, because after all the ups and downs and inconsistency of every player on the field is bound to happen.

The problems that happened to Liverpool are very complicated in my opinion, because it's not just losing Van Dijk that makes Liverpool's defense
in trouble right now. But Liverpool's transfer policy is also not good by bringing in 2 new defenders whose quality is very far from Van Dijk.
Especially Kabak made too many mistakes, which makes it easy for Liverpool to concede goals. And I also agree that Liverpool's front lines have
difficulty scoring goals, because the collaboration between the midfield and the front line is not going well. This season Liverpool are not playing
as beautiful as the previous season, and also the performance of Liverpool players is not consistent, I also didn't see the high morale this season
from Liverpool players. There are so many problems that must be fixed at Liverpool.

[Spack17]

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Liverpool face Aston Villa this weekend after a 7-2 first leg drubbing; How will Liverpool perform? Who will be blamed this time ?

The 7-2 loss was absolutely a disaster for Liverpool. It shocked the people from all around the world.    This is the revenge time I think. They can't make up an excuse about van Dijk's not still playing. They have all of their players who are very effective on scoring. And this is one of the very important matches in the race for the 4th position. They should win this at any cost.

[abderrazak belkhir]

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Liverpool face Aston Villa this weekend after a 7-2 first leg drubbing; How will Liverpool perform? Who will be blamed this time ?

The 7-2 loss was absolutely a disaster for Liverpool. It shocked the people from all around the world.    This is the revenge time I think. They can't make up an excuse about van Dijk's not still playing. They have all of their players who are very effective on scoring. And this is one of the very important matches in the race for the 4th position. They should win this at any cost.

Yep that was a real nightmare...liverpool players was very bad on the pitch and the big problem is that the opponent wasnt bayern but just aston villa...i think players must honor the name of Liverpool by making a good revenge

[GbitG]

The whole problem this season for Liverpool is that Van Dijk is not playing. it is a big mess in their defense every game.

Van Dijk is a key player in the defence line and his absence among other players made Liverpool looks miserable in different leagues. Klopp mission right now is to join CL (or EL) next time.. maybe.

Van Dijk is really key player for them but after extraordinary season they completely fail in this season, and now they are facing very tough time as they are looking for spot in Champions League or Europa League Klop need to change tactics for next season if he wants to do some good because now they are going to be more tough time for them in next season as few teams already on improving side and have enough things for fighting and bringing shocking results.

[Coyster]

I'm still waiting for Adama Traore to score a goal this season. Amazing really, with that speed and strength - 0 goals in over 2000 league minutes.

Adama Traore is yet to ever convince me that he's a quality player, he's unarguably big, strong and fast, but that's all he's got imo, and he doesn't really use it to produce much for his team as his creativity in the final third of the pitch is really poor, Adama is an average (prolly even below average) player if you ask me.

Just 2 assists as well, so a goal contribution every 1000 minutes - 1 in 11 games. I really don't understand why is he still playing in their first 11 and how is it possible that he's worth like 50 mil.€.

Is Adama really worth that amount? I can't imagine any team signing a player that has contributed so little down the years for that much, if that's the price tag wolves has set for Traore, then they must reduce it or else they'll scare away any team from signing him.

[leea-1334]

I'm still waiting for Adama Traore to score a goal this season. Amazing really, with that speed and strength - 0 goals in over 2000 league minutes.

Just 2 assists as well, so a goal contribution every 1000 minutes - 1 in 11 games. I really don't understand why is he still playing in their first 11 and how is it possible that he's worth like 50 mil.€.

A few matches ago he had zero assists as well,,, the 2 ones only came in the past few matches. I know contributions are much more than that but he really has to do better at least in Europe where they were challenging at some point. Not his fault he was hyped a lot though, he was super last season:)

[cryptofrka]

Adama Traore is really a beast of speed. He deserves to have more score but I guess The Wolf is really weak by now. It is hard for him to carry such team. In the next few matches, I assume Nuno will declare some new change so as to boost the current performance of the whole squad.

If Wolves keeps losing like that, Adama should consider moving to another team for better environment and trophies

To a better team? The guy is utter shite, a truly horrible player. He should have been a NFL receiver, all he can do is run.

He should be playing in a worse team than Wolves, he's not carrying anybody, it's them carrying him waiting for him to not mess up literally every chance he gets. Trophies? The only one he can get is for spending the most oil per game.

A few matches ago he had zero assists as well,,, the 2 ones only came in the past few matches. I know contributions are much more than that but he really has to do better at least in Europe where they were challenging at some point. Not his fault he was hyped a lot though, he was super last season:)

I agree it's not his problem he's overhyped, they will probably sell him for quite a bit of money because he forces one full back to stay back - otherwise he'll use open space. But his ball control is awful, his finishing is nonexistent and his decision making is on a level of a sunday league player. He's lucky he's fast, otherwise he'd be paying somebody else to be playing football.

[oHnK]

Adama Traore is really a beast of speed. He deserves to have more score but I guess The Wolf is really weak by now. It is hard for him to carry such team. In the next few matches, I assume Nuno will declare some new change so as to boost the current performance of the whole squad.

If Wolves keeps losing like that, Adama should consider moving to another team for better environment and trophies

To a better team? The guy is utter shite, a truly horrible player. He should have been a NFL receiver, all he can do is run.

He should be playing in a worse team than Wolves, he's not carrying anybody, it's them carrying him waiting for him to not mess up literally every chance he gets. Trophies? The only one he can get is for spending the most oil per game.

It's true, Adama isn't that valuable to be on another team.  Because the running speed he has is not collaborated with skills in his soccer game.  He was fortunate with that excess of speed but other players could easily cut his path because his skills were not good enough in the game's tactics.  However, you should admit that this time he was much better than before.  And the Barca coach has acknowledged that.  He developed more steadily.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I'm still waiting for Adama Traore to score a goal this season. Amazing really, with that speed and strength - 0 goals in over 2000 league minutes.

Just 2 assists as well, so a goal contribution every 1000 minutes - 1 in 11 games. I really don't understand why is he still playing in their first 11 and how is it possible that he's worth like 50 mil.€.

He got 4 goals and 9 assists in the last season of the EPL and got 1 goal and 1 assist before that one. He is not a very stable player and I also wonder how he is worth 35m euros now. He is really fast but not very good at the other things.

[fullhdpixel]

I'm still waiting for Adama Traore to score a goal this season. Amazing really, with that speed and strength - 0 goals in over 2000 league minutes.

Just 2 assists as well, so a goal contribution every 1000 minutes - 1 in 11 games. I really don't understand why is he still playing in their first 11 and how is it possible that he's worth like 50 mil.€.

A few matches ago he had zero assists as well,,, the 2 ones only came in the past few matches. I know contributions are much more than that but he really has to do better at least in Europe where they were challenging at some point. Not his fault he was hyped a lot though, he was super last season:)

It is a bit of his fault but it is a bit of teams fault as well. When there is a good player that plays well but the team doesn't play well that means he could be doing all sorts of things and he may still not have the numbers to show for it, I am not saying that is what Adama is going through but he could have been better if he played in a much better team that is for sure.

He is a good player but he is not really that amazing with his footwork, he is super strong and he is incredibly fast and those things allow him to be great as well, but when it comes to the last move, either an assist or a goal that makes it harder when you do not have the footwork of some other players that have the high numbers. It is still weird that he doesn't have a goal, but it would have made sense if he had just few because he is not known for his scoring abilities anyway.

[hydra666]

I'm still waiting for Adama Traore to score a goal this season. Amazing really, with that speed and strength - 0 goals in over 2000 league minutes.

Just 2 assists as well, so a goal contribution every 1000 minutes - 1 in 11 games. I really don't understand why is he still playing in their first 11 and how is it possible that he's worth like 50 mil.€.

He got 4 goals and 9 assists in the last season of the EPL and got 1 goal and 1 assist before that one. He is not a very stable player and I also wonder how he is worth 35m euros now. He is really fast but not very good at the other things.

Yeah, he's like the player you bought cheaply in football manager because of his Stamina, Speed and Pace are above 18 but the rest of the stats was below 11

[abderrazak belkhir]

I'm still waiting for Adama Traore to score a goal this season. Amazing really, with that speed and strength - 0 goals in over 2000 league minutes.

Just 2 assists as well, so a goal contribution every 1000 minutes - 1 in 11 games. I really don't understand why is he still playing in their first 11 and how is it possible that he's worth like 50 mil.€.

He got 4 goals and 9 assists in the last season of the EPL and got 1 goal and 1 assist before that one. He is not a very stable player and I also wonder how he is worth 35m euros now. He is really fast but not very good at the other things.

In football there are always some players that they didnt do many things in the pitch but they still playing and this is what we cant understand as football fans...maybe there is somthing inside those players that only managers can see because there is some dettails in football that only managers can take it in consideration

[cryptofrka]

In football there are always some players that they didnt do many things in the pitch but they still playing and this is what we cant understand as football fans...maybe there is somthing inside those players that only managers can see because there is some dettails in football that only managers can take it in consideration

Tactically it forces the other team to have its fullback play more defensively to block that space Traore can use with his pace and strength.

It's not an uncommon tactic, the thing is that usually these kind of players end up scoring a lot of goals and creating a lot of chances. Traore gets into these positions a lot as well, but his decision making is so poor in these situations so he ruins them all.

A really frustrating player to watch if you are his manager. He has the potential to give you something extra, you are relying on it game after game, yet it never happens.