Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[3meek]

Newcastle is far better compared with liverpool this season. The come from arabian billionaire to acquire newcastle has been giving very big impact to the club. Eddie howe win top manager for this month caused by all of his transfers were successfull. That's good to see that players from newcastle being considered by their countries to participated in the world cup. Just hope that they can play well for their nations.

I don't think Newcastle are better than Liverpool this season. Yes, it is true that they are better classified, but it is also true that Liverpool beat Newcastle, in the game they already played. I'm not saying that Newcastle have bad players or a bad team, on the contrary, they make a good group of work. Liverpool's problem was having been affected with several injuries at the beginning of the season and this ended up destabilizing the team, ending up with a series of less successful results.

The question now is to see if Arsenal, Newcastle and Tottenham will be able to keep up the good rhythm, as they have until now, after the World Cup. I mentioned these three teams, because they are the teams that weren't expecting much at the beginning of the season to see them so high up in the league table.

liverpool is better than Newcastle United but Newcastle United performance is better than Liverpool. If we equate these two teams in the quality of players, of course Liverpool has more advantages because the Liverpool squad is filled with star players. Therefore for this season we only look at the quality of the teams from the standings. I don't have to admit who is the best at guarding  consistent in every match but that has been proven by every victory won by newcastle united. Maybe after the league resumes after the world cup is over and we will see a change in the rankings in the standings for this season as some teams will come back to strengthen the squad by bringing in some players in the winter.

Newcastle have shown class this season and are better than Chelsea, Man U or Liverpool... That said all three of those clubs are in trouble at the moment... As for Liverpool, I was saying even before the season started that they could face serious problems due to Sadio Mane leaving the club... It was the same with Real Madrid when Ronaldo left, then Barcelona when Messi left... Now Liverpool are facing such a crisis...

[Oluwa-btc]

I wonder what kind of Manchester United we will see after the World Cup ends. It feels like things won't change too much about them unless they make some new signings in January. But they need to make these transfers carefully like for the needed positions. They like to spend a lot of money on unnecessary players as well so I'm not sure about them in transfer windows.

However ten Hag will also need to do something to help this team improve their productivity in goals. Otherwise they will continue to have an inconsistent form in the league.

Manchester United are not in a very bad shape at the moment but they still need to improve and to achieve that they need to recruit and bring in fresh legs to strengthen the team and boost their confidence this time around. I am hopeful we will see better signings this time and not the Normal big spending on players who will not help or promote the development of the team. It seems like Ten Hag knows exactly what he is doing so lets sit back and let him do his job.

Velvet was right about Manchester United making unnecessary moves for unnecessary player's spending big on such players is something I hate as Fvck. Yeah, Manchester United are not doing too bad but we should be able to be very precise in the final third and also when it comes to scoring goals. Erik Ten Hag will get sacked in the future if he depends on Marcus Rashford, he has to bring someone else since Antonio Martial is also not in a good form.

The midfielder's seem to be quite cool, although I think we need some players and they need to score more goals and help the attack.
I'm defense, I'm still not okay with Harry Maguire, he should be sold if they are open for selling him.

[hd49728]

Newcastle have shown class this season and are better than Chelsea, Man U or Liverpool... That said all three of those clubs are in trouble at the moment... As for Liverpool, I was saying even before the season started that they could face serious problems due to Sadio Mane leaving the club... It was the same with Real Madrid when Ronaldo left, then Barcelona when Messi left... Now Liverpool are facing such a crisis...

We knew about the ownership change and big budget for transfers in Newcastle since the past season. It seems after having a half of past season as preparation, Newcastle actually become stronger in this season and they are ready to challenge other clubs for a top-4 position. With their finance background, they will be stronger than Leicester City a lot.

If Newcastle succeed to maintain their challenging ability, they will make Premier League more exciting because now, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool will have one more strong competitor together with previous ones like Tottenham and Manchester United. It means at least 6 clubs will fight for only four top positions.

[maju69]

I wonder what kind of Manchester United we will see after the World Cup ends. It feels like things won't change too much about them unless they make some new signings in January. But they need to make these transfers carefully like for the needed positions. They like to spend a lot of money on unnecessary players as well so I'm not sure about them in transfer windows.

However ten Hag will also need to do something to help this team improve their productivity in goals. Otherwise they will continue to have an inconsistent form in the league.

I don't know why people are worried and thinking that after the world cup game players will change in their performance. . I believe whether world cup or no world cup changes in performance can occur in a team at anytime, I don't think world cup game is a good excuse for teams to perform poor.  World Cup game is an opportunity to build up the skills in players. Manchester United  are not doing bad in performance,  they still have good players but they need to improve more.

Maybe what is meant by the World Cup holiday will affect the team's performance. This is just like the league at the end of the season, at the start of the season there were many even significant changes from several teams. Perhaps the turnover of players was one of the reasons, but now it also coincides with the winter transfer window where there will be players coming and going. This is normal when entering a competition holiday.

[Pulsar77]

Velvet was right about Manchester United making unnecessary moves for unnecessary player's spending big on such players is something I hate as Fvck.

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I totally agree about this topic. Harry Maguire is the best example for this. Manchester United signed him for an insane amount of money - €87m. There was even a statement from Leicester side about this transfer which was quite funny as far as I remember. The statement must be like Leicester just tried them by demanding a very high price for him when Manchester United asked for him. Manchester United just said okay to that number and they finished the deal like that. Leicester side was shocked and so happy to sell Maguire for a huge amount.

Later on, Maguire was one of the architects of Manchester United's horrible run in the last season. If it weren't for De Gea's many incredible saves they could have finished the season in an even worse condition.

[fachant]

Newcastle have shown class this season and are better than Chelsea, Man U or Liverpool... That said all three of those clubs are in trouble at the moment... As for Liverpool, I was saying even before the season started that they could face serious problems due to Sadio Mane leaving the club... It was the same with Real Madrid when Ronaldo left, then Barcelona when Messi left... Now Liverpool are facing such a crisis...

We knew about the ownership change and big budget for transfers in Newcastle since the past season. It seems after having a half of past season as preparation, Newcastle actually become stronger in this season and they are ready to challenge other clubs for a top-4 position. With their finance background, they will be stronger than Leicester City a lot.

If Newcastle succeed to maintain their challenging ability, they will make Premier League more exciting because now, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool will have one more strong competitor together with previous ones like Tottenham and Manchester United. It means at least 6 clubs will fight for only four top positions.

Manchester City is undoubtedly a strong team. They have many high quality players in their team, who are taking the team forward. However, I have been seeing some deterioration in Manchester City's performance for some time now, which is very bad for the team. Hopefully they will show the same performance as in the beginning.

[skarais]

I don't know why people are worried and thinking that after the world cup game players will change in their performance. . I believe whether world cup or no world cup changes in performance can occur in a team at anytime, I don't think world cup game is a good excuse for teams to perform poor.  World Cup game is an opportunity to build up the skills in players. Manchester United  are not doing bad in performance,  they still have good players but they need to improve more.

It could be that a player's decline in performance is caused by things other than their participation during the World Cup, this could mean that the player is not controlling his diet or physical fitness during the holidays. The fact that not all the players will be involved in the World Cup will allow them to be a bit less in control.

The question is, have you ever heard that a player is no longer at his best after a break or vacation due to weight gain? This will probably answer your questions and doubts.

[hahay]

liverpool is better than Newcastle United but Newcastle United performance is better than Liverpool. If we equate these two teams in the quality of players, of course Liverpool has more advantages because the Liverpool squad is filled with star players. Therefore for this season we only look at the quality of the teams from the standings. I don't have to admit who is the best at guarding  consistent in every match but that has been proven by every victory won by newcastle united. Maybe after the league resumes after the world cup is over and we will see a change in the rankings in the standings for this season as some teams will come back to strengthen the squad by bringing in some players in the winter.

I heard that not many teams will buy new players in the upcoming transfer market the reason is because the players are still under contract
Including Liverpool and Manchester United they will wait until next season, after all Newcastle have proven that they can compete without star players.

As long as the team who interested with player will be trying to pay what already offered by the club and then it will not be a big problem. The problem is so many big teams are aiming for the same players. This will make the competition become very difficult.
The team like MU and chelsea have been targeting the same striker from napoli. I think that newcastle must be included in an exception here caused by newcastle have bought around 9 players last year.
Some of them have a very big price and being considered as a great player too. The problem is media didn't wanna interested to put their attention into the medium club like newcastle.

As time goes on Newcastle is no longer a medium team and also, I believe in the near future there will be a lot of media interested in Newcastle because they have improved fast. Concerning the player's interest is not a big problem, because even if a player is still under contract with the club. But if there is a club that is interested in him and is willing to pay for it, then of course the player will still leave.
because so far there seems to be no rule that only allows a club to buy a player if the contract has expired, with no such rule then of course every time the transfer window opens there will always be many clubs selling and buying players.

Although indeed, sometimes there are some teams that don't really take advantage of this opportunity to sell and also buy.
As it may be, these teams prefer to stabilize the club's finances by not spending too much money. An example is Leicester, they only brought in two new players in the transfer market yesterday and one player returned from a loan period.

[wmaurik]

Manchester City is undoubtedly a strong team. They have many high quality players in their team, who are taking the team forward. However, I have been seeing some deterioration in Manchester City's performance for some time now, which is very bad for the team. Hopefully they will show the same performance as in the beginning.

In general, Manchester City has not left far behind rivals Arsenal this season, because the opportunity for Manchester City to snatch the first position from Arsenal is still very much. After all, Manchester City also still has more ability to make it happen in the second half of this season or after the world cup is over, although it will not be easy for Manchester City because the competition this season already looks different from last season.

[Coyster]

Manchester City is undoubtedly a strong team. They have many high quality players in their team, who are taking the team forward. However, I have been seeing some deterioration in Manchester City's performance for some time now, which is very bad for the team. Hopefully they will show the same performance as in the beginning.

Tbh i've been seeing that too since the start of the season, luckily for the Etihad club many people/fans aren't seeing it, and i think it is because Erling Haaland has had an unbelievable start to life at the Etihad, and thus his brilliance in front of goal has somewhat overshadowed City's deteriorating performances, they have struggled to win games, both in the EPL and in the CL, and they have won quite some games from losing position, it is all of these that makes me believe that Arsenal actually do have a really big chance of being Premier League champions of this season. If City return to action after the WC and there is no improvement in how they play, then i'm afraid Arteta's men will win the title.

[onecall123]

I wonder what kind of Manchester United we will see after the World Cup ends. It feels like things won't change too much about them unless they make some new signings in January. But they need to make these transfers carefully like for the needed positions. They like to spend a lot of money on unnecessary players as well so I'm not sure about them in transfer windows.

However ten Hag will also need to do something to help this team improve their productivity in goals. Otherwise they will continue to have an inconsistent form in the league.

Manchester United are not in a very bad shape at the moment but they still need to improve and to achieve that they need to recruit and bring in fresh legs to strengthen the team and boost their confidence this time around. I am hopeful we will see better signings this time and not the Normal big spending on players who will not help or promote the development of the team. It seems like Ten Hag knows exactly what he is doing so lets sit back and let him do his job.

Yes, progress is what we're looking for, and we're seeing it. In order to succeed, the manager and the club are in need of good results. In recent weeks, Manchester United has produced some good performances, so Ten Hag hopes that form continues. Man United team are at top 5 position because of a good decision taken by Ten Hag, but there may be some controversy over Ten Hag's decisions taken. Man United gives him full freedom and does not put any pressure on him as a manager.

[alpamar99]

Most likely changes will occur but they won't be too significant, especially for positions 1 and 2 because indeed I am so sure now that if Haaland doesn't have any significant problems in the second half of the season he will be the top scorer for this season because his performance is now so hard to stop to score goals.

There maybe changes in the list of the top scorers in the English Premier League but the changes would not be that significant as you said. We expect to see Haaland remain at the top, Harry Kane remain in his position while the likes of Salah and Trossard or Almiron could join the list. Initially I didn't expect both Haaland and Nunez to make the list but Haaland was very quick to prove me wrong. Nunez may also improve by next year.

At the moment it's just a matter of seeing Haaland's condition whether he can still maintain his fitness or not due to the problem he is prevented from scoring goals, that's all I think. Last season when he was at Dortmund he had a lot of problems with his body and now at Manchester City there are several times he has had these problems too.
I also thought at first Nunez would do something good but until now week 14 his performance hasn't looked good and Salah still has a bit of a problem with his instincts.

[Xxmodded]

In general, Manchester City has not left far behind rivals Arsenal this season, because the opportunity for Manchester City to snatch the first position from Arsenal is still very much. After all, Manchester City also still has more ability to make it happen in the second half of this season or after the world cup is over, although it will not be easy for Manchester City because the competition this season already looks different from last season.

Generally, Manchester City have bigger opportunity in this season managed first standing position trough 5 points left right now with Arsenal and still have 24 matches later. Bad habit with Arsenal inconsistency above second half season matchday I think Manchester City is still most favorite team to get Primer League trophy in this season. Not drastically different last season or this season because Manchester City still dominance with last season player and added Haaland make City more superior with most team goals scoring until 14 matches.

But I little doubt with Haaland performance after World Cup over keep consistent or not based on his national team not participant on World Cup, actually one month later without any competition yet Haaland need take care with his performance.

[Velvet78]

Anything is actually possible in the Premier League. This season has decided to come with surprises. But i am pretty sure Liverpool becoming Champions at the end of the season will no be part of the surprise anyways finishing third will be a fair effort considering how the struggled in their early games but still it is not feasible to them considering Arsenal who is 15 points ahead of them, ManCity 10 points ahead and Newcastle 8 points. The should aim for the league Champion that way they might succeed in finding a place in the top 4. Even in the top 4 the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea are also battling hard to replace Tottenham in their current standing it is really good the top clubs started quite bad this season this will bring more competition to the league because this will be  a true test of who deserves the top 4 most and who is more qualified for the league championship.

I agree that everything is possible here. Manchester City made an incredible comeback in one of the seasons back in the day. They started really horrible and caused a huge gap between the leader and themselves. But Guardiola managed to make his players fully concentrated again annd they became even the champions comfortably after a huge run.

I don't know if we can see the same mental from Liverpool. Klopp is another special manager that's for certain. But we will see how Liverpool react to their condition from now on.

[Fesatmas]

Anything is actually possible in the Premier League. This season has decided to come with surprises. But i am pretty sure Liverpool becoming Champions at the end of the season will no be part of the surprise anyways finishing third will be a fair effort considering how the struggled in their early games but still it is not feasible to them considering Arsenal who is 15 points ahead of them, ManCity 10 points ahead and Newcastle 8 points. The should aim for the league Champion that way they might succeed in finding a place in the top 4. Even in the top 4 the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea are also battling hard to replace Tottenham in their current standing it is really good the top clubs started quite bad this season this will bring more competition to the league because this will be  a true test of who deserves the top 4 most and who is more qualified for the league championship.

I agree that everything is possible here. Manchester City made an incredible comeback in one of the seasons back in the day. They started really horrible and caused a huge gap between the leader and themselves. But Guardiola managed to make his players fully concentrated again annd they became even the champions comfortably after a huge run.

I don't know if we can see the same mental from Liverpool. Klopp is another special manager that's for certain. But we will see how Liverpool react to their condition from now on.

The answer lies in their performance, if they have the motivation to make a comeback then they will be able to do it, but if their mentality deteriorates after what they've got so far then they'll be even worse for the rest of the season. Jurgen Klopp is without a doubt an extraordinary coach, but of course a bad result doesn't matter who the coach is, and it can happen to any team other than Liverpool. Let's wait and see what they can do to be in the best ranking with the remaining games this season.

[Strongkored]

But I little doubt with Haaland performance after World Cup over keep consistent or not based on his national team not participant on World Cup, actually one month later without any competition yet Haaland need take care with his performance.

I'm actually see he is benefited because his country's national team  not playing in the World Cup, at least he can rest a bit from the tight competition and be fresher when the league returns to competition and also away from the injuries he might experience if he plays in the WC considering he will be a targeted player for guarded not to score a goal.

[arimamib]

I don't know why people are worried and thinking that after the world cup game players will change in their performance. . I believe whether world cup or no world cup changes in performance can occur in a team at anytime, I don't think world cup game is a good excuse for teams to perform poor.  World Cup game is an opportunity to build up the skills in players. Manchester United  are not doing bad in performance,  they still have good players but they need to improve more.

It could be that a player's decline in performance is caused by things other than their participation during the World Cup, this could mean that the player is not controlling his diet or physical fitness during the holidays. The fact that not all the players will be involved in the World Cup will allow them to be a bit less in control.

The question is, have you ever heard that a player is no longer at his best after a break or vacation due to weight gain? This will probably answer your questions and doubts.

Decreased player performance can also be caused by injury, there are several cases after a player is injured and cannot return to his best performance. Players who don't participate in the world cup can still control, they can do regular exercises during breaks to maintain their physical fitness.
Not all players who play in big teams like Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea are called up by the national team. Those who are excluded from the national team can still do something that can maintain their performance. During the break they will continue to do training with other players, the coach has a responsibility to keep his players disciplined and carry out routine activities with the club.

Professional players will always maintain a special diet and exercise during the holidays to maintain their weight, they will do anything to keep their performance always in the best condition.
Very rarely is there a case like your question, they will not do something that could destroy their career.
Concerns about the decline in player performance after the break are unfounded, i never thought it would happen. All players will continue to do things that can improve their performance during the world cup break.

[posi]

Even though Manchester City is currently in second place under Arsenal, there is still the potential to get first place again. They have strength that only relies on Erling Haaland and many teams already know his strategy. At least Manchester City has a new striker with the same skills as Erling Haaland. and can work well together so that when the opponent is focused on Erling Haaland there are still other attackers who are ready to make the opposing team lose.

The Arsenal team also has other strikers besides those they have relied on so far and when opponents only focus on strikers who have been productive in scoring goals at the start of this season, Arsenal players can still score goals against opponents with other strikers as well. This means that such a strategy is easier to read by each opponent at this point and is no longer a new strategy for the team.

There is a benefit to not going to world cup, but there is a trouble for it at the same time, so you have to weight the pros and cons of it. If you consider the lost fatigue and all that into the play, Haaland will relax and rest during this period while everyone else will get either tired, or maybe even get injured, which is a great benefit to Haaland.
But at the same time, all those players will be playing in the game and that’s good because they will be ready, whereas Haaland would be missing games, and it may take a while before he gets back to match shape. If Haaland could just keep his shape up during this break, then he could keep on scoring a lot when the league resumes.

I think that Erling Haaland has a great physique, and it is not going to be very hard for him to stay in shape. But the problem is he will not be playing in any competition at all. That again sometime causes problems. We are just overthinking this situation though. I think he will be okay. He will probably need one or two matches to get in his rhythm. Other than that if he can keep his shape and stay healthy I don’t think he is going to face too many problems when the club competition resumes.

[Dewi Aries]

In general, Manchester City has not left far behind rivals Arsenal this season, because the opportunity for Manchester City to snatch the first position from Arsenal is still very much. After all, Manchester City also still has more ability to make it happen in the second half of this season or after the world cup is over, although it will not be easy for Manchester City because the competition this season already looks different from last season.

Generally, Manchester City have bigger opportunity in this season managed first standing position trough 5 points left right now with Arsenal and still have 24 matches later. Bad habit with Arsenal inconsistency above second half season matchday I think Manchester City is still most favorite team to get Primer League trophy in this season. Not drastically different last season or this season because Manchester City still dominance with last season player and added Haaland make City more superior with most team goals scoring until 14 matches.

I understand what you're saying, I also watch Arsenal every season they have a bad habit mid-season between the start of the season or the last season this habit still happened last season when Arsenal was perched in the relegation zone. We will wait this season whether Arsenal will repeat the same mistake.

[Google+]

liverpool is better than Newcastle United but Newcastle United performance is better than Liverpool. If we equate these two teams in the quality of players, of course Liverpool has more advantages because the Liverpool squad is filled with star players. Therefore for this season we only look at the quality of the teams from the standings. I don't have to admit who is the best at guarding  consistent in every match but that has been proven by every victory won by newcastle united. Maybe after the league resumes after the world cup is over and we will see a change in the rankings in the standings for this season as some teams will come back to strengthen the squad by bringing in some players in the winter.

I heard that not many teams will buy new players in the upcoming transfer market the reason is because the players are still under contract
Including Liverpool and Manchester United they will wait until next season, after all Newcastle have proven that they can compete without star players.

indeed the issue of transfers is currently not hot enough and most of the news circulating at this time still cannot be guaranteed to become a reality when the transfers window is opened. newcastle united recently i saw them linked with a few players from different leagues so you might be able to read about it here
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-receive-first-january-25533218

apart from that, manchester united needs to look for a younger and better quality sticker in this winter window because manchester united front line really needs an overhaul and that has been thought of by erik ten hag, one of the players linked is osimhen.