Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Uruhara]

Many people believe that Haaland is better than Benzema, Mbappe, Ronaldo, and Messi today, but I make it clear to them that even if Haaland plays for another five years, he won't be able to match what these players have already accomplished because all of these players create opportunities for themselves to score goals; they don't always rely on others.
Let's take a look at the season's conclusion. Did Haaland, by any way, score a goal at the end of this season ? Comparing Haaland to the other top players is not wise in my opinion because he didn't have many assists once more and finding opportunities for himself is difficult for him.

Indeed, there are clear comparisons between Haaland and football legends such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. Look at CR7 and Messi when he was young. They carried the ball and beat a lot of defenders very comfortably and scored goals. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo even they are always closely guarded by opponents in every match but as you said, these legendary star players are always able to open gaps for opponents and are good at positioning themselves that are always unexpected by opponents. Whereas Haaland, when he was heavily guarded, seemed unable to move much at all. contribution even became very minimal. Fortunately Man City has many reliable players. so that when Haaland is blocked there are still others. I think Mbappe is probably the closest to CR7 and Messi.

[CryptocurencyKing]

Chelsea are heading to a place that I don't want them to go at all in this transfer window, is as if they're just going for the money than the players who would make the club come back to those glorious days. I just wish after letting some of these players go, that they'd get back there replacement and start working on how to get the team together.
 As the whole drama is going on at Chelsea I feel is the owner who's pulling the strings and is not helping the coach at all, let the current manager to do his thing and let Todd do the prayer for positive results, that's all he needs to do. To me I feel Pochettino will do something better than his predecessors.

I feel the players leaving aren’t feeling comfortable in Chelsea anymore. They’ve been been showing reluctance to signing a new contract if they were to stay at Chelsea. So it’s better to cash in on them now than allow them run their contract down and leave for free. So I guess the Chelsea want to take a financial hit on all the players heading for the exit. But the overriding priority is clearing the decks and the first batch of outgoings will help them meet that target. They are trying to rebuild with the new set of players. Hopefully they’ll find a balance and complete for titles very soon.

[makishart]

Kante will be going to the saudi pro league but all of his memories in premier league will be there forever. That's why EPL has been officially releasing a great motivational video about kante.
It's an untold story of kante

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtRyVK4vIIc&ab_channel=PremierLeague

EPL puts a lot of respect of him since kante was very motivational for all the people. He comes from a poor famility and trying so hard to develop himself to be a professional player like this time. Many people will never forgot him.
He has been telling us about never give up in your life. Your hard work will be paid later.

[Unknown Op]

Chelsea are heading to a place that I don't want them to go at all in this transfer window, is as if they're just going for the money than the players who would make the club come back to those glorious days. I just wish after letting some of these players go, that they'd get back there replacement and start working on how to get the team together.
 As the whole drama is going on at Chelsea I feel is the owner who's pulling the strings and is not helping the coach at all, let the current manager to do his thing and let Todd do the prayer for positive results, that's all he needs to do. To me I feel Pochettino will do something better than his predecessors.

I feel the players leaving aren’t feeling comfortable in Chelsea anymore. They’ve been been showing reluctance to signing a new contract if they were to stay at Chelsea. So it’s better to cash in on them now than allow them run their contract down and leave for free. So I guess the Chelsea want to take a financial hit on all the players heading for the exit. But the overriding priority is clearing the decks and the first batch of outgoings will help them meet that target. They are trying to rebuild with the new set of players. Hopefully they’ll find a balance and complete for titles very soon.

The shifting dynamics inside Chelsea player roster appear to be a sign of unease among some people. They are reluctant to sign new contracts as a result of this anxiety which leads the club to think of making money off of their skills before they leave for free. Chelsea main goal is to streamline the roster and make room for new player notwithstanding the possibility that this choice would cost them money. This objective will be accomplished with the help of the initial wave of departures enabling the club to start the rebuilding process. Chelsea hopes to achieve a delicate mix between promise and experience through cautious recruitment eventually placing themselves as serious challengers for major honours in the near future.

[RaltcoinsB]

With a squad like Manchester City, Nunez might have scored a lot of goals. Not to say that the Liverpool squad is weak. However, since Sadio Mane left the team, Liverpool's performance has completely collapsed. And their performance was very erratic. Because of this, the team has not consistently performed better than Nunez. However, in the last few games of the season, Liverpool played very well and their performance was stable. Therefore, it is expected that Liverpool's performance will not be irregular in the next season. At the same time, Nunez will be able to score a lot of goals if he gets enough support from his teammates.

I too think Liverpool performance has dwindled after the departure of Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich and they haven’t quite recovered fully enough from it although we can’t actually classify them as a weak team. I still believe Darwin Nunez still has a role to play at Liverpool and perhaps doesn’t get enough support from his teammates like you noted.
With a squad like Manchester City, I believe Nunez would definitely have scored much more then he did. Nevertheless, the next season would probably be better for the lad and in general for the club if they could maintain some sort of consistency in their performances.

Liverpool started making more individual mistakes. Simple and avoidable mistakes that should not ever happen on that level, but when I watched Liverpool games they were also out of this craving for success that you usually could see in their faces. Sometimes even Klopp seemed to be puzzled about the mistakes that his players made. As if they were tired and drained. When they conceded a goal some years ago it almost meant nothing. Everyone knew that they will turn it around with every second that is left and so often they did it, but this has been a different Liverpool for some time now. I wish we get the old Liverpool back soon.

Well a bad season needed to happen. This is a really high level and is impossible to stay on it for a few years. Only team that was able to play really good all this years was Man City. But i see Liverpool next season in top 3 and i think Klopp can make that happen. They showed this season they can play really good and really bad . I think next season will be much different then this one

Liverpool is one the top clubs and it is their duty to be good, since they are one of the top clubs the up and coming ones are looking up to, they played well in the just concluded season, atleast, ending the session in the fifth position is not an easy feet, but yet they did it, though i can not hide the fact that I expected better from them, but then like you said, a bad season always happens in one way or the other, even to top clubs, because that is all that there is about sports, I bet everyone would agree with me that the game would become super boring if it becomes just one club winning in every season.

A year ago, there was a magnificent championship race between him and Manchester City. Based on this, I was seeing Liverpool as a championship candidate this year, but I have to say that I was wrong. Liverpool's place is one of the top four places in the league. fifth should not be accepted. I don't think a team that won a championship race a year ago should not be relegated to fifth place in a year. I hope next year will be different and we will see them again in the title race.

[RockBell]

But what makes Haaland always able to score goals is that he is good at opening gaps for opponents and placing himself in positions that are indeed very easy for his colleagues to pass the ball or provide Assists to Haaland. at least that's what happened from the start of last season to midway through. but from the middle of the season to the end of the season we could see Haaland struggling to create chances for himself. because he continues to be closely guarded by every opponent who faces Manchester City. But luckily Manchester City have another great striker who can replace Haaland in scoring lots of goals.

When the Premier League first began, Haaland drew a lot of attention, scoring good goals and providing nice assists, and the other opponents saw Haaland as a big threat and tried everything they could to contain him, forgetting that there are other magnificent players like De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva, and one thing I always admire about Manchester City is that all of their players are capable of scoring goals.

Yes, he’s quite good at opening up and placing himself in really nice positions that are really easy for his teammates to locate and let him have the ball to do what he’s good at which is scoring goals. And Manchester City, luckily for them doesn’t rely on him nor any single player to score goals or they would have been in a fix.
I think he’s better at opening up for passes or assists than trying to create opportunities for himself but luckily for him, he has good teammates capable of creating opportunities and scoring goals as well with and without his presence on the field.

Haaland is a fantastic player, but he can also be prone to looking for scoring opportunities on his own. Now that he is aware that his position is always guided up, he uses this knowledge to open up more opportunities for his teammates. Relying on him to score puts the team's performance at risk because he will be the only focal point. This is one quality that I continue to admire about Guardiola: all of his players are proficient goal scorers.

[Iroh]

Many people believe that Haaland is better than Benzema, Mbappe, Ronaldo, and Messi today, but I make it clear to them that even if Haaland plays for another five years, he won't be able to match what these players have already accomplished because all of these players create opportunities for themselves to score goals; they don't always rely on others.

Those people have a right to their opinions no matter how weird it may seem. In my own opinion, Haaland currently is nothing compared to Mbappe. While Mbappe himself being in top form can’t be placed on the same league as Messi or Ronaldo.

Personally, I don’t even believe Haaland could ever play better than Messi although that remains to be seen. Messi and Ronaldo have had a very successful career scoring goals as well as creating chances for other to score. Let’s see Haaland top that

[Hvdv]

Many people believe that Haaland is better than Benzema, Mbappe, Ronaldo, and Messi today, but I make it clear to them that even if Haaland plays for another five years, he won't be able to match what these players have already accomplished because all of these players create opportunities for themselves to score goals; they don't always rely on others.

Those people have a right to their opinions no matter how weird it may seem. In my own opinion, Haaland currently is nothing compared to Mbappe. While Mbappe himself being in top form can’t be placed on the same league as Messi or Ronaldo.

Personally, I don’t even believe Haaland could ever play better than Messi although that remains to be seen. Messi and Ronaldo have had a very successful career scoring goals as well as creating chances for other to score. Let’s see Haaland top that

With Messi and Ronaldo, Haaland cannot be compared. Haaland is a FW and his job is to score goals. It works wonders in the forward end and does its job properly. Messi, on the other hand, was playing as a freelancer and was doing great offensively. So did Ronaldo. They have also appeared to play the main role on the wings, but Haaland cannot play the main role on the wings. His job is to score goals at the forward end. Maybe it's fair to compare him to Lewandowski or Thierry Henry. Henry even played on the wings from time to time.

[Polkeins]

Kante will be going to the saudi pro league but all of his memories in premier league will be there forever. That's why EPL has been officially releasing a great motivational video about kante.
It's an untold story of kante

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtRyVK4vIIc&ab_channel=PremierLeague

EPL puts a lot of respect of him since kante was very motivational for all the people. He comes from a poor famility and trying so hard to develop himself to be a professional player like this time. Many people will never forgot him.
He has been telling us about never give up in your life. Your hard work will be paid later.

Kante is a great soccer player and midfielder. A unique player in some ways, because he became champion first with Leicester and then a year later with Chelsea and judging by the way Leicester then began to perform Kante's contribution in the supporting zone was huge, and there were legends and jokes about his diligence and physicality, that the oceans occupy most of the land, and the rest is covered by Kante.

One can be happy for both Kante and the Saudi league, which acquired an extremely valuable player in his prime. Kante is 32 years old and I think 2-3 more years he can play at the highest level and knowing his character, he will play at 100 percent.

[Velvet78]

It was interesting to see that there weren't many candidates to sign Tielemans recently. Aston Villa must have been quite comfortable about signing a contract with him on a free transfer. Arsenal had a serious interest in him some time ago. This was a big opportunity to sign him but it looks like they have lost their interest.

It was going to be a free transfer in the end and Tielemans can still do a decent job. Leicester's look was really bad this season maybe but I don't think Tielemans has lost so much in his skills either. But I hope he doesn't turn into Coutinho after signing for Aston Villa. But with Emery's management I want to believe Tielemans will do a pretty good work.

[BRINIRHA]

Ilkay Gundogan really seems to be leaving Manchester City this season. Man City has actually tried to defend the captain. But it seems Ilkay Gundogan wants to get a new challenge in another league. And Gundogan's goal is now clearer, namely to Laliga and more precisely based on the news I read that Gundogan seems to have agreed to leave Man City and will join Barcelona. And Gundogan seems to have met Xavi (Barcelona coach) first. And have made a deal. I think Barcelona were very lucky because they got Ilkay Gundogan. Barcelona already has many great players and with the addition of Gundogan, Barcelona will be even stronger. I hope Man City can find a replacement for Gundogan with other great players. And currently Man City itself is also hunting for many great players. and I believe Man City can always get another great player.
Sourch: Sport.detik.com

Ilkay Gundogan seems want to try new challenge with difference league, indeed Manchester City tries defend him and rumor with Arsenal interested with him but its not enough to make Ilkay Gundogan keep stay in Primer League for next season. But I don't believe with Gundogan accepted Barcelona offering because he leave Manchester City with potential winning Champion League next season and priority Barcelona not compete last two season in Champion League.

Manchester City have found replacement for Gundogan position, Kovacic have reached agreement for joining with Manchester City and looks he has more chance winning many tittle next season by joining City than stay with Chelsea.

Man City will indeed have no trouble finding a replacement for the midfield position left by Ilkay Gundogan. And it seems it is true that Mateo Kovacic will replace the position left by Gundogan.

Apart from expecting new challenges, it seems that the reason behind Ilkay Gundogan preferring Barcelona is because the contract offered by Barcelona is much better for his career. Because Man City only offered Gundogan a 1-year contract. whereas Barcelona offers a 2-year contract and an option for an additional 1 year. and also the salary provided by Barcelona is indeed greater than that offered by Barcelona.

If only Barcelona met Man City in the Champions League later. then I think it will be the most anticipated match.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

Ilkay Gundogan really seems to be leaving Manchester City this season. Man City has actually tried to defend the captain. But it seems Ilkay Gundogan wants to get a new challenge in another league. And Gundogan's goal is now clearer, namely to Laliga and more precisely based on the news I read that Gundogan seems to have agreed to leave Man City and will join Barcelona. And Gundogan seems to have met Xavi (Barcelona coach) first. And have made a deal. I think Barcelona were very lucky because they got Ilkay Gundogan. Barcelona already has many great players and with the addition of Gundogan, Barcelona will be even stronger. I hope Man City can find a replacement for Gundogan with other great players. And currently Man City itself is also hunting for many great players. and I believe Man City can always get another great player.
Sourch: Sport.detik.com

Pep Guardiola wanted Ilkay to stay in the team. But an agreement could not be reached between Ilkay and club managers. In fact, I haven't even seen an offer made to Ilkay by Manchester City club managers. But Pep and all the fans were declaring that Ilkay should stay in Manchester City. I think club managers have firm principles on such matters. Ilkay showed a good performance on the field this season. But being 32 years old, he may not have met the club's principles. Now Ilkay's performance in his new team is a matter of curiosity for me. Likewise, the performance of the Manchester City midfield is a matter of curiosity for me.

[Strongkored]

With Messi and Ronaldo, Haaland cannot be compared. Haaland is a FW and his job is to score goals. It works wonders in the forward end and does its job properly. Messi, on the other hand, was playing as a freelancer and was doing great offensively. So did Ronaldo. They have also appeared to play the main role on the wings, but Haaland cannot play the main role on the wings. His job is to score goals at the forward end. Maybe it's fair to compare him to Lewandowski or Thierry Henry. Henry even played on the wings from time to time.

Maybe comparing between players is not very appropriate, because these players have different characteristics and also as you mentioned different playing positions so that they give different results, also which club they play for is very decisive.
Haaland still has a very long career at the age of 22, he can achieve many achievements when he remains consistent, and also when he can correctly choose the club where he will have a career, because it is possible that Haaland will look for other clubs and not only in the English Premier League to get more.

[OcTradism]

Maybe comparing between players is not very appropriate, because these players have different characteristics and also as you mentioned different playing positions so that they give different results, also which club they play for is very decisive.

They are not different players but belong to different generations. 20 years are enough to have big difference in medical care, nutritious therapy, training and more support things for players. Those factors can help young players like Haaland, Mbappe have more advantages than what Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic had 20 to 25 years ago. It can help them to play better, have better physical body and have a longer play lifespan.

Haaland still has a very long career at the age of 22, he can achieve many achievements when he remains consistent, and also when he can correctly choose the club where he will have a career, because it is possible that Haaland will look for other clubs and not only in the English Premier League to get more.

Haaland is playing in a time with different tactics trend like years ago. In addition, in the last few years, we see very little outstanding defenders like generation of Ferdinand, Terry, Nesta, Maldini, Canavaro, Thuram, Puyol ... and the lack of such defenders can benefit attacking players like Haaland and Mbappe.

I believe you knew about moments when Nesta blocked Messi attacking attempts years ago when Nesta was very old and only played very last matches in his career.

[shogun47]

Maybe comparing between players is not very appropriate, because these players have different characteristics and also as you mentioned different playing positions so that they give different results, also which club they play for is very decisive.

They are not different players but belong to different generations. 20 years are enough to have big difference in medical care, nutritious therapy, training and more support things for players. Those factors can help young players like Haaland, Mbappe have more advantages than what Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic had 20 to 25 years ago. It can help them to play better, have better physical body and have a longer play lifespan.

Haaland still has a very long career at the age of 22, he can achieve many achievements when he remains consistent, and also when he can correctly choose the club where he will have a career, because it is possible that Haaland will look for other clubs and not only in the English Premier League to get more.

Haaland is playing in a time with different tactics trend like years ago. In addition, in the last few years, we see very little outstanding defenders like generation of Ferdinand, Terry, Nesta, Maldini, Canavaro, Thuram, Puyol ... and the lack of such defenders can benefit attacking players like Haaland and Mbappe.

I believe you knew about moments when Nesta blocked Messi attacking attempts years ago when Nesta was very old and only played very last matches in his career.

I agree but still Haaland is one of those strikers that are really tough to defend and if you succeed in defending him, his teammates have more space to themselves and score goals. That is what happened against Real Madrid for example. They played well against Haaland, but the rest of the team scored the goals instead in both legs. That is how these strikers still add quality to the team without actually scoring themselves.

[superman184]

Maybe comparing between players is not very appropriate, because these players have different characteristics and also as you mentioned different playing positions so that they give different results, also which club they play for is very decisive.
Haaland still has a very long career at the age of 22, he can achieve many achievements when he remains consistent, and also when he can correctly choose the club where he will have a career, because it is possible that Haaland will look for other clubs and not only in the English Premier League to get more.

This is true, it will always be inaccurate if we compare players who play in different positions and in different leagues, because the differences will be clearly visible and present in the players being compared. Especially if the team is also different with the overall strength level of the team which always varies in every season so this would not be the right thing to do.

Regarding Haaland, I also agree with what you are saying because as long as Haaland can be consistent to make his career grow. So the possibility of looking for another club is always very open for him because Haaland is already a good player and has also been seen by many teams for the performances he has shown so far.

[Jody.Drummer]

Yes, comparing these two players cannot be done, and that applies not only to these two players, but to all players. But if you have to compare then I have to see the position of these two players swapped, I mean what can Erling Haaland do if he is at Liverpool in a downturn like this season, and also what Nunez can do if he is at Manchester City who is playing very solidly , now maybe I will be able to compare the two because they are in the same position, but that is impossible to do right?

But on the other hand, I can't deny that Nunez disappointed many people who had high expectations for him. I'm not going to try to blame him because maybe that happened because of Liverpool's inconsistent condition this season.

I believe that key player injuries and inadequate player acquisitions were the most influential factors contributing to Liverpool's inconsistency this season. As a result, The Reds dropped out of the top four in the standings and failed to qualify for the next season's Champions League. Injuries to key players disrupted the team's balance, and they lacked adequate replacements. In such circumstances, Liverpool attempted to bring in backup players like Arthur from Juventus. In my opinion, their main weaknesses this season were in the midfield and forward lines. The occurrence of simultaneous player injuries left the manager with limited options and challenges in player rotation.

Perhaps this could be a valuable learning experience for Liverpool to rebuild their squad, and they must be truly astute in acquiring new players in the future. It would be futile to purchase expensive players who fail to provide significant contributions that justify their price.

I have looked at all the positions that have been at Liverpool this season playing under their form, the defenders, the forward lines, and my focus is on their midfield. Some of the players who have missed a lot this season have been in the midfield, and to be honest it really felt like Liverpool's game. When they returned, Liverpool slowly got on to their usual trajectory, although perhaps they have a lot of flaws to work on and the inconsistency still stuck with them. Jurgen Klopp was wrong in anticipating in my opinion, because he didn't realize the players he had couldn't close the gap left.

Many people believe that Haaland is better than Benzema, Mbappe, Ronaldo, and Messi today, but I make it clear to them that even if Haaland plays for another five years, he won't be able to match what these players have already accomplished because all of these players create opportunities for themselves to score goals; they don't always rely on others.

Those people have a right to their opinions no matter how weird it may seem. In my own opinion, Haaland currently is nothing compared to Mbappe. While Mbappe himself being in top form can’t be placed on the same league as Messi or Ronaldo.

Personally, I don’t even believe Haaland could ever play better than Messi although that remains to be seen. Messi and Ronaldo have had a very successful career scoring goals as well as creating chances for other to score. Let’s see Haaland top that

I agree with you that they have the right to express their opinion, even though it may be contrary to what we see and believe.
For more than a decade, Ronaldo and Messi have maintained their existence in the world of football, and the two have even managed to break the notion that many say that their time is over. I'm not going to say Erling Haaland won't last as long as Ronaldo and Messi did, but my question is will he be able to stay at his best for a long time to come? he's still young, I'm pretty sure he can develop his skills even more, but unforeseen things might happen, so I want to see how long he lasts.

[Bobrox]

Maybe comparing between players is not very appropriate, because these players have different characteristics and also as you mentioned different playing positions so that they give different results, also which club they play for is very decisive.
Haaland still has a very long career at the age of 22, he can achieve many achievements when he remains consistent, and also when he can correctly choose the club where he will have a career, because it is possible that Haaland will look for other clubs and not only in the English Premier League to get more.

Its seems fair when comparison between Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo achievement with Haaland on 22 ages, so far Haaland have ben success winning treble winner and lead top scorer in Primer League then Champion League. What the best achievement from Ronaldo and Messi when their age on 22 years old? Haaland still you age and he has man years for collecting many trophies at the future and potential for him can get more goals achievement than Ronaldo or Messi.  

Manchester City is the most lucky team after success signing Haaland and what the first season impact bring citizen won treble winner, has chance for Haaland next season score many goals again and probably winning Primer League and Champion League for next season.

[gabbie2010]

Chelsea are heading to a place that I don't want them to go at all in this transfer window, is as if they're just going for the money than the players who would make the club come back to those glorious days. I just wish after letting some of these players go, that they'd get back there replacement and start working on how to get the team together.
 As the whole drama is going on at Chelsea I feel is the owner who's pulling the strings and is not helping the coach at all, let the current manager to do his thing and let Todd do the prayer for positive results, that's all he needs to do. To me I feel Pochettino will do something better than his predecessors.

I feel the players leaving aren’t feeling comfortable in Chelsea anymore. They’ve been been showing reluctance to signing a new contract if they were to stay at Chelsea. So it’s better to cash in on them now than allow them run their contract down and leave for free. So I guess the Chelsea want to take a financial hit on all the players heading for the exit. But the overriding priority is clearing the decks and the first batch of outgoings will help them meet that target. They are trying to rebuild with the new set of players. Hopefully they’ll find a balance and complete for titles very soon.

Personally I think it's better Chelsea some of those players to leave and play elsewhere some of those players wanted to play UCL league while other players left because the juicy offers from oil rich Saudi Arabian clubs, however I think Pochettino must have been brief on the current situation of the club and he must had been aware of the players he wanted to work with in the club, the likes of Mason Mount will not be allow to leave despite Man Utd intention or bid to sign him, Tiago is still in the club his wealth of experience will help the young players in the club and other quality players like Enzo, Mudryk, it's up for Pochettino to build his own team with the present squad and his new signings.

[ampere]

It was interesting to see that there weren't many candidates to sign Tielemans recently. Aston Villa must have been quite comfortable about signing a contract with him on a free transfer. Arsenal had a serious interest in him some time ago. This was a big opportunity to sign him but it looks like they have lost their interest.

It was going to be a free transfer in the end and Tielemans can still do a decent job. Leicester's look was really bad this season maybe but I don't think Tielemans has lost so much in his skills either. But I hope he doesn't turn into Coutinho after signing for Aston Villa. But with Emery's management I want to believe Tielemans will do a pretty good work.

Tielemans is a good signing for Aston Villa, and also he is a risk free signing for them too since he is joining the club in JULY 1 as a free transfer option. Also Tielemans is different from Coutinho, as he stays fit atleast 90% of a premier league season. Leicester city downtooled after an European season and a poor transfer window and it is the owners fault for not improving the squad.