Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Sebas.tian]

De Bruyne's absence will be really important for Manchester City. Because he is like one of the most important players together with Haaland now. His productivity makes big difference for the team. Now he is expected to be out around four months due to injury. This must be really sad for Guardiola at the same time.

I wonder how his plans will be from now on. Manchester City need to stay productive to maintain a good run. De Bruyne has played a big role in the team so far with his distribution of passes and great shots. He has a big responsibility in the team so I wonder who will try to make up for him. Maybe Foden would be Guardiola's choice there.

I don't think, De Bruyne absence will affect Manchester city performance because there are potential players on bench who can handle his position very well till he recover from injury, because people will use that four months to know if truly Manchester city manager is a talented manager because one tree can never make a forest. This is the time Pep Guardiola to go and work hard because this can be a test for Manchester city president to Pep Guardiola to know how strong he is to the team, and what he will do Incas all those players be release to other teams in future. I believe Erling Haaland will definitely do things that will make Manchester city to maintain that first position till De Bruyne recover from injury to keep the good name of the team.

[Cookdata]

Actually, Harry Maguire's request for compensation to Man United is indeed a natural thing. Because Maguire's contract at Man United is still quite long, which is about 2 more seasons. Which is a 2-year contract worth 19.7 million pounds. So it's only natural that Maguire asks for compensation of around 15 million pounds on the basis of the remaining 2 seasons of his contract at Man United. But when it comes to self-esteem, I actually prefer to see Meguire go to West Ham because actually West Ham and Man United also agree on a transfer price. But the problem is indeed with Meguire and Man United who are both adamant in not getting an agreement regarding compensation money.

Aston Villa are indeed looking for player options they can recruit to replace Tyrone Mings, who suffered a serious knee injury in his first match against Newcastle last week. But Aston Villa is only limited to monitoring and not yet at the stage of planning a bid. Because it could be that Aston Villa will target other players.

Manchester United is not stupid, we have seen over the years club signed players but the majority of them change their minds for another club due to some reasons and I'm very confident that there are options in that contract for him to be sold at any given time and now that his performance has become a laughing stock, they have every reason to sell him without any compensation when he gets to WestHm, he will earn whatever salary he negotiate with them over there and by going to Westham, he will also be saving Manchester United his over price weekly wages because left to me, the club is only paying more than what he offered, Period!

[Velvet78]

De Bruyne's absence will be really important for Manchester City. Because he is like one of the most important players together with Haaland now. His productivity makes big difference for the team. Now he is expected to be out around four months due to injury. This must be really sad for Guardiola at the same time.

I wonder how his plans will be from now on. Manchester City need to stay productive to maintain a good run. De Bruyne has played a big role in the team so far with his distribution of passes and great shots. He has a big responsibility in the team so I wonder who will try to make up for him. Maybe Foden would be Guardiola's choice there.

I don't think, De Bruyne absence will affect Manchester city performance because there are potential players on bench who can handle his position very well till he recover from injury, because people will use that four months to know if truly Manchester city manager is a talented manager because one tree can never make a forest. This is the time Pep Guardiola to go and work hard because this can be a test for Manchester city president to Pep Guardiola to know how strong he is to the team, and what he will do Incas all those players be release to other teams in future. I believe Erling Haaland will definitely do things that will make Manchester city to maintain that first position till De Bruyne recover from injury to keep the good name of the team.

De Bruyne played in 49 games in total in the previous season. He had direct or indirect contribution to 41 goals. Therefore his absence will definitely be felt by everyone in the team. I also hope that Guardiola can find a good solution to his absence to prevent a big productivity loss for the team and I believe he will.

De Bruyne and Haaland has a great relationship in games now. Thanks to this good cooperation Manchester City have been even more productive at scoring goals. Players like Bernardo Silva can also make great assists to Haaland. Therefore I think Bernardo Silva's value is even bigger now.

[topbitcoin]

De Bruyne's absence will be really important for Manchester City. Because he is like one of the most important players together with Haaland now. His productivity makes big difference for the team. Now he is expected to be out around four months due to injury. This must be really sad for Guardiola at the same time.

I wonder how his plans will be from now on. Manchester City need to stay productive to maintain a good run. De Bruyne has played a big role in the team so far with his distribution of passes and great shots. He has a big responsibility in the team so I wonder who will try to make up for him. Maybe Foden would be Guardiola's choice there.

I don't think, De Bruyne absence will affect Manchester city performance because there are potential players on bench who can handle his position very well till he recover from injury, because people will use that four months to know if truly Manchester city manager is a talented manager because one tree can never make a forest. This is the time Pep Guardiola to go and work hard because this can be a test for Manchester city president to Pep Guardiola to know how strong he is to the team, and what he will do Incas all those players be release to other teams in future. I believe Erling Haaland will definitely do things that will make Manchester city to maintain that first position till De Bruyne recover from injury to keep the good name of the team.

Still, even though there are several players who can be an option to replace De Bruyne in the end this will hamper performance a little especially in these weeks there are several important matches where they have to face Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup and Newcastle in the second week of the EPL.
They are still the favorites but De Bruyne's absence in the squad has now disrupted their attack and midfield.

Currently it is rumored that Pep is also thinking of some considerations to find the right player to replace De Bruyne and there could be new players entering in the rest of the summer transfer this time.

[Bobrox]

Paul Merson has changed his mind about Chelsea and Liverpool in his Premier League top four predictions after just ONE game. The former Arsenal playmaker had tipped Liverpool to secure a place in the Champions League at the end of the season. However, after watching the Reds in action in their 1-1 draw with Chelsea, and seeing the Blues get the better of Liverpool in the race for Moises Caicedo, he believes that Mauricio Pochettino will lead Chelsea to the top four instead.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/paul-merson-liverpool-chelsea-caicedo-30712727

I do agree with his analyzation. Chelsea may have more chance to be qualified for UCL next season compared with liverpool. I saw some news reported that if salah has been linked to the ittihad, and he was being so mad caused by kloop was deciding to replace him during the game against chelsea. It's also breaking his record as someone who was always making the goal during the first week of EPL. Chelsea will be having a significant impact as there have been some skilled players coming to the club.
Chelsea may able to compete with arsenal and manchester city. The club just needs to keep build its chemistry. Chelsea is having so many young players that need more time to play. I hope pochettino will able to finish in the top 4.

I don't think with Chelsea easily qualifying to Champion League next season by finish on top fourth standings placed, there are many competitive team in this season after first match opening the top fourth standing teams last season success win. Looks not change with standings position for this season due Newcastle United still compete teams and Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United have consistent performance. Chelsea start first opening match not really impressive after get draw against Liverpool.

I doubt with Chelsea opportunity managed top fourth standings place in this season although have many left schedule without participants in UEFA Champion League or Europe League. Have bigger chance for Liverpool back to Champion League spot standings next season than Chelsea still need adapt with several news players.

[rendravolt]

The good news for Manchester City and their fans is about Rico Lewis, Since we know recently many teams in Europe start growing and caring about younger talents in their teams and investing in younger players instead of hiring expensive players from other teams, Macshter City extending the offer this Rico Lewis for 5 years and he is going to stay in Manchester City for the next five years.

Right decision from manchester city to extend his contract because after all he is a talented young player and has bigger potential in the future for the team. On the other hand, he is still very young at 18 years old and can also become Kyle Walker's successor if he later leaves or retires at Manchester City considering he is no longer young. With this, Manchester City's right-back position has been resolved with Rico Lewis and they don't need to look for a replacement for Kyle Walker. Pep Guardiola seems impatient to give this young player a lot of playing time, but he will have to be more patient for a while while watching his seniors give him experience.

[hyudien]

Lewis is an investment for future of Manchester City and if they can grow him up like Phil Foden, Manchester City will have a good player who is able to play for them in many years. Not all investment in youth players will bring success but it is worthy to take risk as benefit will be very huge when you have a successful case.

Lewis must look at Phil Foden who had some difficult seasons before gradually gaining his position in Manchester City. Sometimes, big clubs will let their young players going to other clubs in loan transfers and give their young players chance to play more regularly. When they see signals of better performance, they will summon those young players back.

Lewis must also look at De Bruyne who failed at Chelsea but succeed in Wolfsburg and got a ticket to Manchester City before becoming a legendary player there.

As long as Man City is still in the hands of Pep Guardiola, I'm sure a young player like Lewis will easily become a featured player. The reason is, Pep Guardiola has always been successful in creating younger generations of players. But if it wasn't Pep maybe I don't think Lewis could be so easy to guide. As you said, De Bruyne, at his previous club he was considered a less dangerous player, then Grealish and many others are now the most calculated players when they are on the pitch. This is Pep Guardiola's intelligence that we rarely find in other coaches.

[swogerino]

Lewis is an investment for future of Manchester City and if they can grow him up like Phil Foden, Manchester City will have a good player who is able to play for them in many years. Not all investment in youth players will bring success but it is worthy to take risk as benefit will be very huge when you have a successful case.

Lewis must look at Phil Foden who had some difficult seasons before gradually gaining his position in Manchester City. Sometimes, big clubs will let their young players going to other clubs in loan transfers and give their young players chance to play more regularly. When they see signals of better performance, they will summon those young players back.

Lewis must also look at De Bruyne who failed at Chelsea but succeed in Wolfsburg and got a ticket to Manchester City before becoming a legendary player there.

As long as Man City is still in the hands of Pep Guardiola, I'm sure a young player like Lewis will easily become a featured player. The reason is, Pep Guardiola has always been successful in creating younger generations of players. But if it wasn't Pep maybe I don't think Lewis could be so easy to guide. As you said, De Bruyne, at his previous club he was considered a less dangerous player, then Grealish and many others are now the most calculated players when they are on the pitch. This is Pep Guardiola's intelligence that we rarely find in other coaches.

I have to agree with this.Guardiola has been having this philosophy since his distant time at Barcelona when he first got his first job as a head coach there.Many people did not like this philosophy and way of playing called tika-taka which means to keep a lot of ball possession while the team looks for creating dangerous attacks,in the beginning was not working well at Barcelona but as soon as these new players harmonized with each other then we saw a super performing team who won everything.

That is why I also think that Lewis will become inevitably a great player and a great asset to Manchester City.

[JeffBrad12]

De Bruyne played in 49 games in total in the previous season. He had direct or indirect contribution to 41 goals. Therefore his absence will definitely be felt by everyone in the team. I also hope that Guardiola can find a good solution to his absence to prevent a big productivity loss for the team and I believe he will.

That's sad to hear if de bruyne must absent for about a few months due to the serious injury. It's good for another team to hear the main playmaker of manchester united will not be playing for a few months.
Pep will not be able to use him in UCL. Missing him will be a disaster for manchester city as there will be no a good playmaker that can play as good as him. Im very disappointed to hear that if de bruyne will not able to play till the end of year.

De Bruyne and Haaland has a great relationship in games now. Thanks to this good cooperation Manchester City have been even more productive at scoring goals. Players like Bernardo Silva can also make great assists to Haaland. Therefore I think Bernardo Silva's value is even bigger now.

True, that's why missing one of them will give great impact to the club. Manchester city can only rely on silva or foden to help haaland at this moment. Pep has reason why the club is not interesting in accepting saudi's offer for silva.
Silva has always become a key player once KDB was not playing in the game right now. Im hoping to see something better from him.

Haaland is on the mission to break a new record. That's it. I hope haaland will not get injury this season.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Manchester United is not stupid, we have seen over the years club signed players but the majority of them change their minds for another club due to some reasons and I'm very confident that there are options in that contract for him to be sold at any given time and now that his performance has become a laughing stock, they have every reason to sell him without any compensation when he gets to WestHm, he will earn whatever salary he negotiate with them over there and by going to Westham, he will also be saving Manchester United his over price weekly wages because left to me, the club is only paying more than what he offered, Period!

However, no team wants to accept Maguire because of his poor performance with Manchester United, now the deal with West Ham has ended and it has been confirmed that Maguire will stay with Manchester United, to be honest I think he is really a burden for the Manchester United team, a high salary very high but there is no contribution that he can give, quite the opposite. lol

I don't think, De Bruyne absence will affect Manchester city performance because there are potential players on bench who can handle his position very well till he recover from injury, because people will use that four months to know if truly Manchester city manager is a talented manager because one tree can never make a forest. This is the time Pep Guardiola to go and work hard because this can be a test for Manchester city president to Pep Guardiola to know how strong he is to the team, and what he will do Incas all those players be release to other teams in future. I believe Erling Haaland will definitely do things that will make Manchester city to maintain that first position till De Bruyne recover from injury to keep the good name of the team.

However, it must be admitted that Kevin De Bruyne is a very important player for the Manchester City team, indeed his absence will not have a negative impact on the performance of this team because the Man City team has been built very solidly by Pep and does not depend on just one player, but if his absence Bruyne in the long term will certainly be a little detrimental for the team when they are going to compete against big teams or important matches.

[Docnaster]

Lewis is an investment for future of Manchester City and if they can grow him up like Phil Foden, Manchester City will have a good player who is able to play for them in many years. Not all investment in youth players will bring success but it is worthy to take risk as benefit will be very huge when you have a successful case.

Lewis must look at Phil Foden who had some difficult seasons before gradually gaining his position in Manchester City. Sometimes, big clubs will let their young players going to other clubs in loan transfers and give their young players chance to play more regularly. When they see signals of better performance, they will summon those young players back.

Lewis must also look at De Bruyne who failed at Chelsea but succeed in Wolfsburg and got a ticket to Manchester City before becoming a legendary player there.

As long as Man City is still in the hands of Pep Guardiola, I'm sure a young player like Lewis will easily become a featured player. The reason is, Pep Guardiola has always been successful in creating younger generations of players. But if it wasn't Pep maybe I don't think Lewis could be so easy to guide. As you said, De Bruyne, at his previous club he was considered a less dangerous player, then Grealish and many others are now the most calculated players when they are on the pitch. This is Pep Guardiola's intelligence that we rarely find in other coaches.

I have to agree with this.Guardiola has been having this philosophy since his distant time at Barcelona when he first got his first job as a head coach there.Many people did not like this philosophy and way of playing called tika-taka which means to keep a lot of ball possession while the team looks for creating dangerous attacks,in the beginning was not working well at Barcelona but as soon as these new players harmonized with each other then we saw a super performing team who won everything.

That is why I also think that Lewis will become inevitably a great player and a great asset to Manchester City.

From his managerial days at Barcelona until this very moment, anyone who's closely studied Pep Guardiola's relationship and interest on very young players like Rico Lewis will know that whenever he's shown interest in a young player, then there's something special about that particular player.
Rico Lewis contract extension with Manchester City is a testament that he's one of the young players from the youth team of the club that the Spanish coach is likely to turn to a world class player in the nearest future

[Luzin]

Haaland is on the mission to break a new record. That's it. I hope haaland will not get injury this season.

The real evidence of Haaland is already we can see. He became the top scorer in the EPL and UCL.  Even earlier this season he has made 2 goals against Burnly.  At 23 years old, he has many years to set new records. With a note that he was not injured. Next Man City will play Sevilla at Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece. This match is contested for the UEFA Super Cup trophy.

Source: https://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/live/manchester-city-vs-sevilla-how-to-watch-uefa-super-cup-live-stream-link-preview

[SatoPrincess]

Yesterday was a lucky day for the Red devils for them to win Wolves in the match,because wolves put in an impressive performance but they couldn't break the deadlock as Onana put a stop to their goals. Wolves wasn't lucky enough that was why they couldn't draw the match.

I wouldn't say that Manchester United performed brilliantly because I was expecting to see them score more goals than just one but to my greatest surprise,they didn't play like those that wants to score more goals. Manchester United needs a good striking force so that scoring goals wouldn't be a problem. I see a very strong defence that Eric Hag has built.

Manchester United struggled against Wolves even though they played at home. Wolves dominated the midfield and would always test Manchester United players to their paces throughout the game but unfortunately they could  not find the back of the net and I would give the credit to Onana’s brilliant saves. Manchester United got one solid opportunity and they made use of it well.

Chelsea played very sluggish until they scored and left too many gaps in the defence. Liverpool were more ambitious after scoring the goal and failed to capitalize on the gaps Chelsea had created in defence. The lack of time between the two goals shortened Chelsea's recovery time. Chelsea are in pretty good shape this year compared to their performance last season and they made it clear from the first game that they will make up for last year.

Enzo Fernandez will dazzle this season. Reece James impresses the audience with his struggle on the field and his self confidence. Chelsea definitely need finishers. If they sign the finishing players we can watch a season where Chelsea will go back to their old days.

Chelsea played well in my opinion the game was just a tough one joined with the fact that they were playing against a top Liverpool team. Enzo Fernandez showed his brilliance and why he is worth over 100million. In summary Chelsea showed good improvement level against Liverpool in the weekend, hopefully with the extra additions the team will improve more.

[rendravolt]

Bernardo Silva is staying at Manchester City and he has reached a verbal agreement for a new contract with Manchester City. He will sign a contract extension until 2026 and it will make Manchester City's midfield as safe as last season. It seems that several clubs that were interested in him now have no more hope except to wait for Bernardo Silva to leave as a free agent in 2026 and at that time he will already be around 32 years old. So for any team will get the same opportunity to secure his services. But for now it is clear that Bernardo Silva will only focus on bringing Manchester City to win the EPL and other competitions because that is a target that must be achieved for all players in Manchester City.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1691766082392973488

[abhiseshakana]

Manchester United is not stupid, we have seen over the years club signed players but the majority of them change their minds for another club due to some reasons and I'm very confident that there are options in that contract for him to be sold at any given time and now that his performance has become a laughing stock, they have every reason to sell him without any compensation when he gets to WestHm, he will earn whatever salary he negotiate with them over there and by going to Westham, he will also be saving Manchester United his over price weekly wages because left to me, the club is only paying more than what he offered, Period!

However, no team wants to accept Maguire because of his poor performance with Manchester United, now the deal with West Ham has ended and it has been confirmed that Maguire will stay with Manchester United, to be honest I think he is really a burden for the Manchester United team, a high salary very high but there is no contribution that he can give, quite the opposite. lol

Harry Maguire will always stick tight like glue and I think he'll only really leave Man United when his contract runs out. It seems that he still has the ambition to prove that he can improve and get his place back, but I guess this season will be no different from the seasons he has been through. What was clear he had to mentally prepare because most likely he will again face the pressure.

[OcTradism]

Harry Maguire will always stick tight like glue and I think he'll only really leave Man United when his contract runs out. It seems that he still has the ambition to prove that he can improve and get his place back, but I guess this season will be no different from the seasons he has been through. What was clear he had to mentally prepare because most likely he will again face the pressure.

Manchester United were stupid to buy Maguire and gave him very high salary but the player is smart to recognize that he will receive same high salary if he leaves Manchester United and joins any club in Europe. With his poor performance for Manchester United, big and rich clubs in Europe will no longer want to have interest to buy Maguire.

His only chance to receive similar or better salary is from Saudi Arabia but so far, no offer, no rumor about interest from Saudi Arabian clubs. If such opportunities won't come, Harry Maguire will stay with United, complete his contract and fill his pocket.

[borovichok]

Harry Maguire will always stick tight like glue and I think he'll only really leave Man United when his contract runs out. It seems that he still has the ambition to prove that he can improve and get his place back, but I guess this season will be no different from the seasons he has been through. What was clear he had to mentally prepare because most likely he will again face the pressure.

Erik Ten Hag is considering giving Harry Maguire, the Manchester United Captain, a second chance to fight for his position in the club. He was previously a record-breaking purchase from Leicester City, but the Englishman has faced criticism from Red Devils supporters and is anxious to get back to his most effective performances. Harry Maguire is keen to play for Manchester United this season after his wage was doubled as a result of the club's qualification for the UEFA Champions League. West Ham United were on the verge of signing Harry Maguire from Manchester United, with a deal already agreed upon, and I hope things improve with time. David Moyes is looking forward to strengthening his club after the Harry Maguire deal has been laid off for unknown reasons best known to United.

[Jody.Drummer]

The good news for Manchester City and their fans is about Rico Lewis, Since we know recently many teams in Europe start growing and caring about younger talents in their teams and investing in younger players instead of hiring expensive players from other teams, Macshter City extending the offer this Rico Lewis for 5 years and he is going to stay in Manchester City for the next five years.

Right decision from manchester city to extend his contract because after all he is a talented young player and has bigger potential in the future for the team. On the other hand, he is still very young at 18 years old and can also become Kyle Walker's successor if he later leaves or retires at Manchester City considering he is no longer young. With this, Manchester City's right-back position has been resolved with Rico Lewis and they don't need to look for a replacement for Kyle Walker. Pep Guardiola seems impatient to give this young player a lot of playing time, but he will have to be more patient for a while while watching his seniors give him experience.

Investing in young players is a very good thing to do, and now we know all clubs are starting to do that. They're turning their attention a bit towards young players who have great potential for the future. Especially since Lewis was born out of Manchester City's academy, that's obviously an achievement because their scouts are working with the barley by seeing the potential that someone has.
Yes, although we cannot deny that there are players who fade when they reach a mature age, there are players who can continue to shine. But we should not look at it from that side, because it is a very natural thing to happen.

[Plaguedeath]

Bernardo Silva is staying at Manchester City and he has reached a verbal agreement for a new contract with Manchester City. He will sign a contract extension until 2026 and it will make Manchester City's midfield as safe as last season. It seems that several clubs that were interested in him now have no more hope except to wait for Bernardo Silva to leave as a free agent in 2026 and at that time he will already be around 32 years old. So for any team will get the same opportunity to secure his services. But for now it is clear that Bernardo Silva will only focus on bringing Manchester City to win the EPL and other competitions because that is a target that must be achieved for all players in Manchester City.

And then he will join Saudi Professional League

Most of football players can only survive in top league until 33 years old, after that the team will sell him or not extend his contract. I think Manchester City is still strong until 2025, it's when many of their good players already old and they need to replace with other player.

Manchester City need to use this moment to win Premier League and Champions League.

[snipie]

Bernardo Silva is staying at Manchester City and he has reached a verbal agreement for a new contract with Manchester City. He will sign a contract extension until 2026 and it will make Manchester City's midfield as safe as last season. It seems that several clubs that were interested in him now have no more hope except to wait for Bernardo Silva to leave as a free agent in 2026 and at that time he will already be around 32 years old. So for any team will get the same opportunity to secure his services. But for now it is clear that Bernardo Silva will only focus on bringing Manchester City to win the EPL and other competitions because that is a target that must be achieved for all players in Manchester City.

And then he will join Saudi Professional League

Most of football players can only survive in top league until 33 years old, after that the team will sell him or not extend his contract. I think Manchester City is still strong until 2025, it's when many of their good players already old and they need to replace with other player.

Manchester City need to use this moment to win Premier League and Champions League.

Saudi league welcome all players that are ready to move there and they are eying the best players, so it will not be a surprise if Bernardo Silva or Haaland find himself in that league after few years.
Manchester City will face Newcastle in Etihad stadium and they are favourite to win this game, even though Newcastle seems in a good shape after their big victory against Aston Villa.