Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Blitzboy]

I think Tottenham have made a good start to the season. Despite losing Kane they are still able to stay quite productive. Collecting 4 points in 2 games is a good work in my opinion. Especially their winning against Manchester United was really unexpected for me honestly. Because I thought Manchester United wouldn't lose.

But Manchester United had serious problems on scoring goals despite having so many goal attempts. Next time Tottenham are playing against Bournemouth away. I think this is a comfortable game for them. I know they drew with Brentford but Bournemouth are a much weaker opponent.

Oh, you know, when I first heard Kane was leaving Tottenham, I thought their attack line would be like a ship without a captain. I was wrong, though. With Son and Richarlison, they've kept their attack pretty clean. I guess Manchester United could learn something from them. It's clear that Manchester United has trouble up front. Rashford and Anthony? They're good, but it feels like putting square pegs into round holes. Even Mount hasn't found his groove under Erik Ten Hag, even though he's trying. Maybe they need someone to take the lead right away. No matter what is going on, Spurs are having a good time right now. I hope they can keep this up against Bournemouth.

[JeffBrad12]

Chelsea had intended to solve the striker problem with Nkunku, but an unfortunate injury ruined Chelsea's plans as well. Chelsea must have found harmony as a team. I can say that this harmony is what Manchester City does best at the moment. Premier league teams need to look at City to see how they can be compatible. What Chelsea need most right now is the quick adjustment of the players.

Armando broja is already back to the training and i expect he will able to play against luton soon. The striker problem has been solved as broja may be able to help jackson. Pochettino may use the same strategy as the premier summer series. Chelsea is still being linked to the kudus and rayan cherki.
I hope the deal to buy the new striker will be completed soon. We are heading toward the end of transfer season. The time for chelsea to hunt a new striker becomes even shorter than before. I will prefer chelsea to get kudus rather than cherki but the decision will be on the management of club.
It seems like that the price of balogun is too high for chelsea right now. The club will not continue to pursue him and move away from him. The chemistry needs to build as soon as possible.
Chelsea will have some easy matches, and one of these matches is this week. Luton gonna be a good club to be used by chelsea to build its chemistry. I count on jackson for the match against luton. It will be disappointed if chelsea will not able to win against it.

[QueenVera]

As you stated, Manchester City have no strong match to play because it will be only Arsenal that is a strong club and they will face Arsenal after playing those five easy matches. I have the strong feelings that they will win Arsenal if they clash because they will want to revenge the community shield victory of Arsenal over them.

Now that's the effect of a very good coach, he's set a standard for the team to the extent that even without his presence in the team, they'll still look very dominant and perform beyond expectation, winning the next 5 match won't be a difficult task because he might not be present in the training ground but could still pass some informations to his assistant Juanma lillo to help him with decision making on and off the training ground.
 Thank goodness the surgery was a success and Pep is left with the option of contacting his assistant manager and I think that is someone he can 100% rely on the deliver the remaining matches till he returns after the International break, Juanma lillo and Pep have been very close associates for about 30 years and share similar ideologies which makes it easy for him to oversea the success of the remaining matches before Pep return, the whole team and fans are wishing him a speedy recovery and hope he returns sooner.

[rahmad2nd]

Honestly we all need to pipe down for now. Arsenal aren't at their best yet which is the same for all other Premier League team but, they are getting the three points, Manchester City hasn't been fantastic either. And again what I’ve noticed about this Arsenal team this season is that, there is no permanent formation. Arteta is setting up his formation and team list based on the opposition he's facing. So they’re going to be fluid this season with a lot of formation changes even within the game.

Yes, Aeteta seems to be looking for the right formation for his team, but even so, Arsenal's game is not too bad. I think this season the Gunners are much more powerful than last season, the addition of several new players who are quite experienced will certainly have a positive influence on the team. Apart from that, Arteta will also be waiting for Gabriel Jesus to return to fitness and his presence will certainly add strength to the front lines.

It would be very natural if the coaches would try several options with their strategy at the start of a new competition. even many of them, trying to experiment with patterns of strategies and new systems for the squad. no exception, trying to rotate some of the players. like Arsenal, for example, which we are discussing in this post, Arteta is still trying to make some rotations with his players. don't be surprised, if later Arteta will change his formation pattern.
unfortunately, Jurrien Timber was injured, Tomiyasu was suspended due to accumulation of red cards, and Gabriel Jesus was also injured. which in the end, Arteta will adjust his system and strategy depending on the team that will be their opponent.

Fortunately now Arsenal are more prepared than last season, although Arteta has several injured players and that is a loss. but thankfully, Arsenal have other player options instead. and if I have to say how Arsenal performed in these first two games, to be honest the results were underwhelming even though they won their matches. maybe, some newcomers need more solid chemistry to achieve the game that Arteta wants. this week, the Gunners will host Fulham at the Emirates Stadium. let's see how Arteta's squad will play the game.

[Sakanwa]

I think Tottenham have made a good start to the season. Despite losing Kane they are still able to stay quite productive. Collecting 4 points in 2 games is a good work in my opinion. Especially their winning against Manchester United was really unexpected for me honestly. Because I thought Manchester United wouldn't lose.

But Manchester United had serious problems on scoring goals despite having so many goal attempts. Next time Tottenham are playing against Bournemouth away. I think this is a comfortable game for them. I know they drew with Brentford but Bournemouth are a much weaker opponent.

Oh, you know, when I first heard Kane was leaving Tottenham, I thought their attack line would be like a ship without a captain. I was wrong, though. With Son and Richarlison, they've kept their attack pretty clean. I guess Manchester United could learn something from them. It's clear that Manchester United has trouble up front. Rashford and Anthony? They're good, but it feels like putting square pegs into round holes. Even Mount hasn't found his groove under Erik Ten Hag, even though he's trying. Maybe they need someone to take the lead right away. No matter what is going on, Spurs are having a good time right now. I hope they can keep this up against Bournemouth.

That game between Manchester United and Totthenham Hurtspur is one game I was really surprised about because looking at Totthenham at the moment and how Kane left them is something I never thought they were going to get that kind of performance especially against a big team like United.Richarlison  might just start scoring goals now for Spurs as Kane is no longer there.The kind of connection I saw between him and Son in that game was really an exciting one to watch,they have 4 points now and I can go on to give them a straight win against Bournemouth who lose their second game to Liverpool after opening the scoreline in five minutes.
However,it's still too early to predict how the season will look like for them this season,because there are still alot of games to play which will decide whether they will be in the top four or not.

[marcous]

Oh, you know, when I first heard Kane was leaving Tottenham, I thought their attack line would be like a ship without a captain. I was wrong, though. With Son and Richarlison, they've kept their attack pretty clean. I guess Manchester United could learn something from them. It's clear that Manchester United has trouble up front. Rashford and Anthony? They're good, but it feels like putting square pegs into round holes. Even Mount hasn't found his groove under Erik Ten Hag, even though he's trying. Maybe they need someone to take the lead right away. No matter what is going on, Spurs are having a good time right now. I hope they can keep this up against Bournemouth.

I also thought the same thing, but it turns out that Tottenham can go on as usual and can even beat Man United without Kane. On the other hand, United still haven't found a good rhythm of play, the mix and adaptation hasn't fully gone according to Ten Hag expectations, new recruit Rasmus Hojlund can't be played yet. Reportedly Ten Hag is interested in recruiting the PSG playmaker in the remaining time of this transfer, Marco Verratti is a target for the depth of the Red Devils midfield.

Donny van de Beek and Brandon Williams are on United's sale list, Ten Hag is no longer including the two players in the project this season. The Red Devils can bring in a Playmaker from the transfer of van de Beek and B Williams.

[Marvell1]

I don't think we should speak more clearly. We are at the top of the league and I think Chelsea were promising in their match against Liverpool. They have not been able to show their full performance in the league and there is still time ahead of them. Everyone wants to forget about the bad year last year. They sold their important players, yes, but I still see the light in Chelsea.

Confidence like this is important but on the other hand this must also be done to prove for Chelsea because if they only show an ordinary performance then it will not be able to have any impact because Chelsea will only remain the same as before.

Last season's poor season must still be used as a reference because when they do the same thing like this then they will definitely be destroyed and they must learn from their mistakes. The problem in this case is that their players do not adapt well even if you look at some attacking players like Mudryk at this time he did not develop after a few months at Chelsea and even continued to decline in terms of performance. This must be given special attention especially since he is a striker who must have good conditions but seeing the passing, skills and ability to finish he is still very far from expectations.

Chelsea had intended to solve the striker problem with Nkunku, but an unfortunate injury ruined Chelsea's plans as well. Chelsea must have found harmony as a team. I can say that this harmony is what Manchester City does best at the moment. Premier league teams need to look at City to see how they can be compatible. What Chelsea need most right now is the quick adjustment of the players.

The problem with Chelsea is they are stuck in a downward spiral. They are stuck in a loophole of bad performance. The next match for Chelsea should be really easy for them, it is against Luton Town. I think some people who do not forward English Premier League regularly might even not have heard this name before. This is going to be a very easy chance for them to grab 3 points.

To be honest, even if they do grab 3 points from this match I don't think which is going to be the end of their problem. They definitely have some problems going on. And I agree that they do have a problem with adaptation. Doesn't matter if it is before the match with the tactics or during the match on the field.

[klidex]

Honestly we all need to pipe down for now. Arsenal aren't at their best yet which is the same for all other Premier League team but, they are getting the three points, Manchester City hasn't been fantastic either. And again what I’ve noticed about this Arsenal team this season is that, there is no permanent formation. Arteta is setting up his formation and team list based on the opposition he's facing. So they’re going to be fluid this season with a lot of formation changes even within the game.

Yes, Aeteta seems to be looking for the right formation for his team, but even so, Arsenal's game is not too bad. I think this season the Gunners are much more powerful than last season, the addition of several new players who are quite experienced will certainly have a positive influence on the team. Apart from that, Arteta will also be waiting for Gabriel Jesus to return to fitness and his presence will certainly add strength to the front lines.

It would be very natural if the coaches would try several options with their strategy at the start of a new competition. even many of them, trying to experiment with patterns of strategies and new systems for the squad. no exception, trying to rotate some of the players. like Arsenal, for example, which we are discussing in this post, Arteta is still trying to make some rotations with his players. don't be surprised, if later Arteta will change his formation pattern.
unfortunately, Jurrien Timber was injured, Tomiyasu was suspended due to accumulation of red cards, and Gabriel Jesus was also injured. which in the end, Arteta will adjust his system and strategy depending on the team that will be their opponent.

Fortunately now Arsenal are more prepared than last season, although Arteta has several injured players and that is a loss. but thankfully, Arsenal have other player options instead. and if I have to say how Arsenal performed in these first two games, to be honest the results were underwhelming even though they won their matches. maybe, some newcomers need more solid chemistry to achieve the game that Arteta wants. this week, the Gunners will host Fulham at the Emirates Stadium. let's see how Arteta's squad will play the game.

Arsenal this season are a little more careful as I have said several times if they will not repeat the bad past when the title was almost obtained but failed because of an inconsistent mistake at that time and Manchester city won the premier league title.
Arteta is currently trying another strategy and trying to change the formation of the players to see how players can have the best place to be able to appear consistently strong so that at the start of this season it didn't look too ambitious because Arteta was studying strategies to be used later when it entered the middle season.

[lizarder]

I also thought the same thing, but it turns out that Tottenham can go on as usual and can even beat Man United without Kane. On the other hand, United still haven't found a good rhythm of play, the mix and adaptation hasn't fully gone according to Ten Hag expectations, new recruit Rasmus Hojlund can't be played yet. Reportedly Ten Hag is interested in recruiting the PSG playmaker in the remaining time of this transfer, Marco Verratti is a target for the depth of the Red Devils midfield.

Donny van de Beek and Brandon Williams are on United's sale list, Ten Hag is no longer including the two players in the project this season. The Red Devils can bring in a Playmaker from the transfer of van de Beek and B Williams.

Even though they managed to beat Manchester United in that match, in my opinion the loss of Harry Kane on the front lines was very visible and if Harry Kane was still playing at Tottenham it is not impossible for Man United to suffer a bigger defeat. It must be admitted that Tottenham's game was much better compared to Man United in that match and if you pay attention, even their new recruits in the midfield were completely unable to play above their best when playing at Chelsea.

Not to mention talking about the front lines who didn't get any chances to score because they didn't get enough ball flow. Bruno Fernandez also played less well because he wasted many chances and his passes were not measured several times. The midfield became a problem for Ten Hak in that match because they were unable to maintain the rhythm of the game so that the Tottenham players dominated the game.

[hahay]

Oh, you know, when I first heard Kane was leaving Tottenham, I thought their attack line would be like a ship without a captain. I was wrong, though. With Son and Richarlison, they've kept their attack pretty clean. I guess Manchester United could learn something from them. It's clear that Manchester United has trouble up front. Rashford and Anthony? They're good, but it feels like putting square pegs into round holes. Even Mount hasn't found his groove under Erik Ten Hag, even though he's trying. Maybe they need someone to take the lead right away. No matter what is going on, Spurs are having a good time right now. I hope they can keep this up against Bournemouth.

I also thought the same thing, but it turns out that Tottenham can go on as usual and can even beat Man United without Kane. On the other hand, United still haven't found a good rhythm of play, the mix and adaptation hasn't fully gone according to Ten Hag expectations, new recruit Rasmus Hojlund can't be played yet. Reportedly Ten Hag is interested in recruiting the PSG playmaker in the remaining time of this transfer, Marco Verratti is a target for the depth of the Red Devils midfield.

Donny van de Beek and Brandon Williams are on United's sale list, Ten Hag is no longer including the two players in the project this season. The Red Devils can bring in a Playmaker from the transfer of van de Beek and B Williams.

Unlike you because I think, when Tottenham hold Kane to leave at least I think it might be the wrong way. Because anyway, maybe with a big overhaul and big decisions taken, it can make Tottenham performance better than before. At least, the results have also been obtained by Tottenham because they managed to beat Manchester United. But even so, I personally still can't say Tottenham will be fine without Kane. Because it's possible, Tottenham victory over Manchester United, maybe because Manchester United are also still not playing well at the moment. So yes, I think there will still be many factors that can be considered and yes, it seems too soon to say Tottenham will be fine without Kane.

[RockBell]

Pochettino has a great responsibility. Last year, Potter left Chelsea a wreck. Actually, his staff was good, but he finished the league in the lower ranks, no matter how difficult it was. Chelsea has always been a team that competes in the top four. Although expectations for Pochettino are lower this year because of the bad chart last year, I hope they will be in the top four this year.

Since day one he accepted the job he should know the condition of the club and is work is to ameng things and make the club better since for some time Chelsea have lost touch of there glory, and I feel Potter did try is best just that is best was not enough and the club was lacking serious stability, not just a lower rank but an escape from relegation, and Pochetino might not really  get results  this season and the players are already going on injury but at the same time have players that will replace the injured once i hope they do better. And of the sincere truth Chelsea have improved they just need to start scoring no to much touches.

Pochetino should be able to do that. He was given very abundant funds, he was given freedom of transfer. He should have many chances to make the player of his dreams. With Tottenham he was always in the top 7 so there is great hope he can do better with Chelsea. But indeed, as long as he has been a coach, no major championship title can be obtained.

We are still watching Pochetino work and we have seen some improvement  compared to last season even lampard contributed to damaging Chelsea the more and Chelsea have spent significant amount of money  on the club,  so he seriously needs to start building  does boys to be better and nothing should affect them because the players going on injury will some how affect the performanceof the club, Chelsea still have hope but it will take time for them to fully recover, this season is already  coming with fire, is not going  to be easy at all. All this small clubs are scaring me this season.

[QueenVera]

It would be very natural if the coaches would try several options with their strategy at the start of a new competition. even many of them, trying to experiment with patterns of strategies and new systems for the squad. no exception, trying to rotate some of the players. like Arsenal, for example, which we are discussing in this post, Arteta is still trying to make some rotations with his players. don't be surprised, if later Arteta will change his formation pattern.
unfortunately, Jurrien Timber was injured, Tomiyasu was suspended due to accumulation of red cards, and Gabriel Jesus was also injured. which in the end, Arteta will adjust his system and strategy depending on the team that will be their opponent.

Arsenal this season are a little more careful as I have said several times if they will not repeat the bad past when the title was almost obtained but failed because of an inconsistent mistake at that time and Manchester city won the premier league title.
Arteta is currently trying another strategy and trying to change the formation of the players to see how players can have the best place to be able to appear consistently strong so that at the start of this season it didn't look too ambitious because Arteta was studying strategies to be used later when it entered the middle season.

I think that asides from Manchester City they're the most likely to win the league, due to their performance so far, about last season they took everyone by suprise and where very close to winning the league but failed due to some errors but I think if Arteta was able to notice his mistakes and take correction, then this season would be a great one for them, Arsenal are not very competitive in European competition so I'm not expecting much from them in the Champions league, but when it comes to league matches they stand a chance of becoming the champions that's if they don't make same errors they made last season, in player selection and wrong choice of substitutions.
 Well apart from those errors, they've included several good players to their squad but one thing that could trouble them this season is injury, Jurrien Timber has already suffered from injury and now Gabrie Jesus including the suspension of Tomiyasu, now all these are set back to a teams performance and Arteta needs to think of a possible solution to avoid more injuries or replace injured players.

[skarais]

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Even though they managed to beat Manchester United in that match, in my opinion the loss of Harry Kane on the front lines was very visible and if Harry Kane was still playing at Tottenham it is not impossible for Man United to suffer a bigger defeat. It must be admitted that Tottenham's game was much better compared to Man United in that match and if you pay attention, even their new recruits in the midfield were completely unable to play above their best when playing at Chelsea.

Not to mention talking about the front lines who didn't get any chances to score because they didn't get enough ball flow. Bruno Fernandez also played less well because he wasted many chances and his passes were not measured several times. The midfield became a problem for Ten Hak in that match because they were unable to maintain the rhythm of the game so that the Tottenham players dominated the game.

Manchester United didn't play too bad because they also created goal chances, but I think they had problems in defense against Tottenham. Marcus Rashford, Antony and Casemiro at least came close to scoring in the match, but in the end all of Manchester United's efforts failed.

Tottenham, who are playing at home, clearly have high motivation to win the match. It was the first victory for Ange Postecoglou as the new Tottenham manager, but it looks like he will try to maintain that winning trend when he travels to Bournemouth headquarters this week. Meanwhile, Manchester United will host Nottingham this week, but it shouldn't be too tough a match to win.

[iamsange]

Honestly we all need to pipe down for now. Arsenal aren't at their best yet which is the same for all other Premier League team but, they are getting the three points, Manchester City hasn't been fantastic either. And again what I’ve noticed about this Arsenal team this season is that, there is no permanent formation. Arteta is setting up his formation and team list based on the opposition he's facing. So they’re going to be fluid this season with a lot of formation changes even within the game.

Yes, Aeteta seems to be looking for the right formation for his team, but even so, Arsenal's game is not too bad. I think this season the Gunners are much more powerful than last season, the addition of several new players who are quite experienced will certainly have a positive influence on the team. Apart from that, Arteta will also be waiting for Gabriel Jesus to return to fitness and his presence will certainly add strength to the front lines.

It would be very natural if the coaches would try several options with their strategy at the start of a new competition. even many of them, trying to experiment with patterns of strategies and new systems for the squad. no exception, trying to rotate some of the players. like Arsenal, for example, which we are discussing in this post, Arteta is still trying to make some rotations with his players. don't be surprised, if later Arteta will change his formation pattern.
unfortunately, Jurrien Timber was injured, Tomiyasu was suspended due to accumulation of red cards, and Gabriel Jesus was also injured. which in the end, Arteta will adjust his system and strategy depending on the team that will be their opponent.

Fortunately now Arsenal are more prepared than last season, although Arteta has several injured players and that is a loss. but thankfully, Arsenal have other player options instead. and if I have to say how Arsenal performed in these first two games, to be honest the results were underwhelming even though they won their matches. maybe, some newcomers need more solid chemistry to achieve the game that Arteta wants. this week, the Gunners will host Fulham at the Emirates Stadium. let's see how Arteta's squad will play the game.

Arsenal this season are a little more careful as I have said several times if they will not repeat the bad past when the title was almost obtained but failed because of an inconsistent mistake at that time and Manchester city won the premier league title.
Arteta is currently trying another strategy and trying to change the formation of the players to see how players can have the best place to be able to appear consistently strong so that at the start of this season it didn't look too ambitious because Arteta was studying strategies to be used later when it entered the middle season.

Yes, Arteta doesn't want to rush in formulating and strategizing for his team, he is really very good at reading opponents' situations so he chooses a slightly different formation every game. Indeed, it must be admitted that in the last two matches Arsenal's game has not been very cohesive and its attack line has not shown as expected, but maybe according to Arteta this is not so important as long as they can get full points in every game. But if I look at the composition of Arsenal's players this season, I'm pretty sure the Gunners will again be able to compete closely with Manchester City like last season, it's just that this season Arteta has to hone his mentality so he doesn't oversleep towards the end of the season.

[kro55]

Oh, you know, when I first heard Kane was leaving Tottenham, I thought their attack line would be like a ship without a captain. I was wrong, though. With Son and Richarlison, they've kept their attack pretty clean. I guess Manchester United could learn something from them. It's clear that Manchester United has trouble up front. Rashford and Anthony? They're good, but it feels like putting square pegs into round holes. Even Mount hasn't found his groove under Erik Ten Hag, even though he's trying. Maybe they need someone to take the lead right away. No matter what is going on, Spurs are having a good time right now. I hope they can keep this up against Bournemouth.

I also thought the same thing, but it turns out that Tottenham can go on as usual and can even beat Man United without Kane. On the other hand, United still haven't found a good rhythm of play, the mix and adaptation hasn't fully gone according to Ten Hag expectations, new recruit Rasmus Hojlund can't be played yet. Reportedly Ten Hag is interested in recruiting the PSG playmaker in the remaining time of this transfer, Marco Verratti is a target for the depth of the Red Devils midfield.
Donny van de Beek and Brandon Williams are on United's sale list, Ten Hag is no longer including the two players in the project this season. The Red Devils can bring in a Playmaker from the transfer of van de Beek and B Williams.

Unlike you because I think, when Tottenham hold Kane to leave at least I think it might be the wrong way. Because anyway, maybe with a big overhaul and big decisions taken, it can make Tottenham performance better than before. At least, the results have also been obtained by Tottenham because they managed to beat Manchester United. But even so, I personally still can't say Tottenham will be fine without Kane. Because it's possible, Tottenham victory over Manchester United, maybe because Manchester United are also still not playing well at the moment. So yes, I think there will still be many factors that can be considered and yes, it seems too soon to say Tottenham will be fine without Kane.

I agree with you. We are not sure if Tottenham can perform well without Harry Kane. Tottenham got a nice win with Manchester United. It was a really good result. However, they dropped points against Brentford in the first match of the season. The match ended in a 2-2 draw. So there is no telling whether we will see a consistent performance from Tottenham. However, in the first two matches, Tottenham's attacking performance was good. Tottenham's attack will be stronger if Richarlison plays well. A continuation of Richarlison's performance will indeed strengthen Tottenham's attack. The club wants to use Richarlison as a replacement for Harry Kane. But Richarlison also misses plenty of easy chances. Richarlison needs to get more experienced.

[fullhdpixel]

City missed out on significant title this new season, which is the community shield, perhaps they cover that up with a win against Sevilla and lifting their first UEFA Super Cup. Injury hits really hard this time to the cityzens. There's definitely no way Manchester City will be able to cope in the coming games without Pep Guardiola. First it was their crucial players, now is the coach, things getting tougher with time. Pep Guardiola is currently in Barcelona to undergo surgery, and it would be a hugh miss for the team when they will face Sheffield united and Fulham in league games.

Manchester City is surely on their target as they started their campaign in this season but sadly right now few things are going to create problems for them which are massive test for them in coming days because absence of few players and now Pep Guardiola is also not available can create problems for them even now in future they have mostly games against weaker sides but still they need to be strong and committed which will help them for better results and retain their title hopes as well.

Now we have two games before International break so most chances things will be under control, and they will be manage this all even in September Manchester City have no tough game which create any problem for them, and they will be on positive side with this all most chances in October they could be manage better things for the future.

[indah rezqi]

Unlike you because I think, when Tottenham hold Kane to leave at least I think it might be the wrong way. Because anyway, maybe with a big overhaul and big decisions taken, it can make Tottenham performance better than before. At least, the results have also been obtained by Tottenham because they managed to beat Manchester United. But even so, I personally still can't say Tottenham will be fine without Kane. Because it's possible, Tottenham victory over Manchester United, maybe because Manchester United are also still not playing well at the moment. So yes, I think there will still be many factors that can be considered and yes, it seems too soon to say Tottenham will be fine without Kane.

Harry Kane departure certainly affected the depth of Tottenham squad, the first two matches in the EPL could not be fully used as a benchmark. Kane has contributed to the team over a long period of time, his consistency in scoring goals is difficult to replace. Agree with what you said, The Lilywhites victory over United was more about luck. Because Eriq Ten Hag troops have not performed at their best, after the reshuffle in the transfer market.

Son will become the new foundation after Kane leaves, Richarlison, who uses number 9 after the death of Harry Kane, is still unable to score.

[Dzwaafu11]

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Manchester United didn't play too bad because they also created goal chances, but I think they had problems in defense against Tottenham. Marcus Rashford, Antony and Casemiro at least came close to scoring in the match, but in the end all of Manchester United's efforts failed.

Tottenham, who are playing at home, clearly have high motivation to win the match. It was the first victory for Ange Postecoglou as the new Tottenham manager, but it looks like he will try to maintain that winning trend when he travels to Bournemouth headquarters this week. Meanwhile, Manchester United will host Nottingham this week, but it shouldn't be too tough a match to win.

I was surprised with Tottenham's performance because I was thinking that without Harry Kane, the team may not perform well like they did in their match against Manchester United. But still, what you said is true; they still have the motivation of being at home, so let's see if they go away and how they will perform there. However, I think Manchester United's performance was not too poor, but they have some weak points that they need to strengthen before the league becomes tougher than this because they still have more matches that will be tougher than this one. With these, I think they need a few players to make their squad strong.

Let's see how Tottenham's performance will go since this is just the beginning of the season. Let's see how they perform in other matches before we know where they will be in the sport.

[bitgolden]

City have a series of 5 easy games ahead (I wouldn't be surprised if they take 15 points in them): with Sheffield United, Fulham, West Ham, Nottingham and Wolves. And only then they will have an important game against Arsenal. As I understand it, Guardiola will miss only a few games, so it’s not worth hoping that his absence will affect City’s results.

I do agree that there is a good chance that they could win those games there is no doubt about that but that doesn't mean that it would be because Pep is there or not, Pep is having a surgery but I bet that it will not be at the moment of the game neither, so he will probably be awake for the game and he will be able to watch the game and communicate somehow to the people there and just make sure that he gives who will play and what happens who should get out when what happens etc, everything will be there anyway.

So it will feel like Pep is right there and I bet that it is going to be a great thing for him to take a break and relax a bit, surgery is troublesome and I wish him the best, but the break to relax a bit is something he needed for a long time.

[Zaguru12]

Manchester United didn't play too bad because they also created goal chances, but I think they had problems in defense against Tottenham. Marcus Rashford, Antony and Casemiro at least came close to scoring in the match, but in the end all of Manchester United's efforts failed.

Tottenham, who are playing at home, clearly have high motivation to win the match. It was the first victory for Ange Postecoglou as the new Tottenham manager, but it looks like he will try to maintain that winning trend when he travels to Bournemouth headquarters this week. Meanwhile, Manchester United will host Nottingham this week, but it shouldn't be too tough a match to win.

United  didn’t play well because those chances were actually created by the defensive incapabilities of Tottenham and united poor attacker couldn’t utilize those chances. If I could give a verdict about that game I will definitely not blame the defense but rather the attack. The three attackers were not causing Tottenham any problems and in turn couldn’t track back to help the defense and the Tottenham attackers became too hand full to control by United defense.

Another thing again is the midfield combo is definitely not good but mount and Bruno are no 8 and 10 and not a 6, with both of them drifting too close to the opposition defense they leave behind spaces which is definitely hard to cover only by Casemiro. A proper no 6 with Casemiro will be perfect for that midfield because you need not only Bruno freed but also reduces the defensive duties by Casemiro. If united doesn’t address any of this problems soon then I think there season will continue to get bad