Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[borovichok]

Arsenal were just unlucky in this match, Arsenal showed their best performance but it must also be admitted that Newcastle played well even though their goal was a bit controversial, but I think Newcastle also deserved this victory.
And hopefully Arsenal's first defeat will not impact the team's mentality for the next match and I hope Arteta is able to raise the team's spirit to be able to rise in the next match.
Now the competition in the Premier League is quite fierce, several teams are getting stronger.

Eddie Howe might be regarded as the best competitive contender against elite club's managers this season. Only this season, he has managed to beat Pep Guardiola, Erik Ten Hag and now Mikel Arteta, I think he do actually deserved some accolades for his consistent triump contest against elite clubs this season. In yesterday's game, Newcastle United have succeeded in been the first team to break the streak unbeaten run for Gunners in EPL. It's quite frustrating to watch Arsenal struggling and getting obviously getting rob by VAR after Gordon's goal was thoroughly checked and not ruled out, there was a check of the ball out of play from Willock, a potential foul ball from Joelinton, and finally a possible offside from Gordon. The referee, Stuart Attwell and VAR had a goal checked that lasted for almost 5 minutes but finally confirmed its a goal.

[gabbie2010]

Today's match wasn't fine due to how they made the goal decision. I was under the impression that Arsenal either won or drew, and because of self-interest, VAR cheated Arsenal by making a fictitious ruling.

In the initial VAR check for a possible ball outside the line, they act as though they saw nothing. In the second VAR check for a potential foul on Gabriel, the third VAR check for a potential offside, and the entire official team allowed the goal to stand. However, I'd like to know why they didn't let the referee go check on his own?

The refereeing decision was the main talking point yesterday and it’s disingenuous to push it to the background. I have come to the realization that the Premier League officiating won’t change. It will get worse. It’s become a business now and the people that should call it out are all hiding behind microphones. Sometimes I don’t like talking about all these ref/VAR issue. What we are seeing now is Nothing. The shit show has been on for 10+ years at least and it won't stop.

There were so many error scenes from VAR during the game but they somehow managed to overlook them. I don’t know how the VAR officials missed Bruno elbow, how they did not review the foul on Gabriel Magalhaes, but went for an offside is absolute shock, it seems like it was a mission to make Arsenal lose.
Arsenal was really into the game. They were the better side if you ask me. Yes there are things they could have done better attacking wise. But defensively they were on point. I think Arsenal did not lose that game because they did not play well. They lost that game because they were robbed. Simple as ABC.

I won't be surprised to see another referee get demoted to the championship again. Yesterday at St James' Park, I witnessed the ridiculous use of the VAR system. It was glaringly evident that the English football system won't change. I received this message from a friend, and everything he shared with me below accurately reflects what happened in the goal against Arsenal.

PGMOL have responded following today’s controversial decisions at St James’ Park.

On Bruno Guimaraes elbow: “He's not used his arm as a weapon, it's not nice but no more than a yellow card.”

On the Newcastle goal: “The ball looks out but we can't possibly give it from that angle.”

On the push on Gabriel: “There's two hands on Gabriel's back but we can't be sure it's a push.”

On Gordon being offside: “There's no conclusive evidence whether Gordan is behind the ball, so stick with onfield decision.”

I only saw how much time they took when they made the decision about that goal and whether it was 1) a foul or 2) offside. The offside decision took too long in my opinion because it wasn't offside. But in general I think there is nothing to say against the VAR taking a lot of time to make the right decision, but it is confusing for sure. The commentator said they gave the goal because they have no conclusive evidence against it. That was word for word what he said.

Now when did this situation happen during the game in the above picture with the ball that was supposedly out? I missed that one but was it out 100%? I think it is a disgrace that there are still missing camera angles to make reliable decisions in the aftermaths. There is so much technology available and it could easily be upgraded where necessary that these things should not happen.

I was very shocked to see that the Newcastle United goal against Arsenal yesterday night was not disallowed by VAR because VAR checked on three things in that Newcastle United goal which are the possible ball going over, possible foul, and possible offside against Newcastle United. The VAR was very interested in checking for possible offside when they know too well that it is not an offside against Newcastle  United. The VAR should have focused more on the possible over against Newcastle United because VAR knew if they focused on the possible over the goal could have been disallowed but since they wanted the goal to stand they refused to focus more on reviewing the possible over which could give Arsenal a goal kick. I think they should work on VAR to deliver the right decisions at times.

VAR decisions this season had been totally unacceptable and dismal with reference to Arsenal match against Newcastle the VAR decision was absolutely unfair the ball had visibly crossed the touch line for a goalkick and it was repeatedly shown on TV replay, it was glaring and obvious that with the aggressive style of player of Newcastle one or two of their played ought have gotten a Red Card yet they got away with those terrible challenges against Arsenal players,  VAR controversial decision is now on weekly basis last week  it was against Wolves when they played Newcastle, last time it was Wolves against Man Utd when Onana made a contact and foul a wolves player and so many questionable decisions.

[QueenVera]

Arsenal were just unlucky in this match, Arsenal showed their best performance but it must also be admitted that Newcastle played well even though their goal was a bit controversial, but I think Newcastle also deserved this victory.
And hopefully Arsenal's first defeat will not impact the team's mentality for the next match and I hope Arteta is able to raise the team's spirit to be able to rise in the next match.
Now the competition in the Premier League is quite fierce, several teams are getting stronger.

Football is unpredictable, and especially the tough English Premier League with the lowest team leaving everyone in shock during their wins over big teams. Neither of both teams are little cos currently all teams are equal in the EPL therefore, Arsenal just have to embrace the loss, work harder against next time. They gave their best effort but even in these efforts, there are still tiny or will I say invisible loopholes that ought to be patched up against their  forthcoming games.

 Losses sometimes affect the mental stability of the team as a whole, coupled with taunts from fans both online and offline, yea this would leave the team disappointed and derailed but they can't sulk forever, there's always time for wins, losses and draws. Just put in extra hard work, dedication, ignore comments and do better next time. For Newcastle they've won today, they don't have to be relaxed, the battles are unending and won't stop being tough. Extra efforts too would be needed on their part to maintain these wins.

[MinoRaiola]

Doku also captured the synergy of Manchester City. He is only 21 years old and had a great performance in his first season as a transfer. He became a player that suits Manchester City's aura. It's like a diamond caught cheap right now. It is polished and made ready for long-term use by Pep.

He wasnt cheap, he cost 60 million euros in transfer fee and at the age of 21 he has only played in Belgium and France so far, so a diamond, thats possible. He only played a few games in the Champions League, he needs more experience and I think he will get that if he continues playing like this at City. The game against Bournemouth was a sensationally good day for him, he helped at 5 goals directly with a pass or his goal. It is also strange that Haalands name isnt on the board after 6 goals.

[hyudien]

To be honest, I didn't watch this intense match and seeing the oddity of the VAR decisions made me a bit disappointed with this best league. VAR should be more careful in making decisions and they give the impression that they only benefit one party. They never learn like before and they still defend controversial decisions in this heated match. VAR was also carried out 3 times and took a lot of time, of course the players were very annoyed with this decision, especially the Arsenal players. Even Mikel Arteta was very disappointed with VAR's decision and expressed his anger by saying

This result is quite disappointing because in this match I also bet on Arsenal. However, whether this decision is controversial or not, the fact is that Newcastle managed to get 3 points. Arteta felt disadvantaged because the Arsenal players' performances were on the right track, Arsenal were also able to put pressure on Newcastle. In my opinion, there is no longer any reason to sue, like it or not, Arsenal must accept this final result as a lesson because they were unable to score a single goal, a total of 14 shots were on target, only 1 of which was on target. successful. actually right on target.

Newcastle playing at home allows its players to appear more confident and I'm sure Arteta will not accept his players being underestimated by this defeat.

[Litzki1990]

The victory that Man United got against Fulham meant a lot to them. Not only does it maintain their chances in the Premier League, but this victory can increase their morale and self-confidence. Indeed, it was not their best performance but still, it is good progress and a good way to leave the negative trend behind. They still have a lot of work to do if they want to get back into the title race because if they continue to play like this, it will likely be difficult for them to break into the top 4.

Bruno Fernandes has provided a temporary respite for Ten Hag, but this hard-fought victory doesn't change the bigger picture. While Ten Hag may still believe that his players are fully behind him, it's clear that their performance has been lackluster, with just a few fortunate wins to show. Competing for titles this season seems like an impossible task for Manchester United; a more realistic goal would be to maintain their current ranking and secure a spot in the Europa League for the next season.

Although Manchester United won this match, we have to say that their performance is still poor. And quite weak. They are not playing well. Manchester United were very lucky to win thanks to Bruno's last-minute goal. However, Fulham's overall gameplay was better than Manchester United's.
If we consider the last few matches of Manchester United, then it is well understood that the performance of Manchester United is quite weak. They failed to score against Manchester City and Newcastle. Manchester United conceded 6 goals in these two matches. Narrow 1-0 wins over Copenhagen and Fulham. I'm still very upset with Ten Hag's match strategy.

Manchester United won against Fulham but Manchester United's performance against Fulham was not good at all but we have to accept that Manchester United finally managed to win a match. They badly needed this win against Fulham. They have only been performing poorly in the Premier League or other tournaments so their win against Fulham will surely give them confidence for the next match. manchester united scored a goal in extra time that extra time i didn't watch the game after watching some time in the fast half i thought maybe manchester united can't do well in today's match so i stopped watching the game but when i saw the result of the match i was a bit happy because manchester United won.

[execijutiere]

Manchester United scored a last minute goal to win 1-0 and get an important win for themselves. We can't say that they played very well during the match and I honestly think that Erik Ten Hag will be fired soon. With this win, ManU got their 6th win in the league and will increase their points to 18 and will go into the Champions League match in high spirits.
West Ham, on the other hand, unfortunately could not stop their bad run by losing 3-2 in a match in which they led 2-1. They were defeated when they failed to capitalize on the positions they found in the second half. Brentford won 3 weeks in a row while West Ham extended their losing streak to 3 weeks.

It's unbelievable to see how westham lost against brentford. I thought that brentford was not as strong as westham but i was wrong. it seems like that westham got factory reset and this is making the club performs so badly against brentford.

The result from westham doesn't satisfy me as well as the match between arsenal vs newcastle. I think that these matches have been trapping many people. Im not surprising that caused by the odds is quite strange.

Westham has been trying to best to get draw but it's unable to do that. Brentford played better against westham. This club is still continuing its good performance after winning against chelsea.

There have been many surprises and the multibet bettors were actually getting their bets collapse due to the some matches.

Brentford are a team that has improved their form in the last few weeks and West ham on the contrary have dropped their form.We can clearly see that they have had a drop in form since the European games came in.They are struggling to keep both sides on the same level and I feel that these back to back games are tiring them to be honest. I think that's the reason why they were ahead in the second half but lost, because maybe they don't have the strength to play in the second half.I thought they could get points in this game after winning against Chelsea last week, but the fact that they lost in the first half showed that I was wrong, but they played better in the second half and managed to win.

[leonair]

The victory that Man United got against Fulham meant a lot to them. Not only does it maintain their chances in the Premier League, but this victory can increase their morale and self-confidence. Indeed, it was not their best performance but still, it is good progress and a good way to leave the negative trend behind. They still have a lot of work to do if they want to get back into the title race because if they continue to play like this, it will likely be difficult for them to break into the top 4.

Bruno Fernandes has provided a temporary respite for Ten Hag, but this hard-fought victory doesn't change the bigger picture. While Ten Hag may still believe that his players are fully behind him, it's clear that their performance has been lackluster, with just a few fortunate wins to show. Competing for titles this season seems like an impossible task for Manchester United; a more realistic goal would be to maintain their current ranking and secure a spot in the Europa League for the next season.

Although Manchester United won this match, we have to say that their performance is still poor. And quite weak. They are not playing well. Manchester United were very lucky to win thanks to Bruno's last-minute goal. However, Fulham's overall gameplay was better than Manchester United's.
If we consider the last few matches of Manchester United, then it is well understood that the performance of Manchester United is quite weak. They failed to score against Manchester City and Newcastle. Manchester United conceded 6 goals in these two matches. Narrow 1-0 wins over Copenhagen and Fulham. I'm still very upset with Ten Hag's match strategy.

Manchester United won against Fulham but Manchester United's performance against Fulham was not good at all but we have to accept that Manchester United finally managed to win a match. They badly needed this win against Fulham. They have only been performing poorly in the Premier League or other tournaments so their win against Fulham will surely give them confidence for the next match. manchester united scored a goal in extra time that extra time i didn't watch the game after watching some time in the fast half i thought maybe manchester united can't do well in today's match so i stopped watching the game but when i saw the result of the match i was a bit happy because manchester United won.

Yes, the team like Man United was expected to win the match by at least 2-0 goals, so even though Man United won the match, winning the match with Fulham by 1-0 goals cannot be considered as a good game.Man United were able to maintain their winning streak with a goal in 90+1 minutes or the last minute of the game, otherwise the match would have been a 0-0 draw. However in the end they were able to win the match as they were able to save their honor he he lol

[Swordsoffreedom]

Arsenal should have drawn that, some match officials and VAR have been poor from the start of the season. Newcastle anyways ended Arsenal's winning run.

It was a very entertaining match. Newcastle team had a great performance in the home match. Their performance was very composed from the start of the match. Newcastle players played well. Even then I thought the match would probably be a draw. But Arsenal's players failed to break Newcastle's strong defense. Although Newcastle did not play well at the beginning of the season, this team is in very good form. They have managed to maintain consistency like last season. On the other hand, Arsenal lost 5 points in the last three matches and fell behind in the title race. It's been easy for Tottenham to retake the top spot in the table. Tottenham will go top of the table if they beat Chelsea in their next match.

I remember yesterday when I commented on a reply from @Docnaster which discussed the total goals that would be scored by both teams and I said that if there would not be a big score because both teams have strong enough defenses there is no reason to be able to score while Newcastle also still has strong quite good in defense even though the surprise as I said yesterday came for Newcastle win, my prediction was right.
I am sure there were a lot of people who bet on Arsenal but they had to accept the defeat because even though they had tried as hard as possible, home side advantage was still greater and on the one hand, in the second half, Arsenal actually had a lot of wasted opportunities and Arsenal should have been able to win from some of those opportunities scored but unfortunately Arsenal could not take advantage this opportunity. but I admit that the match between these two teams was really very interesting.

A lot of gamblers lost  their money in this match. Everyone expected Arsenal to win this match and take the top spot in the points table. But Arsenal missed  the chance. Arsenal's  players tried a lot to  score. But  they couldn't break  Newcastle's defence. Newcastle team  also beat Manchester United team 3-0 in their last match. The team also performed well against Arsenal. This season too, Newcastle will probably continue to fight to stay in the top four of the points table. We have seen great performances from Newcastle players in the last few matches. The players are very confident now.

[Frankolala]

The victory that Man United got against Fulham meant a lot to them. Not only does it maintain their chances in the Premier League, but this victory can increase their morale and self-confidence. Indeed, it was not their best performance but still, it is good progress and a good way to leave the negative trend behind. They still have a lot of work to do if they want to get back into the title race because if they continue to play like this, it will likely be difficult for them to break into the top 4.

Bruno Fernandes has provided a temporary respite for Ten Hag, but this hard-fought victory doesn't change the bigger picture. While Ten Hag may still believe that his players are fully behind him, it's clear that their performance has been lackluster, with just a few fortunate wins to show. Competing for titles this season seems like an impossible task for Manchester United; a more realistic goal would be to maintain their current ranking and secure a spot in the Europa League for the next season.

Although Manchester United won this match, we have to say that their performance is still poor. And quite weak. They are not playing well. Manchester United were very lucky to win thanks to Bruno's last-minute goal. However, Fulham's overall gameplay was better than Manchester United's.
If we consider the last few matches of Manchester United, then it is well understood that the performance of Manchester United is quite weak. They failed to score against Manchester City and Newcastle. Manchester United conceded 6 goals in these two matches. Narrow 1-0 wins over Copenhagen and Fulham. I'm still very upset with Ten Hag's match strategy.

Manchester United won against Fulham but Manchester United's performance against Fulham was not good at all but we have to accept that Manchester United finally managed to win a match. They badly needed this win against Fulham. They have only been performing poorly in the Premier League or other tournaments so their win against Fulham will surely give them confidence for the next match. manchester united scored a goal in extra time that extra time i didn't watch the game after watching some time in the fast half i thought maybe manchester united can't do well in today's match so i stopped watching the game but when i saw the result of the match i was a bit happy because manchester United won.

Luck was on Manchester United side yesterday and that was why they succeeded having all three points yesterday despite their poor performance. I am happy because no matter how they won, it is still a win because the victory was very important at that moment, so that they will be able to be on track with the strong clubs on top six.

A lot is still needed to be done and I just hope that Manchester United will not always depend on luck to win but base on the quality of the players and their good performance. Eric Hag needs to see how he can manage to put the club back in a balanced form so that they can finish as first four on the table if possible. This season is not a good season for Manchester United and I hope that they don't continue in this performance for long

[execijutiere]

Manchester United scored a last minute goal to win 1-0 and get an important win for themselves. We can't say that they played very well during the match and I honestly think that Erik Ten Hag will be fired soon. With this win, ManU got their 6th win in the league and will increase their points to 18 and will go into the Champions League match in high spirits.
West Ham, on the other hand, unfortunately could not stop their bad run by losing 3-2 in a match in which they led 2-1. They were defeated when they failed to capitalize on the positions they found in the second half. Brentford won 3 weeks in a row while West Ham extended their losing streak to 3 weeks.

Both teams played an ordinary game, whether it was Fulham or Man United, and there was nothing really epic about the match. I wouldn't call it a comeback moment for Man United; it seemed more like luck. There was nothing extraordinary, except for Man United's luck in avoiding a draw. Even the late attacking changes made by Man United didn't have a significant impact, and Bruno Fernandes' goal came in injury time.

I'm pleased to see Maguire performing well, and he even excelled in some aerial duels. This defender, who has often been criticized for making mistakes, seemed to do his job properly. I'd like to see him in the starting lineup for the upcoming important matches. With his recent good performance, I'm becoming more confident in Maguire's ability to earn recognition from the fans.

It's safe to say that it wasn't a very enjoyable encounter.ManU are far from their old level and are going through such a bad period because they can't reach the level of play they want.Erik Ten Hag really needs to do something now or his job is very difficult after this time.ManU could have left here with a defeat, but they got the 3 points with a goal in the last minutes.As you said, they were obviously lucky, but this is not something that will always happen.If you don't improve your game, you have to rely on luck every game and that can mislead you.

[X-ray]

Doku is playing really impressive, Manchester City's scouter is really good to find a player like Doku who only worth 19 Million Euros market value. Unlike other big clubs which sign popular player that can't perform e.g. Mount, Havertz, Onana, Jorginho, Antony, etc.

The match will be played at Tottenham's home ground and Tottenham's performance is currently very good, making me think that there is not the slightest hope for Chelsea to get points in this match.
Meanwhile, Chelsea's performance is very bad.
I don't think this is an interesting match, it's a match between two teams that have quite significant quality.

It's interesting because I'm hoping Newcastle to humiliate Chelsea aka a big club which play like a Championship club.

Doku is the future winger of manchester city. City is now having so many great talented young players in its club like doku, haaland, and many more. I must praise how guardiola was scouting the players. It seems like that he is always successfully bringing the good player into the manchester city.
You forget that if mudryk was pricing more than him but he less in everything compared with doku. pep is always able bringing very good player that was giving big impact to the club. No doubt that if city is likely winning the EPL trophy again this season.
Chelsea is facing totenham first before newcastle. I hope that chelsea will be winning against totenham caused by it will help city to go up again. City is the winner of EPL this season.
There was no club that can prevent manchester city to win the EPL. EPL will always be dominating by manchester city. EPL is blue now.

[davis196]

The goal by Newcastle against Arsenal is illegal. I don't know what those VAR referees were doing. This is ridiculous.
There was a foul in attack, committed by the Newcastle player against the Arsenal player, which was close to the Arsenal goalkeeper.
This goal is a joke. This is the second time VAR is failing, after the Liverpool goal against Tottenham, which was unfairly denied.
Maybe VAR should be cancelled. VAR is doing more harm to the football than it goes any good.
Newcastle became a really strong team and they will have big influence in the Premier league, but the fair result of this game was 0-0.

[Bobrox]

Doku is the future winger of manchester city. City is now having so many great talented young players in its club like doku, haaland, and many more. I must praise how guardiola was scouting the players. It seems like that he is always successfully bringing the good player into the manchester city.
You forget that if mudryk was pricing more than him but he less in everything compared with doku. pep is always able bringing very good player that was giving big impact to the club. No doubt that if city is likely winning the EPL trophy again this season.
Chelsea is facing totenham first before newcastle. I hope that chelsea will be winning against totenham caused by it will help city to go up again. City is the winner of EPL this season.
There was no club that can prevent manchester city to win the EPL. EPL will always be dominating by manchester city. EPL is blue now.

Not only with Manchester is blue but looks like Premier League dominance by Manchester City and make blue color, Pep Guardiola most amazing manager and he scout talent success sign many top players. There are not impact yet with Kevin De Bruyne injured because Manchester City have Doku with brilliant performance last night with one goals and have make 4 assists.

Pep Guardiola never disappointed with his transfer, although spent much money but success make their players on the top level performed, we still remember when Jack Grealish arrived in City and spent above 100 million euro but he has contribution helped City not only winning Premier League but also City won UEFA Champion League for the first time. There are not loss yet any top talent player under Pep Guardiola, he orbit many players and success raised their top performed.

[swogerino]

The goal by Newcastle against Arsenal is illegal. I don't know what those VAR referees were doing. This is ridiculous.
There was a foul in attack, committed by the Newcastle player against the Arsenal player, which was close to the Arsenal goalkeeper.
This goal is a joke. This is the second time VAR is failing, after the Liverpool goal against Tottenham, which was unfairly denied.
Maybe VAR should be cancelled. VAR is doing more harm to the football than it goes any good.
Newcastle became a really strong team and they will have big influence in the Premier league, but the fair result of this game was 0-0.

It is not the VAR fault,no not at all,it is the referees fault still that apparently no one at UEFA/FIFA take any measure against them even though they have enough evidence in front of them to judge fairly yet they seem to do what they want and not caring at all for such clear evidences.

VAR is a wonderful technology but are the referees as always the faulty people who impact the games,I know referees are human and prone to human error yet it cannot be forgiven when they clearly make a mistake with all such evidence in front of them.

[Velvet78]

Tottenham - Chelsea is going to be a really lovely game to close this week in the league. Tottenham are the obvious favourite side due to their incredible performance so far. They have lost the lead to Manchester City temporarily but I feel confident about them to take it back. Because I have no reason to think Chelsea can get at least one point here.

Chelsea are in very poor condition and they still can't do anything about it. That terrible finishing against Brentford and the following loss is inexplicable and unacceptable. They have played many similar games to that one so far. While Tottenham have a great team play I don't give Chelsea much chance.

[Issa56]

It's been easy for Tottenham to retake the top spot in the table. Tottenham will go top of the table if they beat Chelsea in their next match.

Tottenham will be able to regain first place if they can win their next game against Chelsea. However, how certain are you that they will win? Chelsea is not playing well, but the match won't be an easy match for Tottenham, Chelsea will do everything not to lose the match, they will rather want to end the match as a draw which is not really a good one for Tottenham. If Tottenham want to maintain their first position, they will have to win the match in order to maintain their first position, if they manage to draw, Tottenham and Manchester City would have equal points, but Manchester City will still have the advantage in goals, therefore Tottenham must win the game in order to stay in first place.

[abhiseshakana]

Tottenham - Chelsea is going to be a really lovely game to close this week in the league. Tottenham are the obvious favourite side due to their incredible performance so far. They have lost the lead to Manchester City temporarily but I feel confident about them to take it back. Because I have no reason to think Chelsea can get at least one point here.

Chelsea are in very poor condition and they still can't do anything about it. That terrible finishing against Brentford and the following loss is inexplicable and unacceptable. They have played many similar games to that one so far. While Tottenham have a great team play I don't give Chelsea much chance.

This match should belong to Tottenham because they are in their best performance and they will play at home. It's just that Tottenham must not be careless because even though Chelsea has less consistent performance, but Chelsea can still be a stumbling block for them. This is a tough season for Chelsea, their performance is not good and they often drop points when playing against opponents they should be able to beat but Chelsea can sometimes play well against big teams (they managed to hold Arsenal and Liverpool to a draw).

[Mayor of ogba]

Today's match wasn't fine due to how they made the goal decision. I was under the impression that Arsenal either won or drew, and because of self-interest, VAR cheated Arsenal by making a fictitious ruling.

In the initial VAR check for a possible ball outside the line, they act as though they saw nothing. In the second VAR check for a potential foul on Gabriel, the third VAR check for a potential offside, and the entire official team allowed the goal to stand. However, I'd like to know why they didn't let the referee go check on his own?

The refereeing decision was the main talking point yesterday and it’s disingenuous to push it to the background. I have come to the realization that the Premier League officiating won’t change. It will get worse. It’s become a business now and the people that should call it out are all hiding behind microphones. Sometimes I don’t like talking about all these ref/VAR issue. What we are seeing now is Nothing. The shit show has been on for 10+ years at least and it won't stop.

There were so many error scenes from VAR during the game but they somehow managed to overlook them. I don’t know how the VAR officials missed Bruno elbow, how they did not review the foul on Gabriel Magalhaes, but went for an offside is absolute shock, it seems like it was a mission to make Arsenal lose.
Arsenal was really into the game. They were the better side if you ask me. Yes there are things they could have done better attacking wise. But defensively they were on point. I think Arsenal did not lose that game because they did not play well. They lost that game because they were robbed. Simple as ABC.

I won't be surprised to see another referee get demoted to the championship again. Yesterday at St James' Park, I witnessed the ridiculous use of the VAR system. It was glaringly evident that the English football system won't change. I received this message from a friend, and everything he shared with me below accurately reflects what happened in the goal against Arsenal.

PGMOL have responded following today’s controversial decisions at St James’ Park.

On Bruno Guimaraes elbow: “He's not used his arm as a weapon, it's not nice but no more than a yellow card.”

On the Newcastle goal: “The ball looks out but we can't possibly give it from that angle.”

On the push on Gabriel: “There's two hands on Gabriel's back but we can't be sure it's a push.”

On Gordon being offside: “There's no conclusive evidence whether Gordan is behind the ball, so stick with onfield decision.”

I only saw how much time they took when they made the decision about that goal and whether it was 1) a foul or 2) offside. The offside decision took too long in my opinion because it wasn't offside. But in general I think there is nothing to say against the VAR taking a lot of time to make the right decision, but it is confusing for sure. The commentator said they gave the goal because they have no conclusive evidence against it. That was word for word what he said.

Now when did this situation happen during the game in the above picture with the ball that was supposedly out? I missed that one but was it out 100%? I think it is a disgrace that there are still missing camera angles to make reliable decisions in the aftermaths. There is so much technology available and it could easily be upgraded where necessary that these things should not happen.

I was very shocked to see that the Newcastle United goal against Arsenal yesterday night was not disallowed by VAR because VAR checked on three things in that Newcastle United goal which are the possible ball going over, possible foul, and possible offside against Newcastle United. The VAR was very interested in checking for possible offside when they know too well that it is not an offside against Newcastle  United. The VAR should have focused more on the possible over against Newcastle United because VAR knew if they focused on the possible over the goal could have been disallowed but since they wanted the goal to stand they refused to focus more on reviewing the possible over which could give Arsenal a goal kick. I think they should work on VAR to deliver the right decisions at times.

VAR decisions this season had been totally unacceptable and dismal with reference to Arsenal match against Newcastle the VAR decision was absolutely unfair the ball had visibly crossed the touch line for a goalkick and it was repeatedly shown on TV replay, it was glaring and obvious that with the aggressive style of player of Newcastle one or two of their played ought have gotten a Red Card yet they got away with those terrible challenges against Arsenal players,  VAR controversial decision is now on weekly basis last week  it was against Wolves when they played Newcastle, last time it was Wolves against Man Utd when Onana made a contact and foul a wolves player and so many questionable decisions.

It is this kind of decision VAR is making made Liverpool want a replay of their match with Tottenham a few weeks back. If the Premier League FA knows that VAR can not deliver the right decision when needed, VAR should be stopped from assisting the referee in making decisions before it prevents people from watching a football match. Arsenal have all the right to demand a replay of their match with Newcastle United if they want to do that. It was the same thing that happened to Manchester United against Brighton & Hove Albion but Manchester United's goal was ruled out because VAR decided the ball was out of play. If you check the image below you will see Manchester United's ball is still in play because part of the ball is still in the touchline while Newcastle United's ball is totally out of play, yet VAR allowed Newcastle United's goal to stand.

[JeffBrad12]

Tottenham - Chelsea is going to be a really lovely game to close this week in the league. Tottenham are the obvious favourite side due to their incredible performance so far. They have lost the lead to Manchester City temporarily but I feel confident about them to take it back. Because I have no reason to think Chelsea can get at least one point here.

It will be so hard for chelsea to make it happen. The performance from chelsea is not yet consistent till this time. Hoping chelsea to win the game against totenham is pretty much the same like hoping manchester united to in EPL this season as it's impossible to happen. Totenham in really good shapes at this moment. I see no reason for totenham to let three points go away from the club. Ange will do everything to beat chelsea even with narrow score. There will be a tough game for totenham.
Im thinking pochettino may also use different strategy. I would prefer to see these clubs played with their own best strategy. Totenham will obviously go all in attack against chelsea.

Chelsea are in very poor condition and they still can't do anything about it. That terrible finishing against Brentford and the following loss is inexplicable and unacceptable. They have played many similar games to that one so far. While Tottenham have a great team play I don't give Chelsea much chance.

Chelsea may only able to fully defense and then make counter attack against totenham. Totenham and chelsea are having the same weakness if these clubs are always struggling when faced the low blocks club.
I meant a club that used low blocks strategy. We still have a long way to go before we can witness the highly anticipated match between Chelsea and Tottenham.