Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[QueenVera]

The top of the EPL standings this season will become clear as the season progresses. Man City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal are the four strongest teams in the title race. These four teams benefited from the inconsistency of two other elite clubs, Chelsea and Man United. However, it is possible that The Red Devils and The Blues will become stumbling blocks for the leaders in the upcoming matches.

If Chelsea are able to surprise again in Week 12 against Man City by beating them, or holding them to a draw, it will make Tottenham return to the top of the standings, because Ange squad has a slightly weak opponent namely Wolves. I think there won't be too big of a difference in points this season in the top four standings, especially if these teams will be shopping for players in the transfer market next january.
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On the other hand I think Chelsea and Man United will have difficulty finishing in the top four of the standings this season, the most realistic target is to appear in the Europa League next season.

Chelsea and Manchester United this season have been in their poorest forms, finding it hard to secure a point not to even mention a solid 3 points, these slow pace and inconsistent game scorelines though makes for their difficulty in attaining better positions on the league table, Unlike other big teams who are doing efficiently, it'll be difficult for the former two teams to finish in a good stand this season.

 It's almost the first half of the season and they're still lagging far behind in earning points, their games with small teams can't even be sure to do the trick for them because they're still uncertain about their team balance, It's sad that Chelsea and Manchester United have to be faced with these battle at these moments and it now seem as if all hope is lost for them, well it's seeming like it but we still hope a correction can be made.

[JoyMarsha]

Everyone is blaming Onana for his poor performance, but all blame shouldn’t be put on Onana. We should also blame Manchester United's defenders. If the defense of a club is not strong, no matter how good the goalkeeper is, his performance will still look poor. There are a lot of balls that the defenders are supposed to be covering up for Onana, but since Manchester United defenders are not capable of doing that, it’s making it look like Onana’s performance is really poor. But we know Onana was a good goalkeeper before coming to Manchester United.

Yep. We must admit that Man United defenders often played badly. The problem of Man United defense is actually on the defenders, not on the goalkeeper. It is because it already happened since De Gea was in Man United. People blamed De Dea at that time, but they just realize it now that De Gea shouldn't be blamed because the real problem is on the defenders. It is proven that Onana also experienced the same thing, there is no change on the defense strength. I don't know why Ten Hag never choose the right defenders when he buys new defenders in the transfer season. I sometimes assume that Ten Hag looks not really care about building Man United defense line. He is too focused on building Man United front line and midfield line.

Ten Hag's only option right now, in my opinion, to keep Manchester United's defense solid is to hope that the club doesn't fire him before January when they will need to acquire new defenders to cover their goalposts. Apparently, Onana needs a strong defense that would make it difficult for other teams to score him easily. He is not to accomplish it on his own without the help of Manchester United 

[Coyster]

I would go for Ten Hag getting sacked but for who, the available coaches are almost similar to him and sacking him might come with huge compensation because he just recently signed a new long term contract. What United needs is to forget about wining major trophy now

How can a club as big as Manchester United forget about winning a major trophy, those as the hierarchy invest huge sums of money into the football club to see them successful, and not to watch them win nothing. I know that the board has been trying to bring the club back to its glory days, but all to no avail, but they cannot stop until they get it right.

Having said that, sooner or later i think Erik Ten Hag is going to be sacked, it may seem like the hierarchy is solidly behind him right now, but if this poor form doesn't stop and they are continue losing games left, right and center, they will have to fire Ten Hag, it is definitely not what the club wants to do, but it might be inevitable.

[Roseline492]

Chelsea and Manchester United this season have been in their poorest forms, finding it hard to secure a point not to even mention a solid 3 points, these slow pace and inconsistent game scorelines though makes for their difficulty in attaining better positions on the league table, Unlike other big teams who are doing efficiently, it'll be difficult for the former two teams to finish in a good stand this season.

The both teams has gone from bad to worst, they have not win any 4 straight matches back to back, this season has been the worst season for them because irrespective of there poor performance last season we can never compare there last season with what they are playing in this season, losing so many of there matches they had upper chances of winning.

Chelsea and Manchester United has the same pattern and you could hardly predict there match because when you will feel is the time for them to win they showed you the opposite.

[tiCeR]

I can't believe you are trying to use the H2H statistic under these circumstances. No matter what these statistics say, wouldn't you agree that the Chelsea club we are seeing these days has nothing to do with the Chelsea from two years ago? In the season before last season Chelsea finished third in the Premier League and had 6 losses for the whole season. They now stand at four losses and three draws after eleven games. It's really useless to go and look what happened in the last few games when they played against each other. It is useless up to the point that I wonder why some people think it makes sense to look at that. Everyone is talking about Chelsea because they are so bad that people are speechless.

Now not only Chelsea has become different, but Tottenham also looks stronger, so I agree that the situation needs to be looked at by the current form of the teams. But what happened yesterday is faintly reminiscent of old football, it was some kind of show, a lot of stops, belated decisions, I don’t know, I was bored watching this. Was it necessary to give the first red card, or was a yellow and a penalty enough? Mixed impressions about the match...

No doubt that after 6 minutes when Tottenham scored that goal, everyone watching the game thought the same: this is going to be a nightmare game for Chelsea. But that red card had far more impact on the game than I thought it would. Of course it changed the whole dynamics and it was supposed to become a different and much harder game for Tottenham from there on. This was weird game over 90 minutes and more. The first goal deflected from a defender. The red card that at first nobody understood and then the penalty hits the post and goes in. 12 minutes extra time for the first half and then this tackling when the player had already received a yellow card... That red card was due for stupidity only. But it was still quite an entertaining game.

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It will be very difficult to do because in the end when talking about this, apart from the players themselves there must be the role of the coach as a spirit booster for them to try to get out of their current poor performance and Ten Hag still cannot do that now so the chemistry between the players and the coach still has a gap that makes teamwork in the squad also disrupted.
I think it would be wiser for Rashford to now realise that indeed this season he is very bad at playing. This season I even see his ego getting bigger where he rarely sees other players and only focuses on dribbling and forcing the opportunities he has. This pattern must be changed and not only Rashford is like this but also Bruno who must improve his performance.

For Antony he actually has good potential, it's just that he's too emotional and the problems at the beginning of this season are still bothering him which makes his performance decline in the current season too. The internal problems of Manchester United are too many and honestly I think things like this are difficult to control if in the end there is no awareness from the players and coaches.

The process required by Erik ten hag is of course that He must be able to raise the enthusiasm of his team for the upcoming match. Manchester united needs a win and that what we want to see from them in the upcoming game. A problem that occurs within the club, Both in the dressing room and in training session, Must be immediately corrected by erik to be able to restore the level of harmony within the team. He is also to be able to fix all the weaknesses to be corrected together in future match.

In a situation like this, Of course the Manchester United squad is experiencing problem in their mentality because they often lose in several match and They have to get rid of that in order to recover from being down. In the current standing where manchester united is stuck in 8th place and they still have a greater chance of reaching a better level if they are able to change their game in the upcoming match.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Everyone is blaming Onana for his poor performance, but all blame shouldn’t be put on Onana. We should also blame Manchester United's defenders. If the defense of a club is not strong, no matter how good the goalkeeper is, his performance will still look poor. There are a lot of balls that the defenders are supposed to be covering up for Onana, but since Manchester United defenders are not capable of doing that, it’s making it look like Onana’s performance is really poor. But we know Onana was a good goalkeeper before coming to Manchester United.

Yep. We must admit that Man United defenders often played badly. The problem of Man United defense is actually on the defenders, not on the goalkeeper. It is because it already happened since De Gea was in Man United. People blamed De Dea at that time, but they just realize it now that De Gea shouldn't be blamed because the real problem is on the defenders. It is proven that Onana also experienced the same thing, there is no change on the defense strength. I don't know why Ten Hag never choose the right defenders when he buys new defenders in the transfer season. I sometimes assume that Ten Hag looks not really care about building Man United defense line. He is too focused on building Man United front line and midfield line.

Ten Hag's only option right now, in my opinion, to keep Manchester United's defense solid is to hope that the club doesn't fire him before January when they will need to acquire new defenders to cover their goalposts. Apparently, Onana needs a strong defense that would make it difficult for other teams to score him easily. He is not to accomplish it on his own without the help of Manchester United 

You can't really sure if ten hag will able to make the defensive line becomes even stronger than this time. Look at what happened when ten hag took reguilon from totenham. Ten hag didn't even consider it as a garbage choice but he tries to convince himself if it was his best choice but it's a garbage choice now. Public is always seeing how this guy is always scouting the garbage player. This is my main reason why manchester united needs to monitoring the movement of ten hag. This coach may waste more resources for nothing.
Antony being bought with overrated price then ten hag is thinking to loaning him to the other club which is so stupid. Ten hag shall be sacked before this guy will be destroying the club.

[legendbtc]

Ten Hag seems to have really failed to overcome the problems his team has experienced this season. He will probably be sacked instead of getting much time and trust if this season fails to take Manchester United to the last 16 of the Champions League. Manchester United also appear inconsistent in the Premier League and it is increasingly worrying that they will be able to secure a place in the Champions League zone next season.

That's what I see is that Erik Ten Hag is a failure who still can't overcome his problems on all fronts, including defense.
Regarding the dismissal, there is still doubt, will Man United take firm action if Erik Ten Hag fails to qualify for the last 16 of the UCL? Likewise, securing the Champions League zone still seems difficult because Man United often loses in matches where they don't perform well.

During this season Man United has no changes, I can say last season was much better and now much worse.
The main factor is because many players are injured.

All failures on the field should be attributed to Captain Ten Hag. Ten Hag still needs to be able to help his students. He should stop criticizing them and focus on doing his job well. Right before the Copenhagen match in the European Cup, coach Erik Ten Hag criticized the referee team. He never really accepted his responsibility. Every excuse is that it's someone else's fault. He should reflect on himself.
Man United management will continue to keep Ten Hag because, after all, his start at Man United was quite good. And the current situation still does not have a coach excellent enough to solve the mess at Man United. Ten Hag still has time to prove his talent.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Chelsea and Manchester United this season have been in their poorest forms, finding it hard to secure a point not to even mention a solid 3 points, these slow pace and inconsistent game scorelines though makes for their difficulty in attaining better positions on the league table, Unlike other big teams who are doing efficiently, it'll be difficult for the former two teams to finish in a good stand this season.

The both teams has gone from bad to worst, they have not win any 4 straight matches back to back, this season has been the worst season for them because irrespective of there poor performance last season we can never compare there last season with what they are playing in this season, losing so many of there matches they had upper chances of winning.

Chelsea and Manchester United has the same pattern and you could hardly predict there match because when you will feel is the time for them to win they showed you the opposite.

You are right that Chelsea and Manchester United can be called unstable teams when we believed they could win when playing at home but the opposite happened it's really hard to predict, I still remember when Chelsea beat Tottenham of course no one thought Chelsea would win moreover Tottenham still holds an unbeaten record but after 2 red cards the situation changed drastically Chelsea took control and scored 4 goals, I never forget this moment and I call it a bookie's trap because previously the odds for Tottenham to win were only @ 2.00 normally it's @1.6 because Tottenham is in a positive trend and playing at home so it doesn't make sense if the odds are high.

In the last 5 matches, Chelsea and Manchester have both recorded 3 wins yeah it's better than last month and if Manchester is eliminated from the Champions League then they can focus more on the Premier League at least hunt for European League tickets lol. Meanwhile, Chelsea will close the season without a target maybe they will focus on team observations.

[TelolettOm]

Ten Hag's only option right now, in my opinion, to keep Manchester United's defense solid is to hope that the club doesn't fire him before January when they will need to acquire new defenders to cover their goalposts. Apparently, Onana needs a strong defense that would make it difficult for other teams to score him easily. He is not to accomplish it on his own without the help of Manchester United

I'm not sure if Ten Hag can solve the problem on Man United defense although he will buy new defenders in January transfer window. Ten Hag isn't a typical coach who can choose proper defenders. Many of the the defenders he bought, played underperformance. He also didn't want to sell Maguire even if he knows Maguire is one of the problem in Man United defense. I don't know what Ten Hag thinks to solve Man United problem. He seems have a different view than common managers. Anyway, I assume Man United management also need to evaluate their scouts. Man United scouts look not working very well in the last few years.

Not only strengthen the defenders, Onana also needs to improve his performance and avoid unnecessary mistakes. I think Onana also still didn't play consistently, he probably still adapts with Man United players and tactics. But he must adapt quickly because it will bring big impact for Man United if he fail to adapt well. He must be aware that he is Man United main goalkeeper now.

[MusaMohamed]

I'm not sure if Ten Hag can solve the problem on Man United defense although he will buy new defenders in January transfer window.

A winter transfer season is not a good one to buy players. Big clubs will not let their best players to move in the winter transfer window so it's nearly impossible to buy best players for a club in this window. Even you can buy a good player, a new player will not have enough time to adapt to a new club, new team mates or even a new league. It is a big difference compares to a summer transfer season because players will have pre-season training to better adapt to a new club.

Cost to buy good player in a winter transfer season usually is more expensive than in the summer too. If it is not like an emergent situation, no need to join the winter transfer.

Ten Hag isn't a typical coach who can choose proper defenders. Many of the the defenders he bought, played underperformance. He also didn't want to sell Maguire even if he knows Maguire is one of the problem in Man United defense. I don't know what Ten Hag thinks to solve Man United problem. He seems have a different view than common managers. Anyway, I assume Man United management also need to evaluate their scouts. Man United scouts look not working very well in the last few years.

Maguire plays better with his national team and we can take it to reconsider about Manchester United defense system. It is a system that is contributed by many players, from defenders to even midfielders and it's unfair to say Maguire is a root cause of all strength or weakness in their defense system. In the match with Copenhagen, it reveals weakness of their system as their midfielders failed to create enough pressure on Copenhagen players. If Copenhagen players can make better distant shots, they even can create more dangerous situations and find goals too.

Not only strengthen the defenders, Onana also needs to improve his performance and avoid unnecessary mistakes. I think Onana also still didn't play consistently, he probably still adapts with Man United players and tactics. But he must adapt quickly because it will bring big impact for Man United if he fail to adapt well. He must be aware that he is Man United main goalkeeper now.

Onana has poor debut for Manchester United but again he is only one player in the squad and defense system. Other players must cover Onana better as no goalkeeper can block all shots from opponents.

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All failures on the field should be attributed to Captain Ten Hag. Ten Hag still needs to be able to help his students. He should stop criticizing them and focus on doing his job well. Right before the Copenhagen match in the European Cup, coach Erik Ten Hag criticized the referee team. He never really accepted his responsibility. Every excuse is that it's someone else's fault. He should reflect on himself.
Man United management will continue to keep Ten Hag because, after all, his start at Man United was quite good. And the current situation still does not have a coach excellent enough to solve the mess at Man United. Ten Hag still has time to prove his talent.

Lol. Please don't say he's the captain, he's a coach. 

We know that there are always internal problems at this club, coaches and players are at odds, making it difficult for Erik Ten Hag to give solid direction, as well as Erik Ten Hag with a strict upbringing on players if no one is disciplined then they will be sanctioned, so that may be the cause of their game being hampered, or even from poor stretagi, it could also be from some injured players, so this problem is a bit complex.

About criticizing the referee in the match it is natural because it is full of tension, so whatever the result is it has already happened, and the criticism from Erik Ten Hag maybe he is a little disappointed with the result.

[Pandu Geddon]

Onana has poor debut for Manchester United but again he is only one player in the squad and defense system. Other players must cover Onana better as no goalkeeper can block all shots from opponents.

when Onana and Maguire are played in the squad, it is the best chance for United's opponents to win. Ten Hag had to admit how his current team was very bad. they scored 12 goals, but they conceded 16 times.
I'm sure Ten Hag as a manager knows where his team's weaknesses come from. I don't know what he did to make the fans dissatisfied. on social media, we can see how fans condemn several players, even Ten Hag is not free from fans' blasphemy. they don't just want to see their team win against weak teams. but they want to see how United shows improved play.

[Republikcoin.com]

I'm not sure if Ten Hag can solve the problem on Man United defense although he will buy new defenders in January transfer window. Ten Hag isn't a typical coach who can choose proper defenders. Many of the the defenders he bought, played underperformance. He also didn't want to sell Maguire even if he knows Maguire is one of the problem in Man United defense. I don't know what Ten Hag thinks to solve Man United problem. He seems have a different view than common managers. Anyway, I assume Man United management also need to evaluate their scouts. Man United scouts look not working very well in the last few years.

Not only strengthen the defenders, Onana also needs to improve his performance and avoid unnecessary mistakes. I think Onana also still didn't play consistently, he probably still adapts with Man United players and tactics. But he must adapt quickly because it will bring big impact for Man United if he fail to adapt well. He must be aware that he is Man United main goalkeeper now.

And what is very surprising is that Maguire, who was planning to be sold in the transfer market, has now shown his best performance and is quite helpful for Manchester United's defense line.
all the players that Manchester United is currently recruiting are his wishes, but in fact the players he is recruiting do not fit into his strategic scheme, that is very, very strange.
The problem with the Manchester United team is not only in the defense line, but in all lines, so the team's poor play makes it very easy for opponents to launch attacks on the Manchester United team's defense line.
I don't know how Ten Hag can improve a team that has fallen so badly, and I'm pessimistic that he can do it.

[harapan]

Ten Hag's only option right now, in my opinion, to keep Manchester United's defense solid is to hope that the club doesn't fire him before January when they will need to acquire new defenders to cover their goalposts. Apparently, Onana needs a strong defense that would make it difficult for other teams to score him easily. He is not to accomplish it on his own without the help of Manchester United

I'm not sure if Ten Hag can solve the problem on Man United defense although he will buy new defenders in January transfer window. Ten Hag isn't a typical coach who can choose proper defenders. Many of the the defenders he bought, played underperformance. He also didn't want to sell Maguire even if he knows Maguire is one of the problem in Man United defense. I don't know what Ten Hag thinks to solve Man United problem. He seems have a different view than common managers. Anyway, I assume Man United management also need to evaluate their scouts. Man United scouts look not working very well in the last few years.

Not only strengthen the defenders, Onana also needs to improve his performance and avoid unnecessary mistakes. I think Onana also still didn't play consistently, he probably still adapts with Man United players and tactics. But he must adapt quickly because it will bring big impact for Man United if he fail to adapt well. He must be aware that he is Man United main goalkeeper now.

There is always solutions to every problem the defense have seen all of their good defenders put and injured the last game saw another injured and it affected how they played also. Ten Hag needs all the support you can give him to change  the conditions of the club. The club and fans have past glory so they want to pressure until they see the club at the position they have always been in the past. Onana has been trying not enough but has given heart and mind for Man United .
Jim Radcliffe will support him with the basic necessary support to take Man United to the top. Some signings are not meant to play for united.

[Sakanwa]

Arsenal have suffered some injury crisis of recent,and it has hampared their performances this season.They are without Odegard,Partey,Timber and Gabriel Jesus.These are players who have important and significant impact on and off the pitch.Partey is the engine room to Arsenal's midfield,and when ever they play without him,it seems that midfield doesn't have a good shape.Last night was one of their best games ever because they showed class through out the game.They are leading in their group with 9 points now.It won't be a surprise if Arsenal get to the final or semi final in this Champions league because they are playing beautiful football that can make them to bigger stages in the competition.

Arsenal's injuries have impact on how they play on the pitch, but it's still not right to say that it's a crisis. among all players who are injured, it's only odegaard the one who has impact to the team. in midfield without Partey, they still have Declan rice, Jorginho, Fábio Vieira, etc. and their front line, they still have strong front line to win games.

Arsenal are still favorite to compete mancity at title race this season, because, other than mancity, they have the most complete squad in the league where they have quality backup players at every position. they only need to maintain their good form throughout the season.

That means you don't really get what I mean,if we are talking about players who have impact on the field,you cannot mention any other name without mentioning Partey.If you aren't an Arsenal fan,you won't know what I'm saying because maybe you don't watch Arsenal games.
Partey is the ingene room to arsenal's midfield,that was why when Partey wanted to leave the club to Juventus,Arteta begged him to stay because he knows that the player is very important to Arsenal,and if he is fit to play with Declan Rice,there is no midfield in England that will be able to stand Arsenal.I am not saying Jorginho is not good,but you can't compare him to Partey in terms of solidity and midfield control.

[Sebas.tian]

Onana has poor debut for Manchester United but again he is only one player in the squad and defense system. Other players must cover Onana better as no goalkeeper can block all shots from opponents.

when Onana and Maguire are played in the squad, it is the best chance for United's opponents to win. Ten Hag had to admit how his current team was very bad. they scored 12 goals, but they conceded 16 times.
I'm sure Ten Hag as a manager knows where his team's weaknesses come from. I don't know what he did to make the fans dissatisfied. on social media, we can see how fans condemn several players, even Ten Hag is not free from fans' blasphemy. they don't just want to see their team win against weak teams. but they want to see how United shows improved play.

If Ten Hag really want to improve Manchester united in the remaining matches, he should start benching any player that do anyhow in their training or inside the match, so that those forming oldest players in the team will learn their lesson by benching them like two matches for them to know their offence. Based on the way Manchester united coach was preparing his team in this season, many people thoughts that those new players plus goalkeeper will make Manchester united to withstand any team to embrace victory until when the tournament start and Manchester united player begin to struggle with some small teams to defeat at the moment that made people to believed that Manchester united will not end well in this season. Ten Hag made a big mistakes by allowed their formal goalkeeper to leave, because this new keeper Onana doesn't look like someone that will help the team to survive this season.

[len01]

There is always solutions to every problem the defense have seen all of their good defenders put and injured the last game saw another injured and it affected how they played also. Ten Hag needs all the support you can give him to change  the conditions of the club. The club and fans have past glory so they want to pressure until they see the club at the position they have always been in the past. Onana has been trying not enough but has given heart and mind for Man United .
Jim Radcliffe will support him with the basic necessary support to take Man United to the top. Some signings are not meant to play for united.

sure. not only at Man United but other teams that have bad things in several lines still have the opportunity to improve it. on one hand, there is still a very long game time remaining this season and in january the transfer market will reopen which will give Ten Hag and the Chelsea coach the opportunity Pochettino needs to improve his line up to have better performance and the opportunity for january will be the last chance of the season and if he can not take advantage of it well, its possible that Man United and Chelsea will only be the same as they are now.

Indeed, a team needs support from fans but they must give each other their best efforts as fans will always provide support and the team must provide evidence of good improvement because in the EPL the competition is getting closer to the end of the season and the competition becomes more difficult.

[Despairo]

If Ten Hag really want to improve Manchester united in the remaining matches, he should start benching any player that do anyhow in their training or inside the match, so that those forming oldest players in the team will learn their lesson by benching them like two matches for them to know their offence.

You sounds like Manchester United have other quality players in bench.

In keeper position they have: Onana, Heaton and Bayindir, Heaton only play 3 match in 3 years while Bayindir is a new goalkeeper from Fernebahce which has a difference in terms of competitiveness.

In defender position they have (not injured): Evans, Varane, Maguire, Lindelof, Reguilon, Dalot and Bissaka. Only both Varane and Dalot are good defenders, while the other are forced to play since Ten Hag don't have any option.

[klidex]

Onana has poor debut for Manchester United but again he is only one player in the squad and defense system. Other players must cover Onana better as no goalkeeper can block all shots from opponents.

when Onana and Maguire are played in the squad, it is the best chance for United's opponents to win. Ten Hag had to admit how his current team was very bad. they scored 12 goals, but they conceded 16 times.
I'm sure Ten Hag as a manager knows where his team's weaknesses come from. I don't know what he did to make the fans dissatisfied. on social media, we can see how fans condemn several players, even Ten Hag is not free from fans' blasphemy. they don't just want to see their team win against weak teams. but they want to see how United shows improved play.

Yes, I admit that the performance of the Manchester United team is very bad at the moment, Manchester United has experienced 9 defeats so far in 17 matches, although there is a lot of pressure from a number of Man Utd fans. However, this does not seem to dampen Ten Hag enthusiasm to continue to improve the performance of his players to continue coaching Manchester United and I heard rumors circulating that if Sir Alex Ferguson, the former Manchester United coach, still supports Ten Hag to continue coaching this club.
Manchester United must do more be patient and enjoy the current process by changing coaches, it seems like it would be the same if Manchester United lacked qualified players because what I see seems to be Ten Hag having difficulty building cooperation with the current players so Manchester Utd continues to experience decline, but I hope Ten Hag moves Hurry to immediately improve the quality of the current players because Ten Hag still has a long time to improve the club performance.