Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Ahli38]

It was great to see Everton finally win again after the last time they did it was against Crystal Palace two weeks earlier. Last night's win against Nottingham was also special because they needed points to move out of the relegation zone after being deducted 10 points some time ago.

Against Nottigham in an away game is certainly not easy for Everton but this narrow victory will definitely pump up the enthusiasm of the whole team to get a better finishing place for this season. Despite the problems that Everton have faced, I think they still deserve to be in the EPL until next season and now it's just a matter of how they maintain their current performance in the next match.

Everton's victory against Nottingham indeed made Everton closer to getting out of the relegation zone. But unfortunately next week Everton have quite a difficult match. namely Everton have to face Newcastle next week. Even though Everton will host the match next week. But because the opponent is Newcastle, I think this will be a very difficult match for Everton to win. In this match, Everton will probably just try not to lose and getting a draw will probably be Everton's focus. Because if Everton play too aggressively it will only make Everton's defense a little weak. So Everton may have to use a defensive strategy and counterattack. In this way, Everton, which is much weaker than Newcastle, still has a chance to win if Everton is successful in maintaining its defense and succeeds in making a quick counter-attack.

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[borovichok]

It was great to see Everton finally win again after the last time they did it was against Crystal Palace two weeks earlier. Last night's win against Nottingham was also special because they needed points to move out of the relegation zone after being deducted 10 points some time ago.

Against Nottigham in an away game is certainly not easy for Everton but this narrow victory will definitely pump up the enthusiasm of the whole team to get a better finishing place for this season. Despite the problems that Everton have faced, I think they still deserve to be in the EPL until next season and now it's just a matter of how they maintain their current performance in the next match.

EPL is competitive, we have teams that won't make it up and we have the ones that are competing for solid trophies and significant positions on the table. The performance of the Toffees will improve, it's just a matter of time for the club to adapt to the present situation of the club. Points deductions is the main reason behind the sudden decline in performance. Everton headcoach, Sean Dyche have vision and an important task to complete this season. His team is in the relegation zone, definitely a burden on the fans and the players.

[Unsoldier]

Manchester City are still on a winless streak now. This was the third game in a row for them in which they got a draw. All of them were against big teams in the league. They conceded 8 goals in these games at the same time.

This is just horrible for Manchester City in my opinion. Because their defense isn't this weak normally. But they just can't have exactly the same kind of domination they imagine in big games. Next time they have an away game against Aston Villa. This is also technically a tough game on paper. Because Emery's Aston Villa are doing really impressive work this season. Let's see whether this bad streak will end for Manchester City.

The last weekend was not that good for Manchester City and in this season alot have not been well with the title holders of the last two season, Manchester City is on the verge of compiling alot of points to be able to stay ahead of other clubs who may be putting up a strong come back in the premier leagues this season.

Most of the time, we have mistaken the draw to mean success but in this case, we have to realize the risk that is associated with draw like innthe last weekend's Manchester City draw with 3 goals.

Although, the goals number looks great, but then also we have to realize the place of clubs like Liverpool who are making a strong come back un this season and also winning their match on the weekend with multiple goals.

Manchester City have dropped to third in the standings - now they are three points behind the leading Arsenal.
I think for Tottenham a draw with the Citizens is a positive result. However, the Londoners have not won for four matches in a row. Man City are not doing well lately either. They are playing in the EPL for the third time in a row in a draw.

[KTChampions]

In my opinion, there are quite interesting quotes for the game Aston Villa - City:

4.21 - 4.12 - 1.72

Despite the fact that City are stricken with a drawn series and cannot win head-to-head matches against direct competitors, bookmakers rate them very highly. The difference between the teams is only 1 point. Should we expect City to "revert to the mean" and start winning, or will they finally lose? If they lose, a third loss in 15 games would be highly unusual. Therefore, I would rather bet on City drawing again (although I am biased as I rooting against them).

[püsür]

Manchester United needs to carry out a revolution within the club, there must be changes in the future if they don't want to be labeled as a mediocre club. If it is necessary to release the coach and several players then it must be done immediately, before it is too late.

For me, revolutionizing the club won't change things if the owners aren't ready to change their behavior. It would just be like walking in circles. Man UTD during the days of Rooney and the rest was a very formidable side and if hear your team is paired against them, you'd get shivers but now, it's not the case. They're really living in the shadows of past glory. I heard there's a line up of potential coaches that would seem a better replacement for Erik ten Hag and honestly I dunno if those coaches will fancy a job at Old Trafford.

Manchester United has been making so many wrong transfers for so many years that this is the point where the team has finally reached, on the contrary, Newcastle, who caught the right plan and player community, wiped Manchester off the field and became a very enjoyable team to watch. Newcastle deserve respect, they have a great structure and the right player investments are terrific. 5. teams from England will probably go to the CL this season. If we say that City Liverpool Arsenal's place is guaranteed, Newcastle is one of the biggest candidates to be one of the 2 teams behind them. Moreover, even 7th place will be enough for the Europa League. Manchester United needs a change, look at the state they are in, they don't have a decent attack.

[QueenVera]

Manchester City is currently struggling whenever they meet the big teams. They have conceded 8 goals in their last 3 EPL games. And have failed to get a win in the last 4 matches.

In that time Rodri has amassed 3 yellow cards and now a suspension for their trio to villa on Wednesday. It's all fun when Rodri is controlling the midfield but when players run past him, he is vulnerable. He needs Stones quickly. If stones should be back i think we will see the impact of Rodri again as he has been unimpressive these last matches.

I am sure that Pep is going crazy right now especially because of yesterday game against Tottenham. Specifically, when Tottenham equalized the last goal i saw his reaction. This was exactly the same incident that happened between them and Chelsea and not it repeats again but different score lines.

Should we say Manchester City struggling this season is quite normal and somewhat expected. This is England where you can’t dominate for a long period of time. Your opposition studies your game play and come out to hit hard when they play you, Rodri who seems like their Pivot man, which they lost all 3 fixtures due to his absence will be absent again this week due to yellow card he’s gotten. The work is quite heavy on him and hear left with no other option than to do the dirty defensive duties alone.

 Pep who always wants to win should just get this team back on track else I think he’s gonna be in for hugse surprises as this is the EPL, he might have escaped losing the league title last season, but if he's not careful he won't escape it this season, cause Arsenal and liverpool are becoming very tough as the week goes.

[Juse14]

It was great to see Everton finally win again after the last time they did it was against Crystal Palace two weeks earlier. Last night's win against Nottingham was also special because they needed points to move out of the relegation zone after being deducted 10 points some time ago.

Against Nottigham in an away game is certainly not easy for Everton but this narrow victory will definitely pump up the enthusiasm of the whole team to get a better finishing place for this season. Despite the problems that Everton have faced, I think they still deserve to be in the EPL until next season and now it's just a matter of how they maintain their current performance in the next match.

In recent times Everton had been at the bottom of the standings, but after a 1-0 victory over Notitngham Forest, at least the victory managed to slightly raise Everton's ranking to 18th position. And this is the third consecutive away win for Everton. And for the next match I am a little pessimistic because in the next match they have to face Newcasstle, which for the time being "The Magpies" are ranked 6th in the standings. and in the previous match The Magpies performed quite well against the red devils yesterday. And whether the Toffes, which is Sean Dyche's club, will be able to fight The Magpies, which is Eddie Howe's club. And will Everton be able to move back up the rankings? We'll see. Because I'm quite curious .. hihi

[shinratensei_]

Feeling a mix of relief and excitement as I think about Liverpool's recent games, especially the exciting one against Fulham. Their winning streak and lack of losses is admirable, but the way they've played against Fulham recently shows that they can't relax. Andre Endo and Trent Alexander-Arnold's efforts in the dying minutes showed how determined Liverpool was. This team has the toughness and skill to get through tough situations, which makes every game excitement for us fans. Liverpool's chances in the Europa League look good after the way they've been playing lately, especially at Anfield. Keep up this pace; maybe even use it to surprise people in the league and Europe. Hopefully they keep it up

The victory achieved by Liverpool made them manage to get 2nd place in the standings. Liverpool does have a better performance than Fulham but I think their defense doesn't look solid enough and this is what made them concede 3 goals. Even though Liverpool dominated the match, Fulham actually did not play badly. They even made a bit of a surprise when they scored a goal in the 80th minute which put them ahead 3-2 for a while, but Liverpool managed to make a comeback and ended the match with a 4-3 win.

It's likely liverpool is going to win EPL this season. It's not arsenal or manchester city but im thinking about liverpool to take the trophy this season. Even though Liverpool always conceded many goals against its opponents, it is still able to consistently earn three points through a difficult process.
Liverpool is now one of strongest candidate to win EPL this season. I kinda feel that if manchester city may be losing EPL trophy this season after it was dominating it 3 times in a row. Arsenal has more competitors than last season.
It's amazing to see how the big clubs are competing with each other to get the full points. It makes me interested to watch anygame.

The key was on salah. As long as he will not leave and liverpool has a chance to take the trophy.

[marcous]

Manchester City is currently struggling whenever they meet the big teams. They have conceded 8 goals in their last 3 EPL games. And have failed to get a win in the last 4 matches.

In that time Rodri has amassed 3 yellow cards and now a suspension for their trio to villa on Wednesday. It's all fun when Rodri is controlling the midfield but when players run past him, he is vulnerable. He needs Stones quickly. If stones should be back i think we will see the impact of Rodri again as he has been unimpressive these last matches.

I am sure that Pep is going crazy right now especially because of yesterday game against Tottenham. Specifically, when Tottenham equalized the last goal i saw his reaction. This was exactly the same incident that happened between them and Chelsea and not it repeats again but different score lines.

Should we say Manchester City struggling this season is quite normal and somewhat expected. This is England where you can’t dominate for a long period of time. Your opposition studies your game play and come out to hit hard when they play you, Rodri who seems like their Pivot man, which they lost all 3 fixtures due to his absence will be absent again this week due to yellow card he’s gotten. The work is quite heavy on him and hear left with no other option than to do the dirty defensive duties alone.

 Pep who always wants to win should just get this team back on track else I think he’s gonna be in for hugse surprises as this is the EPL, he might have escaped losing the league title last season, but if he's not careful he won't escape it this season, cause Arsenal and liverpool are becoming very tough as the week goes.

This is what Man City and especially Pep Guardiola fear, failing to defend the trophy. If you look more closely, City weak point this season has been their back line, and losing De Bruyne is another factor. City must be able to secure full points and avoid more draws, so far they have lost 12 points due to 2 defeats and 3 draws.

It is recorded that City have conceded 10 goals in their last four matches. If they continue to be lulled by their status as defending champions, Arsenal and Liverpool are ready to beat them at the end of the season. The existence of Arsenal and Liverpool this season in the hunt for trophies should be seen as a threat, not to mention the performance of a team like Tottenham which could be a stumbling block like in yesterday match.

Apart from that, it is difficult for Pep fleet this season to beat the elite EPL teams, and we have even seen that Arsenal can beat them at the Emirates. Pep should view the current situation as a serious problem, hoping that a club like Arsenal will lose control when they enter the end of the season and overtake them there is not a good idea, armed with his experience I am sure Pep will do something for City.

[Velvet78]

With the results that Manchester City received in the last few matches they ran this really gave a big advantage to Arsenal but not only Arsenal, now Liverpool also get the same advantage when they managed to shift the position of Manchester City at this time.

But instead this reminds me of last season where the scenario was quite the same because in the middle of the season Manchester City also experienced problems but in the end the competition started afterwards.
Manchester City need to make some breakthroughs now especially with the last match in the Chmapions League it has no impact on them so at least there are a few weeks for Manchester City to focus on the EPL.

From now on we will see how consistent Arsenal and Liverpool can be for the title competition. Arsenal did a quite good work in the previous season for that but while we were getting close to the final moments of the season they started to mess things up. This made things much easier for Manchester City to take back the lead and become the champions.

Therefore I hope to see an Arsenal which have learned their lesson from that. I can't say they are playing perfectly this season but the work they have done so far has been enough to have the lead. Liverpool are also not like the previous season now. They are really ambitious for the league title. I hope to see a big competition between multiple teams until the end.

[Roseline492]

The most highlighted thing in the last three matches played by Manchester City in the Premier League is their defense, they have conceded 8 goals in these three matches which has resulted in them failing to achieve maximum results. A draw in three consecutive games is not a good result for Manchester City, as they lost 6 points in the last three matches leaving them 3 points behind Arsenal who are at the top of the standings.
Manchester City weak defense meant that the victory that was in sight when they hosted Tottenham was suddenly lost, a goal scored by Kulusevski in the 90th minute forced them to share points with the visitors.

Manchester City must immediately end the series of draws, Pep Guardiola needs to improve the quality of his squad's defense so they can record a clean-sheet in the next match. A strong defense will make it very easy to win, especially since Manchester City attack line is still very sharp.

Although irrespective of how Manchester City may seem to have been performing a bit low lately but that doesn't mean that they have lose form, one of the things about Manchester City is that no matter the kind of challenges they may seem to be having but it can never be a barrier from achieving there goals.

Because if you could remember how the last season premier League ended, you will see that what happened last season premier league may likely happen again on this season because that Manchester City is still on the third position doesn't mean that they cannot win the league and besides there points different with Arsenal is just three points so they have a higher chance.

[hahay]

Feeling a mix of relief and excitement as I think about Liverpool's recent games, especially the exciting one against Fulham. Their winning streak and lack of losses is admirable, but the way they've played against Fulham recently shows that they can't relax. Andre Endo and Trent Alexander-Arnold's efforts in the dying minutes showed how determined Liverpool was. This team has the toughness and skill to get through tough situations, which makes every game excitement for us fans. Liverpool's chances in the Europa League look good after the way they've been playing lately, especially at Anfield. Keep up this pace; maybe even use it to surprise people in the league and Europe. Hopefully they keep it up

The victory achieved by Liverpool made them manage to get 2nd place in the standings. Liverpool does have a better performance than Fulham but I think their defense doesn't look solid enough and this is what made them concede 3 goals. Even though Liverpool dominated the match, Fulham actually did not play badly. They even made a bit of a surprise when they scored a goal in the 80th minute which put them ahead 3-2 for a while, but Liverpool managed to make a comeback and ended the match with a 4-3 win.

Although Liverpool won in the match against Fulham but ya, I think if Liverpool do not make a recovery in their defense . Then yes, at least that factor will be bad for Liverpool results later, just imagine if Liverpool play like this but against a top team. Then I'm sure Liverpool will lose, because playing against a top team will certainly not be easy for Liverpool to be able to turn things around as happened in this match . So ya, even though Liverpool won, but I don't think Liverpool have a good performance but indeed, about the winning mentality that the Liverpool squad has, of course, there is no doubt.

[shogun47]

With the results that Manchester City received in the last few matches they ran this really gave a big advantage to Arsenal but not only Arsenal, now Liverpool also get the same advantage when they managed to shift the position of Manchester City at this time.

But instead this reminds me of last season where the scenario was quite the same because in the middle of the season Manchester City also experienced problems but in the end the competition started afterwards.
Manchester City need to make some breakthroughs now especially with the last match in the Chmapions League it has no impact on them so at least there are a few weeks for Manchester City to focus on the EPL.

From now on we will see how consistent Arsenal and Liverpool can be for the title competition. Arsenal did a quite good work in the previous season for that but while we were getting close to the final moments of the season they started to mess things up. This made things much easier for Manchester City to take back the lead and become the champions.

Therefore I hope to see an Arsenal which have learned their lesson from that. I can't say they are playing perfectly this season but the work they have done so far has been enough to have the lead. Liverpool are also not like the previous season now. They are really ambitious for the league title. I hope to see a big competition between multiple teams until the end.

But we also saw that Manchester City can have their problems in a home game against a Tottenham team that was not doing so well recently. That's good news for everyone. I never thought that Tottenham would actually strike back one more time, but that was great effort! It was the first time that I saw how insanely freakish Haaland can be! I thought I knew it already, but against Tottenham it was next level, haha! His face and the poor referee!

[Jhony771]

The most highlighted thing in the last three matches played by Manchester City in the Premier League is their defense, they have conceded 8 goals in these three matches which has resulted in them failing to achieve maximum results. A draw in three consecutive games is not a good result for Manchester City, as they lost 6 points in the last three matches leaving them 3 points behind Arsenal who are at the top of the standings.
Manchester City weak defense meant that the victory that was in sight when they hosted Tottenham was suddenly lost, a goal scored by Kulusevski in the 90th minute forced them to share points with the visitors.

Manchester City must immediately end the series of draws, Pep Guardiola needs to improve the quality of his squad's defense so they can record a clean-sheet in the next match. A strong defense will make it very easy to win, especially since Manchester City attack line is still very sharp.

Although irrespective of how Manchester City may seem to have been performing a bit low lately but that doesn't mean that they have lose form, one of the things about Manchester City is that no matter the kind of challenges they may seem to be having but it can never be a barrier from achieving there goals.

Because if you could remember how the last season premier League ended, you will see that what happened last season premier league may likely happen again on this season because that Manchester City is still on the third position doesn't mean that they cannot win the league and besides there points different with Arsenal is just three points so they have a higher chance.

If you compare it with last season, it might be a little less good compared to this season. This season, many teams have returned to their respective top performances so that competition in the Premier League is getting tighter, and last season they (Manchester City) had the most genius figure in midfield, namely Kevin De Bruyne, it was proven by how he made so many passes and in finished well by their attackers, so there is a lot of hope that in every match they will win.

So what about this season? It is clear that in the last few matches they have not achieved maximum standings points, so the victory they usually get has been postponed.

[Docnaster]

Manchester United needs to carry out a revolution within the club, there must be changes in the future if they don't want to be labeled as a mediocre club. If it is necessary to release the coach and several players then it must be done immediately, before it is too late.

For me, revolutionizing the club won't change things if the owners aren't ready to change their behavior. It would just be like walking in circles. Man UTD during the days of Rooney and the rest was a very formidable side and if hear your team is paired against them, you'd get shivers but now, it's not the case. They're really living in the shadows of past glory. I heard there's a line up of potential coaches that would seem a better replacement for Erik ten Hag and honestly I dunno if those coaches will fancy a job at Old Trafford.

Manchester United has been making so many wrong transfers for so many years that this is the point where the team has finally reached, on the contrary, Newcastle, who caught the right plan and player community, wiped Manchester off the field and became a very enjoyable team to watch. Newcastle deserve respect, they have a great structure and the right player investments are terrific. 5. teams from England will probably go to the CL this season. If we say that City Liverpool Arsenal's place is guaranteed, Newcastle is one of the biggest candidates to be one of the 2 teams behind them. Moreover, even 7th place will be enough for the Europa League. Manchester United needs a change, look at the state they are in, they don't have a decent attack.

Manchester United does not only need revolution but they need so many things to restore the club to the standard they used to be before now. Manchester United is among the biggest clubs in England but their performance from like 5 seasons ago has proven how weak and inconsistent Manchester United has been.

The problem of Manchester United is originating from the management. If Manchester United wants things to change in the club, they will first need to either change the management or change the orientation of the management. The Manchester United management no longer has the inclination to winning trophy so also their players. The likes of Rashford has been a bit lazy since this season and the individual laziness attributes to the poor performance.

[Weawant]

But we also saw that Manchester City can have their problems in a home game against a Tottenham team that was not doing so well recently. That's good news for everyone. I never thought that Tottenham would actually strike back one more time, but that was great effort! It was the first time that I saw how insanely freakish Haaland can be! I thought I knew it already, but against Tottenham it was next level, haha! His face and the poor referee!

Haland seem frustrated at some point considering he had missed multiple chances tho have scores a goal from the first half of the game, I even think he envisage an easy game but it turned out the game became tougher than he had expected and it summed up to his frustration hence he gave such reaction with the ref which caused him a yellow card.

Tottenham deserves every form of applaud because not only did they get a draw but they did put up a really good fight against Manchester city in the eithad stadium which happens to be their string hold of victory but the spurs defiled the records in what seemed like their worse form, this is a good signal with the spurs they they are definitely getting back on their feet and a signal for other teams that they can still challenge Manchester city regardless of their might .

[QueenVera]

If you compare it with last season, it might be a little less good compared to this season. This season, many teams have returned to their respective top performances so that competition in the Premier League is getting tighter, and last season they (Manchester City) had the most genius figure in midfield, namely Kevin De Bruyne, it was proven by how he made so many passes and in finished well by their attackers, so there is a lot of hope that in every match they will win.

So what about this season? It is clear that in the last few matches they have not achieved maximum standings points, so the victory they usually get has been postponed.

I think Kelvin Debruyne's injury and absence from the squad really affected their performance this season, the most surprising is the game they Lost to Wolverhampton, that's something that got everyone suprised however that's what football is all about (full of suprises) well one thing I like about Pep is that he doesn't tolerate failure and doesn't like to keep a long losing streak like most big teams.

 Manchester City should be write-off from winning the league yet, cause there's a saying that it's not over until it's over and since they still got alot of matches to be played then City should be considered a very top tough competitors for the title,  they could suprisenly win a set a new record that would Marvel everyone,  don't for this is Manchester City and Pep Guardiola is their coach .

[fuguebtc]

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The drama of six goals decorated the Man City vs Tottenham match

Tottenham dramatically managed to hold Manchester City to a draw with a tight score of 3-3 which was held at the Etihad Stadium. Chasing goals occurred in this match. Manchester City's three goals each came from Son Heung-min's suicide and the actions of Phil Foden and Jack Grealish.

Thanks to this result, Man City dropped to third place in the standings with 30 points. Meanwhile, Tottenham is stuck in 5th place with 27 points.

Of course it was the worst drama I watched this week. Manchester City made a big mistake by failing to maintain their lead. Basically, Manchester City had a 2-1 lead in the first half and closed it with a win, but Tottenham were actually able to equalize the score at 2-2 in the second half. Not only that, the 3-2 lead also failed to be maintained even though there were only a few minutes left before the end of the match. It's sad, but that's how it ends.

But I think this is not a big problem because the Premier League is still very long. Manchester City were unlucky in this match and of course everyone, especially the fans, really regretted that. It's okay, tomorrow will be better because they are not a team that gives up easily just because of bad results like this.

Right when we thought Manchester City was going to get 3 points from this match, Tottenham was able to score another at the end of the match. It was great to see such a competitive match. I probably would have liked to see a winner in this match. But the match was really incredible anyway. People said that whenever there is a draw the match is generally not interesting. If anyone tells me that from now on, I'm going to show them this match. And yes I agree that Manchester City was unlucky, there is nothing to do. Personally, I would have liked to see Manchester City win. But the match was really good and I probably wouldn’t change a thing.

[Doell]

In my opinion, there are quite interesting quotes for the game Aston Villa - City:

4.21 - 4.12 - 1.72

Despite the fact that City are stricken with a drawn series and cannot win head-to-head matches against direct competitors, bookmakers rate them very highly. The difference between the teams is only 1 point. Should we expect City to "revert to the mean" and start winning, or will they finally lose? If they lose, a third loss in 15 games would be highly unusual. Therefore, I would rather bet on City drawing again (although I am biased as I rooting against them).

Of course it's very interesting odds. The bookie gives high odds for City, even though in fact based head to head on paper City is superior.
But in my opinion it's a very difficult match to predict, but also on the other side I hope City win, to stay in the title race. Although maybe it won't be easy for City, because Aston Villa have a good record in their last five matches, and they will be playing at home so the possibility of a draw result in this match is quite high. Although also in other side City is ahead based on head to head vs Aston Villa, but City last five matches is also not very impressive. To bet, maybe a draw would be very interesting for me to bet on, odds 4 are quite tempting.

[onecall123]

But we also saw that Manchester City can have their problems in a home game against a Tottenham team that was not doing so well recently. That's good news for everyone. I never thought that Tottenham would actually strike back one more time, but that was great effort! It was the first time that I saw how insanely freakish Haaland can be! I thought I knew it already, but against Tottenham it was next level, haha! His face and the poor referee!

Haland seem frustrated at some point considering he had missed multiple chances tho have scores a goal from the first half of the game, I even think he envisage an easy game but it turned out the game became tougher than he had expected and it summed up to his frustration hence he gave such reaction with the ref which caused him a yellow card.

Tottenham deserves every form of applaud because not only did they get a draw but they did put up a really good fight against Manchester city in the eithad stadium which happens to be their string hold of victory but the spurs defiled the records in what seemed like their worse form, this is a good signal with the spurs they they are definitely getting back on their feet and a signal for other teams that they can still challenge Manchester city regardless of their might .

Now, it's getting quite clear – that's how leagues can fall. Man City only pulled off a win against 1 out of the top 6 teams. But do you have to win every game? Maybe not, but the stats are a bit alarming. It's raining goals everywhere, nut not for Haaland. I wish he was a bit more clinical; then, he wouldn't be feeling hard done by the ref's failure to play the advantage. When you miss right in front of the goal, you've got to blame yourself.