Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

[Jossque]

Manchester City defeated Sheffield United 2-0 at home and became another team that finished the year with a win.With this win, despite having one game less, they finished in 3rd place on 40 points.We can say that it was not difficult to win the match for City, who dominated the match from the beginning.
Crystal Palace won 3-1 at home and ended the year with a win.Brentford, despite being away, scored in the 2nd minute with their striker, but could not protect this lead.Crystal Palace took 3 points by winning 3-1 in total with 2 goals scored by Olise.The point difference between the two teams increased to 2 points with this win.
Manchester United closed the year with a defeat.Manchester United lost away to Nottingham Forest and did not play very well in the match.

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[Velvet78]

It was a comfortable game for Manchester City but the score could have been bigger than this anyway of course. It seems like Haaland and De Bruyne's absence at the same time affects the scoring productivity quite much even in this kind of games.     De Bruyne was actually in the substitutes but Guardiola didn't want to sub him in.

Maybe Guardiola wanted to have him on the pitch as of the Newcastle game ahead in the league. It is an away game and could be a really tough game. Newcastle are worse than the previous season though but they can still be dangerous.

It was more of a boring game for the eyes to see, I didn't believe a team like Manchester City having Pep Guardiola would dominate and play some entertaining shiit for the fans.

Not just Erling and Kevin. The absence of Jeremy Doku also is important. When Kdb was away, Doku would ignite the tempo of the game but we saw the drunk Jack Grealish making my eyes itch as I watch them play the slowest game since Pep Guardiola took over.

Eddie Howe also having a poor season with Newcastle United. He's protected by the media because he's managing a small club and he's a British manager. I'd love them to put same energy they put into sacking Erik Ten Hag and do same with Eddie Howe.

I can agree about Jack Grealish as well. I mean he is a left winger but I can't see good enough contribution from him like goals and assists. He should be able to do better than this if he is really a skilled player. But he is showing himself like an average player to people honestly. It is like he is able to perform better than this when he plays for average teams like Aston Villa.

Manchester City spent a lot of money for this transfer as well you know. I wonder how contented Guardiola is with his performance. By the way Doku can really be a big player and consolidate his place at Manchester City in time. He is really talented.

[Weawant]

You can't compare last season Liverpool with Manchester United and Klopp with ten Hag. The difference between them couldn't be bigger. Liverpool has played some of the best soccer the global audience has ever seen when they finished the Premier League with 99 points in 2019/2020 or with 92 points in 2021/2022. You also can't compare Klopp with ten Hag. Klopp is a thousand times better than ten Hag. Klopp doesn't have issues dealing with superstars while ten Hag has a problem with his ego. I have never seen Klopp treating his players the same way as ten Hag does it.

I can't agree any less, klopp is a better world class coach than ten hag is, I will even say klopp has a better sense of maturity handling his team members much more than ten hag does, because ten hag is in charge of an elite team such as Manchester united doesn't make him any better coach as he's not anyways close as compared to klopp.

Ten hang has got so much ego and he obviously protects it at all cost even at some point to the detriment of the teams achievement as obviously see in his attitude with the way he relates to players in his squad. The players seem to to have that atmosphere around them that supports their performance as provided by the coach, but with klopp hardly a time will there be complains of him having issues with his team players, he rather tries his best to bring out the very best in them. Ten hag would have been a good coach if only he works on his character with his players.

[Blitzboy]

There were some surprise results in the last premier league matches of the year.Chelsea managed to defeat Luton Town 3-2 away.It was an advantage for Chelsea to close the first half ahead with 2 goals in the first half.Cole Palmer finished the match with 2 goals and 1 assist.Palmer was the one who won the point for Chelsea in the match.Chelsea got an important win in a match where Luton Town had as many positions.
Aston Villa won 3-2 against Burnley and closed the last match of the year with 3 points.Aston Villa won at home against Burnley with a dominant football against Burnley, Aston Villa played a better game than their opponent and deserved to win.If Burnley had not been down to 10 men, maybe we could have seen a different result because they managed to bring the situation to a draw despite being down to 10 men.Aston Villa lost the match with a penalty in the last minutes.

The early kickoff game between Chelsea and Luton Town yesterday was epic and entertaining especially to neutrals as the club's five goals were scored in that encounter but it was also raised some worrying issues about Chelsea and how vulnerable their defense have been since the start of the season and in most times have caused them defeats. In game they first went three goals up, Chelsea still had to struggle in the closing minutes to grab all three points from the game.

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochentino really has a lot of work to do if he truly wants to make things work again. The team's defense is too porous and must be worked on

Chelsea's performance lately has been a rollercoaster for me. I liked their aggressive style against Luton Town, especially in the first half. Three goals is impressive and displays their frontline talent. In the last 10 minutes, the mood changes. They lose their framework and its edge-of-your-seat stuff, wondering if they'll hold on. I think Pochentino and the young team need more time. His suitability for the team is still uncertain. Stability and progress need time for a young, changing team.

Its hard to see nail-biting moments, especially when they concede late. However, creating a strong defense and teamwork takes time. I'll endure Pochentino's struggles, even though they're frustrating. Neither Rome nor a strong Chelsea defense were constructed overnight.

[LUCKMCFLY]

You can't compare last season Liverpool with Manchester United and Klopp with ten Hag. The difference between them couldn't be bigger. Liverpool has played some of the best soccer the global audience has ever seen when they finished the Premier League with 99 points in 2019/2020 or with 92 points in 2021/2022. You also can't compare Klopp with ten Hag. Klopp is a thousand times better than ten Hag. Klopp doesn't have issues dealing with superstars while ten Hag has a problem with his ego. I have never seen Klopp treating his players the same way as ten Hag does it.

I can't agree any less, klopp is a better world class coach than ten hag is, I will even say klopp has a better sense of maturity handling his team members much more than ten hag does, because ten hag is in charge of an elite team such as Manchester united doesn't make him any better coach as he's not anyways close as compared to klopp.

Ten hang has got so much ego and he obviously protects it at all cost even at some point to the detriment of the teams achievement as obviously see in his attitude with the way he relates to players in his squad. The players seem to to have that atmosphere around them that supports their performance as provided by the coach, but with klopp hardly a time will there be complains of him having issues with his team players, he rather tries his best to bring out the very best in them. Ten hag would have been a good coach if only he works on his character with his players.

Wait a minute, I think that any coach for now is a better coach than Ten Hag, Ten Hag has more than 3 seasons with the MU and has achieved absolutely nothing, he has not been even close to winning a PL, already with the supposed experience he has of AJAX it is apra that he would have made a MU champion, but what he has done is quite the opposite, keeping them away from good things, and it is not because of his character, he removed one of the most prominent players in the world saying and affirming that he was the problem, now CR7 is triumphing in Saudi football, he is a better scorer than Mbappé and Haaland and he is 38 years old, and they are older than him and in a football where their leagues are good at showing off, +ékl nmo He was able to shine thanks to Ten Hag who didn't even put him in the team, so Klopp is a superior coach, he has a much higher level than Ten Hag, in fact I don't know how Ten Hag is still there in the MU, the MU administrators are very asleep with him, they like to make mistakes and obtain very bad results.

The MU players are very opportune to the demands that Ten Hag gives them, so here the players are not the problem, in fact the MU squad is very enviable, they have world class players almost the best in Portugal. from Argentina, they have great Defenses and they can't do anything, it is something that is not understood, for me the team is not the problem , the problem of the MU has always been Ten Hag, it is more as long as Ten Hag continues in the ranks of the MU they will not be able to get out of the hole they are in, they may win some games, they may draw, but there will be more negative results, that will be the fault of the MU Administrators themselves who have not yet woken up from that dream that has enveloped them Ten Hag , the key is that Ten Hag seems very similar to what Xavi is doing at Barcelona, although Xavi has been in a better position than him because he has won the Leagu e, on the other hand, ten Hag has been far from winning the PL.

One thing is clear we are not consistent – Erik ten Hag urges Man Utd to improve

Under-fire Erik ten Hag says misfiring Manchester United have to “step up” and find a modicum of consistency after Nottingham Forest inflicted their 14th defeat of a chastening season.

A year that began with positivity and silverware ended with the Red Devils under intense scrutiny given they are already out of Europe, the Carabao Cup and Premier League title race.

United have been infuriatingly inconsistent throughout the campaign, epitomised by the thrilling 3-2 Boxing Day turnaround against Aston Villa being followed up Saturday’s limp 2-1 loss at Forest.

Source: https://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/one-thing-is-clear-we-are-not-consistent-erik-ten-hag-urges-man-utd-to-improve-1570332.html

[Cryptomultiplier]

Arsenal had to recover after suffering a surprising defeat to West Ham with a score of 0-2 at home, and this defeat meant that Mikel Arteta's team was overtaken by Liverpool from the top of the standings and is now in 4th place in the standings.
And if Liverpool can win the match against Fulham then they will return to the top of the standings, and currently Fulham is experiencing a decline in performance because they have lost their last three matches in the Premier League.
However, Liverpool also cannot take it lightly because the match will be played at home to Fulham and they also have to be careful.

Arsenal had to recovery winning trend after losing last match from West Ham United and dropped their standing from 2nd to 4th position awhile, today is opportunity for Arsenal secure yet their second standings position if can beat Fulham. Arsenal on bad trend from last two matches in a row, can't win any one match yet and losses from West Ham United make Arteta under pressure awhile exactly with current standings dropped to 4th place.
Currently, Fulham performance not quit well last three matches in a a row at domestic league, losses all last three matches is chance for Arsenal to stop their bad trend after failure get three points and try to secure their second standings.

Arsenal will and should win today's match against Fulham because it is important so they remain on top the table and maintain their title hopes.  The performance so far from Martinelli, odegaard, Saka, Gabriel and Nketiah has been low, and I do not understand if it is due to fatigue from playing in the UCL and EPL and other minor league competitions.

[Stable090]

Currently Chelsea left 12 points behind Champion League spot standings and depend with Mauricio Pochentino how compete him self make Chelsea keep on the quit performance until the end this season. All possibility can reach by Chelsea although left many points to finish on top fourth standings position.

Are you still having hope that Chelsea will qualify for the Champions League? I don’t really think so. I am not still satisfied with Chelsea's performance, so I can’t say they are back on track. The clubs currently in the top 4 performance can’t be compared with Chelsea's performance, so it will be kind of difficult to find their way into the top 4 this season. Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, and West Ham. Those are the clubs in the top six currently, and I am expecting four clubs among the six clubs that I mentioned above to qualify for the Champions League. The clubs that I mentioned above are just better than Chelsea this season, and I don’t think Chelsea can get to the top 4 in any way with their current performance this season.

[nara1892]

Arsenal vs Fulham

Soon we will see the match which will be held at Fulham's home ground. On the other hand, these two clubs are quite far apart in the standings table, where Fulham is in 14th place while Arsenal is far above them, in the top 4 of the standings. in the last five matches Fulham could only achieve two wins and the rest were losses, while for Arsenal themselves in the last five matches they could only achieve two wins, two defeats and one draw. Overall, Arsenal are definitely more favorites, but the problem and what is also quite a concern is that as we know, the current performance of Arteta's squad is not good, as seen from their last match, where they lost without scoring a single goal against West Ham, this result is correct - There really is a doubt for this match, especially since they will be playing away. To be honest, I really can't confirm their victory against Fulham this time, because what is certain is that a bad result like in the previous match is still very possible even if faced with a weak team. We'll see whether Arteta will be able to restore the trust of his fans or not.

[Chilwell]

Tottenham Hotspur v Bournemouth
Lineups

Tottenham Hotspur — Vicario; Porro, Emerson Royal, Davies, Udogie; Sarr, Bentancur; Johnson, Lo Celso, Son(C); Richarlison.

Bournemouth — Neto(C); Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Ouattara; Cook, Christie; Sinisterra, Kluivert, Tavernier; Solanke.

Fulham v Arsenal
Lineups
Fulham — Leno; Castagne, Adarabioyo, Bassey, Robinson; João Palhinha, Cairney(C); De Cordova-Reid, Iwobi, Willian; Jiménez.

Arsenal — Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães, Kiwior; Ødegaard(C), Rice, Havertz; Saka, Nketiah, Gabriel Martinelli.

[rahmad2nd]

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Yes Arsenal have fallen far behind while Man City were behind them in the points table while Man city are ahead of them in the points table even though they are on par with them.  So this is a big chance for Arsenal to get 3 more points and overtake Man City and Aston Villa to occupy the 2nd position in the points table.  Hope Arsenal don't miss this opportunity as their opponent Fulham is much weaker than them.  So their win here is pretty sure.  Still, they should play with caution

Arsenal had to recover after suffering a surprising defeat to West Ham with a score of 0-2 at home, and this defeat meant that Mikel Arteta's team was overtaken by Liverpool from the top of the standings and is now in 4th place in the standings.
And if Liverpool can win the match against Fulham then they will return to the top of the standings, and currently Fulham is experiencing a decline in performance because they have lost their last three matches in the Premier League.
However, Liverpool also cannot take it lightly because the match will be played at home to Fulham and they also have to be careful.

If Arteta wins, he is still serious about continuing to compete in the race for the title, Arsenal must get up and improve their consistency. for that, Fulham needs to be beaten in this match. even though Arsenal is playing as an away team in this match, that doesn't mean they can't win the match at Fulham headquarters. on the other hand, even though Fulham has quite a clear gap in terms of player depth and ranking, that doesn't mean that Marco Silva will just let his team be beaten by Arsenal in tonight's match. at the very least, as the home team Fulham will play as hard as possible to get points. if they are unable to beat the Gunners, Fulham is aiming for one point in this match over Arsenal. however, you can be sure that Arsenal will dominate the game in this match. like it or not, Arteta has to maximize his squad to get full points to increase their level in the Premier League standings.

Referring to the predicted line up of these two teams, Arsenal remains loyal to their 4-3-3 pattern and Fulham with their 4-2-3-1 pattern. if this is the case, it means that both teams are using an offensive game pattern. and I hope that Fulham will provide resistance so that this match looks exciting and fun for us to watch. however, it seems that Gabriel Jesus will not be a starter in this match. if so, Nketiah will most likely be played as a center forward. well, now we refer to the H2H of these two teams. so far, Arsenal has always dominated the victory over Fulham, but in the first meeting this season, Fulham was able to hold Arsenal to a draw with a score of 2-2. the question is, will Arsenal be able to return to their winning ways? It will be interesting for us to wait. referring to the betting options, Arsenal is more favored than the home team. Arsenal with @1.59, while Fulham with @5.60. my estimation, there are two options that we can choose in betting. however, it seems like the Over 2.5 @1.80 option is the ideal choice for me. there are no other words, other than let's wait because this match will be held in the next few moments.

[Jossque]

Totthenham will host Bournemouth, a team that has been on the rise in recent weeks.I expect it to be a very enjoyable encounter because Bournemouth have been playing really good football in recent weeks and want to continue their upward climb with this unbeaten streak.Totthenham have the desire to end the year with a win and they will want to win this match as a New Year's gift to their fans.I expect it to be a match where both teams can score goals.
In the other match of the day, Fulham will host Arsenal.Fulham do not have much to aim for in the league for Fulham.They will not want to be relegated this season.Arsenal will increase their points to 43 if they win the match.Arsenal, who is a candidate for the championship again this season, will not want to lose it.I think they have a high chance of winning in the last match of the year for them.Arsenal, who has 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats in the last 4 weeks, will stop their bad run by winning this match.

[onecall123]

You can't compare last season Liverpool with Manchester United and Klopp with ten Hag. The difference between them couldn't be bigger. Liverpool has played some of the best soccer the global audience has ever seen when they finished the Premier League with 99 points in 2019/2020 or with 92 points in 2021/2022. You also can't compare Klopp with ten Hag. Klopp is a thousand times better than ten Hag. Klopp doesn't have issues dealing with superstars while ten Hag has a problem with his ego. I have never seen Klopp treating his players the same way as ten Hag does it.

I can't agree any less, klopp is a better world class coach than ten hag is, I will even say klopp has a better sense of maturity handling his team members much more than ten hag does, because ten hag is in charge of an elite team such as Manchester united doesn't make him any better coach as he's not anyways close as compared to klopp.

Ten hang has got so much ego and he obviously protects it at all cost even at some point to the detriment of the teams achievement as obviously see in his attitude with the way he relates to players in his squad. The players seem to to have that atmosphere around them that supports their performance as provided by the coach, but with klopp hardly a time will there be complains of him having issues with his team players, he rather tries his best to bring out the very best in them. Ten hag would have been a good coach if only he works on his character with his players.

Absolutely.
Anyway it's tough watching Manchester United these days; they seem consistently inconsistent and lack coordination.
I doubt Ten Hag will last in the United job. He has no plan, no tactics, and no pressing strategy. There's been no improvement in any player under his management. Despite the significant spending last summer, the team's performance has worsened. The players' body language reflects a loss of confidence, with Antony being the poorest performer among all United players.

[QueenVera]

Again, never underestimate your opponent even though arsenal is obviously far above compared to the fulham right now. Im only telling about the fact that if arsenal must always play carefully caused by it may lose a chance to compete for the title once arsenal will be doing bottle job again. So many fans are aware about the main problem owned by arsenal like this club lost its spirit when it comes to the end of season. We are still in the middle of season and no excuses for arsenalt o lose more points in this game. Three points are very important thing for arsenal, arteta needs to make sure his club will not be so wasteful like the previous match. Fulham is not looking strong right now and this is the chance owned by arsenal to win the game soon. Im expecting martinelli and gabriel to be starting line up. Fulham can become a threat for the big club in EPL.

Arsenal's performance was absolutely terrible in the previous match against westham. Im not expecting it to repeat the same mistake or arsenal may be slowly but surely out from the title race against liverpool.
We can also expect liverpool to lose some points soon and this is arsenal chance to make it happen. City was winning the previous game, and it's going even closer to us.

It likes you are in the race to get the title and you shall not fucked up yourself to be a trophyless team again. Im not happy with arteta done in the previous match

Fulham today will be playing at home to Arsenal. Well these two teams are good but Arsenal seems better. They're at the top of the table too and so they've got technically a higher probability of surfacing their host in the game even though Fulham may try to stay in the game and be meaningful too. Well Arsenal are already dominating the game and are leading by a goal in the first half of the game.

 Notwithstanding the capacity of Arsenal, Fulham can still turn things around and gain all 3points or maybe end it in a tie. The EPL is known for its unpredictability. No team should be looked down on because it'll all be decided on the pitch. Both teams want the 3 points. Arsenal wants to stay on top, Fulham has to protect their face of being the host and as well climb up on the table standings too. Let the better team win today.

[Belarge]

I can agree about Jack Grealish as well. I mean he is a left winger but I can't see good enough contribution from him like goals and assists. He should be able to do better than this if he is really a skilled player. But he is showing himself like an average player to people honestly. It is like he is able to perform better than this when he plays for average teams like Aston Villa.

Manchester City spent a lot of money for this transfer as well you know. I wonder how contented Guardiola is with his performance. By the way Doku can really be a big player and consolidate his place at Manchester City in time. He is really talented.

Manchester city spend quite enormous amounts on signing potential players this season, it's really frustrating to watch these players becoming flop and some matching with the price value they have. Manchester City have numerous star players and Pep Guardiola will always make good use of the available players that have good contributions to the club. There are favorite players on my list, Jeremy Doku is good but he's not consistent and doesn't have enough endurance to play tougher matches, he needs to develop into final stages.

[imamusma]

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Are you still having hope that Chelsea will qualify for the Champions League? I don’t really think so. I am not still satisfied with Chelsea's performance, so I can’t say they are back on track. The clubs currently in the top 4 performance can’t be compared with Chelsea's performance, so it will be kind of difficult to find their way into the top 4 this season. Liverpool, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, and West Ham. Those are the clubs in the top six currently, and I am expecting four clubs among the six clubs that I mentioned above to qualify for the Champions League. The clubs that I mentioned above are just better than Chelsea this season, and I don’t think Chelsea can get to the top 4 in any way with their current performance this season.

Regardless of who will win the EPL trophy, I predict Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Aston Villa have great potential to finish in the top four of the standings, so they will automatically appear in the Champions League next season. Chelsea no longer have any hope of breaking into the top four, perhaps their most realistic target now is to finish in the Europa League zone, or even if they are only able to finish one level better than last season. Pochettino is the person most responsible for Chelsea performance, it seems like it will take several seasons for the Argentinian to make Chelsea able to compete as a title contender.

As an elite Premier League club, there is not much to be proud of from Chelsea this season, a series of negative results in 20 weeks has put them in 10th place in the standings. In the future, I think the performance of Pochettino squad is unlikely to be much different from the first half of the season, so it can be concluded that they will be without trophies and will miss the Champions League again when the season ends.

[Arenga pinnata]

Arsenal vs Fulham

Soon we will see the match which will be held at Fulham's home ground. On the other hand, these two clubs are quite far apart in the standings table, where Fulham is in 14th place while Arsenal is far above them, in the top 4 of the standings. in the last five matches Fulham could only achieve two wins and the rest were losses, while for Arsenal themselves in the last five matches they could only achieve two wins, two defeats and one draw. Overall, Arsenal are definitely more favorites, but the problem and what is also quite a concern is that as we know, the current performance of Arteta's squad is not good, as seen from their last match, where they lost without scoring a single goal against West Ham, this result is correct - There really is a doubt for this match, especially since they will be playing away. To be honest, I really can't confirm their victory against Fulham this time, because what is certain is that a bad result like in the previous match is still very possible even if faced with a weak team. We'll see whether Arteta will be able to restore the trust of his fans or not.

I was really optimistic about Arsenal's victory in this match after seeing Saka managed to score a goal in the 5th minute. Well, Arsenal scoring a goal in the early minutes would usually be a positive sign that they will win the match and score more goals. But unfortunately my optimism then faded after Fullham was able to get 1 goal back thanks to R. JIMENEZ who scored 1 goal in the 29th minute. After that the game changed a little and it seemed like the Fullham players had regained their confidence in this match.

And now the first half is almost over and the score is still tied at 1-1. I hope Arsenal can score another goal in the second half and continue to maintain their lead until the game ends. Because if Arsenal cannot take advantage of this match to win, it is natural that people will start to be pessimistic about Arsenal's title hunt.

[ingiltere]

Although Arsenal took the lead, Fulham were stubborn and they soon responded. They played the counterattack game very well and scored goals just like a Premier League team. I still think Arsenal will turn the match around and get the 3 points. Even though Fulham is pushing them, Arsenal needs these 3 points very much. There hasn't been a period in which they haven't won 3 matches in a row for a long time. They have to win today and give the fans a New Year's gift.

[Sunderland]

Although Arsenal took the lead, Fulham were stubborn and they soon responded. They played the counterattack game very well and scored goals just like a Premier League team. I still think Arsenal will turn the match around and get the 3 points. Even though Fulham is pushing them, Arsenal needs these 3 points very much. There hasn't been a period in which they haven't won 3 matches in a row for a long time. They have to win today and give the fans a New Year's gift.

Its 1-1 now (1st half) and Yes Arsenal really need 3 points today to become number 1 on the table again but I prefer to bet Over on the 2nd half.
Both teams play attacking, from what I see both teams might score again and Arsenal definitely will score again.

[shinratensei_]

It was a comfortable game for Manchester City but the score could have been bigger than this anyway of course. It seems like Haaland and De Bruyne's absence at the same time affects the scoring productivity quite much even in this kind of games.     De Bruyne was actually in the substitutes but Guardiola didn't want to sub him in.

Maybe Guardiola wanted to have him on the pitch as of the Newcastle game ahead in the league. It is an away game and could be a really tough game. Newcastle are worse than the previous season though but they can still be dangerous.

It was more of a boring game for the eyes to see, I didn't believe a team like Manchester City having Pep Guardiola would dominate and play some entertaining shiit for the fans.

Not just Erling and Kevin. The absence of Jeremy Doku also is important. When Kdb was away, Doku would ignite the tempo of the game but we saw the drunk Jack Grealish making my eyes itch as I watch them play the slowest game since Pep Guardiola took over.

Eddie Howe also having a poor season with Newcastle United. He's protected by the media because he's managing a small club and he's a British manager. I'd love them to put same energy they put into sacking Erik Ten Hag and do same with Eddie Howe.

I can agree about Jack Grealish as well. I mean he is a left winger but I can't see good enough contribution from him like goals and assists. He should be able to do better than this if he is really a skilled player. But he is showing himself like an average player to people honestly. It is like he is able to perform better than this when he plays for average teams like Aston Villa.

You can't always expect him to perform like the previous season. Going up and down is a common thing in the football. In fact that haaland was also suffering the same thing like grealish too. That being said that if grealish can go up again with the goes of time.
Grealish can get back again its best performance as long as it will keep consistent to play in the main starting line up. There are some players that are still underperform at this time. These players can get back their best performance.
Nothing impossible as long as they keep consistent try to be a better form than before.

Manchester City spent a lot of money for this transfer as well you know. I wonder how contented Guardiola is with his performance. By the way Doku can really be a big player and consolidate his place at Manchester City in time. He is really talented.

city is always spending a lot of money and guardiola was alwasy successfully delivering for the club. so many times city was winning the English premier league and it keeps perform even better but sometimes.
It's still really under perform right now. Doku was one of successful transfer by manchester city and he needs more experience to develop himself

[Spaceman1000$]

It was a comfortable game for Manchester City but the score could have been bigger than this anyway of course. It seems like Haaland and De Bruyne's absence at the same time affects the scoring productivity quite much even in this kind of games.     De Bruyne was actually in the substitutes but Guardiola didn't want to sub him in.

Maybe Guardiola wanted to have him on the pitch as of the Newcastle game ahead in the league. It is an away game and could be a really tough game. Newcastle are worse than the previous season though but they can still be dangerous.

It was more of a boring game for the eyes to see, I didn't believe a team like Manchester City having Pep Guardiola would dominate and play some entertaining shiit for the fans.

Not just Erling and Kevin. The absence of Jeremy Doku also is important. When Kdb was away, Doku would ignite the tempo of the game but we saw the drunk Jack Grealish making my eyes itch as I watch them play the slowest game since Pep Guardiola took over.

Eddie Howe also having a poor season with Newcastle United. He's protected by the media because he's managing a small club and he's a British manager. I'd love them to put same energy they put into sacking Erik Ten Hag and do same with Eddie Howe.

I can agree about Jack Grealish as well. I mean he is a left winger but I can't see good enough contribution from him like goals and assists. He should be able to do better than this if he is really a skilled player. But he is showing himself like an average player to people honestly. It is like he is able to perform better than this when he plays for average teams like Aston Villa.

Manchester City spent a lot of money for this transfer as well you know. I wonder how contented Guardiola is with his performance. By the way Doku can really be a big player and consolidate his place at Manchester City in time. He is really talented.

A very comfortable win for Manchester city indeed, though not the kind of victory that everybody anticipated but those two goals were enough for pep Guardiola and his boys as they continue their winning streak after their return from the FIFA world club championship and as they also try to keep the pressure on the league leaders to make the title race more intense and also interesting for all the contenders involved, I know alot of people think they are out the race but i think Manchester city would never give up without fight to defend their title. I think it was a brilliant idea for the Manchester City boss not to introduce Kevin de bruyne in that game since city had the game under control playing at home, rather he should preserve the midfielder for their next game away to Newcastle where the player would be needed for expertise.