Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[imamusma]

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I know Ten Hag has come under mounting pressure in recent weeks from both fans and club owners  after a dismal first half of the season for the club, which has seen Manchester  United slump to 8th in the table and nine points adrift of the Champions League qualification places. Lack season was a bit bette and I was a bit hopeful for this season but he’s not shown an good sign this season. Too many poor results and lacklustre performance.

Honestly, I think even though Ten Hag brings in any one right now, I’m very sure that this Manchester United side will not still be on Manchester city’s level. The players are not the problem, the manager is clearly clueless. He lacks the tactical ability to get the team firing, no clear pattern, no style.
January may be light on fixtures but it shaping up to be a pivotal month for Ten Hag and could well determine whether he survives or becomes the latest manager on Manchester United's scrapheap.

Ten Hag should have more freedom to create consistency at this time because he is fully focused on the domestic league. Manchester United statistics are decreasing drastically and automatically their chances of finishing in the Champions League zone are becoming increasingly difficult. In this case, it is not only Ten Hag who is receiving negative attention from fans, everyone involved in the club is also receiving the same criticism.

It is difficult to describe the situation that has occurred within Manchester United this season, because their problems are very complex as time goes by. However, with the presence of Sir Jim Ratcliffe who now has full authority, I think there will be significant changes in the future at Old Trafford. If Ten Hag continues to suffer from inconsistency, it is likely that he will be kicked out in the near future.

[piebeyb]

Currently Manchester City has found its best form again after losing points against Aston Villa and being forced to draw against Crystal Palace. Manchester City also recently won the Club World Cup title against Fluminense, so player morale and motivation should be improving ahead of the away game against Newcastle. But before that, Manchester City must complete the FA Cup third round match against Huddersfield at the Etihad, a home win is mandatory for them.

Moreover, if KDB will also be played, of course it will be a change that is really eagerly awaited after seeing the bad results some time ago which made Manchester City have to drop from the top of the standings, I think the EPL competition this season is really very tight so Manchester City really has to play more. good when facing Newcastle later, because the point difference must be maintained as tightly as possible and not lose points.

Newcastle also hasn't performed well recently. I think Manchester City shouldn't miss this opportunity to get full points and win the match later, I hope Guardiola plays KDB to make Manchester City's attack power better like last season and at least Haaland can performed well in scoring goals like last season and became a goal machine.

[nara1892]

If you talk about Chelsea is really hard to say if they'd win or not and same goes to Fulham but the main focus should be on Chelsea because they're the bigger boys but these days is like they should be classified as smaller team base on performance.
This season is very hard for the Blues to even get a draw talkless of a win, I'd say Fulham are going to do anything possible to get a win that's if Pochettino decide to do some wrong selection.

It is true that currently Chelsea is difficult to predict because their performance is very unstable, especially when playing away from home. However, when Chelsea is the host, Chelsea wins and draws more, which I don't think Chelsea will let Fulham win at Stamford Bridge.
And head to head both Chelsea teams are superior to Fulham and Chelsea won three wins, one draw and also one defeat against Fulham. And I think Pochettino will plan and give his best in front of his supporters and will field his best squad to win this match, even though every Chelsea match is always in doubt, but for this match I think they can win it.

True, it is quite difficult to predict the outcome of this match because as you said and maybe most of us already know that now Chelsea is in an unstable performance, sometimes winning against stronger teams and sometimes losing when faced with medium or far below them, there is no stagnant situation in their performance now so obviously that makes it quite difficult for us to be able to speculate on the final result of who will win in this match. On the other hand, recently we saw that Fulham won three full points in the match against Arsenal with a score of 2 - 1, if we look at a glance, of course Arsenal are a team that can always compete at the top of the standings with Manchester City, but on the other hand I don't really believe that Fulham are in very good form because the fact is that the victory is because Arsenal are also now in a problem of depth of performance so that before that they also lost to West Ham.

I'm pretty sure that in this match Chelsea have a better chance, they will play at home and we can see in the previous few matches they managed to hold a draw with a team like Manchester City when playing at home and that's exactly what you said. So maybe I will be in the Chelsea camp again this time, but let's just see the results later.

[Jody.Drummer]

Currently Manchester City has found its best form again after losing points against Aston Villa and being forced to draw against Crystal Palace. Manchester City also recently won the Club World Cup title against Fluminense, so player morale and motivation should be improving ahead of the away game against Newcastle. But before that, Manchester City must complete the FA Cup third round match against Huddersfield at the Etihad, a home win is mandatory for them.

After last season they could show a good perfrmance that could lead them to the Champions League, this season they experienced a very deep setback so that they were thrown out of the fierce competition at the top of the table. 4 defeats from the last 5 matches they played are a very bad record and they are threatened with another defeat as well as their 4th consecutive defeat, because they will host Manchester City, who have just restored their morale after slipping in several matches.
Newcastle must be able to get points, if not win, at least a draw is a realistic target for them in a difficult match like this. I might bet on Manchester City seeing the chances of winning are on their side.

[Weawant]

It is true that currently Chelsea is difficult to predict because their performance is very unstable, especially when playing away from home. However, when Chelsea is the host, Chelsea wins and draws more, which I don't think Chelsea will let Fulham win at Stamford Bridge.
And head to head both Chelsea teams are superior to Fulham and Chelsea won three wins, one draw and also one defeat against Fulham. And I think Pochettino will plan and give his best in front of his supporters and will field his best squad to win this match, even though every Chelsea match is always in doubt, but for this match I think they can win it.

Chelsea have got one of the most unstable and inconsistent performance in recent times, trying to predict the possible out come of Chelsea game could end in several attempts to a wrong pick because they will loose when you expect they win  and draw in some other cases, they have won only but a few times

Chelsea will be really determined to winning fullham but then I'm their usual manner in recent times we can't be sure if they really can because even fullham isn't a team to be considered with weakness as they are within the average range and can be very resistive at their defense and Chelsea has a poor chemistry in their front line as they play in almost irregular form at the front line so they may really find it difficult penetrating the defense line of fullham but I'm sure they are the favourite for this game.

[EL MOHA]

Let's be Frank, Ten Hag is just too overhyped aside Jose Mourinho and Van Gaal I can't remember any top tier coach United has signed since Fergusen left, just overhyped coach who fails to meet team expectations though Mourinho was better than the other.
Which player did Ten Hag requested for that He didn't get or try to get for him?
Who requested for Onana, Mount, Rasmund and others.

Last season He had issues with Ronaldo, this season Sancho next season we don't know
Aside from injury crisis in which they also struggle to win even when they are fit Ten Hag has no excuse.

The fact is Ten Hag should know his place and let go of some pride so that he will be respected by team while the players needs to have their trophy winning mentality which they have lost for over a decade now, I don't really think Ten Hag can help in this area but Man United can give a shot and see how the perform next season.

I wouldn’t call him overhype but rather the expectations were just too much on him. Ten Hag guided Ajax to many league tittle and cup wins, not to talk of some special champions nights. You people will argue that Ajax is a small club or the Dutch league is a farmers league but look at how Ajax has turned out since Ten Hag left the club.

I will mention players for, he wanted Kim Min Jae and he never got that, he wanted De Jong and the club signed Mount instead. He did wanted Onana and Hojlund and to be fair both will get better with time.

Ten Hag had issues with Ronaldo and Sancho no problem is there any manager that doesn’t have problems with big players. The two coaches you mentioned above did had problems with numerous players and what did the club did then they trusted those players and they club is still in same position up till today. Ferguson once said that a player that thinks he is bigger than the manager doesn’t belong to the club

[Tony116]

Currently Manchester City has found its best form again after losing points against Aston Villa and being forced to draw against Crystal Palace. Manchester City also recently won the Club World Cup title against Fluminense, so player morale and motivation should be improving ahead of the away game against Newcastle. But before that, Manchester City must complete the FA Cup third round match against Huddersfield at the Etihad, a home win is mandatory for them.

After last season they could show a good perfrmance that could lead them to the Champions League, this season they experienced a very deep setback so that they were thrown out of the fierce competition at the top of the table. 4 defeats from the last 5 matches they played are a very bad record and they are threatened with another defeat as well as their 4th consecutive defeat, because they will host Manchester City, who have just restored their morale after slipping in several matches.
Newcastle must be able to get points, if not win, at least a draw is a realistic target for them in a difficult match like this. I might bet on Manchester City seeing the chances of winning are on their side.

Newcastle are in a very weak position at the moment. They are not performing well. Won 1 and lost 4 of last 5 matches. Newcastle conceded four goals against Liverpool and three against Nottingham Forest. Newcastle's defense was very strong last season. But now Newcastle's defense is very weak. And the overall performance of the team is not good due to weak defense. Newcastle should first tighten up their defense and then try to stabilize their squad. Eddie Howe now needs to build confidence in his squad once again. Newcastle's players have the ability to improve. But they are not able.

[BALIK]

Manchester United's performance this season is even weaker than the previous season. Manchester United's performance had stabilized towards the end of the previous season. And this is why the team was able to qualify for the Champions League. But this season their condition is very bad. I don't think this team has a chance to qualify for the Champions League. The Manchester United team is 9 points behind the fourth-placed Arsenal in the table.

Ten Hag can no longer be trusted. He has got long hours as well as big funds. Even then he could not strengthen the party. Ten Hag failed to solve the party's problems. Manchester United management should look for a new coach.

It is true that Man United's performance this season has decreased compared to last season, they were able to finish in the top four and successfully qualify for the UCL even though they ultimately failed in the group phase and it seems that this season Man United will find it. It is difficult to pursue fourth place with the team's condition not yet improving. As far as I follow the Man United team, this is the first time I have seen Man United experiencing a serious downturn. However, I still have high hopes for Ten Hag while reflecting on what he did when he first came to Man United. I also think it's still early days and there are still 1 or 2 seasons ahead. This also happens with Arsenal and Liverpool.
The problem at Man United is not with the coach or players, but with the owner who is only looking for money without looking at the development of the club. Most coaches ask for players according to their needs, but club owners give them according to the owner's wishes, even though the player's position is the same but the quality of the player is different. Therefore, changing coaches is not a solution for Man United at this time, but requires self-introspection starting from the club owner, coaches and players.

After seeing Manchester United perform well in the previous season, and Manchester United qualifying for the Champions League, Ten Hag had increased confidence among Manchester United fans. We all expected Manchester United to perform better this season. But Manchester United's performance has been weaker this season. Manchester United team is not able to win even against weak teams.

I don't blame the owner of Manchester United. Ten hag received major funding before the start of this season. But he could not stabilize the party. He bought Hojlund. And Hojlund has so far completely failed to perform well.

[sana54210]

Fulham just saw themselves taking three points against Premier League tittle contenders Arsenal who are also strugglers this season, it was a game we expected gunner's to win but they failed to win.
Chelsea against Fulham is a London derby and will not be easy for both sides, though, Fulham will be without them players who are out already for the African Cup of Nations Competitions.

I believe this is a game Mauricio Pochetino and Chelsea would win, they want to make it to any of the European Competitions? Then, they have to make sure they take every single game they play in this second half serious.
They have seen improvements and seen some of their players returning, they look good and shaped with these players return.

I mean Chelsea is not a great team neither, so them losing wouldn't be really a big deal, it would be possible for Fulham to end up getting a win, I think that's the most important part of it. However, Fulham should not be considered good just because they managed to beat Arsenal, normally they are not a good team and they will end up with a trouble on the long run as well.

I think it is a good thing that people are focusing on something that would not be all that crazy, Fulham will not be going around beating Liverpool, City and the likes. Chelsea might still be a possibility because Chelsea is not that great, but they may lose this one as well, so we should not really expect a big win from this game neither, just assume Fulham may lose any game.

[Mr.suevie]

Currently Manchester City has found its best form again after losing points against Aston Villa and being forced to draw against Crystal Palace. Manchester City also recently won the Club World Cup title against Fluminense, so player morale and motivation should be improving ahead of the away game against Newcastle. But before that, Manchester City must complete the FA Cup third round match against Huddersfield at the Etihad, a home win is mandatory for them.

After last season they could show a good perfrmance that could lead them to the Champions League, this season they experienced a very deep setback so that they were thrown out of the fierce competition at the top of the table. 4 defeats from the last 5 matches they played are a very bad record and they are threatened with another defeat as well as their 4th consecutive defeat, because they will host Manchester City, who have just restored their morale after slipping in several matches.
Newcastle must be able to get points, if not win, at least a draw is a realistic target for them in a difficult match like this. I might bet on Manchester City seeing the chances of winning are on their side.

Newcastle are in a very weak position at the moment. They are not performing well. Won 1 and lost 4 of last 5 matches. Newcastle conceded four goals against Liverpool and three against Nottingham Forest. Newcastle's defense was very strong last season. But now Newcastle's defense is very weak. And the overall performance of the team is not good due to weak defense. Newcastle should first tighten up their defense and then try to stabilize their squad. Eddie Howe now needs to build confidence in his squad once again. Newcastle's players have the ability to improve. But they are not able.

This is time of the season when they get to face such situation and the issue now is not actually the situation but how they tend to handle the situation because believe if they continue like this and nothing is done then all their hard earn beautiful performance will be overshadowed by their poor performance. So Newcastle just needs to go back to the drawing board and restructure their playing tactics that will yield or take them back to their glory day's.

[hahay]

Newcastle United beat Sunderland in the FA Cup and advanced to the next round. Maybe this good result can be reflected in the league. They have lost their last 3 games in the league. One of these games was against Luton. They are going through a really bad period. Last year they finished among the top 4 teams in the league and raised everyone's hopes but this year they have not been able to show the same performance. In the coming weeks they will play Manchester City and then Aston Villa. They can continue to get bad results in this period.

The next two matches are a tough test for Newcastle. They have to face City and then Aston Villa. These two teams are very difficult for Newcastle to beat. I don't expect Newcastle to win. But I'm going to watch the game because I want to see how Newcastle have been doing lately. This year they performed very badly. They have lost 9 times from 20 matches. Look at last season where Necastle only lost 5 times from 38 matches in the league. What happened to Newcastle this season?

I think, Newcastle mistake is not having good squad depth and because of that, it is difficult for Newcastle to maintain consistent performance. Because after all, if Newcastle does not have good squad depth, it will certainly make it difficult for Newcastle to make the right rotation. Moreover, if any of their key players are injured so obviously, Newcaslte still needs players who have good quality as well as for second-tier players.

Regarding the next two matches against Manchester City and against Aston Villa obviously, there is no good chance for Newcastle to get points in these matches. But  ya, maybe, for the match against Aston Villa there still seems to be a chance for Newcastle even if only to get a draw result. But still, in this bad situation and conditions, it is clear that it will still be difficult for Newcastle to play well in the next two matches in the Premier League.

[8rch7]

After seeing Manchester United perform well in the previous season, and Manchester United qualifying for the Champions League, Ten Hag had increased confidence among Manchester United fans. We all expected Manchester United to perform better this season. But Manchester United's performance has been weaker this season. Manchester United team is not able to win even against weak teams.

I don't blame the owner of Manchester United. Ten hag received major funding before the start of this season. But he could not stabilize the party. He bought Hojlund. And Hojlund has so far completely failed to perform well.

Beside not get support with major funding for signing top players in this season, Manchester United faced internal problem in their changing room and make Erik ten Hag difficult to bring back Manchester United n consistency performance. Get confidence with last season success made United qualify to Champion League but drastically drop performance on this season where Manchester United have eliminated from champion League group phase and fail to reach top fourth position.
Management must learn with their mistake less funding support Erik ten Hag on last window transfer they need prepare much fund for this winter transfer window with many side have prepare from defensive until attacking line position.

[skarais]

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I mean Chelsea is not a great team neither, so them losing wouldn't be really a big deal, it would be possible for Fulham to end up getting a win, I think that's the most important part of it. However, Fulham should not be considered good just because they managed to beat Arsenal, normally they are not a good team and they will end up with a trouble on the long run as well.

I think it is a good thing that people are focusing on something that would not be all that crazy, Fulham will not be going around beating Liverpool, City and the likes. Chelsea might still be a possibility because Chelsea is not that great, but they may lose this one as well, so we should not really expect a big win from this game neither, just assume Fulham may lose any game.

Even though Chelsea is very inconsistent regarding their form, I can still consider Chelsea better than Fulham. Chelsea has many great players who can play attractive football compared to Fulham who tend to defend and counter attack. Teams like Fulham don't necessarily get much attention to compete for European places, but Chelsea are one of them despite their very inconsistent form.

Until now, Chelsea's probability of winning is around 60% compared to Fulham's 18%. Based on this analysis, Chelsea are actually favorites to win their home match, unless they fail to show their best form. Chelsea's problem is consistency of performance, but in terms of play, I think Chelsea is still the best compared to Fulham.

[Oluwa-btc]

I wouldn’t call him overhype but rather the expectations were just too much on him. Ten Hag guided Ajax to many league tittle and cup wins, not to talk of some special champions nights. You people will argue that Ajax is a small club or the Dutch league is a farmers league but look at how Ajax has turned out since Ten Hag left the club.

I will mention players for, he wanted Kim Min Jae and he never got that, he wanted De Jong and the club signed Mount instead. He did wanted Onana and Hojlund and to be fair both will get better with time.

Ten Hag had issues with Ronaldo and Sancho no problem is there any manager that doesn’t have problems with big players. The two coaches you mentioned above did had problems with numerous players and what did the club did then they trusted those players and they club is still in same position up till today. Ferguson once said that a player that thinks he is bigger than the manager doesn’t belong to the club

I don't some merits to send but I'll do so whenever I do. Not because you've said what I want to hear, but this is exactly how it is. Erik Ten Hag is a good coach and he'll get to fix the issues with Manchester United gradually.
I never wanted the move for Mason Mount, he was overhyped as a Chelsea player and was compared to Bruno Fernandez severally. Knew he won't fit in Manchester United. De Jong stubborn ASF and has no plans to leave Barcelona.

Andrea Onana is complete class, I don't even listen to the hullabaloo. With a good defense you'll see how good and how they'll complement him.

With Sancho I have nothing to say but with Cristiano Ronaldo? I was vexed he disrespected Cristiano Ronaldo during the time they had together.

[Pokapoka124]

Arsenal faces Liverpool in the F.A cup match tomorrow. Arsenal seems to be flopping in their recent matches so far as their loss to Westham and Fulham really cost the club a lot because their title hopes have been thrown into jeopardy though Arsenal have always done something of this nature in the past seasons where they would be leading the table till a certain stage they will begin to lose and draw matches thereby not being able to win the premier league for so many years now.

Looking at Arsenal current performance, one can easily give the match to Liverpool to win Arsenal but Arsenal needs to win Liverpool at least so that they can be hopeful of achieving the F.A Cup title because as for the premiership I don't think Liverpool will be able to drop form with their level of performance.

Arsenal are moving in the same fashion they did in the last season. They start the season and lose focus when they are ahead. It’s disappointing seeing how much hope and faith the supporters have in Arteta and the team to get their first league trophy in a very long while. There is still a huge chance to remain contenders as they are just two points away from first position. The fans can only hope that Arsenal can hold up and revive their chances with crucial wins in the coming games against Liverpool and the next league game and watch other teams drop points.

[temple]

What makes you believe that Eddie Howe is so safe? If he can't lead the club to success, everything will be against him. Newcastle has some investor backing them who have a lot of power, money and they want the best for the club because it is their money and the value of the club fluctuates with the performances of the team so to say. I doubt that the people behind Newcastle are ok with failing to qualify for the Champions League. At least I would not be shocked if Howe gets sacked at some point. I don't know if they give him one whole season, but for now it doesn't look good for them and the Champions League qualification is so far away that the chances are close to zero.

Actually, with the current performance of Newcastle, in my opinion, Eddie Howe should feel threatened because in fact they are currently experiencing problems and crises in performance.
Newcastle have spent quite a lot to make their readiness in a good position and are considered one of the dangerous clubs in the last 2 seasons so it is certain that when the conditions are not in accordance with the desired expectations, the coach must be ready to bear all the decisions because it is certainly the coach who will be targeted because he is considered unable to advance the club.
Howe can get out of this trap if he is able to improve Newcstle's performance but if in the end he cannot do that then he must be prepared to leave.

You are right about almost everything but one thing is wrong. You said that Newcastle United spent a lot to get the team ready for the fierce competition in the Premier League, but that is not right and it is something I criticize. Newcastle would have had the money if they wanted to, but they spent only £130.8m and their net spending was £88.6m.



They are pretty much in the middle when it comes to their spending and I think when a club qualfies for the Champions League and has played such a great season, they should make sure that the squad is competitive the next season. That's where they saved too much money in my opinion.

[fuguebtc]

After seeing Manchester United perform well in the previous season, and Manchester United qualifying for the Champions League, Ten Hag had increased confidence among Manchester United fans. We all expected Manchester United to perform better this season. But Manchester United's performance has been weaker this season. Manchester United team is not able to win even against weak teams.

I don't blame the owner of Manchester United. Ten hag received major funding before the start of this season. But he could not stabilize the party. He bought Hojlund. And Hojlund has so far completely failed to perform well.

Beside not get support with major funding for signing top players in this season, Manchester United faced internal problem in their changing room and make Erik ten Hag difficult to bring back Manchester United n consistency performance. Get confidence with last season success made United qualify to Champion League but drastically drop performance on this season where Manchester United have eliminated from champion League group phase and fail to reach top fourth position.
Management must learn with their mistake less funding support Erik ten Hag on last window transfer they need prepare much fund for this winter transfer window with many side have prepare from defensive until attacking line position.

I think the biggest problem is the management, to be honest. Erik Ten Hag can't seem to be doing anything right. Whoever a new player joins in the team, they fail to perform like they used to before coming to the club. Look at Antony and Onana. Onana was supposed to replace De Gea but he is nowhere near De Gea in terms of performance. I think only Courtois can replace De Gea, to be honest.

On the other hand, Antony did not even score a single goal this season. What is this man? He is a forward and he should be putting his team through by scoring goals. Bruno also failed this season. They used to perform very well but I think Erik Ten Hag messed it up.

[Spaceman1000$]

~Snip

Newcastle had a nightmare in the middle of the season. The injury crisis faced by them has really become an obstacle and this is what causes their performance to decline drastically. The victory over Sunderland means a lot for Newcastle. Indeed, this is not a Premier League match but at least it could boost their morale and it can be motivation to be better, but once again, they will face another tough test, where they have to play against Man City.

The victory over Sunderland means a lot for the morale of Newcastle players following the tough match against Manchester City next weekend. This is Newcastle's first win in their last 5 matches in all competitions, but Sunderland is basically not a benchmark that Newcastle's form has returned.

Currently Manchester City has found its best form again after losing points against Aston Villa and being forced to draw against Crystal Palace. Manchester City also recently won the Club World Cup title against Fluminense, so player morale and motivation should be improving ahead of the away game against Newcastle. But before that, Manchester City must complete the FA Cup third round match against Huddersfield at the Etihad, a home win is mandatory for them.

Injury scare is one of the biggest issue today in world football, Newcastle united is not the only club to suffer from this menace but they have to learn to adapt to the status quo and also profer a lasting solution to their problems and also try and participate actively in January transfer window so that they block all the loop holes so as to start getting back to where they were before they were hardly hit by this injury worries this season. Newcastle United had a very interesting spell last season that saw them qualify for the uefa champions League last season alongside Manchester United, arsenal and Manchester City but they failed to qualify for the next round after a disappointing campaign which saw them ousted out the competition but as it, they are far from repeating that feat due to their sudden decline this season as a result of injury worries, though they look as if they can get back to winning ways before the end of the season.

[iBaba]

I don't think Ten Hag is the problem of Manchester united because his last season results showed that he did a great job to make the team ended up in 4th position and there is still hope for them to move from this current position to a higher position. But when the coach released Ronaldo from Manchester united but the team continue improve compare to this season but the major problem Manchester united is facing in this season is the goalkeeper because, since they released their formal goalkeeper to bring in Onana, Manchester united begin to look small to other teams to beat.

If you advise Manchester united to change their manager, which advise will you give to Chelsea about their manager because Chelsea manager spend more than Manchester united in signing new players in the summer and Manchester united are still ahead of Chelsea.

Chelsea was able to finish up this game with a 4 - 0, a goal score that I had wished them to have gotten from this match. For Chelsea now, it is not just all about winning or gaining points, it is also about getting more goals and showing more muscles in any match they are featured.

As of the issue of Pochettino, he came into the club since the July of 2023 and like every other clubs, there's a lot of expectations from the guy which is very okay and normal. As a former manager of Tottenham Spurs and PSG, one will only expect greater performance from Pochettino as he advanced to the Blues but since the first of July, his debut match was against Liverpool which ended as a draw.

The first match he won as a coach was With Luton Town which was a 3 over 0 against the latter. Thanks to Raheem Sterling and Jackson who scored the first goal. Since then, Pochettino hasn't consistently been up to the game to remain at least first 3 or first 5 of the table standing.

[shogun47]

Injury scare is one of the biggest issue today in world football, Newcastle united is not the only club to suffer from this menace but they have to learn to adapt to the status quo and also profer a lasting solution to their problems and also try and participate actively in January transfer window so that they block all the loop holes so as to start getting back to where they were before they were hardly hit by this injury worries this season. Newcastle United had a very interesting spell last season that saw them qualify for the uefa champions League last season alongside Manchester United, arsenal and Manchester City but they failed to qualify for the next round after a disappointing campaign which saw them ousted out the competition but as it, they are far from repeating that feat due to their sudden decline this season as a result of injury worries, though they look as if they can get back to winning ways before the end of the season.

This is why the depth of their squad is so important and some teams play the whole season on the edge. They want to save money and they know if three or more players get injured, there is no way out for them but to play with a much weaker team than usual.

I think it is stupid when we are talking about teams that have the money to sign some decent backups for their top players. They should make sure they have a least amount of quality sitting on the bench.