Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024

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Tottenham's performance has not been that good recently; they are no longer performing the same way as they were at the beginning of the season, and Chelsea have shown some consistency recently. I think Chelsea are fighting to end the season at the top 4 in the table, and with all indications, I think they can continue performing this way. I believe they will do it, though I can’t guarantee Chelsea a win against Tottenham because Tottenham are also not a team to underestimate, and they won't want Chelsea to take over, so let's wait and see what Chelsea will do at the end of the season, since they have been improving. Let's see if they are going to continue this way till the end of the season. 

This is a basic problem that Tottenham cannot fix in recent seasons from the era of Pochettino, Conte to the current Ange Postecoglou Tottenham problems are always irreparable because at the end of the season they seem to run out of gas and cannot do much in defending the results of the match.
Even though seeing their performance at the beginning of this season Tottenham have a lot of momentum to make them more comfortable in a decent position but for now they are a little troubled by the performance problems that occur.

The results are not too good from Aston Villa, it should be used as a spirit of encouragement for them to be able to get full points to shift position to 4 but Tottenham's performance in the last 3 matches is really bad which makes them apart from failing to make a breakthrough in the top 4 at the moment if their situation continues like this it is not impossible that they will also be overtaken by Newcastle later.

[entertheabyss]

This is a basic problem that Tottenham cannot fix in recent seasons from the era of Pochettino, Conte to the current Ange Postecoglou Tottenham problems are always irreparable because at the end of the season they seem to run out of gas and cannot do much in defending the results of the match.
Even though seeing their performance at the beginning of this season Tottenham have a lot of momentum to make them more comfortable in a decent position but for now they are a little troubled by the performance problems that occur.

The results are not too good from Aston Villa, it should be used as a spirit of encouragement for them to be able to get full points to shift position to 4 but Tottenham's performance in the last 3 matches is really bad which makes them apart from failing to make a breakthrough in the top 4 at the moment if their situation continues like this it is not impossible that they will also be overtaken by Newcastle later.

Spurs are relenting when it comes to top race to retain a position for the Europa. However they can still push for excellent improvement. Tottenham can not lift major title because they're not ready. The board is not ready to fixed the club entirely, it's not all about making changes when it comes to coaches but spreading to other sectors of the club, ensuring to have backup replacement for their players and doing the ultimate targets by making potential signings, players with good vision will really help the club.

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@Dzwaafu11, are you serious that Chelsea have a chance to end this season in the top four? Have you checked about how big the points gap is between Aston Villa and Chelsea at the moment?

Irrespective of the points gap, the remaining matches speaks a lot about it, they have no chance to make it to even fifth position because Tottenham will definitely step up because they have started seeing signs that if they are not serious, they might lose their chance of even playing in the Europa League since they have already missed out of the champions league spot fight; although if Aston Villa can lose all their remaining matches and Tottenham will win all their remaining three matches, they can qualify but if Aston Villa win any match, it is over for Tottenham as they only have the chance to play in the Europa League. And for Chelsea, no, they still need more effort to make it to the Europa league.

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Crystal Palace have been playing well at home this season... In recent home matches they managed to beat Newcastle, West Ham and even scored two goals against Man City... To be honest, I don't understand why bookmakers make Man U the clear favourites either... Probably Man U have more motivation, because there is a very small chance to qualify for Europe next season, but Crystal Palace are definitely not an easy opponent...

Manchester United still has great enthusiasm and motivation in winning today's match in order to return to being in the top six even though it will still be quite difficult for them to be in the top five this season. However, it is true, as you said, that Crystal Palace is a team that sometimes likes to provide unexpected surprises at home, so any opponent who faces them must of course be more careful if they don't want to lose the match. And today Manchester United will prove themselves to be able to win at home to Crystal Palace.

It is one of the most disappointing teams ever. It is Manchester United and they are still struggling so hard. It is one of the richest teams in the Premier League and yet they are faltering all the time. Usually, Manchester United is the "Sir Alex Ferguson" team that everyone remembers and now they are mostly trash. I am still of the opinion that ten Hag is the wrong guy, but by now no real top coach would be willing to take on the challenge and bring them back to where they belong. Damn, I wonder what Ferguson is sometimes thinking when he watches the games.

Just heard that on the latest interview from ten hag if he said everything to the INEOS to ensure his position as a head coach of manchester united. This is bullshit! I meant if INEOS will keep him for another season then i may not watch manchester united's live gameplay. Im hoping if that news is not true but let's see what's gonna be the final decision from INEOS.
It seems to me that if glazer is not even willing to keep him for another season. Things may be different when it comes to the end of season. I hope INOES will not continue to extend ten hag.

It's BS if we will see ten hag's face to stay in united for another season. Manchester united needs a new manager for this. DAMN! i can't even imagine how bad united next season. Ten hag has planned to get rid a lot of players out from the squad.
United shall know that if the main problem was ten hag.

They will remain a team that is playing subpar. Ten Hag got lucky back at the time to get this job, but he is one of the worst coaches ever.

I don't like Ronaldo as a person although I respect him as a player and what he has done for his clubs, but by now I think that ten Hag really fucked him up when he was playing for Manchester United. It's unbelievable how ten Hag is making teams worse.

It's a sad story how a club like Manchester United is doing and why they don't draw consequences. Hopefully INEOS decides to sack him.

[EL MOHA]

They should change the coach completely, then both the offensive and defensive lines will be drastically rebuilt. What Ten Hag is doing hasn't worked for more than one season, in case anyone hasn't noticed yet. So I think most of the problems will be solved once they change coaches, which I understand they are not going to do.

I am always baffled as to vie many of you think that most of Manchester United problem will be solved when they let go of the coach Erik Ten hag. Yes the coach hasn’t performed well but have all thought of the past, most of the departed coaches weren’t just a bunch of average players but world class coaches and they had problems with getting Manchester United back to the glory days and fail with most of this players too. This hasn’t worked because they are players in the club that think they are better and to me need to go because even if they bring another coach they will still exhibit same character after few games

I like the way the new share older is actually restructuring the club from the top where decision making is taking place, after that then he can move move ahead to other areas

[AYOBA]

Manchester united problem is something else because they have continued to change players and coaches since Fergie left the club but all to no avail. It's quite sad to witness a once giant of the game even at the world level to be so belittled by so many little teams because I believe if Manchester united were in good shape, crystal palace would never had won that game with such huge margin.

The lack of inconsistent is part of the Manchester united problem not the only the players and coaches that they like changed at any time they wish to. Because if we look at the their performance is not something that is straight forward, how they perform in some of their previous matches well this not how they are performing now honestly.

And one thing I always observe about the Manchester united when they come to meet with the big team they will make sure that they hold them well and win the match or lead the game to the draw, but if it's a weak team that people will ne expect a good outcome from them is that they will fuck up the same thing to thier yesterday match against crystal palace. Their next match is against Arsenal again which another double pressure, because I don't think they will have single goals against arsenal.

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ETH intends to overhaul his team again. That's a crazy idea from him, especially since ten hag wasn't good enough to buy the players.

Onana = FLOP
Mount = FLOP
Antony = FLOP

Easy there hehe. It will be crazy if he'll be allowed for another major overhaul after assembling this team in the first place. Onana is probably the biggest disappointment this season and his early blunders in all competitions set this team for failure. He's overtaken Maguire.

[Weawant]

Manchester united problem is something else because they have continued to change players and coaches since Fergie left the club but all to no avail. It's quite sad to witness a once giant of the game even at the world level to be so belittled by so many little teams because I believe if Manchester united were in good shape, crystal palace would never had won that game with such huge margin.

I understand your point and it's very valid for a team thst was seen as elites across Europe and beyond and now they are not even able to compete with average enough to winning them I think it's really a thing of concern because the decline has lasted longer than expected, unlike other top European teams who once experience decline they at some point later got better in their form and they later came back in their form.

Manchester united needs time and a Coach that will be able to help them build up the team once again and get them back to their glory days where they will be able to win games and possibly trophies as well, Manchester united has failed to be able to get this done and rather getting coach who are just wanting to win trophies even without trying to build a team that's capable of that with strategies thst will definitely get to work for them, even the players at some point do appear  like they aren't playing to even win or get the team back on their form because they don't look good in their form.

Crystal palace is a team that shouldn't be a team that will defeat Manchester united in such a way that the margin is that big and they are now appearing too weak that they are not even going to qualify for the champions league and most likely Europa and I think nit will be very important that ten hag should be sacked and then get a good coach that will help this team to be able to build up and get back in form again.

[TastyChillySauce00]

When Pochettino arrived, everyone believed Chelsea would once again compete for the Premier League title they had long dreamed of. But what happened to Chelsea, Pochettino's strategy did not work, they had difficulty winning and only sat in the middle of the standings,
but towards the end of the season Chelsea as many people expected played with Pochettino's strategic tactics which many fans wanted.
Yes, many fans hope that Chelsea can play in the Europa League because it is very unlikely that they will play in the Champions League, and hope to overtake the 2 teams above them at the end of the season.

I wanted to say it's just a dream Chelsea will play in Europa League, but after I check the table, surprisingly Chelsea already reach 7th ranks, I remember they were at 10th ranks lol. They still have a chance, but they also need to hope both Tottenham and Newcastle to lose, the good thing Tottenham is currently declining.

that' applies only of chelsea won all of remaining games and totenham missing all of points from all of remaining games. The chance is very small for chelsea to qualify for the europa league but it's still there. In this case, it's hard to imagine totenham and newcastle to lose together.
Newcastle is gonna face a mediocre team like MU soon. I expect three points for the newcastle. It's likely that if newcastle is one who will qualify for europa league.

Chelsea will meet Nottingham, Brighton and Bournemouth, IMO Chelsea will beat all of them.

It sounds EZ fixtures for chelsea but newcastle is also gonna have almost same fixtures too.

[Ndabagi01]

Tottenham's performance has not been that good recently; they are no longer performing the same way as they were at the beginning of the season, and Chelsea have shown some consistency recently. I think Chelsea are fighting to end the season at the top 5 in the table, and with all indications, I think they can continue performing this way. I believe they can do  it, though I can’t guarantee Chelsea a win against Tottenham because Tottenham are also not a team to underestimate, and they won't want Chelsea to take over, so let's wait and see what Chelsea will do at the end of the season, since they have been improving. Let's see if they are going to continue this way till the end of the season.

Chelsea is not a team to depend on this season especially when it comes to consistency of the game. They can just be in great form now and in their next match they’ll just disgrace you and lose woefully to their opponent. Chelsea performance is quite impressive and one that shows a great prospects in the premier league. They’ve some few matches left for them and some outstanding in order to level up with other teams in the premier league before the end of the season. I don’t know what miracle they can perform to make them finish in the top four this season but with all indications, they can’t make it there again at this stage. If there are teams that are ahead of them that will lose some significant points in all of their matches left, then Chelsea can secure a spot there but for now, they can’t do any magic to get there.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Chelsea is not a team to depend on this season especially when it comes to consistency of the game. They can just be in great form now and in their next match they’ll just disgrace you and lose woefully to their opponent. Chelsea performance is quite impressive and one that shows a great prospects in the premier league. They’ve some few matches left for them and some outstanding in order to level up with other teams in the premier league before the end of the season. I don’t know what miracle they can perform to make them finish in the top four this season but with all indications, they can’t make it there again at this stage. If there are teams that are ahead of them that will lose some significant points in all of their matches left, then Chelsea can secure a spot there but for now, they can’t do any magic to get there.

I can't even believe that Chelsea will be where they are now on the table with their disappointing form that even the coach can't predict when they're going to perform better. I know the fans just want some magic to happen this season but this is the end of the magic for Chelsea, if is to get to the top 4 I don't think it will happen with Newcastle who are trying to struggle their way through to the top 4 as well, I don't feel it would be that easy for the Blues.
Before the end of the season they still have one more game to lose, if I'm a fan I won't hope on them to display a better performance or I won't say they're on track like Pochettino said that the project is progressing, I don't buy that, is like he sees a better Chelsea when they win but if they lose Pochettino will say trust the process, this man should man up and face his fears.

[Sebas.tian]

@Dzwaafu11, are you serious that Chelsea have a chance to end this season in the top four? Have you checked about how big the points gap is between Aston Villa and Chelsea at the moment?

It’s obvious that it was a mistake from him. Chelsea is having just three matches left, and if they can win all three matches they are having left, they will be having just 9 points. Chelsea is currently having 54 points, so if all their three matches left are played and they win, they will be having 63 points, so there is no way they can get to 4th position. Aston Villa is already having 67 points, so even if they can’t win any of the matches they are having left, Chelsea can’t take over their position. I don’t really think it’s going to be easy for Chelsea to end the season in the top 5, but if they keep on with their good performance and Newcastle lose at least a match, then they will be able to end the season in the top 6.

I think, it will be difficult for Chelsea to win all their remaining matches to achieve all those points, because their performance was very poor from the beginning of the tournament that made others teams to be ahead of them and it will not be easy for Chelsea to win all those matches.The team you can expect that kind of winning from is Manchester city, which many people know that they will win all their remaining matches to take that position from Arsenal to repeat what happened last season to win the premier league title again. I think, top 5 position will be impossible for Chelsea to achieve in this season, because there are still some strong teams ahead of them which they will not allow Chelsea to cross 6 or 7 position before the end of the tournament.

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Chelsea is not a team to depend on this season especially when it comes to consistency of the game. They can just be in great form now and in their next match they’ll just disgrace you and lose woefully to their opponent. Chelsea performance is quite impressive and one that shows a great prospects in the premier league. They’ve some few matches left for them and some outstanding in order to level up with other teams in the premier league before the end of the season. I don’t know what miracle they can perform to make them finish in the top four this season but with all indications, they can’t make it there again at this stage. If there are teams that are ahead of them that will lose some significant points in all of their matches left, then Chelsea can secure a spot there but for now, they can’t do any magic to get there.

Chelsea's performance has been inconsistent this season so it's natural that many people doubt it and perhaps don't dare to rely on Chelsea to win the remaining matches because they are worried that their performance will be disappointing, especially for people who dare to bet on Chelsea, but recently Chelsea's performance has been quite good compared to Tottenham and Aston Villa so there is nothing impossible to end the season as in the top 5 if the clubs above them lose points and don't perform well. Chelsea is in doubt but there is no harm in us trusting them again to be at the top level, Chelsea showed it towards the end of the season this is that they will finish in a better position than last season.

In the remaining three matches, Chelsea does not play with top clubs, it plays matches with mid-table clubs including Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth and Brighton. Chelsea should be able to play optimally by beating these 3 clubs and getting 9 points. I am very sure that Chelsea will get a different place than the current ranking, of course with the change in the 2 clubs above them if they lose points, Tottenham is facing tough matches, one of which is against Manchester City, while Newcastle is also experiencing tough matches, namely against Manchester United, so Chelsea must be able to take advantage of this opportunity. I think Chelsea can end up in the top 6 this season.

[Barikui1]

Chelsea is not a team to depend on this season especially when it comes to consistency of the game. They can just be in great form now and in their next match they’ll just disgrace you and lose woefully to their opponent. Chelsea performance is quite impressive and one that shows a great prospects in the premier league. They’ve some few matches left for them and some outstanding in order to level up with other teams in the premier league before the end of the season. I don’t know what miracle they can perform to make them finish in the top four this season but with all indications, they can’t make it there again at this stage. If there are teams that are ahead of them that will lose some significant points in all of their matches left, then Chelsea can secure a spot there but for now, they can’t do any magic to get there.

I can't even believe that Chelsea will be where they are now on the table with their disappointing form that even the coach can't predict when they're going to perform better. I know the fans just want some magic to happen this season but this is the end of the magic for Chelsea, if is to get to the top 4 I don't think it will happen with Newcastle who are trying to struggle their way through to the top 4 as well, I don't feel it would be that easy for the Blues.
Before the end of the season they still have one more game to lose, if I'm a fan I won't hope on them to display a better performance or I won't say they're on track like Pochettino said that the project is progressing, I don't buy that, is like he sees a better Chelsea when they win but if they lose Pochettino will say trust the process, this man should man up and face his fears.

That is one of the major problem they are facing at the club, the manager is just too incompetent to handle a team like Chelsea, and they would have been in a better position on the league table if they were actually winning most of this smaller teams they lose and drew with, especially the match against shelfied united and against Burnley, if they had won those two matches they drew, by now they would have had at least four more points which would have taken them above Newcastle united and and just two points behind Tottenham, so their inconsistency has really cost them this season no doubt.

And another thing that really needs to be addressed at the end of the season is the managerial position, because I really don't think Mauricio pochettino can build anything good here, considering the fact that he is just an average coach and I really do think the Chelsea job is bigger than him due to expectations, I strongly believe that Chelsea would have been in a better position if they had a better manager in charge of the team, so a change is really needed if Chelsea wants to progress and be better next season.

[Awak Bambi]

Chelsea is not a team to depend on this season especially when it comes to consistency of the game. They can just be in great form now and in their next match they’ll just disgrace you and lose woefully to their opponent. Chelsea performance is quite impressive and one that shows a great prospects in the premier league. They’ve some few matches left for them and some outstanding in order to level up with other teams in the premier league before the end of the season. I don’t know what miracle they can perform to make them finish in the top four this season but with all indications, they can’t make it there again at this stage. If there are teams that are ahead of them that will lose some significant points in all of their matches left, then Chelsea can secure a spot there but for now, they can’t do any magic to get there.

Now we have to see how Chelsea builds their team, at the start of the season this team was the subject of ridicule in the media but what they did at the end flattered us, it can be said that this team will work hard for the rest of the season, this season in two matches they are looking for a decent position even though it is difficult to find a position to enter Europe next season, in the remainder of this season with the last two matches I think Chelsea will win the match with a good performance and Palmer, who is hungry for goals, will do it, making this team a goal-satisfier at the end of this season.

The opportunity to get a place in Europe next season is still wide open, it's just a bit difficult if a team above Chelsea manages to win in their last two matches, but once again anything can happen, but we have to be realistic that Chelsea can win. The performance at the end of this season is very good, and if Chelsea is able to maintain its performance I think this team will compete to become champions next season.

[knowngunman]

Chelsea is not a team to depend on this season especially when it comes to consistency of the game. They can just be in great form now and in their next match they’ll just disgrace you and lose woefully to their opponent. Chelsea performance is quite impressive and one that shows a great prospects in the premier league. They’ve some few matches left for them and some outstanding in order to level up with other teams in the premier league before the end of the season. I don’t know what miracle they can perform to make them finish in the top four this season but with all indications, they can’t make it there again at this stage. If there are teams that are ahead of them that will lose some significant points in all of their matches left, then Chelsea can secure a spot there but for now, they can’t do any magic to get there.

From the beginning of the season, inconsistency has been the second name of Chelsea and their performance do not longer impress me regardless of the outcome of their match. Although, I do applaud them when they win but their losing is never a shock to me because it's their norms to win one match and lose the next match and thereby making their standing on table declining. Their next match coming on Saturday is against Nothingham Forest and Chelsea is expected to win the match but if their norms set in, they will lose the match since they won their previous match with outstanding performance and amazing scoreline. However, winning the upcoming match and the subsequent ones can not guarantee them a spot again in the top 4 on the league table this season even if the teams ahead of them lose all their remaining matches. Although, their possibility for them to play in Europe competition or probably Europa to be precise but finishing as top 4 is provably not possible again.

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And another thing that really needs to be addressed at the end of the season is the managerial position, because I really don't think Mauricio pochettino can build anything good here, considering the fact that he is just an average coach and I really do think the Chelsea job is bigger than him due to expectations, I strongly believe that Chelsea would have been in a better position if they had a better manager in charge of the team, so a change is really needed if Chelsea wants to progress and be better next season.

I'm not defending Pochettino, but look at Chelsea recent performance, they have improved and managed to reach 7th place in the standings, but the improvement in the remainder of this season is not really expected by Chelsea fans because it is too futile to try to get the best place.
I'm a little surprised why Chelsea can perform so well towards the end of the season, whereas at the start of the season their performance was very unstable and they almost gave up hope that they would experience a bad season in the next few years.
after seeing this change, Chelsea believes that Chelsea can still improve in the coming season if they can retain Pochettino, although there are no guarantees, but at the end of this season it looks convincing and it seems Pochettino already knows what he has to do.

currently looking for the best manager is not the best way because Chelsea has started to show positive changes and there is no harm in maintaining the existing ones and just trying to change some unproductive players to strengthen every line that needs to be improved.

[Gallar]

Manchester united problem is something else because they have continued to change players and coaches since Fergie left the club but all to no avail. It's quite sad to witness a once giant of the game even at the world level to be so belittled by so many little teams because I believe if Manchester united were in good shape, crystal palace would never had won that game with such huge margin.

Yes, it has been almost 10 seasons since Manchester United was unable to win the Premier League title. The reason is, the last time Manchester United won the Premier League was in the 2012-2013 season. After that season, Manchester United never again won the Premier League, and in its best performance, Manchester United was only able to become runner up, in the 2017-2018/2020-2021 season. Then this season Manchester United's performance also be bad again, and they have the opportunity to finish in the middle of the Premier League standings. So if you think deeper, it was only during Sir Alex's time that Manchester United triumphed so well. At that time, Manchester United was really feared by all teams in the Premier League and the world.
Maybe at that time the only team that was able to provide a little resistance to Manchester United in the Premier League was Manchester City.

Apart from that, Manchester United's defeat to Crystal Palace is clear evidence that Manchester United is indeed weak at the moment. Maybe if Manchester United's performance wants to improve again, in my opinion Manchester United management must be right in choosing players and coaches. In essence, Manchester United's special team tasked with analyzing the talent of players who will be recruited/contracted must be even better. Likewise with the selection of coaches, the Manchester United analysis team must really understand what kind of coach suits the playing style of the players.

So what I can conclude is that the most likely reason why Manchester United has not been able to recover during these 10 seasons could be because the Manchester United analyst team has so far not been good at selecting players and coaches.

[Bitinity]

@Dzwaafu11, are you serious that Chelsea have a chance to end this season in the top four? Have you checked about how big the points gap is between Aston Villa and Chelsea at the moment?

It’s obvious that it was a mistake from him. Chelsea is having just three matches left, and if they can win all three matches they are having left, they will be having just 9 points. Chelsea is currently having 54 points, so if all their three matches left are played and they win, they will be having 63 points, so there is no way they can get to 4th position. Aston Villa is already having 67 points, so even if they can’t win any of the matches they are having left, Chelsea can’t take over their position. I don’t really think it’s going to be easy for Chelsea to end the season in the top 5, but if they keep on with their good performance and Newcastle lose at least a match, then they will be able to end the season in the top 6.

I think, it will be difficult for Chelsea to win all their remaining matches to achieve all those points, because their performance was very poor from the beginning of the tournament that made others teams to be ahead of them and it will not be easy for Chelsea to win all those matches.The team you can expect that kind of winning from is Manchester city, which many people know that they will win all their remaining matches to take that position from Arsenal to repeat what happened last season to win the premier league title again. I think, top 5 position will be impossible for Chelsea to achieve in this season, because there are still some strong teams ahead of them which they will not allow Chelsea to cross 6 or 7 position before the end of the tournament.

On a paper, it wont be difficult for Chelsea to win all the 3 remaining matches because the 3 remaining opponents can be considered as easy team to beat compared to the 2 teams they have beaten previously (West Ham and Spurs). Mathematically they still have the chance to finish in the 5th position but they also need to rely on other results. In my opinion, there will be no significant changes on the standing at the of the season so I guess Chelsea will stay in where they are now.

[Xcode7]

I'm not defending Pochettino, but look at Chelsea recent performance, they have improved and managed to reach 7th place in the standings, but the improvement in the remainder of this season is not really expected by Chelsea fans because it is too futile to try to get the best place.
I'm a little surprised why Chelsea can perform so well towards the end of the season, whereas at the start of the season their performance was very unstable and they almost gave up hope that they would experience a bad season in the next few years.
after seeing this change, Chelsea believes that Chelsea can still improve in the coming season if they can retain Pochettino, although there are no guarantees, but at the end of this season it looks convincing and it seems Pochettino already knows what he has to do.

currently looking for the best manager is not the best way because Chelsea has started to show positive changes and there is no harm in maintaining the existing ones and just trying to change some unproductive players to strengthen every line that needs to be improved.

It still takes a process for Pochettino to build the Chelsea team and indeed we can see that there is better progress compared to the start of the season which indicates that this team has better potential in the future, so I think Chelsea management should give Pochettino more time to build this team and give Pochettino the freedom to recruit players according to his wishes.

Chelsea have made mistakes when they changed coaches and the results were quite bad, so for now it is appropriate for the Chelsea team to go through a lot of processes to build a team and I think Pochettino has done a good job in his first season.