Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Leviathan.007]

Today's latest pre-season match result for the Man City vs Celtic match is 3-4. Man City lost in that match, but because it was only a pre-season match, I can understand this result. This is the same as the defeat experienced by several strong teams from the Premier League in this pre-season match. It's just that De Bruyne doesn't seem in the pre-season match. But I see Pep Guardiola giving opportunities to several young Man City players such as Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Jadel Katongo and several other players. And that was their debut in the Man City senior team. And even though Man City lost that match, it seems like Pep Guardiola was quite satisfied with the performance of the young players in that match. And it seems that victory is not the target of this match.

The same Manchester City that I know were beating by a club that last won a trophy in there gallery since 2018, no way but I will assumed this is a friendly match and it's not always that serious match but then again, the way Manchester City played made it look like they were serious but they didn't do much, the way Haaland even score his goal was a serious one or could this be a sign that city will perform well in this match.

There are some players that are not back from international matches, they weren't even available to be substitute when there is emergency substitutions else I'm not sure Manchester City will lose match easily to any team especially another one from a club that is has been long they won a league for their club.

It's just a friendly match and we can't understand anything from it. Manchester City had good players but they are in team training and the team is not in the good form yet. I think Manchester City could easily win this game against a team like Celtic if they had players in the good form.
Manchester City lost the game but I think Guardiola used this match to have the team in the better form to have a better performance in the next season.
The interesting thing about this match is that Haaland scored a goal in a game which is not important like he always does.

[arimamib]

Today's latest pre-season match result for the Man City vs Celtic match is 3-4. Man City lost in that match, but because it was only a pre-season match, I can understand this result. This is the same as the defeat experienced by several strong teams from the Premier League in this pre-season match. It's just that De Bruyne doesn't seem in the pre-season match. But I see Pep Guardiola giving opportunities to several young Man City players such as Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Jadel Katongo and several other players. And that was their debut in the Man City senior team. And even though Man City lost that match, it seems like Pep Guardiola was quite satisfied with the performance of the young players in that match. And it seems that victory is not the target of this match.

Maybe for some teams it's an indicator to win a preseason game, but I think it's just to appease themselves, nothing more. For serious teams, it's a chance to release those players that the coaches will definitely not release in EPL matches, because every match is important there and a mistake by a young player can cost a defeat in the end. So the appearance of new players today is a good sign

Guardiola experimented with his squad in this match. So I am not at all surprised that Manchester City lost this match. But I thought City could draw the match. But in the end, Manchester City lost the match by 4-3.

Celtic's two strikers Kuhn and Furuhashi performed well in this match. Kuhn had 2 goals and an assist. Kuhn performed very well in this match. Kuhn's performance helped Celtic beat Manchester City.

Manchester City's defense did not have any experienced players in this match. We don't see Walker, Ake or Gvardiol in the squad. If these three were in the city's defense, Manchester City probably would not have conceded three goals in this match. City's attack was strong in this match but City's defense was weak. The Celtic players made good use of this opportunity.

Many young players had their quality tested by Pep Guardiola in the match against Celtic where Luke Mbete was given the opportunity for this match but in this match he really failed to defend well because statistically Celtic were able to shoot 13 shots and 6 were on target. So in terms of the team's performance in that match, of course Pep Guardiola can learn a lot of things because the defense line is very fragile which makes it difficult for them to dominate the course of the game in this match.
 
Of course, if all the main players play, Manchester City can definitely win this match, but friendly matches are not important matches so defeats and wins are a review for the coach to assess the players who rarely get playing minutes.
Erling Haaland also scored a goal in this match and he also had several good chances but his shot was blocked by Schmeichel.

[Weawant]

Only Guardiola has been better than me — Erik ten Hag brags

This is the fifth year running that Manchester City has dominated the EPL. Pep Guardiola has dominated over every single manager in the EPL including Jurgen Klopp, Mikel Arteta and others. But Erik Ten Hag sees things differently, he says Pep Guardiola is the only manager to have won more trophies than him in recent times. In the past two years where ETH has been Manchester United’s manger, he’s had two trophies to show in his acquisition. But by the standard of Manchester United, this shouldn’t be something to brag about. They have fallen down the pecking order. Manchester United Standard should be competing for league dominance and fighting for UEFA Champions league.

Looking at the stats and the performance of Manchester United in the last two seasons. Do you think Erik Ten Hag has bragging rights?

Come to think of it ETH is right, since he came to the EPL no manager have won any trophy that Man City are also competing and he has been the second best, where we have Arteta, Klopp and the others, you see him getting a trophy out of the two coaches so why are we saying he isn't the second best? Fine Manchester United haven't been pretty good but let's give the man some credit for the little he has done with the side by winning something no matter how small it is and some would want ETH to win the EPL title but he can't win it because they're not up to that level.

I know that in situations like this, the yard stick for measurements has and will always be trophies and of course if that's the case then Eric Ten Hag will always in most cases be considered to have been of a relatively good performance but then again a typical and technical point of view will show otherwise and the obvious will be that he's not that good, he manages to win some trophies I see as weak trophies, as a matter of fact, Manchester city contributed to him winning the FA cup last season so he still remains a poorly performing coach from my perspective. Others may not have won trophies but they have got a much stable team than he's got and their targets are not for any of the low ranking trophies ETH has won.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Today's latest pre-season match result for the Man City vs Celtic match is 3-4. Man City lost in that match, but because it was only a pre-season match, I can understand this result. This is the same as the defeat experienced by several strong teams from the Premier League in this pre-season match. It's just that De Bruyne doesn't seem in the pre-season match. But I see Pep Guardiola giving opportunities to several young Man City players such as Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Jadel Katongo and several other players. And that was their debut in the Man City senior team. And even though Man City lost that match, it seems like Pep Guardiola was quite satisfied with the performance of the young players in that match. And it seems that victory is not the target of this match.

Wow, what a friendly match it was. Even though it was a friendly match for Celtic, I think it was an important win and a really great result to increase pre-season morale and motivation. I think the meaning and importance of this match for Pep Guardiola was not really the victory but a few tries, so I don't think losing is very important and I can understand what he wants to do.

Guardiola always likes to give young players a role and highlight them, of course, friendly matches give him very good ideas to try.

[Leviathan.007]

Trent Alexander-Arnold seems a loyal player for Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold started playing for Liverpool in 2016 and he had good performance during this time, he achieved many titles with his team and won many trophies but Trent Alexander-Arnold he recently had an offer from Real Madrid.
Since he has a good relationship with Jude Blingham this player was about to leave but he is going to stay in Liverpool and it seems Trent Alexander-Arnold is not going to leave his team even for a team like Real Madrid.

[CryptoBuds]

Today's latest pre-season match result for the Man City vs Celtic match is 3-4. Man City lost in that match, but because it was only a pre-season match, I can understand this result. This is the same as the defeat experienced by several strong teams from the Premier League in this pre-season match. It's just that De Bruyne doesn't seem in the pre-season match. But I see Pep Guardiola giving opportunities to several young Man City players such as Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Jadel Katongo and several other players. And that was their debut in the Man City senior team. And even though Man City lost that match, it seems like Pep Guardiola was quite satisfied with the performance of the young players in that match. And it seems that victory is not the target of this match.

Wow, what a friendly match it was. Even though it was a friendly match for Celtic, I think it was an important win and a really great result to increase pre-season morale and motivation. I think the meaning and importance of this match for Pep Guardiola was not really the victory but a few tries, so I don't think losing is very important and I can understand what he wants to do.

Guardiola always likes to give young players a role and highlight them, of course, friendly matches give him very good ideas to try.

Although it was a friendly match, the match was very competitive. Celtic players tried hard to win the match and in the end Celtic team won the match. There is no doubt that Celtic's players have performed well.

On the other hand, Guardiola is experimenting with his squad. We don't see any experienced players in Manchester City's defense today. While City have Haaland and Grealish in attack, they lack experienced players in defence. This is why Manchester City conceded four goals in this match. However, these friendly matches are organized to enhance the experience of young and inexperienced players. But Celtic's players will be more confident after beating a big team like Manchester City.

[Sexylizzy2813]

Only Guardiola has been better than me — Erik ten Hag brags

This is the fifth year running that Manchester City has dominated the EPL. Pep Guardiola has dominated over every single manager in the EPL including Jurgen Klopp, Mikel Arteta and others. But Erik Ten Hag sees things differently, he says Pep Guardiola is the only manager to have won more trophies than him in recent times. In the past two years where ETH has been Manchester United’s manger, he’s had two trophies to show in his acquisition. But by the standard of Manchester United, this shouldn’t be something to brag about. They have fallen down the pecking order. Manchester United Standard should be competing for league dominance and fighting for UEFA Champions league.

Looking at the stats and the performance of Manchester United in the last two seasons. Do you think Erik Ten Hag has bragging rights?

Come to think of it ETH is right, since he came to the EPL no manager have won any trophy that Man City are also competing and he has been the second best, where we have Arteta, Klopp and the others, you see him getting a trophy out of the two coaches so why are we saying he isn't the second best? Fine Manchester United haven't been pretty good but let's give the man some credit for the little he has done with the side by winning something no matter how small it is and some would want ETH to win the EPL title but he can't win it because they're not up to that level.

I know that in situations like this, the yard stick for measurements has and will always be trophies and of course if that's the case then Eric Ten Hag will always in most cases be considered to have been of a relatively good performance but then again a typical and technical point of view will show otherwise and the obvious will be that he's not that good, he manages to win some trophies I see as weak trophies, as a matter of fact, Manchester city contributed to him winning the FA cup last season so he still remains a poorly performing coach from my perspective. Others may not have won trophies but they have got a much stable team than he's got and their targets are not for any of the low ranking trophies ETH has won.

I get your point and those trophies are the reasons why he made such statement and from how things has been for the manager ETH, things haven't been working out for him as expected since he arrived at OLD TRAFFORD so after getting back the contract I think he just needed to make the media all about him ones again because we all know how poor and confused he had been, with the fact that he can't even take control of the dressing room, he just wants people to talk about him as the second best. Without those trophies I don't see any great impact he has done to elevate the team from where they are now. As it is I don't think Man UTD fans care if the trophy is a little cup or not, all they know is that they won something.

[tottong]

It cannot be denied that Arteta is much better than Ten Hag, in making processes for the teams they manage. It is clear that Arsenal's progress is much better than Manchester United's and even for the Man United team there has been no progress in a better direction since Ten Hag's arrival. , the team's performance is unstable despite their success in winning the FA title last season.

For next season, there is still a possibility that Arsenal will still be better than Manchester United, as happened last season, although Ten Hag's team still has the possibility of being able to recover, but I don't think it can surpass Arsenal.

Arsenal have made rapid progress since Arteta came as a coach and Arsenal have also improved in the form of games.
Erik Ten the right to come to Manchester United in his first season a little better but in the second season got a problem where the players he had injured and the absence of a more solid teamwork.
The club wants a trophy and they don't care how the game patterns they show are because the club's success is seen from how much they won the title.

Next season both Arsenal and Manchester United have made changes and I am sure Manchester United will be much better.
Arteta had to try to play better so they did not fail again to win the English League for the third time.

[Oluwa-btc]

It cannot be denied that Arteta is much better than Ten Hag, in making processes for the teams they manage. It is clear that Arsenal's progress is much better than Manchester United's and even for the Man United team there has been no progress in a better direction since Ten Hag's arrival. , the team's performance is unstable despite their success in winning the FA title last season.

For next season, there is still a possibility that Arsenal will still be better than Manchester United, as happened last season, although Ten Hag's team still has the possibility of being able to recover, but I don't think it can surpass Arsenal.

Lol... People who say things like this are either new to football or they just center their eyes on the premier league football alone. This is fuckery!
The English media is known for hyping people to the sky and also the first to bash them down to earth, I'm not surprised with whatever they're doing to Erik Ten Hag and I don't even blame them, I blame people who cannot read things online and think for themselves, make analysis with whatever they see with them own eyes.

Secondly, I blame people who cannot watch football without bias and say things as it's meant to be. No sane person will ever say Mikel Arteta is better than Erik Ten Hag. In terms of what please? Even in the Champions League Competition, we have seen how Erik Ten Hag also dealt with a big club like Real Madrid.

People who have good memories of what Erik Ten Hag did during his first season for Manchester United will put some respect on his name. Don't forget what Jose Mourinho and Louis Van Gaal said about Manchester United, so for Erik Ten Hag to finish third in his first season with a trophy and 8th with a trophy, he did pretty well.

I hate the comparison, what nonsense! Erik Ten Hag is a fine coach, check what he did with Ajax. Yes, the Premier League is not the dutch league, but he cannot do that with players with low standards who are overpaid. Change takes time, this is Mikel Arteta's fought season in charge, what can he boast of winning? Dumpster Comparisons! SMH!

[klidex]

Trent Alexander-Arnold seems a loyal player for Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold started playing for Liverpool in 2016 and he had good performance during this time, he achieved many titles with his team and won many trophies but Trent Alexander-Arnold he recently had an offer from Real Madrid.
Since he has a good relationship with Jude Blingham this player was about to leave but he is going to stay in Liverpool and it seems Trent Alexander-Arnold is not going to leave his team even for a team like Real Madrid.

For many years he has been with Liverpool since he was 17 years old it would have been quite difficult for him to leave this club but getting an offer from Real Madrid would have been difficult to refuse because Real Madrid is a top club and has more achievements than Liverpool but yes this is It depends on Trent Alexander Arnold's decision whether he is willing to remain loyal to Liverpool or decides to leave. Liverpool certainly don't want to lose this player for nothing and will definitely offer him a new contract, but if he wants to join Real Madrid I don't think this club will buy him now they will wait for the player next season on a free transfer, but for now Real Madrid will continue to monitor him.

[X-ray]

Today's latest pre-season match result for the Man City vs Celtic match is 3-4. Man City lost in that match, but because it was only a pre-season match, I can understand this result. This is the same as the defeat experienced by several strong teams from the Premier League in this pre-season match. It's just that De Bruyne doesn't seem in the pre-season match. But I see Pep Guardiola giving opportunities to several young Man City players such as Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Jadel Katongo and several other players. And that was their debut in the Man City senior team. And even though Man City lost that match, it seems like Pep Guardiola was quite satisfied with the performance of the young players in that match. And it seems that victory is not the target of this match.

Well, nothing to expect from the pre-season game. Still, it's a brilliant performance by the youth squad of Manchester City. They were not using the main squad, and it was probably the best time for Pep to give minutes to his young players. The city's squad against Celtic needs better players. Then, they will be ready to face the next season.

Bobb showed amazing performance in this game, and he ran the show. Some players played averagely, like Rico, Perrone, and Halaand. But, they had delivered their best in that game. But some played so badly in this game, like K. Phillips, McAtee, and Esbrand. I think they need a long time to get their best.

But all of the young players of Manchester City need to hit the gym, bullied too easily by celtic players.



The city's stats from the game against Celtic are not that bad. But, yeah, they missed many chances. City's attacking line must have improved even more. I must admit that Schmeichel was also cooking in this game.

[Solokan]

Today's latest pre-season match result for the Man City vs Celtic match is 3-4. Man City lost in that match, but because it was only a pre-season match, I can understand this result. This is the same as the defeat experienced by several strong teams from the Premier League in this pre-season match. It's just that De Bruyne doesn't seem in the pre-season match. But I see Pep Guardiola giving opportunities to several young Man City players such as Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Jadel Katongo and several other players. And that was their debut in the Man City senior team. And even though Man City lost that match, it seems like Pep Guardiola was quite satisfied with the performance of the young players in that match. And it seems that victory is not the target of this match.

I also didn't expect the result of the match that Pep's troops lost to Celtic, but remembering the pre-season match, of course I saw that the Manchester City players were not too serious in that match and indeed Pep was testing his players and measuring the extent of his players' strength. but honestly I was amazed by the performance shown by the Celtic players because the Celtic players were very good at breaking through the Manchester City defense.

but of course I saw in that match that Manchester City's defense had to be improved because I saw that it was very easy for Celtic players to break through Manchester City's defense and I also saw that Manchester City's players were less than optimal in taking advantage of opportunities during that match because if Manchester City could take advantage of opportunities better. Well of course I'm sure Manchester City will be superior in goals to Celtic. But yes, of course with that match I hope Pep can improve that.

Yes, of course, in this match, victory was not prioritized and it seems like Pep was not disappointed with his defeat by Celtic, but what is clear in this match is that both teams benefited, but of course Celtic must be proud because they managed to beat the EPL champions.

[Ahli38]

Ten Hag tried his best to see that Manchester United succeed in these trophies, but still, to me, it is getting worse because United are not even getting to the top of the table. I just think if Ten Hag cannot do it, he should hand it over or leave because Manchester United are not even competitive again while other teams that Manchester United were even better than are topping the tables and doing well.

 Although I don’t underrate Ten Hag for his job, I just feel like he’s getting too much as a fan. I want to see improvement than this. We are not what we want. We are tired of waiting. 

Well no one underestimates Ten Hag we all just judge everything based on the results he has produced at the club. And last season the results really didn't meet everyone's expectations. In the early season, Ten Hag was able to make us all have high hopes for his skills at the club. But then Manchester United started getting bad results from the start of the season and this automatically made us disappointed and this is normal. But when we heard that Ten Hag was not fired and would continue to coach Manchester United, from then on we could only hope that this time Ten Hag could repeat the good results he had when he first joined this club. And he is back in the race for tickets to the Champions League. Now Manchester United is actively moving in the transfer market and trying to improve the weaknesses they have, namely at the back. And I hope it works. But if this still fails to maximize the team next season then of course Ten Hag must realize that he is indeed unable to bring development to Manchester United.

[Gallar]

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Talking about the clubs that will be tough competitors in the Premier League next season, I also agree that the teams that will definitely be tough competitors in the Premier League are Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal. Because it is not surprising, because in the last few seasons these three clubs have always competed fiercely at the top of the Premier League standings. Then talking about Ten Hag's Manchester United, until now Ten Hag has not been able to present a Premier League trophy for Manchester United. I also don't understand why Manchester United hasn't recovered until now. Because if you think further, after the Ferguson era, Manchester United has never shone again until now. Even now, Manchester United's performance is still unstable. In fact, as we know, the squad currently owned by Manchester United is considered the most expensive squad. However, strangely, this did not produce satisfactory results.

So if you look at it, Ten Hag's role as a coach will definitely be a bit tarnished. The reason is, he was unable to bring Manchester United to shine with a squad that was considered expensive. However, I personally also quite appreciate the achievements that Ten Hag achieved with Manchester United, namely winning the FA Cup and Carabao Cup trophies. Because getting a trophy in this competition can also be said to be not an easy matter. So these achievements really deserve our appreciation. Apart from that, next season we don't know whether Manchester United's performance will improve or get worse. However, if you look at Manchester United's current preparations, by bringing in several new players, perhaps their performance will likely improve slightly. And if for example next season Ten Hag fails again to bring Manchester United to shine in the Premier League, I am sure that Ten Hag's career at Manchester United will end in that season.

If Manchester United don't finish ahead of Liverpool next season I will conclude that Ten Hag is a complete disaster. Klopp is no longer the coach of Liverpool and Ten Hag has been in the league now for over two years. He is now fully backed financially by the new owners, so far we have seen his spending spree and he is definitely going to spend more, so there will be no room for complaints anymore. As expected I will rank Manchester City and Arsenal to finish first and second, although I can't really tell for now who will finish first. But I don't expect Arne Slot Liverpool to perform better than Ten Hag Manchester United. Many people believed that Liverpool were doing better than Manchester United when Ten Hag was appointed because Jurgen Klopp was more experienced coach and has spent more time in the premier league, so now that Eric Ten Hag has spent more time in the premier league and has more coaching experience than Arne Slot, there will be no justification if Liverpool finish above Manchester United in the premier league next season.

If you compare Arne's experience as Liverpool's new coach and Ten Hag, it is clear that Ten Hag is more experienced. Because as you said, Ten Hag has coached Manchester United in the English top league for several seasons. But still, for now I won't say that Manchester United is better than Liverpool. Even though it is true that Liverpool has now been abandoned by its old coach Klopp, I am sure that the Liverpool players will continue to play as well as when coached by Klopp. Because in essence the chemistry between Liverpool players is currently very good, in contrast to Manchester United whose players lack close chemistry. So this could be very good capital for Liverpool next season. Apart from that, we cannot immediately underestimate Arne, just because it is his first time coaching a team as big as Liverpool in the Premier League, which is of course very tight. Because I'm sure the Liverpool analysis team also chose Arne very maturely and not carelessly. So with this, Liverpool will certainly remain above Manchester United next season in the Premier League standings. Because if Manchester United's performance next season also improves, I still believe Liverpool will definitely be much better.

Because Arne will definitely be very enthusiastic and eager to train Liverpool well. The reason is that he also knows that currently he has a very big responsibility to make Liverpool a tough competitor in the Premier League. Therefore, it is certain that Liverpool in Arne's hands will most likely remain good. Maybe to make us less curious about the performance of Manchester United or Liverpool. We can watch the pre-season match between Liverpool VS Manchester United in a few weeks and of course we can use this as a benchmark for the performance of the two teams.

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[Farma]

Although it was a friendly match, the match was very competitive. Celtic players tried hard to win the match and in the end Celtic team won the match. There is no doubt that Celtic's players have performed well.

On the other hand, Guardiola is experimenting with his squad. We don't see any experienced players in Manchester City's defense today. While City have Haaland and Grealish in attack, they lack experienced players in defence. This is why Manchester City conceded four goals in this match. However, these friendly matches are organized to enhance the experience of young and inexperienced players. But Celtic's players will be more confident after beating a big team like Manchester City.

This friendly match went very beautifully both teams gave each other attacks and Celtic was very confident with some of his young players at the beginning to block Guardiola's care, Celtic itself is not a small club he is a big club in Skotland and they are also a good team so it is not easy for Man City to beat them, even though we can see the squad that Pep is also good but it seems that Celtic is better than Man City yesterday.

Indeed, it looks like the defense on the left side of Man City is often used by opposing players and Celtic can make chances into goals because it is easy for them to find a gap on the left side, in the match it is also seen that Pep is also not really really in improving it, and I think Pep is not too serious in handling their academy players because he is not too good with young players he prefers to work with ready-made players, so I really want to know how he will do the next match if he does not have a senior player in his squad.

[asriloni]

Only Guardiola has been better than me — Erik ten Hag brags

This is the fifth year running that Manchester City has dominated the EPL. Pep Guardiola has dominated over every single manager in the EPL including Jurgen Klopp, Mikel Arteta and others. But Erik Ten Hag sees things differently, he says Pep Guardiola is the only manager to have won more trophies than him in recent times. In the past two years where ETH has been Manchester United’s manger, he’s had two trophies to show in his acquisition. But by the standard of Manchester United, this shouldn’t be something to brag about. They have fallen down the pecking order. Manchester United Standard should be competing for league dominance and fighting for UEFA Champions league.

Looking at the stats and the performance of Manchester United in the last two seasons. Do you think Erik Ten Hag has bragging rights?

Come to think of it ETH is right, since he came to the EPL no manager have won any trophy that Man City are also competing and he has been the second best, where we have Arteta, Klopp and the others, you see him getting a trophy out of the two coaches so why are we saying he isn't the second best? Fine Manchester United haven't been pretty good but let's give the man some credit for the little he has done with the side by winning something no matter how small it is and some would want ETH to win the EPL title but he can't win it because they're not up to that level.

What ETH said was the truth here.  Ten Hag counted it since he came to United, and it's not about overall performance. Ten Hag won two trophies in his two seasons at Manchester United. Arteta and Klopp are tied for third with one trophy each. Arteta won 1 Community Shield and Klopp 1 Carabao Cup. It makes sense for Ten Hag to claim he's the best after Pep Guardiola. He did not count the overall performance, and It was only since 2022/2023. Ten Hag is now rebuilding his club seriously. We may see Manchester United come back to compete with City and Arsenal for the EPL trophy.

[Sebas.tian]

Maybe for some teams it's an indicator to win a preseason game, but I think it's just to appease themselves, nothing more. For serious teams, it's a chance to release those players that the coaches will definitely not release in EPL matches, because every match is important there and a mistake by a young player can cost a defeat in the end. So the appearance of new players today is a good sign

I am not surprised by the result of the match. Manchester City losing a pre-season match doesn’t mean anything, it doesn’t mean that Manchester City won’t be performing well when the season starts. We all know that most clubs won’t be making use of their main squad in pre-season matches, they do make use of the players that they are always keeping as reserves, so we can’t conclude how a club will perform when the season starts. But I am still expecting Manchester City to perform well when the season starts, we shouldn’t start concluding that there is a drop in their performance just because of the pre-season match.

I don't think, this defeat will move any Manchester city fans, because they know what Manchester city can do when the premier league competition and other competition start, and they will still going to display well next season. That is the strategy many managers are using in this pre-season matches, because that is the best way to test their new players or to allow the players they always bench in some matches to showcase their talents for their managers to know how good they are in this summer season, which is what Manchester city manager did in this pre-season match. As long Manchester city manager is still with Manchester city in this season till next season, they will still get it right next season, because he know what to do to correct the mistakes of his players in this pre-season matches for them to perform well when tournament start.

[mammusu]

Only Guardiola has been better than me — Erik ten Hag brags

This is the fifth year running that Manchester City has dominated the EPL. Pep Guardiola has dominated over every single manager in the EPL including Jurgen Klopp, Mikel Arteta and others. But Erik Ten Hag sees things differently, he says Pep Guardiola is the only manager to have won more trophies than him in recent times. In the past two years where ETH has been Manchester United’s manger, he’s had two trophies to show in his acquisition. But by the standard of Manchester United, this shouldn’t be something to brag about. They have fallen down the pecking order. Manchester United Standard should be competing for league dominance and fighting for UEFA Champions league.

Looking at the stats and the performance of Manchester United in the last two seasons. Do you think Erik Ten Hag has bragging rights?

Come to think of it ETH is right, since he came to the EPL no manager have won any trophy that Man City are also competing and he has been the second best, where we have Arteta, Klopp and the others, you see him getting a trophy out of the two coaches so why are we saying he isn't the second best? Fine Manchester United haven't been pretty good but let's give the man some credit for the little he has done with the side by winning something no matter how small it is and some would want ETH to win the EPL title but he can't win it because they're not up to that level.

The claim made by Ten Hag is based on the only two minor trophies that have been won by Ten Hag, whereas so far Pep Guardiola has never boasted about himself by saying he is the best in the English league even though he has won it all with Manchester City, Ten Hag seems to be right now is  looking for consolation for all the pressure he got after ending the season in 8th place, when he said he was the second best in the English league, not only other people might laugh at his words and maybe he will even laugh at his own words now🤣, With these words, Ten Hag is actually showing his character as a coach who has an ego and also likes to brag about himself ,ten Hag arrogance has not only happened once and has even happened several times before and I hope that next season his ability to build Manchester United will be better than his ability he spoke.

[barisbilgili]

I don't think, this defeat will move any Manchester city fans, because they know what Manchester city can do when the premier league competition and other competition start, and they will still going to display well next season. That is the strategy many managers are using in this pre-season matches, because that is the best way to test their new players or to allow the players they always bench in some matches to showcase their talents for their managers to know how good they are in this summer season, which is what Manchester city manager did in this pre-season match. As long Manchester city manager is still with Manchester city in this season till next season, they will still get it right next season, because he know what to do to correct the mistakes of his players in this pre-season matches for them to perform well when tournament start.

The pre-season match doesn't mean anything. I don't think anyone is exaggerating that, Manchester City is a team that already has quite a strong character and what happened in the pre-season match was an attempt by the coach to make a lot of changes or trials so it's only natural that the result not optimal.
Regardless of what happens, Manchester City have proven that they have quite good quality and consistency over the last few seasons so this could also happen next season, I think no one doubts that.

[Mr.right85]

Arsenal played out a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth in a preseason match in the US. It was quite entertaining because it featured some academy players and they all performed well. I have always wished for them to feature in games under Arteta. Even if it’s the cups, with what I saw in that game, I think these young midfielders should be given a chance. The time is now. Nwaneri impressed me I’m that game. Honestly, I don’t see why a Nwaneri can’t play in a 3 man midfield with other experienced midfielders vs 2nd division teams.
I expect Arteta to integrate a lot of these young talents into the team when the season starts. They have a point to prove and if given the right opportunity, I think they’ll excel.