Premier League Prediction Thread 2024/2025

[Barikui1]

Ratcliffe ‘wants’ Ten Hag sack at Man Utd as ex-caretaker boss tipped to return amid conflicting reports

There are conflicting reports surrounding the future of Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag, with one journalist claiming Sir Jim Ratcliffe is pushing to swing the axe and suggesting Michael Carrick might return to Old Trafford.

Earlier on Monday, ESPN reporter Rob Dawson stated that ‘Man Utd don’t really want to sack Ten Hag’ as it would be ’embarrassing’ for them after deciding to stick with the Dutchman over the summer. But there will clearly be conversations going on at Man Utd during the international break as the team has suffered frustrating results against Liverpool, Crystal Palace, FC Twente, Tottenham Hotspur and Porto recently.

According to The United Stand journalist Sam C, who has been writing on X (formerly known as Twitter), Man Utd part-owner Ratcliffe ‘wants change’ at managerial level.

The British billionaire has apparently decided ‘enough is enough’, which suggests that Ten Hag is under immediate risk of being sacked, though ‘no final decision’ has been made yet.

In a separate post, the Man Utd reporter adds that legendary former midfielder Carrick is an option to return to the club in a coaching capacity.

Source link: https://www.teamtalk.com/manchester-united/ten-hag-sack-ratcliffe-wants-club-swing-axe-ex-caretaker-boss-tipped-return

I saw this news notification but I was not excited seeing such news because this is something they would have done a long time ago. So sacking Ten Hag now is more or less "medicine after death" because the damage have already been done by Ten Hag that have resulted to Manchester United standing very close to the relegation zone, something that have not happened in a long time. The only good thing I see about this delayed action is that it gives Manchester United another opportunity to fight to evade being relegation because that was where they were headed.

Nooo I don't think so,  nothing has spoil, this is not a situation of medicine after death, their is so much more for this Manchester united side to play for, because the season is still very fresh, if they can start accumulating winning between now and January, I believe that they can return back into the mix of competing for a place in the top four, or have you forgotten that we are just in week seven?

So I believe that a lot can still be achieved either by Eric ten hang, if he can turn things around or by anyone that replace in the theater of dreams, Manchester United to be precised.

Then lastly, on the aspect of sacking Eric ten hang or not, in my own perspective, I actually thinks it's long overdue, because to whom much is given, much is also expected, and Eric ten hang hasn't lived up to the expectations placed on him as the manager of Manchester united, considering how much he has spent as the manager of the club.

[SmartCharpa]

Guys, have you got Manchester United at standings?
We've heard quite a few negative comments about Ten Hag's performance so far, so how confident are you about the possibility of his contract being maintained until the end of the season?

If Manchester United's performance doesn't improve in the next game, I don't think he will spend the first half of the season as coach. Dismissals may need to be taken and management must be firm, it will help the team not collapse.

The team management continues to support Ten Hag, believing that he can turn things around for the club. The management had a good relationship with Ten Hag because of the trophies he had won in the previous two seasons; they did not want to fire him because he had won a trophy that other managers failed to win. However, this is not the first season that Manchester United has had a low point at the start of the season, the club had 9 points in seven games the previous two seasons and the management did not fire him, so this season, as Manchester United has 8 points in seven games, I do not think the management will fire him because they believe they still need more games to improve their performance.

Furthermore, if management considers firing Ten Hag, I do not believe we will see Ten Hag as head coach this season, but the team wasn't planning on winning the league this season, I believe Ten Hag's will remain the head coach up to the end of the season. Many people expected them to lose against Aston Villa, but the game ended in a draw. If Manchester United loses two of their next five games, they might fire him because the fans are sick of him. 14th position for a top team like Man United.

[Justbillywitt]

Guys, have you got Manchester United at standings?
We've heard quite a few negative comments about Ten Hag's performance so far, so how confident are you about the possibility of his contract being maintained until the end of the season?

If Manchester United's performance doesn't improve in the next game, I don't think he will spend the first half of the season as coach. Dismissals may need to be taken and management must be firm, it will help the team not collapse.

The team management continues to support Ten Hag, believing that he can turn things around for the club. The management had a good relationship with Ten Hag because of the trophies he had won in the previous two seasons; they did not want to fire him because he had won a trophy that other managers failed to win. However, this is not the first season that Manchester United has had a low point at the start of the season, the club had 9 points in seven games the previous two seasons and the management did not fire him, so this season, as Manchester United has 8 points in seven games, I do not think the management will fire him because they believe they still need more games to improve their performance.

Furthermore, if management considers firing Ten Hag, I do not believe we will see Ten Hag as head coach this season, but the team wasn't planning on winning the league this season, I believe Ten Hag's will remain the head coach up to the end of the season. Many people expected them to lose against Aston Villa, but the game ended in a draw. If Manchester United loses two of their next five games, they might fire him because the fans are sick of him. 14th position for a top team like Man United.

Ten Hag is just lucky that he finds himself in a club like Manchester United who don't believe in firing managers like clubs like Chelsea usually does. Manchester United is a club that believes in giving managers time to find their feet and I think it's really a good approach, because most times it will take more than a season or two to build something special that's capable of winning trophies. I don't believe that Eric Ten Hag should be sacked, the Man is literally doing his best for Manchester United and people are definitely going to see the results at the end of the season. Manchester United management saw something in him that's making them keep Ten Hag and if the management are satisfied with his performance then why are we bothering ourselves unnecessarily.

Ten Hag is a very good coach and he is going to prove his doubters wrong. Manchester United have had several managers after SAF left, it has been just this way, so I don't think Ten Hag is the problem. They should not sack him this is where I stand.

[Obari]

Guys, have you got Manchester United at standings?
We've heard quite a few negative comments about Ten Hag's performance so far, so how confident are you about the possibility of his contract being maintained until the end of the season?

If Manchester United's performance doesn't improve in the next game, I don't think he will spend the first half of the season as coach. Dismissals may need to be taken and management must be firm, it will help the team not collapse.

Manchester United management have more hope to believe Erik Ten Hag is having temporary challenge that he will sort out lesser with no time, they forget how Graham Potter was given the exact same chance and the odds of maximizing the competency of these managers is weigh out of line. Erik Ten Hag job is on the line this season because he's been nothing but a terrible manager that's have vast difficulties in handling the current condition of his team.

The Red Devils are no longer the formidable elite club we know, and Old Trafford is no longer consider to be theater of dreams because no solid performance on hoke soil for Manchester United, watched them and was felt remorse about their game pattern. Perhaps this is international week, giving more time for Erik Ten Hag to calm down and restrategized because things are actually out of control from his end. An elite team ranked below average clubs, currently sitting 14th position and you expects happiness from the fans? They're now acquainted with the fact and odds to booe the manager and often directly to the players.

[Helena Yu]

There is little chance for Chelsea or Aston Villa to win the title because Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool are the biggest favorite teams until the tight competition from these three teams that have a big chance to win the title. With Chelsea in the top four, I think it is quite a good achievement because with their own performance improvement that can make them in a ranking that is at least quite profitable. Liverpool is the team that leads the standings and of course this is quite difficult for Arsenal and Man City to win the title, they have new rivals in fighting for the title because indeed with the previous season where Liverpool was quite far behind but now they are performing well to become the team that conceded the fewest goals. There is a chance for Liverpool to win the league title as long as they can maintain their performance well in terms of defense and attack.

Aston Villa is more like a fluke they can able to win against Bayern Munich and reach 5th position in Premier League. Currently Aston Villa only have good results, but their statistic are actually just like a mediocre teams. A strong teams need to have both good results and performance, Aston Villa don't really dominating the match and they have bad goal/conceded ratio.

Chelsea on the other hands, have both good results and performance, so I will not be surprised if Chelsea will qualify for Champions League in the next season.

[Minecache]

Aston Villa is more like a fluke they can able to win against Bayern Munich and reach 5th position in Premier League. Currently Aston Villa only have good results, but their statistic are actually just like a mediocre teams. A strong teams need to have both good results and performance, Aston Villa don't really dominating the match and they have bad goal/conceded ratio.

Aston Villa is fifth in the table. At the same time, the team won the Champions League match against a strong team like Bayern Munich. This was a surprising result. Aston Villa's overall performance is good but this team cannot be called very strong. Because Aston Villa's players scored only 12 goals and conceded 9 goals in 7 Premier League matches. From this it can be understood that the overall condition of Aston Villa is not very good. However, due to the good match strategy, Aston Villa has been able to maintain the stability of the performance so far. However, this team's performance in the upcoming matches is not surprising.

[arufox]

Guys, have you got Manchester United at standings?
We've heard quite a few negative comments about Ten Hag's performance so far, so how confident are you about the possibility of his contract being maintained until the end of the season?

If Manchester United's performance doesn't improve in the next game, I don't think he will spend the first half of the season as coach. Dismissals may need to be taken and management must be firm, it will help the team not collapse.

I predict that Ten Hag fate as Man United coach will be determined in the first half of this season. If in the first half of the season Man United's performance does not improve and Man United position does not immediately rise from the middle of the standings, then it is likely that Ten Hag will be fired because I am sure that the management does not want to see their club fail to compete in the Champions League next season because it will be very detrimental to Man United as a big club and will even reduce the club's income if they do not compete in the Champions League.

[Barcode_]

It seems that ever since Sir Alex Ferguson left Manchester United for his retirement, Manchester United are still unable to find a great manager to bring the club back to its glory days despite replacing a number of managers over the years. I guess Manchester United will stand no chance to compete with the other top teams for the top 4 spots on the table this season again after their disaster run with only 8 points gained out of 7 games played.

[mammusu]

Guys, have you got Manchester United at standings?
We've heard quite a few negative comments about Ten Hag's performance so far, so how confident are you about the possibility of his contract being maintained until the end of the season?

If Manchester United's performance doesn't improve in the next game, I don't think he will spend the first half of the season as coach. Dismissals may need to be taken and management must be firm, it will help the team not collapse.

I predict that Ten Hag fate as Man United coach will be determined in the first half of this season. If in the first half of the season Man United's performance does not improve and Man United position does not immediately rise from the middle of the standings, then it is likely that Ten Hag will be fired because I am sure that the management does not want to see their club fail to compete in the Champions League next season because it will be very detrimental to Man United as a big club and will even reduce the club's income if they do not compete in the Champions League.

Manchester United is in 14th place in the Premier League standings with 8 points from 7 matches, as a big team that has won a lot of glory so far, isn't their current position quite tragic and even now they look worse than Bournemouth, with only two wins, two draws, and three defeats.
Reportedly the management will hold a meeting today to discuss Erik ten Hag future, because indeed currently there is a lot of pressure from fans for them to fire him after the team performance has been quite bad so far, the voice from fans should be listened to by the current management because after all fans is an important factor that has been part of Manchester United so far,  But if see the great trust from the management in Ten Hag far, may be that he will get a chance until the middle of the season later.

[Gallar]

Guys, have you got Manchester United at standings?
We've heard quite a few negative comments about Ten Hag's performance so far, so how confident are you about the possibility of his contract being maintained until the end of the season?

If Manchester United's performance doesn't improve in the next game, I don't think he will spend the first half of the season as coach. Dismissals may need to be taken and management must be firm, it will help the team not collapse.

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The current condition of Manchester United's performance is very worrying, because until the 7th week Manchester United was only able to occupy 14th position in the Premier League standings. This is of course not a good thing for a team like Manchester United. But it can't be helped, the current performance of the Manchester United players and also the strategy that Ten Hag is applying to the Manchester United players can be said to be not good. The reason is that in the last 5 matches Manchester United was not even able to win. So this gives us a very clear conclusion that Manchester United's performance under Ten Hag has been very poor. That's why recently many people have negative opinions about Ten Hag. Maybe for now Ten Hag can just surrender to his career as Manchester United coach.

Because I also agree with you, that Ten Hag will most likely be fired from the coaching chair if for example Manchester United's performance does not change significantly for the better. Maybe the upcoming match will indeed be a very crucial match for Ten Hag with Manchester United. Because if Manchester United draws or loses in the next match, I'm sure Manchester United management will immediately take action, whether it's immediately firing Ten Hag or giving him another chance. Because if Manchester United's performance continues like this, I am also sure that sooner or later Manchester United will experience something worse than now.

And regarding Manchester United's upcoming match, the opponent is Brentford. Manchester United should be able to beat Brentford easily, because Brentford is not a strong team in the Premier League. So we'll see in this match whether Manchester United will be able to win the match or not. According to my personal predictions, Manchester United will most likely win this match, considering Brentford's performance has been quite bad recently.

[Oluwa-btc]

Ratcliffe ‘wants’ Ten Hag sack at Man Utd as ex-caretaker boss tipped to return amid conflicting reports

So Manchester United wants to sack the 6th manager in 10 years? Well, like I always have done, I'm proud to say that I backed Erik Ten Hag from.the very first season he came in as manager down to this periods. I totally dislike how he has been criticized and compared to coaches he has done better than in European Football and also Dutch Competition. All good things well comes to an end, I will miss him. The gospel truth is that Man United lacks patience. Below is how Mikel Arteta did during his third season for Arsenal;

[Jatiluhung]

There is little chance for Chelsea or Aston Villa to win the title because Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool are the biggest favorite teams until the tight competition from these three teams that have a big chance to win the title. With Chelsea in the top four, I think it is quite a good achievement because with their own performance improvement that can make them in a ranking that is at least quite profitable. Liverpool is the team that leads the standings and of course this is quite difficult for Arsenal and Man City to win the title, they have new rivals in fighting for the title because indeed with the previous season where Liverpool was quite far behind but now they are performing well to become the team that conceded the fewest goals. There is a chance for Liverpool to win the league title as long as they can maintain their performance well in terms of defense and attack.

Aston Villa is more like a fluke they can able to win against Bayern Munich and reach 5th position in Premier League. Currently Aston Villa only have good results, but their statistic are actually just like a mediocre teams. A strong teams need to have both good results and performance, Aston Villa don't really dominating the match and they have bad goal/conceded ratio.

Chelsea on the other hands, have both good results and performance, so I will not be surprised if Chelsea will qualify for Champions League in the next season.

Chelsea does look more convincing than Aston Villa. But I think Aston Villa's good results are not just due to luck. Yes, they did have luck, but the victory they achieved and the ranking they achieved now is also because they have fought well. Even though they look like a mediocre team, we have to remember that Aston Villa last season also surprised us because they managed to qualify for the UCL. So it's possible that this season they will do the same thing. In the UCL, Aston Villa even proved that they are a strong team by beating Bayern. And that's not a coincidence because in the first match in the UCL, Aston Villa also managed to beat Young Boys with a landslide score of 0-3. which means Aston Villa haven't even suffered a defeat in the UCL. so I think the strength that Aston Villa has is really real and worth taking into account.

[tusandii]

Troll football posted this image on their X page and I think it’s a very funny way to illustrate how bad this United manager has been for the club. Anyone saying Erik Ten Hag should be given more time because he got a point is not a fan of Manchester United. The fact Manchester United fans are happy to take a draw against Aston Villa tells you how bad this team has become.

Most persons suggesting ten hag be giving ore time are obviously not Manchester united fan and may want that to happen so that their team will be bale to get a fair share of three, four or six points from Manchester united. A friend of mine did mentioned this over the week that Ten Hag is doing well and should be allowed to stay till the season ends so he gets to meet with the team of which he's a fan as he will be glad to see them win Manchester united in a flawless victory and i laughed and wondered if they don't want Manchester untied to be better this season.

Surely many Manchester United fans are fed up with Erik Ten Hag at this time because the club still retains him instead of firing him, some people are very happy if Erik Ten Hag is retained because it opens up opportunities for other clubs to beat Man United and occupy a better position than them, maybe it is Chelsea fans, Aston Villa, Newcastle, West Ham or Brighton they think it will reduce competitors in the fight for the Champions League place if Man United's performance continues to be inconsistent, I myself am not a Man United fan but I am also not happy if I see Man United continue to perform badly even though Man United is an elite Premier League club.

[Inwestour]

Surely many Manchester United fans are fed up with Erik Ten Hag at this time because the club still retains him instead of firing him, some people are very happy if Erik Ten Hag is retained because it opens up opportunities for other clubs to beat Man United and occupy a better position than them, maybe it is Chelsea fans, Aston Villa, Newcastle, West Ham or Brighton they think it will reduce competitors in the fight for the Champions League place if Man United's performance continues to be inconsistent, I myself am not a Man United fan but I am also not happy if I see Man United continue to perform badly even though Man United is an elite Premier League club.

Ten Hag got his chance but obviously he couldn't take it and the fact that he didn't lose against Porto and Aston Villa doesn't do him much good, it will just delay his dismissal. I like him as a person but his knowledge as a coach is not enough to take Manchester United to a higher level. I saw yesterday that they were discussing the possible appointment of Tuchel in his place and I will say that I think it will give the team a good boost, Tuchel knows how to motivate and the team should start playing more lively with him because now I see uncertainty among the players.

[Uruhara]

Aston Villa is more like a fluke they can able to win against Bayern Munich and reach 5th position in Premier League. Currently Aston Villa only have good results, but their statistic are actually just like a mediocre teams. A strong teams need to have both good results and performance, Aston Villa don't really dominating the match and they have bad goal/conceded ratio.

Chelsea on the other hands, have both good results and performance, so I will not be surprised if Chelsea will qualify for Champions League in the next season.

Chelsea have shown quite good quality so far at the start of this season. In fact it exceeded everyone's expectations. And it looks like Chelsea can indeed surpass Aston Villa in their achievements this season in the Premier League. But Aston Villa have really improved a lot since last season. Last season Aston Villa managed to finish in 4th place because of their consistency towards the end of the season at that time. And it looks like their good performance continues to this day. In the UCL they beat Bayern quite well. And in the Premier League they managed to hold Man United to a draw. With quality like that, I think the competition for tickets to the UCL will be very fierce between Chelsea and Aston Villa. But last season, many changes often occurred since the middle of the season. And I think this season something similar might happen. So we can only make a more definite assessment since the middle of the season. because there will be many changes starting from now until the middle of the season.

[Farma]

Ratcliffe ‘wants’ Ten Hag sack at Man Utd as ex-caretaker boss tipped to return amid conflicting reports

So Manchester United wants to sack the 6th manager in 10 years? Well, like I always have done, I'm proud to say that I backed Erik Ten Hag from.the very first season he came in as manager down to this periods. I totally dislike how he has been criticized and compared to coaches he has done better than in European Football and also Dutch Competition. All good things well comes to an end, I will miss him. The gospel truth is that Man United lacks patience. Below is how Mikel Arteta did during his third season for Arsenal;

Are you sure Man United fans are impatient in the last 3 seasons, what is clear is that they are very patient with the lack of strategy and clear ball flow from Man United's strategy in every match, is that what is lacking, in my opinion Ten Hag should pack up, there is nothing to consider anymore because now Man United is too bad under his guidance and in my opinion this dismissal should be done immediately and give trust to a coach who really has the ability and experience in the Premier League, seeing Liverpool and Chelsea with coaches who have only been running for a few months but they have developed quite rapidly to be in the top 5 of the EPL at this time, in my opinion if this happens soon Man United still has a full chance to compete in the top 5 not in the middle of the standings as is currently happening. Looking at Arteta, he is quite clear in building a strategy so it is only right for their management to keep him, because Arteta does have the ability above Ten Hag who brought Dutch boxes into the Man United team, Ten Hag is not good enough to handle a big team, he is better at handling a mediocre team and in my opinion that is appropriate for the man from the Netherlands.

[giammangiato]

Team	Point
Liverpool	18
Man. City	17
Arsenal	17
Chelsea	14
Aston Villa	14
Brighton	12
Newcastle	12
Fulham	11
Tottenham	10
Nottingham Forest	10
Brentford	10
West Ham	8
Bournemouth	8
Man. United	8
Leicester	6
Everton	5
Ipswich Town	4
Crystal Palace	3
Southampton	1
Wolves	1

Man.United is getting lower and lower nad lower, this team is really doing very badly, we need to remedy this mess.. for me need to sake the coach

[armanda90]

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Man.United is getting lower and lower nad lower, this team is really doing very badly, we need to remedy this mess.. for me need to sake the coach

Manchester United remaining 5 points left from the relegation teams standings and its first time in the history having 8 points of 7 matches in Premier League, but the management seems very comfortable with current standings of Manchester United because not have reminder the manager sack from his position although loss 5 of 7 matches. Erik ten Hag have enough time get recovery his teams return to winning trend perform due two weeks international break out.

Upcoming match, Manchester United will face not really strong team Brentford and opportunity to secure three points in front of their fans or bad possibilities for Erik ten Hag sack from his position. Unbelievable with Manchester United management really trust to Erik ten Hag although their team on bad trend performance and left few points only from relegation standings position.

[legendbtc]

Talking about MU's recruits, I feel more and more annoyed with coach Ten Hag. Ten Hag has cost MU a total of 700 million pounds in the last 3 seasons. Ten Hag's recent signings have been a huge disappointment. From Antony, Tyrell Malacia, and Mason Mount to Manuel Ugarte, Matthijs de Ligt, Joshua Zirkzee,.. are all considered "bad deals". The rest have only played average and have been inconsistent. And Ten Hag has been very tough on players who don't suit him. Ten Hag is still struggling and has not found a suitable solution for MU. It seems that Ten Hag does not know how to appreciate talented players, as long as anyone listens to him, he will give them priority.

Indeed, there is a rather strange phenomenon happening at MU. That is, many players after leaving this team shine brightly. After Ronaldo, Sancho, and McTominay, now it's David de Gea's turn to shine, which is like a slap in the face for MU.

[Uruhara]

Talking about MU's recruits, I feel more and more annoyed with coach Ten Hag. Ten Hag has cost MU a total of 700 million pounds in the last 3 seasons. Ten Hag's recent signings have been a huge disappointment. From Antony, Tyrell Malacia, and Mason Mount to Manuel Ugarte, Matthijs de Ligt, Joshua Zirkzee,.. are all considered "bad deals". The rest have only played average and have been inconsistent. And Ten Hag has been very tough on players who don't suit him. Ten Hag is still struggling and has not found a suitable solution for MU. It seems that Ten Hag does not know how to appreciate talented players, as long as anyone listens to him, he will give them priority.

Indeed, there is a rather strange phenomenon happening at MU. That is, many players after leaving this team shine brightly. After Ronaldo, Sancho, and McTominay, now it's David de Gea's turn to shine, which is like a slap in the face for MU.

Correct. Every player who leaves Man United actually looks better at his new club. And on the other hand, the good players who were brought to Man United were not able to play very well. I think there is something strange about the way Ten Hag manages the Man United squad and the way he treats each player. He only always prioritizes players who suit him. In fact, as a coach, his job is to make everyone in the squad fit his coaching style and the coach must not be too selfish. He must be clever at adjusting everything well. He has to be more flexible. But it's more annoying to see that Ten Hag is still being maintained.