UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[ndutndut]

Eric Ten Hag is a coach who is known for the hard trainings he makes for the team and he usually makes it hard for the players to have better performance.
But still, this coach had some mistakes and he hired players he didn't actually need and sold or released palyer he had to keep in the team and I'm talking about De Gea and Onana which was a mistake by this coach, and one reason for Manchester United to have bad performance.
 

But I think the difference between a good coach and a star coach is that a star coach can adapt to the conditions of new teams and other clubs. When you are the coach of Ajax Amsterdam, the coaching should be different from that being done at a top 10 club full of superstars. The handling of a team like Real Madrid is very different from the handling of a team like Ajax Amsterdam with a lot of talent. Expectations, requirements, intensity and many other things can differ. I get the feeling that ten Hag has a problem to understand that he is not the coach of Ajax Amsterdam anymore.

I'm sure Erik ten Hag is aware of this but unfortunately, maybe because Erik ten Hag doesn't have a good way of building harmonization within the team . Thus, the chemistry within the squad did not succeed in forming perfectly, this case at least had a negative impact on team performance as well as individual performance . But ya, after all Erik ten Hag still seems to have the effort needed, at least Manchester United is still in the top six in the Premier League standings. At least it still looks good too, because at the sametime, Manchester United does not have a good position in the Champions League and of course it will be a difficult pressure for the team.

Erik Ten Hag needs a lot of time to improve a team as big as Man United. It must be admitted that it is not easy to coach a big team and many of these star players are very different from Erik Ten Hag previously when he coached AJax. At Man United all decisions are monitored by the public, the slightest mistake will receive harsh criticism, of course this will affect the players' concentration or mentality.

It will be difficult for a club like Man United to recover because they are always required to continue to perform perfectly, even though to perform perfectly they need support from all parties, which is not a problem, on the contrary, they are blasphemed every week. This didn't just happen to Erik Ten Hag, but all the coaches after SAF no longer coached Man United, all of their replacements came under pressure from many parties because they always compared them with the previous coach (SAF). This is just my assessment.

[Docnaster]

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Manchester City wants to achieve what Real Madrid has achieved, but I am sure that Guardiola will repeat on every press conference that it is impossible. But his goal is to win the Champions League a few more times.

I think this is true. Guardiola constantly mocks his achievements in the Champions League, some think that this is politeness and a good sense of humor, but in fact it is a clear realization that if we think globally, then Guardiola is a loser in the Champions League. He always had the best teams (perhaps even the best in history) but at the same time he won the Champions League only 3 times. Of course, he wants to get more titles in order to write his name in history more solidly.

Even of Pep Guardiola decides to quit coaching today, he'll still be regarded as one of the best managers in the history of club football because of his great achievements since he started managing the first team of Barcelona after his years as the coach of the La Nadia(Barcelona's youth team)
I don't think what he does is mockery to his personal managerial achievements rather he's a manager that always wants to break all the records by winning as many titles as possible. His team is doing very well in the competition this season and I think he stands a chance of retaining the UEFA Champions League title this season

[arimamib]

That is the main reason why people called that as a bottle club. winning so many weeks and lead the competition till mid season but it was losing at the end. That is not the first time for arsenal to bottling the competition. Arsenal has been recorded doing the same thing for a few times.
People are aware about the habit of arsenal. This is the main reason why people can't really count on arteta's club when it was leading the league. Arsenal can go down anytime without any notice.
Arsenal is totenham's brother. These clubs are always being called as bottle clubs.

The main problem that is difficult to form within Arsenal is a Champion Mentality, no one doubts that Arsenal is a strong team, but in the end they always have difficulty winning trophies. Last season people started to think this was Arsenal's year, but that assumption disappeared after they started to lack consistency after the season was almost over.
The champion mental problem, which has not been able to be eliminated, means that the London cannon always jams towards the end of the competition. I don't have any hopes at all for Arsenal, even though they appear as challengers in the UCL, their progress will not reach the Final.

The lack of a "Champion Mentality" has been shown when they often falter in crucial moments, demonstrating a lack of composure and winning mentality when it matters most, while they have shown flashes of brilliance and possess a talented squad.

This inability to maintain consistency and convert promising starts into tangible achievements has become a hallmark of Arsenal's recent struggles. The lack of a winning mentality has permeated the team's culture, leading to setbacks and missed opportunities. While it may take time and effort to fully transform the team's mentality, Arsenal has the potential to break free from this pattern and establish themselves as a consistent force in the Premier League and European competitions.

[BIT-BENDER]

Well Pep Guardiola isn't going to retire from his coaching duty anytime soon, and yes he would arguably be the best coach in football history, he did not only perfect the art of winning games and winning competition many managers before him has done something very similar coaches like Ancelotti is an example but Pep Guardiola did it in such a fantastic way, he doesn't play to win by packing the bus but his plays sweet football like the Tikitaka.

[SmartCharpa]

I will try to dispel many doubts about Manchester United's chances of progressing to the last 16. Manchester United and everyone there is currently really under high pressure to get their best form in the next two matches. They must try as hard as possible and must prioritize team achievements rather than playing for themselves, this unity will have a lot of positive impacts on their chances of qualifying.

Of course there are injury and suspension issues currently plaguing Manchester United in their preparations for the Galatasaray match, but I think Rasmus Hojlund will be ready to return in time. Rashford will be unavailable due to suspension, while Casemiro, Christian Eriksen, Tyrell Malacia, Luke Shaw, Jonny Evans and Lisandro Martinez will also be out for longer and will miss the game. Of course Galatasaray have home advantage when they host Manchester United, but they have to avoid mistakes because I think Manchester United might force their way out of jail.

With their current performances and the number of injured players, I'm not even sure where Manchester United will pass and make it to the next round. The best thing the team can hope for right now is that Hojlund should return before their next match. While Martial is doing nothing, Hojlund has improved more than him, and it's even better that Rashford is out because even when he is, he can never do anything and always plays selfishness. Manchester United's next games are against Bayern Munich and Galatasaray; their first legs Manchester united lose against this two clubs, i don't believe they will win the second leg either. I can't even hope that Man United will qualify for the Europa League.

Ten Hags cannot resolve these issues with the current players, the players' contributions to the team will not allow them to move to the next round. The only attackers left are Antony and Garnacho. I continue to have concerns about Manchester United's performance in their upcoming two games; Bayern Munich is not taking any clubs easily this season, and Galatasaray also wants to move to the next round. Manchester United has no chance to make it out.

[Agbamoni]

That is the main reason why people called that as a bottle club. winning so many weeks and lead the competition till mid season but it was losing at the end. That is not the first time for arsenal to bottling the competition. Arsenal has been recorded doing the same thing for a few times.
People are aware about the habit of arsenal. This is the main reason why people can't really count on arteta's club when it was leading the league. Arsenal can go down anytime without any notice.
Arsenal is totenham's brother. These clubs are always being called as bottle clubs.

The main problem that is difficult to form within Arsenal is a Champion Mentality, no one doubts that Arsenal is a strong team, but in the end they always have difficulty winning trophies. Last season people started to think this was Arsenal's year, but that assumption disappeared after they started to lack consistency after the season was almost over.
The champion mental problem, which has not been able to be eliminated, means that the London cannon always jams towards the end of the competition. I don't have any hopes at all for Arsenal, even though they appear as challengers in the UCL, their progress will not reach the Final.

The lack of a "Champion Mentality" has been shown when they often falter in crucial moments, demonstrating a lack of composure and winning mentality when it matters most, while they have shown flashes of brilliance and possess a talented squad.

This inability to maintain consistency and convert promising starts into tangible achievements has become a hallmark of Arsenal's recent struggles. The lack of a winning mentality has permeated the team's culture, leading to setbacks and missed opportunities. While it may take time and effort to fully transform the team's mentality, Arsenal has the potential to break free from this pattern and establish themselves as a consistent force in the Premier League and European competitions.

What do you mean by lack of champion mentality? Arsenal has increased in performance and they are still building themselves to be more stronger . The Arsenal of the past was way worst than this that over a decades they cannot win any title. Their coach is a coach that is still learning I won't say he is perfect because he just recently came into the business. And ever since he came there have been a big difference in the performance of the team. However, injury has been one hindrance to Arsenal as they do not have strong sub to cover for any position that maybe lacking anytime. Generally there have been 196 injuries in the Premier League so far this season. This number marks a 15% increase compared to the last four seasons.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I'm hopeful about my team Galatasaray to beat Manchester United in the next fixture of the CL. Because we are technically looking much better than them in performance. The only issue has been with our finishing. We are just wasting the goal chances very generously for a couple of games. This is really killing our chance to reach last 16. 

Hopefully we will be better against Manchester United just as we were in our first head-to-head with them. It was a really unforgettable win for us honestly. 

If we win and Bayern Munich beat Copenhagen on one hand then I think that's it! We would make it by that.

[Roseline492]

Well Pep Guardiola isn't going to retire from his coaching duty anytime soon, and yes he would arguably be the best coach in football history, he did not only perfect the art of winning games and winning competition many managers before him has done something very similar coaches like Ancelotti is an example but Pep Guardiola did it in such a fantastic way, he doesn't play to win by packing the bus but his plays sweet football like the Tikitaka.

Pep Guardiola is one of the best coach in the world and he has made a great impact to any club he coaches, however he coached Barcelona from 2007 to 2008 and he impacted so many good on Barcelona and because of his performance in times of coaching Barcelona they have to retain him for some more years from 2008 to 2012.

So however after his time on Barcelona do to how well he has performed so Bayern Munich feels that he is the kind of person they need to transform the club to another face, so they decided to hired him and however he made his good records there also.

So he finally move to Manchester City on 2016 and by then Manchester City was still struggling and the first thing he did was to identify those areas that Manchester City is having challenges, so that was were his work on Manchester City started from, so with time he singlehandedly build Manchester City to become were they are today, so actually Pep Guardiola deserve to be celebrated.

[imamusma]

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The main problem that is difficult to form within Arsenal is a Champion Mentality, no one doubts that Arsenal is a strong team, but in the end they always have difficulty winning trophies. Last season people started to think this was Arsenal's year, but that assumption disappeared after they started to lack consistency after the season was almost over.
The champion mental problem, which has not been able to be eliminated, means that the London cannon always jams towards the end of the competition. I don't have any hopes at all for Arsenal, even though they appear as challengers in the UCL, their progress will not reach the Final.

The lack of a "Champion Mentality" has been shown when they often falter in crucial moments, demonstrating a lack of composure and winning mentality when it matters most, while they have shown flashes of brilliance and possess a talented squad.

This inability to maintain consistency and convert promising starts into tangible achievements has become a hallmark of Arsenal's recent struggles. The lack of a winning mentality has permeated the team's culture, leading to setbacks and missed opportunities. While it may take time and effort to fully transform the team's mentality, Arsenal has the potential to break free from this pattern and establish themselves as a consistent force in the Premier League and European competitions.

What do you mean by lack of champion mentality? Arsenal has increased in performance and they are still building themselves to be more stronger . The Arsenal of the past was way worst than this that over a decades they cannot win any title. Their coach is a coach that is still learning I won't say he is perfect because he just recently came into the business. And ever since he came there have been a big difference in the performance of the team. However, injury has been one hindrance to Arsenal as they do not have strong sub to cover for any position that maybe lacking anytime. Generally there have been 196 injuries in the Premier League so far this season. This number marks a 15% increase compared to the last four seasons.

For now it is true, no one can deny that Arsenal has the ambition to achieve a lot of success with Arteta. However, if we look at it in a broader context, we have not seen Arsenal win the EPL trophy for 20 years. It's not that they don't try, but they always fail in their efforts, so many people conclude that the lack of a winning mentality is the lack of experience on the podium. But I think achieving it is not impossible, all clubs have a chance to win it, including Arsenal.

After successfully finishing in runner-up position last season in the EPL, Arteta succeeded in convincing Arsenal management to dare to spend a larger budget, so that they could be actively involved in recruiting quality players. In the end, now we have seen that there has been an improvement in the club, even though we know that squad depth alone does not guarantee that a club can win the title at the end of the season. Luck also plays a big role in my opinion. If I'm not mistaken, last time Arsenal reached the final against Barcelona, who knows, this season they could pull off a surprise.

[Falconer]

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The lack of a "Champion Mentality" has been shown when they often falter in crucial moments, demonstrating a lack of composure and winning mentality when it matters most, while they have shown flashes of brilliance and possess a talented squad.

This inability to maintain consistency and convert promising starts into tangible achievements has become a hallmark of Arsenal's recent struggles. The lack of a winning mentality has permeated the team's culture, leading to setbacks and missed opportunities. While it may take time and effort to fully transform the team's mentality, Arsenal has the potential to break free from this pattern and establish themselves as a consistent force in the Premier League and European competitions.

Arsenal has the opportunity to get out of that habit and prove that they can be the best. Arteta is fully responsible for the team's achievements and the improvements they have achieved so far, but of course Arsenal's young players must be more mental instead of letting the big opportunities in front of them disappear because they cannot control the pressure.

As far as we have seen, Arsenal's struggles often fail in the last lap. Even if they start next season full speed and dynamic, but in the end they have to be willing when other teams manage to overtake at the final corner. Because Arsenal has quality, Arteta must maintain it and build a strong mentality in his players to win the title under pressure from other teams. Previously, Pep Guardiola stated that Manchester City was just a team that needed to be given experience and mentality in the Champions League, in the end they win it last season.

[shogun47]

Well Pep Guardiola isn't going to retire from his coaching duty anytime soon, and yes he would arguably be the best coach in football history, he did not only perfect the art of winning games and winning competition many managers before him has done something very similar coaches like Ancelotti is an example but Pep Guardiola did it in such a fantastic way, he doesn't play to win by packing the bus but his plays sweet football like the Tikitaka.

It depends on what you understand when you say "anytime soon". His contract will expire in 2026 and I can anticipate how wild the negotiations will be because the Citizens are going to make him a lifetime offer. They know that any coach coming after Pep Guardiola can't be an improvement as he is the best in the business. Will it once again be like when he left Barcelona and no money in the world can convince him of staying at Manchester City? Or will money be a factor and can it make him decide to stay and win more titles, perhaps with Erling Haaland rising under his management?

[kro55]

That is the main reason why people called that as a bottle club. winning so many weeks and lead the competition till mid season but it was losing at the end. That is not the first time for arsenal to bottling the competition. Arsenal has been recorded doing the same thing for a few times.
People are aware about the habit of arsenal. This is the main reason why people can't really count on arteta's club when it was leading the league. Arsenal can go down anytime without any notice.
Arsenal is totenham's brother. These clubs are always being called as bottle clubs.

The main problem that is difficult to form within Arsenal is a Champion Mentality, no one doubts that Arsenal is a strong team, but in the end they always have difficulty winning trophies. Last season people started to think this was Arsenal's year, but that assumption disappeared after they started to lack consistency after the season was almost over.
The champion mental problem, which has not been able to be eliminated, means that the London cannon always jams towards the end of the competition. I don't have any hopes at all for Arsenal, even though they appear as challengers in the UCL, their progress will not reach the Final.

The lack of a "Champion Mentality" has been shown when they often falter in crucial moments, demonstrating a lack of composure and winning mentality when it matters most, while they have shown flashes of brilliance and possess a talented squad.

This inability to maintain consistency and convert promising starts into tangible achievements has become a hallmark of Arsenal's recent struggles. The lack of a winning mentality has permeated the team's culture, leading to setbacks and missed opportunities. While it may take time and effort to fully transform the team's mentality, Arsenal has the potential to break free from this pattern and establish themselves as a consistent force in the Premier League and European competitions.

What do you mean by lack of champion mentality? Arsenal has increased in performance and they are still building themselves to be more stronger . The Arsenal of the past was way worst than this that over a decades they cannot win any title. Their coach is a coach that is still learning I won't say he is perfect because he just recently came into the business. And ever since he came there have been a big difference in the performance of the team. However, injury has been one hindrance to Arsenal as they do not have strong sub to cover for any position that maybe lacking anytime. Generally there have been 196 injuries in the Premier League so far this season. This number marks a 15% increase compared to the last four seasons.

Arsenal played very well last season too. And this season also the performance of Arsenal players is excellent. The team is fighting for the title. And we are seeing better performances from them in every match. However, Arsenal's main obstacle to winning the title is the injury problem. Arsenal's bench team is not strong enough. Therefore, the Arsenal coach does not have a suitable replacement if any player in the squad suffers an injury. This is why Arsenal's performance deteriorates even when a player in Arsenal's squad suffers an injury. Arsenal's situation is similar this season. And even though Arsenal are performing quite well now, Arsenal's chances of winning the Premier League are slim.

[Ndabagi01]

I'm sure Erik ten Hag is aware of this but unfortunately, maybe because Erik ten Hag doesn't have a good way of building harmonization within the team . Thus, the chemistry within the squad did not succeed in forming perfectly, this case at least had a negative impact on team performance as well as individual performance . But ya, after all Erik ten Hag still seems to have the effort needed, at least Manchester United is still in the top six in the Premier League standings. At least it still looks good too, because at the sametime, Manchester United does not have a good position in the Champions League and of course it will be a difficult pressure for the team.

At this point, I will only advise Eric Ten Hag to concentrate on one competition, the Premier League. They have wasted numerous opportunities in the Champions League to advance to the knockout stage of the competition. Winning their final two group stage matches is no guarantee that they will advance to the knockout stage of the competition. That energy they will expend in battling for the knockout stage should be expended in battling for the top four spots in the Premier League, so they can have a good chance of qualifying for next year's Champions League. They may still be able to book a spot at the Europa League if they finish third at the end of the group stage matches in the UCL.

[Jegileman]

Eric Ten Hag is a coach who is known for the hard trainings he makes for the team and he usually makes it hard for the players to have better performance.
But still, this coach had some mistakes and he hired players he didn't actually need and sold or released palyer he had to keep in the team and I'm talking about De Gea and Onana which was a mistake by this coach, and one reason for Manchester United to have bad performance.
 

But I think the difference between a good coach and a star coach is that a star coach can adapt to the conditions of new teams and other clubs. When you are the coach of Ajax Amsterdam, the coaching should be different from that being done at a top 10 club full of superstars. The handling of a team like Real Madrid is very different from the handling of a team like Ajax Amsterdam with a lot of talent. Expectations, requirements, intensity and many other things can differ. I get the feeling that ten Hag has a problem to understand that he is not the coach of Ajax Amsterdam anymore.

As this is not Ten Hag’s first season at Manchester United, I expect him to be aware that he is now leading a bigger team than his previous one. His expectations in this team will be far higher and very different from what he delivered at Ajax. The competition here is fiercer and more competitive than the one he was in before, therefore he requires a complete shift in his technique and coaching style, which we expected him to have employed at the end of the previous season. He has seen it all and understands the management's expectations, it is now up to him to do the necessary to keep his job.

[ShowOff]

What do you mean by lack of champion mentality? Arsenal has increased in performance and they are still building themselves to be more stronger . The Arsenal of the past was way worst than this that over a decades they cannot win any title. Their coach is a coach that is still learning I won't say he is perfect because he just recently came into the business. And ever since he came there have been a big difference in the performance of the team. However, injury has been one hindrance to Arsenal as they do not have strong sub to cover for any position that maybe lacking anytime. Generally there have been 196 injuries in the Premier League so far this season. This number marks a 15% increase compared to the last four seasons.

Arsenal played very well last season too. And this season also the performance of Arsenal players is excellent. The team is fighting for the title. And we are seeing better performances from them in every match. However, Arsenal's main obstacle to winning the title is the injury problem. Arsenal's bench team is not strong enough. Therefore, the Arsenal coach does not have a suitable replacement if any player in the squad suffers an injury. This is why Arsenal's performance deteriorates even when a player in Arsenal's squad suffers an injury. Arsenal's situation is similar this season. And even though Arsenal are performing quite well now, Arsenal's chances of winning the Premier League are slim.

No matter how small the chance, Arsenal only needs to learn from their past mistakes to win the title. I know Manchester City's title dominance is very difficult to stop because the team's performance is quite good, but it won't be forever and if I had to choose then I think Arsenal already deserves to win the Premier League title with Arteta instead of Tottenham and Liverpool.

Arteta needs to emphasize the importance of mentality when facing huge pressure from teams like Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City. Arsenal were the better team in the last two seasons, but I still felt happy when Manchester City retained the title.

[Renampun]

Regarding Pep Guardiola, it really depends on the perspective of the person judging. I like part of his sense of humor, but I also admit that he has failed to win more titles with his best team in the Champions League. He has won 2 titles with Barcelona and 1 title with Manchester City, but he failed to win it with Bayern Munich even though he was very successful in domestic competitions.

I like his style of play and the way he formulates the right strategy for his players. Pep Guardiola is one of the best coaches so far and it is not surprising that he will still fail in the Champions League because this competition is very tight. What I have to admit is, Real Madrid is the king of the Champions League to date.

discussing which team can be said to be the king of the champions league, I agree with you that Real Madrid is that team, the teams that compete in the champions league are the best teams in each of the local European leagues, Manchester City was indeed successful in winning champions league trophy last season but this season real madrid came in full force, Bellingham's presence gives a good color to Real Madrid, they can be said to be the best team at the moment even though in the local league, Girona still occupies the top position in the La Liga standings lol.

[Belarge]

Eric Ten Hag is a coach who is known for the hard trainings he makes for the team and he usually makes it hard for the players to have better performance.
But still, this coach had some mistakes and he hired players he didn't actually need and sold or released palyer he had to keep in the team and I'm talking about De Gea and Onana which was a mistake by this coach, and one reason for Manchester United to have bad performance.
 

Manchester united problems can't be solved, rather it can rooted and minimized to its smaller formulatio, there's a whole lot to care about your favorite club. Been a mangers that suits an elite team is not an easy job because alot of things goes wrong and not according to plans in matches, so the best way is simply remained calmn and consistency in good games. We know how strict and discipline Erik Ten Hag can become in EPL games and he also have issues with his players that push some exits the club and he dropped some from his starting line-ups.

[logfiles]

so with time he singlehandedly build Manchester City to become were they are today, so actually Pep Guardiola deserve to be celebrated.

"Single-handedly"?
Not sure if he could manage to pull that off minus the deep pockets of Sheikh Mansour, hehehe.

After successfully finishing in runner-up position last season in the EPL, Arteta succeeded in convincing Arsenal management to dare to spend a larger budget, so that they could be actively involved in recruiting quality players. In the end, now we have seen that there has been an improvement in the club, even though we know that squad depth alone does not guarantee that a club can win the title at the end of the season. Luck also plays a big role in my opinion. If I'm not mistaken, last time Arsenal reached the final against Barcelona, who knows, this season they could pull off a surprise.

Why do you people think that for a team to go all the way from Group stages to the finals, for some reason, it has to be lucky? After all the efforts the players put in, the coaching staff etc then the team wins the trophy and boom! It was luck! Really?

[Spack17]

If Arsenal would make it to the finale this season I wouldn't call it as luck honestly. It is the truth that there have been some matches in the Premier League in which Arsenal played badly but still won. However this is the Champions League we are talking about. There is no way a team reaching the finale by chance.

Arteta has built a really solid team with young players. Maybe there is some experience problem at this point but they are still able to stay strong most of the time. Besides some young players have already gained quite much experience which they can use it to be competitive in the Champions League too.

[asriloni]

If Arsenal would make it to the finale this season I wouldn't call it as luck honestly. It is the truth that there have been some matches in the Premier League in which Arsenal played badly but still won. However this is the Champions League we are talking about. There is no way a team reaching the finale by chance.

Arsenal has not yet faced a strong club in UCL and how can you sure about that? It has also ever lose against lens which is proving that if this club is still being very inconsistent at this moment. It's too good to be true. We have many strong clubs that will be going to final.
I would rather call real real madrid or bayern that will be going to the final. Arsenal will never able to go to the final. Arsenal may out from UCL after top 16. I don't even trust this club to perform good.
Look at how arsenal was even losing in the europa league when it was showing consistent performance in EPL last season. That's enough to explain us how this is going to be

Arteta has built a really solid team with young players. Maybe there is some experience problem at this point but they are still able to stay strong most of the time. Besides some young players have already gained quite much experience which they can use it to be competitive in the Champions League too.

You meant many experienced players, right? Arsenal will be bottled it again. Believe me arsenal is just arsenal and nothing more. It's a club that is only entertaining us with its inconsistent performance.
Im sure arsenal will out from UCL soon. You can imagine when arsenal will face barcelona.