⚽ Premier League 2024/2025 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Felicity_Tide]

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Don’t even compare that, Manchester United will hardly beat Aston villa in their game. Even yesterday that they managed and get a draw against Porto, it was somehow like a luck, because their performance is not that good compared to Porto, and am sure we all know Porto performance last season, and they are still maintaining that standard. Because they are still have good performance. While Manchester United are facing many challenges from their coach and their management, which if that didn’t do anything about it, it will definitely affect them more than it did to them last season. But if they will try their best in performance I think they might manage to go on a draw with Aston villa but for them to win the game I think it will be very hard because of their present performance.

United drawing against villa is something I can't even imagine, even in my dreams. No offense, but I think this current united team don't have that mentality to compete against the villa side, especially when they will be without their captain (Bruno) on Sunday. I have watched few of Villa matches this season, including their UCl game this week. I could see the top level that Emery has raised the team to. And if you are to mention two teams that uses their number 9 very well In the English premier league, then it has to be Manchester city and Aston Villa. Have you sit to watch how watkins makes some interesting runs and position himself as a real striker?. Aside that, the Villa team is very good at making accurate passes (especially the longer passes), and they are good on the counter. So it's a doubt that united will be returning to Old Trafford with a single point. Nevertheless, good luck to both sides.

[adultcrypto]

I believe that every Manchester United supporter around the world is tired and frustrated with Erik Ten Hag and his failed tactics. Erik Ten Hag has been given more time than any past manager in Manchester United to make a difference but there is still no improvement in the team’s performance. Last night’s game against Porto in the Europa League would have relieved the pressure a little on ETH only if Manchester United had won but they drew the game after getting a two goal lead advantage.

What? I think draw is already a good result for Manchester United because Porto was a favorite in that match, it means people weren't expect Manchester United will win. Porto is actually a strong team, they often qualify for Champions League and make it to the round 16.

The upcoming match Manchester United will be a favorite, although I'm not sure they will beat Aston Villa.

I guess Manchester United have gotten so bad that FC Porto will be considered a favorite team when they meet. That shows that gone are the days that Manchester United was a serious and feared team. Actually, judging by current form, I think FC Porto is doing better than Manchester United when compared based on their performance in their local leagues. This may be the reason many people think that Porto is the favorite side. Manchester United actually had an early lead and assuming they were able to maintain that, they would have won the match. This is where the strategy of the coach comes in because if it were coach like Jose Mourinho, he would have resorted to playing defense to ensure he .

[Egii Nna]

Don’t even compare that, Manchester United will hardly beat Aston villa in their game. Even yesterday that they managed and get a draw against Porto, it was somehow like a luck, because their performance is not that good compared to Porto, and am sure we all know Porto performance last season, and they are still maintaining that standard. Because they are still have good performance. While Manchester United are facing many challenges from their coach and their management, which if that didn’t do anything about it, it will definitely affect them more than it did to them last season. But if they will try their best in performance I think they might manage to go on a draw with Aston villa but for them to win the game I think it will be very hard because of their present performance.

United drawing against villa is something I can't even imagine, even in my dreams. No offense, but I think this current united team don't have that mentality to compete against the villa side, especially when they will be without their captain (Bruno) on Sunday. I have watched few of Villa matches this season, including their UCl game this week. I could see the top level that Emery has raised the team to. And if you are to mention two teams that uses their number 9 very well In the English premier league, then it has to be Manchester city and Aston Villa. Have you sit to watch how watkins makes some interesting runs and position himself as a real striker?. Aside that, the Villa team is very good at making accurate passes (especially the longer passes), and they are good on the counter. So it's a doubt that united will be returning to Old Trafford with a single point. Nevertheless, good luck to both sides.

I enjoy your last sentence that you Said good luck to both side. But still I want you to understand Manchester United might still be having issues with their performance, but that doesn’t still mean they will be looked down on, because Aston villa are using their striker very well doesn’t means they most win Manchester United in the game, anything can happen knowing well it is a game. Although I have my reasons that I said Manchester United are capable of going on a draw with Aston villa even though there are not in a good form, but we all will see what will happen on Sunday.

[Mayor of ogba]

I believe that every Manchester United supporter around the world is tired and frustrated with Erik Ten Hag and his failed tactics. Erik Ten Hag has been given more time than any past manager in Manchester United to make a difference but there is still no improvement in the team’s performance. Last night’s game against Porto in the Europa League would have relieved the pressure a little on ETH only if Manchester United had won but they drew the game after getting a two goal lead advantage.

What? I think draw is already a good result for Manchester United because Porto was a favorite in that match, it means people weren't expect Manchester United will win. Porto is actually a strong team, they often qualify for Champions League and make it to the round 16.

The upcoming match Manchester United will be a favorite, although I'm not sure they will beat Aston Villa.

I would have agreed with you that the draw Manchester United played with FC Porto was a good result for them, but since Manchester United had a 0-2 lead against FC Porto, the draw was a bad result for Manchester United even though they forced FC Porto to a draw match last night. Manchester United has not consistently won their matches this season in all competitions, and with what Aston Villa has shown this season, I am afraid Manchester United can't be the favorite in their match against Aston Villa on Sunday.

[Huppercase]

I enjoy your last sentence that you Said good luck to both side. But still I want you to understand Manchester United might still be having issues with their performance, but that doesn’t still mean they will be looked down on, because Aston villa are using their striker very well doesn’t means they most win Manchester United in the game, anything can happen knowing well it is a game. Although I have my reasons that I said Manchester United are capable of going on a draw with Aston villa even though there are not in a good form, but we all will see what will happen on Sunday.

Did you see how difficult it was for Bayern Munich to pass through Aston Villa defenders, I think it's their striker that is even weaker in this case or perhaps that's what I notice in the Champions League, they might adjust the two layer to neutralize Manchester United that will be coming their home. If I'm ask who is going to win that match, to be honest with you I don't know what to say because even Aston Villa are not consistent.

However, we don't know for sure what will happen but if we are to judge by the short term performance, Aston Villa have adjusted and they can punished Manchester United again but if things turn out to favour Erk and the boys, then I think the rant and sack threat coming from different angle will subsidize because alot of people are not happy with that man with their performance lately.

[Nanga Parbat]

What? I think draw is already a good result for Manchester United because Porto was a favorite in that match, it means people weren't expect Manchester United will win. Porto is actually a strong team, they often qualify for Champions League and make it to the round 16.

The upcoming match Manchester United will be a favorite, although I'm not sure they will beat Aston Villa.

It good for you but I like Manchester but it been a great match between them both sides with equal goal. If any player had score an extra goal they would have won the match. No it is wrong most of the people were on the side of Manchester United and they expect to win this match for sure. Two goal in the first half were score by Manchester United due to which most of the hopes were on Manchester but a few minutes later Porto player score two goal to equalize the match.  If the players of Manchester United would have apply pressure and prevent them from score then the victory would have been in their favor, but luck did not favor them, due to which no one could win this match. But not strong enough to beat Manchester United in the match but the competition was well play and hard fought by both side.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I don't think that Manchester United's progress is more important to Manchester United fans than the Manchester United management. If with all the cries and complaints from fans about Erik Ten Hag's performance since last season, the management is still reluctant to sack him or give an order to him due to some deals they had with him (which we don't know), then they (the management) should face the consequences of their decisions.

Y'all laying too much blames on Erik Ten Hag and his performances... Can someone atleast understand that he's trying too hard not to get sacked? This is about his position as the head coach so, I'd say this is the most traumatizing moments for him... United is a team that needs alot of rehabilitations in all aspects. Erik has only one option; he needs to stir the wheels and save the ship from sinking!

It only saddens me that the management seems not to care about their fans anymore as their decisions keeps hurting the fans.

If they gotta improve their team performances, it ain't supposed to be about how the fan base feels, it's supposed to about how the team would grow and adapt to the new rules and game pattern in the premiership.

[ginsan]

United drawing against villa is something I can't even imagine, even in my dreams. No offense, but I think this current united team don't have that mentality to compete against the villa side, especially when they will be without their captain (Bruno) on Sunday. I have watched few of Villa matches this season, including their UCl game this week. I could see the top level that Emery has raised the team to. And if you are to mention two teams that uses their number 9 very well In the English premier league, then it has to be Manchester city and Aston Villa. Have you sit to watch how watkins makes some interesting runs and position himself as a real striker?. Aside that, the Villa team is very good at making accurate passes (especially the longer passes), and they are good on the counter. So it's a doubt that united will be returning to Old Trafford with a single point. Nevertheless, good luck to both sides.

Aston Villa will try to take advantage of Manchester United's unstable performance in this match, especially in the home game that will be presented tomorrow, of course Aston Villa has a big chance to get 3 points and return to winning ways after drawing with Ipswich in the previous match. If you look at the odds in this match, I'm pretty sure Aston Villa will extend Manchester United's poor performance because for now I think Manchester United's players' spirits are down after the bad streak they've experienced.

In terms of the appearance of both teams at the start of this season, of course Aston Villa performed better than Manchester United. Even tomorrow's match will be a big proof for Erik ten Hag for everything he said the previous week. Manchester United fans certainly expect a win in tomorrow's match and if Erik fails to do so, I'm sure Erik's position is on the brink of being fired. Well, if you look at the draw, it could happen, but I hope Watkins can bring change from the assumptions of many observers.

[Raflesia]

Did you see how difficult it was for Bayern Munich to pass through Aston Villa defenders, I think it's their striker that is even weaker in this case or perhaps that's what I notice in the Champions League, they might adjust the two layer to neutralize Manchester United that will be coming their home. If I'm ask who is going to win that match, to be honest with you I don't know what to say because even Aston Villa are not consistent.

Emery's intelligence in concocting Aston Villa's strength cannot be underestimated for now, because he has proven that with the quality of players who can be considered average on all fronts, in fact they are able to surprise and always become a stumbling block for several big clubs against them.

It's just that for now in the Manchester United match against Aston Villa I think this is still difficult to guess for several reasons. First, these two clubs are still in a state of recovery due to matches in the Champions League and Europa League so there will definitely be some rotations made so that the players are not too tired and the second condition of Manchester United is sometimes unpredictable although there will certainly be many who doubt Manchester United with Ten Hag's condition as it is today but still we are difficult to guess what will happen because Manchester United have always been surprising in several matches and it could be in this week's match as well.

[Sandra_hakeem]

If I'm ask who is going to win that match, to be honest with you I don't know what to say because even Aston Villa are not consistent.

Aston villa isn't consistent?? What do you define as consistency? Playing all matches without a single loss? How's that even possible.
Aston villa has atleast 4 straight wins from their previous matches in atleast 2 competitions and what do you call that? Y'all underrate these players and when the repercussions come, you'll be found wanting. I won't even dare to side a bet in a match between a big team and Aston -- or maybe I'll just give them an advantage over the big team, but with the Asian handicap.