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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024
by
Fiatless
on 22/07/2023, 21:07:35 UTC
No matter how much players City loses in this transfer window, it will never show that they are missing a particular player, the citizens have a team that doesn't depend on a player to make the squad stronger, they have the best team in the EPL and to compete for next season title is just their target. Pep can never go without lifting a trophy in a season.
In as much as the top six in the EPL have made different changes of their first 11, I don't see them going ahead of City and I feel the Manchester City team would act more deadly next season, they'd be hard to break next season.
Manchester City didn't just relax after their won three trophies last season. Coach Pep kept on improving the team by buying new players. They have invested money to buy quality players like Mateo Kovacic and others to make the team strong. But other clubs are also making tremendous chances to make the EPL competition stiff. City might have a good coach and outstanding players but we can be certain that they will even win a trophy this season because football is unpredictable. Pep might have been winning at least a trophy each season but this season might be different.

Smiley
A good performance of a team requires an experienced coach first. If the coach is not experienced, the team will not get the expected performance even after having a strong squad. Liverpool's squad was strong. But their coach had several tactical mistakes. Hence Liverpool's performance was erratic. Arsenal and Newcastle, on the other hand, performed well with average teams. I expect a better performance from Newcastle next season. But it doesn't seem like this team will be able to continue such great performance in the next season. Because the Newcastle management is still not taking the necessary steps to strengthen the team.
Jurgen Klopp is a tactically sound coach and this has shown in the past result of Liverpool. Last season the club has so many challenges such as the departure of Mane, injuries, and an aging midfield. The striking combination of Mane and Salah that have been the powerhouse of Liverpool was disbanded by the departure of Mane to Bayern Munich. The club was then hit by injury problems that sidelined some key players. Also, the failure to use the January transfer to buy new players to replace aging players in the midfield like Henderson and Fabinho affected the team's performance. One can also say that Liverpool was just unfortunate last season.