PREMIER LEAGUE PREDICTIONS 🔮 James Olley has Manchester City winning their 5th-straight | ESPN FC

The ESPN FC panel of James Olley, Alejandro Moreno and Steve Nicol make their predictions for the upcoming Premier League season.

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[danielqwesi]

I don't know why everyone writes Man United off the Top Four buh I guess United might shock everyone at the end of the season

[tobaepebinuade]

I still think that Manchester City are the favorites to win the Premier League this season and they’re going to always have a chance to win the title as long as Pep Guardiola is their manager despite the strength of Arsenal right now. Yes their squad has phenomenal players: (Erling Haaland Kevin de Bruyne Rodri Phil Foden Bernardo Silva Jeremy Doku etc. .) and have one of the best managers of the modern era and over the years they have proven that they don’t need to be at their best to win the Premier League in a sense that just when you think that they’re losing ground in the title race and don’t look as dominant as they did in the previous season when they drop a couple of points and start the season slow, we enjoy the league being competitive only for them to go on a ridiculous winning streak and peak at any time during a season as even when they struggle they cannot be written off as even in a 3way race for the title they still won the league. They have won 6 out of the last 7 titles and could potentially win their 5th consecutive Premier League title in a row this season, but at the same time, I wouldn’t be surprised if their dominance comes to an end once and for all.

What I mean by that is because as much as we think that losing Julian Alvarez to Atletico Madrid isn’t a blow, with his departure they’ve lost some significant firepower and a versatile player and also in such a long season, Haaland is their only natural striker and the worst case scenario for Manchester City is if he has to spend a period on the sidelines since in a season when he’s injured, he’ll miss a lot of games and while he’s going to continue scoring goals at a staggering rate and is likely to win his 3rd consecutive Golden Boot in the Premier League, his inconsistent performances in big games will be detrimental for them in the title race if they drop a lot of points against teams they should be beating. I know they have exciting talent in their team, but KDB their best player is 33, Walker is 34, Stones Bernardo and Ederson their important core of players aren’t getting any younger and Pep’s future at the club will be a topic of discussion throughout the season and the uncertainty won’t help them. I expect them to win the title, but at the same time I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t win and that’s because Arsenal have been coming closer and closer to the title of late as in back to back seasons, they finished 5 and 2 points behind then respectively, last season, they won 16 out of their last 18 games and still didn’t win the league and while this time around there’s question marks about whether or not they have enough goals in them in the title race since they’re still missing a prolific goalscorer, they have a strong enough team to win the midfield battle in a lot of games and they have an excellent defense and we all know how pivotal they are when it comes to winning titles. When going up against Pep Guardiola’s Man City, there’s no room for error no matter how well you play. They have some of the best players in the world in their respective positions which is something they didn’t have when Mikel Arteta first took over as their manager. (Right winger- Bukayo Saka CAM- Martin Odegaard, CDM/CM - Declan Rice, CB- William Saliba and Gabriel). I know you’re thinking to yourself “all of this yapping just for City to win and for Arsenal to bottle the title again”, but I have a feeling that we’re going to have another interesting title race between these 2 teams.

[dagiz]

He says arsenal have strengthened defense and midfield and if they buy wingers they will have no weakness. THEY HAVE NO STRIKER.

[umxrkuc]

Once Liverpool stay healthy its going to be exciting

[eavyeavy]

Did we not have this video with different title yesterday?

[rishisunak]

The maximum points a team can get in a Premier League season is 114 points.

City to get 114 points and beat 115 charges.

[Joker-etje]

Stevie is picking Arsenal….LAME‼️ He just believe in the Bottlers‼️‼️🙄🙄

[JCampbell]

It’s wild how a club can be up on 115 charges, facing a potential ban from the league, for cheating, and media is asking if they can win a fifth straight.

[pacbynz]

I’m a GUNNER and I believe all ya’ll are just straight up discounting Aston Villa. Villa will be present. Villa are as much apart of the conversation as Tott. Chelsea. Utd are. UP DE ARSENAL🙏🏾💯

[anshumansahu]

Man City should now have bigger ambitions like the Champions League.

[senti]

The Oscar Bob injury scare shows how vulnerable they are to injuries.
City fans were immediately in panic mode.

[amine]

Dont sleep on newcastle & aston villa both habe a good coachs and squad

[annadavies]

If city win a 5th straight title then PL is a farmers league

[Hilary-qmm]

My partner and I decided to spice up our love life by trying out tantric yoga. Let's just say we ended up more tangled than enlightened. Namaste, indeed🔥

[qkolqno]

Manchester United will shock everyone this season we are finishing second in the Premier League

[jerry-kosz]

James oh James look the mess e don made

[nhlanhlamahlangu]

Man City Premier League 'famers league'

[christianwag]

115 fc champions again?? Like seriously?? 😉😆

[umxrkuc]

I don't see arsenal winning more games Dan Liverpool when healthy

[Kevin-xjsh]

No one talks about 115, brit media fed by Arabs. Espn drags the greatest english club ever down, but 115 fc oh they do it right 👍