High Press Episode 4 – weekly football prediction

The race for the highest 4 is the subject for Episode 4 of the Excessive Press as they stay up for Chelsea vs Tottenham and Newcastle vs Arsenal.

Tottenham Spurs

Host Alison Bender is joined by Roshane Thomas, Carrie Brown and Miguel Delaney to debate Chelsea, Tottenham, Newcastle, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa.
Beginning off with a have a look at Tottenham, Bender mentioned, “We don’t even want to speak about Harry Kane anymore! They appear a greater staff with out him.”

Brown spoke of her experiences working with each Mauricio Pochettino and Ange Postecoglou, reserving particular reward for the latter.
“He’s a superb, sensible supervisor at mentioning gamers and giving them perception. And that’s what Tottenham have wanted.”

Spurs with out Harry Kane

Thomas has been simply as impressed with the beginning of the post-Kane period.
“He’s introduced that profitable mentality to Tottenham… I feel they’re a greater staff with out Harry Kane. I actually do. They’re now not centered on one participant.”

Thomas went on to reward Spurs’ recruitment after the sale of Kane, noting that they’ve learnt their classes after promoting Gareth Bale. He additionally picked Micky van de Ven because the signing of the season to this point.

Whereas Delaney thinks ‘ripping the band help off’ has helped with Spurs transferring on from Kane, he additionally expects there to be video games the place they actually miss the England worldwide.
Brown responded,

“They’re staff. They’ve recruited properly to cowl Harry Kane. But when Harry Kane was there now, they’d be high 4 favourites, title contenders, they’ve needed to really spend the cash below Daniel Levy to compensate for him. In the event that they’d spent that and saved Kane, with a supervisor with Postecoglou’s techniques, what an thrilling staff that will be.”

Chelsea in Europe

Turning to Chelsea, Thomas expressed his confidence in Nicolas Jackson, and has preferred what he’s seen from Cole Palmer. Bender and Delaney weighed up the Blues’ possibilities of a high six end, with a quieter schedule doubtlessly working of their favour. Delaney believes, even with the present hole, Chelsea can qualify for the Champions League.

Thomas acknowledged the stress on Chelsea, “Whether or not it’s the Champions League, Europa League or Convention League, you must end in one in every of them. You may’t spend all that cash and end tenth. In the event that they do, Pochettino may lose his job.”

Newcastle

The panel debated expectations at Newcastle, and whether or not Eddie Howe might be within the job long-term. Delaney famous that, regardless of the cash spent, Newcastle nonetheless have a small squad which might be stretched because the season goes on.

Thomas added, “I feel [Eddie Howe] is the correct man…

“I have a look at Eddie Howe, and he’s nice at growing gamers; Jacob Murphy, Joelinton, how he’s getting the perfect out of Callum Wilson.”

Arsenal Champions League or Premier League

Specializing in Arsenal, the panel had completely different views on how a lot vitality the Gunners ought to put into the Champions League. Brown was eager to see Arteta rotate his squad greater than final season, whereas Delaney and Bender commented that Arsenal may win the Champions League earlier than the Premier League.

Declan Rice

To shut out the episode, the quartet mentioned Declan Rice’s affect at Arsenal, Aston Villa’s possibilities, Liverpool’s title competition and fixture congestion.

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