⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[qurbanshah02]

If you ask me I will possibly tell you that tottenham hotspur is a copy of manchester united but I think tottenham hotspur is a little bit better, because if tottenham hotspur is that strong as you think they wouldn't have been in the 17th place that's the bottom of the table. Well if you're actually talking about the side of Europa league I think tottenham hotspur is likely to be considered as the favorite team to win this Europa league title, but don't be surprise to see things working differently because I keep wondering if this is the manchester united that made it all the way from group stage till this final stage with unbeaten record. Honestly I'm beginning to see it as a nightmare LoL, of course that's how it is.

Both teams have similar situations with their performances this season however it is not certain in my opinion which side is better than the other. I will be supporting Tottenham to win when they face Manchester United in the Europa league Final.

One of them can be better because Manchester United can improve themselves due to which they can also be successful. I have seen Manchester United before, their performance and hard work were quite good at that time due to which they can become successful again but in the current situation they are looking weak. If you look more carefully, Manchester United is somewhat better because Tottenham is also better but there is a slight difference between them. Your opinion and prediction is pretty much the same but it depends more on the draw.

[bitgolden]

What Arsenal really needs is not just a striker, I mean sure they need a proper striker, someone who is amazing at scoring goals, not just like a "forward" but like a goal scoring machine. But they are not enough with just that, they do have a great defense, Saliba is insane, but they need everything in between those.

I would get a whole new midfield if it was me, they need a very quick, Kante type defensive midfield who would be not only running around, but covering a lot of ground and have high stamina too, and when people see KDB, they think of attacking midfield, but they do not need a cheap version of that with Odegaard, I would get someone who is more towards attacking, instead of just playmaking, an overall better attacker.

[AirtelBuzz]

One of them can be better because Manchester United can improve themselves due to which they can also be successful. I have seen Manchester United before, their performance and hard work were quite good at that time due to which they can become successful again but in the current situation they are looking weak. If you look more carefully, Manchester United is somewhat better because Tottenham is also better but there is a slight difference between them. Your opinion and prediction is pretty much the same but it depends more on the draw.

Your opinion may not be correct because how can the UEFA Europa League final depend on Draw?Manchester United is not a little bit better than Tottenham Football Club but much better. I would like to tell you all that if you analyze Manchester United's performance in the UEFA Europa League, you will see their sharp experience. In recent times it seems that Manchester United's overall team has a lot of dominance in the UEFA Europa League, which has already led them to the final of the competition. Chelsea will face Manchester United in the Premier League tomorrow, but I have full support for the Chelsea team, given Enzo Fernandez's new attacking threat.

[Roseline492]

Arsenal's problem is not their strikers they have excellent forwards, and they score plenty of goals. They have great stats and a solid defense, but their constant issue is that they can lose to any opponent, whether strong or weak. They go on a run of great matches where they destroy their rivals, but then suddenly lose a few games. I don’t know what exactly they’re lacking. Obviously, Arteta will now demand new transfers and will try to replace some players in certain positions, but I would first pay attention to their stability, to avoid their main mistake, these slumps during the season.

Man, you just made my day.    Arsenal have excellent forwards? Who exactly do they have?

Gabriel Jesus who is injured all the time? Trossard who can't be reliable most of the time?

@Altryist is right because Arsenal do have a good forward but is just there irregular performances that's causing why people said otherwise, however Gabriel Jesus has not been the only key forwarder they have there are other people whom I even take note of than Gabriel Jesus because I don't like when a player is fluctuating in matches because that's the nature of him, though I also acknowledged all the time he has been the joy of the club. However is Bukayo Saka not a forwarder?, is Mikel Merino not also a forwarder? Of course they're forwarders including few others who are also commendable, so actually that isn't there problem but they just need upgrade.

[Akbarkoe]

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The question is, what stops the coach and the management team of Arsenal football club from getting a world class striker?
because after this season, the window transfer market opportunity will open for clubs to sell and buy players of their choice who will help in the improvement of their clubs.  Arsenal is looking for a way to win major trophies but doesn't want to increase spending to get the world class strikers into their team.

Maybe Arsenal needs to learn from Manchester City, because we see this season and several seasons ago, Man City continues to burn its money to get the best results every season. They never hesitate to spend big money to get the best players in the world. Although Man City is often faced with accusations of violating financial fair play rules, there is no doubt that Man City is one of the big clubs and the best club in the EPL.

Meanwhile regarding Arsenal, they do not have enough ambition to do that, and that is also the reason why Arsenal has not won the EPL trophy again. And as long as the club's financial management is done well, even though they bring in expensive players, I think it will not affect their financial condition. This depends on how the management is carried out by the club, but if it fails, it might experience the same thing as what Manchester United is currently experiencing.

[Issa56]

Your opinion may not be correct because how can the UEFA Europa League final depend on Draw?Manchester United is not a little bit better than Tottenham Football Club but much better.

Why do you think Manchester United is much better than Tottenham this season? If you check how the two teams are performing, then I don’t see much difference in Manchester United performance and Tottenham. If you check their performance in premier league, then the two teams are performing poorly, Manchester United is currently in 16th position, and Tottenham is currently in 17th position, Manchester United will be playing the Europa league final against Tottenham, so I don’t see any difference in the two teams performance.

Their is nothing special in Manchester United’s performance this season, am really disappointed with the way they are playing, it’s really a shameful thing that Manchester United are currently in the position which they are in the premier league, they are currently at the bottom of the table.

[Fuso.hp]

I understand that United has a terrible team, if you look at the squad and if you see how the team plays at premier league, they are doing an awful job and it's beyond Amorim, the players are terrible and they need to be changed, and I mean like if it was me, I would change all ten positions (would keep my dear old boy Bruno, he is awesome). That is not really easy to fix at this point because we are talking about something that takes a long time and we can't even expect much next season, because they won't be good.

The squad needs to be overhauled, but I don't think Manchester United is going to change the entire starting eleven next season. It's going to be done gradually. Some players will leave next season and others will follow in the upcoming season. They will only give priority to some key positions like striker, midfielder, goalkeeper, RWB and build from there. Despite their awful performance in the premier league, I believe Amorim is a good coach and can be successful at United, If the board can support him to get the right players.

The players currently in the Manchester United team definitely need to be changed and the team needs to be strengthened. After the change of manager of Manchester United last season, I thought that maybe the new manager will think about buying players after taking over, but we have not heard any such news, but when the transfer market opens in the future, Manchester United will definitely give the manager financial freedom to strengthen their team. If you change some players in the defense, midfield and strike positions, Manchester United will become stronger. I think there is no alternative to changing these players to change the performance of the Manchester United team. Especially Manchester United's aim for the next season should be that they can be between number 1 and number 4 in the Premier League points table at any cost.

[SatoPrincess]

Arsenal's problem is not their strikers they have excellent forwards, and they score plenty of goals. They have great stats and a solid defense, but their constant issue is that they can lose to any opponent, whether strong or weak. They go on a run of great matches where they destroy their rivals, but then suddenly lose a few games. I don’t know what exactly they’re lacking. Obviously, Arteta will now demand new transfers and will try to replace some players in certain positions, but I would first pay attention to their stability, to avoid their main mistake, these slumps during the season.

You are right but that is why Arsenal need to make good use of the transfer market so that in such cases when a particular player is failing to perform or keep up the momentum he can be replaced with someone better, fit and ready to take on the challenge and deliver. Normally I don’t expect a player to be fit and ready to kill it in every game but for those games he is unable to perform, Arsenal should be able to bring on someone that can do the job, more reason they need to boost squad depth for the coming season.

[Distraction]

Arsenal doesn't have a proper forward. Who are you talking about for example?  

One can say Liverpool also doesn't have it and it's true. But they have Salah. Did Arsenal have someone like him this season? The only example you can give me is Saka who has been seriously injured for months.



So let's face this truth. Arsenal should sign a good finisher. This is the only way they can put up a real fight for the league championship.

[AprilioMP]

Aston Villa vs Tottenham
Chelsea vs Manchester United

I believe if you already have your own choice of who you champion in these two matches. Tottenham who will travel to Villa Park, is not a team that gets a lot of good assessments because Tottenham's performance this season is not good even though they penetrated into the UEFA European League final round.

Likewise with the Chelsea vs Manchester United match. Manchester United are also not much better than Spurs, but I have a filling that Manchester United will not experience defeat in this match. The final result in my opinion will be a draw at Stamford Bridge.

[Webetcoins]

Arsenal's problem is not their strikers they have excellent forwards, and they score plenty of goals. They have great stats and a solid defense, but their constant issue is that they can lose to any opponent, whether strong or weak. They go on a run of great matches where they destroy their rivals, but then suddenly lose a few games. I don’t know what exactly they’re lacking. Obviously, Arteta will now demand new transfers and will try to replace some players in certain positions, but I would first pay attention to their stability, to avoid their main mistake, these slumps during the season.

Man, you just made my day.    Arsenal have excellent forwards? Who exactly do they have?

Gabriel Jesus who is injured all the time? Trossard who can't be reliable most of the time? Or you mean Havertz who isn't even a CF normally but being used like that because of having no choice?  

Their biggest need is to sign a proper CF right now. They should be ready to pay whatever amount is needed for it.

Lol, I am pretty sure he meant attacking players, and not strikers, because they literally have nobody of wort at striker . Havertz and Jesus are the only "strikers" they have, and neither are good. They are also very injured, and quite frequently as well, and not enough to win Premier league quality neither. So it's clear that if we are talking about strictly just the striker position then Arsenal can't win with these, and not like they have neither too because both are injured, but even if they did, they are not good enough.

Some good striker, like Gyokeres is severely needed. If you were to assume "attackers" then yeah, Saka, maybe Sterling, Martinelli, Odegaard, Trossard, even Nwaneri these days, are good attackers but none of them are strikers.

[Pandu Geddon]

Aston Villa vs Tottenham
Chelsea vs Manchester United

I believe if you already have your own choice of who you champion in these two matches. Tottenham who will travel to Villa Park, is not a team that gets a lot of good assessments because Tottenham's performance this season is not good even though they penetrated into the UEFA European League final round.

Likewise with the Chelsea vs Manchester United match. Manchester United are also not much better than Spurs, but I have a filling that Manchester United will not experience defeat in this match. The final result in my opinion will be a draw at Stamford Bridge.

The odds are very much in the home team's favor. Another reason is that United and Tottenham will be focused on the Europa League final. However, they will have plenty of time to recover, although I'm sure both of them may not want to risk any of their players who may be injured in the game. Hopefully, United and Tottenham's form is not bad, although neither of them has a chance of winning the Premier League again.

[Alpha Marine]

Arsenal's problem is not their strikers they have excellent forwards, and they score plenty of goals. They have great stats and a solid defense, but their constant issue is that they can lose to any opponent, whether strong or weak. They go on a run of great matches where they destroy their rivals, but then suddenly lose a few games. I don’t know what exactly they’re lacking. Obviously, Arteta will now demand new transfers and will try to replace some players in certain positions, but I would first pay attention to their stability, to avoid their main mistake, these slumps during the season.

Man, you just made my day.    Arsenal have excellent forwards? Who exactly do they have?

Gabriel Jesus who is injured all the time? Trossard who can't be reliable most of the time? Or you mean Havertz who isn't even a CF normally but being used like that because of having no choice? 

Their biggest need is to sign a proper CF right now. They should be ready to pay whatever amount is needed for it.

I really do not understand why people don't see this. It's the most obvious thing about Arsenal. They even had to rely on Merino to play as their striker, just because they don't have a striker. G. Jesus and Havertz are not even reliable when they play. Then there's Trossard and Martinaelli, who are not good enough and are too inconsistent.
They need a good and consistent left winger and a world-class striker. They'd better be ready to spend money on a good striker. If they had a striker and a LW, they might have been in the UCL final by now.

The defence is the only part of Arsenal that is solid, but they also need to work on that too. You can't have FBs that don't join the attack and make crosses inside the opponent's box.

[KingsDen]

Aston Villa vs Tottenham
Chelsea vs Manchester United

I believe if you already have your own choice of who you champion in these two matches. Tottenham who will travel to Villa Park, is not a team that gets a lot of good assessments because Tottenham's performance this season is not good even though they penetrated into the UEFA European League final round.

Likewise with the Chelsea vs Manchester United match. Manchester United are also not much better than Spurs, but I have a filling that Manchester United will not experience defeat in this match. The final result in my opinion will be a draw at Stamford Bridge.

The odds are very much in the home team's favor. Another reason is that United and Tottenham will be focused on the Europa League final. However, they will have plenty of time to recover, although I'm sure both of them may not want to risk any of their players who may be injured in the game. Hopefully, United and Tottenham's form is not bad, although neither of them has a chance of winning the Premier League again.

The two matches today are too decisive in EPL.

• Chelsea Vs Manchester United:

Here, Manchester United has the opportunity to deprive Chelsea slot in the next season's Champions league and yet, Manchester United still has the opportunity to enroll in the champions league if they win Tottenham in the Europa league finals despite being in the 15th position.

• Aston Villa Vs Tottenham Hotspur

Here, Tottenham has the opportunity to deprive Aston Villa champions league next season and still has an opportunity to enroll themselves in the champions league despite being in the 16th position.

[AirtelBuzz]

Aston Villa vs Tottenham
Chelsea vs Manchester United

I believe if you already have your own choice of who you champion in these two matches. Tottenham who will travel to Villa Park, is not a team that gets a lot of good assessments because Tottenham's performance this season is not good even though they penetrated into the UEFA European League final round.

Likewise with the Chelsea vs Manchester United match. Manchester United are also not much better than Spurs, but I have a filling that Manchester United will not experience defeat in this match. The final result in my opinion will be a draw at Stamford Bridge.

The two finalists of the UEFA Europa League are set to compete in the Premier League today, with Tottenham likely to be crowned champions in the first match between the two teams against Aston Villa. In another match, the result of this match between Chelsea and Manchester United is not yet determined and it is not even possible to judge which team will be the champion in this match. Since it is a Premier League match against Chelsea, it is almost certain that the Red Devils will leave the field with the shame of defeat. I think the Blues will want to win at all costs against a struggling Manchester United.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I don't expect anything surprising in the Aston Villa vs Tottenham game tonight. Aston Villa are highly favoured for the win. Tottenham have no target left except the EL trophy.

As for the Chelsea vs Manchester United one, nothing changes. Chelsea are the clear favourites.    If we don't see an unusual result Chelsea should be able to keep themselves in top 5 easily at the end of this week...

[Pandu Geddon]

The odds are very much in the home team's favor. Another reason is that United and Tottenham will be focused on the Europa League final. However, they will have plenty of time to recover, although I'm sure both of them may not want to risk any of their players who may be injured in the game. Hopefully, United and Tottenham's form is not bad, although neither of them has a chance of winning the Premier League again.

The two matches today are too decisive in EPL.

• Chelsea Vs Manchester United:

Here, Manchester United has the opportunity to deprive Chelsea slot in the next season's Champions league and yet, Manchester United still has the opportunity to enroll in the champions league if they win Tottenham in the Europa league finals despite being in the 15th position.

• Aston Villa Vs Tottenham Hotspur

Here, Tottenham has the opportunity to deprive Aston Villa champions league next season and still has an opportunity to enroll themselves in the champions league despite being in the 16th position.

This match is important, but for Chelsea and Aston Villa. The situation is the same for United and Tottenham, who have no hope of competing in the Premier League. What is important for United and Tottenham is the Europa League final. Chelsea and Aston Villa will certainly try hard to beat their opponents. Approaching the end of the season, the competition will focus on the Champions League ticket next season.

[Adiljutt156]

Disappointing result for city as they failed to get all three points against bottom placed Southampton city attack was poor in front of goal because I expected that city should have a good show against Southampton because they are the wiping boys of the league but despite this draw city is still occupying the third position on the league pending Newcastle game because Newcastle can over take city on the third position with a win this weekend with this draw that city has

It was a shame that Manchester City could not beat Southampton, who have already been relegated, even though Manchester City front line was poor at scoring goals, I expected them to beat Southampton. I assumed it would be like a training game for Manchester City because Southampton, who have conceded the most goals, do not need much effort to play against, but City can never stop disappointing, they couldn't score a single goal, Guardiola must do better to strengthen their performance next season.

However, Newcastle has surpassed Manchester City for the 3rd place after defeating Chelsea. The Champions League position is becoming more difficult, I remember Chelsea fans were happy when Newcastle destroyed Manchester United, but take a look at them now, they also lost during the weekend. Chelsea is facing Manchester United and Nottingham Forest, if they do not win, Aston Villa might overtake them for 5th place if they win their next two matches.

Man City could not do any goal in this match and we expected that they will perform well but they could not do that and match was ended with result of draw . Overall stats of Man City was excellent but that team could not do any goal in this match. We are expecting excellent results in this season because every team is trying best to get upper position on the table and we are getting Liverpool at the top of table because that team won most of the match and has more points than any other team. Man City is present at 4th position and they should perform well in next matches if they want to get upper position on the table.Newcastle United team has 66 points and present at 3rd position and Man City has 65 points and has 4th position on the table and Chelsea has 63 points on the table and occupied 5 position.

[Volgastallion]

I really like Viktor Gyokeres, for me is by far one of the best number 9 in the current season and he is a clasic number 9 not this new one number 9 who are more like a second forward.

He have a lot of potential, but i feel he choose a bad team, i hope to see him doing good but Arsenal..... can destroy his career.

[Velvet78]

However is Bukayo Saka not a forwarder?, is Mikel Merino not also a forwarder? Of course they're forwarders including few others who are also commendable, so actually that isn't there problem but they just need upgrade.

Saka isn't a forward. He is a right winger. Merino is also not a forward. He is a central midfielder. Just because Arteta had no choice other than using Merino as CF, it doesn't mean he is a forward now.  


Today I'm also not waiting for any unexpected result. Chelsea and Aston Villa should be able to win their fixtures nicely.

It feels really awkward to talk about Tottenham and the Red Devils like this but they are really horrible in the Premier League unfortunately.