⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[ILuckyGuyI]

By the way finally Chelsea won 2 days ago and finished this bad series of them.    They couldn't win for 5 weeks in the PL before the Wolves win. It was really terrifying.

I don't know how their resistance got broken so easily. They were really strong. I don't believe they have a bad squad either. Palmer is also taking a huge responsibility about the club's success lately. Chelsea scored 44 goals. Palmer has a score contribution of 20 goals as you know. This is serious work.    Of course, I'm not implying a thing like Chelsea should rely on him only. It is the worst thing to do for achieving your targets. The teamwork should stay at high level if they want to stay competitive for top 4.

[Akbarkoe]

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The coach (Amorim) made it clear in one of his press conference that they're going to suffer and I totally understand what he's was trying to say, it very clear that most of these players are not getting his strategy clear and several of them leaves to leave the club cause they're struggling and not showing any signs of improvement and the lose against Brighton is more than enough prove. Ineos would be blamed if this coach doesn't succeed and get fired like others cause they know the solution to Manchester United's problem, it's clear and everybody can see it but they're refusing to solve it by backing up the coach with new arrivals but instead giving excuses with financial fair plays rules instead of doing the needful. Amorim is a good coach and if given the right players I think he'll try to restore Manchester United back to their position in few years time.

It's been a long time since I saw the man smile broadly, Amorin often puts on a flat face and sometimes gets annoyed almost in every match. An expression that shows that there is a sense of dissatisfaction with the players he trains. It seems that he feels quite frustrated, because as you said that only a few players understand his strategy.

Like rice that has become porridge, everything is too late, Amorin has decided to handle MU when he is already in a comfortable position with Sporting CP. There is no other choice, other than maximizing the potential of the existing players, because it seems that getting new players is quite difficult. Apart from the slightly shaky financial problems, Man United is also faced with a rule that makes it difficult for MU to bring in new players.

Amorin and the team must survive until the end of the season, and as fans of course we are again required to be patient, waiting for this long wait.

[hahay]

By the way finally Chelsea won 2 days ago and finished this bad series of them.    They couldn't win for 5 weeks in the PL before the Wolves win. It was really terrifying.

I don't know how their resistance got broken so easily. They were really strong. I don't believe they have a bad squad either. Palmer is also taking a huge responsibility about the club's success lately. Chelsea scored 44 goals. Palmer has a score contribution of 20 goals as you know. This is serious work.    Of course, I'm not implying a thing like Chelsea should rely on him only. It is the worst thing to do for achieving your targets. The teamwork should stay at high level if they want to stay competitive for top 4.

The victory against Wolves should be able to boost the morale of the Chelsea squad and can improve the quality of their performance, because for the next match Chelsea must play away against Manchester City. Of course, this will be a big match for the team competing for the top four positions, if Chelsea is complacent with the victory against Wolves then it will be dangerous for the match against Manchester City later. Although indeed, basically Manchester City also has a situation that is at least the same as Chelsea at this time, they are both recovering but they have to compete in the near future, which of course will make it difficult for them to get good results.

[Palakka]

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Manchester city has shown an impressive performance with going unbeaten in their last 6 games, but I think that is still doesn't show their current resurgence because they only face small teams, besides that from those 6 games we can see how they still draw when face with teams like brentford and everton, now they are starting to improve their squad by bringing in some defenders like vitor reis and khusanov, even they are getting closer to securing frankfurt sharp striker Omar, but even so, it seems we still must wait to see their performance in the next 6 EPL matches, the majority of which face strong teams before we say they have risen or not later.

They have been performing well but let's see how long they can keep it up, I honestly can't believe that Nottingham forest has Been doing better than them this season, I'm very sure that this has been the worst season so far for Manchester city. It's quite impressive that they could be able to pick themselves after having a lot of losses. But from my speculations I don't think they would be able to surpass Nottingham forest on the league table, they have a match tough game coming against Chelsea, this game won't be easy for both teams but I'm very sure that Manchester city would win.

Competition in the top 4 zone is very tight with teams that are performing better and more consistent than manchester city in the league, as you said, nottingham have shown a more impressive performance and difficult to stop this season so I think they have a greater chance of ending the season above city, the next match is definitely a big challenge for manchester city, not only because it will play chelsea but if we look at their next schedule, in the next few weeks precisely they will face many big teams, so I think that will be big challenge for thei reach the top 4 at the end of the season later.

[AprilioMP]

By the way finally Chelsea won 2 days ago and finished this bad series of them.    They couldn't win for 5 weeks in the PL before the Wolves win. It was really terrifying.

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Especially in the Premier League Chelsea have never won in the last 4 matches, they suffered two defeats and only got a draw before in the last match they were able to win against Wolverhampton. Winning against Wolves is good for them to restore their motivation because since the beginning of the season they have shown themselves as a team that is ready to compete for the championship title.

They should not be careless in the next match because Manchester City might get back on track after experiencing several matches that were consecutively defeated.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

By the way finally Chelsea won 2 days ago and finished this bad series of them.    They couldn't win for 5 weeks in the PL before the Wolves win. It was really terrifying.

I don't know how their resistance got broken so easily. They were really strong. I don't believe they have a bad squad either. Palmer is also taking a huge responsibility about the club's success lately. Chelsea scored 44 goals. Palmer has a score contribution of 20 goals as you know. This is serious work.    Of course, I'm not implying a thing like Chelsea should rely on him only. It is the worst thing to do for achieving your targets. The teamwork should stay at high level if they want to stay competitive for top 4.

The victory against Wolves should be able to boost the morale of the Chelsea squad and can improve the quality of their performance, because for the next match Chelsea must play away against Manchester City. Of course, this will be a big match for the team competing for the top four positions, if Chelsea is complacent with the victory against Wolves then it will be dangerous for the match against Manchester City later. Although indeed, basically Manchester City also has a situation that is at least the same as Chelsea at this time, they are both recovering but they have to compete in the near future, which of course will make it difficult for them to get good results.

In the last five games for both Chelsea and Manchester city, Manchester city have managed to win 3 games and only draw 2, while chelsea have won only one game, got two draws and two loses, going by this stats, I believe it's perfectly OK to say that Manchester city are still way better and stronger than chelsea regardless of the fact that both clubs seems to be recovering from a major set back.

Chelsea on the other hand  have been known to kind of Perform better when ever they face a club that is bigger and stronger than them, one that every one kind of expect them to lose easily, if they will still be good at this, then I guess I would say ot predict that the outcome of their match against man city will likely end in a draw, anything outside of this, I think Manchester city stand a better chance of winning the match.

[Baki202]

Manchester city has shown an impressive performance with going unbeaten in their last 6 games, but I think that is still doesn't show their current resurgence because they only face small teams, besides that from those 6 games we can see how they still draw when face with teams like brentford and everton, now they are starting to improve their squad by bringing in some defenders like vitor reis and khusanov, even they are getting closer to securing frankfurt sharp striker Omar, but even so, it seems we still must wait to see their performance in the next 6 EPL matches, the majority of which face strong teams before we say they have risen or not later.

The performance of Manchester City has improved because even in their last five games they only drew one and with the current situation with how competitive the league is becoming tough and manchester city is coming around, it shows that something might still happen this season and in the premier league our game is going to be against Chelsea and ch the Champions League we are doing very well because both premier league and champions league is a good sign that we are doing very well because both of them are tough opponet because chelsea might do everything possible in that game, and playing with those clubs either way we still won and we are trying our best to build back our record and i think its working because past few weeks we have not been doing very well, what is going to happen now in the next few weeks is what is now a thing of concern because we can not conlud if everything is okay.

[asriloni]

By the way finally Chelsea won 2 days ago and finished this bad series of them.    They couldn't win for 5 weeks in the PL before the Wolves win. It was really terrifying.

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Especially in the Premier League Chelsea have never won in the last 4 matches, they suffered two defeats and only got a draw before in the last match they were able to win against Wolverhampton. Winning against Wolves is good for them to restore their motivation because since the beginning of the season they have shown themselves as a team that is ready to compete for the championship title.

They should not be careless in the next match because Manchester City might get back on track after experiencing several matches that were consecutively defeated.

Chelsea declined so hard, and they played like what they used to. However, they're coming back again. The won against Wolves is probably boosting their mentality. It's important for them to defend their momentum to ensure they can qualify for the UCL

This has to be a hard competition for them, but they have target to achieve. I only hope Maresca won't repeat the stupid thing to always say they're not competing for the title.

They have a target to achieve, and better for them to always down on earth. The momentum should not be destroyed with disgusting interview.

I knew they're joking, but really unacceptable when it affected their mentality.

[pawel7777]

As I mentioned before, we will know whether or not Man City is back to the expected form after the games against PSG and Chelsea.
They played PSG today and things did not go their way. After taking a 2-0 lead from goals from Grealish (in the 50th) quickly followed by another one by Haaland (in the 53rd), they again lost focus and allowed PSG to score 4 goals in the space of over half an hour.
That loss means they now dropped to 25th place in the UCL table just outside of the playoffs zone. Hopefully, they will score 3 points at home against Club Brugge and will get through.

Good game by Arsenal. They easily defeated Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 and I think they are now guaranteed to go through to the next round.

[len01]

The victory against Wolves should be able to boost the morale of the Chelsea squad and can improve the quality of their performance, because for the next match Chelsea must play away against Manchester City. Of course, this will be a big match for the team competing for the top four positions, if Chelsea is complacent with the victory against Wolves then it will be dangerous for the match against Manchester City later. Although indeed, basically Manchester City also has a situation that is at least the same as Chelsea at this time, they are both recovering but they have to compete in the near future, which of course will make it difficult for them to get good results.

Talking about Chelsea's performance, it actually still looks unstable and that's all because Chelsea's young players haven't found their best performance. So what's happening right now is indeed appropriate if it happens and the coach must have tried his best. But at least Chelsea must continue to press all players to continue to try to be consistent. Because having younger players should be able to create a more stable performance.

Regarding the upcoming match against Man City, Chelsea shouldn't need to worry and this is an opportunity for Chelsea to give encouragement to the players to be able to beat the big EPL team. Because Man City is in its worst performance and if Chelsea can beat Man City, this will provide greater enthusiasm and confidence.

[SatoPrincess]

Amorim has made his wishes known to the club recently that he needs funds to make player purchases. In an article I read he sent clear warning to the management of the club that if Anthony must leave there must be a good replacement for him. Honestly I think it is time for the club management to work in cooperation with Amorim to bring the change desired, Amorim is an ambitious coach and he looks to know what he wants and what he is doing, he should be given benefit of doubt and the finances to make that change happen.

[Joca97]

Amorim has made his wishes known to the club recently that he needs funds to make player purchases. In an article I read he sent clear warning to the management of the club that if Anthony must leave there must be a good replacement for him. Honestly I think it is time for the club management to work in cooperation with Amorim to bring the change desired, Amorim is an ambitious coach and he looks to know what he wants and what he is doing, he should be given benefit of doubt and the finances to make that change happen.

Well they need to sell the player to build their budget but you cannot sell so many players in the winter transfer window because you need them because there are 1-2 games each week. So if they want to make the budget bigger and sell many players they will need to wait for summer transfer window. Until then they should get 2-3 players to save the season

[reefsea]

Amorim has made his wishes known to the club recently that he needs funds to make player purchases. In an article I read he sent clear warning to the management of the club that if Anthony must leave there must be a good replacement for him. Honestly I think it is time for the club management to work in cooperation with Amorim to bring the change desired, Amorim is an ambitious coach and he looks to know what he wants and what he is doing, he should be given benefit of doubt and the finances to make that change happen.

To change fate in the second half of the season of course there must be new strength in the Manchester United squad, they must provide money for Amorim to make improvements in their squad because for now Manchester United performance in the domestic league is really bad, they are in a bad position after losing in the previous week.

Amorim ran out of patience after his team was humiliated at Old Trafford where the score 1-3 was the final result of the 22nd match this season. Amorim had said in the media that Manchester united was the worst performing team and that was very true seeing them struggling to win this season. I think if there is no new recruitment, their ranking could drop even further if they lose again in the upcoming matches.

[blue Snow]

Chelsea declined so hard, and they played like what they used to. However, they're coming back again. The won against Wolves is probably boosting their mentality. It's important for them to defend their momentum to ensure they can qualify for the UCL

This has to be a hard competition for them, but they have target to achieve. I only hope Maresca won't repeat the stupid thing to always say they're not competing for the title.

They have a target to achieve, and better for them to always down on earth. The momentum should not be destroyed with disgusting interview.

I knew they're joking, but really unacceptable when it affected their mentality.

Maresca said that statement maybe because want the opponent not to care so much about Chelsea so the opponent underestimates them when they meet in the next match. I agree, Chelsea seems to slowly rising up but they still have a lot to improve if they want to continue to stand in the Champions League zone. Chelsea has an important match this week, they will meet Manchester City at Etihad Stadium, I am sure they will be so overwhelmed because both teams are on the rise the premier league. The city will be more focused after they were eliminated from the Champions League. This is a very important thing that Maresca should think about because The City will avenge what happened to them.

[tusandii]

Maresca said that statement maybe because want the opponent not to care so much about Chelsea so the opponent underestimates them when they meet in the next match. I agree, Chelsea seems to slowly rising up but they still have a lot to improve if they want to continue to stand in the Champions League zone. Chelsea has an important match this week, they will meet Manchester City at Etihad Stadium, I am sure they will be so overwhelmed because both teams are on the rise the premier league. The city will be more focused after they were eliminated from the Champions League. This is a very important thing that Maresca should think about because The City will avenge what happened to them.

I can understand Moreska meant that because he didn't want to be too flattered but even though he said he wasn't competing for the title but I think deep down he also has a target he wants to achieve and really hopes his club can win the EPL title if he promises at the beginning he is worried that it will only be sweet promises that are not fulfilled he certainly doesn't want to disappoint Chelsea fans with his words. Well I also think the same as you most likely Man City will focus more on the EPL if he is eliminated in the UCL even though it is very disappointing because Man City should have been able to advance far in the UCL.

[Velvet78]

I believe the main event of this week is going to be Manchester City - Chelsea.



Here is the odds. It has been a few years since Chelsea beat their opponent away in the Premier League. Manchester City's current look makes me question whether they can lose against Chelsea in this game.    Especially after watching them against PSG yesterday... Chelsea are also not having a great time recently. This is why I can't choose a side comfortably. Instead, I assume I will prefer a goal bet again. I will go for the same thing I chose for the PSG - Manchester City game, BTTS & over 2.5 goals @1.59.

[Zackz5000]

I believe the main event of this week is going to be Manchester City - Chelsea.



Here is the odds. It has been a few years since Chelsea beat their opponent away in the Premier League. Manchester City's current look makes me question whether they can lose against Chelsea in this game.    Especially after watching them against PSG yesterday... Chelsea are also not having a great time recently. This is why I can't choose a side comfortably. Instead, I assume I will prefer a goal bet again. I will go for the same thing I chose for the PSG - Manchester City game, BTTS & over 2.5 goals @1.59.

There is actually no favorite team here to win this particular game Manchester City form is now unstable after winning their last English premier league game by 6-0 I thought they are back to what they use to be before but watching them last night played against PSG in the UEFA Champions league made me have a rethought, Manchester City defeat to PSG last night shows that they not yet back to what it uses to before, Chelsea in the other hand too is not consistent in winning games but I don't believe Manchester City will not be happy to lose against Chelsea this weekend so they will make sure they never got defeated by Chelsea so placing Manchester City on the double chance option won't be bad or also the over 2.5 goal option but going for direct winning is not certain between both teams, my option in this game will Manchester City to win or draw and over 2.5 goals.

[JeffBrad12]

Amorim has made his wishes known to the club recently that he needs funds to make player purchases. In an article I read he sent clear warning to the management of the club that if Anthony must leave there must be a good replacement for him. Honestly I think it is time for the club management to work in cooperation with Amorim to bring the change desired, Amorim is an ambitious coach and he looks to know what he wants and what he is doing, he should be given benefit of doubt and the finances to make that change happen.

Well they need to sell the player to build their budget but you cannot sell so many players in the winter transfer window because you need them because there are 1-2 games each week. So if they want to make the budget bigger and sell many players they will need to wait for summer transfer window. Until then they should get 2-3 players to save the season

1:1 rule is obviously applicable for Manchester United's transfer during the winter season. They have to sell a player before they can buy a new one. The only hardest part is that bout how to get a buyer for their player. They have so many old players who have expensive salary such as Casemiro.

They're struggling to offload their players without decreasing the price of their players. They may not able to raise a lot of money following being unable to sell their players without minimizing their lose.

[bitLeap]

Amorim has made his wishes known to the club recently that he needs funds to make player purchases. In an article I read he sent clear warning to the management of the club that if Anthony must leave there must be a good replacement for him. Honestly I think it is time for the club management to work in cooperation with Amorim to bring the change desired, Amorim is an ambitious coach and he looks to know what he wants and what he is doing, he should be given benefit of doubt and the finances to make that change happen.

When you come to Man United to be the most important part of the club then all the big disasters have greeted him since the first day. Anyone whether a player or a coach will have the same risk, it is difficult to develop, financial support is sometimes not easy to get and Amorim seems to show signs of stress. See the difference in his facial expression when he was still at Sporting and after becoming Man United coach.

[UchihaSarada]

Amorim has made his wishes known to the club recently that he needs funds to make player purchases. In an article I read he sent clear warning to the management of the club that if Anthony must leave there must be a good replacement for him. Honestly I think it is time for the club management to work in cooperation with Amorim to bring the change desired, Amorim is an ambitious coach and he looks to know what he wants and what he is doing, he should be given benefit of doubt and the finances to make that change happen.

A player leaves, another player can join and it is very normal demand for a head coach. Anthony has several seasons in Manchester United but failed, I can say he failed, to show his best and over years his contributions for them are very limited. If Amorim wants Anthony staying in the club, and has his plans to use this player, I am doubtful that he will succeed with Anthony. The player seems to reach his limit and can not contribute more for the club and perhaps it's better for all if they have agreement for his departure.

When you come to Man United to be the most important part of the club then all the big disasters have greeted him since the first day. Anyone whether a player or a coach will have the same risk, it is difficult to develop, financial support is sometimes not easy to get and Amorim seems to show signs of stress. See the difference in his facial expression when he was still at Sporting and after becoming Man United coach.

Manchester United have many problems, from owners, sport directors, coach and players. All those problems last for many seasons since Sir. Alex Ferguson retirement, and it's unfair to ask for an instant improvement from Ruben Amorim. He needs time and needs to be given more players who match with his favorite tactics and his plan of building a new squad for Manchester United in a next season.