⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Mustang Shelby]

The match between Chelsea and West Ham was very tight throughout the match, previously I thought the match would be an easy match for Chelsea and hoped they could win big, but it turned out that what I saw was actually beyond my expectations before, with the victory, Chelsea have managed to secure the top 4 of the Premier League standings

Even before the match started, I knew the match won’t be easy for Chelsea, west ham performance has not been good, but they could be a dangerous club, west ham is not a club which can be underestimated most especially when playing against a club like Chelsea, and as we can see that Chelsea performance has dropped, getting a win in their matches is always difficult, and we can see that their match against west ham wasn’t easy for them, but at the end, they were able to secure three points in the match, which is the main thing everyone is after, but Chelsea will have to improve their performance.

This was an important win for Chelsea. Because they needed 3 points to be among the top 4 teams required for the UCL. They are currently fighting and really want to go to the UCL. They will probably finish the conference league they are in as champions, but this year they want to be in the rankings required for the UCL. They won the 3 points despite having trouble with their shots against West Ham. That was the important thing.

[pawel7777]

I wasn't a big believer in Nottm Forest being able to finish the season in the top 4, but I have to give credit to them, the 7-0 win over Brighton was a bold statement and the club might be in the top 4 to stay. It was impressive, especially considering they got demolished 5-0 by Bournemouth the week before, and it looked like their luck might have ended, but they bounced back very nicely like nothing happened.
Looking at the game stats other than goals, you could think it was an even game, Brighton even dominated in possession at 63%, but I guess that's just Forest's style.

[blue Snow]

United should beat Leicester easily, I mean that's just what they are entitled to do right now, and if they fail, that's way more than just a regular loss, it's just a proof that what Amorim is doing doesn't work and he needs to change some stuff. I can see that it is not going to be that easy, but it can definitely be something that we can benefit from as well if he changes things a bit. Looking at the odds, it is obvious that Leicester is a much worse situation.

Ruud has managed United a bit, so he knows what the players are capable of doing, he will have inside information and that could benefit him a bit, there is that back story about the situation, and Amorim talked about Ruud too, so it is not going to be an easy situation at all. I am sure that we are going to end up seeing a game where things will be hard for United because they are playing against Ruud, but the team Ruud has is terrible so United should still be capable of getting a win there.

it's been an interesting match because it can prove who is great between them. Ruud will show all his skills to win the match, in the other side, Amorim still has a problem with an unstable squad and some injured players. Amorim hope Dorgu can give his contribution on his debut, he was confused about who going to be starter, because Dorgu is still young and may not be maximized to integrate with the team. There is a possibility that Ruud will use the ultimate tactic to beat his former team because he understands MU's innards very well. but considering the previous match were won by MU, most likely MU will repeat it with the same strategy and tactic.

[tusandii]

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Ruud has managed United a bit, so he knows what the players are capable of doing, he will have inside information and that could benefit him a bit, there is that back story about the situation, and Amorim talked about Ruud too, so it is not going to be an easy situation at all. I am sure that we are going to end up seeing a game where things will be hard for United because they are playing against Ruud, but the team Ruud has is terrible so United should still be capable of getting a win there.

The condition of Man United and Leicester players is different and of course Ruud feels it because since he coached Leicester City there have been no signs of recovery, this club is still to be performing badly under Ruud's guidance. Even though Ruud was once a coach Man Utd temporarily and was quite good but that is not enough to prove that he is a good coach for any club because experience is very important and regarding inside information but Amorim's strategy is different in handling his club so Ruud still does not find it easy to face the Man United squad, overall of course Man United's performance is stronger than Leicester City but this match may also determine whose tactics are the best between Ruud and Amorim.

[mamesso]

United should beat Leicester easily, I mean that's just what they are entitled to do right now, and if they fail, that's way more than just a regular loss, it's just a proof that what Amorim is doing doesn't work and he needs to change some stuff. I can see that it is not going to be that easy, but it can definitely be something that we can benefit from as well if he changes things a bit. Looking at the odds, it is obvious that Leicester is a much worse situation.

Man United had already picked up impressive wins over Man City and Arsenal in previous rounds of the competition, but their concentration was slightly disrupted by a 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford to Crystal Palace last Sunday. They shouldn't have any problems in this game as Leicester are a team they have beaten a few times this season.
If you look at Man United's performance when playing at Old Trafford, Leicester has a chance in this game, especially since Van Nistelrooy understands the situation in the squad he once handled.

[SquallLeonhart]

Nottingham Forrest beating Brighton with seven goals is a huge win, they are once again third place, and that's an insane situation to be in right now. This team was barely staying away from relegation zone until very recently like a few years ago, and now they are third place. We need to see a huge docu-series somewhere about how they turned the ship around and got this good, there is really no way that we are going to see anything like this anytime soon.

It happens very rarely, Leicester was barely in the league and won too, but that was nearly 9 years ago and we are seeing something similar again, no titles this time around but still a big achievement. In a league where everyone spends unreal amount of money, they are not spending that much and turning the team into great levels.

[LUCKMCFLY]

If you look at Man United's performance when playing at Old Trafford, Leicester has a chance in this game, especially since Van Nistelrooy understands the situation in the squad he once handled.

Well, you are absolutely right. Whenever we talk about a game in which you have another team visiting, and especially against MU there is Leicester , you are absolutely right Nistelroy has given his team all the secrets of how they play at MU It is a team that was under his command and he is interested in winning, so there is no problem with that The bad thing for MU is if they let themselves win, because it would be a streak of consecutive failures and at home, that would be burying them even more and it does not suit them. I would say that for MU they have to win, whatever it takes, even if it is by 1 goal, but they have to win.

Leicester City travel to Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Friday, and it could be a special occasion for two youngsters.

Leicester thrashed QPR 6-2 to book a trip to Old Trafford, seeing Ruud van Nistelrooy return to Man United for the first time since leaving in October.

Van Nistelrooy admitted he didn’t want to draw Man United as he wanted to face a lower league side to boost the Foxes’ chances of progression in the competition

Source:https://www.leicestercity.news/news/ruud-van-nistelrooy-confirms-two-leicester-youngsters-will-be-given-chance-against-man-united/

[aylabadia05]

Man United had already picked up impressive wins over Man City and Arsenal in previous rounds of the competition, but their concentration was slightly disrupted by a 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford to Crystal Palace last Sunday. They shouldn't have any problems in this game as Leicester are a team they have beaten a few times this season.
If you look at Man United's performance when playing at Old Trafford, Leicester has a chance in this game, especially since Van Nistelrooy understands the situation in the squad he once handled.

Leicester City might not be able to do much even though Manchester United have just suffered defeat of Crystal Palace 2-0. I think that defeat is not something that makes their concentration scattered against Leicester City.
Ruud van Nistelrooy once helped Manchester United achieve very positive results even though only briefly and Nistelrooy had to study again when facing Manchester United defeating them 3-0 at Old Trafford on November 10.

[Marvell1]

it's been an interesting match because it can prove who is great between them. Ruud will show all his skills to win the match, in the other side, Amorim still has a problem with an unstable squad and some injured players. Amorim hope Dorgu can give his contribution on his debut, he was confused about who going to be starter, because Dorgu is still young and may not be maximized to integrate with the team. There is a possibility that Ruud will use the ultimate tactic to beat his former team because he understands MU's innards very well. but considering the previous match were won by MU, most likely MU will repeat it with the same strategy and tactic.

Manchester United are far behind in the Premier League. It is not possible for Manchester United to qualify for the Champions League or the Europa League. So I think Amorim will now focus more on the Europa League and FA Cup matches. And try to win these two titles. Although winning the FA Cup and Europa League titles is also a big challenge for Manchester United.

I see no reason to think that Leicester City is a strong team. This team is in the relegation zone. So it is unlikely that this team will suddenly play well against Manchester United in the FA Cup match.

Also, Manchester United's past performance against Leicester is very good. Manchester United has won all 4 matches against Leicester City consecutively. I remember Manchester United won both matches against Leicester City by a large margin last season.

[Palakka]

Man United had already picked up impressive wins over Man City and Arsenal in previous rounds of the competition, but their concentration was slightly disrupted by a 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford to Crystal Palace last Sunday. They shouldn't have any problems in this game as Leicester are a team they have beaten a few times this season.
If you look at Man United's performance when playing at Old Trafford, Leicester has a chance in this game, especially since Van Nistelrooy understands the situation in the squad he once handled.

Leicester City might not be able to do much even though Manchester United have just suffered defeat of Crystal Palace 2-0. I think that defeat is not something that makes their concentration scattered against Leicester City.
Ruud van Nistelrooy once helped Manchester United achieve very positive results even though only briefly and Nistelrooy had to study again when facing Manchester United defeating them 3-0 at Old Trafford on November 10.

The match will be an emotional match for RVN, in addition to facing the team he has helped as a player and coach, of course he is also required to be able to help leicester city win the match, after he previously managed to help manchester united win 3-0 over leicester city in week 11 of the English league, in my opinion, RVN has done his best to help leicester city this season get back on track, but we can't deny that the quality of players his team currently have become a big challenge for him, but despite all that, I think the match against manchester united will be an opportunity for him to take revenge for his sacking by manchester united previously.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Leicester City travel to Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Friday, and it could be a special occasion for two youngsters.

Leicester thrashed QPR 6-2 to book a trip to Old Trafford, seeing Ruud van Nistelrooy return to Man United for the first time since leaving in October.

Van Nistelrooy admitted he didn’t want to draw Man United as he wanted to face a lower league side to boost the Foxes’ chances of progression in the competition

Source:https://www.leicestercity.news/news/ruud-van-nistelrooy-confirms-two-leicester-youngsters-will-be-given-chance-against-man-united/

The decision to puts two young lads against United is enough in telling us about how frustrated RvN to his current squad. If his squad has quality, he would not make the dumbest decision to play youngsters against United. This is  an important game for his club.

It seems he has no hope to win against United, though his opponent is also falling down.

Talking about the bet, 1.36 for United enough to explains the result. They played at home, with a better squad, so they're tactically better. I see no chance for Leicester to win it.

[Iranus]

Nottingham Forrest beating Brighton with seven goals is a huge win, they are once again third place, and that's an insane situation to be in right now. This team was barely staying away from relegation zone until very recently like a few years ago, and now they are third place. We need to see a huge docu-series somewhere about how they turned the ship around and got this good, there is really no way that we are going to see anything like this anytime soon.

We are all very surprised to see such an unprecedented improvement of Nottingham Forest. Because usually we have not seen this team in the top 10 of the table in the past seasons. This season, Nottingham Forest is in the top 3 of the table. And the team is playing well consistently.

Nottingham was defeated by Bournemouth 5-0. However, in the next match, Nottingham Forest won against Brighton by a margin of 7-0. If they can continue their performance, it will not be difficult for Nottingham Forest to stay in the top 4 of the table and qualify for the Champions League.

[Velvet78]

We are all very surprised to see such an unprecedented improvement of Nottingham Forest. Because usually we have not seen this team in the top 10 of the table in the past seasons. This season, Nottingham Forest is in the top 3 of the table. And the team is playing well consistently.

Nottingham was defeated by Bournemouth 5-0. However, in the next match, Nottingham Forest won against Brighton by a margin of 7-0. If they can continue their performance, it will not be difficult for Nottingham Forest to stay in the top 4 of the table and qualify for the Champions League.

Nottingham Forest are really having the most interesting season ever.    But that recovery must be also showing how strong their mental is. I don't see so many teams being able to do such huge work right after being demolished in a league game.

The team they crushed was Brighton which weren't one of the worst teams in the league either. I was shocked that it went to 7-0.    Nottingham Forest has many capable players in the squad. Chris Wood also looks to be on top of his form.

Do you think they will drop from top 4? I hope they don't. This performance absolutely deserves the Champions League!

[Callido]

Man United had already picked up impressive wins over Man City and Arsenal in previous rounds of the competition, but their concentration was slightly disrupted by a 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford to Crystal Palace last Sunday. They shouldn't have any problems in this game as Leicester are a team they have beaten a few times this season.
If you look at Man United's performance when playing at Old Trafford, Leicester has a chance in this game, especially since Van Nistelrooy understands the situation in the squad he once handled.

Leicester City might not be able to do much even though Manchester United have just suffered defeat of Crystal Palace 2-0. I think that defeat is not something that makes their concentration scattered against Leicester City.
Ruud van Nistelrooy once helped Manchester United achieve very positive results even though only briefly and Nistelrooy had to study again when facing Manchester United defeating them 3-0 at Old Trafford on November 10.

Leicester City are suffering so hard, next opponent is against Arsenal competitor for the title, i don't think Ruud Van Nistelrooy has much to do in this game, what magic can he do against Arsenal to secure full points. Hitting hard on him knowing they are not even making positive changes yet, with the struggles to move above the relegation zone is ties round his neck. Did his little best at United then giving a full time opportunity in another Premier league club but unable to save them, it will be so much unfair and i honestly wish the best for him.

[Akbarkoe]

United should beat Leicester easily, I mean that's just what they are entitled to do right now, and if they fail, that's way more than just a regular loss, it's just a proof that what Amorim is doing doesn't work and he needs to change some stuff. I can see that it is not going to be that easy, but it can definitely be something that we can benefit from as well if he changes things a bit. Looking at the odds, it is obvious that Leicester is a much worse situation.

Ruud has managed United a bit, so he knows what the players are capable of doing, he will have inside information and that could benefit him a bit, there is that back story about the situation, and Amorim talked about Ruud too, so it is not going to be an easy situation at all. I am sure that we are going to end up seeing a game where things will be hard for United because they are playing against Ruud, but the team Ruud has is terrible so United should still be capable of getting a win there.

In this match Manchester United will again act as the host, but for some reason I doubt Man United will be able to win the match, even though the opponent they face is not a very strong team.

Previously, before Amorin came to Old Trafford, Ruud was once proud of by the fans because he managed to bring several victories to Man United. And now Ruud will return to Old Trafford with a different status, namely as Leicester City coach. With Leicester City, Ruud did not show that he was able to make significant changes to the team, and even until now they are still stuck in the relegation zone, but seeing how Leicester City beat Tottenham Spurs in an away match, it was a pretty impressive result, and maybe this story will repeat itself in the Leicester City match against Manchester United.

[AYOBA]

Leicester City are suffering so hard, next opponent is against Arsenal competitor for the title, i don't think Ruud Van Nistelrooy has much to do in this game, what magic can he do against Arsenal to secure full points. Hitting hard on him knowing they are not even making positive changes yet, with the struggles to move above the relegation zone is ties round his neck. Did his little best at United then giving a full time opportunity in another Premier league club but unable to save them, it will be so much unfair and i honestly wish the best for him.

This season has never favor Leicester at all with the way their suffering a lot in most of their matches they’ve been played this days, let take look at their last match Everton I was very surprised when I saw that Everton was leading 4-0 without equalize even single goal back; Ruud Van Nistelrooy has a lot of magic to performing against their next opponents.

Because the match won’t be easy for them, they’ve a lot to do in that match, since is against Arsenal and everyone knows how the Arsenal performances goes on currently now, Arsenal is a team in the premier which some of the teams are afraid to meet; because they do perform well this days I have confidence that Leicester will definitely suffer in the hand of Arsenal.

[CLS63]

In this match Manchester United will again act as the host, but for some reason I doubt Man United will be able to win the match, even though the opponent they face is not a very strong team.

Previously, before Amorin came to Old Trafford, Ruud was once proud of by the fans because he managed to bring several victories to Man United. And now Ruud will return to Old Trafford with a different status, namely as Leicester City coach. With Leicester City, Ruud did not show that he was able to make significant changes to the team, and even until now they are still stuck in the relegation zone, but seeing how Leicester City beat Tottenham Spurs in an away match, it was a pretty impressive result, and maybe this story will repeat itself in the Leicester City match against Manchester United.

Manchester United are in such a terrible shape that they have a potential to lose against any kind of opponent. They lost against Crystal Palace home without even being able to score a goal for example. There is an obvious problem about them. The squad isn't good enough for Amorim to do good things. Especially the offense line isn't strong enough. Hojlund is rumoured to leave soon. I think they really need a credible forward as soon as possible. As the January window is closed for Premier League teams they will need to wait for the summer.

[Iranus]

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Nottingham Forest are really having the most interesting season ever.    But that recovery must be also showing how strong their mental is. I don't see so many teams being able to do such huge work right after being demolished in a league game.
The team they crushed was Brighton which weren't one of the worst teams in the league either. I was shocked that it went to 7-0.    Nottingham Forest has many capable players in the squad. Chris Wood also looks to be on top of his form.

Brighton is one of the most renowned teams in the Premier League. It was not easy to win 7-0 against such a team. I was very surprised by the performance of Nottingham Forest players in this match. Nottingham showed great dominance. And every attack made by Nottingham players was very sharp. Brighton players could not take any advantage in this match.

Do you think they will drop from top 4? I hope they don't. This performance absolutely deserves the Champions League!

The way Nottingham Forest is performing so far, this team deserves to be in the top four of the table. Nottingham Forest's defense is very strong. Because of this, Nottingham played very well even against a strong team like Liverpool. In the match against Brighton, we saw the ability of Nottingham Forest's attack. I believe this team will be able to qualify for the Champions League.

[Antotena]

I wasn't a big believer in Nottm Forest being able to finish the season in the top 4, but I have to give credit to them, the 7-0 win over Brighton was a bold statement and the club might be in the top 4 to stay. It was impressive, especially considering they got demolished 5-0 by Bournemouth the week before, and it looked like their luck might have ended, but they bounced back very nicely like nothing happened.
Looking at the game stats other than goals, you could think it was an even game, Brighton even dominated in possession at 63%, but I guess that's just Forest's style.

I didn't for once expect them to even go this far, they hardly cross 10th place on the table, anyone would think they will stay slightly above 6th or 7th place but look how they are dragging the table with everyone, they want to take the place with all their heart but what if this is another Arsenal in disguise that is trying to entertain us for the time being before they fall back to where they crawl out from, it's difficult to see a team play like this and win the league.

I have seen something similar like this happen 2 years ago but that didn't happen here, it was in Spanish Laliga when Girona was at the top of the table. I almost believed that team was going to lift the trophy but with time after the second leg, they became the worst team in the league, they struggled to even win the second legs they won in the first round and I was wondering maybe they used magic to win their games in the begging of the season. Hopefully, this isn't another one.

[SatoPrincess]

Some Arsenal fans online have been blaming Odegaard for their loss against Newcastle, I cannot blame Odegaard for the club’s misfortunes, I know he has not been at his peak level since returning from injury but it is clearly understandable. The problem with the team now is in attack, they create many chances week in and week out but convert only a few which of course you cannot blame Odegaard for that. Arsenal have Harvertz converting one out of four chances in every game so why is Odegaard being mentioned. Arsenal obviously need a striker not just a striker, a very good striker that can guarantee twenty plus goals each season.