⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[SensitiveEyes]

Man City notched up another win but it is too late to retain the PL title. Liverpool had another win to take them out of touching distance. The Gunners will not catch them unless miracles are real.

Just as predicted, Liverpool will win the league without much struggle this season because Arsenal is not a team to contend for any title, they are what we call title pretenders and not contenders. Manchester City if in form would have put up a better show than this so called Gunners of a team. Arsenal is never a team to put your hopes on.

[SatoPrincess]

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I don't see sacking Pep Guardiola as a good idea because every one has a time where things will appears tough and not working well but it is not always a permanent situation or circumstances rather it is a temporary one that will be get rid of soon. Kelvin de bryne leaving the club may be a good idea because even when he was doing well some seasons ago, his age was affecting him to some points though it is not like his not doing well now but he should also try another team if he wants to. Depending on a player is not always good because once the player get injury the whole team suffers it, just like what Arsenal is facing now because of the absence of Bukayo Saka.

It will be shocking if the club decides to fire Guardiola. I am aware that there are many managers who are also capable of coaching Manchester City and get good results but I doubt any would be as good as Pep Guardiola has been in the last 6 years or even come close to achieving what he has achieved, however Pep Guardiola will leave the club one day and Manchester City will have to face life after him so they shouldn’t be in a hurry now.

[TelolettOm]

Some matches are indeed in accordance with early predictions, some wins may be a bit difficult to get, but winning is winning.
Congratulations to some clubs who have won the 27th matchday.
- Liverpool vs Newcastle: 2 - 0
- Man United vs Ipswich Town: 3 - 2 (great efforts from 10 man players of MU
- Tottenham vs Man City: 0 - 1, (finally Man City can win from Tottenham who have managed to beat them many times before)

But what makes surprising is the fact that Arsenal can only draw from Nottm Forest, so, Arsenals drops point and gap with Liverpool is getting bigger again.

Source: The gap between the pair is extended to 13 points

[KingsDen]

I expected a better performance from Newcastle United but their game was disappointing. I knew they would concede goals but I thought they would also score. They didn't even have a shot on goal in the game. It was one of the easiest games for Liverpool. With Arsenal dropping points, Liverpool are now very comfortable. They have 10 games left and they are unlikely to drop points in 4 of them. Considering that Arsenal can't win all their remaining games, we can say that Liverpool are now champions. After this time, a miracle is needed for Liverpool to lose the championship.

While looking from the neutral stance, it was expected that Newcastle should be able to reply even if a goal against Liverpool but from the technical stance, we all know that Liverpool will be extremely very careful not to lose or concede goals because the title is just at sight. I can boldly tell Liverpool congratulations for the English premier league title as Liverpool has refused to claim more than 1 point in tonight's match.

In the other match, we can say that Manchester City was lucky to have secured a win against Tottenham. Although I thought that the reviving Tottenham would have scaled their way up with even a draw.

[Docnaster]

Some matches are indeed in accordance with early predictions, some wins may be a bit difficult to get, but winning is winning.
Congratulations to some clubs who have won the 27th matchday.
- Liverpool vs Newcastle: 2 - 0
- Man United vs Ipswich Town: 3 - 2 (great efforts from 10 man players of MU
- Tottenham vs Man City: 0 - 1, (finally Man City can win from Tottenham who have managed to beat them many times before)

But what makes surprising is the fact that Arsenal can only draw from Nottm Forest

Manchester United won their game tonight despite playing with 10 men in most parts of the game - a result that speaks how committed the club players are if you ask me. What could've been the fate of Ruben Amorim is Manchester United had lost yet another home game against an average club like Ipswich Town? Probably, some of the club fans would've been calling for his his sack but good a thing they managed to win. I'm not a Manchester United fan but I was very happy they won that game tonight.

[blue Snow]

Just as predicted, Liverpool will win the league without much struggle this season because Arsenal is not a team to contend for any title, they are what we call title pretenders and not contenders. Manchester City if in form would have put up a better show than this so called Gunners of a team. Arsenal is never a team to put your hopes on.

Yes, of course, Arsenal's chances to shift Liverpool's position are almost impossible. that 13 points is a difficult thing to chase because many problems that Arsenal faces to get the title for this session, they have a lot of player injuries, and problem coordination among the players, Their 2nd position on standing is also vulnerable to shifting Manchester City if we look at how the Citizen has begun to increase their performance. Arsenal should have other targets this season, they can't expect to Premier League title, maybe they will try to focus on the Champions League, but for sure it will be much more difficult than the Premier League because there are clubs that are greater than a premier league.

[mamesso]

Just as predicted, Liverpool will win the league without much struggle this season because Arsenal is not a team to contend for any title, they are what we call title pretenders and not contenders. Manchester City if in form would have put up a better show than this so called Gunners of a team. Arsenal is never a team to put your hopes on.

It looks like this season's EPL trophy will belong to Liverpool, a 13-point advantage over Arsenal further strengthens the assumption that Liverpool will win the title race. Meanwhile, in another match, Man City managed to beat Tottenham through a goal scored by Haaland, now City is only 1 point behind Nottingham and 7 points behind Arsenal, the positions of both teams are increasingly threatened if they are not consistent in maintaining their performance.

[blue Snow]

West Ham vs Leicester

Both clubs have the same statistic by only 1 win in the last 5 matches. But, the chance is still leaning toward to West Ham because play at home, and West Ham also had a brilliant match before by defeating Arsenal 0-1 at Emirates Stadium. It's a very surprising thing because Potter will keep trying to win the match to away from the degradation zone. While Leicester, they've been under pressure for this season, they just fired the Ruud assistant, and maybe the head coach is also vulnerable to being fired because Ruud lost 10 matches as long as he coaches. West Ham could win the match if Bowen and Kudus still use solid collaboration as before, and maybe will be backed up by Evan Ferguson which helps as attacker.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Congratulations to Manchester United! A really tough win that was for sure.    After that red card I thought there would be another point loss for them. But I really like the way they fought their way for the 3-2 win.

I liked the way they answered Ipswich today. Yeah maybe they weren't a strong opponent but this is still a good thing to see. The remaining part of the season will still be challenging for them. Amorim should be only targeting to finish the season away from the relegation area as much as possible.

Manchester United has to sack Onana. If it's not happening, they will still see the more mistake from him in the future. They almost lost, but how fortunate they are scoring three goals and all came from set piece. They may becoming the next set piece FC after Arsenal.

The bad thing they got a red card, but consider almost all of Manchester United players are so bad average, and i don't think the red card affect them a lot.

Manchester United so fucking struggle to beat the relegation team. It's obviously they may be unable to beating team stronger than Ipswich.  

[ajanwalker]

I don't understand what happened to Newcastle. On February 5, he defeated Arsenal 2-0 at St. James' Park, and after that match, in the matches he played with the three top teams, he defeated only Not. Forest and defeated them 4-3.
He couldn't even score a goal against City or Liverpool in the match played yesterday.
They have left a difficult month behind and now their next matches are a little easier.
He reached the final of the league cup, but his opponent in the final will be Liverpool again. If they want to participate in the Champions League next year, they must be in the top four.
There is not much point difference at the moment and Newcastle can be in the top four. This should be their biggest goal as a team anyway.

[joniboini]

On February 5, he defeated Arsenal 2-0 at St. James' Park, and after that match, in the matches he played with the three top teams, he defeated only Not. Forest and defeated them 4-3.
He couldn't even score a goal against City or Liverpool in the match played yesterday.

I'm pretty sure missing Issak affects their game plan. In a post-match interview Slot also said that Newcastle presses in 4-4-2 instead of their usual 4-5-1, so there's a high chance they'll play differently in the cup final and next matches if their key players are back. I think City and Liverpool were much better compared to Arsenal and Forrest against Newcastle too, so it's not a huge surprise for me. CMIIW.

Anyway, with this result the chance for Arsenal to catch-up with Liverpool goes even lower.

[SensitiveEyes]

Arsenal struggled in games they should win. When West Ham won it unbalanced Mikel Arteta. Arsenal must win games or Man City will take the role directly behind Liverpool. If the Gunners do not reflect on the lost points they will lose more games until Saka and Martinelli are back from injury.

 

Who's stopping who? Man City and Liverpool aren't stopping Arsenal in the EPL title race, all teams are relying on their own ability to finish in first place at the end of the season. Arsenal must reflect on every point they have lost, every mistake will result in points being lost and Arteta must pay more attention to the depth of his squad to compete with other teams.
The defeat to West Ham made Arsenal struggle even harder, especially since Liverpool is still very consistent in maintaining its performance.

[Velvet78]

I don't understand what happened to Newcastle. On February 5, he defeated Arsenal 2-0 at St. James' Park, and after that match, in the matches he played with the three top teams, he defeated only Not. Forest and defeated them 4-3.
He couldn't even score a goal against City or Liverpool in the match played yesterday.
They have left a difficult month behind and now their next matches are a little easier.
He reached the final of the league cup, but his opponent in the final will be Liverpool again. If they want to participate in the Champions League next year, they must be in the top four.
There is not much point difference at the moment and Newcastle can be in the top four. This should be their biggest goal as a team anyway.

Newcastle are just not a consistent team. They are having a really bad time in the league recently. They lost 3 out of their last 5 games. This caused them to find themselves out of top 5. 

I don't know what's wrong with them. They are relying on Isak too much as well. If he played probably they would score a goal at least. Wilson wasted big opportunities.

They didn't even find much chance to score. I hoped them to do something in the 2nd half but no. They were no different than ghosts. I didn't know Isak was out otherwise I wouldn't bet on BTTS.

[knowngunman]

Just as predicted, Liverpool will win the league without much struggle this season because Arsenal is not a team to contend for any title, they are what we call title pretenders and not contenders. Manchester City if in form would have put up a better show than this so called Gunners of a team. Arsenal is never a team to put your hopes on.

Arsenal and their fans will continue to dream unless they can finally make it happen. Every dream comes through but the dream of Arsenal winning Premier league and champions league is a dream that will eventually come through only when they don't wake up from their sleep. One may not be wrong if you call Arsenal a dream chaser because for as many seasons now they've been chasing the premier league title without having anything to show for it. Even if Liverpool draw all their remaining games, Arsenal will still not win the league because right now they can't even beat any average team. It's funny how Arsenal like to live a fake life deceiving themselves and their fans pretending to be a big club whereas they are supposed to be in the midst of Sheffield Wednesday, Swansea and Norwich.

[UNTO Chain]

I think Liverpool will win the title again. They have a strong squad and I believe they can do it.

[SmartCharpa]

Just as predicted, Liverpool will win the league without much struggle this season because Arsenal is not a team to contend for any title, they are what we call title pretenders and not contenders. Manchester City if in form would have put up a better show than this so called Gunners of a team. Arsenal is never a team to put your hopes on.

The Gunners' title fight is ended for the season; they have finished guiding Liverpool, who will win the Premier League this season. We can't expect Arsenal to win the league since they've never been the title contenders; they just support other teams to win.  How can a club fighting for the league title rely on a single player? I said at the start of the season that Arsenal performance would suffer if anything happened to Saka this season, and his absence has had an impact on their performance; without him, Arsenal has no chance of winning.

However, if Manchester City is in better form this season, will Liverpool be able to remain at the top of the Premier League?  Though Liverpool is pretty good this season, I've been thinking how difficult the Premier League race would be if Manchester City had been in their highest level form this season; at this point, we wouldn't have determined which team will win the Premier League this season.

[shogun47]

I don't understand what happened to Newcastle. On February 5, he defeated Arsenal 2-0 at St. James' Park, and after that match, in the matches he played with the three top teams, he defeated only Not. Forest and defeated them 4-3.
He couldn't even score a goal against City or Liverpool in the match played yesterday.
They have left a difficult month behind and now their next matches are a little easier.
He reached the final of the league cup, but his opponent in the final will be Liverpool again. If they want to participate in the Champions League next year, they must be in the top four.
There is not much point difference at the moment and Newcastle can be in the top four. This should be their biggest goal as a team anyway.

Newcastle are just not a consistent team. They are having a really bad time in the league recently. They lost 3 out of their last 5 games. This caused them to find themselves out of top 5. 

I don't know what's wrong with them. They are relying on Isak too much as well. If he played probably they would score a goal at least. Wilson wasted big opportunities.

They didn't even find much chance to score. I hoped them to do something in the 2nd half but no. They were no different than ghosts. I didn't know Isak was out otherwise I wouldn't bet on BTTS.

But I think one reason for their inconsistency is that they didn’t improve on most of the positions compared to the last seasons. I thought they would hire some well known players, but the are more about taking some risk and build high potential played into stars. That can save some money, but come at the risk of going wrong for some of the players they think have potential.

Still they are to be taken seriously,  but in my opinion not in terms of becoming the Premier League champions. The distance in general between them and clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City is too big.

[MainIbem]

Just as predicted, Liverpool will win the league without much struggle this season because Arsenal is not a team to contend for any title, they are what we call title pretenders and not contenders. Manchester City if in form would have put up a better show than this so called Gunners of a team. Arsenal is never a team to put your hopes on.

The Gunners' title fight is ended for the season; they have finished guiding Liverpool, who will win the Premier League this season. We can't expect Arsenal to win the league since they've never been the title contenders; they just support other teams to win.  How can a club fighting for the league title rely on a single player? I said at the start of the season that Arsenal performance would suffer if anything happened to Saka this season, and his absence has had an impact on their performance; without him, Arsenal has no chance of winning.

However, if Manchester City is in better form this season, will Liverpool be able to remain at the top of the Premier League?  Though Liverpool is pretty good this season, I've been thinking how difficult the Premier League race would be if Manchester City had been in their highest level form this season; at this point, we wouldn't have determined which team will win the Premier League this season.

It's really over for them and I wonder the excuse Mikel Arteta would give this time around, maybe he would say that it's because of injuries that he bottled the league again, this is the 3rd time or so if I'm not mistaken that Arsenal have come close to winning the league and they messed up, Arsenal fans are already beginning to lose hope in Arteta since he couldn't keep to his promise every season, it won't take long before Arsenal would kick him out, the only way he can try win the heart of some fans is by winning a trophy this season and chances of that happening is very slim. Too bad that the injury of just one player played a major role in ruining their chances of winning the trophy this season but I don't think it's only Saka though, Gabriel Jesus is another key player that creates an impact and has suffered long-term injury too. Good for Liverpool that they're in a good form and that's a big advantage to winning the title.

[Lidger]

I expected a better performance from Newcastle United but their game was disappointing. I knew they would concede goals but I thought they would also score. They didn't even have a shot on goal in the game. It was one of the easiest games for Liverpool. With Arsenal dropping points, Liverpool are now very comfortable. They have 10 games left and they are unlikely to drop points in 4 of them. Considering that Arsenal can't win all their remaining games, we can say that Liverpool are now champions. After this time, a miracle is needed for Liverpool to lose the championship.

In this Premier League match, Liverpool managed to score an early goal against Newcastle and with one goal they gradually started to move forward in the match. We saw a lot of attack from Liverpool throughout the match and saw a lot of good play. Newcastle looked frustrated at times as they kept possession of the ball too much from Liverpool. As Liverpool kept more of the ball against Newcastle they attacked regularly where they succeeded in two attacks. We always expect this type of organized play from Liverpool. 

After watching this great performance against Newcastle, I have no doubts that Liverpool will win the Premier League title this season. As the end of the season approaches, Liverpool will only have to look for consistent performances in the upcoming matches. If they can perform consistently, they can win the Premier League title with a big margin of points against the second placed team in the points table.

[emrecemsan]

I think Liverpool will win the title again. They have a strong squad and I believe they can do it.

It isn't so hard to predict that at this point. Look at the point gap above all else. It is 13 points now.

Arsenal have already given up on their target obviously. The recent injuries hit them very hard. They can't even score a goal for 2 weeks. This is very serious. 

Arteta desperately tries to defend his team on the 0-0 draw against Forest. He says Liverpool collected less amount of points against them compared to Arsenal. He says this shows who is better. But deep down he also knows Liverpool are the best by far now.