⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Spack17]

Arsenal are once again about to watch someone else lifting the trophy over their shoulders...



I wonder whether they prepared one of these for the 2024-25 season as well. 

All kidding aside, I'm sorry for Arteta in the first place. This guy is a really good manager. He saved this team from the deeps as you can remember. He made Arsenal a title challenger again.

However they are able to chase the title only until a point which is not even the final moments of a season. As of now, I want to see the same thing many other people want to - a great finisher. Arteta also wants to sign a credible striker this summer. I hope they don't make a bad choice.

[sokani]

But, if we compare Amorim with another coach who successfully managed the team in half a season, Amorim looks like he failed to manage MU based what on he did before. If we talk about players who can't compact on his strategy, Amorim should quickly adaption to the current squad. he was expected by many people to lift MU position from the bottom rank, but he can't do that so far so make many people are disappointed in his performance, and perhaps recruit a new coach to replace him. If he can't recruit a new player to fill up the gap position, I think he will not be long, and will be replaced soon by a coach who is targeted such as Xavi Hernandez.

And who would you compare Amorim with, Van Nistelrooy? You can see how Leicester is struggling, is he doing any better? How about Ivan Juric who took over from Russell Martin, is Southampton having it easy? Y'all should cut him some slack. He's not a magician that would come in and immediately fix all United problems. The team was already in a mess when he took over and it will take some time to turn things around.

[Zaguru12]

The gap between them is too huge for Arsenal to close, it would require Arsenal to lose very few points or even none when Liverpool is losing, and we all know that won't happen. I agree with mathematical discussion, PSG is not mathematically champions neither, but we do not doubt them, same goes for Liverpool at premier league too.

This is actually what my point is, we aren’t saying that Liverpool can actually sustain or win every game they have left but first of all the point gap is mind boggling and to many yes I have actually witnessed Liverpool bottling a league with more than 10 points gap before but the difference then was the team chasing them. Then it was almost a three to four horse race but right now we have only Arsenal at their tail, this same Arsenal aren’t themselves consistent to win every game, in fact the way it is now there is possibility that Arsenal will drop more point moving forward than Liverpool.

Liverpool played quite well against Newcastle; it's only that they weren't fortunate enough to win the title. And Newcastle didn't waste their chances on the pitch. Even I didn't believe Newcastle would have the potential to defeat Liverpool in the final, and I was quite startled by the game.

Liverpool only grew into the game after the second Newcastle goal. From the start of the game Newcastle were the better team and in honesty they truly deserved the win. Many actually ruled them out even before the game but in honesty they are solid side, if there is any club in the league on the mid table that can defeat any top team in the premier league it is always Newcastle for me because they are packed up with so much energetic players that can play more than even the regular minutes and it was this energy that actually caused Liverpool the problems they had in the game

[pawel7777]

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However they are able to chase the title only until a point which is not even the final moments of a season. As of now, I want to see the same thing many other people want to - a great finisher. Arteta also wants to sign a credible striker this summer. I hope they don't make a bad choice.

Even though Arsenal still have mathematical chances, I think it's fair to say they won't win the Premier League this season. The 12-point gap is just too big. Even though Liverpool is showing some signs of season fatigue and they haven't been performing great recently, I don't see them losing that many points in only 9 games. Even assuming Arsenal beats Liverpool on 10th May, that still wouldn't do the trick.
I think Arsenal has a higher chance of winning the Champions League than winning the Premier League, and that's what they should focus on.

[blue Snow]

Liverpool winning the title is almost guaranteed, people who still have hopes for Arsenal should not have any hopes, they are not going to win and we are not going to see them get any good results. The fact that Arsenal will lose points and we all know they will, makes Liverpool even easier title winner because they won't be getting a good result neither but at least Arsenal won't neither.

The gap between them is too huge for Arsenal to close, it would require Arsenal to lose very few points or even none when Liverpool is losing, and we all know that won't happen. I agree with mathematical discussion, PSG is not mathematically champions neither, but we do not doubt them, same goes for Liverpool at premier league too.

It is most likely impossible for Arsenal to close the gap points because they have to win all the remaining matches, while Liverpool only needs 5 wins and 1 draw to lock the title. I think the fans must be realistic and don't expect the Premier League title. It's more relevant if Arsenal expects the next step in the Champions League tournament than the Premier League when we compare their performance. Arteta can focus on that tournament and does not split concentration many tournaments to strengthen the solidarity. both teams will also meet on may which possibility Liverpool can win the match, and embarrass Arsenal at Anfield.

[shinratensei_]

Arsenal are once again about to watch someone else lifting the trophy over their shoulders...



I wonder whether they prepared one of these for the 2024-25 season as well.  

All kidding aside, I'm sorry for Arteta in the first place. This guy is a really good manager. He saved this team from the deeps as you can remember. He made Arsenal a title challenger again.

However they are able to chase the title only until a point which is not even the final moments of a season. As of now, I want to see the same thing many other people want to - a great finisher. Arteta also wants to sign a credible striker this summer. I hope they don't make a bad choice.

I hope Arsenal prepares another one for the current season.  Their gap to the liverpool isn't that big, and worthy to prepare a new one.

As for the club. i think they completely failed under arteta. What's he point for them to always become title challenger while they never won it? So much money wasted for nothing. I feel their owner, Kroenke is also getting reluctant in spending more money. He's not satisfied with his club's result.

It's also obvious how they have to sell some before they able to sign a quality striker. However the problem is considering their history. i don't think they can sign quality striker because they're not a proven club.

Let's imagine if i was Osimhen, i'd rather pick Chelsea instead of them consider the chance to win the trophy is bigger.

[tygeade]

If we look at EPL table then it's clear that Liverpool has played exceptionally well throughout this season, they have lost only one game and won 21 games this season. Arsenal was out of EPL title race when they lost there games against WHU, Arsenal likely to finish second on points table third time in a row provided they perform well in upcoming matches else they might go down on points table. It's strange to see that Liverpool who has done so good in EPL was not able to perform well in other competitions.

Liverpool wasn't a team anyone expected to be this good this season. With a new manager coming in, everyone assumed they would have to give a year or two before Arne Slot could make the team better, but he took it over and made it great overnight. Klopp of course left a great team, and Slot didn't had to get many players to make the team better, Salah was the one that provided the most and that helped Arne Slot a lot.

Arsenal is unlucky in this sense, because normally they failed to win the league because of Manchester City twice, now that City is bad, they could have been title winners if Liverpool didn't win this many games. Three times in a row being placed second place is making the fans a little bit angry, so Arsenal has to make some changes for next year.

[ITExpert]

It is most likely impossible for Arsenal to close the gap points because they have to win all the remaining matches, while Liverpool only needs 5 wins and 1 draw to lock the title. I think the fans must be realistic and don't expect the Premier League title. It's more relevant if Arsenal expects the next step in the Champions League tournament than the Premier League when we compare their performance. Arteta can focus on that tournament and does not split concentration many tournaments to strengthen the solidarity. both teams will also meet on may which possibility Liverpool can win the match, and embarrass Arsenal at Anfield.

Arsenal have destroyed themselves if they had played well and picked up the points because of their strength they wouldn't have had to win all the matches in the end. Arsenal is a very good team but it doesn't have the strength to win all the matches at the moment, that's why Arsenal is going to be weak now.  It's easy for Liverpool because they are stronger and faster so they can do it and win this title too. Arsenal need a lot of hard work and good performance in which they may find it difficult in the next matches which makes it difficult for Arsenal to win. This match will be awaited as we will see three teams in this match in which I see Liverpool as the best.We've got a lot of interest in this league because it's going to be tough for Arsenal, so if they work hard and make themselves a winner, we'll get a lot of interest.

[Velvet78]

I'm wondering where Forest are going to finish the season. They are still keeping the 3rd position safely from much competition. Chelsea and Manchester City are in a distance of at least 5 points.

There are still 9 more games to be played. It is a gap that can be closed in this time period. However how good will these two teams play for top 4? 

That's the prize question. They are both keeping a really bad form. With this statistics, it would be easy for Forest to keep even their current position. They still have some tough games waiting for them too so let's see...

[DubemIfedigbo001]

But, if we compare Amorim with another coach who successfully managed the team in half a season, Amorim looks like he failed to manage MU based what on he did before. If we talk about players who can't compact on his strategy, Amorim should quickly adaption to the current squad. he was expected by many people to lift MU position from the bottom rank, but he can't do that so far so make many people are disappointed in his performance, and perhaps recruit a new coach to replace him. If he can't recruit a new player to fill up the gap position, I think he will not be long, and will be replaced soon by a coach who is targeted such as Xavi Hernandez.

And who would you compare Amorim with, Van Nistelrooy? You can see how Leicester is struggling, is he doing any better? How about Ivan Juric who took over from Russell Martin, is Southampton having it easy? Y'all should cut him some slack. He's not a magician that would come in and immediately fix all United problems. The team was already in a mess when he took over and it will take some time to turn things around.

For me, Van Nistelrooy was doing very better at old Trafford than Amorim, yes I know his performance at Leicester isn't that much impressive reason being that Leicester has more midfielders and fewer attackers than Manchester United and Van Nistelrooy was better at attacking football which is the reason he performed very well in his first four matches at old Trafford. The only forward at Leicester is Vardy who isn't enough tho provide his magic up front. I believe with more strikers, he'll do better. My only fear is if he would make it past the relegation zone this season.

[Altryist]

For me, Van Nistelrooy was doing very better at old Trafford than Amorim, yes I know his performance at Leicester isn't that much impressive reason being that Leicester has more midfielders and fewer attackers than Manchester United and Van Nistelrooy was better at attacking football which is the reason he performed very well in his first four matches at old Trafford. The only forward at Leicester is Vardy who isn't enough tho provide his magic up front. I believe with more strikers, he'll do better. My only fear is if he would make it past the relegation zone this season.

Four games is too little to draw conclusions about how good a manager Van Nistelrooy could have been at Manchester United. It matters who their opponents were, and it was a time of change, the players knew there would be a change of manager, maybe there was some positivity in that too, because they saw that they couldn't achieve anything good with ten Hag, by the way, something similar might be happening with Amorim.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

For me, Van Nistelrooy was doing very better at old Trafford than Amorim, yes I know his performance at Leicester isn't that much impressive reason being that Leicester has more midfielders and fewer attackers than Manchester United and Van Nistelrooy was better at attacking football which is the reason he performed very well in his first four matches at old Trafford. The only forward at Leicester is Vardy who isn't enough tho provide his magic up front. I believe with more strikers, he'll do better. My only fear is if he would make it past the relegation zone this season.

Four games is too little to draw conclusions about how good a manager Van Nistelrooy could have been at Manchester United. It matters who their opponents were, and it was a time of change, the players knew there would be a change of manager, maybe there was some positivity in that too, because they saw that they couldn't achieve anything good with ten Hag, by the way, something similar might be happening with Amorim.

Four games was too little I agree but starting with a good performance is a plus. You could bear witness to the fact that the players showed high enthusiasm then than now. If you watch Leicester play, you'll enjoy their games more than Manchester United. The only thing that prevents can Nistelrooy from excelling there is lack of competent strikers, they miss lots of chances, and in return concede and loose. I think can Nistelrooy coaching style carries more optimism than Amorim although I'll like to mention that Amad's absence really weakened Amorim, just like Rodri's absence weakened Guardiola.

[KTChampions]

Did anyone expect results from Amorim already this season? The management snatched him in the middle of the season, but not for emergency work, but for work with a long-term perspective. He wanted to join United in the summer but was given a 'now or never' offer and it was clear he had some counter-conditions. I am sure that he has at least one whole season (next) to show what he can do, plus if he cannot conduct a normal transfer campaign due to lack of funding, then I don’t even know if it will be possible to make any claims against him.

Amorim was brought in for longterm and he will have 2-3 seasons at least. He got the position in the worst possible time and with this kind of players he is doing the maximum. If he is able to win the europa league this season will be a good season for them. This is the only thing that can save their season so far. Even if he dosent win it i dont think he will be sacked.

The Europa League this year for United is something that can turn the season around and turn it from unsuccessful to successful, since getting the title + a ticket to the Champions League while being in the bottom half of the standings is the maximum possible. Thanks to the new format and low competition, this is quite possible - United's chances are currently estimated at around 18%.

[SuperBitMan]

It is most likely impossible for Arsenal to close the gap points because they have to win all the remaining matches, while Liverpool only needs 5 wins and 1 draw to lock the title. I think the fans must be realistic and don't expect the Premier League title. It's more relevant if Arsenal expects the next step in the Champions League tournament than the Premier League when we compare their performance. Arteta can focus on that tournament and does not split concentration many tournaments to strengthen the solidarity. both teams will also meet on may which possibility Liverpool can win the match, and embarrass Arsenal at Anfield.

Arsenal have destroyed themselves if they had played well and picked up the points because of their strength they wouldn't have had to win all the matches in the end. Arsenal is a very good team but it doesn't have the strength to win all the matches at the moment, that's why Arsenal is going to be weak now.  It's easy for Liverpool because they are stronger and faster so they can do it and win this title too. Arsenal need a lot of hard work and good performance in which they may find it difficult in the next matches which makes it difficult for Arsenal to win. This match will be awaited as we will see three teams in this match in which I see Liverpool as the best.We've got a lot of interest in this league because it's going to be tough for Arsenal, so if they work hard and make themselves a winner, we'll get a lot of interest.

The problem of arsenal like I always say is lack of consistency and this thing has been affecting them and has caused them to lose the premier league trophy for 2 season's now they should just look for a good striker that will give them goals I wish victor osime will accept coming to Arsenal I believe arsenal will be the best team for him.
Arsenal is a very strong team and they are trying but if they can have a good striker then nothing will stop them from lifting the premier league title they have a very good coach that knows what to do to make his team play very well, this season there lack of consistency made them lose the opportunity of lifting the premier league trophy and right now there's no way they can carry it because Liverpool is really gaping them and the only way they will have another opportunity is if Liverpool lose form and start losing match but Is not possible especially now that Liverpool has been disqualified in the champions League they are now putting all there attention in this premier league trophy so they will keep playing there best.

[Princess Leah]

Arsenal are once again about to watch someone else lifting the trophy over their shoulders...



I wonder whether they prepared one of these for the 2024-25 season as well.  

All kidding aside, I'm sorry for Arteta in the first place. This guy is a really good manager. He saved this team from the deeps as you can remember. He made Arsenal a title challenger again.

However they are able to chase the title only until a point which is not even the final moments of a season. As of now, I want to see the same thing many other people want to - a great finisher. Arteta also wants to sign a credible striker this summer. I hope they don't make a bad choice.

I hope Arsenal prepares another one for the current season.  Their gap to the liverpool isn't that big, and worthy to prepare a new one.

As for the club. i think they completely failed under arteta. What's he point for them to always become title challenger while they never won it? So much money wasted for nothing. I feel their owner, Kroenke is also getting reluctant in spending more money. He's not satisfied with his club's result.

It's also obvious how they have to sell some before they able to sign a quality striker. However the problem is considering their history. i don't think they can sign quality striker because they're not a proven club.

Let's imagine if i was Osimhen, i'd rather pick Chelsea instead of them consider the chance to win the trophy is bigger.

What pains me about Arteta is that he knows the solution to his problem but has refused to work in it and if he fails to do so this summer if would still be a problem for them next season, Arsenal is playing well there's no doubt about that, their defense has gotten solid and their midfield aa well is becoming more solid, if they weren't good enough the won't be coming as runners up consecutively for about 3 seasons now if am not mistaken bur their problem is from the attacking position.

 They can't keep relying on Gabriel Jesus every season, it's not helping the team, they need a solid 9 with experience and a back up as support in tines of injury, if you notice, wherever Gabriel Jesus gets injured then wingers like Saka or Trossard gets injured the team becomes weaker cause of their inability to score more goals, I don't know if it's the owner that's hindering Area from spending money on a quality attacker but if they really need goog results like they  claim, they should sign him good attackers, quality world class 9, sacking him would do more harm than good.

[TastyChillySauce00]

International break strikes Arsenal again. Calafiori who will be missing some weeks. His  ligament was injured during the international break. They have to replaced him with Tomiyasu, which is a good news.

I like how Tomiyasu always performed bang average. He's gonna be one of their weakness in the upcoming fixtures. It most likely PL trophy will be winning by their rival, Liverpool. They have no more chance to talk about trophy.

[Hanadawa]

Even though Arsenal still have mathematical chances, I think it's fair to say they won't win the Premier League this season. The 12-point gap is just too big. Even though Liverpool is showing some signs of season fatigue and they haven't been performing great recently, I don't see them losing that many points in only 9 games. Even assuming Arsenal beats Liverpool on 10th May, that still wouldn't do the trick.
I think Arsenal has a higher chance of winning the Champions League than winning the Premier League, and that's what they should focus on.

Realistically it is almost impossible for Liverpool to lose 8 games and Arsenal to win all their remaining games and become EPL champions. It is something impossible and like a miracle. Liverpool are in bad form after losing two competitions. They lost to PSG on penalties but I think PSG are in better form after seeing the results of both legs. The surprising thing is their loss to Newcastle because almost everyone favors Liverpool to be champions. But they have a 99% chance of winning the Premier League title this season. They just need to focus on the EPL and win every game. Even Liverpool don't have to win all their remaining games to be champions.

[punk.zink]

International break strikes Arsenal again. Calafiori who will be missing some weeks. His  ligament was injured during the international break. They have to replaced him with Tomiyasu, which is a good news.

I like how Tomiyasu always performed bang average. He's gonna be one of their weakness in the upcoming fixtures. It most likely PL trophy will be winning by their rival, Liverpool. They have no more chance to talk about trophy.

I don't know how this injury will affect their performance in the following matches, but one thing is certain that they will likely be eliminated in the title race because their performance has been inconsistent lately and now they will have another nightmare with the injury. Tomiyasu could possibly come in to replace Calafiori but I doubt that this player will be able to step on the gas straight away as the knee surgery is likely to affect his performance.

As it has been, Arsenal once again had to be patient and wait in limbo for their turn to lift the trophy, but I think if they are still with Arteta, it doesn't look like that will come true because the coach doesn't have a champion mentality (something that Arsenal really needs so they can become champions again).

[Franctoshi]

Even though Arsenal still have mathematical chances, I think it's fair to say they won't win the Premier League this season. The 12-point gap is just too big. Even though Liverpool is showing some signs of season fatigue and they haven't been performing great recently, I don't see them losing that many points in only 9 games. Even assuming Arsenal beats Liverpool on 10th May, that still wouldn't do the trick.
I think Arsenal has a higher chance of winning the Champions League than winning the Premier League, and that's what they should focus on.

Realistically it is almost impossible for Liverpool to lose 8 games and Arsenal to win all their remaining games and become EPL champions. It is something impossible and like a miracle. Liverpool are in bad form after losing two competitions. They lost to PSG on penalties but I think PSG are in better form after seeing the results of both legs. The surprising thing is their loss to Newcastle because almost everyone favors Liverpool to be champions. But they have a 99% chance of winning the Premier League title this season. They just need to focus on the EPL and win every game. Even Liverpool don't have to win all their remaining games to be champions.

I believe the loss to Newcastle in that EFL cup final was as result of a traumatized lost to PSG, Liverpool never thought of PSG defeating them in that encounter, plus the fact that the game went on extra time so most of there was super exhausted and weak after that game, so these factors contributed too, and besides Newcastle too isn't an opponent team to win just easily.

Now coming to Liverpool's Premier League tittle race with major contending team Arsenal, I doubt if Liverpool would take any of their games going forward unserious, after their hopes are gone in the Champions League and the EFL competition.

[aylabadia05]

I don't know how this injury will affect their performance in the following matches, but one thing is certain that they will likely be eliminated in the title race because their performance has been inconsistent lately and now they will have another nightmare with the injury. Tomiyasu could possibly come in to replace Calafiori but I doubt that this player will be able to step on the gas straight away as the knee surgery is likely to affect his performance.

This Calaforiori can be replaced by Myles Lewis. They both are often replaced to occupy positions. If the Calafiori is replaced by Arteta, then the player who is his successor is Myles Lewis.
Jurin Timber can also be a player who can play in the Calaforiori position. Calafiori injuries will feel the impact on Arteta in playing players who are ready to block the team's fast games like Real Madrid later in the Champions League. Tomiyasu also seems to be still in a condition that hasn't recovered.