⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Marykeller]

No FA Cup, No EFL Cup and a 13th place in the PL. So yes, this is really the worst year recently for Manchester United.    Amorim is feeling all the pressure over himself. Now there is only the Europa League left in hand. Do you think they will get to the trophy there? The last time they did it was 2016 with Mourinho. In the same year they finished the PL in 6th place. It looks like Amorim doesn't have much of a choice now. If no trophy there too then his future will be at a bigger risk.

Tottenham and them are both teams we should be seeing in much better places in the league certainly. Really stressful days are waiting for Ange and Amorim... Both aim the Europa League trophy now.

This is the first season of Amorim as Manchester United coach, much is not really expected of him this time to win a trophy for Manchester United because he is in Manchester United to build the squad from scratch. It is from next season that the fans of Manchester United will be expecting a trophy from him. By then, the real reshuffling has been done in the team. Letting go of old players  that don't worth staying in Manchester United and bringing in new players that will help in boosting the team formation to win trophies.

[iBaba]

The Main problem of Manchester United right now is in his roots, they can't find a new Golden generación to start to build something bigger, i'm not talking about something like the 92 generación, but something sólid.

For example, Mainoo seems like a pretty good and solid player and what happen to him?
And like him i can name a few more.

The countless question being asked by many people is that why is Manchester United suffering from survival despite that they've employed some good managers like Erik Ten Hag and Amorim recently, especially as a report shows that over 1.6 billion pounds have been spent on talents since the exit of Sir Alex Ferguson yet it seems like a total waste because they've not been able to win a single Premier league during this time, with many inconsistent moves and games played down the drain. I think this is as a result of poor recruitment process which is caused by the management of the club due to their inconsistent transfers and so on.

[Pokapoka124]

Coaching Man United is not easy, just look at how many coaches have been fired by Man United. Because coaching Man United has pressure because this is a big club, big history, the biggest fans in the world. Consciously or unconsciously, the scary job is to be the coach of Man United for now, because failing to coach Man United, a career as a coach will also fade. Amorim took this step of course there has been quite mature consideration, and to judge Amorim's performance is still too early in my opinion. So it is not wrong if the club management gives him a season.

In essence, the key to success in coaching Man United like the Sir Alex era is because he also acts like a club owner. This is as conveyed by Rio Ferdinand on his Youtube channel, he said when he was still a player, if Man United players were on holiday from training, Sir Alex was still present in the work room to control and supervise other departments. Players who performed poorly in the first half were not invited to compromise and were immediately punished in the locker room in the middle of the match, if they were still stubborn they would definitely be sold. Maybe Amorim needs a firm stance to fix the club and of course give him the freedom to buy players. Because believe me, firing the coach is not the solution, management should understand this.

You are right. The club has been experiencing poor performance since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson. The coaches should not be solely blamed as Ferguson was able to be successful at the club due to the fact that he had significant control in the club. In my opinion, Manchester United will continue to see coaches come and go without long term success if they don’t fix their internal problems.

[Princess Leah]

Coaching Man United is not easy, just look at how many coaches have been fired by Man United. Because coaching Man United has pressure because this is a big club, big history, the biggest fans in the world. Consciously or unconsciously, the scary job is to be the coach of Man United for now, because failing to coach Man United, a career as a coach will also fade. Amorim took this step of course there has been quite mature consideration, and to judge Amorim's performance is still too early in my opinion. So it is not wrong if the club management gives him a season.

In essence, the key to success in coaching Man United like the Sir Alex era is because he also acts like a club owner. This is as conveyed by Rio Ferdinand on his Youtube channel, he said when he was still a player, if Man United players were on holiday from training, Sir Alex was still present in the work room to control and supervise other departments. Players who performed poorly in the first half were not invited to compromise and were immediately punished in the locker room in the middle of the match, if they were still stubborn they would definitely be sold. Maybe Amorim needs a firm stance to fix the club and of course give him the freedom to buy players. Because believe me, firing the coach is not the solution, management should understand this.

You are right. The club has been experiencing poor performance since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson. The coaches should not be solely blamed as Ferguson was able to be successful at the club due to the fact that he had significant control in the club. In my opinion, Manchester United will continue to see coaches come and go without long term success if they don’t fix their internal problems.

The biggest mistake they made was bringing the wrong set of people to handle the club from Ed Woodwards down to David Moyes, those were wrong choices and I believe Ferguson somehow played a role in their down fall cause he approved the selection of a wrong coach to supersed him cause he's his country man. Another big mistake Manchester United made was sacking Coaches like Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunner Solkjer if only they gave them enough time like Arsenal has given Arteta.

 Well they'll continue to be left out of the top 6 if they fail to do the right things, good for them that they've employed the right people at the board level, what's remaining is helping their coach get his right players to carry out his instructions properly then they'll gradually begin to perform well again.

[ginsan]

You are right. The club has been experiencing poor performance since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson. The coaches should not be solely blamed as Ferguson was able to be successful at the club due to the fact that he had significant control in the club. In my opinion, Manchester United will continue to see coaches come and go without long term success if they don’t fix their internal problems.

Management has tried continuously to bring in good coaches to train Manchester United, but the results are still far from what is expected. In my opinion, the next evaluation that must be done by management is of course to overhaul the team in this summer's transfer window. I see that Manchester United is showing interest in Osimhen and I hope they can recruit him to close the gap in the front line.

Even Manchester United's defense line this season is very fragile because they have conceded a lot. In the 29 matches they have played where they have conceded 40 goals, of course this is a season for Manchester United with a very fragile defense. I think they will not hesitate to buy new players and sell existing players to add new strength for next season.

[EL MOHA]

I heard that few teams interested with Dalot, Manchester United who're rich team should able to convince their current good players to stay instead of joining new teams, imagine they're already bad and they allow their good players to leave.

I feel like Mainoo is overrated, he and Leny Yoro are nothing different, they're very young and their performance are so-so.

I see Amad Diallo might be the best Academy player from MU in this season

So Clubs who are rich do not need to sell players or what do you say? Real Madrid are currently the best team and richest club in the world yet they have their players on other clubs radar, we have seen the likes of Rodrigo, Camavinga and even Tochuameni on the transfer market everyday been linked with different clubs. The only problem is how a club replaces their players but selling them off isn’t any problem.

Mainoo might be under the radar this season a little bit but anyone actually labeling such a player overrated at this stage of his career is simply just taking it from a place of hate. For me he is an exceptional talent one which is rare in the world football at the moment. He isn’t the likes of Yamal and all those skillful players in attacking positions but someone who had watch greats like Zidane, Scholes and Seedorf will appreciate the young man. He broke into England first eleven at this age is a beauty to behold.

Amad Diallo isn’t a Manchester United academy player, he came from Atlanta in a $30m deal

[blue Snow]

Management has tried continuously to bring in good coaches to train Manchester United, but the results are still far from what is expected. In my opinion, the next evaluation that must be done by management is of course to overhaul the team in this summer's transfer window. I see that Manchester United is showing interest in Osimhen and I hope they can recruit him to close the gap in the front line.

Even Manchester United's defense line this season is very fragile because they have conceded a lot. In the 29 matches they have played where they have conceded 40 goals, of course this is a season for Manchester United with a very fragile defense. I think they will not hesitate to buy new players and sell existing players to add new strength for next season.

I heard Management begin to select who keep stay at Old Trafford, and who the player on the list to sell on next session, the player like Marcus Rashford, Antony, dan Tyrell Malacia, dan Andre Onana must be prepared to find new clubs, It might be easy for Rashford and Antony because both has been loaned, they just made a new contract, and continued it. The defenders are still the major problem in addition to the attackers, MU must improve quickly to correct it because when they late a bit, the players they are willing be snapped up by other clubs. If they want to be safe, they can recruit from academy, but it's not easy like mature player, because experience player is a must to improve things quickly.

[SatoPrincess]

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.

A big blow indeed for Arsenal, injuries have really troubled Arsenal’s season this time. I can imagine the mental stress Arteta must be going through every week to rotate his squad because of this injuries. It is very pitiful that Arsenal have almost lost the league title this season that Manchester City are far from having a balanced season because of the many injuries incurred this season.

[EarnOnVictor]

Amorim has been United's worst coach in the history. Even Moyes has recorded better stats than him in only 5 games, while he did it on 14 games. As you can see how bad Amorim's quality is. That's why i think Manchester United has not yet comeback. Everytime they win against a small team, people called they're so back. What a fucking joke is it?  

As per Manchester United's owner, Sir Jim, he doesn't wanna sack Amoruim, but let him stay much longer. He has hinted Amorim's future on his interview.

As for Tottenham, it seems fucking Levy is reluctant to pay the compensation once he sacks Ange. That's why he keeps him much longer.  

Amorim should have understood where he was going, Manchester United was in a bad state even before he was appointed head coach, and after that he sold several more attacking players and what did he expect, that just because he became a coach, the team should win, no, that's not how it works. Apparently, Amorim is not as good a coach as expected, and most likely they will give him more time, Manchester United management has such an approach, they gave time to every coach they had, but as history has shown, it did not help any of them.

Have you seen a coach of Man U that has not been ridiculed and thrown several blames in recent years? That's why I am not surprised about yours, it's the beginning for Amorim and perhaps he will not be the one leading the club by this time next year, it has always been like that for Man U. This doesn't spare the players too, it's just like a curse, when they were bought, they would be very outstanding, after all, that's why they were bought, but on getting to Old Trafford, the issue starts. On leaving again, they rediscover themselves, the case of Anthony is a good one. Man U is what it is.

Manchester United is not the only club that players do go and wouldn't be able to perform well. It happens in other clubs too. I don't see why you guys are not seeing it that the players United are buying cannot fit in to their game style and EPL. Some players can perform well in a smaller club than when they're in a big club.

Only if United can buy the right players that will make football easy for them and interesting to watch.

@Altryist and I are entitled to our opinions just as you are, but what I won't take is the misrepresentation of facts and an argumentative way which will still lead to nothing (saying so much but nothing). I don't doubt that some specific players can go to a club and not perform, but I dare you to mention the clubs whose case is as much as that of Man U. Don't mention junks here, you should mention those clubs where hot stars bought becomes almost useless but after leaving the club they regain back their feats like Anthony that I mentioned. And please mention them in their numbers.

[Ruttoshi]

Amorim has been United's worst coach in the history. Even Moyes has recorded better stats than him in only 5 games, while he did it on 14 games. As you can see how bad Amorim's quality is. That's why i think Manchester United has not yet comeback. Everytime they win against a small team, people called they're so back. What a fucking joke is it?  

As per Manchester United's owner, Sir Jim, he doesn't wanna sack Amoruim, but let him stay much longer. He has hinted Amorim's future on his interview.

As for Tottenham, it seems fucking Levy is reluctant to pay the compensation once he sacks Ange. That's why he keeps him much longer.  

Amorim should have understood where he was going, Manchester United was in a bad state even before he was appointed head coach, and after that he sold several more attacking players and what did he expect, that just because he became a coach, the team should win, no, that's not how it works. Apparently, Amorim is not as good a coach as expected, and most likely they will give him more time, Manchester United management has such an approach, they gave time to every coach they had, but as history has shown, it did not help any of them.

Have you seen a coach of Man U that has not been ridiculed and thrown several blames in recent years? That's why I am not surprised about yours, it's the beginning for Amorim and perhaps he will not be the one leading the club by this time next year, it has always been like that for Man U. This doesn't spare the players too, it's just like a curse, when they were bought, they would be very outstanding, after all, that's why they were bought, but on getting to Old Trafford, the issue starts. On leaving again, they rediscover themselves, the case of Anthony is a good one. Man U is what it is.

Manchester United is not the only club that players do go and wouldn't be able to perform well. It happens in other clubs too. I don't see why you guys are not seeing it that the players United are buying cannot fit in to their game style and EPL. Some players can perform well in a smaller club than when they're in a big club.

Only if United can buy the right players that will make football easy for them and interesting to watch.

@Altryist and I are entitled to our opinions just as you are, but what I won't take is the misrepresentation of facts and an argumentative way which will still lead to nothing (saying so much but nothing). I don't doubt that some specific players can go to a club and not perform, but I dare you to mention the clubs whose case is as much as that of Man U. Don't mention junks here, you should mention those clubs where hot stars bought becomes almost useless but after leaving the club they regain back their feats like Anthony that I mentioned. And please mention them in their numbers.

You are taking discussions too personal and I don't see anything wrong from what I said. Lukaku is a Chelsea player that doesn't fit into Chelsea playing pattern, and that has made most past coaches put him on loan in the Italian League despite the challenges that Chelsea was facing in previous seasons.

Look at the brilliant performance of Lukaku in Seria A and he has also achieved a lot in Seria A. I have many more players that I can mention but O will rest my case here. Apart from Anthony, can you tell me another Manchester United player that did the same. Pls don't call Sancho because he is been criticized by Chelsea currently.

[Pokapoka124]

No FA Cup, No EFL Cup and a 13th place in the PL. So yes, this is really the worst year recently for Manchester United.    Amorim is feeling all the pressure over himself. Now there is only the Europa League left in hand. Do you think they will get to the trophy there? The last time they did it was 2016 with Mourinho. In the same year they finished the PL in 6th place. It looks like Amorim doesn't have much of a choice now. If no trophy there too then his future will be at a bigger risk.

Tottenham and them are both teams we should be seeing in much better places in the league certainly. Really stressful days are waiting for Ange and Amorim... Both aim the Europa League trophy now.

Yes, it's definitely been a disappointing season for Manchester United unless they can turn things around by winning the Europa League. However, that will be a tough challenge. To succeed, they must play as a cohesive unit, strengthen their defensive organization, and be more clinical in front of goal. Consistency in performance and tactical discipline will be the key if they are to salvage their season.

[SatoPrincess]

Arsenal injuries are killing them for sure. THey are having a very bad luck right now. They lose all of his stars in the last end of the field, and now they still receiving more and more injuries.

I think all this is related with the ton of games FIFA makes the clubs play, the players are not holding on this extra load of games, and this is why we are seeing so much injuries.

I mean its not an Arsenal only issue. They are one of the most injured parties yes, but they are not alone.

Arsenal have suffered coping with these numerous injuries to their key players. I am sure if not for injuries Arsenal would have had a better season than they are experiencing now. The amount of games played each season is much and every year Arsenal experience players getting injured more often than ever. Something needs to be done to address this situation before the new season.

[Accardo]

Arsenal have suffered coping with these numerous injuries to their key players. I am sure if not for injuries Arsenal would have had a better season than they are experiencing now. The amount of games played each season is much and every year Arsenal experience players getting injured more often than ever. Something needs to be done to address this situation before the new season.

Arsenal is a great team, but their repeated injury crisis could be a hard luck to the club. The management need to amend the problems, and reduce the rate at which competent players stay out of pitch for an extended period, by changing injury prevention protocols, and also medical staff, gunners would have performed way better if players were strong to play till end of season. However, it's becoming a tradition, even some fans at the beginning of the season predicted that Arsenal's performance will weaken as the league begin to heat up and players start to get injuries.

[emrecemsan]

Arsenal is a great team, but their repeated injury crisis could be a hard luck to the club. The management need to amend the problems, and reduce the rate at which competent players stay out of pitch for an extended period, by changing injury prevention protocols, and also medical staff, gunners would have performed way better if players were strong to play till end of season. However, it's becoming a tradition, even some fans at the beginning of the season predicted that Arsenal's performance will weaken as the league begin to heat up and players start to get injuried.

Arsenal are normally great yeah. They have really talented players who are big in number. I agree with the injury part too. Saka's absence has hit them so hard recently...

However this isn't the only reason for them to say goodbye to their PL title chance this year. The lack of a credible scorer also affects them deeply.

While Saka was around here he was contributing seriously. But now him and Gabriel Jesus both aren't here which is causing them to be more inconsistent. The number one goal this summer should be to sign a non injury-prone good striker. 

[X-ray]

Arsenal is a great team, but their repeated injury crisis could be a hard luck to the club. The management need to amend the problems, and reduce the rate at which competent players stay out of pitch for an extended period, by changing injury prevention protocols, and also medical staff, gunners would have performed way better if players were strong to play till end of season. However, it's becoming a tradition, even some fans at the beginning of the season predicted that Arsenal's performance will weaken as the league begin to heat up and players start to get injuries.

A winning team would never use injury as an excuses to miss the trophy. How many times Arsenal being trophyless, then washed their hand by called themselves run out of luck due to the injury? They're not the only club who suffer the injury. Other clubs were also suffering the same. We must stop to normalize injury as the reason why club being trophyless.

They got winter window to fix it, and it's their fault if they did nothing.

[SatoPrincess]

I am an Arsenal fan but I've never taken time to really sit down and study the Arsenal coach to identify his flaws and all that, but then, going by what you both have said here, a man can not be good and still have this flaws and still maintain his status as being a good coach, results is what really proves a coach is good and not just words of the mouth.

To me personally, I have not yet seen the desired result to believe Arteta is really a good coach, till date, Arsenal has remained one of the most inconsistent club in the Premier league, they know how to get to the top at the very beginning of a season, and just when it become very important for them to remain and maintain that top position, they begin to fail in consistency, very annoying to say the least.

I have taken time to assess Arteta’s performance and so far I can say that he is a good coach but even as a coach there are limits to what they can achieve with the level of experience they have. Arteta has done the best he can yet he still lacks the experience of a winning coach that is why Arsenal still struggle to finish up every season and waste good efforts.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I am an Arsenal fan but I've never taken time to really sit down and study the Arsenal coach to identify his flaws and all that, but then, going by what you both have said here, a man can not be good and still have this flaws and still maintain his status as being a good coach, results is what really proves a coach is good and not just words of the mouth.

To me personally, I have not yet seen the desired result to believe Arteta is really a good coach, till date, Arsenal has remained one of the most inconsistent club in the Premier league, they know how to get to the top at the very beginning of a season, and just when it become very important for them to remain and maintain that top position, they begin to fail in consistency, very annoying to say the least.

I have taken time to assess Arteta’s performance and so far I can say that he is a good coach but even as a coach there are limits to what they can achieve with the level of experience they have. Arteta has done the best he can yet he still lacks the experience of a winning coach that is why Arsenal still struggle to finish up every season and waste good efforts.

Well, I don't know but if we judge how good a team is by the number of goals they score and how they are able to defeat their opponents, what makes a coach different? Coaches should also be judged based on how many trophies they have lead their team to win and not based on how good they seem to manage a team or club whereas winning trophies is a major huddle so difficult to summount.

And to be honest, it's really a shame though, but a student's failure is sometimes blamed on their teacher who is assume not to have taught the student well, same also in this case, it's hard not to blame Arteta for Arsenal's failure or inability to win the premier league title for several seasons now even for many seasons now, they've managed to get so close at winning it, yet, inconsistency has been a bedrock on which they have failed to keep up the winning spirit and always fall back.
Really hoping the coach come up with a different strategy come next season, maybe a new strategy is what they need for the change we want to see.

[Lannakosa]

I have taken time to assess Arteta’s performance and so far I can say that he is a good coach but even as a coach there are limits to what they can achieve with the level of experience they have. Arteta has done the best he can yet he still lacks the experience of a winning coach that is why Arsenal still struggle to finish up every season and waste good efforts.

You don't need to spend too much time on this, you can just look at where Manchester United are in the Premier League table to understand how bad things are. I am pessimistic about Amorim, I think he won't be able to change anything, even if he is given more time, they need a coach who will be more active in transfers. Look at City, problems have started and Guardiola is already buying new players, and Amorim just let Rashford and Antony go, so it will be difficult to change anything.

[Accardo]

A winning team would never use injury as an excuses to miss the trophy. How many times Arsenal being trophyless, then washed their hand by called themselves run out of luck due to the injury? They're not the only club who suffer the injury. Other clubs were also suffering the same. We must stop to normalize injury as the reason why club being trophyless.

They got winter window to fix it, and it's their fault if they did nothing.

Nobody cares if they fix their problems or not, but it's the truth, Arsenal would have done better with Saka and co in the team. Look at how well they did without their key players. However it's all their fault, because the club is normalizing the weakness, which is wrong. Consider how strong Liverpool striker Sallah stayed till now with no stories of staying out of the pitch, these are not just the player's fault to go on injury but that of the management's training routine.

[Volgastallion]

After seeing Liverpool losing in the Uefa Champions League and after seeing them losing the final of the carabao cup i start to think they has quite a good luck in this premier because they don't have to face any serious contender.

Manchester city normally stole the show but this year they are the worst versión of them in years.