⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Amphenomenon]

You are right. Nottingham Forest have a different game plan. They give their opponents a lot of chances to attack. And we have seen that in most of the matches. Nottingham Forest also won 1-0 against Manchester City. City had 70% ball possession. They had a total of 14 shots. But they could not break down Nottingham's defense.
Manchester United dominated the match yesterday. They had 69% ball possession and had a total of 23 shots. But they could not score a single goal. Nottingham's defence was strong, as was the goalkeeper's performance. Nottingham Forest's overall performance was stable with the help of a great game plan.

Credits should be given to the entire Nottingham Forest team. They were able to defensively hold Manchester United even when the pressure was too much. The visitor's performance has not been steady this season so most people are not surprised about the scoreline. Harry Maguire would have levelled the scores to a draw but it was cleared on top of the goaline. Congratulations to Nottingham because they deserve to win.

Manchester united will be disappointed they were unable to come back from an early goal down.

While I will say they did try at least to get a comeback, Nothingham's Forest defense this season is just really solid, even when the injury setback of Ola Aina in the first half they still were able to hold a one goal lead till the final whistle.

[topbitcoin]

I don't know what to say... Manchester United just wasted tons of goal opportunities and handed over the win to Forest so easily.    Especially that moment in the final seconds... Murillo became the hero for Forest by sweeping the ball just over the goal line.

But the Red Devils deserved the loss after being that clumsy. Garnacho and Zirkzee were both useless in the whole game. Good for Forest about the win. They are again safe at the 3rd position now. I believe in them to keep their place until the end of the season too.

This seems to be Nottingham's style, they allow their opponents to play but not to score, while they only need a few good chances to score and even win the match. Maybe Manchester United played better in this match and it was understandable because they needed to equalize the score because they conceded at the very beginning of the match, but against Nottingham, especially on the road, it is very difficult to do.

They knew that when they tried to match the dominant style of play against the big clubs they were bound to lose because the quality of their players was still below so in the end they did things differently by trying to focus more on defense and trying to optimize their quick counter-attacks.

This is actually the same way some other clubs do especially for smaller clubs when facing big clubs. and actually this way is clearly better to do than forcing to play more openly because obviously it will be very bad as a scheme because of the strength of their different players.

In this week's match for Nottingham, it seems that they are quite comfortable with this strategy especially seeing their excellent focus proving that Nuno has memorized the characteristics and characteristics of the fast game in the EPL so they are better waiting for the momentum that makes them get 3 points advantage when facing Manchester United.

[Kristiyana]

You are right. Nottingham Forest have a different game plan. They give their opponents a lot of chances to attack. And we have seen that in most of the matches. Nottingham Forest also won 1-0 against Manchester City. City had 70% ball possession. They had a total of 14 shots. But they could not break down Nottingham's defense.
Manchester United dominated the match yesterday. They had 69% ball possession and had a total of 23 shots. But they could not score a single goal. Nottingham's defence was strong, as was the goalkeeper's performance. Nottingham Forest's overall performance was stable with the help of a great game plan.

Credits should be given to the entire Nottingham Forest team. They were able to defensively hold Manchester United even when the pressure was too much. The visitor's performance has not been steady this season so most people are not surprised about the scoreline. Harry Maguire would have levelled the scores to a draw but it was cleared on top of the goaline. Congratulations to Nottingham because they deserve to win.

Any team that is playing with nottingham forest should not even allow them to score first because if they do, it will be very difficult for their opponent to make an equalizer. Is just like manchester united who always allow thier opponent to score first in most of their matches, so that they will be struggling to make a Comeback but they never knew nottingham forest is quite different from other teams. Honestly I never knew that nottingham forest will maintain the 1 goal till the last minute of the game.

[knowngunman]

Manchester united will be disappointed they were unable to come back from an early goal down.

Manchester United wasn’t so bad in the match, they played well in the match, just that they couldn’t score any goal. Manchester United created some good chances, but they lack player’s which will convert those chances into goal, I was thinking the match will be kind of easy for Nottingham forest, but the match was difficult for them , Manchester United dominated the match, but the mistake which Manchester United made in the match was allowing Nottingham forest score first in the match.

While I will say they did try at least to get a comeback, Nothingham's Forest defense this season is just really solid, even when the injury setback of Ola Aina in the first half they still were able to hold a one goal lead till the final whistle.

After Nottingham forest scored their first goal, the focused on their defense, they played defensive game in the match, which was just kind of difficult for Manchester United to break, if Manchester United had quality players, am sure they will have been able to break Nottingham forest defense in the match.

[Amphenomenon]

Manchester united will be disappointed they were unable to come back from an early goal down.

Manchester United wasn’t so bad in the match, they played well in the match, just that they couldn’t score any goal. Manchester United created some good chances, but they lack player’s which will convert those chances into goal,

This was what I meant when I said they will be disappointed because after all their efforts they were still unable to get a goal.

I was thinking the match will be kind of easy for Nottingham forest, but the match was difficult for them , Manchester United dominated the match, but the mistake which Manchester United made in the match was allowing Nottingham forest score first in the match.

I knew the game won't be an easy one for both, especially if Manchester United played well. Although I thought maybe with a good performance United might get a tie but unfortunately that wasn't the case.

It seems like many have started to right off Manchester United thanks to their inconsistency but maybe because I'm a Chelsea fan and I know how troublesome it's for us to get a win or draw against. This is why I'm still weary of them they can bite in the most unexpected events.

[SatoPrincess]

I feel like some teams can be happy with this international break and the comeback not directly into the Premier League. For example if you are already out from the FA you are gonna have much more time to rest, and your players are gonna be fresh for the restart of the competition.

So i keep an eye on them maybe they can bring some surprise in this round.

Every International break somehow brings freshness to the league, some teams become better while others underperforming for the main time before trying to bounce back.

I'm curious to see how Chelsea will perform after the break, now that Jackson is back our attack is better as ironic as it seems and I hope Palmer will pick his form back and our defense really do well. The game against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge would be an interesting one and I hope we can be the victor in that game. I'm tired of the continuous disappointment from my team and I hope this is like a restart, let's make top four.

Yeah that’s because the international break gives break to coaches to rest, strategize and also make changes to their season so far and it also gives players who were not called up to international duty get to rest. Hopefully they will return to action feeling refreshed and pumped up for the rest of the season.

[AYOBA]

Manchester United wasn’t so bad in the match, they played well in the match, just that they couldn’t score any goal. Manchester United created some good chances, but they lack player’s which will convert those chances into goal, I was thinking the match will be kind of easy for Nottingham forest, but the match was difficult for them , Manchester United dominated the match, but the mistake which Manchester United made in the match was allowing Nottingham forest score first in the match.

The main problems of Manchester United is that their lack of inconsistency if not they where not supposed lose to Nottingham Forest in their yesterday match, seriously I was very disappointed after I saw their results again Nottingham; imagine they where leading them right from the 5 minutes the first half and indeed with their much efforts they’re able to secure their 1 goal and end match.

Manchester United created a lot of chances they but they missed use all the opportunities, Man united only the dominate the possession, but they didn’t dominate the match because the match wasn’t come easy for them has they where expected.

[ingiltere]

While Haaland out, Marmoush has a lot of work to do. He did it successfully today. It's also good that Grealish is back in the goals. They will need him too. Manchester City had a good win, even though Leicester City are having one of their worst seasons. Finishing fourth in the league should be Manchester City's primary goal, it's essential for Champions League qualification. That's all they have left and the possibility of winning the FA Cup too. They can still end a bad season with a trophy. Of course, Champions League qualification is more important than anything else. I can't imagine a CL without them. It would be more absurd than Chelsea being in the Conference League.

[blue Snow]

The main problems of Manchester United is that their lack of inconsistency if not they where not supposed lose to Nottingham Forest in their yesterday match, seriously I was very disappointed after I saw their results again Nottingham; imagine they where leading them right from the 5 minutes the first half and indeed with their much efforts they’re able to secure their 1 goal and end match.

Manchester United created a lot of chances they but they missed use all the opportunities, Man united only the dominate the possession, but they didn’t dominate the match because the match wasn’t come easy for them has they where expected.

They are barren, a lot of chances on front of the goalkeeper cannot be utilized by MU players. They can't complete a good pass and are stuck to finishing it. I think the main problem is the personal player who doesn't have an instinct to create a goal, and guard the defense. Amorim was implementing a good strategy which can look how they have dominate the match. So, 5 minutes in the first half became a nightmare for the squad, they seemed to be complacent to guard Elanga. I think it was to be best goal, because he dribbled from center field and passed several defenders. I don't know why the defender are careless to guard this guy, because he is the main player that must to watch out for since whistle blown.

[shinratensei_]

I always see the Nuno Espirito Santo teams as a defensive one more than a offeensive one, yesterday he comesback to what he show to us in his pass on Wolves. I still remember how he wins this kind of games and have a super strong grip on the defense.

Thinking about it it makes me think, how can be possible in the only Premier League were he was not good was Spurs, to surprise of no one.

Nuno's ball was always more dominant into the defending instead of attack. His club always got 30% - 40% ball possession averagely in all of games. The good thing from his team is that having efficient counter attack. It's perfectly combined with strong defence.
It creates a balanced team, which is always giving him good result. Although often lost in the possession, his team can still win the game.

The atmosphere in Nottingham gives him better vibes to coach. That's why he got different result than when he was at Tottenham.

[SilverCryptoBullet]

While Haaland out, Marmoush has a lot of work to do. He did it successfully today. It's also good that Grealish is back in the goals. They will need him too. Manchester City had a good win, even though Leicester City are having one of their worst seasons. Finishing fourth in the league should be Manchester City's primary goal, it's essential for Champions League qualification. That's all they have left and the possibility of winning the FA Cup too. They can still end a bad season with a trophy. Of course, Champions League qualification is more important than anything else. I can't imagine a CL without them. It would be more absurd than Chelsea being in the Conference League.

Pep Guardiola bought some players in the winter transfer season to serve two purposes, dealing with the club crisis in player injury and performances to rescue this season, and preparing for future seasons with a new squad and player generation is on his building progress.

Omar Marmoush was bought like this and he is a striker but in Manchester City, he has been used at many positions, striker, forward, at swings and after two months, Pep Guardiola shown that he is able to change this player, enhance his ability and adaptation at different positions and can show off good performances and contributions.

The likely severe injury of Haaland gives Omar Marmoush very good opportunity of returning to his main and favorite position, striker. In a long term, Manchester City can expect a new King from Egypt in Premier League as a replacement of Mohamed Salah who is old now.

[ajanwalker]

Liverpool is gradually moving towards the championship. They defeated Everton by a single goal in the Merseyside Derby played yesterday and increased the point difference between them and Arsenal to 12 again.

Everton had become an unbeatable team after Moyes took over the team. They suffered their first defeat from Liverpool yesterday in 10 weeks. They failed to take advantage of two clear goal opportunities. One of their balls hit the post. They almost took points from Liverpool as well but it didn't happen. However, they are still very close to the relegation zone. Everton will not be relegated from the Premier League in terms of the football they play but they still haven't reached a comfortable point level.
I think Liverpool has started the countdown to the championship. The championship could come before the end of April.

[Barikui1]

Liverpool is gradually moving towards the championship. They defeated Everton by a single goal in the Merseyside Derby played yesterday and increased the point difference between them and Arsenal to 12 again.

Everton had become an unbeatable team after Moyes took over the team. They suffered their first defeat from Liverpool yesterday in 10 weeks. They failed to take advantage of two clear goal opportunities. One of their balls hit the post. They almost took points from Liverpool as well but it didn't happen. However, they are still very close to the relegation zone. Everton will not be relegated from the Premier League in terms of the football they play but they still haven't reached a comfortable point level.
I think Liverpool has started the countdown to the championship. The championship could come before the end of April.

It's a massive step in the right direction for Liverpool because right now it's not a matter of if they are going to win the league, now it has practically changed to a matter of when, and considering the numbers of matches remaining and the point gap between them and arsenal, they need just four more winnings to be crown champions, which I know that they will get easily in their next five games if am not mistaking.

Then as for Everton, you are right about them, they have really really improved of late, though they lost against Liverpool by a single goal but it would have been different if they had took their chances because they really gave in a good account of themselves, furthermore I don't see them getting relegated because they are too good for that, but nothing is certain of yet, they just have to get the best possible result from the few games left and hope that's it's enough to keep them up.

[AirtelBuzz]

Manchester United wasn’t so bad in the match, they played well in the match, just that they couldn’t score any goal. Manchester United created some good chances, but they lack player’s which will convert those chances into goal, I was thinking the match will be kind of easy for Nottingham forest, but the match was difficult for them , Manchester United dominated the match, but the mistake which Manchester United made in the match was allowing Nottingham forest score first in the match.

The main problems of Manchester United is that their lack of inconsistency if not they where not supposed lose to Nottingham Forest in their yesterday match, seriously I was very disappointed after I saw their results again Nottingham; imagine they where leading them right from the 5 minutes the first half and indeed with their much efforts they’re able to secure their 1 goal and end match.

Manchester United created a lot of chances they but they missed use all the opportunities, Man united only the dominate the possession, but they didn’t dominate the match because the match wasn’t come easy for them has they where expected.

In my opinion, Manchester United's main problem is the lack of a unified performance, we can't boldly say that they have performed unitedly and extremely well in every match. The physical gestures of Manchester United players at the City Ground Stadium were great, meaning they were very agile in that match. Even then, this English Premier League team has never been able to win against Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest put pressure on Manchester United in the pre-match moments, and I think from then on the team just wanted to keep their defense safe. Seeing some of the players in Manchester United, the eyes are on the forehead, then it seems that they might be able to properly apply the powerful talent they have, but we don't see anything like that.

[Jostern]

Liverpool is gradually moving towards the championship. They defeated Everton by a single goal in the Merseyside Derby played yesterday and increased the point difference between them and Arsenal to 12 again.

Everton had become an unbeatable team after Moyes took over the team. They suffered their first defeat from Liverpool yesterday in 10 weeks. They failed to take advantage of two clear goal opportunities. One of their balls hit the post. They almost took points from Liverpool as well but it didn't happen. However, they are still very close to the relegation zone. Everton will not be relegated from the Premier League in terms of the football they play but they still haven't reached a comfortable point level.
I think Liverpool has started the countdown to the championship. The championship could come before the end of April.

Liverpool is a very determined team. They’re a team who are eager and desperate to win the league. Everton have been very difficult to play against since Moyes came in, they play a low block, and they’re organized in defense they are organized as well. And they’re play a long ball, Everton was at some point fighting for relegation battle. But since Moyes came in they’ve been able to revitalize themselves. But Liverpool is more of a stronger side than Everton they have had their bad moments as well loosing the league cup to Newcastle and also going out of the champions league against PSG the manner they did, but they will now put their sights on winning the league title.

[Hewlet]

Liverpool is gradually moving towards the championship. They defeated Everton by a single goal in the Merseyside Derby played yesterday and increased the point difference between them and Arsenal to 12 again.

It has gone past the stage where we have to do some permutation towards the end of the season to think about who will eventually win the league. I guess, to an extent, Liverpool might start to see coming games as boring because there is absolutely nothing more to play for. of the remaining teams they have left to play, apart from arsenal, they can comfortably get a win over all of them and still continue adding more points to their crest. it is safe to say that the league has already been won, the battle is now left for the other three teams that are hoping to make it to the champions league in the coming season. that is the reason why arsenal will continue putting in effort to ensure that they keep winning games, they are not playing because they are hoping that Liverpool will drop point which will give them a better chance of winning the league, with more points, it makes it easier for them to be sure of a champions league spot.

[rachael9385]

Forest weren't very comfortable while getting that win honestly. But I can't say they didn't deserve it. Because they defended with all they had - literally until the final seconds if you get what I mean  .

The PL season has turned into hell for Amorim. The only target left is the EL trophy. But it feels like they will lose in the finale even if they make it there.

Will INEOS decide to sack him soon you think? I don't think so. I expect them to give him another chance this summer with new transfers.

At least they won, it doesn't matter whether they feel like they deserve the win or not, in football it's either the better side wins or miss their Chances. Manchester united were too weak to tackle their defense and they lost as a result of that. The most disappointing thing about that game was that Manchester united couldn't even score a single goal, that's a blow to their face. I lost my bet because of that match, my prediction was over 1.5, I wasn't sure of the team that was going to win that's why I went with.that option but it turned out badly, nothing is safe in football.

[DaNNy001]

The club I'm not satisfied with their transfer policy the most must be Chelsea in the PL.    They are just signing everyone they can. It has been what it looks like for a long time.

I wonder what Boehly is up to with this... They have an unnecessary number of players in the squad now. There are more to come by this summer undoubtedly. So what?

Abramovich was a much better chairman than him! This is the truth. But he was forced to leave his job...

Chelsea was very good during Abramovich's time and they were making spot transfers to the team. His time was really different. Chelsea's squad is currently a mixed squad full of players. In addition, it is said that British Foreign Secretary David Lammy will take action to release the 2.3 billion pounds of funds obtained from Chelsea Football Club sold by its former owner Roman Abramovich and planned to be directed to Ukraine.

Chelsea is playing against Tottenham Hotspur today andy prediction for this game is Chelsea to win and over 1.5...chelsea are going to give everything they have to make sure that Aston villa doesn't take their position and also they are going to try and overtake Newcastle... today's game is going to give them the push they need and I don't Think that they are going to joke with it.. Tottenham on the other hand have been struggling this season, they are currently 14th on the league table, that tells you how bad they have been performing, Chelsea would take advantage of their weakness.

[shinratensei_]

Liverpool is gradually moving towards the championship. They defeated Everton by a single goal in the Merseyside Derby played yesterday and increased the point difference between them and Arsenal to 12 again.

Everton had become an unbeatable team after Moyes took over the team. They suffered their first defeat from Liverpool yesterday in 10 weeks. They failed to take advantage of two clear goal opportunities. One of their balls hit the post. They almost took points from Liverpool as well but it didn't happen. However, they are still very close to the relegation zone. Everton will not be relegated from the Premier League in terms of the football they play but they still haven't reached a comfortable point level.
I think Liverpool has started the countdown to the championship. The championship could come before the end of April.

Liverpool win the game with narrow score, and they so struggled to score. However, i'm still impressed with their performance. They did everything to win the game, and glad Jota becomes savior for three points.
The game is quite intense, and they struggled to break Everton's wall. I know how Everton is one of team with best defensive performance, but glad they managed to beat Everton.

I'm not feeling satisfied enough with the result, but three points are still three points. Their title is just getting even closer.
Glad they STFU people who are thinking Arsenal still have chance to catch up.

[Derekfunds]

The club I'm not satisfied with their transfer policy the most must be Chelsea in the PL.    They are just signing everyone they can. It has been what it looks like for a long time.

I wonder what Boehly is up to with this... They have an unnecessary number of players in the squad now. There are more to come by this summer undoubtedly. So what?

Abramovich was a much better chairman than him! This is the truth. But he was forced to leave his job...

Chelsea was very good during Abramovich's time and they were making spot transfers to the team. His time was really different. Chelsea's squad is currently a mixed squad full of players. In addition, it is said that British Foreign Secretary David Lammy will take action to release the 2.3 billion pounds of funds obtained from Chelsea Football Club sold by its former owner Roman Abramovich and planned to be directed to Ukraine.

Chelsea is playing against Tottenham Hotspur today andy prediction for this game is Chelsea to win and over 1.5...chelsea are going to give everything they have to make sure that Aston villa doesn't take their position and also they are going to try and overtake Newcastle... today's game is going to give them the push they need and I don't Think that they are going to joke with it.. Tottenham on the other hand have been struggling this season, they are currently 14th on the league table, that tells you how bad they have been performing, Chelsea would take advantage of their weakness.

That is how you think the game will be but to me I don't see it that way, yes Chelsea needs to win to assume the position they were displaced from but then have you check where Tottenham Hotspur is in the table and have you check how many times they have lost match, if I am not mistaken their last five matches they only win 1 then draw and lose the rest this tells you that they wouldn't want to lose any further instead they will prefer a draw so this game is not going to be easy for Chelsea.