⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[RaltcoinsB]

It would literally be said that Manchester City has replaced Nottingham Forest. Moreover it is undeniable that some teams in the English Premier League are now in a dilemma. Having seen Nottingham Forest's outstanding performance earlier, we never thought they would drop from their position. It is clear before our eyes that Manchester City are not going to lose the match easily now, while Forest are suddenly losing the match. The sudden defeat in the match created a gap between City and Forest. In my opinion if Newcastle Football Club could have at least drawn with Aston Villa, they might have been level on points.

City have gone through a difficult crisis and are now gradually starting to get better, and with Nottingham everything happened the other way around, Espiritu lost to Aston Villa and there is nothing surprising about it, but then there was a loss to Everton, no one expected this from them in a home match. But despite this, Nottingham has one game in hand and in case of a win can rise to third place again, Nottingham has become the biggest surprise this season, if they manage to maintain a place in the top 5, it will be a huge success.

It is through this that the real plans of Pep Guardiola are being proved to us because they have been able to make a lot of progress even though they are in a difficult crisis. In the thought of all, Manchester City and Nottingham Forest are competing to each other, even they may have been the enemy of each other. The next match is the semi-final match between the City and Nottingham, i.e. the FA Cup match. You mentioned reasonable quote that Nottingham has become the biggest surprise this season. However I still believe that City will have the advantage of holding the third place for a long time because they will regain their position with overall good performance.

Manchester City will play the match away. It won't make much difference for them but I think they will win the match. Manchester City had some tough times but they are past that. They are better now and they are focused on winning matches. The Nottingham match will be a tough one but I think City will win because I think they will be fully focused on preparing for the Semi-Final match.

[Juse14]

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Maybe the gap is just one point, but it is also true that City has done quite well lately and they are doing very well. This is why I have doubts that City will start to play badly now. They had a terrible season at the start, during that late first half of the season they weren't good at all but they are doing right now. Which is why they are not going to win easily but they are going to win.

Moreover, there is a "feeling" of Nottingham Forrest not doing as good, not for any realistic reason but because they haven't done good in 50 years, so it would be shocking if they could take back their position, it was shocking all season long that they were third, so people are assuming (including me) that they would do worse and will end up being much lower in the end.

Have you really paid attention to the Premier League since the beginning of the season? Manchester City is one of the best teams in the Premier League, they have even been able to dominate the Premier League for the last 4 seasons, they managed to win 4 trophies in 4 consecutive seasons starting from the 2020/21 season to the 2023/24 season. And at the beginning of the 2024/25 season, Pep Guardiola's team appeared very convincing, they continued to be at the top of the standings for quite a long time, even many thought that the 2024/25 season would belong to Manchester City again, but it was very unfortunate when they entered the middle of the season they had to lose their consistency because their performance on the field suddenly decreased due to many key players being injured, even City had to be thrown far from the top of the standings. When the transfer market opened, Man City tried to fix their team by bringing in new players, they became one of the teams that were quite busy in the transfer market, but unfortunately the strategy was not fully successful because their new players still needed to adapt to the team and the league, fortunately they were able to adapt quickly enough so that now the team is performing well on the field and getting more consistent results, although indeed to return to the top of the standings it feels quite impossible because the season is almost over.

and talking about nottingham forets, it should be remembered that the EPL always provides unexpected surprises, such as what happened to liecetser city in the 2015/2016 season, and this season it happened to nottingham forest, where the team that was almost relegated in the previous season actually performed extraordinarily this season, and even nottingam forest became one of two teams that were able to beat liverpool for this season. So is nottingam forets worse at this time, of course not when compared to the previous season.

[bitzizzix]

It would literally be said that Manchester City has replaced Nottingham Forest. Moreover it is undeniable that some teams in the English Premier League are now in a dilemma. Having seen Nottingham Forest's outstanding performance earlier, we never thought they would drop from their position. It is clear before our eyes that Manchester City are not going to lose the match easily now, while Forest are suddenly losing the match. The sudden defeat in the match created a gap between City and Forest. In my opinion if Newcastle Football Club could have at least drawn with Aston Villa, they might have been level on points.

City have gone through a difficult crisis and are now gradually starting to get better, and with Nottingham everything happened the other way around, Espiritu lost to Aston Villa and there is nothing surprising about it, but then there was a loss to Everton, no one expected this from them in a home match. But despite this, Nottingham has one game in hand and in case of a win can rise to third place again, Nottingham has become the biggest surprise this season, if they manage to maintain a place in the top 5, it will be a huge success.

It is through this that the real plans of Pep Guardiola are being proved to us because they have been able to make a lot of progress even though they are in a difficult crisis. In the thought of all, Manchester City and Nottingham Forest are competing to each other, even they may have been the enemy of each other. The next match is the semi-final match between the City and Nottingham, i.e. the FA Cup match. You mentioned reasonable quote that Nottingham has become the biggest surprise this season. However I still believe that City will have the advantage of holding the third place for a long time because they will regain their position with overall good performance.

Manchester City will play the match away. It won't make much difference for them but I think they will win the match. Manchester City had some tough times but they are past that. They are better now and they are focused on winning matches. The Nottingham match will be a tough one but I think City will win because I think they will be fully focused on preparing for the Semi-Final match.

Manchester City is indeed not in its best form this season and not like the previous season, but towards the end of the season Manchester City began to find its rhythm and began to return to its original form and with six unbeaten matches in the Premier League, it is predicted that Manchester City will win every match including the match with Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semifinals later.

And Nottingham Forest this season is a team that really cannot be underestimated because they are really extraordinary in every result of their match and in the semifinals later it will be an interesting consideration and if Manchester City can beat Nottingham Forest it means they are really back because in their last match Manchester City lost to Nottingham Forest with a narrow score of 1-0.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Aston Villa suffer one drop on their performance in one aprt of the tournament and that kill them, with the new reinforcement like Rashford and Asencio they can wake up jsut in time to do a super good performance on Champions League and also to save their spots in europe in the current Premier League, but im sure if they dont have that drop for sure they can be fighting much higher this season.

It's Asensio by the way - not Asencio. The one you mentioned is playing for Real Madrid as a centre-back.

As for the evaluation of these new players at Aston Villa:

• 8 goals, 1 assist in 16 games by Asensio. He is playing on loan but he's going to have a year left on his contract.
• 4 goals, 5 assists in 17 games by Rashford. He is also a loanee and his contract with Man Utd ends in 2028.

They both can be signed by Aston Villa in short. Asensio would come for a cheap price. But for Rashford I don't know how much they will ask.    However I'd rather watch him at Aston Villa as he looks better now.

[Agbe]

It would literally be said that Manchester City has replaced Nottingham Forest. Moreover it is undeniable that some teams in the English Premier League are now in a dilemma. Having seen Nottingham Forest's outstanding performance earlier, we never thought they would drop from their position. It is clear before our eyes that Manchester City are not going to lose the match easily now, while Forest are suddenly losing the match. The sudden defeat in the match created a gap between City and Forest. In my opinion if Newcastle Football Club could have at least drawn with Aston Villa, they might have been level on points.

City have gone through a difficult crisis and are now gradually starting to get better, and with Nottingham everything happened the other way around, Espiritu lost to Aston Villa and there is nothing surprising about it, but then there was a loss to Everton, no one expected this from them in a home match. But despite this, Nottingham has one game in hand and in case of a win can rise to third place again, Nottingham has become the biggest surprise this season, if they manage to maintain a place in the top 5, it will be a huge success.

It is through this that the real plans of Pep Guardiola are being proved to us because they have been able to make a lot of progress even though they are in a difficult crisis. In the thought of all, Manchester City and Nottingham Forest are competing to each other, even they may have been the enemy of each other. The next match is the semi-final match between the City and Nottingham, i.e. the FA Cup match. You mentioned reasonable quote that Nottingham has become the biggest surprise this season. However I still believe that City will have the advantage of holding the third place for a long time because they will regain their position with overall good performance.

Manchester City will play the match away. It won't make much difference for them but I think they will win the match. Manchester City had some tough times but they are past that. They are better now and they are focused on winning matches. The Nottingham match will be a tough one but I think City will win because I think they will be fully focused on preparing for the Semi-Final match.

Manchester City is indeed not in its best form this season and not like the previous season, but towards the end of the season Manchester City began to find its rhythm and began to return to its original form and with six unbeaten matches in the Premier League, it is predicted that Manchester City will win every match including the match with Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semifinals later.

And Nottingham Forest this season is a team that really cannot be underestimated because they are really extraordinary in every result of their match and in the semifinals later it will be an interesting consideration and if Manchester City can beat Nottingham Forest it means they are really back because in their last match Manchester City lost to Nottingham Forest with a narrow score of 1-0.

Yes it's true Manchester City is getting back to form as they have been playing getting results and this will help them finish at a good place in the table but it will not be easy for Manchester City to get results against forest because this season Forest has been in a good form and they have won Manchester City this season too so the fA cup semi finals match between these two teams will not be an easy one for city

[Volgastallion]

Aston Villa suffer one drop on their performance in one aprt of the tournament and that kill them, with the new reinforcement like Rashford and Asencio they can wake up jsut in time to do a super good performance on Champions League and also to save their spots in europe in the current Premier League, but im sure if they dont have that drop for sure they can be fighting much higher this season.

It's Asensio by the way - not Asencio. The one you mentioned is playing for Real Madrid as a centre-back.

As for the evaluation of these new players at Aston Villa:

• 8 goals, 1 assist in 16 games by Asensio. He is playing on loan but he's going to have a year left on his contract.
• 4 goals, 5 assists in 17 games by Rashford. He is also a loanee and his contract with Man Utd ends in 2028.

They both can be signed by Aston Villa in short. Asensio would come for a cheap price. But for Rashford I don't know how much they will ask.    However I'd rather watch him at Aston Villa as he looks better now.

Hahaha you have reason in correct me about the surname of the Spanish player, a few years back it was not a problem at all but now we have this child at the Real madrid defense who have only one letter diferent.

Thanks also for the statistic that show they contributed with a healthy 0.5 G/A per game.

[DanWalker]

Yes it's true Manchester City is getting back to form as they have been playing getting results and this will help them finish at a good place in the table but it will not be easy for Manchester City to get results against forest because this season Forest has been in a good form and they have won Manchester City this season too so the fA cup semi finals match between these two teams will not be an easy one for city

Nottingham Forest team is strong this season. More importantly, Nottingham Forest's defense is very strong. Although Nottingham Forest's attack is a bit weak, the overall performance of this team is quite stable. Nottingham Forest has qualified for the semi-finals by defeating Brighton. City is a very strong opponent. However, there is no chance of keeping Nottingham Forest team behind this season. Nottingham Forest has the ability to win against City. And they have proven it in the Premier League.

[coinlocket$]

Again, weren't be supposed to had the sentence and the possible penalty for Manchester City by April?
We are at the end of the month and nothing on the radars.
Anyway the fight for the top4 is very interesting with  potentially 4-5 teams in the fight for the last 2 spots.
All assuming with Arsenal and Livepool easy qualified.

[junder]

Yes it's true Manchester City is getting back to form as they have been playing getting results and this will help them finish at a good place in the table but it will not be easy for Manchester City to get results against forest because this season Forest has been in a good form and they have won Manchester City this season too so the fA cup semi finals match between these two teams will not be an easy one for city

The citizens' revival is quite late, it doesn't matter because they can heal the hearts of the fans a little with their big chances of finishing where the big teams in the premier league should be and about their match in the FA Cup I was quite surprised to see the chances of Man City as the away team given 1.37 as you can see.



While Nottingham's chances are high which I think is not fair enough considering this is the semifinals, and as we know Nottingham is currently a team that should be watched out for, I think choosing the host in the betting slip also cannot be ignored.

[bitgolden]

What really makes you think that Manchester City has it easy? If you think or feel that City has it easy how about Aston Villa? Because both seem to have almost same opponents. Manchester City will play; Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Fulham, Wolverhampton and Southampton.
Aston Villa will play; Manchester City, Fulham, Bournemouth, Tottenham and Manchester United. The only difference is the last two teams for both clubs and we all know that Tottenham and Manchester United is not in the top level this season to consider them a serious threat to team like Villa of this very season.

The only game that could be hard for them is the Villa game. Wolves is easy, Southampton is obviously easy, Bournemouth could be a little tough but still should be a win, Fulham should be a win. Basically all their games aside from Villa is easy games, maybe they will get a tie or a loss against Villa if they are unlucky but they should be able to beat the rest.

However, football isn't like that, maybe they will beat Villa 5-0 and then lose to Southampton in a shocking game, who knows? Can you guarantee that can't happen? I can't. So, we still have to wait and see, but there is a "difficulty calculation" in these type of comparisons, and they have easier games than other teams which is a reality based on the rankings of everyone's opponents.

[Issa56]

Yes it's true Manchester City is getting back to form as they have been playing getting results and this will help them finish at a good place in the table but it will not be easy for Manchester City to get results against forest because this season Forest has been in a good form and they have won Manchester City this season too so the fA cup semi finals match between these two teams will not be an easy one for city

Nottingham forest are currently in form, and they are really having target this season, Nottingham forest target for this season will be to win the FA cup, and to qualify for champions league next season, and with the way Nottingham forest are currently playing, they might be able to achieve that. Manchester City are getting back to form gradually, at least they are winning most of the matches which they are playing currently, Manchester City are not completely back to form yet, and am not really satisfied with the way they are playing currently, so I guess the match will be a difficult one to win for Manchester city.

Nottingham forest have been giving most of the top teams difficult time this season, so they will do everything possible to stop Manchester City from getting a win in the FA cup match, we can’t conclude on who will be winning the match yet, because I will say they both have equal chances of winning in the match.

[el kaka22]

Arsenal has every right to be focused on UCL games. They could literally rest the entire team if they want to. Obviously there are downsides of that too, a player can't just play on UCL games alone, you need to keep them sharp and because of that sometimes you play some players, but sometimes if they played too much you rest them.

So Arsenal can use this period, to just play some bench players and young players for players who are tired, and players who need sharpness could play in league games too to get some training basically. They are going to be ready, they have that luck, because they do not have many injured left, and most important players are back and could do great now. Let's see if they will have any chance against PSG at all.

[AYOBA]

Nottingham forest have been giving most of the top teams difficult time this season, so they will do everything possible to stop Manchester City from getting a win in the FA cup match, we can’t conclude on who will be winning the match yet, because I will say they both have equal chances of winning in the match.

Base on how those two teams are performing recently I can say that both of the teams performances are equal so I think predicting who can win their upcoming matches will be very difficult, but I have confidence on Nottingham Forest that they most do everything possible to prevent Manchester City from winning the match. But  shall since we said we should never conclude on who will be winning the match, let us bear on that statement; I think when the matches day arrive we will know what can be their outcomes.

[Obari]

Arsenal has every right to be focused on UCL games. They could literally rest the entire team if they want to. Obviously there are downsides of that too, a player can't just play on UCL games alone, you need to keep them sharp and because of that sometimes you play some players, but sometimes if they played too much you rest them.

So Arsenal can use this period, to just play some bench players and young players for players who are tired, and players who need sharpness could play in league games too to get some training basically. They are going to be ready, they have that luck, because they do not have many injured left, and most important players are back and could do great now. Let's see if they will have any chance against PSG at all.

Arsenal are still trophyless despite the formidable form they've found themselves. They've totally having zero evidence to show to the fans about their epic performance, I wouldn't prefer a club to be having amazing credible performances in matches and at the end of the day, no trophy been added to their collection. Arsenal headcoach, Mikel Arteta is this close to winning the UEFA Champions League title with Arsenal. When I see Arsenal in the semi final and everyone that have made a mockery about the club, what do we expect? They're slowly getting there, just take a leap of faith for this particular club.

[Furious 7]

Nottingham forest have been giving most of the top teams difficult time this season, so they will do everything possible to stop Manchester City from getting a win in the FA cup match, we can’t conclude on who will be winning the match yet, because I will say they both have equal chances of winning in the match.

Base on how those two teams are performing recently I can say that both of the teams performances are equal so I think predicting who can win their upcoming matches will be very difficult, but I have confidence on Nottingham Forest that they most do everything possible to prevent Manchester City from winning the match. But  shall since we said we should never conclude on who will be winning the match, let us bear on that statement; I think when the matches day arrive we will know what can be their outcomes.

Nottingham's performance is currently a little down and it can be seen when they are a little difficult to continue the progress in collecting points to secure a position in the current standings even if we see that for now they have lost 2 times in the last 5 matches it shows that there is something different for now in Nottingham's performance.

As for Manchester City, they are now trying to improve their performance even though it is currently quite good but we are aware that the problem of attacking lines and for Haaland's productivity is now still a little disturbed in contrast to the previous season. It's just that for now Manchester City certainly don't want to end the season without a trophy and the FA Cup can be one of their current goals after the Champions League and EPL are released, I think they should be more motivated to get a trophy because if the season ends without a clear trophy this will be a difficult situation for Pep to accept especially since he can always get at least 1 or 2 trophies at the end of the previous season.

[Hanadawa]

While Nottingham's chances are high which I think is not fair enough considering this is the semifinals, and as we know Nottingham is currently a team that should be watched out for, I think choosing the host in the betting slip also cannot be ignored.

Even though they managed to beat City in the EPL, I still favor City to win the match. In the previous match, Nottingham Forest managed to win 1-0 over City. But it was not a victory where Forest dominated the match. Yes, they have a solid defense but have a weak attack. That could be an opportunity for City to beat Forest. I think the odds in this match are quite fair. Even though this is a semifinal match, I think it is still difficult for me to favor Forest in this match. In addition, the FA Cup is now the only chance for City to get a trophy. I think that will be a motivation for them to win.

[junder]

It is through this that the real plans of Pep Guardiola are being proved to us because they have been able to make a lot of progress even though they are in a difficult crisis. In the thought of all, Manchester City and Nottingham Forest are competing to each other, even they may have been the enemy of each other. The next match is the semi-final match between the City and Nottingham, i.e. the FA Cup match. You mentioned reasonable quote that Nottingham has become the biggest surprise this season. However I still believe that City will have the advantage of holding the third place for a long time because they will regain their position with overall good performance.

With the news I got Guardiola said that he himself was not sure that some of his players would be able to appear in the match later against Nottingham Forest, this is actually a problem but if this goalkeeper can't appear, of course Guardiola will try to do his best. Likewise with some of his players he said good news like with Halaand whose condition is getting better as Guardiola said.
However, I hope Manchester City can give their best in their match later.

mancity

[Velvet78]

Again, weren't be supposed to had the sentence and the possible penalty for Manchester City by April?
We are at the end of the month and nothing on the radars.
Anyway the fight for the top4 is very interesting with  potentially 4-5 teams in the fight for the last 2 spots.
All assuming with Arsenal and Livepool easy qualified.

Thanks for the reminder. I totally forgot about it and did some research after.    I have found this.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manchester-city-charges-premier-league-35033504

It says the trial date is postponed once again... It might not even take place before the end of the season.

I don't know what to say... Who knows, maybe there won't even be a trial if things go like this. Even if it happens I'm losing my belief about them to be judged in the way it should be.

[WatChe]

The citizens' revival is quite late, it doesn't matter because they can heal the hearts of the fans a little with their big chances of finishing where the big teams in the premier league should be and about their match in the FA Cup I was quite surprised to see the chances of Man City as the away team given 1.37 as you can see.



While Nottingham's chances are high which I think is not fair enough considering this is the semifinals, and as we know Nottingham is currently a team that should be watched out for, I think choosing the host in the betting slip also cannot be ignored.

In EPL, Manchester city has just surpassed Nottingham forest on points table. Both teams are just one point away from each other in EPL that's why it's difficult to predict the winner. Forest performance in this season is exceptionally well compared to what they have done in last season while City has just gained the winning momentum.

Aston Villa will face Crystal Place in first semi final today. I think Villa is stronger team as compared to Crystal Place right now. Villa was able to beat PSG in second leg quarter finals of UEFA but in football anything can happen in 90 minutes. 

[Woodie]

Again, weren't be supposed to had the sentence and the possible penalty for Manchester City by April?
We are at the end of the month and nothing on the radars.
Anyway the fight for the top4 is very interesting with  potentially 4-5 teams in the fight for the last 2 spots.
All assuming with Arsenal and Livepool easy qualified.

This long awaited judgement could be coming after the league ends so that they know what is to come in the next season...if say that's deducting points from them and missing out on some European action (champions league) or maybe some kind of hefty fine for  unfair financial play etcetera  from how they have been playing, I think they know what's coming!!