⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Cossyblack]

Tottenham playing like they are the real PSG in this game...0 fear from them and no wonder they are leading 2-0 and by the looks of the game they could score more until game ends because surely PSG will try to go all-in and Spurs will need just one or two counter-attacks to score.

Also , winning 2 European trophies in 1 year ? in this manner ? I have nothing but respect for Tottenham now.

I don't know what's happening in this match. PSG faded faster compared to other clubs that do win the Champions League. Look at how they are playing like the underdog in this match. I don't know why I bet on them to win Tottenham, because I doubted their defeat by Chelsea. Tottenham made proper use of their opportunities and score two goals when they had it.

The game is now draw 2-2, Lee and Ramos has snatched the victory from Tottenham. PSG was not playing well but when a team has great players and an uncommon coach like Luis Enrique, anything can happen. I thought the game was over considering that the English side was ahead by two goals but I was wrong. I have learned my lesson to never underrate any club.

It's now time for penalties. Who will be the lucky side?

Crazy comeback from PSG! I think it was Tottenham faults to let PSG control the last 30 minutes of the game because eventually everything went against them and PSG showed us why they are UCL winners and probably the best team in the world right now. 

Also Tottenham managed to give up on 2 leads...one from 2-0 and one from 2-1 at penalties which feels bad for them

It was indeed a crazy comeback for PSG and a lagging performance on the side of Tottenham for conceiving two goals within nine minutes of the game just a few minutes left before the end of the match. Tottenham messed up really hard,they were few minutes closer to winning the UEFA super cup. I was already celebrating Tottenham victory at home when the scores was still 0:2 until PSG equalize the 2 goals. It's was obvious that PSG narrowly escaped defeat from Tottenham even though majority of football fans thoughts Tottenham should be an easy opponent for PSG to defeat. Congratulations to PSG for their victory against Tottenham.

[Egii Nna]

This season will be for Amorim. We will all see what he will be able to do, because he is trying to correct all the mistakes done by Erik ten Hag, which is why you see Manchester United spending much to build a strong squad. If it works out for them, and there is a possibility that it will, they will definitely make it to the Champions League next season, which will be a good improvement for them. As we all saw last season, they were not able to do anything in the Premier League due to poor management. But for now, all the money spent will be displayed on the pitch, with no doubt.

In as much as I don't like Ten Hang, the truth is he came and met Manchester United problems but at the same time I can't also say that he didn't contribute to the problems in the team currently. Amorim has a big task ahead of him and I really do hope the Portuguese coach succeeds in his quest to turn Manchester United around.

I don’t know why people are still doubting Amorim to do something better, after we all have seen indications that he is ready to put all his effort into changing their narrative this season. Although everyone has their reason to say what they wish, I still have hope in him, and I believe he will be able to do something better, because he is much better in terms of improving the team compared to Erik ten Hag.

Furthermore, you will say that Erik ten Hag came to meet the problem with Manchester United. I won’t deny that, but instead of him improving the team or even maintaining their performance, he ended up destroying it again. For now, as he is presently the new coach of Bayer Leverkusen, even from the pre-season we have seen them losing games. That means the same thing is about to happen to them again. The effort of Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen will also end up being in vain.

[Sandra_hakeem]

The competition between players for starting spots will actually be very beneficial for the team, as each player has a strong desire to get playing time, so they will have to go above and beyond to perform at their best.

I don't know why people normally feel like they're hating on them for being criticized on a particular thing; football is a team sport and the comparison remains a promising factor if the team must stay strong.. They sold out Thomas partey for the same reasons, and they now have replacements that are stronger and smarter than the old ones.

Regardless of who Arteta chooses, with the current crop of options, I'm quite optimistic about Arsenal's attack next season.

Why? When you have Saka, martinelli, Gyokeres and Kai haverts on the flanks and striking positions? I doubt.

And as for Gyokeres, he's a quality player Arsenal fans have high hopes for. I hope the high expectations don't hinder him from performing at his best for Arsenal.

I just hope the hype from the Internet don't drive him crazy; the media is good at creating a personality/ celebrating an achievement way different from what it is.

[TastyChillySauce00]

The game is now draw 2-2, Lee and Ramos has snatched the victory from Tottenham. PSG was not playing well but when a team has great players and an uncommon coach like Luis Enrique, anything can happen. I thought the game was over considering that the English side was ahead by two goals but I was wrong. I have learned my lesson to never underrate any club.

It's now time for penalties. Who will be the lucky side?

Damn! I can't believe Tottenham bottled two goals leads. They seemed confident after they scored two goals, then made huge blunder by playing defensively. I think their coach must be blamed because how stupid he was by changing the strategy without even knowing his club has abysmal defense.
It's not only that, they're also getting comeback by PSG in the penalty as well. They finally back to the what i called that as Tottenham.

Their subs were also allowing PSG to took the control over the game. They should be playing both halves with the same composition in the first half, but they refused it.

Poor thomas frank with his mediocre plan. He made Tottenham gets a factory reset.

[Jostern]

Tottenham playing like they are the real PSG in this game...0 fear from them and no wonder they are leading 2-0 and by the looks of the game they could score more until game ends because surely PSG will try to go all-in and Spurs will need just one or two counter-attacks to score.

Also , winning 2 European trophies in 1 year ? in this manner ? I have nothing but respect for Tottenham now.

I don't know what's happening in this match. PSG faded faster compared to other clubs that do win the Champions League. Look at how they are playing like the underdog in this match. I don't know why I bet on them to win Tottenham, because I doubted their defeat by Chelsea. Tottenham made proper use of their opportunities and score two goals when they had it.

The game is now draw 2-2, Lee and Ramos has snatched the victory from Tottenham. PSG was not playing well but when a team has great players and an uncommon coach like Luis Enrique, anything can happen. I thought the game was over considering that the English side was ahead by two goals but I was wrong. I have learned my lesson to never underrate any club.

It's now time for penalties. Who will be the lucky side?

Crazy comeback from PSG! I think it was Tottenham faults to let PSG control the last 30 minutes of the game because eventually everything went against them and PSG showed us why they are UCL winners and probably the best team in the world right now. 

Also Tottenham managed to give up on 2 leads...one from 2-0 and one from 2-1 at penalties which feels bad for them .

Honestly I was very disappointed with Tottenham performance late in the game, they should’ve hold on to their lead, but It was evident that Tottenham lacked squad depth and quality substitutions in their bench to come in and protect the game, Parsi-Saint-German also showed why they are the Champions of Europe, the game changer for them was the substitution that they made, by bringing in Fabian Ruiz and also Goncalo Ramos, PSG have a way better squad depth more than Tottenham so it wasn’t quite easy for them to contain the Pressure from the Paris-Saint-German. Well Tottenham could take some positives from the game for playing PSG so well before failing late on in the game.

[jems]

Wasted effort from Tottenham, leading the game from first half down to 80th minutes with only less than 10-15 minutes until the final whistle. It's a pity to be closer to victory and get denied at the dieing minute. Tottenham were strong, it felt like they had everything under control from the first half and entering into the second half, PSG first goal was supposed to make them work harder but it never worked out that way and fast forward they lost to PSG under penalty shootout.

Before the match began, PSG was already the favorite, Tottenham made us felt we were wrong to rate them less in competition just how it was with Chelsea only for us to be right eventually.

You all should even be considering how lucky PSG was Enrique should be lucky that his team didn't lose this game else he would've had some explanations to give to the board members of PSG they might have forgotten the lose to Chelsea in the Club World Cup but I don't think they would let loosing against Tottenham slide of all teams to lose to it shouldn't be Tottenham.

The final result is what we need to look at, and it must be acknowledged that Tottenham lacked a strong mentality. Even though they were two goals up, they could have played more comfortably and confidently. However, Tottenham's play seemed panicked, allowing PSG to capitalize on this to equalize and win the match.

Tottenham were not favored from the start, but I was very disappointed with their performance. I think they should have won. This match was a good gauge of Tottenham's overall performance. It was only their mentality that was lacking, but in terms of the quality of their play, I think Tottenham are worth considering next season.

[Pandu Geddon]

I don’t know why people are still doubting Amorim to do something better, after we all have seen indications that he is ready to put all his effort into changing their narrative this season. Although everyone has their reason to say what they wish, I still have hope in him, and I believe he will be able to do something better, because he is much better in terms of improving the team compared to Erik ten Hag.

Amorim's reputation will change if he succeeds in turning the current team he has into something extraordinary. We know how poorly United performed last season; even a slight improvement will be very noticeable. They have some new players, and we will see their performance for this season. Hopefully, the results that Amorim will show are something positive. If not, his career with United might come to an end.

[Fakhrulenclix]

I don’t know why people are still doubting Amorim to do something better, after we all have seen indications that he is ready to put all his effort into changing their narrative this season. Although everyone has their reason to say what they wish, I still have hope in him, and I believe he will be able to do something better, because he is much better in terms of improving the team compared to Erik ten Hag.

Amorim's reputation will change if he succeeds in turning the current team he has into something extraordinary. We know how poorly United performed last season; even a slight improvement will be very noticeable. They have some new players, and we will see their performance for this season. Hopefully, the results that Amorim will show are something positive. If not, his career with United might come to an end.

Amorim has handled Man United in several matches last season but there were not many changes to Manchester United's performance so it is natural that many doubt Amorim especially to oversee next season there are not many changes in the Manchester United squad so it is likely that their performance will also be the same, there is no significant difference compared to last season.

[MainIbem]

Amorim's reputation will change if he succeeds in turning the current team he has into something extraordinary. We know how poorly United performed last season; even a slight improvement will be very noticeable. They have some new players, and we will see their performance for this season. Hopefully, the results that Amorim will show are something positive. If not, his career with United might come to an end.

If you noticed, he pressured the board to get him more signings according to reports from several football news, he needed more Premier league proven players that's why most of the players they've signed so far a the ones already in the league that were outstanding for their various clubs last season, that's a first step to improvement but it doesn't guarantee that they'll succeed with that, Amorim still needs to put more effort in training those players to understand what he wants and the way he wants them to play, if things work as planned there's a high chance that Manchester United would do more better than the previous season, if they can finish in the top 6 and try to win a trophy then we'll say they had an impressive season and definitely Amorim's reputation would increase, he'll get more support from the board and fans.

[Velvet78]

I have heard some rumours such as Manchester City has agreed with Donnarumma already. How true is this? If it isn't fake, I think it would be a wonderful signing for Guardiola's team. 

Ederson is about to sign for Galatasaray. It is a matter of time that they announce him. Therefore Manchester City is going to need a replacement. Donnarumma is unwanted at PSG from now on. A golden opportunity it is!

[verdinio]

Amorim's reputation will change if he succeeds in turning the current team he has into something extraordinary. We know how poorly United performed last season; even a slight improvement will be very noticeable. They have some new players, and we will see their performance for this season. Hopefully, the results that Amorim will show are something positive. If not, his career with United might come to an end.

If you noticed, he pressured the board to get him more signings according to reports from several football news, he needed more Premier league proven players that's why most of the players they've signed so far a the ones already in the league that were outstanding for their various clubs last season, that's a first step to improvement but it doesn't guarantee that they'll succeed with that, Amorim still needs to put more effort in training those players to understand what he wants and the way he wants them to play, if things work as planned there's a high chance that Manchester United would do more better than the previous season, if they can finish in the top 6 and try to win a trophy then we'll say they had an impressive season and definitely Amorim's reputation would increase, he'll get more support from the board and fans.

I don't agree with this, but why do the teams with more money always win? I really don't understand this thing, it's not meritocratic, everyone wants to go to these teams to win but also for the money, taking the soul away from such a beautiful game.

[jaberwock]

I think Newcastle and Aston Villa will also be among the teams that can get past Manchester United. It seems to me that you are very positive about Man Utd, because they have not had so many changes in the off-season to expect that they will become stronger. I know that everyone wants to believe that this is possible, but I think that they will not be able to compete for the Champions League this season, at best it will be the Eurocup zone.

The good news is that they are putting in efforts to revive the team and bring it up to standard this summer, they have made some important attacking signings and still working on signings in the midfield and a defender hopefully so it is work in progress for now. Hopefully they will be good and strong enough to compete with Newcastle, Aston Villa and the rest of the EPL teams for top four in the coming season.

They are doing it very slow (just three players) and very expensive (225 million so far) when they are doing that, and not even getting any stars while doing it. Like spending 75 million on Sesko makes no sense, I am 100% sure that Sesko will not play like a player who deserves all that money. They overspent on all players, and the season will show. When the season starts, well not even starts, when it ends, you will see the stats, and you will ask yourself, "did these players really worth 225 million for what they contribute this season"?

Because you really need some star level players to get this team better, and if you are ok with spending 225 million, you can get 2 star players instead. Or if you think the whole team sucks, sell all players for 10-20 million whatever, and get 10 new players and rebuild.

[abhiseshakana]

I don’t know why people are still doubting Amorim to do something better, after we all have seen indications that he is ready to put all his effort into changing their narrative this season. Although everyone has their reason to say what they wish, I still have hope in him, and I believe he will be able to do something better, because he is much better in terms of improving the team compared to Erik ten Hag.

Amorim's reputation will change if he succeeds in turning the current team he has into something extraordinary. We know how poorly United performed last season; even a slight improvement will be very noticeable. They have some new players, and we will see their performance for this season. Hopefully, the results that Amorim will show are something positive. If not, his career with United might come to an end.

Amorim has handled Man United in several matches last season but there were not many changes to Manchester United's performance so it is natural that many doubt Amorim especially to oversee next season there are not many changes in the Manchester United squad so it is likely that their performance will also be the same, there is no significant difference compared to last season.

Ruben Amorim is a coach who has good potential and may be promising in the future, but as a young manager he came to Man United at the less ideal time because I think he did not get full support from his boss, especially from the financial side. So, to be able to make Man United even better, Amorim cannot do it in a short time, and what makes it even more difficult is that the burden of being a Man United coach is very big, so there may be some who are impatient in the process, and the biggest obstacle is that the Glazers are still the rulers of Man United.

[sana54210]

Newcastle is currently facing a complicated situation, where they still hope that Isak will continue to play for them, but contrary to that wish, Alexander Isak really wants to leave Newcastle, especially after he was branded as a rat by most Newcastle supporters (it is even reported that Isak no longer wants to play for Newcastle). I think Newcastle took too long to make a move, so even though they have the potential to make a big profit if Isak leaves, but there aren't many great strikers left in the transfer window.

Newcastle must make a decision soon as the Premier League is about to start and the time to be active in the transfer market is getting shorter.

They can wish as much as they want, but in the end they are not going to get what they want. I am sure that we are going to end up seeing Isak leave, because Newcastle and what they want do not matter. He can just say he is injured and not go to training, or play in any games etc, and force their hand.

So before any of that happens, when Newcastle can still get some money out of him, they should seriously consider selling him. Plus they still have two weeks before the deadline, so they can sell him as quickly as possible, and find a suitable replacement. Not like they will get a tiny amount for him, they will get a lot, so they can easily use that to buy some player too, I am sure there are many great strikers for 70+ million range.

[Alpha Marine]

I don't agree with this, but why do the teams with more money always win? I really don't understand this thing, it's not meritocratic, everyone wants to go to these teams to win but also for the money, taking the soul away from such a beautiful game.

This is laughable. Was there ever a time that the winners were not the club with more money? Look at the most successful clubs in the world; they have always been the biggest clubs, so what soul is it taking away?
When Manchester United, Liverpool, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, and Real Madrid were the biggest teams in the world, were they not the most successful? Has there ever been a time when big players have not wanted to go to big teams? It has always been their team to play for big teams, so I don't see what soul is being taken away because nothing has changed except now, there is way more money.

Having the money alone doesn't make a club successful; the club will also have to be run properly. When a club is run properly and has the money, it signs better players, coaches, and other technical staff and sporting directors. It's like that in spheres of life, to just football. The bigger and better-structured political parties win elections, too.
Football has tried to level the playing field by having FFP. This way, clubs can't sign players as much as they want.

[Distraction]

Money = Power

This is the formula in football just as everywhere else... If we look at the champions in big tournaments we can easily say that nearly all of them are rich teams.

It's the same for the PL also. If you look at the last 10 years you can see only Leicester breaking this cycle. The rest is all rich ones.    This won't ever change because smaller teams can't maintain such success with a poor squad.

[Adiljutt156]

Aston Villa - Newcastle looks such a competitive fixture truthfully. The odds are also telling us this:

- Aston Villa : 2.32
- Newcastle : 3.00

The home side is favoured slightly... Their latest fixture at this stadium was a disaster for Newcastle - 4-1.  

But this time we're just starting the season. Newcastle is happy to keep Isak for now but he doesn't share the same feelings tho. He is the key player for them in this match.

Looking at the performance and hard work of both these teams, I don't expect Aston Villa to play well because they are expected to lose. We should keep in mind the good effort and hard work from Newcastle and besides, the match can also end in a draw because these teams are not that capable and good. There is no good effort from Newcastle. If they play well in this match and win against Aston Villa, then their foundation can also be built for victory. If they look at their performance in the last season, I wouldn't be wrong, but it would be lucky for them to succeed by adding some good players.

Aston Villa  performance in the last matches is excellent which is almost 70 performance because that team have won most of the matches which they played against different teams and 3 matches won by that team and 1 match was ended with draw result and one match lost by that team. But that team many players are injured and that is reason that team could lose this match .Newcastle United has best chance to win this match as they will play with their best team and they should try to do goal from the start of match and if they did goal in that first half then they could do best in this match. The head to head performance of Newcastle United is dominanting because that team won 3 matches out of 5 matches and 1 match won by Aston Villa  team .

[Volgastallion]

Newcastle at 3 odds to beat Aston Villa can be very worthy, but Aston Villa plays super good on their home and for sure they want to start this new season at top, so is gonna be a magic game to see for us the neutrals.

Which of these two teams are gonna end higher in this season? For me Aston Villa, Newcastle is gonna fall because of Champions League compromise.

[Furious 7]

I don’t know why people are still doubting Amorim to do something better, after we all have seen indications that he is ready to put all his effort into changing their narrative this season. Although everyone has their reason to say what they wish, I still have hope in him, and I believe he will be able to do something better, because he is much better in terms of improving the team compared to Erik ten Hag.

Amorim's reputation will change if he succeeds in turning the current team he has into something extraordinary. We know how poorly United performed last season; even a slight improvement will be very noticeable. They have some new players, and we will see their performance for this season. Hopefully, the results that Amorim will show are something positive. If not, his career with United might come to an end.

The first match of this EPL season opener is crucial for Manchester United because, in addition to facing Arsenal directly, which means it will be a big match, if they end up losing, Amorim will certainly be the target of criticism for his first match. This could be a really difficult situation, so Amorim must now ensure that the team performs well, especially in the first match, even if they may not win, but they also cannot lose.

A draw would still be acceptable for them, though the odds are 50/50 for both clubs. However, if Manchester United were to lose, the level of skepticism toward Amorim and Manchester United would be much greater, even though it is only the first match.

Finally, we have reached the return of several domestic competitions we have been waiting for, and the EPL will kick off with some exciting matches, one of which is Arsenal facing Manchester United.

[Adbitco]

Amorim's reputation will change if he succeeds in turning the current team he has into something extraordinary. We know how poorly United performed last season; even a slight improvement will be very noticeable. They have some new players, and we will see their performance for this season. Hopefully, the results that Amorim will show are something positive. If not, his career with United might come to an end.

I think so too and at the same time some of us still thinks that if Manchester United ends even in 8th position it will be recorded as an improvement judging from last season that they ended in 15th position so anything in the top 10 will definitely be an improvement for now as they are still in the process of building.