⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[MArsland]

Against Arsenal, Man United actually performed well and even dominated. But Arsenal were more effective and luckier. I saw that in the opening match, Arsenal still seemed to be struggling, even though Man United had better control of the game. Amorim effectively utilized Cunha and Mbeumo. As a result, Manchester United's gameplay differed from last season. The performances of David Raya, Gabriel Magalhaes, and William Saliba were likely the best. They managed to prevent the goal from being scored. I observed David Raya making two crucial saves. So far in this match, Amorim has shown significant progress. Let us see how the next match unfolds.

1 goal scored proved that neither team was fully utilizing their strengths. Although Manchester United dominated more attacks than Arsenal, the strikers egos were still very evident. Numerous chances were wasted due to rushing shots from long range. This happened repeatedly when they entered the penalty box.

On the other hand Gyokeres debut performance was considered disappointing,  Therefore the league differences mean Gyokeres cannot underestimate the Premier League atmosphere.

[bitLeap]

At this point Bayindir ain't even better than Onana. He's just bang average goal keeper, and hope Amorim aware of this, then sign new goalie before the end of summer window.

MU will finish at the half bottom again if they still keep going with him. He lacks of discipline, and very often did minor mistake that cost his club a lot. No reason to defend him.

Manchester United has already spent a significant amount of money in the transfer window. If Amorim intends to seek a goalkeeper, he must first finalize several player sales to cover the costs, as a top tier goalkeeper undoubtedly comes with a hefty price tag. It's not as straightforward as it seems. The first match didn't show Arsenal performing any better, did it? To be honest, it's still too early to say Manchester United will end up at the bottom of the table, as they've only played one match.

[BigBos]

At this point Bayindir ain't even better than Onana. He's just bang average goal keeper, and hope Amorim aware of this, then sign new goalie before the end of summer window.

MU will finish at the half bottom again if they still keep going with him. He lacks of discipline, and very often did minor mistake that cost his club a lot. No reason to defend him.

Manchester United has already spent a significant amount of money in the transfer window. If Amorim intends to seek a goalkeeper, he must first finalize several player sales to cover the costs, as a top tier goalkeeper undoubtedly comes with a hefty price tag. It's not as straightforward as it seems. The first match didn't show Arsenal performing any better, did it? To be honest, it's still too early to say Manchester United will end up at the bottom of the table, as they've only played one match.

This is a dilemma for Manchester United, as they brought in a goalkeeper hoping to plug the gaps in their defense, but that's what ultimately became a problem, as their goalkeeper couldn't perform well.

I think they're starting to regret choosing Onana a few seasons ago and ditching David de Gea. Compared to now, they might be better off with De Gea, although there's no guarantee. They could have saved money if they had faith in De Gea, but that's gone.

[MK-74]

Manchester United played well, but Arsenal won.
Arsenal scored and won through a set-piece. Also, David Raya played very well. Viktor Gyökeres was substituted in the 60th minute, he was one of the worst performers on the team.

Manchester United created many goal opportunities but couldn’t score. They just couldn’t get past David Raya. Sometimes, if it’s not meant to be, it’s not, many of their attempts failed.

Another problem United need to address is the goalkeeper, the keeper was the reason Arsenal had that early goal in the match, he could have pointed that ball to avoid any chance of nodding the ball since he clearly know how good Arsenal is in set pieces.

Altay Bayındır is not a goalkeeper of the quality needed to play for Manchester United.
He previously played for Fenerbahçe in our league and even there he wasn’t really successful. United only signed him because Onana was performing so poorly but I think they didn’t do much research before making that decision because if it were up to me, I wouldn’t have signed him.

A club like Manchester United needs a first-class goalkeeper. They still haven’t solved this problem and it almost seems like they don’t even want to because Ruben Amorim looks satisfied with his current goalkeepers.

[Abbatty]

At this point Bayindir ain't even better than Onana. He's just bang average goal keeper, and hope Amorim aware of this, then sign new goalie before the end of summer window.

MU will finish at the half bottom again if they still keep going with him. He lacks of discipline, and very often did minor mistake that cost his club a lot. No reason to defend him.

Manchester United has already spent a significant amount of money in the transfer window. If Amorim intends to seek a goalkeeper, he must first finalize several player sales to cover the costs, as a top tier goalkeeper undoubtedly comes with a hefty price tag. It's not as straightforward as it seems. The first match didn't show Arsenal performing any better, did it? To be honest, it's still too early to say Manchester United will end up at the bottom of the table, as they've only played one match.

OP I’m not sure if u watch the match because after such performance from Manchester United I won’t say they would end in the bottom half of the table this arson. I know it too early to talk about how the table might look in the next 9-10 month, but if Manchester United can give such performance weeks in weeks out I think they might have good season.

Arsenal were lucky to get away with the draw and of course the goal came from a set piece like always, that another area Manchester United needs to improve on. It was a good game and there is always room for improvement.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Altay shouldn't be considered as the long-term goalkeeper for Man Utd. After Onana has been left out of squad they must have been in search of a replacement. So Altay is just a temporary option for now.

While we're talking about goalkeepers I have another news.



Ederson is soon signing for Galatasaray. He's already said yes. The fee is being discussed. If this transfer is completed then Manchester City is going for Donnarumma officially. Honestly it'd be a great deal for them. 

[DaNNy001]

We saw Mbeumo - Mount - Cunha trio in the attacking line today. I was waiting for Sesko on the front though. I can't say the general performance of the Red Devils was bad. They played quite well actually.

The only player I didn't like was Altay Bayindir. They conceded that goal because of his own mistake.    They could have got at least one point. But they should have been able score at least a single goal after all those attempts too...

MU played more entertaining today. The problem is they get bad result compared to their results last season. They always got draws against Arsenal in last seasons. Hard to call it's an improvement considering they're improved a bit in term of gameplay, but downgraded in the result.

As for Bayindir, yeah it was his mistake, but he's also performing consistently in this game. His club could conceded a few goals if he's not also performing quite consistent in this game. He needs to improve asap as his club's defense is still quite shaky.
He's also helping the club with his on point long pas. However, he's not good enough, and i'm doubting them to sign his replacement at this point.

Truth be told I was really amazed as to how Manchester United actually played that game against Arsenal although like you said the result is the main thing and if the result is saying otherwise then all those game play was for nothing and that's exactly what happened to them but the bright side is that you can now be able to watch Manchester United and actually expect a good play from them and maybe they will convert the good play to good results too.

[Akbarkoe]

I Respect what you say but that's not the idea, The idea was to have won but they didn't achieve it I don't think they'll finish 4th if they continue like this They're going to look bad anyway they have Liverpool, they have City, Newcastle, who is hungry the team is lacking and lacking As a MU fan, I would be Worried.

It's too early to judge anything, we'll see at least until mid-season. We'll see what the amorins prove after the big signings they made in the summer transfer window.

Liverpool, Manchteser city, Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle are currently the paprit teams to be able to compete in the top flight, but what needs to be remembered is that these teams have a fairly busy match schedule, because in addition they have to fight in the primary league, but they also have to fight in the champions league. and if the paprit teams fail to maintain the consistency and performance of their players behind a busy match schedule, then this is an opportunity for man united to be able to enter the top of the table competition.

Back to the arsenal VS Man united match, indeed in that match the red devils failed to score a single goal against arsenal, but seeing how the game they showed in that match, I saw a glimmer of hope that man united could perform even better.

[pawel7777]

It's a shame Man United didn't even earn a point. They played decently and created a lot of scoring chances.
They dominated in every aspect of the game except for the most important one: goals.
Then again, an early goal for Arsenal has set them more defensively, so who knows how the game would look if they decided to keep pressing for more goals. But judging by what we've seen, I think it's fair to say Man United was a better team. Are they capable of fighting for the championship? Probably not, but the top 5 is within their reach.

[Mehmet69]

I Respect what you say but that's not the idea, The idea was to have won but they didn't achieve it I don't think they'll finish 4th if they continue like this They're going to look bad anyway they have Liverpool, they have City, Newcastle, who is hungry the team is lacking and lacking As a MU fan, I would be Worried.

It's too early to judge anything, we'll see at least until mid-season. We'll see what the amorins prove after the big signings they made in the summer transfer window.

Liverpool, Manchteser city, Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle are currently the paprit teams to be able to compete in the top flight, but what needs to be remembered is that these teams have a fairly busy match schedule, because in addition they have to fight in the primary league, but they also have to fight in the champions league. and if the paprit teams fail to maintain the consistency and performance of their players behind a busy match schedule, then this is an opportunity for man united to be able to enter the top of the table competition.

Back to the arsenal VS Man united match, indeed in that match the red devils failed to score a single goal against arsenal, but seeing how the game they showed in that match, I saw a glimmer of hope that man united could perform even better.

Yes, I completely agree with you. It would be too early to expect too much from any team. Because the season has just started. This season we have seen many new and young players being signed. We have seen many big players being included in different teams.

Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle, all are in very strong positions and we will see a lot of competition between them. Liverpool are looking much stronger than last season. But the busy schedule seems to put their players under pressure. But Man City on the other hand are pretty even. They have a lot of experienced players in their team. Because of this, there is no flaw in their performance. And I think they will still do very well.

Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle need to think a little bit about their situation. Because they have signed a lot of new players. The new players have talent but lack experience. They may need a little more time to gain this experience. If they can work hard this season, they may be able to give us a desired game. But Man United are trying to play a little trick. They are trying to give their best performance from the beginning. Their game is improving. It seems that when the big teams get tired of fighting among themselves, Man United will start their game. If that happens, then it can be said that this time there is no one to beat Man United.

But it is very difficult to say when what happens on the field of play. So only a little more time will tell which team is in which position.

[_BlackStar]

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Manchester United hosting Arsenal at Old Trafford on first matchday for both sides, this was a crucial game and winning was expected from both sides but unluckily for the Red Devils, they settled for defeats which is weigh out of the picture. Ruben Amorim men come out and play good football but no evidence to show for it since they're battered and stopped by the formidable defendlines of the visitors.

Mikel Arteta and his men had just one target, a win win situation was all they privatized for and they captivated their scoring opportunity in the first halve. In the second halve, Gunners got under pressure and couldn't slash their chance, they fought for defensive display but was it good enough? Oh yeah we see how determined and fierce they were in the defenseless. Arsenal are competitors and EPL title contenders this season.

Statistically, we all know that Manchester United dominated the match - they just couldn't score despite having several good chances. Arsenal only managed one goal in the first half and couldn't add another until the end of the match. Manchester United tried very hard - but unfortunately, they failed despite having 22 shots, 7 of which were on target.

Arsenal have been title contenders in recent seasons - but they haven't been serious. Liverpool have tended to be more successful than Arsenal - certainly because only Liverpool have been able to stop Manchester City's title-winning streak. Arsenal are a great team - but they haven't been able to win the Premier League title due to poor performances towards the end of the season.

[Adbitco]

It's a shame Man United didn't even earn a point. They played decently and created a lot of scoring chances.
They dominated in every aspect of the game except for the most important one: goals.
Then again, an early goal for Arsenal has set them more defensively, so who knows how the game would look if they decided to keep pressing for more goals. But judging by what we've seen, I think it's fair to say Man United was a better team. Are they capable of fighting for the championship? Probably not, but the top 5 is within their reach.

First time on a while I'm seeing Manchester United played so well against Arsenal. This time around I was even thinking that they will still win even after the goal from Arsenal but they disappointed despite all their dominance. Before now, Manchester United will play bad and still score against Arsenal, there last two meetings had ended in a 1 - 1 draw which meant that Manchester United didn't succumb to defeat despite been outplayed but this time around that they outplayed Arsenal they still failed to score and still lost at the end of it.

[Balmain]

It's a shame Man United didn't even earn a point. They played decently and created a lot of scoring chances.
They dominated in every aspect of the game except for the most important one: goals.
Then again, an early goal for Arsenal has set them more defensively, so who knows how the game would look if they decided to keep pressing for more goals. But judging by what we've seen, I think it's fair to say Man United was a better team. Are they capable of fighting for the championship? Probably not, but the top 5 is within their reach.

I don't think reaching the top five will be easy. Yes, they played well, not badly. Perhaps if Arsenal hadn't scored early and then retreated to defense, Manchester United would have created more opportunities, created more openings, and scored. The early goal and the misplaced goal they conceded meant they couldn't even pick up a point. Manchester United needs to aim for the top five now, and I hope they can achieve that this season.

[logfiles]

Statistically, we all know that Manchester United dominated the match - they just couldn't score despite having several good chances. Arsenal only managed one goal in the first half and couldn't add another until the end of the match. Manchester United tried very hard - but unfortunately, they failed despite having 22 shots, 7 of which were on target.

That is the beauty about football. I recall Arsenal being in the same position Manchester United were in yesterday. They would play all their hearts out, only for United to grab a winner with some random late goal by off form Lingard 

Arsenal have been title contenders in recent seasons - but they haven't been serious. Liverpool have tended to be more successful than Arsenal - certainly because only Liverpool have been able to stop Manchester City's title-winning streak. Arsenal are a great team - but they haven't been able to win the Premier League title due to poor performances towards the end of the season.

They haven't been consistent enough. The only way of having an assured title win is to be consistent throughout the season and most importantly, convincingly beat all the top contenders

[Agbe]

It's a shame Man United didn't even earn a point. They played decently and created a lot of scoring chances.
They dominated in every aspect of the game except for the most important one: goals.
Then again, an early goal for Arsenal has set them more defensively, so who knows how the game would look if they decided to keep pressing for more goals. But judging by what we've seen, I think it's fair to say Man United was a better team. Are they capable of fighting for the championship? Probably not, but the top 5 is within their reach.

I don't think reaching the top five will be easy. Yes, they played well, not badly. Perhaps if Arsenal hadn't scored early and then retreated to defense, Manchester United would have created more opportunities, created more openings, and scored. The early goal and the misplaced goal they conceded meant they couldn't even pick up a point. Manchester United needs to aim for the top five now, and I hope they can achieve that this season.

Let see how united will fare this season but a top five finish will be a very difficult one for this united team because they are still in the rebuilding stage which is still a difficult stage for them because the United team that I saw against arsenal still has a long way to go especially scoring goals which is key when it comes to winning games

[Adbitco]

The Everton Vs Leeds game is heading towards full time draw game as I had earlier anticipated that it will happen. Most Monday night games always ends in a draw or a narrow 1 - 0 win in some cases. I will not be surprised if it ends in 0 - 0 or a 1 - 0 score line.

[Agbe]

The Everton Vs Leeds game is heading towards full time draw game as I had earlier anticipated that it will happen. Most Monday night games always ends in a draw or a narrow 1 - 0 win in some cases. I will not be surprised if it ends in 0 - 0 or a 1 - 0 score line.

Leeds scored a very crucial goal through the penalty spot as Nmeche scored from the penalty spot to put leeds infront to take all three points as leeds united recorded their first win of the season but for everton not a good way to start because their struggle of last season may likely continue this season withe the way that they performed today

[Silikiem]

First Liverpool in Community Shield Trophy now Chelsea in first game of season Crystal Palace is surely going to be team to watch in this coming season because they are giving their best in these early games their defense and attack is having good balance.

Chelsea with greater ball possession not able to have any advantage which is good work from Crystal Palace because it's never been easy to have performance against a team which is winner of Club World Cup and playing at home. In second game of the day, Nottingham Forest is also doing good job and leading game by score of 3–1 against Brighton a good start for them challenges are waiting to them in coming games.

The game between Chelsea and crystal palace ended in a goalless draw at Stamford bridge, it shows how keenly the game is being contested among the two teams whom I think are really in a good form currently considering that the both side have played in two finals and have recently won two trophies amongst them within the last few months, for me it was a good game for the both side, although Chelsea dominated major part of the game but crystal palace sticked to their game plan and held Chelsea to a Draw game. Although crystal palace had a goal which was overturned by the VAR. Chelsea would have hoped to win their first game of the season in Stamford bridge but crystal palace defended well and make sure they get a share of the point at Stamford Bridge.

I’m just wondering why people aren’t talking about the sloppiness of this Chelsea team, a so called World Champions couldn’t defeat a team that finished in a second half of the premier league table, the attack was Shambolic, Joao Pedro was not making any impact in the game he lacked that decision making, it was surprising to me for a player who have been playing in the Premier League to be that awful in attack, And Cole Palmer wasn’t good enough in that game he was bad at his final passes, and why is people not talking about his poor Performance in the Premier League, Cole Palmer is yet to score and open Premier League goal for 8 months now, is that who should be considered for a Balon’ D Or nomination, I absolutely think he doesn’t deserve that nomination, I absolutely think he is just an overhyped English player, and he deserves to be Criticized by the English media, and they will not because he is one of their own, Should I be talking about Gittens and Estevao well all i can say to them is welcome to the Premier League, Chelsea have to understand that Winning the Club World Cup is different from Premier League which seems to me like a Pre-Season Tournament. Premier League isn’t Pre-Season. And how can you be called a World Champion when the Champion of England, Spain, Italy wasn’t even there. This Chelsea team I doubt would be able to qualify from the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

I don’t know why some persons base their comments with biased opinions and sentimental reasoning simply because you’re not a supporter of the club. I mean, the season just get started and it’s really too early to crucify a particular team that doesn’t even lost the game, they played out a goalless draw and for me it’s a good result for this Chelsea team against crystal palace team who are really really in a good form currently. This crystal palace team towards the end of last season beat Manchester city in the finals of the FA cup and won the trophy at the expense of Manchester city who were the premier league defending champions as at then, and again at the very start of this season this same crystal palace team beat Liverpool who are the current premier league champions to the Community Shield final and won the trophy at the expense of Liverpool, even with Liverpool fielding their British record signing Florian Wirtz playing all 90 minutes of the game along side their other expensive record summer signings, they couldn’t beat this crystal palace team to the community shield trophy. So currently, this crystal palace team is in possession of two major trophies just like Chelsea who also won two major trophies last season and they both had a season to remember last season. With this kind of stats displayed by this two teams and coming to meet each other in their respective first match of the season in this current premier league season, one should expect a very tough game and yes, the goalless draw they played justified it all. So kudos to both teams for sharing the three points. Football without sentiment.

[MK-74]

Ederson is soon signing for Galatasaray. He's already said yes. The fee is being discussed. If this transfer is completed then Manchester City is going for Donnarumma officially. Honestly it'd be a great deal for them. 

I hope what you said comes true because we’re waiting for Ederson. As a team, everything is ready, the only issue is the goalkeeper, and I think we’ll solve it with Ederson.
If we can agree on the transfer fee with Man City, our squad will be complete.
We’ll also be ready for the Champions League.
Man City has already bought a goalkeeper, and Ederson wasn’t included in the squad in the last match, which I think was a signal that he will be sold.
Whether they buy Donnarumma or not doesn’t concern us. 

[Franctoshi]

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Manchester United hosting Arsenal at Old Trafford on first matchday for both sides, this was a crucial game and winning was expected from both sides but unluckily for the Red Devils, they settled for defeats which is weigh out of the picture. Ruben Amorim men come out and play good football but no evidence to show for it since they're battered and stopped by the formidable defendlines of the visitors.

Mikel Arteta and his men had just one target, a win win situation was all they privatized for and they captivated their scoring opportunity in the first halve. In the second halve, Gunners got under pressure and couldn't slash their chance, they fought for defensive display but was it good enough? Oh yeah we see how determined and fierce they were in the defenseless. Arsenal are competitors and EPL title contenders this season.

Statistically, we all know that Manchester United dominated the match - they just couldn't score despite having several good chances. Arsenal only managed one goal in the first half and couldn't add another until the end of the match. Manchester United tried very hard - but unfortunately, they failed despite having 22 shots, 7 of which were on target.

Arsenal have been title contenders in recent seasons - but they haven't been serious. Liverpool have tended to be more successful than Arsenal - certainly because only Liverpool have been able to stop Manchester City's title-winning streak. Arsenal are a great team - but they haven't been able to win the Premier League title due to poor performances towards the end of the season.

Would I join to say it's poor performance? Because in the last couple of seasons, Arsenal have had a decent performance but rather their problem can be tagged as not really being serious in their pursuit of the Premier league title over the recent past two seasons and in a broader view about two decades plus. If you compared Liverpool and Arsenal last season, isn't that Liverpool were way far better than Arsenal but Liverpool was serious in their pursuit and stayed focused.