⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Silikiem]

Last weekend games are some worth good and disappointing and at same time, my major concern is Liverpool, like those guys are not really doing what they are expected to do with the kind of money spent in the transfer market and they kind of quality players they've got also, they're not really impressive with their performance, I think they really have to step up their game if they're to win the English premier League title this season, and for Manchester United I think the problem of that team has gone beyond repair because we don't really know whom to blame in that team, I won't mention the players, but the manager and the management, they should better work on that team.

The most important thing in football is getting results, and that’ is what is mostly important, nobody will criticize your performance when you’re winning, but fans and pundits will criticize you when you’re loosing games, there are new players in the teams, and the players are trying to adapt to each other, what I really love about this Liverpool team is their mentality to keep going and pushing until the very last minutes, Liverpool are playing like a true champion that they are, when the game is going badly and it’s hard you’ll have to find a way to win games, and that’s what Liverpool are doing, but I know Liverpool will improve with their performance once the team clicks with the new players completely adapted, But I’m surprised people are saying Liverpool aren’t having a good performance but Arsenal that’s is their closest rivals couldn’t beat them, I’m impressed with Liverpool performance and right now we’re yet to see Alexander Isak, If it was Arsenal they would’ve lost or draw this games that Liverpool keep winning late minutes because they don’t have that winning mentality. When you said Liverpool aren’t winning like they are supposed to do after spending money in the transfer window, if I may ask is football not about winning games, do you prefer to play well and loose ? And how is Liverpool not performing well ? Because Liverpool are putting in a good performance, Don’t you realize it’s difficult to win a low block team like Burnley ? Football is tactical so you should know. All the money spent is paying off they’re all playing good. And it’s just four games to the season and you’re disappointed.

For a team like Liverpool to fail to break through the defense of Burnley is really questionable, and yes Liverpool managed to win the game courtesy of a Hannibal’s hand ball inside Burnleys 18 yard box, which led to Mo Salah converting the resulting penalty kick in the last minute of the game. And yes, questions will be raised concerning Liverpools Attacking Midfielder £117m signing Florian Wirtz who has now started and played all four of Liverpools premier league matches without registering a single assist talk more of scoring a goal. It’s really a thing for Liverpool and Arne slot to worry about. How long will he take to adapt fully in the premier league knowing fully well that he came in with a huge amount of money and should hit the ground running by providing assists and making moves to break into team’s defense if the opposition teams are really playing defensively. The game Liverpool won Against Arsenal was from a set piece if not it would have ended in deadlock without Liverpool also breaking through the opposition defense lines. Arsenal on the other hand were able to break through the defense of Nottingham Forest during the weekend and put 3 goals past Nottingham Forest. Well I’m saying this because Liverpool will not always continue to be Lucky to win penalties or score on set pieces and I’m sure they wouldn’t want to depend on that before they can win games.

[BitBakerr1]

I don't know why most football fan are making it looks like Manchester city are terribly bàd, the season is just starting and if you do your findings about Manchester city in the past five seasons, they mostly don't start the season strongly, but during the cause of the season, once they have found their rythme like after ten games that's when you are going to know that Manchester city is not in for a play or not a team that should be underrated.
So as it stands now, I will not look down on Manchester city like a weak side till after ten games, because this was how they have performed in the early stage of the season but they still come back and win the league title from the graps of arsenal, so right now, I still sees them as a title contenders, but if they can't accumulate up to 20 points in the next 10 games, that's when I will be ruling them out from the title race, not now that almost all teams are still struggling to find their form.

They are not terribly bad per say but compared to the City people know from four and five years back you can use the world terrible to describe their form because you just can’t compare. There is a huge gap with these years although there are hopes they can be better with the signings they made in the summer. It’s a matter of time for all new signings to blend in completely and raise the level of the team’s performance.

It's common for teams to go through periods of transition, and City's recent signings could be a key factor in their potential resurgence.

I think you acknowledge that City's current form isn't terrible, but it's not up to their usual standards from a few years ago, pulse there's a noticeable difference in the team's performance compared to their dominant years optimistic about the team's potential with the new signings from the summer transfer window, i also believe it will take time for the new players to integrate and elevate the team's performance.

Manchester City is trying as much as possible to come back to their old form but currently they are trying but one can't say that they are back to their old form, just because they won Manchester United with three goals does not mean that they are actually back to form, currently Manchester United is not informed and so any team that takes that advantage can possibly win them very well and that is what Manchester city did, Manchester City really needs to improve more if they want to lift premier league title this season but I still don't think is possible this season.
Yes those new players that they signed really helped them a lot to improve in there form, I so much like their coach he's very focused and determine and he makes sure that his team always improve and come back whenever they are not doing well and he used all the tactics possible to make that happen.

[JiiBs]

Manchester City is trying as much as possible to come back to their old form but currently they are trying but one can't say that they are back to their old form, just because they won Manchester United with three goals does not mean that they are actually back to form, currently Manchester United is not informed and so any team that takes that advantage can possibly win them very well and that is what Manchester city did,

It is true indeed that they need a way back to their formal glory and the way they played against Manchester United felt like one. This was a derby and there is a certain kind of feeling that comes with it, they used that to be more challenging towards their attack and got results. Only if they could build on that towards other teams in the league, Pep might yet get something out of this season, to be a league contender at the very least because, what they are right now isn’t it.

[Volgastallion]

Can you imagine being a Manchester United fan and have to walk the streetof the city in this moment? After so many years of glory now you are in your worst stage ever since the start of the Premier League in the 90'.

They need to clean all the club, from the top to the bottom, from management to players.

[SatoPrincess]

Everything that keeps happening around Manchester United and the bad results the team keeps getting shows how clueless Amorim has been and yet he goes on acting arrogant like he knows what he is doing. I’m sure Zirkzee will be reconsidering his decision to stay at Manchester United past the summer.

[Jostern]

Last weekend games are some worth good and disappointing and at same time, my major concern is Liverpool, like those guys are not really doing what they are expected to do with the kind of money spent in the transfer market and they kind of quality players they've got also, they're not really impressive with their performance, I think they really have to step up their game if they're to win the English premier League title this season, and for Manchester United I think the problem of that team has gone beyond repair because we don't really know whom to blame in that team, I won't mention the players, but the manager and the management, they should better work on that team.

The most important thing in football is getting results, and that’ is what is mostly important, nobody will criticize your performance when you’re winning, but fans and pundits will criticize you when you’re loosing games, there are new players in the teams, and the players are trying to adapt to each other, what I really love about this Liverpool team is their mentality to keep going and pushing until the very last minutes, Liverpool are playing like a true champion that they are, when the game is going badly and it’s hard you’ll have to find a way to win games, and that’s what Liverpool are doing, but I know Liverpool will improve with their performance once the team clicks with the new players completely adapted, But I’m surprised people are saying Liverpool aren’t having a good performance but Arsenal that’s is their closest rivals couldn’t beat them, I’m impressed with Liverpool performance and right now we’re yet to see Alexander Isak, If it was Arsenal they would’ve lost or draw this games that Liverpool keep winning late minutes because they don’t have that winning mentality. When you said Liverpool aren’t winning like they are supposed to do after spending money in the transfer window, if I may ask is football not about winning games, do you prefer to play well and loose ? And how is Liverpool not performing well ? Because Liverpool are putting in a good performance, Don’t you realize it’s difficult to win a low block team like Burnley ? Football is tactical so you should know. All the money spent is paying off they’re all playing good. And it’s just four games to the season and you’re disappointed.

For a team like Liverpool to fail to break through the defense of Burnley is really questionable, and yes Liverpool managed to win the game courtesy of a Hannibal’s hand ball inside Burnleys 18 yard box, which led to Mo Salah converting the resulting penalty kick in the last minute of the game. And yes, questions will be raised concerning Liverpools Attacking Midfielder £117m signing Florian Wirtz who has now started and played all four of Liverpools premier league matches without registering a single assist talk more of scoring a goal. It’s really a thing for Liverpool and Arne slot to worry about. How long will he take to adapt fully in the premier league knowing fully well that he came in with a huge amount of money and should hit the ground running by providing assists and making moves to break into team’s defense if the opposition teams are really playing defensively. The game Liverpool won Against Arsenal was from a set piece if not it would have ended in deadlock without Liverpool also breaking through the opposition defense lines. Arsenal on the other hand were able to break through the defense of Nottingham Forest during the weekend and put 3 goals past Nottingham Forest. Well I’m saying this because Liverpool will not always continue to be Lucky to win penalties or score on set pieces and I’m sure they wouldn’t want to depend on that before they can win games.

I must say you watch football from a sentimental point of view, I’ve watched Liverpool games, and all I can see is a team that is performing at the highest levels and are playing like a true Premier League Champion, because Champions win games, and the Premier League table speaks for itself, And I don’t think you watch football and check the statistics of a football game, I’ve watched Liverpool games, against Bournemouth, Newcastle, Arsenal, Burnley, Liverpool have had good statistics games, statistically they have been better, and in football you can’t be lucky for four games, it obviously shows how good Liverpool is right now, football is played for 90 minutes and whichever time you score a goal doesn’t matter, if it’s easy Chelsea, Arsenal should be winning like Liverpool who knows how to win ugly because it’s a mentality and only Liverpool have that mentality right now, if it was an Arsenal or Chelsea facing a low block team like Burnley they will most likely drop a point, just like Chelsea did against Brentford, that is why Liverpool is miles above this teams.

Chelsea faced a low-block team which is Brentford and couldn’t even win the game, For your notice Nottingham Forest isn’t a low-block team, Arsenal tried playing a low block against Liverpool and they lost, because they were not ready to play, they came for a draw which is why they rely on set pieces, corners and throws which didn’t work for them and they lost and they obviously came for a draw, they didn’t even take the risk of trying to win the game sometimes I question Arsenal and Chelsea winning mentality, Arsenal only had one short on target against Liverpool, Burnley had no shot on target against Liverpool, If you watched this games very well without sentiment, Liverpool have been the only one trying to play football, and they were rewarded by their good performances by taking 3 points.

Talking about Florian Wirtz who you said haven’t given an assist or a goal for four matches, well for your notice maybe you have forgotten that Cole Palmer who have been playing in the Premier League for years now, played for 10 months without scoring an open play goal or assist in the Premier League, so it wouldn’t be a new thing for Florian Wirtz, because Cole Palmer have worse more records in the Premier League than Cole Palmer, if Liverpool wanted Florian Wirtz to score so badly, they would’ve given him the penalty to play against Burnley.

And if Liverpool are winning by scoring a free kick, and penalties I thought that is part of football, and why did Arsenal not score with a free kick when they were given, if truly it’s easy to score a free kick or a penalty which have to do with Liverpool
Being lucky, there is no luck in football, your performance speaks for itself, and that is what Liverpool have achieved in the last four games, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but your opinions doesn’t really matter. Because the Premier League Table shows the difference between Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.

[Abbatty]

Last weekend games are some worth good and disappointing and at same time, my major concern is Liverpool, like those guys are not really doing what they are expected to do with the kind of money spent in the transfer market and they kind of quality players they've got also, they're not really impressive with their performance, I think they really have to step up their game if they're to win the English premier League title this season, and for Manchester United I think the problem of that team has gone beyond repair because we don't really know whom to blame in that team, I won't mention the players, but the manager and the management, they should better work on that team.

Honestly no one expect Liverpool to be winning narrowly every week, they have spent so much by what everyone was expecting they would be tearing premier league teams apart by now. We all saw how they struggled to beat a newly promoted burnley side this weekend. Something needs to change and I hope it start from the champions league.
I don’t even want to start lamenting on how so how much people lost their bet in this game, we expected goals and they only managed to score one and it was a penalty kick in the final minute.

And as for Manchester I would always say it the manager, well a lot put blamed on the players but for me it the manager. Wins comes when the players trust the manager and as it looks right now I don’t see that in Manchester United. Amorim is doing badly, he need to adjust, maybe from his formation and try to make things more easy for the players.

[SatoPrincess]

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

[Africolo]

Everything that keeps happening around Manchester United and the bad results the team keeps getting shows how clueless Amorim has been and yet he goes on acting arrogant like he knows what he is doing. I’m sure Zirkzee will be reconsidering his decision to stay at Manchester United past the summer.

Sesko is struggling and doesn't look fast enough to adapt to the league anytime soon, Cunha is injured. Zirkzee could use his chances but the problem is Amorim; he doesn't trust him enough to start him in games. He may cause things doesn't seem to be working with the manager except something changed before January.

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

They have one of the best defensive options in the league the problem is the system they're being played in; it's not working and nothing seems to be working at that club.

[TelolettOm]

In the Premier League's UEFA Champions League clash, Tottenham secured a 1-0 victory over Villarreal thanks to a goal-scoring effort from the goalkeeper, which proved to be the only goal of the game.

Meanwhile, Arsenal also secured a 2-0 victory over Athletic Club, retaining a clean sheet. This time, it was the players on the bench who scored as substitutes. Martinelli, who had just come on as a substitute for Eberechi Eze in the 71st minute, scored less than a minute after coming on. Trossard, who replaced Gyokeres in the 65th minute, also scored in the 87th minute, also assisted by Martinelli. Cool guys.

Source: FT: 0-2 to Arsenal

[Volgastallion]

Well at least Arsenal now is gonna have a few days of rest for their players plus the travel was short to Bilbao. SO i dont think they are gonna make so much rotation into the team, in the Totenham case we are in the same situation, but lets see how the coach manage the charge for the players, is one of the key questions on the season.

[SmartCharpa]

Everything that keeps happening around Manchester United and the bad results the team keeps getting shows how clueless Amorim has been and yet he goes on acting arrogant like he knows what he is doing. I’m sure Zirkzee will be reconsidering his decision to stay at Manchester United past the summer.

There is a notion that Amorim has only three games left to save his job as Manchester United manager; I'm not sure how true this is because Manchester United have a lot of trust in Amorim's ability to improve the team. Amorim should save his job by changing his tactics. Amorim is strong in believing that he can just change the team's formation, but they are still conceding goals.

To be honest; the majority of the players are going to reconsider their decision to leave or stay with the team next season. Zirkzee will be on the bench, but Amorim will not utilize him in a game where they need to score goals. He wants Manchester United to play possession games, which I believe will not help them survive in the Premier League, they must start creating opportunities, or they will finish below the table again this season.

[Sims25]

Everything that keeps happening around Manchester United and the bad results the team keeps getting shows how clueless Amorim has been and yet he goes on acting arrogant like he knows what he is doing. I’m sure Zirkzee will be reconsidering his decision to stay at Manchester United past the summer.

There is a notion that Amorim has only three games left to save his job as Manchester United manager; I'm not sure how true this is because Manchester United have a lot of trust in Amorim's ability to improve the team. Amorim should save his job by changing his tactics. Amorim is strong in believing that he can just change the team's formation, but they are still conceding goals.

To be honest; the majority of the players are going to reconsider their decision to leave or stay with the team next season. Zirkzee will be on the bench, but Amorim will not utilize him in a game where they need to score goals. He wants Manchester United to play possession games, which I believe will not help them survive in the Premier League, they must start creating opportunities, or they will finish below the table again this season.

While I believe Amorim should be sacked, I don't think there's any manager in the market right now that'll be willing to take up the job as a United manager.
OGS should have been given time to move forward with the team in my opinion.

[8rch7]

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

Exactly, big problem of Manchester United every season because weakness performed of defense and midfielder players, but many fans appointed underperformance of Andre Onana but watching last match defeated by Manchester City we know what biggest problem of Man United. Little surprising of Manchester United's transfer activities success signing three striker but not any signing of defense or midfielder position, can't predicting when Ruben Amorim improving his team performance after bad started in this season and still dropping at bottom standings awhile.
Actually Manchester United not participants at European tournament and only focus at domestic league matches but can't perform quite well regarding last several matches in premier league.

[Solodoski]

my major concern is Liverpool, like those guys are not really doing what they are expected to do with the kind of money spent in the transfer market and they kind of quality players they've got also, they're not really impressive with their performance, I think they really have to step up their game if they're to win the English premier League title this season

Most people believe Liverpool will just get a east ride to win the English Premier League, but I have never agreed with them,I not saying they can't win it, but it's not going to.as easy as some people predict it. I am glad to read your post, because I get to see someone that shares my view on Liverpool.
I have watch all of Liverpool match this season and I will say that I have not been impressed with the way they have played.  They have spent a lot of money and I expect more from them. I think they have been lucky in all their matches. They have got 12 points now, but that would have also just been 4 points for them too. They really need to get things together if they rely want to win the English Premier League this season.

[Amphenomenon]

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

Exactly, big problem of Manchester United every season because weakness performed of defense and midfielder players, but many fans appointed underperformance of Andre Onana but watching last match defeated by Manchester City we know what biggest problem of Man United. Little surprising of Manchester United's transfer activities success signing three striker but not any signing of defense or midfielder position, can't predicting when Ruben Amorim improving his team performance after bad started in this season and still dropping at bottom standings awhile.
Actually Manchester United not participants at European tournament and only focus at domestic league matches but can't perform quite well regarding last several matches in premier league.

Manchester United problems goes beyond Andre Onana. Although he was part of the problem looking at costly mistakes he do makes but Onana leaving is just one of the problems for them to sort out. Onana has lost confidence in United, afraid of making mistakes which even cost him to perform poorly more but maybe he can get his career back on track at his new club while United new signing won't face much pressure as Onana and thereby trying to improve  himself and this is if he actually decides to be humble.

Man United still need more changes to become better and hopefully Sesko and their attacks score the goals they need.

[SmartCharpa]

While I believe Amorim should be sacked, I don't think there's any manager in the market right now that'll be willing to take up the job as a United manager.
OGS should have been given time to move forward with the team in my opinion.

Nobody suggests that Amorim should be fired immediately, but he needs to make improvements to his game by changing his formation because the strategies he is using are doing nothing for the entire team. The players are having trouble adapting to the new style. Amorim also stated in the interview that he will never change his tactics; and I believe he is just trying to prove arrogant about the formation, which will not help Manchester United improve in any way.

However, the management fired Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but most of us didn't understand why the team failed to give him enough time to improve the team. Manchester United had plenty of top players under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tenure, but once he was fired and replaced by Ten Hag, they started selling the majority of their players, and Ten Hag misunderstanding with some of the players, which caused many to leave the team.

[el kaka22]

Amorim should be fired, not just because he is not a good coach or anything, he is good, but because he should be saved. Amorim being fired would be the best thing that happens to Amorim, dude was doing amazing at sporting, and look at him now.

United is a cursed team and they are not going to do good, and he hoped he would be good, but obviously he has done worse than any manager in history has done for United, so it is clear that he is not going to great and he should be saved and that would be a lot more important for him to eb fired so that he can go to another team eventually and do a lot better. We should be considering how he can do a better job. Lets hope that we can see him be saved from this agony soon enough.

[Agbe]

Amorim should be fired, not just because he is not a good coach or anything, he is good, but because he should be saved. Amorim being fired would be the best thing that happens to Amorim, dude was doing amazing at sporting, and look at him now.

United is a cursed team and they are not going to do good, and he hoped he would be good, but obviously he has done worse than any manager in history has done for United, so it is clear that he is not going to great and he should be saved and that would be a lot more important for him to eb fired so that he can go to another team eventually and do a lot better. We should be considering how he can do a better job. Lets hope that we can see him be saved from this agony soon enough.

For now Manchester United is a very big trap waiting for any manager who will come and handle the team because the truth is that United needs a total overhauling which the board is refusing to do. There is a popular saying that doing a team thesame way and expecting a different result is madness with the series of coaches that has been sacked in united the club hierarchy should by now know that the problem is not with the coach but the players.

[Egii Nna]

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

Exactly, big problem of Manchester United every season because weakness performed of defense and midfielder players, but many fans appointed underperformance of Andre Onana but watching last match defeated by Manchester City we know what biggest problem of Man United. Little surprising of Manchester United's transfer activities success signing three striker but not any signing of defense or midfielder position, can't predicting when Ruben Amorim improving his team performance after bad started in this season and still dropping at bottom standings awhile.
Actually Manchester United not participants at European tournament and only focus at domestic league matches but can't perform quite well regarding last several matches in premier league.

Manchester United’s issues are within the players, which is the midfield and the defenders, and the management and the coach are to be blamed. I don’t see the reason why they will sign more strikers without signing any midfielder or defenders. Although they are already seeing the results of their poor management, the team has become weak again. I am seeing others blaming the coach and saying they deserve to sack him, which, to me, they need to give him time to work on the team. If not, Manchester United’s reputation will be ruined, as they are not performing anymore, while there are only players in the domestic league.