⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Distraction]

4 consecutive draws by Liverpool in the PL lately and now they are 1-0 behind against Bournemouth... 

Another bad form in the league which we have started to get used to seeing. They are doing a quite decent work in the CL on the other hand. Arne Slot is just someone who is hard to explain.

This keeps him at the team for now of course. But what will happen when Liverpool get eliminated there? Will Liverpool tolerate him too like a tradition of them with their past managers?

[Finebone]

And I don't even see any difference between Manchester City last season and this season because it's not as if they won anything, so how are they better? They need to do better because we don't even know where we are, but since they were able to win their game against wolves and sometimes Manchester City is my club, but sometimes, and before the first half, we already scored the 2 goals, and then they stopped Wolves from winning the game.

And from the look of things, we need to do better, because this is not the kind of reputation that Manchester City have been keeping, and we need to make a difference at least next season. I'm not even putting my hopes in the city this time around because Manchester City will do better, because it looks like Arsenal have hijacked this season already.

Like are you for real?
Like you don't see a difference in this Manchester City team to last season?
Why would you be saying such a thing when it's obvious that their is an improvement from Manchester City if you compare them to last season.
Last season only the absence of Rodri weaken the team so badly, but this current Manchester City side is a younger team actually but they are much more better than last season. What have really cost them this season is their weak defense, so I am confident that the acquisition of Guehi will bring a lot of improvement to that department of the team, so it's wrong to say that their is no difference between Manchester City this season and last season.

Then as for the trophy aspect, they are still on track, the carabao cup, uefa champions league and even the league title race is still very open, so what are you saying.

[salad daging]

What the hell is going on with Liverpool? After winning in the Champions League I expected them to be confident after returning to the Premier League but the reality is that tonight they are 2 goals behind Bournemouth again.

If you are behind like this it will be difficult to equalize let alone to win, I think they are still not confident playing in the Premier League with bad results in the last match. If they lose, is this a threat to Arne Slot to be fired? While Xabi is always associated with Liverpool.

[pawel7777]

Finally a decent game by Man City. They broke the bad spell of 4 league games without a win as they beat Wolverhampton 2-0. Maybe it wasn't as dominant game as it could've been, but they scored an early goal so could take a less aggressive tactic for most of the game.
Guardiola gave Haaland some rest as he got replaced by Marmoush in the starting lineup.

Meanwhile, Bournemouth are leading 2-1 against Liverpool. Not a dream result for the Reds but they still have 45 minutes to do something about that. I'm sure we will see some more goals.

[Just Say]

Liverpool won the UEFA Champions League against Marseille, and I said that maybe this club was able to break its winning drought but today I'm watching this team's Premier League match and it seems like they might lose today's match too because they're already 2:1 down. This team's performance against the French club was completely overwhelming, which resulted in their victory in that match. But today's performance does not seem satisfactory to us at all, as a result it appears that this team has fallen behind before the end of the first half of the match, anyway we saw Van Dijk scored for Liverpool in the 42nd minute of this game, so it's right they should be more aggressive against Bournemouth tonight.

[Agbe]

What the hell is going on with Liverpool? After winning in the Champions League I expected them to be confident after returning to the Premier League but the reality is that tonight they are 2 goals behind Bournemouth again.

If you are behind like this it will be difficult to equalize let alone to win, I think they are still not confident playing in the Premier League with bad results in the last match. If they lose, is this a threat to Arne Slot to be fired? While Xabi is always associated with Liverpool.

it's no surprise that that Liverpool are currently losing to Bournemouth and if you are considering the fact that they won marsielle and because of that they are completely back in form that's a wrong analogy. Liverpool has more experience than marsielle in the champions league so I expected them to win that match. in the premier league I still don't think it's safe to rely on them completely yet. perhaps in the second half they would equalize.
 

[X-ray]

Liverpool won the UEFA Champions League against Marseille, and I said that maybe this club was able to break its winning drought but today I'm watching this team's Premier League match and it seems like they might lose today's match too because they're already 2:1 down. This team's performance against the French club was completely overwhelming, which resulted in their victory in that match. But today's performance does not seem satisfactory to us at all, as a result it appears that this team has fallen behind before the end of the first half of the match, anyway we saw Van Dijk scored for Liverpool in the 42nd minute of this game, so it's right they should be more aggressive against Bournemouth tonight.

Marseille is not PL club's level. So comparing Liverpool's result against Marseille to the performance against Bournemouth is wrong. EPL club has always been more difficult to beat especially when it's playing low block such as Bournemouth.

[Taricoins]

4 consecutive draws by Liverpool in the PL lately and now they are 1-0 behind against Bournemouth... 

Another bad form in the league which we have started to get used to seeing. They are doing a quite decent work in the CL on the other hand. Arne Slot is just someone who is hard to explain.

This keeps him at the team for now of course. But what will happen when Liverpool get eliminated there? Will Liverpool tolerate him too like a tradition of them with their past managers?

Funny thing is after that four match ultimatum, he started performing okay with some wins and draws but now he is going down same path before that agreement and the funny thing is that Liverpool are still not going to sack him, because who will they appoint after the sack with the scarcity of high profile couches, Xabi Alonso ? Who i don't think is ready for now, we just have to go with the devil we know.

I thought after that win over Marseille, they were going to perform better but was I wrong, seems like the match might end with a draw.

[Oluwa-btc]

After Guardiola's rotation preference I was wondering how things were going to be. But they managed to get the 2-0 lead in the first half already. Finding the first goal early helped them a lot about opening the lock quickly.

Otherwise maybe things might have been really difficult.    Even now I can't say this is a very impressive performance. The xG isn't even 1.00 now. Doku and Haaland have also entered the game so maybe the gap could get bigger in the last 10 minutes.

They managed?! That statement is laughable fr fr. They were obviously the best side, they had chances and converted,  penalty which was not awarded all though, I can completely understand it was not worthy to be called one but at the end of the day, three points goes to the best team. Marmoush movement lead to that first goal,  that was swift and smart from him, dipping his top even before the Wolverhampton defender. Semenyo should have gotten a brace but then, he also strucked the woodwork. Great win at home regardless regardless.

[Woodie]

Premier league yet again proving to be one of the toughest leagues we have out there..

Tottenham almost lost today had to rescue a point against Burnley after leading...

Liverpool today getting a treat of defeat, and with less than 13 minutes to go.. if the scores don't change it's another 3points thrown away.

City did well with the new team and hope we see those lads play as the A-team.

[dezoel]

What the hell is going on with Liverpool? After winning in the Champions League I expected them to be confident after returning to the Premier League but the reality is that tonight they are 2 goals behind Bournemouth again.

If you are behind like this it will be difficult to equalize let alone to win, I think they are still not confident playing in the Premier League with bad results in the last match. If they lose, is this a threat to Arne Slot to be fired? While Xabi is always associated with Liverpool.

Comparing Premier league with UEFA Champions league is wrong because both are having different levels, Liverpool performance against Marseille was impressive, but today they are here entertaining Bournemouth which is having good record against top teams in this league.

Still 20 minutes left in this game, just because of this, I am expecting another draw for Liverpool which is already have 4 out of 4 in last games their performance in Premier league not near as they played in last season, due to these chances are high, they could be losing their 4th spot, and they need to be done work on their defense which is not good in last few matches and having terrible results.

[Taricoins]

Still 20 minutes left in this game, just because of this, I am expecting another draw for Liverpool which is already have 4 out of 4 in last games their performance in Premier league not near as they played in last season, due to these chances are high, they could be losing their 4th spot, and they need to be done work on their defense which is not good in last few matches and having terrible results.

The match just ended after that unexpected goal from Adli, a throwin from Hill set a stage for squabbling in the Liverpools penalty area before the unexpected goal, I thought this match would end in a draw but was I surprised when the last minute goal came In, and Liverpool was actually pressing them to get a win before that drama. Luck wasn't just on Liverpool side and they continue with there 5 games winless run in the EPL

[Slow death]

4 consecutive draws by Liverpool in the PL lately and now they are 1-0 behind against Bournemouth... 

Another bad form in the league which we have started to get used to seeing. They are doing a quite decent work in the CL on the other hand. Arne Slot is just someone who is hard to explain.

This keeps him at the team for now of course. But what will happen when Liverpool get eliminated there? Will Liverpool tolerate him too like a tradition of them with their past managers?

Here we go:

AFC Bournemouth 3 - 2 Liverpool FC

 

We lost, in a game where we conceded 3 goals. Honestly, fighting for the title has become an impossible mission, and it seems to me that soon it will also be an impossible mission to fight for a Champions League qualifying spot. I honestly think the management is just waiting for the season to end to make any decisions, because I don't see any reason to change coaches now, as a new coach wouldn't work miracles with this current squad. The title race is lost, and that's a fact. We'll see if we can at least win a cup.

[Alonso_]

Still 20 minutes left in this game, just because of this, I am expecting another draw for Liverpool which is already have 4 out of 4 in last games their performance in Premier league not near as they played in last season, due to these chances are high, they could be losing their 4th spot, and they need to be done work on their defense which is not good in last few matches and having terrible results.

The match just ended after that unexpected goal from Adli, a throwin from Hill set a stage for squabbling in the Liverpools penalty area before the unexpected goal, I thought this match would end in a draw but was I surprised when the last minute goal came In, and Liverpool was actually pressing them to get a win before that drama. Luck wasn't just on Liverpool side and they continue with there 5 games winless run in the EPL

I was watching the game, when I saw the formation that Arne Slot came with in the game, I knew something is going wrong with him, it was a disastrous performance from Liverpool, they are playing a very bad football right now, nothing is interesting with there play or performance, it was a very bad performance from Liverpool starting from the first half, they got what they deserve, and that is a defeat, this Liverpool team need to sack the Managers, he doesn’t know what he is doing there, Liverpool is a mess, playing draw against Burnley last week is unacceptable and loosing to Bournemouth the manner he did is also unacceptable from Liverpool supporters, it’s time to get Arne Slot sacked, if he is still on the job till tomorrow that will be a joke of the Club.

[mvdheuvel1983]

it's no surprise that that Liverpool are currently losing to Bournemouth and if you are considering the fact that they won marsielle and because of that they are completely back in form that's a wrong analogy. Liverpool has more experience than marsielle in the champions league so I expected them to win that match. in the premier league I still don't think it's safe to rely on them completely yet. perhaps in the second half they would equalize.
 

You can't even compare the performance of Liverpool in the champions League to their performance in the league, Liverpool winning against Marseille wasn't unexpected they have a different performance there but they are terrible when they play in the league that's why you should not trust them against any team this season because they are having a very bad season because of their inconsistent performance. Bournemouth scored two goals I nthe first half but Liverpool came back better in the second and they managed to equalize the goals only to concede another goal in the 90 minutes when they had 5 minutes to end the game.

[Umulala-alala]

Finally a decent game by Man City. They broke the bad spell of 4 league games without a win as they beat Wolverhampton 2-0. Maybe it wasn't as dominant game as it could've been, but they scored an early goal so could take a less aggressive tactic for most of the game.
Guardiola gave Haaland some rest as he got replaced by Marmoush in the starting lineup.

Meanwhile, Bournemouth are leading 2-1 against Liverpool. Not a dream result for the Reds but they still have 45 minutes to do something about that. I'm sure we will see some more goals.

The reason why Man city broke the bad spell is because of the club they played against, i believe that any club can win wolves in the English premier league they are currently having a bad season they will definitely not escape relegation this time.
Bournemouth won Liverpool 3-2 i wasn't surprised with the result because anything can be expected from Liverpool, they are not consistent and Bournemouth deserve the winning though it would have been a draw match but a late goal by Adli gave Bournemouth a win.

[Juicyhome]

We lost, in a game where we conceded 3 goals. Honestly, fighting for the title has become an impossible mission, and it seems to me that soon it will also be an impossible mission to fight for a Champions League qualifying spot. I honestly think the management is just waiting for the season to end to make any decisions, because I don't see any reason to change coaches now, as a new coach wouldn't work miracles with this current squad. The title race is lost, and that's a fact. We'll see if we can at least win a cup.

Liverpool was my second favorite for the league title this season, I just can't explain what's wrong with the squad, they got all the players they wanted in the summer Market. Yet they can't produce consistent results for the fans. Its embarrassing watching Liverpool in recent time, they are not going to make the top four this season, it's obvious and league title hope is gone. Aston Villa, Chelsea and Manchester United are all fighting hard to finish tip four this season.

[Iroh]

So sumptuous of you to think that Manchester united have gotten Alex Ferguson's replacement, but before jumping into conclusion you should wait to see how they will perform in this their upcoming match against Arsenal before making your final judgement, for now what happened in their previous match against Manchester city is a coincidence or maybe they just do all of that to  make Michael carrick look different from other coaches. if you ask me I would say that I'm impressed with the way they performed against Manchester city but I'm not convinced yet not until I see them defeating Arsenal.

I think even if Manchester United goes on to win Arsenal when they meet tomorrow, it's still early to start being extremely hopeful with thoughts about Carrick being the new Alex Ferguson. I would say if he manages to finish the remaining games without having a loss and more wins than draws, then I might just start to be hopeful as well.
I'm hopeful that Man united would play a good game tomorrow and surprise everyone once again like they did in the game with Man city. It would be really crazy to have Man united have a win over Arsenal.

[DanWalker]

The match just ended after that unexpected goal from Adli, a throwin from Hill set a stage for squabbling in the Liverpools penalty area before the unexpected goal, I thought this match would end in a draw but was I surprised when the last minute goal came In, and Liverpool was actually pressing them to get a win before that drama. Luck wasn't just on Liverpool side and they continue with there 5 games winless run in the EPL

It is true that luck was not with Liverpool. But Liverpool's performance was also not satisfactory. They  made a lot of passes. They were able to have 67 % ball possession. But even  then they could not score more than two goals. The weakness of the attacking players was  visible. At the same time, their defense  is still very shaky. It is difficult  to win with such a bad defense. liverpool has a lot of talented and star players in the squad. But even then  they are not able to perform well. This is their failure. If such a trend  continues for a few more weeks , Arne slot will probably be fired.

[Mate2237]

Nice win by West Ham today against Sunderland 3:1 is a very good win against a team like Sunderland that is really doing well. This win now takes West Ham to 18th place in the table as this is their fifth win of the season. This season West Ham has been poor in their performance as they have struggled from the start of the season. From what I see West Ham season is about escaping relegation and this types of wins will help them to escape going down to the championship.


It looks like Sunderland has lost their rhythm and momentum that they started the season because they are gradually sliding down the table as results has not been going their way. Sunderland needs to make sure that they get their form back to getting because your ability to sustain form is what makes you to remain in the premier League.