⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Adbitco]

Pep is a great manager. If Pep leaves City will be relegated.
But It's crazy to think in the worst season with Pep City will finish in the top 4
Pep rebuilt the City squad before, so he can and will do it again. Never lose hope.
I think the team has improved, the attack is good, and Marmoush is also good, but Doku's finishing is still lacking, so there is no need to sign another striker.
We will see a new Manchester City next season. Pep is changing to a more direct style of play, so I suspect City will sign more physical and fast players in the summer. IMO

Yes, Pep is a great and incredible manager no doubt about that, but the truth is he didn't build Manchester City, there were coaches who before him after the OIL money that actually were successful in that team and won all the trophies available in England. Their only shot comings was the UCL of which they were never given the kind of time they gave Pep. It took Pep 8 years to win that trophy after splashing a £billion+ if not more on transfers of quality players all around Europe. Pep's style of play has always been possession football and seriously I don't ever think he can change, personally, I think he doesn't know any other style of football that's why he always chokes whenever things don't go his way in the field of play.

[Baki202]

Sincerely, I won't overrule the chances of Manchester City qualifying for the top neither will I also overrule the chances of other teams close of qualification. For Manchester City to qualify then either Chelsea or Nottingham Forest must drop for them to qualify and if Chelsea is to qualify either Manchester City or Nottingham Forest must drop. Now the thing is if one looks at the table critically and goes further down, you will find out that the point difference between teams from 3rd to 7th isn't much that's why I said I can't overrule the chances of any team to qualify because mathematically it's still very much possible.

We all know that Manchester City will not be at the bottom at all because we know what they are capable of doing and no matter how unstable we are, we always try our best at not settling at the bottom and what we are going through is what can happen to anyone and this is why I will continue to love Manchester City.
And if it gets to a point were those clubs have to drop for us to qualify because I know Manchester City will.fo everything possible just for us to qualify, and even pep have gone through a lot this period. And I don't even want Chelsea to go any because for sure I know they won't. But the whole sudden improvement from Nottingham forest is nothing to compare to that of Chelsea because am surprised how they became dangerous overnight. I know how Nottingham Forest usually struggles and this is why you don't underestimate anyone.

[Distraction]

Pep is a great manager. If Pep leaves City will be relegated.
But It's crazy to think in the worst season with Pep City will finish in the top 4
Pep rebuilt the City squad before, so he can and will do it again. Never lose hope.
I think the team has improved, the attack is good, and Marmoush is also good, but Doku's finishing is still lacking, so there is no need to sign another striker.
We will see a new Manchester City next season. Pep is changing to a more direct style of play, so I suspect City will sign more physical and fast players in the summer. IMO

Manchester City to be relegated? No way. Guardiola isn't the only manager who can win trophies with this team. There are so many other solid managers out there who can maintain the success for them.

I also believe in Guardiola to help this team rise again. It would be cruel to criticize him so harshly just because of having an average season for once. There are more players to come this summer surely. I believe we will watch a better Manchester City next season.  

[KTChampions]

Wtf  Oil City were champions before Pep got there and already had a golden squad. With an endless budget and the ability to pick and choose players without worrying about money, any manager (even you or me) would not be anywhere near the relegation zone.
And I don't know why you think Pep will change his style - giving up possession (often useless) means taking a risk... it's not for cowardly coaches.

With an endless budget yeah. They can always find a way to be successful sooner or later. Let's say Guardiola leaves and another good coach arrives. Even if their systems are different no problem at all. Just spend a huge amount again to rebuild and that's it! 

But FFP never intervenes in the meantime. I know they still have a case waiting for them. But I just think how bad the result could be for them? Honestly I don't expect any punishment like relegation. Or taking their titles back and so. Justice is never served for rich clubs...

Yes, the verdict should have been given at the beginning of the year, but it's already spring and I haven't heard any news on this topic. As with UEFA, big money solves all problems. In general, City have reached the level of "too big to fail" but besides them, there are many other big clubs in the League that feel cheated, I don't know how this situation will be resolved in the end.
If everything were decided from the point of view of the spirit of the law and a sense of common sense, City would already have fallen below the Championship with a ban on promotion for several years.

[aylabadia05]

Pep is a great manager. If Pep leaves City will be relegated.
But It's crazy to think in the worst season with Pep City will finish in the top 4
Pep rebuilt the City squad before, so he can and will do it again. Never lose hope.
I think the team has improved, the attack is good, and Marmoush is also good, but Doku's finishing is still lacking, so there is no need to sign another striker.
We will see a new Manchester City next season. Pep is changing to a more direct style of play, so I suspect City will sign more physical and fast players in the summer. IMO

Manchester City once won the Premier League without Pep Guardiola. Aguero was made a statue to remember history because at that time QPR were the opponents who were defeated.
The presence of Pep Guardiola made Manchester City better and competed with Klopp who managed Liverpool.
We admit Pep is a great modern coach but a team is in a down phase and that is also experienced by big teams in different leagues.

Pep's new signings are a great foundation for Manchester City in the future. However, every coach has different preferences for players.

[kawetsriyanto]

Manchester City to be relegated? No way. Guardiola isn't the only manager who can win trophies with this team. There are so many other solid managers out there who can maintain the success for them.

I also believe in Guardiola to help this team rise again. It would be cruel to criticize him so harshly just because of having an average season for once. There are more players to come this summer surely. I believe we will watch a better Manchester City next season.  

It is just a big joke that Man City will be relegated. There will be no chance that Man City to got to relegation zone. They will stay in the top 5 in EPL as long as there is no massive move of their current players. Even if other teams in EPL seems improving their squad, Man City current squad is still quite competitive. Man City is just missing the chance to join the race for the title because they have a problem with players' mentality. But they probably return to their best form anymore in the next season.

Of course, Guardiola won't be happy if he leaves Man City when Man City has weak squad like today. Even Guardiola will move, he must rebuild Man City squad first. By the way, he still has a long contract, it will end in June 30, 2027. There is still enough time to rebuild Man City squad.

[Akbarkoe]

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Give Amorin plenty of opportunities I think he can fix the squad, but if judged now it might be too early because the coach also needs a long adaptation.
Including I once said Amorin was bad because he did not bring his team in the premier league much better but at least there is hope in the European league tournament where he can continue to fight.
Maybe next season it can be fixed from the whole.

Amorin came to Old Trafford when the team was in disarray. Because, Man United's problem is not just about the players. But more than that, Man United's financial condition is currently shaky. Something that makes what Amorin previously planned not go well.

Currently Amorin is required to be able to maximize the potential of existing players, and Amorin failed to do that where Man United's condition in the EPL standings is really slumping. So now the only hope for Amorin and the team to be able to win a trophy this season is in the UEFA Europa League competition alone. And if Amorin fails in the competition, then this season will be the worst season for the Red Devils.

[GiftedMAN]

Pep is a great manager. If Pep leaves City will be relegated.
But It's crazy to think in the worst season with Pep City will finish in the top 4
Pep rebuilt the City squad before, so he can and will do it again. Never lose hope.
I think the team has improved, the attack is good, and Marmoush is also good, but Doku's finishing is still lacking, so there is no need to sign another striker.
We will see a new Manchester City next season. Pep is changing to a more direct style of play, so I suspect City will sign more physical and fast players in the summer. IMO

Manchester City to be relegated? No way. Guardiola isn't the only manager who can win trophies with this team. There are so many other solid managers out there who can maintain the success for them.

I also believe in Guardiola to help this team rise again. It would be cruel to criticize him so harshly just because of having an average season for once. There are more players to come this summer surely. I believe we will watch a better Manchester City next season.  

I think whether Pep Guardiola leaves or stays with Manchester City they can't be religated not now not even when the team is still winning matches despite their poor performance, for the record there are other good managers who are already eyeing the opportunity of coming to England to become the next manager of Manchester City should Incase the manager decides to step down tomorrow due to the situation surrounding his position in the league and the teams inability to get better. Pep Guardiola May not be the manager that will return the City team to the winning ways I just want him to step down if the strategies you are using before but not using it again.

[blue Snow]

I think it's too early for us to say if Amorim has a worse performance than other coaches, because as we know if he coaches only half a season and the squad he has is also the legacy of Ten Hag, so we can't say if he completely failed at Manchester United, the transfer market next season in my opinion will be the proof for Amorim in building his squad absolutely, so we can see how the performance that Manchester United shows next season and that's when we can say whether Amorim is the right coach or not for Manchester United later.

But, if we compare Amorim with another coach who successfully managed the team in half a season, Amorim looks like he failed to manage MU based what on he did before. If we talk about players who can't compact on his strategy, Amorim should quickly adaption to the current squad. he was expected by many people to lift MU position from the bottom rank, but he can't do that so far so make many people are disappointed in his performance, and perhaps recruit a new coach to replace him. If he can't recruit a new player to fill up the gap position, I think he will not be long, and will be replaced soon by a coach who is targeted such as Xavi Hernandez.

[bitgolden]

I definitely did not expected Newcastle to manage to beat Liverpool here. I expected Liverpool to be far greater and have an easy win, turns out I was wrong and they lost it. Newcastle isn't a great team and they do not look that much better neither, no idea how they managed to get that kind of win. If we can see Liverpool keep failing like this in the upcoming games, then maybe even premier league title would be at risk, so they need to recalibre whatever is wrong with them and manage to get easier wins instead.

Newcastle as a team not doing as well as expected since the takeover, but at the very least they managed to get a cup, which is important, Spurs still do not have one lol. I remember Newcastle from like 5-6 years ago, like with Saint Maximin being great times and all that, and after the takeover, people expected a lot more from them. This could be a start, maybe?

[Hanadawa]

Manchester City to be relegated? No way. Guardiola isn't the only manager who can win trophies with this team. There are so many other solid managers out there who can maintain the success for them.
I also believe in Guardiola to help this team rise again. It would be cruel to criticize him so harshly just because of having an average season for once. There are more players to come this summer surely. I believe we will watch a better Manchester City next season.  

After having an incredible season for more than 10 years by winning various prestigious trophies, I think we should not criticize Guardiola for their poor performance this season. Currently The Citizens are in 5th place in the standings and if they do not get a better ranking it will be their worst finish in the last 10 years. However, there will be a time when they are past their prime. At this time I think City really need regeneration in their squad. I think Guardiola's tactics are still quite effective in modern football but Guardiola needs new players with creativity and skills that suit modern football.

[Nanga Parbat]

I would love to see what Amorim will do in the transfer market this summer and how he would improve the team next season atleast it is sure that he will survive sack this season but how about Ange Postecoglou? Will he also survive and not get sacked before the new season? I also don’t consider him a bad coach but time will tell.

In amorim and Manchester united case, I really don't know what to say because this team has preformed poorly than any of the other coaches under them and it's just so disappointing because Manchester united have gotten a series of coaches and for reason it just hasn't clicked for them but the management is very lenient with coaches so I don't expect anything to happen to his job for now so let's hope he wins the Europa league and maybe get one or two player that might turn things around.

Now ,the position of Manchester United full strength football team is very low on the table because they lost many matches . They could win only 10 matches out of 29 matches and that team lost 12  matches and there were  7 matches lost by that team. Manchester United position is at 13th position and they should try to learn more things because with this performance, they will not get top position on the table. While Manchester United full strength team played last match against Leicester City team and that match was totally one sided and Leicester City team could not do any goal in this match and match was ended with result of 3 in 0.That is time for every team to learn from their mistakes.

[beerlover]

I consider Liverpool champions already because with 12 points gap and only nine games to play I don’t see a possibility of Liverpool slipping away not like Arsenal are going to win all their remaining matches even so for me the title race has ended already just give Liverpool the trophy. Can I call Arne Slot successful? Yes why not. He got to the league cup finals, got to Champions League knockout and if he achieved the league title ofcourse he has a successful season.

You are free to call Liverpool champions but it has not been official or certain yet because they are still 9 matches to play and anything can be possible. I doubt if there's any team that can try to challenge Liverpool again in the premier league because it almost over, the moment Arsenal loses 2-3 or draw and Liverpool wins then it will be official and Liverpool will be handed over the premier league trophy but for the main time it is not yet over untill it is over. And yes it has been a great season for Liverpool even though they fucked up in the EFL cup.

We can't really say anything shocking would happen though? Can we? Look at the league situation, plus Liverpool is out of everything else, so they only have the league games which means they are going to rest, Arsenal still has some games left outside of the league.

There is no way that a very well rested Liverpool would lose that many points whereas Arsenal would end up with all wins, so we can easily say that Liverpool will win the league. Sure it looks like we are not going to see that becoming a mathematical reality for a while longer, we need it to become mathematically possible first. However, just because math doesn't say it is done, doesn't make it any more competitive, we could see how the league is already done.

[WatChe]

We can't really say anything shocking would happen though? Can we? Look at the league situation, plus Liverpool is out of everything else, so they only have the league games which means they are going to rest, Arsenal still has some games left outside of the league.

There is no way that a very well rested Liverpool would lose that many points whereas Arsenal would end up with all wins, so we can easily say that Liverpool will win the league. Sure it looks like we are not going to see that becoming a mathematical reality for a while longer, we need it to become mathematically possible first. However, just because math doesn't say it is done, doesn't make it any more competitive, we could see how the league is already done.

If we look at EPL table then it's clear that Liverpool has played exceptionally well throughout this season, they have lost only one game and won 21 games this season. Arsenal was out of EPL title race when they lost there games against WHU, Arsenal likely to finish second on points table third time in a row provided they perform well in upcoming matches else they might go down on points table. It's strange to see that Liverpool who has done so good in EPL was not able to perform well in other competitions.

[Princess Leah]

I think it's too early for us to say if Amorim has a worse performance than other coaches, because as we know if he coaches only half a season and the squad he has is also the legacy of Ten Hag, so we can't say if he completely failed at Manchester United, the transfer market next season in my opinion will be the proof for Amorim in building his squad absolutely, so we can see how the performance that Manchester United shows next season and that's when we can say whether Amorim is the right coach or not for Manchester United later.

But, if we compare Amorim with another coach who successfully managed the team in half a season, Amorim looks like he failed to manage MU based what on he did before. If we talk about players who can't compact on his strategy, Amorim should quickly adaption to the current squad. he was expected by many people to lift MU position from the bottom rank, but he can't do that so far so make many people are disappointed in his performance, and perhaps recruit a new coach to replace him. If he can't recruit a new player to fill up the gap position, I think he will not be long, and will be replaced soon by a coach who is targeted such as Xavi Hernandez.

Hmmm the worst thing Manchester United would do is bring in another coach in place of Amorim during the summer, it happened to Chelsea, we kept changing coaches instead of sticking to one good coach and back him up with money, I'm not saying Maresca is not good, he's trying but left for me Pochettino was beginning to get better and would done better this season, I believe he built a structure already and was ready to enhance it with better players before getting fired.

 Amorim is a good coach, we can see his pattern of football when this current players are in form and stick to his instructions , which means that if the board, I mean Ineos try to support him with enough money to sign good player that would suit this structure, he'll do better than this next season, bringing in a new coach would disorganise the team once again, except they're willing to flush out many players and sign in fresh one's for the new coach, but since they're broke I think that's impossible.

[Oluwa-btc]

Give Amorin plenty of opportunities I think he can fix the squad, but if judged now it might be too early because the coach also needs a long adaptation.
Including I once said Amorin was bad because he did not bring his team in the premier league much better but at least there is hope in the European league tournament where he can continue to fight.
Maybe next season it can be fixed from the whole.

The owners ( @INEOS ) has also said they'll most likely see him as the head manager for a long period of time. That's some good news to read and hear but they are pretty good at talking than doing,  let's see what happens finally. I want to see them help him get the players that can suit his style of play and also fight for the Manchester United badge. Manchester United fans can be toxic same time without patience. I will not raise or high my hope next season,  it'll take some 2-3 years.

[Derekfunds]

We can't really say anything shocking would happen though? Can we? Look at the league situation, plus Liverpool is out of everything else, so they only have the league games which means they are going to rest, Arsenal still has some games left outside of the league.

There is no way that a very well rested Liverpool would lose that many points whereas Arsenal would end up with all wins, so we can easily say that Liverpool will win the league. Sure it looks like we are not going to see that becoming a mathematical reality for a while longer, we need it to become mathematically possible first. However, just because math doesn't say it is done, doesn't make it any more competitive, we could see how the league is already done.

If we look at EPL table then it's clear that Liverpool has played exceptionally well throughout this season, they have lost only one game and won 21 games this season. Arsenal was out of EPL title race when they lost there games against WHU, Arsenal likely to finish second on points table third time in a row provided they perform well in upcoming matches else they might go down on points table. It's strange to see that Liverpool who has done so good in EPL was not able to perform well in other competitions.

It  was not that Liverpool was not able to do well in other competition just that, they were just unfortunate to win the EFL Cup and beat PSG to qualify for semi finals that is football, Liverpool top the champions league table till they were knock out and they still played well to have reach the EFL Cup finals but the fact they didn't win doesn't mean they didn't do well, this is by the way already let see how next season will like for them. And for Arsenal they are sure of next season champions league again and if they can beat Real Madrid then they will go far.

[punk.zink]

Give Amorin plenty of opportunities I think he can fix the squad, but if judged now it might be too early because the coach also needs a long adaptation.
Including I once said Amorin was bad because he did not bring his team in the premier league much better but at least there is hope in the European league tournament where he can continue to fight.
Maybe next season it can be fixed from the whole.

The owners ( @INEOS ) has also said they'll most likely see him as the head manager for a long period of time. That's some good news to read and hear but they are pretty good at talking than doing,  let's see what happens finally. I want to see them help him get the players that can suit his style of play and also fight for the Manchester United badge. Manchester United fans can be toxic same time without patience. I will not raise or high my hope next season,  it'll take some 2-3 years.

Amorim looked bad because their position in the standings was not good but I don't think he fully takes responsibility for that because he came at the wrong time, and he came with a completely different strategy, while the boss could not provide good financial support. So instead of getting a tough squad that can carry out his new strategy, Amorim can only use their existing resources due to limited funds. So if anyone should be held responsible for the slump then it should be the Glazers and Jim Ratcliffe.

Maybe the story would be different if Amorim really got big and full financial support, and the results would also be different if Sheikh Jassim could actually acquire Man United.

[mamesso]

If we look at EPL table then it's clear that Liverpool has played exceptionally well throughout this season, they have lost only one game and won 21 games this season. Arsenal was out of EPL title race when they lost there games against WHU, Arsenal likely to finish second on points table third time in a row provided they perform well in upcoming matches else they might go down on points table.

Liverpool chances of winning the EPL this season are very big, they need 16 more points to secure the title, in my opinion, it is not difficult for Liverpool to end Man City dominance because their performance is still very consistent.
Arsenal must focus on finishing as runners-up because it is almost impossible to catch Liverpool, while third and fourth positions are still uncertain because the points difference collected by Nottingham, Chelsea and Man City is very small.

It's strange to see that Liverpool who has done so good in EPL was not able to perform well in other competitions.

This is football, there are always surprises in it. Liverpool must learn more so that the same mistakes are not repeated.

[shinratensei_]

The owners ( @INEOS ) has also said they'll most likely see him as the head manager for a long period of time. That's some good news to read and hear but they are pretty good at talking than doing,  let's see what happens finally. I want to see them help him get the players that can suit his style of play and also fight for the Manchester United badge. Manchester United fans can be toxic same time without patience. I will not raise or high my hope next season,  it'll take some 2-3 years.

It most likely Amorim will stay as per Sir Jim's statement. The problem is his club is almost running out of cash. They have to balanced it again as almost all of their cash drained by Glazer family.

Amorim obviously has to sell a lot of players in summer in order to rebuild the squad. I don't think he can do that without selling players first.

Amorim has to find demand for his players who listed on the list of players to be sold.