⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Oluwa-btc]

There is no Premier League game at the weekend? Oh, come on!  

Next week games are going to start on Tuesday. Probably the game I will prefer to watch will be Forest - Manchester United on that day.

The Red Devils have made their unbeaten streak 4 games in the league. Their win against Leicester the last time was also a good one. But this fixture ahead is a much tougher one. Honestly I don't think Forest will lose home...

And only 5 days after this game there is a Manchester derby at Old Trafford.  

Hell yeah, no games in the Premier League Competition thus weekend.

Nottingham Forest has been good at home this season,  I believe they have also shared points with Arsenal,  won Liverpool and also won Manchester City. I won't be surprised if they win though but Manchester United improved within the last two games. I really do give two flying piss about Manchester United qualifying for top 4. All I want is for them to win the Europa League Competition.

[pawel7777]

Unfortunately, in the last 5 games, Liverpool's performance began to decline a little, especially in defense, they became weak. In the game in which they lost against PSG and then against Newcastle, Liverpool's defense showed great fragility. It didn't seem like the same team that is fighting for the title. In my opinion, Salah's uncertainty is making him lose focus, and some of Liverpool's attacking players also don't know if they will stay next season, so this is harming the team.

Yeah, something looks a bit off with Liverpool. In both of the games with PSG they looked pale, especially in the first leg, when, despite winning 1-0 they got absolutely dominated and won only by pure luck.
I thought maybe it's just that PSG was that good or they have just found a great strategy to play against Liverpool, but I don't think that's it, as Liverpool also looked pretty disappointing in the EFL Cup final against Newcastle, when they lost 2-1.
Even in the Southampton (the weakest team in the league) match, something wasn't clicking right. Southampton won the first half and Liverpool eventually scored 3 goals, but 2 of them were penalties.
Luckily for them, with 12 points advantage over the 2nd place and 9 games to go, winning the league is almost guaranteed.

[Adbitco]

Hell yeah, no games in the Premier League Competition thus weekend.

Nottingham Forest has been good at home this season,  I believe they have also shared points with Arsenal,  won Liverpool and also won Manchester City. I won't be surprised if they win though but Manchester United improved within the last two games. I really do give two flying piss about Manchester United qualifying for top 4. All I want is for them to win the Europa League Competition.

Nottingham Forest players has a game to play on Saturday with Brighton in the FA cup Quarter final fixture away from home. I don't know if I should say it's a good thing for them because their player will be on the pitch after the international break for a competitive match and thus won't be as fresh as the Manchester United players when the meet 3 days after their FA cup tie. I don't know if Manchester United will approach the game differently because their players will definitely be fresher on that match day.

[Dickiy]

How is Liverpool not doing awesome? I get that you may consider others not doing great, City is certainly much worse than they have been this season and so forth. But how could you say Liverpool isn't doing some amazing work?

Unfortunately, in the last 5 games, Liverpool's performance began to decline a little, especially in defense, they became weak. In the game in which they lost against PSG and then against Newcastle, Liverpool's defense showed great fragility. It didn't seem like the same team that is fighting for the title. In my opinion, Salah's uncertainty is making him lose focus, and some of Liverpool's attacking players also don't know if they will stay next season, so this is harming the team.

My fears eventually came true that Liverpool suffered a setback when the championship started to reach its climax but fortunately some of the rival teams were not in prime condition to fight for the title. Arsenal as usual lacked a winning mentality and Man City were in poor condition but it was a shame that Liverpool had to be eliminated from the UCL because of this situation.
9 games left for the Premier League and a 12 point difference is enough to say that Liverpool will lift the trophy this season.
Honestly about next season I feel Liverpool will struggle because I am quite sure they will lose some important players. Next season we will be shown the true ability of Arne Slot.

[len01]

Unfortunately, in the last 5 games, Liverpool's performance began to decline a little, especially in defense, they became weak. In the game in which they lost against PSG and then against Newcastle, Liverpool's defense showed great fragility. It didn't seem like the same team that is fighting for the title. In my opinion, Salah's uncertainty is making him lose focus, and some of Liverpool's attacking players also don't know if they will stay next season, so this is harming the team.

I wondered whether Moh Salah's current uncertainty at Liverpool has made him lazy and lose his enthusiasm.
Because what I see is not the weakening of Liverpool's defense but rather the performance of the attacking line which has declined greatly. We can see how Liverpool played in the UCL and at that time Moh Salah performed not as usual. I am not judge him but for me the uncertainty of his contract is a strong reason for the player to lose his spirit

[blue Snow]

How is Liverpool not doing awesome? I get that you may consider others not doing great, City is certainly much worse than they have been this season and so forth. But how could you say Liverpool isn't doing some amazing work?

By comparison, City got 91 points last year on 38 games, that is 2.39 average, and Liverpool is at 2.41 right now all by themselves, proving that they are better than last years City. Doesn't mean Liverpool is having the best season of any team, of course not, but they are doing amazing and definitely having a season that is worthy of a title. Even if other teams were good too, I am sure that with 2.41 they would be at the top, it would require an even more extraordinary season to make this work.

Who is actually saying that? Liverpool not doing awesome with their current performance. Is it because they are kicked out of the Champions League and EFL? Has the person forgotten that the Premier League trophy is still in their hands, not losing it to any team like Arsenal? They are leading the Premier League table with many points(12) above the Arsenal team that has been appearing in the second spot for about three consecutive times without achievement of lifting the Premier League trophy

People expect too much if Liverpool must got a treble trophy for this session, but vanished after losing on Champions League and the carabao cup. I think the Premier league trophy is realistic for a club who not good enough on the last session. Liverpool is show improvement in performance for this session which I thing is good enough to prove if they are worth getting there. Liverpool have just evolved, and it's a great thing to say that if they are do significant improvement to better than last session. As we can see Mohammed Salah as top score, and some player do improvement also which is good thing to give a conclusion if Liverpool turning into a incredible club.

[SoRAEC]

Hell yeah, no games in the Premier League Competition thus weekend.

Nottingham Forest has been good at home this season,  I believe they have also shared points with Arsenal,  won Liverpool and also won Manchester City. I won't be surprised if they win though but Manchester United improved within the last two games. I really do give two flying piss about Manchester United qualifying for top 4. All I want is for them to win the Europa League Competition.
https://talkimg.com/images/2025/03/26/l6JhI.jpeg

Nottingham Forest players has a game to play on Saturday with Brighton in the FA cup Quarter final fixture away from home. I don't know if I should say it's a good thing for them because their player will be on the pitch after the international break for a competitive match and thus won't be as fresh as the Manchester United players when the meet 3 days after their FA cup tie. I don't know if Manchester United will approach the game differently because their players will definitely be fresher on that match day.

I think they will, and its understandable!

[el kaka22]

Manchester United building a bad front office happened because of the bad owners. They had Glazers running the show for a decade or more when they were going down, and then Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS took over and it still doesn't look that great. The team first needs to get everything refurbished and get all the high tech stuff other teams have.

We saw how Ronaldo talked about everything was exactly same when he returned and after that United spent some money on the club instead of just the players too. That needs to rise a lot more, even the players who grew up in their youth squad are looking to other teams in order to move to a winner club. If they can make the club more enticing, then they could convince better players.

[Oluwa-btc]

Manchester United building a bad front office happened because of the bad owners. They had Glazers running the show for a decade or more when they were going down, and then Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS took over and it still doesn't look that great. The team first needs to get everything refurbished and get all the high tech stuff other teams have.

We saw how Ronaldo talked about everything was exactly same when he returned and after that United spent some money on the club instead of just the players too. That needs to rise a lot more, even the players who grew up in their youth squad are looking to other teams in order to move to a winner club. If they can make the club more enticing, then they could convince better players.

So far,  these are the signatures done by INEOS.

You cannot tell me these players have not improved Manchester United one way or the other this season. Club legends of Manchester United have heavily criticised these players but truth be told, these players might have been lowly rated under Erik ten Hag but we can't say the same under Ruben Amorim. I won't be boggled seeing them qualify for the Champions league competition when they win the UEL.

[HajiBagi]

Manchester United building a bad front office happened because of the bad owners. They had Glazers running the show for a decade or more when they were going down, and then Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS took over and it still doesn't look that great. The team first needs to get everything refurbished and get all the high tech stuff other teams have.

We saw how Ronaldo talked about everything was exactly same when he returned and after that United spent some money on the club instead of just the players too. That needs to rise a lot more, even the players who grew up in their youth squad are looking to other teams in order to move to a winner club. If they can make the club more enticing, then they could convince better players.

Many things happening in Manchester United and I think the new owner is about to make things change, Manchester United is one of the best teams in the Premier League and seeing the team fall is very bad, Christiano Ronaldo has said many times that Manchester United need a good president and new owners because things are happening there that many people don’t know, if you look at Manchester United from 3 years ago they have not sign any players that is capable of helping the team if not the once Ruben Amorim is building now.

The board of Manchester United is corrupt because even when Erik Ten Hang had a bad performance as a coach in the team they still gave him another contract which made Manchester United pay him a huge amount of money after sacking him, Manchester United lost a lot of money because they did not have a good president and also a good board members, I believe now Manchester United can build the team as things are about to change.

[SuperBitMan]

Manchester United building a bad front office happened because of the bad owners. They had Glazers running the show for a decade or more when they were going down, and then Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS took over and it still doesn't look that great. The team first needs to get everything refurbished and get all the high tech stuff other teams have.

We saw how Ronaldo talked about everything was exactly same when he returned and after that United spent some money on the club instead of just the players too. That needs to rise a lot more, even the players who grew up in their youth squad are looking to other teams in order to move to a winner club. If they can make the club more enticing, then they could convince better players.

Many things happening in Manchester United and I think the new owner is about to make things change, Manchester United is one of the best teams in the Premier League and seeing the team fall is very bad, Christiano Ronaldo has said many times that Manchester United need a good president and new owners because things are happening there that many people don’t know, if you look at Manchester United from 3 years ago they have not sign any players that is capable of helping the team if not the once Ruben Amorim is building now.

The board of Manchester United is corrupt because even when Erik Ten Hang had a bad performance as a coach in the team they still gave him another contract which made Manchester United pay him a huge amount of money after sacking him, Manchester United lost a lot of money because they did not have a good president and also a good board members, I believe now Manchester United can build the team as things are about to change.

Well you are correct Manchester United really needs a new owner or president because the way things are going is not good at all they have all it takes to build the club very well but they are not doing it ever since Sir Alex Ferguson retired from coaching Manchester United that is how Manchester United started having issues when sir Alex Ferguson was coaching Manchester United he was making a lot of important decisions in the club and buying good players and at then Manchester United where ready to spend huge amount of money on buying good players that will help the club move forward if they can have a president that will work hard in making sure Manchester United come back to it former self then Manchester United will come back to form, the board members really don't care about the progress of the team in the league what they are more interested in is making money from the club.

[SatoPrincess]

After seeing Liverpool losing in the Uefa Champions League and after seeing them losing the final of the carabao cup i start to think they has quite a good luck in this premier because they don't have to face any serious contender.

Manchester city normally stole the show but this year they are the worst versión of them in years.

Manchester City certainly are no where close to their performance level in the past six years. They are usually the best team in the past six years but this season they have fallen far behind in the league and it’s a shame that after missing two good opportunities to  win the title Arsenal finally get an opportunity without Manchester City to hinder and still losing it to Liverpool who are currently top and leading with 12 points.

[asriloni]

So far,  these are the signatures done by INEOS.

You cannot tell me these players have not improved Manchester United one way or the other this season. Club legends of Manchester United have heavily criticised these players but truth be told, these players might have been lowly rated under Erik ten Hag but we can't say the same under Ruben Amorim. I won't be boggled seeing them qualify for the Champions league competition when they win the UEL.

How many of those players were improving?   I see Mezaroui is the only best player on the list. He's improving a lot compared with the rest, and worthy with his price.

Zirkzee, Yoro. Ugarte, and De ligt are bang average. They didn't meet my expectation and aren't worth with their price. The rest are just absolute garbage.

[Velvet78]

Are you really taking United's previous games result to conclude if they're a strong team now? Their unbeaten steak 4 games means nothing when they fight stronger team. They may be thrashed by Nottingham, and their unbeaten streak will stop very soon. 

My prediction is that neither of clubs to win the game, but both team to score is likely to happen.

No, I don't think they are strong anyway. But at least it is nice to see them not losing all the time.    Amorim's main target must be the Europa League trophy now so I wouldn't bet on them in Premier League games during the rest of the season.

It will actually be difficult to make bets on some teams in top places. Like Liverpool and Arsenal for example. Liverpool are going for the title comfortably and Arsenal aren't in the title race anymore so they will be focused on the Champions League more.

Maybe I can only bet on teams fighting for a top 4 finish. 

[Franctoshi]

Manchester United building a bad front office happened because of the bad owners. They had Glazers running the show for a decade or more when they were going down, and then Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS took over and it still doesn't look that great. The team first needs to get everything refurbished and get all the high tech stuff other teams have.

We saw how Ronaldo talked about everything was exactly same when he returned and after that United spent some money on the club instead of just the players too. That needs to rise a lot more, even the players who grew up in their youth squad are looking to other teams in order to move to a winner club. If they can make the club more enticing, then they could convince better players.

So far,  these are the signatures done by INEOS.

You cannot tell me these players have not improved Manchester United one way or the other this season. Club legends of Manchester United have heavily criticised these players but truth be told, these players might have been lowly rated under Erik ten Hag but we can't say the same under Ruben Amorim. I won't be boggled seeing them qualify for the Champions league competition when they win the UEL.

If they have helped the club improved, why would Manchester United still be struggling at the moment and still in the position that they're in the league table? if their has been enough contributions from these list of players you mentioned. They're in 13th position which is way far from 8 position where they ended last season ,and currently no guarantee for the Europa Cup.

[SatoPrincess]

The biggest mistake they made was bringing the wrong set of people to handle the club from Ed Woodwards down to David Moyes, those were wrong choices and I believe Ferguson somehow played a role in their down fall cause he approved the selection of a wrong coach to supersed him cause he's his country man. Another big mistake Manchester United made was sacking Coaches like Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunner Solkjer if only they gave them enough time like Arsenal has given Arteta.

 Well they'll continue to be left out of the top 6 if they fail to do the right things, good for them that they've employed the right people at the board level, what's remaining is helping their coach get his right players to carry out his instructions properly then they'll gradually begin to perform well again.

Since Ferguson left the club Manchester United have not been a club recognized with that level of patience with managers. They have been known to be strict and inpatient with managers just like Chelsea believing the managers were the problem why the club has struggled for years to maintain stability in their performance at all levels ignoring the fact that the problem traces up to the top hierarchy too.

[Princess Leah]

So far,  these are the signatures done by INEOS.

You cannot tell me these players have not improved Manchester United one way or the other this season. Club legends of Manchester United have heavily criticised these players but truth be told, these players might have been lowly rated under Erik ten Hag but we can't say the same under Ruben Amorim. I won't be boggled seeing them qualify for the Champions league competition when they win the UEL.

If they have helped the club improved, why would Manchester United still be struggling at the moment and still in the position that they're in the league table? if their has been enough contributions from these list of players you mentioned. They're in 13th position which is way far from 8 position where they ended last season ,and currently no guarantee for the Europa Cup.

I'm not a United fan but truth be told, it's so unfair that you're focused on the Premier League when talking about Manchester United's improvement instead of all round, ain't you seeing the performance of those players in the Europea League? Or is that not a major tournament that should be worth praising them for? Incase you don't know, Manchester United still holds the record this season as the only team that's yet to be beaten in Europea League, that's to some of those players people are criticising.

 They're still in the Europea League and if they win it they'll move straight to the Champions League even though they finish in 13th position in the Premier League, Ineos is trying when it comes to improvement in Manchester United their management of the team is better than when the Glaziers were fully in control so let's give them their flowers and acknowledge the good signings they made, if they can do same this summers, I believe Manchester United would improve in the EPL.

[BlackBoss_]

Since Ferguson left the club Manchester United have not been a club recognized with that level of patience with managers. They have been known to be strict and inpatient with managers just like Chelsea believing the managers were the problem why the club has struggled for years to maintain stability in their performance at all levels ignoring the fact that the problem traces up to the top hierarchy too.

That era ended with Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger many years ago, and nowadays you can not find such patience given to a head coach in many years. The world changed, football changed, club owners changed, monetary power and effects on football club development strategies changed. Nothing is the same like 20 years ago, and Manchester United are like all other clubs, no longer have too much patience for their head coaches.

They tried it with Solskajer then Ten Hag, but failed and they will probably change their strategy and approach again. There are clubs that don't need to work with a coach for 10 years or longer but still succeed, so actual main problems in Manchester United are something else, not only patience.

No, I don't think they are strong anyway. But at least it is nice to see them not losing all the time.    Amorim's main target must be the Europa League trophy now so I wouldn't bet on them in Premier League games during the rest of the season.

It will actually be difficult to make bets on some teams in top places. Like Liverpool and Arsenal for example. Liverpool are going for the title comfortably and Arsenal aren't in the title race anymore so they will be focused on the Champions League more.

Maybe I can only bet on teams fighting for a top 4 finish. 

Arsenal are like a team that can not win Champions League but have to fully focus on it because they have zero chance to win Premier League title. Liverpool are like a team that can win Champions League but with one bad match they were eliminated by PSG and have to focus on Premier League.  With lately things happened in Champions League, Liverpool will win Premier League title, I don't doubt about it, and Arsenal will have more reasons to fight as best as they can in Champions League.

[Juse14]

.........................

If they have helped the club improved, why would Manchester United still be struggling at the moment and still in the position that they're in the league table? if their has been enough contributions from these list of players you mentioned. They're in 13th position which is way far from 8 position where they ended last season ,and currently no guarantee for the Europa Cup.

Yes, that's right, Manchester United's current position in the standings is enough to explain that the team is currently not performing well. And the arrival of Amorin in the middle of the season is a big hope for Manchester United to return to winning ways, but in reality Amorin has not been able to boost the quality of the players and bring MU to perform better in the highest caste of the English League or in other domestic competitions. So now Man United's only hope for Man United to get a trophy at the end of the season is to perform optimally in the UEFA Europa League, which has now reached the quarter-finals.

And if Amorin fails in the UEL, it seems that at the end of the season Amorin will have to leave Old Trofford again because at this time it has not yet reached the end of the season, the Club has prepared a new replacement for Ruben Amorin.

[Roseline492]

So far,  these are the signatures done by INEOS.

You cannot tell me these players have not improved Manchester United one way or the other this season. Club legends of Manchester United have heavily criticised these players but truth be told, these players might have been lowly rated under Erik ten Hag but we can't say the same under Ruben Amorim. I won't be boggled seeing them qualify for the Champions league competition when they win the UEL.

If they have helped the club improved, why would Manchester United still be struggling at the moment and still in the position that they're in the league table? if their has been enough contributions from these list of players you mentioned. They're in 13th position which is way far from 8 position where they ended last season ,and currently no guarantee for the Europa Cup.

Is a good question because we would agreed if this players had made the struggling of Manchester United stop, so if he says the previous coach of Manchester United did not value them than the current coach is fine but they are just whom they are, have we not seen how one of the Chelsea players has been making himself very relevant to Chelsea not just ones but consistently, that's impact, though I'm not using Chelsea because I value them more than other but I'm just using there players to explain difference in quality. So actually how they no a club is changing whether positive or negative is from there last season, so Manchester United is in almost two times unimpressive this year than the last.