⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Lida93]

First of all, Tottenham weren't the favourites in that game and secondly Manchester city lost due to pep Guardiola's tactical approach which later turned out to be a disaster during the game, the first goal that Manchester city conceded was due to a wrong offside trap from the Manchester city's defensive set up and the second goal came as a result of the blunder committed by the goal keeper and besides I didn't expect players like Doku, Bernardo Silver and Rodri to be on the bench in such a crucial game and that's why I blame the coach's tactics.

You know must times it look like coaches underestimate some team, if not what will those players you mentioned be doing in the bench, pep made a mistake in that match your analysis is right on this, if a team wants to win any match, they have to apply every possible technique for them to win, it seems pep guardiola forgot that the match was eleven eleven against each other, 2 goals scored, he couldn't still recover, so bad, what expensive mistake, may be they will learn later, it is too early for those mistake by Manchester city, they league is just starting therefore, it will be nice if they put theresleves together to put things in other.

Pep Guardiola has always been known to be a coach who always carries out series of experiments especially when he has some new bunch of kids in his squad whom really do not have the required experience to withstand the pressure that comes along with English football, I think he is trying to build up the morale of these youngsters and had to seize the opportunity that Tottenham presented to do so but it didn't work out the way he could have planned it but I believe the lesson has been learnt by the entire team.

[Despairo]

Jack Grealish has show his skill, two goals scored were from his assist.

I think it's a lucky day for Everton, they can score 2 goals even though they're dominating the match and Brighton were given a penalty.

I'm surprised Manchester United not perform against Fulham, they're struggling in build attack and finish it. Sesko is playing as a defensive midfielder, not sure why Amorim prefer Cunha over Sesko.

[_BlackStar]

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First of all, Tottenham weren't the favourites in that game and secondly Manchester city lost due to pep Guardiola's tactical approach which later turned out to be a disaster during the game, the first goal that Manchester city conceded was due to a wrong offside trap from the Manchester city's defensive set up and the second goal came as a result of the blunder committed by the goal keeper and besides I didn't expect players like Doku, Bernardo Silver and Rodri to be on the bench in such a crucial game and that's why I blame the coach's tactics.

Manchester City were favorites to win their home match, but their starting lineup was too weak in several areas to achieve their goal. Pep Guardiola appeared to underestimate Tottenham's strengths by fielding several players who should have been on the bench. It was his fault and he should accept the defeat humbly.

Rodri, Bernardo, Foden or Doku should be in the starting lineup against Tottenham - but I don't understand why they're all on the bench and Pep is likely to choose other players to do the difficult job. Pep needs to evaluate his team's strengths to be able to compete closely at the top of the table in the first half of the season - otherwise, Liverpool and Arsenal will surely widen the gap. Honestly, I want Liverpool to be ahead of everyone else - but it's only the beginning of the season for all the teams competing.

[Africolo]

Manchester United should have made that penalty count especially with chances not coming easy...and from the look of things Fernandez doesn't look to be himself looking at how he took the penalty different from the usual of the small jump   Now his distracted, hope Mbeumo or Cunha get on penalty duty...

Come on United, fight to get back into the game.

Inplay prediction Fulham 0-1 Manchester United

One penalty miss from a very good converting records, better than anyone in the team currently and you want him be stripped of the penalty duty? He's the captain and one wrong decision could cause disruption in the dressing room and Amorim wouldn't want another dressing room drama after all he went through last season.

Now to the today's result, they managed to get an own goal in the second half from Yoro efforts and still ended up with a point. The new guys are still settling in, too early to criticize but not being able to score in the last two games is worrisome after adding new attackers.

[Silikiem]

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First of all, Tottenham weren't the favourites in that game and secondly Manchester city lost due to pep Guardiola's tactical approach which later turned out to be a disaster during the game, the first goal that Manchester city conceded was due to a wrong offside trap from the Manchester city's defensive set up and the second goal came as a result of the blunder committed by the goal keeper and besides I didn't expect players like Doku, Bernardo Silver and Rodri to be on the bench in such a crucial game and that's why I blame the coach's tactics.

Manchester City were favorites to win their home match, but their starting lineup was too weak in several areas to achieve their goal. Pep Guardiola appeared to underestimate Tottenham's strengths by fielding several players who should have been on the bench. It was his fault and he should accept the defeat humbly.

Rodri, Bernardo, Foden or Doku should be in the starting lineup against Tottenham - but I don't understand why they're all on the bench and Pep is likely to choose other players to do the difficult job. Pep needs to evaluate his team's strengths to be able to compete closely at the top of the table in the first half of the season - otherwise, Liverpool and Arsenal will surely widen the gap. Honestly, I want Liverpool to be ahead of everyone else - but it's only the beginning of the season for all the teams competing.

I think it’s time Guardiola to access and evaluate his journey with Manchester city so far and call it a quit, there’s nothing more left to be won with Manchester city that he hasn’t achieved, I believe that when he takes over from the club the major priority was to guide the top to their first every champions league trophy which he has managed to deliver to them along side other major trophies including multiple Premier League trophies so far.  The team creative forces and players are getting old and new young players have come on board to replace the old legs who are likely to quit the club soon. The club is taking a new face now and so a new manager needs to come on board to build another structure with a fresh new goal.

[Tmoonz]

Manchester United is still in big trouble how can they give the fans such hope against Arsenal despite losing the game, they've really given the fans hope of performing more better rather than this terrible display, I don't think it's the same Manchester United that played against Arsenal that played against Fulham today, or should I say the game is a fixed draw because that Bruno Fernandez penalty is unlike him, the Bruno Fernandez I know don't take such awful penalty, Mason Mount that was on everyone's lip the last game he played all of a sudden turned into something else, hmm Manchester United is still yet to find their solution and if they should continue like this I doubt if they can go far, they really gats do something before it's too late again.

[Franctoshi]

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First of all, Tottenham weren't the favourites in that game and secondly Manchester city lost due to pep Guardiola's tactical approach which later turned out to be a disaster during the game, the first goal that Manchester city conceded was due to a wrong offside trap from the Manchester city's defensive set up and the second goal came as a result of the blunder committed by the goal keeper and besides I didn't expect players like Doku, Bernardo Silver and Rodri to be on the bench in such a crucial game and that's why I blame the coach's tactics.

Manchester City were favorites to win their home match, but their starting lineup was too weak in several areas to achieve their goal. Pep Guardiola appeared to underestimate Tottenham's strengths by fielding several players who should have been on the bench. It was his fault and he should accept the defeat humbly.

Rodri, Bernardo, Foden or Doku should be in the starting lineup against Tottenham - but I don't understand why they're all on the bench and Pep is likely to choose other players to do the difficult job. Pep needs to evaluate his team's strengths to be able to compete closely at the top of the table in the first half of the season - otherwise, Liverpool and Arsenal will surely widen the gap. Honestly, I want Liverpool to be ahead of everyone else - but it's only the beginning of the season for all the teams competing.

I never thought they will have lost that game at home to Tottenham, I guess their first game of the season they won with ease gave them way too confidence that they underrated Tottenham Hotspot and thought they will have beaten Tottenham so easily and coupled with the fact they played host of the match, thinking everything was gonna be in their favour but reverse is the case.

[Juicyhome]

Amorim is a terrible coach, there is no need to trust him. The club so should sack him immediately. He has managed 29 games with just 28 points, it's a shame anf his like should not be managing a club like Manchester United. His selection is very poor, with zero pattern of play.

Look at his selection today against Fulham, he kept Sesko on the bench and played Manson at top 9 when you have natural top 9 on the bench.  He's substitution is another problem, when his losing he will bring in two defenders instead of a striker or a Midfielder. He's an average coach, this current Manchester United squad can win Elp title, the players are there but poor manager is the problem. The club has to get rig of Amorim if they will survive premier League this season, last season Manchester United escaped relegation, this season if nothing change they will be relegated.

[Issa56]

Manchester United is still in big trouble how can they give the fans such hope against Arsenal despite losing the game

Seriously I was suprise that Manchester United couldn’t get a win today, before the match started, I was expecting the match to be so easy for Manchester United due to their performance in their last match against Arsenal. Manchester United played well against Arsenal, they dominated the match, they created good chances in there match against Arsenal, and I expected something like that to happen today. I was expecting Manchester United to score nothing less than 3 goals today, but unfortunately they couldn’t score more than a goal, and they couldn’t even get a win.

Manchester United deceived us against Arsenal, they made everyone feel they are back to form, Mbeumo and cunha performance were poor in todays match, I was expecting multiple goals from them, but they performed poorly today. We all saw how those two players played against Arsenal, but it’s surprising how they played poorly today.

I don’t really think Manchester United performance has improved, with the way Manchester United played today, there is nothing like improvement in their performance, let’s just wait and see how they going to perform in their subsequent matches.

[rachael9385]

The match was still underway, the second half hadn't even begun, but we all knew who would emerge victorious. In fact, West Ham performed quite well and managed to spring a surprise by taking an early one-goal lead over Chelsea in the sixth minute. Unfortunately, that lead was short-lived, and the score was now 3-1. With a two-goal deficit, I thought there was no chance for West Ham to equalize, and Chelsea might even continue scoring in the second half to further extend their lead.

Premier league matches are going smoothly and we saw match today against two teams which were Chelsea football team and West Ham United football team. Chelsea football team performance was very well and they did back to back 5 goals which was excellent effort in this match. But no player was dominant in this match as no player could do more than 1 goal in this match and all players did 1, 1 goal in this match. We saw 4 goals in the first half of the match and after that we saw 2 more goals in rfe the second half of the match.West Ham United team players could not resist in this match as they could do only 1 goal in this match Lucas Paquetá was a person who did first goal of the match and he did this goal at 6 minutes .

Chelsea definitely needed that win, the Palace game wasn't really that great for them, so they needed to win this one. And West Ham isn't nobody neither, they are a premier league team for good, some teams do go down and come back up, like I can't remember how many times I have seen Watford in premier league and championship back to back lol, but West Ham isn't that level of team, they are a strong club who plays very good, and now even goes to UEFA competitions, even if it's just conference sometimes.

Basically beating them shows that Chelsea is back on their feet and playing fine. I still wonder what's going on with Palmer, like I hope we can see the old Palmer back one day and he would continue his scoring and assisting and winning games soon enough.

Chelsea is back on their feet but it doesnt mean that it won't be challenging for them, even with their victory against West Ham they are currently at that third position on the league table. That epl is going to be very tough this season. They have Tottenham and arsenal to compete with. About palmer, he might not be a hundred percent right now, it is normal even for the best players to go through such phases

[DaNNy001]

Chelsea is back on their feet but it doesnt mean that it won't be challenging for them, even with their victory against new castle they are currently at that third position on the league table. That epl is going to be very tough this season. They have Tottenham and arsenal to compete with. About palmer, he might not be a hundred percent right now, it is normal even for the best players to go through such phases

They won west ham. The thing is  that Chelsea and most Premier League teams are unpredictable this period and just like the way they struggled in winning their first game against crystal palace they could still be in a position like that probably in their next game soi think i wont say anything about Chelsea or any other team till they actually get to like match day 5 which can be said to be enough playing time and intro for the new players that signed and also for the new club that gained promotion to the top tier of English football.

[Akbarkoe]

Chelsea is back on their feet but it doesnt mean that it won't be challenging for them, even with their victory against new castle they are currently at that third position on the league table. That epl is going to be very tough this season. They have Tottenham and arsenal to compete with. About palmer, he might not be a hundred percent right now, it is normal even for the best players to go through such phases

They won west ham. The thing is  that Chelsea and most Premier League teams are unpredictable this period and just like the way they struggled in winning their first game against crystal palace they could still be in a position like that probably in their next game soi think i wont say anything about Chelsea or any other team till they actually get to like match day 5 which can be said to be enough playing time and intro for the new players that signed and also for the new club that gained promotion to the top tier of English football.

Crystal Palace is truly a threat to any team. After holding Chelsea to a 0-0 draw in their opening match, they drew 1-1 with Nottingham Forest in their second game. Crystal Palace may not be particularly strong in ball possession, but their defense is unquestionable, capable of withstanding pressure and launching deadly counterattacks.

Back to Chelsea, after failing to score in their first match against Crystal Palace, they finally secured a satisfying victory in the second week. Unfortunately, Cole Palmer was absent from that match, as I’ve been longing to see his goals in the Premier League.

Chelsea has enough strength to compete for the title, but we'll have to see how far E. Maresca can maintain the consistency of his players to continue winning and securing full points, especially after the Champions League matches begin, Chelsea's consistency will truly be tested.

[kriminall]

Chelsea is back on their feet but it doesnt mean that it won't be challenging for them, even with their victory against new castle they are currently at that third position on the league table. That epl is going to be very tough this season. They have Tottenham and arsenal to compete with. About palmer, he might not be a hundred percent right now, it is normal even for the best players to go through such phases

They won west ham. The thing is  that Chelsea and most Premier League teams are unpredictable this period and just like the way they struggled in winning their first game against crystal palace they could still be in a position like that probably in their next game soi think i wont say anything about Chelsea or any other team till they actually get to like match day 5 which can be said to be enough playing time and intro for the new players that signed and also for the new club that gained promotion to the top tier of English football.

They played exceptionally well against West Ham. They beat them with a terrific tempo. If they continue at this pace for the Premier League, they'll be in the title race. I expect a good year for Chelsea.

[Woodie]

Chelsea is back on their feet but it doesnt mean that it won't be challenging for them, even with their victory against West Ham they are currently at that third position on the league table. That epl is going to be very tough this season. They have Tottenham and arsenal to compete with. About palmer, he might not be a hundred percent right now, it is normal even for the best players to go through such phases

Agreed, tough season awaits...

For now teams like Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham are looking very promising and all the games I have watched from them do give that picture of they are ready to fight, but of course this is just the start of the league and many clubs haven't really settled down...am expecting gameweek 4-5 to show the real strengths of these teams , otherwise am more than certain Chelsea could finish in the top 4 for this season as they look like a different team this time around and that world cup win should have raised their ego.

[SatoPrincess]

I don’t know what Maresca was thinking when he said they won’t be signing another striker. Seriously Jackson poor performance affected Chelsea performance last season, Chelsea do dominate matches, they do create chances, but the only problem which they were having last season was that they don’t have striker which will be able to convert those chances which they had into goals.

Some strikers have been signed by Chelsea, and they already planning to sell Jackson which they were planning to keep as there future project. If Chelsea didn’t sign new strikers this season, then I won’t even be expecting anything from them, they might not even be qualifying for the champions league, because Jackson performance keeps on getting worst. A player that’s  suppose to be improving is now getting worst, i don’t know the reason why Jackson was receiving red card in most matches towards the ending of the season.

Last season Chelsea had Cristopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson as their strikers with Jackson leading the pack as the first choice striker so it was understandable if Maresca declined ideas of bringing in another striker but both players are already tipped to leave the club this summer and replacements have already been made for be due.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I love the consistency in Chelsea's score record this season; they're pulling in with better win rates. Chelsea in the game against West ham dominated the game with goals,scoring from corners and putting west ham under pressure. even after leading, you could see the hunger in them to score more goals. I doubt they are losing any match with their current form.

 The new players are really settling well with the squad. I was unable to predict the outcome of this game and wasn't sure Chelsea will win the match, so it all came as a surprise to see that Chelsea were able to defeat West Ham with such a number of goals.West ham lost to Sunderland in their opening match and now failed to defeat Chelsea in their home game.

[8rch7]

Last season Chelsea had Cristopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson as their strikers with Jackson leading the pack as the first choice striker so it was understandable if Maresca declined ideas of bringing in another striker but both players are already tipped to leave the club this summer and replacements have already been made for be due.

Chelsea have enough option at striker position indeed Nicolas Jackson have inconsistent performance but new recruitment João Pedro have very promising performance after one goal and made two assists of two games. Chelsea's head coach Enzo Maresca not really scare about striker position and recently youth players Estêvão have brilliant performance when Chelsea beating West Ham United last match.
Fully potential striker having by Chelsea right now and Enzo Maresca have planning for selling Jackson or Nkunku have loss regular position with Chelsea right now. Not close chance for Chelsea signing new striker because window transfer opening still left few weeks later and enough to get the top striker indeed Maresca not publishing yet for awhile need new striker.

[Lillominato89]

Last season Chelsea had Cristopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson as their strikers with Jackson leading the pack as the first choice striker so it was understandable if Maresca declined ideas of bringing in another striker but both players are already tipped to leave the club this summer and replacements have already been made for be due.

Chelsea have enough option at striker position indeed Nicolas Jackson have inconsistent performance but new recruitment João Pedro have very promising performance after one goal and made two assists of two games. Chelsea's head coach Enzo Maresca not really scare about striker position and recently youth players Estêvão have brilliant performance when Chelsea beating West Ham United last match.
Fully potential striker having by Chelsea right now and Enzo Maresca have planning for selling Jackson or Nkunku have loss regular position with Chelsea right now. Not close chance for Chelsea signing new striker because window transfer opening still left few weeks later and enough to get the top striker indeed Maresca not publishing yet for awhile need new striker.

Chelsea for me has a really strong team, as well as having enough quality strikers. Joao Pedro was a really good buy because this is a very strong and promising player! He was their dragging force to the Club World Cup victory.
So Enzo Maresca should already be happy with his strikers. I had heard that Nkunku would leave Chelsea but no team seems to have made a concrete request

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I love the consistency in Chelsea's score record this season; they're pulling in with better win rates. Chelsea in the game against West ham dominated the game with goals,scoring from corners and putting west ham under pressure. even after leading, you could see the hunger in them to score more goals. I doubt they are losing any match with their current form.

 The new players are really settling well with the squad. I was unable to predict the outcome of this game and wasn't sure Chelsea will win the match, so it all came as a surprise to see that Chelsea were able to defeat West Ham with such a number of goals.West ham lost to Sunderland in their opening match and now failed to defeat Chelsea in their home game.

I was honestly not surprised seeing Chelsea beat westham with that number of goals in that match, and this is because before the game began, I had expected Chelsea to win the game by two or three goals, but fortunate enough for them, they added extra two goals which really is commendable, but it's also important we know that westham isn't a team that is in the same level with Chelsea, Chelsea is way higher and better in terms of performance.

And speaking of whether or not Chelsea will not lose any game all through this season, I would say it's unlikely, Chelsea will definitely at some point lose some games for sure, westham isn't the strongest of the team or club playing in this season, so the fact that Chelsea were able to defeat them shouldn't make us begin to see Chelsea as a mini-god that can't be beaten by other clubs.

[davis196]

Seriously I was suprise that Manchester United couldn’t get a win today, before the match started, I was expecting the match to be so easy for Manchester United due to their performance in their last match against Arsenal. Manchester United played well against Arsenal, they dominated the match, they created good chances in there match against Arsenal, and I expected something like that to happen today. I was expecting Manchester United to score nothing less than 3 goals today, but unfortunately they couldn’t score more than a goal, and they couldn’t even get a win.

Manchester United deceived us against Arsenal, they made everyone feel they are back to form, Mbeumo and cunha performance were poor in todays match, I was expecting multiple goals from them, but they performed poorly today. We all saw how those two players played against Arsenal, but it’s surprising how they played poorly today.

I don’t really think Manchester United performance has improved, with the way Manchester United played today, there is nothing like improvement in their performance, let’s just wait and see how they going to perform in their subsequent matches.

Manchester United is capable of losing a game(or ending in a draw) against every opponent. It doesn't matter how weak their opponent actually is.
I do believe that Fulham is a below average team.
Amorim keeps insisting on the 3-4-3 formation, even though it has been proven multiple times, that such formation simply doesn't work for United. The game against Arsenal cannot be used as a proper example on Man United's current condition. For some reason Man United players are performing way better against stronger teams, but when they play against a weaker team, their performance drops. I don't know for how long they are going to tolerate Amorim. It's obvious that he can't bring any positive change to United, no matter how many new players are signed.