⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Coin_info]

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 think the major challenge that most Manchester United supporters have with the club currently is that their performance is very inconsistent and games that you expect them to win the end up not winning the game either losing it or picking up just a point. It is going to be very terrible for Manchester United if they continue like that this season considering that other teams have improved significantly including Chelsea with whom they were being compared with last season. Amorim will come under more pressure if he cannot deliver in their next game against newly promoted side Burnley.

[Akbarkoe]

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 think the major challenge that most Manchester United supporters have with the club currently is that their performance is very inconsistent and games that you expect them to win the end up not winning the game either losing it or picking up just a point. It is going to be very terrible for Manchester United if they continue like that this season considering that other teams have improved significantly including Chelsea with whom they were being compared with last season. Amorim will come under more pressure if he cannot deliver in their next game against newly promoted side Burnley.

Don't worry, every season Manchester United fans experience this. Every season, there is always hope that the Red Devils will bounce back, but every season that hope is dashed and they are left disappointed with the club they support. And at this moment, Manchester United are starting the season quite poorly, as if they don't want to leave their 15th position in the standings, having only managed to secure 1 point in their last two matches.

I don’t quite understand this team. They perform so well in every pre-season match, putting on an incredible display that gives fans confidence they’ll rise when the season starts. But once the season begins, they truly disappoint.

In their next match, the third week of the English Premier League, they will face Burnley at Old Trafford, playing as the home team against a promoted side. This should be an easy match for Manchester United to secure three points, but we’ll have to wait and see how it turns out, as Manchester United have shown no signs of consistent performance.

[SatoPrincess]

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

Yes the club world cup win has raised their ego to the roof making some supporters forget that the club world cup tournament isn’t the premier league. Clearly the Premier League is a whole different competition with different teams, different intensity so expect a different outcome too. Chelsea might be champions in the Club World Cup but in the EPL they have to compete home and away against 19 tough teams. The league is just starting more tough games to come and they will reveal which team is stronger and which team will struggle.

[Stormisover]

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.

I'm not really a Chelsea fans but I'm  impressed with their performance somehow it shows that they're really out for business on a serious note, like if they should continue this way trust me they will really give teams like Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester City tough time, like they will definitely fight real good for the title, never mind the way Manchester City is going now they will surely bounce back and when they do trust me EPL won't be ready for them and for Tottenham Hotspurs I just pray they keep to this their form at least to rewrite the story since they've for the first time in a long time won a trophy they should keep it going that way.

[Lidger]

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.

Manchester United are only disappointing the fans, they may not even know when they will actually give the fans something good. Yesterday I saw an information on Fabrizio Romano's Facebook post that Manchester United brought in a substitute player who played about 35 minutes of football and made only five to six correct passes, and this player could not make any shots on target, show any dribbling or help any other player. If such a player is in the Manchester United club, then you wonder what the overall performance of this club will be like. Because of the purchase of several players in the transfer market, I thought that the performance of this team might change next season but they are where they were and they will probably end the season from there.

[knowngunman]

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.

Seriously, I wonder why they even got the guy during the transfer window when they think they can actually do without him. How on this earth could you spend over eighty millions to sign a player and then left him on the bench for two consecutive starts? To be honest, Amorin formation is very ridiculous. He kept playing players out of their normal position and then wonder why things are not working well. You have a player who's a proven striker but decided to start with a false striker ahead of the original striker expecting miracle to happen. This is just the beginning of their long journey unless he starts using appropriate formation and play players at their right position.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

Checking Manchester City and Tottenham statistics from the match that ended up 0-2 in the home of Manchester City, i discover that Manchester City has the highest ball possession, goal on targets but they lost the match against Tottenham that have low ball possession from the match because Tottenham have talented strikers that know how to score goal in the midst of strong defenders in this new season, even though people want to use this match to criticize Manchester City coach, i will not join them to criticize the coach because Manchester City players played their best, just that they experience little mistakes from their defense that made them to lose three points from home.

Before the match started, no one expected that Manchester City would lose points at home and that was against Tottenham. Although this is not the best time to consider Manchester City as weak this season or to ignore them as favorites to win the title. Because, they have only played 2 matches and this is the right time to correct the mistakes. Although they lost, I don't blame them now, they need to have a better plan in their attack. Tottenham won the match because their attack was good and the attacks were enough to score goals. On the other hand, City were good in possession or ball control but were bad in attack.

Well, do you think Tottenham Hotspur is an over-neglected team in the new Premier League season actually I think it's probably not the best time to mock and ignore them because they are playing better in the PL in the new season compared to the past. Analyze the football and see how strong Tottenham Hotspur Football Club's defense was against Manchester City in this match, everyone saw that Manchester City's forwards were overwhelmed by Christian Romero's onslaught there. Spurs set a new record for wins after another win over Manchester City in the recent new season. It is largely true that the Tottenham Hotspur team was much more aggressive than the hosts in this match and we saw that North London regained three points by scoring two goals in the first half.

[Lida93]

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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.

Pep Guardiola is an ambitious manager and as one who's ambitious no amount of trophies won could be just enough for him to quit from pushing hard to winning more. He has really added colour to the record of Manchester city just like he did in other clubs he has managed before City. Aside winning the EPL trophy back to back for City, the UCL is what could be considered as his greatest achievement for the club and he will leave when he deems fit but for now I am not sure quitting Manchester city right now for another manger could make City more better than in Pep' hand.

[TelolettOm]

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

Unfortunately, Chelsea could only manage a draw in their first match against Crystal Palace, leaving them with only four points, but Chelsea are still in the top three of the Premier League this time.

On the other hand, I'm quite surprised by Tottenham's strong start to the season. At least, they are the only club other than Arsenal to win twice at the start of the season, placing them in the top two.

However, Tottenham have made very good and potential signings so far, such as Mohammed Kudus, Mathys Tel, Kevin Danso, Luka Vuskovic, and several other midfield players. The results have been quite promising. And now, Tottenham is rumored to be approaching Bayer Leverkusen center-back Piero Hincapié.

Source: Tottenham approach Bayer Leverkusen for Piero Hincapié with new proposal.

[Razmirraz]

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 think the major challenge that most Manchester United supporters have with the club currently is that their performance is very inconsistent and games that you expect them to win the end up not winning the game either losing it or picking up just a point. It is going to be very terrible for Manchester United if they continue like that this season considering that other teams have improved significantly including Chelsea with whom they were being compared with last season. Amorim will come under more pressure if he cannot deliver in their next game against newly promoted side Burnley.

It happened again, once again Manchester United lost points in the EPL after being held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham. Manchester United once again showed a less than optimal performance, their performance was not much different from last season. They had a chance to win this game, but Bruno Fernandes missed the penalty kick.

If their performance continues like this, Man United will again have difficulty breaking into the European Zone because other teams are starting to show their quality, especially since the EPL has so many strong teams that make the competition for the top 6 positions very competitive. Losing 5 points in the first two games of the season made Amorim need to make tactical changes in his squad, the 3-4-2-1 formation used when facing Fulham was very ineffective, the proof is that the only goal that prevented them from losing came from an own goal by a Fulham player.

[SatoPrincess]

Eze to Arsenal is indeed a dream come true for both player and the club fans. For me this is the most exciting transfer of the summer for Arsenal, I can’t measure the level of excitement I feel for this deal and the fact that Arsenal hijacked this transfer deal from their rivals Spurs just puts the icing on the cake lol.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Manchester City suffered an undeserved defeat against Tottenham at Etihad stadium. City played well and created enough chances, but with the goals conceded in the game, it broke their moral. The Gk, Trafford who isn't worth as a good backup goalkeeper made things worse. I feel Man city should intensify their pursuit for Donnarumma who will likely be a good goalkeeper for them; Trafford was really unprofessional in his performance.

The second goal City conceded was entirely Trafford's doings. I wonder how furious pep Guardiola felt after the match. Haaland and Marmoush made up the forward line playing an excellent football but neither of them scored in the game. Marmoush on the other hand wasted too many chances. The entire team is facing an instability in their games, so Pep Guardiola urgently need to find a better solution in goal and the forward area.

[Solodoski]

Eze to Arsenal is indeed a dream come true for both player and the club fans. For me this is the most exciting transfer of the summer for Arsenal, I can’t measure the level of excitement I feel for this deal and the fact that Arsenal hijacked this transfer deal from their rivals Spurs just puts the icing on the cake lol.

It's truly the most exciting deal and like you mentioned that the fact it was hijacked from spurs just put the icing on the cake. I think Eberechi Eze has always been destined to play for Arsenal and he is back at the team at the right time. I so much believe that this is the signing that takes Arsenal all the way to the trophy. I just can't wait for the end of the season and I think Arsenal really deserves it.

[Rockstarguy]

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.

It's too early to tell if any team is back to good performance or not. It is impressive to see Chelsea performing well as the season begins, but Chelsea has always been known as a team that is unstable.

 I just need Chelsea to go through a series of games first before I conclude about their performance this season. It will be a great achievement for Chelsea to improve their game this season because it is embarrassing for them to continue with this same unstable performance.

[Volgastallion]

Oh not again not again he said  (commercial meme)

Im talking about the Manchester United, they again made quite a good game against Arsenal in the first journey but when they have to face a low tier team like Fulham they play like always, an that is like shit.

Yesterday they were the same shit team as the previous seasons, so here we go again, the same team the same troubles.

[Sandra_hakeem]

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.

Manchester United failed to win Fulham. Bruno should have taken advantage of the opportunity in the penalty awarded in the game -- it wasn't fair for an experienced player like him to miss a penalty at such a crucial time in the game.

However, the match was a promising one to watch with high-quality footballers, playing with counter attacks from both sides. United had an obligation to win the match but were so unlucky even with the good football the played, chances weren't converted into goals; the plan was to win the match and stand a chance to compete with other Big teams with 6 points already.This team certainly has to move forward starting from Bruno Fernandes. Basically he's the captain of the team and should be playing at his very best in all competitions.

[WatChe]

Eze to Arsenal is indeed a dream come true for both player and the club fans. For me this is the most exciting transfer of the summer for Arsenal, I can’t measure the level of excitement I feel for this deal and the fact that Arsenal hijacked this transfer deal from their rivals Spurs just puts the icing on the cake lol.

Arsenal got Eberechi Eze and that's no doubt a good deal but will that solve Arsenal problem of finishing second in EPL. The gunners have not won the title for last 22 years and for last three consecutive seasons they have finished second on points table. Arsenal so far has played 2 games and won both games without conceiving a goal but that's not something new. Arsenal do good in start of every season. The real test of Arsenal is whether they will maintain this form throughout this season.

[Danica22]

Manchester United failed to win Fulham. Bruno should have taken advantage of the opportunity in the penalty awarded in the game -- it wasn't fair for an experienced player like him to miss a penalty at such a crucial time in the game.

However, the match was a promising one to watch with high-quality footballers, playing with counter attacks from both sides. United had an obligation to win the match but were so unlucky even with the good football the played, chances weren't converted into goals; the plan was to win the match and stand a chance to compete with other Big teams with 6 points already.This team certainly has to move forward starting from Bruno Fernandes. Basically he's the captain of the team and should be playing at his very best in all competitions.

I am very disappointed  with Manchester united's performance. In the Arsenal vs United match, we saw a much better performance from Manchester united. United players were able to attack a lot but the team lost the match. But in the match against Fulham,  Manchester united's overall performance was weak. We did not see much attack from  United players. Fulham's overall gameplay was better than United's. Manchesterunited's performance this season also seems to be irregular like the previous season. We will not see Manchester United in the top four of the points table.

[Antotena]

Manchester City suffered an undeserved defeat against Tottenham at Etihad stadium. City played well and created enough chances, but with the goals conceded in the game, it broke their moral. The Gk, Trafford who isn't worth as a good backup goalkeeper made things worse. I feel Man city should intensify their pursuit for Donnarumma who will likely be a good goalkeeper for them; Trafford was really unprofessional in his performance.

The second goal City conceded was entirely Trafford's doings. I wonder how furious pep Guardiola felt after the match. Haaland and Marmoush made up the forward line playing an excellent football but neither of them scored in the game. Marmoush on the other hand wasted too many chances. The entire team is facing an instability in their games, so Pep Guardiola urgently need to find a better solution in goal and the forward area.

Chances that couldn't be converted to any goal, I will not call that any chances. They might have done well but 2 down goal in the first half is a big crime for a team like Manchester City that gave Wolves 4 good goals in one setting of a match. The way Tottenham made it easy despite the game hosted in Etihad proves the team isn't ready to win the league. Even Arsenal that are not doing well with performance are having good finish in their games than what Manchester City played during the weekend.

We are also quick to attack Trafford, he made his own error for that short pass but Manchester City back line was poor, out of all those players only Stones seems to be well equipped and experienced player in that line, the rest were just try and error. I guess Guardiola underestimated what Tottenham could do, they made it look like they weren't prepared at all, to make it worse it's their first Premier League match in Etihad and they blew it up like it's nothing.

[len01]

Fulham's overall gameplay was better than United's. Manchesterunited's performance this season also seems to be irregular like the previous season.

Fulham's performance wasn't much different from Man United's, and I watched the replay of the match and saw Man United create several scoring chances. But all of those chances were wasted, and even their best penalty shot was missed. Overall, I still rate Man United slightly better against Fulham yesterday. It's just that their attacking finishing was poor.