⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[X-ray]

Crystal Palace had a huge unbeaten run like 19 games. But it was until the Everton game... That goal by Grealish in the stoppage time devastated them. And it was his first goal of the season in the league at the same time. 

I can't believe Everton became Palace's nightmare. They played shite football in the first half and it really worried me. The good thing was when Moyes aware of it, and did some subs during the half time. It really made difference in their gameplay. The subs really boost Alcaraz's performance, and happy to see them destroyed palace's 19 games unbeaten record.

They forced Palace to remove their 19 games unbeaten from their X account. Palace gets cooked.  

[Solodoski]

Arsenal is playing very well; they beat Arsenal-Westham 2-0 today. Westham hasn't been very good this season, and they haven't had many wins.
Arsenal has been playing excellently in most matches, and with their new signings, Arsenal has taken things to the next level this year.
The first question that immediately comes to mind is whether Arsenal will win the title this year. It's still too early. Arsenal may be closer to the title than ever before.
There's also a Chelsea-Liverpool match today, and a win for Chelsea would be a tremendous gift for Arsenal.

It's true that it's still very early in the league,  but I think this Arsenal team is better than what they had last season, and they also have a lot of depth in the team, which might be an advantage for them this season. In my opinion I think they will win the league this season, because I don't think Liverpool is really that good as people think and Manchester City and Chelsea are still finding their feet, so I think it's a good opportunity for Arsenal to win the league this season,  but as you said and I agree, it's still too early, although I have really been impressed by the team so far and I hope they go on to win the Premier league this season.

[TelolettOm]

Haaland is a goal machine, we all know that. But man he still doesn't finish a game without scoring.    He didn't score in only one game in the league so far which was the Tottenham one.

He's truly a goal-scoring machine. If only Man City were still as strong in every department, I can't imagine how terrifying they would be with Haaland still up front, so strong and sharp in his finishing. But, this is a team, and Man City must fight on all fronts.

But about Haaland, without a doubt, he's incredible. This season, in a total of nine matches played in both the Premier League and Champions League, he has scored 12 goals and provided one assist. And only against Tottenham did he not score; otherwise, he's always been there.

Source: Erling Haaland this season

[Velvet78]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

[ruykeri]

The issue with City currently isn’t about Pep Guardiola in my opinion, for every thing on earth there is a time to grow and a time to die. City have lost lots of top talents that fueled their premier league reign in the last five years, yes they have made new signings but these new signings are not equal to the ones they had in the previous years of their reign so what do you expect. They will need to regroup a squad as good as what they had to make such an impact again.

Manchester City is in a bad situation at the moment. Among the midfielders, Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne have left the club and Bernardo Silva is currently in bad form. There are no  good players like Riyad Mahrez and Sterling in the forward line anymore. Among the defenders, Laporte has left the club in 2023. Ake is not playing due to his left foot injury. Defenders like Stone are also not in the same form as before. Most importantly, there is no reliable RB like Kyle Walker in the team. What I think is Pep Guardiola is in some trouble due to City's experienced and good players leaving one and a half and the lack of coordination with the new players and the old team. However, everyone knows that he is a world-class good coach.

[Coyster]

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

Lol, while it is true that they are not far off the summit, but everyone knows they are not realistically going after the title, neither are they title contenders. You don't go from finishing in the bottom half of the table (15th if i remember correctly) to winning the league. Amorim's target this season would realistically be a top 7 or 8 finish at best, and IMO, we are looking at 5th position down to 8th, because i don't think there is a top 4 chance for Manchester United this season.

[Issa56]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

I knew Manchester United Won’t be losing to Sunderland, what I was expecting in the match was just draw, but Manchester United ended up winning them match, and am sure the win is really going to help Amorim, it’s really going to reduce the pressure on Amorim, and I hope Amorim will be able to fix Manchester United performance soon, Manchester United fans are already frustrated, and if the teams performance doesn’t improve, then soon they going to start requesting for change of coach.

Manchester United next match will be against Liverpool, I don’t think Manchester United will be able to get a win in the match. I know Liverpool performance has dropped a little bit, and most teams are now winning them, but I believe Liverpool will play better in the match, and they will be able to get a win.

[Iroh]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

It was definitely nice seeing a win from Man united. They secured a win and the 3 points after having the win against Sunderland. I have little expectations from Man united so it was quite a surprise seeing them win. I had wished for more goals from Man United in the second half of the game but I guess the 2 goals scored in the first half was enough to secure the win.
Like I said earlier, I haven't got much expectations from Man United but it would be quite the match if they end up having a win against Liverpool when they meet on the 19th. At this point, Liverpool is highly predicted to win. It would be wild if Man united ends up winning.

[Zoomic]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

It was definitely nice seeing a win from Man united. They secured a win and the 3 points after having the win against Sunderland. I have little expectations from Man united so it was quite a surprise seeing them win. I had wished for more goals from Man United in the second half of the game but I guess the 2 goals scored in the first half was enough to secure the win.
Like I said earlier, I haven't got much expectations from Man United but it would be quite the match if they end up having a win against Liverpool when they meet on the 19th. At this point, Liverpool is highly predicted to win. It would be wild if Man united ends up winning.

I don't have to praise Amorim and his students because of winning Sunderland. I mean, if Amorim cannot win a relegation team, which other club was he expecting to win. This is an epileptic strategy by Amorim to remain in Manchester united till the end of this seaon.
Now he won against Sunderland, he will see it as a passport to lose at Anfield. Then, the next match could be a win, followed by draw and 2 losses. How will a performance like this be able to take Manchester united to the expected greatness?

With the current squad of Manchester united, they should be abke to go 3 matches consecutively without a lose or draw.

[Abdulzuruku01]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

It's bad news because Manchester United upcoming match against Liverpool will be tough for Amorim. Although Liverpool has lost their last two Premier League matches, making it possible for United to have an advantage, I'm still unsure about predicting a win. Manchester United inconsistent results have been disappointing, and I'm not confident they'll win this game if I bet on them. Manchester United have played some big matches so far this season, and I don't think they put up a strong fight in those games, as they were defeated by Arsenal and Manchester City. Chelsea was the only strong team they've managed to beat.

[SUPERSAIAN]

The arrival of Kolo Toure and should have brought in some improvements but they have not. There are no visible improvements from the Manchester City we saw last season, they are not as consistent as they used to be, they win a game and lose the next or draw, this is not the Pep Guardiola we saw. If Manchester city were to be a club like Man Utd and Chelsea,  the backlash from the media would be heavy but since it's Pep and City, everybody must be scared to speak up.

The issue with City currently isn’t about Pep Guardiola in my opinion, for every thing on earth there is a time to grow and a time to die. City have lost lots of top talents that fueled their premier league reign in the last five years, yes they have made new signings but these new signings are not equal to the ones they had in the previous years of their reign so what do you expect. They will need to regroup a squad as good as what they had to make such an impact again.

That five-year reign was such that Manchester City gave the impression they would always maintain it. Guardiola and his players at the time. I agree that Guardiola wasn't the problem. The squad isn't as good as the old Manchester City squad, nor is it bad, they could have achieved better results with this squad. Some reinforcements are needed, they need good wingers or a strengthened midfield.

Leave the rest to Guardiola, he'll do what's necessary. Manchester City didn't perform particularly well against Brenford, but they did get the three points, and that was enough

[topbitcoin]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

For a big club in 10th place, it's still not very comfortable, but considering the points tally, which is still quite close, it's perhaps understandable.
However, in this case, their performance has been less than perfect in their last five games, with three wins and two defeats, which clearly means that Manchester United and Amorim need to be more aware of their situation.

For the 8th week against Liverpool, it remains a slightly more complicated situation. However, considering Liverpool's current form with their recent string of losses, this could actually be an opportunity for Manchester United to capitalize on, but it all depends on how Amorim implements his strategy in this scenario.

[Adbitco]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

And the distance between 1st that Arsenal is currently occupying and 10th that Manchester United is occupying currently is 9 position difference which is still a lot. This same 6 points difference will be hard for them to recover, you might be surprised that after the league phase resumes again after this weekend, Manchester United might be finding themselves 9 points behind 1st position, lol.

[Mallampue]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

Manchester United dominated the match after taking an early lead, and it was an exciting display to secure the three points in front of their home fans. Sunderland put up a fight, but they were unlucky not to convert several chances. For Sesko, the goal against Sunderland was his second in seven appearances. I think he needs to find his best form to contribute goals and bring victory to Manchester United.

Manchester United must focus as best as possible on the Premier League this season, as they are not busy with other competitions like the Europa League. There are many rumors circulating about Amorim's future. I hope he can secure his place as Manchester United manager, as rumors are circulating that he will be sacked.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

The new season of the Premier League is underway with great enthusiasm and the heavyweight teams are constantly showing their classic performances, even last season we saw that Nottingham Forest had transformed into a strong team but in this new season's PL this team has won just one match out of seven matches, this is really hilarious. However this team may have lost its ability, which is why they are now stuck in the most uncomfortable situation in this new season's Premier League, even they are ranked lower than Manchester United.

It's truly surprising to us that Nottingham Forest couldn't get into the spotlight in their second Europa League match against an unknown team like Midtjylland, also yesterday Nottingham Forest lost 2-0 to Newcastle United at St. James' Park.

[Abbatty]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

It normal to see Manchester United bounce back from a defeat especially when their next match is at home, I expected the to beat sunderland in that game, I even went on to gamble on them to beat sunderland but just like you said the big problem for Manchester United especially Amorim Manchester United have always been inconsistency.

Just like you said their next after the international break is them traveling to Anfield and with Liverpool recent result they won’t want to drop points in that match. So for me it another lose coming again and the inconsistency continues for them. Well like always football is very unpredictable so let see if Manchester United can make a case at Anfield.

[Stormisover]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

I was actually expecting the winning though so it didn't surprise me, it seems you guys haven't noticed that Manchester United as in Ruben Amorin's team can't win straight two matches, they pattern of play is win one lose one and draw one and if you check very this is exactly how they work, they are not consistent in winning nor losing nor draw so this game against Liverpool despite Liverpool not being in their best of form I still think it's a win or draw in favor of Liverpool, I can't remember when last Manchester United won straight two matches in a row and it's heartbreaking to the fans.

[jems]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

I was actually expecting the winning though so it didn't surprise me, it seems you guys haven't noticed that Manchester United as in Ruben Amorin's team can't win straight two matches, they pattern of play is win one lose one and draw one and if you check very this is exactly how they work, they are not consistent in winning nor losing nor draw so this game against Liverpool despite Liverpool not being in their best of form I still think it's a win or draw in favor of Liverpool, I can't remember when last Manchester United won straight two matches in a row and it's heartbreaking to the fans.

It sounds very strange, but it's true because Manchester United's performance has been inconsistent, and the wins I've seen this season have come against weaker teams, so there's no overestimating a Manchester United win (except against Chelsea).

The next match against Liverpool will be a highly prestigious match for both teams, but I wouldn't expect too much from Manchester United. Overall, Manchester United's strength isn't much better than Liverpool's this season, so it would only be a major surprise if Manchester United were able to win this match against Liverpool.

[M47AK16]

The new season of the Premier League is underway with great enthusiasm and the heavyweight teams are constantly showing their classic performances, even last season we saw that Nottingham Forest had transformed into a strong team but in this new season's PL this team has won just one match out of seven matches, this is really hilarious. However this team may have lost its ability, which is why they are now stuck in the most uncomfortable situation in this new season's Premier League, even they are ranked lower than Manchester United.

It's truly surprising to us that Nottingham Forest couldn't get into the spotlight in their second Europa League match against an unknown team like Midtjylland, also yesterday Nottingham Forest lost 2-0 to Newcastle United at St. James' Park.

To be fair ever since they fired their manager, it was obvious that they made a mistake. I agree that Ange is a great manager and he did great with Tottenham by winning Europa, but we have seen him be terrible at league and now Tottenham is great at league after he left.

This should be something that gets attention, Nottingham is obviously a worse team than Tottenham, and when you look at how Nottingham did better last year, which is why it's the most important reason why they are doing worse now. Because they basically fired the manager that did better than their current manager with a worse team. In the end, I am sure Ange will do fine if he is kept, his second years are usually better, so they need to give him some time.

[Juse14]

It was nice to see Manchester United not losing points this time. As Sunderland didn't have a bad start, I must admit I doubted Amorim's students again. 

The Red Devils are currently 6 points away from the leader technically. It means only 2 wins. Not too bad for now but inconsistency is the undeniable truth anyway...

And I have bad news for the fans... The next game is an away one at Anfield.

Win-lose-win, that's the result that Man United got at the start of this season, a result that shows that Amorim hasn't been able to fully lead this team to the winning path. Facing the Reds squad at Anfield certainly presents a challenge for the Red Devils who are currently unable to perform consistently, but on the other hand, at this time, Arne Slot's team is also experiencing a decline, they continue to swallow the bitter pill of defeat, so this should be an opportunity for Amorim's team to be able to beat Liverpool. But we'll see when they are on the field, the international break has given them time to be able to evaluate what the shortcomings of both teams are, and try to return to their best performance. Meanwhile, it has been quite a long time since Man United was able to beat Liverpool and for the last time the Red Devils managed to silence the Reds in the FA Cup match in the 23/24 season, while for the last time in the EPL it was in 22/23, where Man United managed to win with a score of 2-1 at Old Trafford over Liverpool.