⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Tonimez]

[Edited out]

Maybe if Manchester United gets you this vexed, don't you think it is high time you stop playing them in your tickets?! That game was quite different, we all knew it was going to be tougher than expected.

The truth is that t won't be long and tickets will bleed. The progression too has been somewhat average as they only performed very outstandingly against ATM who they played 4 goals to nothing. If they can sustain this tempo until December ending, then we may start having hope on them. Since arsenal lost the trophy few years ago after topping the table for close to 300 days with about 8 games to go, I began to loose interest in their lead. They have to keep the streak on. The season is interesting as no team is too formidable  to loose until the end.



I would personally spot weaknesses at the front line. A team like arsenal shouldn't convert only 2 out of 9 shots on goal against a team who had only one shot that had only 1 shot on target. Arsenal need more concentration on goals to boost the confidence of the team in order not to start loosing and drawing more.

[shinratensei_]

It's 36 minutes already, and Chelsea is taking the lead with 1 goal to nil. Because João Pedro just scored it's first goal at 36 minutes, just few minutes ago, and yet Tottenham Hotspur seems not to be strong enough against Chelsea tonight. As it's obvious, Tottenham will also lose tonight's match just the same way they lost their previous game against Newcastle few days ago. Because if eventually Chelsea wins this game, then they will be moving forward to the 2nd place on the Premier league table, while Tottenham Hotspur drops from 3rd to 4th place if they lose tonight's game. But however, I'm having a strong feeling this game will end draw.

In the end, Tottenham is just tottenham. They were always so shite against Chelsea, and losing at home is obviously upsetting all of their fans. I like it!

Anyway, applause for Chelsea especially Caicedo who played so clinical, and showed why he must be rated as one of best CDM at this time. I like the way he always tried to get the ball back. Beside that i also feel disappointed with how they bottled so many big chances.
The first one when Gitten unable to do a proper finishing when none in front of him. Honestly, it makes me feel so upset with him.

I know win is still win, but still hope they can be more clinical in term of finishing.

[Jostern]

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To be sincerely speaking for me, I don't even know what to say concerning Liverpool problem, because trust me, we are all confused and don't know what to say. No one expected this to happen and guess what now, the club as collapse in recent time.
Every one though slot is going to be the one that will definitely replace klopp, but what we are seeing now is unbelievable. For me I hope that Liverpool will come back to their winning ways so all this embarrassment will eventually stops.

This month alone, out of six matches played across three different competitions—the Premier League, Champions League, and Carabao Cup—the Reds have only managed one win, a Champions League victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. The rest of the season has seen them suffer a string of bitter defeats. Last season, Arne Slot simply continued what Jürgen Klopp had built, leading Liverpool to impressive form. However, after several changes Arne Slot made at the start of the season, everything fell apart, and Liverpool completely slumped.

And I'm quite skeptical about Liverpool's recovery in the coming weeks. Their next Premier League match will be against Aston Villa, who are currently in good form, not to mention Manchester City awaiting them in Week 11. And even moving on to the Champions League, hoping that Liverpool can regain their winning ways in the UCL, the next match will be a tough test for Arne Slot's team, as they face Real Madrid.

The irony is that Slot rode on the momentum of Klopp all last season and secretly demolished the foundations. The momentum has taken its toll and everyone is in shock that the house is tumbling down. £446 million spent in the summer and the team has somehow got worse. Isak is invisible, Wirtz is lost in position, and Gakpo (who costs a fraction) is bearing the creative burden since he is the only one who can adapt to this mess. Meanwhile Alisson is no longer an elite shot-stopper, but he looks like he is actually shaky, and no one is drawing the dots that it might be the system that is exposing him



Liverpool is already beaten by Crystal Palace three times this season. Three! Glasner has calculated that when you give them the ball deep and get them into slow build-up, then hit them on transitions when they are out of shape. It is essentially a sure victory. Villa used the same blueprint on City

Liverpool is looking down Villa today, Real Madrid midweek, and City next weekend. And Slot is already panicking with formation every match

Look I have been watching football for a very long time now and I have come to understand how football works, when I look at the Liverpool team, I see a team that plays very well with a top performance, but the results was not really on their side, and the manager trying to change so many things in the team and that have been a huge problem for him, but I noticed the game yesterday that Liverpool were playing like themselves, just like the way they played during jurgen Klopp time.

I saw a team that are ready to press against a team that plays from the back and that lead to several mistakes by Aston Villa, most of the games that Liverpool have lost this season are most especially from teams that plays a long ball and that is quite unimpressive from them, because they are expected to win this simple game against Long ball opponents, now let’s see if they can keep up a winning streak, and Salah said they are back and indeed they look like a team that is really back.

[yudi09]

Look I have been watching football for a very long time now and I have come to understand how football works, when I look at the Liverpool team, I see a team that plays very well with a top performance, but the results was not really on their side, and the manager trying to change so many things in the team and that have been a huge problem for him, but I noticed the game yesterday that Liverpool were playing like themselves, just like the way they played during jurgen Klopp time.

Don't doubt Liverpool. You now understand how Liverpool plays and what this great club is like. Klopp is the past that will always be remembered. But Liverpool's gaze is on the future.
After Aston Villa, the next team Liverpool will face is Real Madrid, and we’re ready to cheer them on to give Liverpool even more energy. 
Beating Aston Villa is great and can serve as valuable momentum to boost the team’s fighting spirit ahead of facing Real Madrid.

I’m sure you also know the history between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the UCL. 
Liverpool is one of the few English teams with a great history in the UCL.

[Gaza13]

Arsenal once again won their English Premier League game. They defeated Burnley 0:2 to claim another win without conceding a goal. Mikel Arteta seems like a manager who's all out to defile all odds this season but I'm curious. Do you think this Arsenal team will be able to stay consistent till the end of the season and eventually lift the trophy that's eluded them in over 20 years or is still going to be another season where Arsenal starts on a good note and ends on a poor run? Let read your thoughts.

Arsenal are at the top with 25 points after winning 8 of their 10 matches. Arsenal showed great dominance in the match against Burnley and are also indicating that they are getting stronger. Being 7 points ahead of second placed Bournemouth is another success in that continuity. All players are implementing the strategy according to the plan that Arteta is trying to do and if they can maintain the winning streak, they can win the trophy. Arsenal team has had a good start to the season but it is still not sure whether they can maintain it in the end. Arteta will have to focus on using the best players in their best form properly so that there are no injury problems in the team.

Yes, we should appreciate what Arteta did until the match against Burnley, he remained consistent and maintained harmony with each of his players. The strategy and player selection coordinated well, following the coach's instructions. I don't think the seven-point gap is certain, as Bournemouth hasn't played yet. Indeed, many predicted that Manchester City would win against Bournemouth. If Bournemouth were to lose, it would certainly be a breath of fresh air for Arsenal, as the points gap would widen. I don't think Arteta is satisfied with the seven point gap in the standings he remains focused and consistent in every match until the end.

[BlackBoss_]

Don't doubt Liverpool. You now understand how Liverpool plays and what this great club is like. Klopp is the past that will always be remembered. But Liverpool's gaze is on the future.

They have quality but also have many problems like how Manchester City struggled in the last season. With good player resources and good head coaches, Manchester City managed to finish a last season in top four, and Liverpool can achieve it in this season too. The win can be a good start of recovery for Liverpool and they must be realistic that they have to focus on fixing problems, improving performances and results, securing a position in top four. After some months, they can see whether there is an opportunity for them in fighting for Premier League title.

After Aston Villa, the next team Liverpool will face is Real Madrid, and we’re ready to cheer them on to give Liverpool even more energy. 
Beating Aston Villa is great and can serve as valuable momentum to boost the team’s fighting spirit ahead of facing Real Madrid.

I’m sure you also know the history between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the UCL. 
Liverpool is one of the few English teams with a great history in the UCL.

Next two matches will be very tough and challenging for Liverpool and they need acceptable results for avoiding a crisis return after beating Aston Villa. Both Real Madrid and Manchester City are strong and have better forms than Liverpool so they have better chance of winning than Liverpool in coming matches.

[Cossyblack]

Arsenal once again won their English Premier League game. They defeated Burnley 0:2 to claim another win without conceding a goal. Mikel Arteta seems like a manager who's all out to defile all odds this season but I'm curious. Do you think this Arsenal team will be able to stay consistent till the end of the season and eventually lift the trophy that's eluded them in over 20 years or is still going to be another season where Arsenal starts on a good note and ends on a poor run? Let read your thoughts.

Arsenal looks like a team that is ready to win the premier League this season. They have remain consistent,no doubt clearing every obstacles on their path. Bunley was swept away yesterday with two goals by Arsenal,the same fates may await any teams that Arsenal will play against. I am not sure if Arsenal will stay consistent or will maintain this form til the end of the season. Arsenal has maintained similar form like this in past seasons but still end up securing second position while another teams wins the league and lifts the trophy. Like I said,I can't be sure based on my reasons but perhaps,who knows this season might be theirs to win.

[Justbillywitt]

I would personally spot weaknesses at the front line. A team like arsenal shouldn't convert only 2 out of 9 shots on goal against a team who had only one shot that had only 1 shot on target. Arsenal need more concentration on goals to boost the confidence of the team in order not to start loosing and drawing more.

Burnley has a goalkeeper in between their goal posts, it's not every shots that are on target that should be converted into goals. The goal keeper will have to save some because that's why he is being paid by the club. Arsenal had a good game yesterday they scored two goals and kept a clean sheet. I don't see anything wrong with Arsenal frontline, they have been scoring good number of goals this season. Fans should learn how to be grateful. For me I will give the accolade to Burnley goalkeeper for putting up a good performance yesterday by depriving Arsenal the opportunity of scoring more goals

[KTChampions]

The truth is that t won't be long and tickets will bleed. The progression too has been somewhat average as they only performed very outstandingly against ATM who they played 4 goals to nothing. If they can sustain this tempo until December ending, then we may start having hope on them. Since arsenal lost the trophy few years ago after topping the table for close to 300 days with about 8 games to go, I began to loose interest in their lead. They have to keep the streak on. The season is interesting as no team is too formidable  to loose until the end.



I would personally spot weaknesses at the front line. A team like arsenal shouldn't convert only 2 out of 9 shots on goal against a team who had only one shot that had only 1 shot on target. Arsenal need more concentration on goals to boost the confidence of the team in order not to start loosing and drawing more.

The difference is that while Arsenal used to have opponents like top-tier Citi teams which could score 100 points in a season, things are different now – Arsenal looks like the strongest team in the Premier League, while the other clubs have weakened significantly.
As for the score, it's in line with the xG (if I remember correctly, it was something like 2.5+-), Arsenal scored as many as they should have.

[SatoPrincess]

We are in matchweek 10 and I think it’s incredible how Bournemouth are ahead of Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Manchester United on the league table. Nottingham Forest choice of managers is really affecting the team, and they may very well find themselves battling relegation this season.

[knowngunman]

In the end, Tottenham is just tottenham. They were always so shite against Chelsea, and losing at home is obviously upsetting all of their fans. I like it!

Anyway, applause for Chelsea especially Caicedo who played so clinical, and showed why he must be rated as one of best CDM at this time. I like the way he always tried to get the ball back. Beside that i also feel disappointed with how they bottled so many big chances.
The first one when Gitten unable to do a proper finishing when none in front of him. Honestly, it makes me feel so upset with him.

Lol, just like someone say Tottenham is a regular customer for Chelsea and they maintained tradition of being beating by Chelsea every season even when Chelsea is not on form. It's obvious Tottenham can't play against a high press team, they have no iota of courage despite playing at their own stadium. I wonder why the coach played about four defensive midfielders when they have no goal to defend. This is the worst and boring derby match I have watched in a while now. The old Tottenham I know used to play high intensity attacking games during Ange but Frank change everything and they now play defending games even though they have players who can play attacking games.

I know win is still win, but still hope they can be more clinical in term of finishing.

Tottenham goalie deserved a medal for a wonderful performance. Chelsea could win with 4-5 goals but they wasted bunch of chances. Chelsea need to be more clinical in the front of goal post else they'll pay the price someday. Yeah, the most important thing is the point and they secure it.

[Pulsar77]

We are in matchweek 10 and I think it’s incredible how Bournemouth are ahead of Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Manchester United on the league table. Nottingham Forest choice of managers is really affecting the team, and they may very well find themselves battling relegation this season.

Yes, it's really hard to believe to me as well.    Actually it isn't because Bournemouth are playing perfectly. They won 5 matches out of 9. 3 draws and 1 losses.

Normally a stronger team would have easily beaten these stats. For example Liverpool! But you know the situation of those teams recently. They just lost so many points too.

By the way I believe Manchester City will beat Bournemouth home today. But with a close gap maybe such as 2-1 or 3-2.

[execijutiere]

Brighton hosted Leeds. It wasn't a particularly difficult match for Brighton, who won comfortably at home. Both teams took plenty of shots, but it was the home side who were more effective in front of goal.
Burnley couldn't do anything against a strong Arsenal. Arsenal dominated their opponents away from home and secured a comfortable victory. Arsenal, who defeated their opponents with goals from Gyökeres and Rice in the first half, continues to maintain its lead.

[MainIbem]

Brighton hosted Leeds. It wasn't a particularly difficult match for Brighton, who won comfortably at home. Both teams took plenty of shots, but it was the home side who were more effective in front of goal.
Burnley couldn't do anything against a strong Arsenal. Arsenal dominated their opponents away from home and secured a comfortable victory. Arsenal, who defeated their opponents with goals from Gyökeres and Rice in the first half, continues to maintain its lead.

If you notice how Brighton played against United you'll notice that they're a tough side to play against, they seem like a weak team on the table but very tough on the pitch so I had strong feeling that they'll defeat Leeds cause they don't look tough enough compared to Brighton. This could finally be Arsenal's season they've work hard enough to get this far, it would be very surprising if they don't end up winning it, I'm not a fan of the club but with how hardworking they're, I hope they do win it.

[BIT-BENDER]

Brighton hosted Leeds. It wasn't a particularly difficult match for Brighton, who won comfortably at home. Both teams took plenty of shots, but it was the home side who were more effective in front of goal.
Burnley couldn't do anything against a strong Arsenal. Arsenal dominated their opponents away from home and secured a comfortable victory. Arsenal, who defeated their opponents with goals from Gyökeres and Rice in the first half, continues to maintain its lead.

If you notice how Brighton played against United you'll notice that they're a tough side to play against, they seem like a weak team on the table but very tough on the pitch so I had strong feeling that they'll defeat Leeds cause they don't look tough enough compared to Brighton. This could finally be Arsenal's season they've work hard enough to get this far, it would be very surprising if they don't end up winning it, I'm not a fan of the club but with how hardworking they're, I hope they do win it.

This season it is only Arsenal that has really dominated and beat Brighton properly in the EFL but even in that match Brighton started off very strongly and they can say the EFL is not a tournament they take seriously as the English premier League.
Brighton did not play a weak team because Leeds United can be very unpredictable, I won't even put my money on Brighton even though I believe that they are the stronger team.
Brighton keeps playing like this and they can just be the last season Nottingham Forest for this season.

[execijutiere]

Crystal Palace managed to win 2-0 at home against Brentford. Both teams were level on points before the match, but the home side managed to move three points ahead of their rivals with this victory. In a battle between two teams struggling to win and pick up points, Fulham performed better than their opponents and managed to defeat them. Fulham definitely deserved to win with their dominant play against their opponent. Wolves failed to perform well in the match, and Vitor Pereira's team is having a truly poor season this year.

[qurbanshah02]

We are in matchweek 10 and I think it’s incredible how Bournemouth are ahead of Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Manchester United on the league table. Nottingham Forest choice of managers is really affecting the team, and they may very well find themselves battling relegation this season.

These teams play with hard work and good performance, which is why we are seeing them here and if we look at the performance of each team and their matches, they are either winning or drawing in every match and improving their record with one point. Their performance and their strength are improving. Arsenal has made themselves a strong team which has put them at number one and if teams like Bournemouth and Chelsea play well, they can challenge Arsenal. As far as I have seen Nottingham Forest matches recently, they have lost and if they continue to play in the same way, according to me they are not in a good performance and neither are their managers improving their team.

[SatoPrincess]

Manchester City is the favorite to win this match but looking at how well Bournemouth have performed this season, it’s clear that this is not going to be an easy match for the Cityzens. Pep Guardiola needs to win the game to push Manchester City up the table.

[Abbatty]

Another London derby that ended in a defeat for Tottenham, this is there 5 defeat to Chelsea in a row, no side in the league have had more win against Tottenham than Chelsea. I now see the reason why Chelsea fans called spurs home 3 points lane. A win that Chelsea much needed, after that late goal they suffered at home to sunderland, they needed a win to keep them alive in challenging for the champions league spot and they got that win.

Chelsea big problem have been inconsistency, they need to find a win to win at least 5 premier league games in a row and they would be in a very serious spot. They have the quality they just need to start showing the quality they have by consistent result.

[Sims25]

Another London derby that ended in a defeat for Tottenham, this is there 5 defeat to Chelsea in a row, no side in the league have had more win against Tottenham than Chelsea. I now see the reason why Chelsea fans called spurs home 3 points lane. A win that Chelsea much needed, after that late goal they suffered at home to sunderland, they needed a win to keep them alive in challenging for the champions league spot and they got that win.

Chelsea big problem have been inconsistency, they need to find a win to win at least 5 premier league games in a row and they would be in a very serious spot. They have the quality they just need to start showing the quality they have by consistent result.

They still need a bit of quality in the defense line. The lack of quality at the back cost them against Sunderland and Brighton.