⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Alonso_]

For me I would say it depends on the team they are playing against, some teams if you dare go a man down against them, they would smoke you and score even more goals. Just imagine a lower ranked team in the Bundesliga going a man down against Bayern Munich of today, that team will certainly concede lots of goals. I do get your stand point of it being difficult for certain teams to win against a 10 men team because they will certainly play defence against that team, but their are certain teams, if you try doing that especially when you're a man down, they will use that opening spot to punish you.

10 against 11 matter on your team spirit and tactics, and against a team like Manchester united giving your all will likely give you a win or a draw and looking at this game last night it reminds me of our Maresca made the wrong decisions removing key attackers against Manchester united when we got a red card also.

Where are the United fans shouting we are back ?
They have gone back to their default: AmorimOut 😆

So how many coaches are needed to make Manchester United perform well and be able to compete in the English league? Because after Alex Ferguson resigned from Manchester United, many coaches have come to Manchester United and many expensive top players have also arrived, but the results have always been disappointing and poor. Not to mention competing for the championship, Manchester United can't even manage to be in the top 4 of the English league to get a ticket to the Champions League next season.

Manchester United made the wrong decision with Erik Ten Hag. The time they spent on him and the signings he made led to their decline. They're currently in a bit of a recovery phase, with manager Amorim trying to regroup the team. They've been on the rise this year, but their last home defeat to Everton was disappointing.

I don’t agree it all started with Erik Ten Hag, we all know that since Alex Ferguson left the club it has been a disgrace from whichever coach and player they have sighed it’s all been a total disappointment, when Moyes was appointed they didn’t know that it will turn out the other way, because Manchester United have been very successful in the past years, and they started making some hilarious decisions on transfers, starting with Van Gaal, who was signing some big players that didn’t live up to expectations and they were sold and he got sacked, and then Ole Gunnar Solkjear got appointed and also made some mess which was bad for the team by sighing Christiano Ronaldo and other players it still didn’t work out well.

And how appointing Erik Ten Hag, it was also a mess but, what I’m trying to say is that it didn’t just start with Erik Ten Hag, Manchester United downfall started with David Moyes to other players there is nothing that haven’t been changed at Manchester United since Sir Alex Ferguson left, everything have been absolutely terrible for the club and it doesn’t look like anything is going to change with Amorim in charge of the club.

[Nightwatchmare]

Let's look at the table now after Week 12, shall we?



Arsenal are so comfortable at the top by being 6 points away from Chelsea. If this isn't the season they become the champions then when will it be? 

Chelsea's progress is really impressive. They finished last season as 4th and now they are in 2nd place. It's likely to finish the season there for them but competing Manchester City for it will be really tough.

Liverpool are so disappointing. If they move on with Slot I can't see a good future anymore.

Arsenal defeating Tottenham Hotspur helped them to reclaim their comfortable lead at premier league standings. Arsenal is the most consistent team in premier league this season, and they should be the team to win the title when the season ends, but if Arsenal doesn't win the title this season as usual, then it means that someone has cast a spell on Arsenal. Chelsea are gradually finding their way back to competing for the premier league title at the moment. As long as Arne Slot still remains Liverpool's coach, Liverpool will keep becoming the shadow of themselves this season.

[RaltcoinsB]

Let's look at the table now after Week 12, shall we?



Arsenal are so comfortable at the top by being 6 points away from Chelsea. If this isn't the season they become the champions then when will it be? 

Chelsea's progress is really impressive. They finished last season as 4th and now they are in 2nd place. It's likely to finish the season there for them but competing Manchester City for it will be really tough.

Liverpool are so disappointing. If they move on with Slot I can't see a good future anymore.

Arsenal defeating Tottenham Hotspur helped them to reclaim their comfortable lead at premier league standings. Arsenal is the most consistent team in premier league this season, and they should be the team to win the title when the season ends, but if Arsenal doesn't win the title this season as usual, then it means that someone has cast a spell on Arsenal. Chelsea are gradually finding their way back to competing for the premier league title at the moment. As long as Arne Slot still remains Liverpool's coach, Liverpool will keep becoming the shadow of themselves this season.

They won the title last year under the same manager, but despite making much better signings this year, Liverpool is far from their most successful season. Arne Slot is a quality manager. This was evident when he won the title in his first year, but things haven't been going his way this year. They're suffering defeats at home, which is unacceptable to Liverpool. After last year's successful season, I expected them to go even further, but that didn't happen. Liverpool's performance this year has been mediocre on average.

[Futurexxx]

Let's look at the table now after Week 12, shall we?


Arsenal are so comfortable at the top by being 6 points away from Chelsea. If this isn't the season they become the champions then when will it be? 

Chelsea's progress is really impressive. They finished last season as 4th and now they are in 2nd place. It's likely to finish the season there for them but competing Manchester City for it will be really tough.

Liverpool are so disappointing. If they move on with Slot I can't see a good future anymore.

Arsenal is very consistent this season but their shouldn't be comfortable, they should continue winnings because Manchester City and Chelsea may still catch up with them in the race.

Chelsea Form has improved significantly this season,the blues is 6 Points behind Arsenal and 1 point ahead of Manchester city in the  English Premier League table. Chelsea and Manchester City are well inform this season, there are occupying the 2nd & 3rd positions in the English Premier League. Chelsea and Manchester City are the only serious contender for the English Premier League title.

By looking at the league chart, if I say that am looking into it with a lot of seriousness then I would be lying because the season is still pretty early. We have seen how arsenal normally start strong and lead the league table by a mile, but once the reverse fixture have started, that's when they start displaying inconsistency and start declining down the league table gradually, so am not a bit surprised this season.
Though some people will say that this season they are different, that they now have an attacker, but I wouldn't be saying much because to me, nothing has changed, time will tell, that's what am confident of.

[Zackz5000]

For me I would say it depends on the team they are playing against, some teams if you dare go a man down against them, they would smoke you and score even more goals. Just imagine a lower ranked team in the Bundesliga going a man down against Bayern Munich of today, that team will certainly concede lots of goals. I do get your stand point of it being difficult for certain teams to win against a 10 men team because they will certainly play defence against that team, but their are certain teams, if you try doing that especially when you're a man down, they will use that opening spot to punish you.

10 against 11 matter on your team spirit and tactics, and against a team like Manchester united giving your all will likely give you a win or a draw and looking at this game last night it reminds me of our Maresca made the wrong decisions removing key attackers against Manchester united when we got a red card also.

Where are the United fans shouting we are back ?
They have gone back to their default: AmorimOut 😆

So how many coaches are needed to make Manchester United perform well and be able to compete in the English league? Because after Alex Ferguson resigned from Manchester United, many coaches have come to Manchester United and many expensive top players have also arrived, but the results have always been disappointing and poor. Not to mention competing for the championship, Manchester United can't even manage to be in the top 4 of the English league to get a ticket to the Champions League next season.

Manchester United made the wrong decision with Erik Ten Hag. The time they spent on him and the signings he made led to their decline. They're currently in a bit of a recovery phase, with manager Amorim trying to regroup the team. They've been on the rise this year, but their last home defeat to Everton was disappointing.

I don’t agree it all started with Erik Ten Hag, we all know that since Alex Ferguson left the club it has been a disgrace from whichever coach and player they have sighed it’s all been a total disappointment, when Moyes was appointed they didn’t know that it will turn out the other way, because Manchester United have been very successful in the past years, and they started making some hilarious decisions on transfers, starting with Van Gaal, who was signing some big players that didn’t live up to expectations and they were sold and he got sacked, and then Ole Gunnar Solkjear got appointed and also made some mess which was bad for the team by sighing Christiano Ronaldo and other players it still didn’t work out well.

And how appointing Erik Ten Hag, it was also a mess but, what I’m trying to say is that it didn’t just start with Erik Ten Hag, Manchester United downfall started with David Moyes to other players there is nothing that haven’t been changed at Manchester United since Sir Alex Ferguson left, everything have been absolutely terrible for the club and it doesn’t look like anything is going to change with Amorim in charge of the club.

Yes it was when Sir Alex Ferguson left Manchester United that the team started having problems till now but i think after David Moyer's Erik ten hag was the worse manager that has coach Manchester United he destroyed the team, Jose Mourinho did well at least he won the UEFA Europa league tittle for Manchester United.

Amorim will do better if the management will give him more season Manchester United can't be restructure in a season and changing of coaches is not the solution to their problems, Amorim disappointed against Everton last time their fans is not happy them after losing 1-0 to Everton who had only 10 men.

[Baki202]

So how many coaches are needed to make Manchester United perform well and be able to compete in the English league? Because after Alex Ferguson resigned from Manchester United, many coaches have come to Manchester United and many expensive top players have also arrived, but the results have always been disappointing and poor. Not to mention competing for the championship, Manchester United can't even manage to be in the top 4 of the English league to get a ticket to the Champions League next season.

This is a good question we need to ask Manchester United's management, as they have sacked and brought in new coaches and are still not getting results. It is just as if they have lost purpose, and they don't even know what else to do, and they have brought in new players also. They just need to examine the club to know what is wrong, because the truth of it is that they have missed it, and this is a club that has produced legends, and now they are in so much struggle, they are always getting poor results, and a lot of their fans have given up on them, and I don't even blame them.

The entire club needs to be restructured, maybe they need to get entirely new players  because what is going on with them? The management needs to look into this because the club has been struggling just to see if they will bring out good results, but it's still not working, and they have been losing games of late, and this is why people have even lost confidence in them, and you can not even predict that they are going to win a particular game, and at this point they should do better or their fans will continue to lose confidence in them.

[Black Mbaye]

For me I would say it depends on the team they are playing against, some teams if you dare go a man down against them, they would smoke you and score even more goals. Just imagine a lower ranked team in the Bundesliga going a man down against Bayern Munich of today, that team will certainly concede lots of goals. I do get your stand point of it being difficult for certain teams to win against a 10 men team because they will certainly play defence against that team, but their are certain teams, if you try doing that especially when you're a man down, they will use that opening spot to punish you.

10 against 11 matter on your team spirit and tactics, and against a team like Manchester united giving your all will likely give you a win or a draw and looking at this game last night it reminds me of our Maresca made the wrong decisions removing key attackers against Manchester united when we got a red card also.

Where are the United fans shouting we are back ?
They have gone back to their default: AmorimOut 😆

So how many coaches are needed to make Manchester United perform well and be able to compete in the English league? Because after Alex Ferguson resigned from Manchester United, many coaches have come to Manchester United and many expensive top players have also arrived, but the results have always been disappointing and poor. Not to mention competing for the championship, Manchester United can't even manage to be in the top 4 of the English league to get a ticket to the Champions League next season.

Manchester United made the wrong decision with Erik Ten Hag. The time they spent on him and the signings he made led to their decline. They're currently in a bit of a recovery phase, with manager Amorim trying to regroup the team. They've been on the rise this year, but their last home defeat to Everton was disappointing.

I don’t agree it all started with Erik Ten Hag, we all know that since Alex Ferguson left the club it has been a disgrace from whichever coach and player they have sighed it’s all been a total disappointment, when Moyes was appointed they didn’t know that it will turn out the other way, because Manchester United have been very successful in the past years, and they started making some hilarious decisions on transfers, starting with Van Gaal, who was signing some big players that didn’t live up to expectations and they were sold and he got sacked, and then Ole Gunnar Solkjear got appointed and also made some mess which was bad for the team by sighing Christiano Ronaldo and other players it still didn’t work out well.

And how appointing Erik Ten Hag, it was also a mess but, what I’m trying to say is that it didn’t just start with Erik Ten Hag, Manchester United downfall started with David Moyes to other players there is nothing that haven’t been changed at Manchester United since Sir Alex Ferguson left, everything have been absolutely terrible for the club and it doesn’t look like anything is going to change with Amorim in charge of the club.

Yes it was when Sir Alex Ferguson left Manchester United that the team started having problems till now but i think after David Moyer's Erik ten hag was the worse manager that has coach Manchester United he destroyed the team, Jose Mourinho did well at least he won the UEFA Europa league tittle for Manchester United.

Amorim will do better if the management will give him more season Manchester United can't be restructure in a season and changing of coaches is not the solution to their problems, Amorim disappointed against Everton last time their fans is not happy them after losing 1-0 to Everton who had only 10 men.

Yes, Manchester United played a poor game against Everton. But every team has bad games, and I think this year could be considered a training period for the Portuguese manager. Here, too, we need to be patient and give the Portuguese manager the time he needs to get the team more cohesive. They've made some good signings, with Mbeumo being the most notable. With a few more good signings, Manchester United could once again be the same team competing for the top spot in the Premier League.

[Velvet78]

Arsenal have had a really tough schedule. Tottenham, Bayern Munich and Chelsea right after. They finished the first one successfully. But Bayern Munich will be the hardest part.    After that maybe they might not have the energy to get 3 points from Chelsea in my opinion.

I don’t agree it all started with Erik Ten Hag

I absolutely agree with this! This is more of a problem because of the way Manchester United has been managed generally. I don't blame the managers the most here. The team is just not managed as a whole in the way it should be...

They need a big change. Maybe a new owner with a brighter vision. They have money but don't know how to spend in transfer windows.

[Roseline492]

By looking at the league chart, if I say that am looking into it with a lot of seriousness then I would be lying because the season is still pretty early. We have seen how arsenal normally start strong and lead the league table by a mile, but once the reverse fixture have started, that's when they start displaying inconsistency and start declining down the league table gradually, so am not a bit surprised this season.
Though some people will say that this season they are different, that they now have an attacker, but I wouldn't be saying much because to me, nothing has changed, time will tell, that's what am confident of.

I look at it often especially when there is a premier League match between the big teams whom might win and enter higher on the chart but when those teams which are too low are playing I don't look to see how I do with the bigger teams because there are some even if they win two they don't go an inch from were they are. If you are use to seeing how the table is you will be seeing how entertaining it can be, you wouldn't also no how many clubs that have come to the first position and how they have not been on the first again so there is another keeping track on the premier League on the table that you might not no.

[Nightwatchmare]

Let's look at the table now after Week 12, shall we?



Arsenal are so comfortable at the top by being 6 points away from Chelsea. If this isn't the season they become the champions then when will it be? 

Chelsea's progress is really impressive. They finished last season as 4th and now they are in 2nd place. It's likely to finish the season there for them but competing Manchester City for it will be really tough.

Liverpool are so disappointing. If they move on with Slot I can't see a good future anymore.

Arsenal defeating Tottenham Hotspur helped them to reclaim their comfortable lead at premier league standings. Arsenal is the most consistent team in premier league this season, and they should be the team to win the title when the season ends, but if Arsenal doesn't win the title this season as usual, then it means that someone has cast a spell on Arsenal. Chelsea are gradually finding their way back to competing for the premier league title at the moment. As long as Arne Slot still remains Liverpool's coach, Liverpool will keep becoming the shadow of themselves this season.

They won the title last year under the same manager, but despite making much better signings this year, Liverpool is far from their most successful season. Arne Slot is a quality manager. This was evident when he won the title in his first year, but things haven't been going his way this year. They're suffering defeats at home, which is unacceptable to Liverpool. After last year's successful season, I expected them to go even further, but that didn't happen. Liverpool's performance this year has been mediocre on average.

Liverpool winning the title last year under Arne Slot is because of the foundation or project Jurgen Klopp kept in Liverpool, but since the foundation or project is no longer in Liverpool, Arne Slot is struggling in Liverpool this season. I do not think Arne Slot is a quality manager with the way he is losing matches up and down in Liverpool. A lot of people expected Liverpool to win the title this season after Arne Slot spent so much money to sign world class players, but Arne Slot has failed to perform as people were hoping he would perform in Liverpool.

[qurbanshah02]

Manchester United made the wrong decision with Erik Ten Hag. The time they spent on him and the signings he made led to their decline. They're currently in a bit of a recovery phase, with manager Amorim trying to regroup the team. They've been on the rise this year, but their last home defeat to Everton was disappointing.

Manchester United plays well in the beginning but their performance is weak these days I still have no idea about it because Manchester United's performance was weak in the first league too due to which their coach is not paying attention to them. But I think that this is also a defect in them due to which we should not pay much attention to the coach. Before this, the coach was criticized but no one named his players so Manchester United is getting weaker and weaker. Before this too they have drawn in 2 matches so Manchester United has become quite weak. If Manchester United continues to play like this then their rise will turn into a fall.

[Pulsar77]

Manchester City have lost 2 times in a row so far. First it was against Newcastle away and later on it happened against Leverkusen home. However the reason of the CL result is different.

It was interesting that Guardiola rotated the lineup that much. They had 10 points already but still I find it unnecessarily heavy rotation. I guess at least they can get a huge win over Leeds at Etihad this Saturday. 

[Shineup]

Let's look at the table now after Week 12, shall we?



Arsenal are so comfortable at the top by being 6 points away from Chelsea. If this isn't the season they become the champions then when will it be? 

Chelsea's progress is really impressive. They finished last season as 4th and now they are in 2nd place. It's likely to finish the season there for them but competing Manchester City for it will be really tough.

Liverpool are so disappointing. If they move on with Slot I can't see a good future anymore.

Arsenal defeating Tottenham Hotspur helped them to reclaim their comfortable lead at premier league standings. Arsenal is the most consistent team in premier league this season, and they should be the team to win the title when the season ends, but if Arsenal doesn't win the title this season as usual, then it means that someone has cast a spell on Arsenal. Chelsea are gradually finding their way back to competing for the premier league title at the moment. As long as Arne Slot still remains Liverpool's coach, Liverpool will keep becoming the shadow of themselves this season.

No one actually see this coming, I know Chelsea is quite unpredictable too but no one could have believe they will move to second place all of a sudden, tho the points are not much but with the look of things it's quite certain they will be there for a long time and probably end there if no team rise to challenge them there, maybe Manchester City might wake up to that but for now they're definitely going to remain there till further notice, and for the Gunners I think this is their time and they need make use of it, because if they should bottle this one also then it's a no go area fo them in the league title.

[Robinrex77]

Arsenal have had a really tough schedule. Tottenham, Bayern Munich and Chelsea right after. They finished the first one successfully. But Bayern Munich will be the hardest part.    After that maybe they might not have the energy to get 3 points from Chelsea in my opinion.

I don’t agree it all started with Erik Ten Hag

I absolutely agree with this! This is more of a problem because of the way Manchester United has been managed generally. I don't blame the managers the most here. The team is just not managed as a whole in the way it should be...

They need a big change. Maybe a new owner with a brighter vision. They have money but don't know how to spend in transfer windows.

I think the team is not that bad they  just have an internal issue which is undisclosed to the fans and media, the level of inconsistency in the team is too much but the player and management, the problem is beyond one manager,

[Volgastallion]

Look at that leaderboard, is more than crazy, from the 4 spot to the 12 its only 3 points, so you win a game and you are in europe and you lose one and you are below the mid. Just incredible and more if we think this is Premier LEague a league where most of the time the a few teams goes to the top positions and made a huge gap against the other ones.

[Obari]

Manchester City have lost 2 times in a row so far. First it was against Newcastle away and later on it happened against Leverkusen home. However the reason of the CL result is different.

It was interesting that Guardiola rotated the lineup that much. They had 10 points already but still I find it unnecessarily heavy rotation. I guess at least they can get a huge win over Leeds at Etihad this Saturday. 

How can we explain the current condition of Manchester City? They've failed in almost all category to bounce back on track and this is never the Manchester City. Pep Guardiola will bounce back to form, it's just matter of time before we can see the Greatness that exist in Etihad stadium. Pep Guardiola will always rotate his team because he want a situation where the center focus of the club is build around one player. This player is Erling Haaland and benching will always affect the standard formidable setting of the club. Painful to see Manchester City lost at Etihad stadium.

[Showlove01]

Let's look at the table now after Week 12, shall we?



Arsenal are so comfortable at the top by being 6 points away from Chelsea. If this isn't the season they become the champions then when will it be? 

Chelsea's progress is really impressive. They finished last season as 4th and now they are in 2nd place. It's likely to finish the season there for them but competing Manchester City for it will be really tough.

Liverpool are so disappointing. If they move on with Slot I can't see a good future anymore.

Arsenal defeating Tottenham Hotspur helped them to reclaim their comfortable lead at premier league standings. Arsenal is the most consistent team in premier league this season, and they should be the team to win the title when the season ends, but if Arsenal doesn't win the title this season as usual, then it means that someone has cast a spell on Arsenal. Chelsea are gradually finding their way back to competing for the premier league title at the moment. As long as Arne Slot still remains Liverpool's coach, Liverpool will keep becoming the shadow of themselves this season.

Arsenal is doing really well both in champions league and in premier league and apparently they are 6 points ahead of Chelsea in the premier league table and I think there next match is against Chelsea and that will be a very tough one because it appears Chelsea don't joke or play around whenever they competiting or playing against strong team and what they did to Barcelona yesterday is a remarkable one and if arsenal doesn't win Bayern Munich tonight, it means there moral will be very low when playing against Chelsea.

[Minor Miner]

Liverpool winning the title last year under Arne Slot is because of the foundation or project Jurgen Klopp kept in Liverpool, but since the foundation or project is no longer in Liverpool, Arne Slot is struggling in Liverpool this season. I do not think Arne Slot is a quality manager with the way he is losing matches up and down in Liverpool. A lot of people expected Liverpool to win the title this season after Arne Slot spent so much money to sign world class players, but Arne Slot has failed to perform as people were hoping he would perform in Liverpool.

You are probably right. Liverpool's squad was different last  season. Liverpool performed well throughout the season. Despite  being eliminated from the Champions League, Liverpool dominated the premier league and won the title.

Liverpool have made big changes to their squad this  season. They have sold players like Alexander Arnold, Nunez and Luis diaz. They have bought players like Isak, Wirtz and Ekitike. Liverpool have spent a lot of money and added talented players to their squad. But even then their performance has been poor. Arne Slot is not able to  stabilize the team in any way.

[jakdanyel]

Not surprised with it.    He deserved it completely by a lovely hat-trick against Tottenham. It must be like one of the best performances of his career as well. He was so close to scoring even more than 3 goals during the match.

Eze will strengthen his place in the starting eleven by this effort no doubt. I'm wondering how Arteta will handle it after all those injured players recover. You know he has built a system without them to work nicely too. Now he will need to make sure his missing talented players find a place for themselves again too.

[Adbitco]

For me I would say it depends on the team they are playing against, some teams if you dare go a man down against them, they would smoke you and score even more goals. Just imagine a lower ranked team in the Bundesliga going a man down against Bayern Munich of today, that team will certainly concede lots of goals. I do get your stand point of it being difficult for certain teams to win against a 10 men team because they will certainly play defence against that team, but their are certain teams, if you try doing that especially when you're a man down, they will use that opening spot to punish you.

10 against 11 matter on your team spirit and tactics, and against a team like Manchester united giving your all will likely give you a win or a draw and looking at this game last night it reminds me of our Maresca made the wrong decisions removing key attackers against Manchester united when we got a red card also.

Where are the United fans shouting we are back ?
They have gone back to their default: AmorimOut 😆

So how many coaches are needed to make Manchester United perform well and be able to compete in the English league? Because after Alex Ferguson resigned from Manchester United, many coaches have come to Manchester United and many expensive top players have also arrived, but the results have always been disappointing and poor. Not to mention competing for the championship, Manchester United can't even manage to be in the top 4 of the English league to get a ticket to the Champions League next season.

Since they have tried several coaches and nothing is working, not just any coaches though because at a time they even appointed one of the best. Mourinho, I'm not talking about Mourinho of today, I'm talking of the Mourinho of years ago, when he still had most of his magic touches. He was their coach and even finished second. Imagine a coach like Mourinho who has won the league on multiple occasions, saying that finishing second was his biggest achievement. This shows how down Manchester United was and instead of the club to make adjustments, they ended up sacking him. For me, it's not entirely the fault of the managers but it's the fault of the management. There's something they are not doing right and it's been so for ages now.