⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

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An amazing achievement, he was close to scoring a double hattrick.
That's a bit of relief as it was starting to look like he had developed some mental block, as he wasn't quite able to score in recent games despite having really good situations. But if 5 goals in one game doesn't restore his confidence, nothing will.
They're playing against their arch-rivals, Man United on Sunday. City is a massive favourite but those games are unpredictable and City needs Haaland in good disposition.

Man City has returned to form after the return of Haaland and De Bruyne from injury.
United must be extra vigilant in this Manchester Derby, and their defenders must be ready to shut down Haaland's movement.
While I am not underestimating United, their recent performances cannot erase my doubts.
But City fans should not be overconfident. This is a Manchester derby, and anything can happen. Winning will explain everything.

I do not want to predict the outcome; I only want to focus on the game and enjoy the football this weekend.

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Man City has returned to form after the return of Haaland and De Bruyne from injury.
United must be extra vigilant in this Manchester Derby, and their defenders must be ready to shut down Haaland's movement.
While I am not underestimating United, their recent performances cannot erase my doubts.
But City fans should not be overconfident. This is a Manchester derby, and anything can happen. Winning will explain everything.

I do not want to predict the outcome; I only want to focus on the game and enjoy the football this weekend.

Erik Ten Hag said they love challenges but I double doubt this is the Manchester City they'd want to challenge at Etihad most likely on Sunday, Yes?
Lol. Words are like bullet, you cannot take them back and Erik Ten Hag should be careful if whatever he says because, Manchester United have been nothing but completely disaster. Last year everything was completely different but this year, they've seen some better levels in f growth and goals scored.

For the game you know, Erling Haaland should still be able to score, can he be helded down by Harry Maguire and Rapheal Varane during that game? We'd definitely come to that.

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Last season's failure also involved players getting injured and that is the most frightening thing for all teams when they are in critical moments, especially Arsenal's squad is relatively young so they don't have the experience when under pressure and their coach still lacks experience.
This will be one of the tightest seasons of competition because there are three teams competing for the championship because in previous seasons there were usually only two teams left competing when it entered the middle of the season but this time it is quite different and very interesting when the champion is determined in the 38th match week.

I would say that getting tired could be one of the biggest reasons. Arsenal has a great 11 and that is how they are doing wonderful but the more players they rest, the worse they become, because they are lacking the depth that other two teams have.

Liverpool has great depth and has used it perfectly so far this season and City is famous for their depth, at this stage we could say they have at least 15 players who are starting calibre, and this is how they keep getting better and better by near the end because they can rest whoever they want, whenever they want. This means that we are going to end up seeing Arsenal stay behind those two, and they will end the season third but if they keep this up, they could get some more players to make a bigger depth next season.

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Superb game for Haaland and De Bruyne yestarday.
The opponent was weak for sure but they did great.

They hare in hot state when it matters, for the final stage of the season and for the upcoming Champions league games.

Those two players are very good to Manchester city and they have brought so much favour to Manchester city and, what they displayed yesterday show that their absence during the injuries is what caused Manchester city to reduced points to this level they are now in the premier league table.

They were keys of manchester city to won everything last season. Pep is trying to repeat the same story again this season but things are going even harder for manchester city caused by some competitors which were performing so poorly last season have been comeback stronger. Haaland and de bruyne still become scary combination.
De bruyne is city's brain while haaland is executor. City's performance dropping a lot caused by those guys were injured but they are not so healthy to face any game. Luton has already destroyed by haaland the next match will be united that will get the same result as luton in the last match.
The only thing that can reduce the attacking line of city is playing passively to put all of the players in the penalty box like what chelsea did. MU will have no chance to win over manchester city if it will play openly. I demand ten hag to be replaced asap if he will force his club to play openly at etihad stadium.

I don't think they will win this trophy this season because, Liverpool and Arsenal have show some improvement that will make Manchester city not to repeat what happened last season in this season, even though Erling Haaland and De Bruyne play the tournament through out.

They are still having the same chances. Nobody able to predict the result accurately but their mentality will be fully tested. A very strict competition is happening now and neither of them were dominating it but im sure the winner will be between liverpool or manchester city.
Arsenal's mentality is still weak enough and it's not even good enough to pick this as a favorite club to win EPL. My choices will be on liverpool or manchester city. These clubs have a winning mentality and im sure the winner will be between these clubs.

Hmm in the case of De Bruyne, I wonder what will happen to Manchester city when this guy will finally retire as they are yet to get his perfect replacement

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Currently Arsenal is leading with goal points they just have to secure the top position and make sure they win all matches. Although it wont be that easy for them. But looking at the teams they have to play they have less stronger teams to play against win in this remaining 12 matches.

Regardless of the current goal productivity for Arsenal it will not matter because in the end it is the points that determine and currently they are still behind in terms of points even though it is still very much catchable.
In March, it is possible that the position could change if you look at the schedule that occurs, there will definitely be a gap that might be favorable for big clubs because looking at the schedule there will be several big matches that occur in March this time.

Manchester City will be a little more troubled because they will face several big clubs such as Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and they also have to prepare for other competitions where the Champions League will be in leg 2 against Copenhagen and Newcastle in the FA quarter-finals.
It is possible to make a significant difference because with such a busy schedule and big matches every week, there will definitely be more energy for them. However, Arsenal also have some big games in March and it is Liverpool who have the advantage as they only have to face Manchester City for their toughest game.

With such an interesting schedule this month, I certainly expect a situation that could make the points difference even more pronounced.

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Arsenal are one team that’s improved so greatly between last season and this current season. They’ve gotten and tried to build a very good squad depth and this is what’s key to garnering success in any competition. Last season they were so close on winning the league but due to some certain injury they were overthrown by City who went on to win the league. Now this led to them being able to build up for this season and they have been able to build both a 1st and 2nd team consisting of very good players that are able to deliver.

To be honest, Arsenal just don't have it in themselves to win a Premier League title yet.    You know how they destroyed a big chance to make it last season. I think that nobody would be surprised to see a similar ending for them this season as well. I'm saying this despite being aware of how impressive they are recently. They are one of the most scoring teams but being consistent is not a thing they are the best at.

But one thing is clear that Arteta is a great manager. I believe Arteta could be an alternative to Guardiola in case he leaves Manchester City.  

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Honestly, a short duration will not be able to change the situation 100%.

The news and link up makes no sense, Do you know Erik Ten Hag has a better first season rate that Mikel Arteta and Josep Pep Guardiola during them first season? But fact is, Manchester United are so shortsighted about his potentials.
When you bring in these new coaches, you'll want to give them a season or two again to get things done but Erik Ten Hag has a good knowledge of the league and would be in his last year as manager for Manchester United. What's stopping Manchester United from backing him up with the necessary players for the job?

Therefore when I say honestly that in a short time it will not be possible to change something 100%. Erik ten Hag is not a bad coach because he has good potential as a coach. He hasn't managed Manchester United for long but changes can be felt when Manchester United returns to the UCL.

Even if the club brings in a new coach to replace Erik ten Hag, then if the new coach is only given a short opportunity to be able to bring about fundamental changes, of course he won't be able to.
For me it's about trust and timing. The least time is five seasons. Think of the first and second seasons as a transition. In the third year it will be possible to see whether there is a positive impact on the club's progress.

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Those two players are very good to Manchester city and they have brought so much favour to Manchester city and, what they displayed yesterday show that their absence during the injuries is what caused Manchester city to reduced points to this level they are now in the premier league table.

 I don't think they will win this trophy this season because, Liverpool and Arsenal have show some improvement that will make Manchester city not to repeat what happened last season in this season, even though Erling Haaland and De Bruyne play the tournament through out.

They have the best team, they won the Champions, they have the best coach in the world probably.

Do they really need 2 players to be able to win?

I mean... for sure they are strong Haaland and KDB but the others 15 top players they have are not bad players.

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Those two players are very good to Manchester city and they have brought so much favour to Manchester city and, what they displayed yesterday show that their absence during the injuries is what caused Manchester city to reduced points to this level they are now in the premier league table.

 I don't think they will win this trophy this season because, Liverpool and Arsenal have show some improvement that will make Manchester city not to repeat what happened last season in this season, even though Erling Haaland and De Bruyne play the tournament through out.

They have the best team, they won the Champions, they have the best coach in the world probably.

Do they really need 2 players to be able to win?

I mean... for sure they are strong Haaland and KDB but the others 15 top players they have are not bad players.

they have the best coach in the world probably while KDB and Rodri are the two main men of the team and not KDB and Haaland but the fact is still remains that Haaland is more dangerous when KDB  is in any game but without them City will still win especially now when Manchester United are having more  injury woes especially with in form  9 (Rasmus) being out

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Those two players are very good to Manchester city and they have brought so much favour to Manchester city and, what they displayed yesterday show that their absence during the injuries is what caused Manchester city to reduced points to this level they are now in the premier league table.

 I don't think they will win this trophy this season because, Liverpool and Arsenal have show some improvement that will make Manchester city not to repeat what happened last season in this season, even though Erling Haaland and De Bruyne play the tournament through out.

They have the best team, they won the Champions, they have the best coach in the world probably.

Do they really need 2 players to be able to win?

I mean... for sure they are strong Haaland and KDB but the others 15 top players they have are not bad players.

Actually when a team is good, the individual players in that team is expected to be good. But when a team as a whole is bad, even if the individual players are good, the overall team performance will sti be bad. On this premise, it is important to understand team form is better than individual form.

Although Manchester city team is the best team in Europe, they have suffered a lot of blows especially this season. Mahrez left the team, Gundigun also left the team. This is already a huge impact on the team until KDB went on a very long injury break. Things weren't going well again as we all saw that Haaland stopped scoring frequently until he was also injured. Even if we claim that the absence is not felt, we should acknowledge that their arrival is felt. So, there's always a difference when they are or are not in the team.

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To be honest, Arsenal just don't have it in themselves to win a Premier League title yet.    You know how they destroyed a big chance to make it last season. I think that nobody would be surprised to see a similar ending for them this season as well. I'm saying this despite being aware of how impressive they are recently. They are one of the most scoring teams but being consistent is not a thing they are the best at.

But one thing is clear that Arteta is a great manager. I believe Arteta could be an alternative to Guardiola in case he leaves Manchester City.  

Arsenal dont have strong enough mentality to compete against Manchester City and Liverpool. Despite their impressive attacking prowess, they have faltered when it matters most. Their missed opportunitie in previous seasons is evidence of the importance of having strong mentality to fight till the end. It's undeniable that under Mikel Arteta's guidance, Arsenal has shown signs of progress and improvement, but their young squad find it hard to handle the high level of pressure.

Arteta may has ability to instill discipline and structure within the team, his influence could position them for future success with continued development and investment, but they need more than that if he has to compete with Guardiola and Klopp. Winning the premier league in the current era requires 90+ points which is not easy to achieve with young squad. I think Arteta himself not having experience to win big trophy is another factor.

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None suggest him but we may see that the fans to urge him to leave if arteta will repeat the same result like last season. FYI, arsenal has 91% win rate last season but it's losing the trophy. There shall not be another tolerance for arteta if he keep bottle PL title this season. It's hard to measure whether arsenal's mentality has improved or it';s still remain the same.
Arteta's future totally depend on the result in UCL and EPL. These are the keys owned by him to stay even longer in arsenal. Kroenke has spent a lot of money to fill arteta's wishes to build his club. So, there must no be an excuse if arteta will fail to manage the club to get a title this season.

People are slowly getting upset if arteta keeps earn nothing from all of his efforts with the club. Expecting salah and nunez will be back soon. So, tougher competition is awaiting for arsenal. Manchester city is coming back to the its best performance again.
Another hard test is coming for arsenal. Im sure the fans will be booing arteta if he keeps deliver nothing to the club. The current squad looks very potential to win EPL but don't forget there are liverpool and city are also ready on winning it soon.

Im not favoring arsenal to win the competition but this club has almost same chance as city and liverpool to take EPL trophy. Arsenal consistently winning the game with big scores and it makes whole fans trust it to get EPL trophy.
It's failed in the FA cup. There must not be another bad result for the gunner.

Arsenal are one team that’s improved so greatly between last season and this current season. They’ve gotten and tried to build a very good squad depth and this is what’s key to garnering success in any competition. Last season they were so close on winning the league but due to some certain injury they were overthrown by City who went on to win the league. Now this led to them being able to build up for this season and they have been able to build both a 1st and 2nd team consisting of very good players that are able to deliver.

 I think after this, all eyes will be on Arteta and how much he’s able to perform with this squad depth. Well the fans wouldn’t want him to bottle it up anymore this season because they so want to celebrate a title of their own after a long while. Unluckily, the full squad of Liverpool is getting back and fit and you can say same for City who are now getting back their scoring boots on and this means more trouble and work for Arsenal to be able to go last these 2 teams. Sincerely it’s not going to be any easy but Arsenal can try to at least get some wins to their advantage.

 They still have some top games especially with City which when they get all 3 points it’s a big boost for them. Arsenal must try to maintain their winning streak and also their ability to score very high goals because soon those plenty goals will be needed. Arteta must real be under pressure and looking for ways or means to be able to go past these hurdles and win the league. I know how much this seem challenging but he’s got a good and balaced squad and with the right tactics, he’s sure to achieve victory in the league especially.

Doing winstreak will mean nothing if arsenal will still do bottle job at the end of season. The only possible thing for arsenal to defend its position in the EPL but im feeling so skeptic with it. It's caused by we have three teams competed for the title race now. Arsenal failed when it was able having city as the only competitior.
Liverpool is also having very big chance to get the trophy this season. FYI, liverpool and city are competing for the possibility of treble winners while arsenal only compete for EPL. The quality of players will be the most dominant factor to determine the result from arsenal at the end of season.
I have seen many times this team was bottling the trophy and it has been 4 times in total arsenal got win streak but it's unable to get the trophy. It will be another embarrassing result if arteta will make it to five.

The mentality is the key factor to get the trophy right now. Talking about the quality of players and good tactics, i believe arteta was as good as pep or klopp but things that make it being so difference is the mentality owned by the players.
I have seen various squad with very good tactics and players but since they were not having good mentality in order to face any pressure that happened during the competition.
Could you imagine how big the pressure got by city last season when arsenal was doing 33 winstreak? It has even 91% Win rate last season but since city has winning mentality and it can keep calm then won the trophy.

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Arsenal dont have strong enough mentality to compete against Manchester City and Liverpool. Despite their impressive attacking prowess, they have faltered when it matters most. Their missed opportunitie in previous seasons is evidence of the importance of having strong mentality to fight till the end. It's undeniable that under Mikel Arteta's guidance, Arsenal has shown signs of progress and improvement, but their young squad find it hard to handle the high level of pressure.

Arteta may has ability to instill discipline and structure within the team, his influence could position them for future success with continued development and investment, but they need more than that if he has to compete with Guardiola and Klopp. Winning the premier league in the current era requires 90+ points which is not easy to achieve with young squad. I think Arteta himself not having experience to win big trophy is another factor.

Arsenal's mentality has been a problem since several seasons ago and this season they are also in doubt about winning the Premier League title because of similar things and I think that's quite natural and their competitors Liverpool and Manchester City have everything.
If you look at the quality of the three teams competing for the title this season, it is quite balanced, but there are several things that make the difference and mathematically all three have quite the same opportunity.

I don't see this problem with Arteta, basically the Arsenal team doesn't have a good mentality, especially as their squad is full of young players.

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Arsenal's mentality has been a problem since several seasons ago and this season they are also in doubt about winning the Premier League title because of similar things and I think that's quite natural and their competitors Liverpool and Manchester City have everything.
If you look at the quality of the three teams competing for the title this season, it is quite balanced, but there are several things that make the difference and mathematically all three have quite the same opportunity.

I don't see this problem with Arteta, basically the Arsenal team doesn't have a good mentality, especially as their squad is full of young players.

If we review Arsenal, of course it will never end because of the long history they have, after appearing as an unbeaten team in one season, Arsenal slowly began to experience a significant winner mental decline until now, the main problem Arsenal to still failed to win the trophy in the last few seasons lies in the mentality they have and I think everyone knows this, apart from that, if we look at the actual depth of the Arsenal squad, it is also one of the factors they failed to become champions even when they were quite close to the trophy like last season.

Liverpool and Manchester City have the complete requirements to win the trophy at the end of the season ,these two teams so far have a winning mentality and quite complete squad depth compared to Arsenal, indeed, Arsenal  performance this season can be seen extraordinary and little by little their mentality is starting to be tested, but I think the depth of the squad they have could actually be the reason for failure again this season, in several Arsenal matches, it was seen that Arteta continued to play his main players even though they were facing a slightly weak team and this this was done because Arsenal does not have many quality reserve players and this is different from Manchester City and Liverpool which have a fairly balanced squad depth, so that when their main players are injured, Manchester City and Liverpool can still be consistent in playing, while Arsenal?
Surely you already know the answer.

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Arsenal's mentality has been a problem since several seasons ago and this season they are also in doubt about winning the Premier League title because of similar things and I think that's quite natural and their competitors Liverpool and Manchester City have everything.
If you look at the quality of the three teams competing for the title this season, it is quite balanced, but there are several things that make the difference and mathematically all three have quite the same opportunity.

I don't see this problem with Arteta, basically the Arsenal team doesn't have a good mentality, especially as their squad is full of young players.

If we review Arsenal, of course it will never end because of the long history they have, after appearing as an unbeaten team in one season, Arsenal slowly began to experience a significant winner mental decline until now, the main problem Arsenal to still failed to win the trophy in the last few seasons lies in the mentality they have and I think everyone knows this, apart from that, if we look at the actual depth of the Arsenal squad, it is also one of the factors they failed to become champions even when they were quite close to the trophy like last season.

Liverpool and Manchester City have the complete requirements to win the trophy at the end of the season ,these two teams so far have a winning mentality and quite complete squad depth compared to Arsenal, indeed, Arsenal  performance this season can be seen extraordinary and little by little their mentality is starting to be tested, but I think the depth of the squad they have could actually be the reason for failure again this season, in several Arsenal matches, it was seen that Arteta continued to play his main players even though they were facing a slightly weak team and this this was done because Arsenal does not have many quality reserve players and this is different from Manchester City and Liverpool which have a fairly balanced squad depth, so that when their main players are injured, Manchester City and Liverpool can still be consistent in playing, while Arsenal?
Surely you already know the answer.

To me i don't really think the problem of this arsenal team is their mentality, no, it's not, what I feels like is their major challenge which have repeated itself over and over again is their lack of consistency in get results and putting away the smaller teams most especially, because Manchester city and Liverpool have all it takes in their ranks to fight till the end and get the results needed even when they are not at their best, but you see this arsenal team, any day they are not at their best, they find it extremely difficult to even get a draw, which they have to change if they want to stand a chance of winning this year premier league title.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Arsenal's mentality has been a problem since several seasons ago and this season they are also in doubt about winning the Premier League title because of similar things and I think that's quite natural and their competitors Liverpool and Manchester City have everything.
If you look at the quality of the three teams competing for the title this season, it is quite balanced, but there are several things that make the difference and mathematically all three have quite the same opportunity.

I don't see this problem with Arteta, basically the Arsenal team doesn't have a good mentality, especially as their squad is full of young players.

If we review Arsenal, of course it will never end because of the long history they have, after appearing as an unbeaten team in one season, Arsenal slowly began to experience a significant winner mental decline until now, the main problem Arsenal to still failed to win the trophy in the last few seasons lies in the mentality they have and I think everyone knows this, apart from that, if we look at the actual depth of the Arsenal squad, it is also one of the factors they failed to become champions even when they were quite close to the trophy like last season.

Liverpool and Manchester City have the complete requirements to win the trophy at the end of the season ,these two teams so far have a winning mentality and quite complete squad depth compared to Arsenal, indeed, Arsenal  performance this season can be seen extraordinary and little by little their mentality is starting to be tested, but I think the depth of the squad they have could actually be the reason for failure again this season, in several Arsenal matches, it was seen that Arteta continued to play his main players even though they were facing a slightly weak team and this this was done because Arsenal does not have many quality reserve players and this is different from Manchester City and Liverpool which have a fairly balanced squad depth, so that when their main players are injured, Manchester City and Liverpool can still be consistent in playing, while Arsenal?
Surely you already know the answer.

To me i don't really think the problem of this arsenal team is their mentality, no, it's not, what I feels like is their major challenge which have repeated itself over and over again is their lack of consistency in get results and putting away the smaller teams most especially, because Manchester city and Liverpool have all it takes in their ranks to fight till the end and get the results needed even when they are not at their best, but you see this arsenal team, any day they are not at their best, they find it extremely difficult to even get a draw, which they have to change if they want to stand a chance of winning this year premier league title.

Is not it consistency having very strong relationship to the consistency from the players? Here's the cycle, someone with very strong mentality will always be persistent in keeping his performance, this is creating the consistency which is also impacting the performance from the players. The title race is always the battle from the mentality owned by these clubs.
The last season had proven how mentality is something that's totally need to won EPL trophy. City was losing very huge gap to the arsenal but it was able surpassing it in a short time. Is not it enough proving that if mentality is the most important thing?

You can read this:

As with any sport, mental toughness in football can be just as important as skill.

https://www.veo.co/article/how-to-build-mental-toughness-in-football

Mental toughness will not only affect the performance if the player. It will also build a proper midset that must be owned by a professional footballer. Talking about skill owned by the team is not relevant anymore when it comes to the end of season. It's caused by there are some clubs with very good mentality compared with arsena.
It's not my first time to see arsenal performing quite well but it was unable in getting trophy. Even the history has labelled arsenal as a team that was very often bottling the title. Arsenal needs to strengthen its mentality to get EPL now.

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Is not it consistency having very strong relationship to the consistency from the players? Here's the cycle, someone with very strong mentality will always be persistent in keeping his performance, this is creating the consistency which is also impacting the performance from the players. The title race is always the battle from the mentality owned by these clubs.
The last season had proven how mentality is something that's totally need to won EPL trophy. City was losing very huge gap to the arsenal but it was able surpassing it in a short time. Is not it enough proving that if mentality is the most important thing?

You can read this:

As with any sport, mental toughness in football can be just as important as skill.

https://www.veo.co/article/how-to-build-mental-toughness-in-football

Mental toughness will not only affect the performance if the player. It will also build a proper midset that must be owned by a professional footballer. Talking about skill owned by the team is not relevant anymore when it comes to the end of season. It's caused by there are some clubs with very good mentality compared with arsena.
It's not my first time to see arsenal performing quite well but it was unable in getting trophy. Even the history has labelled arsenal as a team that was very often bottling the title. Arsenal needs to strengthen its mentality to get EPL now.

Mental toughness is important in most cases, not just for a footballer but in any sports. However, we need to also realize one important part about all of this that nobody really talks about. Footballers are usually not from elite circles, doesn't mean there are none, but it is usually not that common that some aristocrat would let their kid be a footballer. Which means that footballers (and most other sports aside from a few) comes from poor backgrounds, from poor towns as well, usually surrounded by people who are uneducated as well.

This results with them not really knowing how to act properly when millions are watching them, so when they have mental problems, they are not educated enough (most footballers do not continue their studies) to ask for mental help. Psychologises are not that common when it comes to sports medicine but just as a footballer may break their leg, they may have emotional trauma that they need to talk to some professional about.

In most cases, they see that as weakness because they come from a background of people who never had them one to afford mental care, and that meant that they belittled people who did, and they acted tough when things went south. So these guys, who earn millions, never learned the value of getting therapy, and how that could help them realize their own issues and overcome them.

This may result with most of them having some breakdown in some cases, or at least have trouble within their life as well. We need to lift the stigma on asking for a mental help, it should be something that would help everyone.

And we may even start it with a little bit of forced way, like hire a phycology professional for each team, and get the players to see that person at least once every 2 weeks to talk, whatever they want to talk. That way, they can at least say they were forced to participate, and not be "weak" that asked for it, and get the help. After seeing how wonderful it is helping them, I promise you that they won't be able to stop going to it.

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To me i don't really think the problem of this arsenal team is their mentality, no, it's not, what I feels like is their major challenge which have repeated itself over and over again is their lack of consistency in get results and putting away the smaller teams most especially, because Manchester city and Liverpool have all it takes in their ranks to fight till the end and get the results needed even when they are not at their best, but you see this arsenal team, any day they are not at their best, they find it extremely difficult to even get a draw, which they have to change if they want to stand a chance of winning this year premier league title.

I rather think it is due to their transfer policy. They are focused on bringing talented young players only these days. The average age of the squad is quite low which is causing experience to be lower at the same time.

Having a really young team is like an additional difficulty as for winning championships. I think that they would make use of having some older players with a leader character in the squad. They had Xhaka as their captain who was fitting this description fully. But he also left and signed for Leverkusen.    Manchester City and Liverpool have this kind of players in their lineup which is giving them more strength in my opinion.

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Hmm in the case of De Bruyne, I wonder what will happen to Manchester city when this guy will finally retire as they are yet to get his perfect replacement

They have no choice other than get a new player that can replace him. It doesn't mean manchester city needs to get someone who will be replicating de bruyne. The club is currently seeking a player who can perform at a close distance to him, and finding someone who meets that standard would be satisfactory. I recall that there have been discussions about Dani Olmo being a potential candidate to succeed De Bruyne, however, it is important to mention that Pep's latest statement hinted at his willingness to see De Bruyne retire at Manchester City.

[Oluwa-btc]

To be honest, Arsenal just don't have it in themselves to win a Premier League title yet.    You know how they destroyed a big chance to make it last season. I think that nobody would be surprised to see a similar ending for them this season as well. I'm saying this despite being aware of how impressive they are recently. They are one of the most scoring teams but being consistent is not a thing they are the best at.

But one thing is clear that Arteta is a great manager. I believe Arteta could be an alternative to Guardiola in case he leaves Manchester City.  

Mikel Arteta off course knows the system and how to handle these lads, he did a pretty good job for gunners last season but they couldn't get it asthey failed due to depth, fatigue and Injured players absent.
Rio Ferdinand also gave his honest opinion about Mikel Arteta that he would also do a better job if he moves to Manchester United, and yeah, nobody would disagree with that.

Last season, it was depth, injuries and fatigued that made it all difficult for them as they went ahead to bottle the chances they had towards winning the Premier League Competition.
They could end up well, though the chances are still there for them infact they're also scoring good goals right now.

Against Sheffield United, I'm expecting nothing less than three to four goals scored. These gunner's are currently inna good shape.