⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[redhack]

West Ham United is planning to make new signings to avoid relegation. One of them is Haji Wright, who plays for Coventry City. However, West Ham's management was shocked by the response they received. Coventry City, which plays in the Championship league and is currently leading the table, demanded £200 million for their star striker.
Other options for West Ham are Jorgen Strand Larsen and Ellis Simms, but their clubs are not keen on letting them go cheaply as well. It seems that finding a new striker will not be easy for West Ham United. The scouting team needs to work harder and find someone who has not yet made a name for themselves.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Manchester United will host Newcastle United at home. Manchester United have been playing better in recent weeks, but I still don't think they are at the desired level. They will obviously be the favourites against Newcastle as they are the home team. Newcastle will score in this match, but I don't think they can win. A win for Manchester United would be good for them. They are in the top five and will not want to lose that advantage. Given Newcastle's drop in performance compared to last season, Manchester United will win this match at home.

Hoping MU to win sounds too good to be true, though it's not impossible to happen. Bruno, Mainoo, Amad, Meguire, MDL, even Mbeumoo still out of the squad. So what you can expect from them? They also have no strong defender to fight Newcastle in term of player physicality. I believe their defense will be ragged.
It seems to me they will lose another three points. Even bagging one point feels like a magic for them soon especially when Woltemade is still on fire.

They have also missed their best midfield line up. Playing Case x Ugarte may be their alternative choice. However, we know how dreadful they're when playing together.

[Baki202]

Manchester United will host Newcastle United at home. Manchester United have been playing better in recent weeks, but I still don't think they are at the desired level. They will obviously be the favourites against Newcastle as they are the home team. Newcastle will score in this match, but I don't think they can win. A win for Manchester United would be good for them. They are in the top five and will not want to lose that advantage. Given Newcastle's drop in performance compared to last season, Manchester United will win this match at home.

When I saw the combination between Manchester United and newcastle  when you look at your head to head matches both of them are always winning their self so at this point it's either going to be Manchester United winning Newcastle or Newcastle to winning Manchester United but I have a very strong feeling but this game will not end in draw just that when it comes to Manchester United their games are always making people feel on certainty because when the play against bigger clubs you will notice that the energy is always different compared to when they are playing against smaller clubs so let's give Manchester United the benefit of doubt.

Because if you want to greet them according to Merit manchester United is actually better than Newcastle currently if not on the normal day when you comes to games like this newcastle will definitely give Manchester United a good game. But now we can actually not say that confidently about Manchester United in fact those that are going to bet on this game need to be very careful because they have 80% chance to lose there bet. It is funny how manchester United find their self in this condition because they have been struggling for some time now and they're problem is becoming a problem without remedy.

[ILuckyGuyI]

This is the summary of how Crystal Palace lost to Arsenal in the EFL Cup... Lacroix scored an own goal in regular time first. Then he missed a penalty on penalties stage.

I have him in my FPL club so this was enough to make me worried. I hope he doesn't mess up in his next PL game. Anyway congrats to Arsenal though. They deserved it with that effort.

West Ham United is planning to make new signings to avoid relegation. One of them is Haji Wright, who plays for Coventry City. However, West Ham's management was shocked by the response they received. Coventry City, which plays in the Championship league and is currently leading the table, demanded £200 million for their star striker.

This is hilarious.    £200m for Haji Wright? I know clubs sometimes do this to announce their player isn't for sale. But I don't think he is such an incredible finisher. His goal numbers at Coventry haven't been fabulous.

[Alaja Cyber]

Second time where Arsenal receive a super late goal from his rival, they need to fix it, the two times they can ended up taking the victory but is super risky. The first time was for Premier League against Wolves and the second one was yesterday against Crystal Palace for the EFL cup, i can see in the future a tipical Arsenal behavior losing a key match in the last minute.

Well said mate, that's exactly how it starts every season. This shows that the performance is slowing down and that with time they won't be as productive and soon they won't be lucky to win lately as they have been doing.
Now Arsenal winning the league is now shaking, I don't think they are as strong again so now the league is very open for Manchester City to take the lead.

[Adbitco]

It's getting more obvious to some people that the success Liverpool enjoyed last season was mainly part of the work out in place by Klopp, I wouldn't really want to disrespect the new coach that's why I used part in my assertion. He team was practically built by Klopp and Sloth succeeded with these very players without having his own addition. Maybe he listened to various journalists in the press conference and decided to act upon it, because it will be natural for them journalists to say certain things like, it was the players of your predecessor that you used basically telling him these were not his players but the truth also is that he was the one that made use of the players, all tactics and all was his, so some people will argue. In my own opinion, I will give more credit to Klopp for setting up this team. Slot is doing his now and the results are not forth coming yet but things like this requires time. Maybe next season, they will begin to blind into his style and pattern of play.

[Taricoins]

It's getting more obvious to some people that the success Liverpool enjoyed last season was mainly part of the work out in place by Klopp, I wouldn't really want to disrespect the new coach that's why I used part in my assertion. He team was practically built by Klopp and Sloth succeeded with these very players without having his own addition. Maybe he listened to various journalists in the press conference and decided to act upon it, because it will be natural for them journalists to say certain things like, it was the players of your predecessor that you used basically telling him these were not his players but the truth also is that he was the one that made use of the players, all tactics and all was his, so some people will argue. In my own opinion, I will give more credit to Klopp for setting up this team. Slot is doing his now and the results are not forth coming yet but things like this requires time. Maybe next season, they will begin to blind into his style and pattern of play.

Yeah to some point I do believe Klopp had a role but sometimes we tend to understate how good Arne Slot is, he isn't perfect and has lots of hiccup but even one of the best manager Pep had his moment, what is important is that he is trying to turn the team around, he is currently on a 6 games undefeated streak and matching point to the 5th side Chelsea with just 10 points away from the league winners so Arne Slot is managing, the signings though is my major problem.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Aston Villa has now won ten games in row. Villa started the season with bad results and i thought maybe this time would be emery last season in the club, but suddenly the string of winnings has made an unbelievable turning, and they're comfortably sitting 3rd in the table.

Yoro has a problem... I watched him playing in France, and he's miles off it... Doesn't smell danger, weak in challenges, slow over 5yards.
Young heaven is so much more polished as a defender, Cunha should have had a hatrick and sesko missed a sitter. The best they have played all season, but still gave away 3points. They have a bright future ahead of them, as long as they can stick to the plan and the project and ignore all the criticism online who can't accept anything other than instant and immediate change which is just completely unrealistic.

[Bigjoe33]

Things have changed sir and the Sir Alex era will never be repeated in this time. Besides, all the clubs are much more developed and there are many candidates who have surpassed ManUnited in all aspects. In Amorim hands, Glazer and players are out of sync with the club's vision.

Are you trying to say that Manchester United cannot be transformed to be better compared to Sir Alex Ferguson era. I doubt that, you will see that United will be back on their feet in future. There's time for every club to pass through difficulties. Changes are constant.

Well, for me, it's football and anything can happen. Any club can fail in performance at anytime, and another can also do well and beciyat the top at anytime. Sur Alex Ferguson's time were great for United, but now they are very poor, and there is every possibility that they can do well, better and greater than they are doing now and even better than there past records, everything is very much possible. Just like Manchester city, they gradually rose to the top, dorminated at all levels of football, in Europe and I'm England, that's football and that's a turnaround for the team. Recently, there performance dropped, and now, they are doing better and winning games. So that's it. Anyone can go higher or even fall at anytime. It's football, and anything can happen. We can't write any team off

[rachael9385]

It took after eight penalties each to separate Arsenal and Crystal Palace. Arsenal will be meeting Chelsea in the cup semifinals and it will be interesting.
Arsenal should have won the game in the first half but Crystal Palace goal denied them. Second half was equal but saw the team share two goals and went into penalties for more entertainment because it too eight penalties to find a winner.

Arsenal has a strong squad, but I don’t know why they always struggle to beat Crystal Palace. Their last Premier League game against Crystal Palace was a narrow victory by one goal. In the Carabao Cup, they were leading by one goal in the second half before conceding a last minute goal to draw the game. They were lucky to win the penalty shootout, otherwise, it would be very disappointing for Arsenal to be eliminated from this tournament by Crystal Palace.

However, Arsenal fails to produce the energy to believe that they can win every trophy this season, they should not be struggling to win games as a club that is ready to compete for every title this season. They will face Chelsea in the semifinals, and despite that football is unpredictable, I believe Chelsea will beat Arsenal. I’m not sure Arsenal will make it to the final.

They won the penalty shoot out good for them but a lot of arsenal fans were expecting them to win the game because they are in a good form and even better than that of Crystal Palace. But looking at historical data 40 percent of the times they played against each other the results were draws. arsenal have tried to maintain their position to this level it would be disappointing if they start falling behind

[Not your key not your BTC]

West Ham United is planning to make new signings to avoid relegation. One of them is Haji Wright, who plays for Coventry City. However, West Ham's management was shocked by the response they received. Coventry City, which plays in the Championship league and is currently leading the table, demanded £200 million for their star striker.
Other options for West Ham are Jorgen Strand Larsen and Ellis Simms, but their clubs are not keen on letting them go cheaply as well. It seems that finding a new striker will not be easy for West Ham United. The scouting team needs to work harder and find someone who has not yet made a name for themselves.

It's simply unreasonable to charge such a high price for a Championship player. West Ham would be better off acquiring experienced players at a low price to boost their performance and avoid relegation, rather than signing one player at a high price, as a single player won't improve the team's performance. West Ham would be better off acquiring experienced forwards, midfielders, and defenders to ensure they perform well for the remainder of the season and avoid relegation.

[bangjoe]

Second time where Arsenal receive a super late goal from his rival, they need to fix it, the two times they can ended up taking the victory but is super risky. The first time was for Premier League against Wolves and the second one was yesterday against Crystal Palace for the EFL cup, i can see in the future a tipical Arsenal behavior losing a key match in the last minute.

Well said mate, that's exactly how it starts every season. This shows that the performance is slowing down and that with time they won't be as productive and soon they won't be lucky to win lately as they have been doing.
Now Arsenal winning the league is now shaking, I don't think they are as strong again so now the league is very open for Manchester City to take the lead.

Crystal Palace gave all their abilities in this match so it is quite natural that this match was very fierce until it ended with the final kick, which is clearly not Arsenal who declined but Crystal Palace who became better than before, but you can just calm down because the match was finished well by Arsenal and everyone, the victory was secured by Arsenal, the next match is against Chelsea whose previous match ended in a draw in the English Premier League, will it be possible for the Gunners to win in the 1st leg?

[Tmoonz]

West Ham United is planning to make new signings to avoid relegation. One of them is Haji Wright, who plays for Coventry City. However, West Ham's management was shocked by the response they received. Coventry City, which plays in the Championship league and is currently leading the table, demanded £200 million for their star striker.
Other options for West Ham are Jorgen Strand Larsen and Ellis Simms, but their clubs are not keen on letting them go cheaply as well. It seems that finding a new striker will not be easy for West Ham United. The scouting team needs to work harder and find someone who has not yet made a name for themselves.

this is hilarious £200 million are they kidding me? Is Westham going for Christiano Ronaldo and Messi combined? Like how many goals does he score in a season, I think they should just open up with Westham that he is not for sell than to make joke out of it, so if they should buy him that amount how much will be his wages in the club, I just wonder what has become the transfer market this days every team always rate their players so high except for Manchester United no matter how good the player is in Manchester United you can never see any team price them up to 100m, Westham should just go elsewhere to look for a striker.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Manchester United will host Newcastle United at home. Manchester United have been playing better in recent weeks, but I still don't think they are at the desired level. They will obviously be the favourites against Newcastle as they are the home team.

Newcastle have never had it easy against top premier teams, don't forget in a hurry.

This is why they needed to have won easy games like everton and west ham, this loss wouldn't have stung much them.
Rogers was the difference-maker, scoring two exceptional, nearly identical curling goals from the left side, which United defenders-- Leny, Yoro and Ayden Heaven struggled to contain.
Villa are firm title contenders now and the ones to watch out for, People are discussing Arsenal & City but Villa are the dark horses, Defeating Arsenal and the resurgent Utd back to back is commendable, Respect to Unai Emery. I would like Villa to lift the tittle this season as their supporters are classy and deserve to see their team win it.

[Oluwa-btc]

Second time where Arsenal receive a super late goal from his rival, they need to fix it, the two times they can ended up taking the victory but is super risky. The first time was for Premier League against Wolves and the second one was yesterday against Crystal Palace for the EFL cup, i can see in the future a tipical Arsenal behavior losing a key match in the last minute.

The last three games they have played have just seen one major goal scored by an Arsenal player ( Viktor Gyökeres ). The others where own goals, ain't that a big shame on the attacking players?! That Wolverhampton game was a horror show for me. They should have won that game by a better margin but they did otherwise. I'll be expecting an improvement when they host Brighton at home. They have to win that game to maintain the top spot. Tomorrow makes it the fifth time they'll be sitted on top of the league and not win it, could this be another?!

[jaberwock]

Do you know the coincidence with Unai Emery that he's been quite successful with the teams in whose names there are "Villa"? 

Sevilla, Villarreal and now Aston Villa... He won Europa League titles with the first 2 teams there. I remember even a CL semi final qualification with Villarreal!

Now he is here at Aston Villa to maintain this tradition of him. His team is already the biggest favourite for the EL title and they are doing pretty good in the PL at the same time.

Lol, never thought of it that way but yeah you are right. I would say they are not going to win anything in EPL this season, there is no way that they can be champions, but the fact that he took a smaller team that should have been a midtable team and end up in UCL spots so far is a great achievement.

Let's see how the end of the season will be, we still have second half of the season and we can see them do fine or we can see them not do fine, and I have no idea how it will be, we should be able to see this changing with time if we give it enough to lose. If they end up starting to do badly then it is not going to be easy to accept that for Unai, but it's true that he is pushing the players beyond their limits so far to get this.

[blomen]

aston villa is on a roll in the premier league, winning their last 7 matches out of 7, and they've won all of their last 10 matches. they're in really good form, and that makes me happy. actually, arsenal were the clear favorites for the championship a few weeks ago, and they still are, but now manchester city and aston villa are right behind them. if aston villa, who haven't won the championship in over 30 years, were to cut off arsenal's path to the championship after so many years of determination, that would be truly interesting.

aston villa will play chelsea in three days and arsenal in six days. the match against arsenal could be the one that decides this season's champion.

[Byebyebtc]

Manchester United will host Newcastle United at home. Manchester United have been playing better in recent weeks, but I still don't think they are at the desired level. They will obviously be the favourites against Newcastle as they are the home team. Newcastle will score in this match, but I don't think they can win. A win for Manchester United would be good for them. They are in the top five and will not want to lose that advantage. Given Newcastle's drop in performance compared to last season, Manchester United will win this match at home.

I consider Manchester United not strong enough to win Newcastle,
Newcastle may not have the best of season but I believe that they are in better form than Manchester United, in the past few matches of Newcastle even if they lost they did put I a hell of competition, I don't think any club can just win them,

I will be in favour of Newcastle in my bet on boxing day

[Spaceman1000$]

Manchester United will host Newcastle United at home. Manchester United have been playing better in recent weeks, but I still don't think they are at the desired level. They will obviously be the favourites against Newcastle as they are the home team. Newcastle will score in this match, but I don't think they can win. A win for Manchester United would be good for them. They are in the top five and will not want to lose that advantage. Given Newcastle's drop in performance compared to last season, Manchester United will win this match at home.

Hoping MU to win sounds too good to be true, though it's not impossible to happen. Bruno, Mainoo, Amad, Meguire, MDL, even Mbeumoo still out of the squad. So what you can expect from them? They also have no strong defender to fight Newcastle in term of player physicality. I believe their defense will be ragged.
It seems to me they will lose another three points. Even bagging one point feels like a magic for them soon especially when Woltemade is still on fire.

They have also missed their best midfield line up. Playing Case x Ugarte may be their alternative choice. However, we know how dreadful they're when playing together.

Funny enough Manchester united is one club that is full of uncertainty, but with this categories of player's you've mentioned that are out, trust me it's a straight win for Newcastle on Friday evening. Newcastle although have their own lapses, but I think I trust them to take advantage of this situation as they are more formidable whenever they meet seemingly strong opponent.

[el kaka22]

Arsenal is on thin ice and they are not getting results that they desire for a few games there, which allowed City to get closer. If they keep this bad results going then it's going to be harder.

However, the yare coming near to what Arsenal likes the best, which is winter break, so there will be fewer games during this time and if that does happen then we are going to end up with more players coming back from injuries and more players resting so that they will be like start of the season where they did better.