⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[el kaka22]

The league is still underway, City has only six points to catch up, considering one of the games is between them, I would have to say City has a chance to drop that to three points, just one game difference. Obviously we do not know if City will win against Arsenal or not, but that is what they need to consider as possibility, because that is a six point game, that is what they should fight for.

That means it could be asl ow as just one game difference and that is very valid way of thinking it. Not like that will matter that much but it is very important and good for everyone involved. Obviously Arsenal is looking at it a lot better, they think even if they get a tie game against City, rest should be easy and not a big deal and could be very good, because they may not lose six more points than City for the rest of the season.

[abhiseshakana]

When does he think about being any use for the team you think? This is just ridiculous statistic. 0 shots in whole 7 matches??? Man your job is to score goals. You had one job but you couldn't even shoot once...

His number of touches with the ball was less than 10 against Liverpool. I don't want to blame it all on him for this draw. But he surely deserves to be criticized harshly because of making not much progress.

Gyokeres' performance has declined drastically. Since the start of the season, Gyokeres' performances have been quite good, but for some reason, he hasn't scored in a long time. Gyokeres must evaluate himself and improve his performance if he doesn't want to be benched, especially with Gabriel Jesus returning to his best form after recovering from injury. Arsenal brought Gyokeres in with high expectations to provide a solution in attack, but his performance has been truly poor.

I thought he could adapt swiftly as he looked so good at the outset, but for some reason, he's playing badly these days. The transition does not seem to be going well, and this may be related to an injury he once suffered, but if he doesn't mend his ways quickly, then he might lose his place.

Arsenal spent so much money to sign him, that's why he's facing such high expectations from the club and fans. So when things didn't go well, then he would get criticized.

To be honest, I'm curious as to what Arteta will do in the January transfer window. Given the situation Gyokeres is going through, will Arteta bring in a new striker?

[lombok]

When does he think about being any use for the team you think? This is just ridiculous statistic. 0 shots in whole 7 matches??? Man your job is to score goals. You had one job but you couldn't even shoot once...

His number of touches with the ball was less than 10 against Liverpool. I don't want to blame it all on him for this draw. But he surely deserves to be criticized harshly because of making not much progress.

Gyokeres' performance has declined drastically. Since the start of the season, Gyokeres' performances have been quite good, but for some reason, he hasn't scored in a long time. Gyokeres must evaluate himself and improve his performance if he doesn't want to be benched, especially with Gabriel Jesus returning to his best form after recovering from injury. Arsenal brought Gyokeres in with high expectations to provide a solution in attack, but his performance has been truly poor.

I thought he could adapt swiftly as he looked so good at the outset, but for some reason, he's playing badly these days. The transition does not seem to be going well, and this may be related to an injury he once suffered, but if he doesn't mend his ways quickly, then he might lose his place.

Arsenal spent so much money to sign him, that's why he's facing such high expectations from the club and fans. So when things didn't go well, then he would get criticized.

To be honest, I'm curious as to what Arteta will do in the January transfer window. Given the situation Gyokeres is going through, will Arteta bring in a new striker?

Unfavourable reviews by fans can be some of the most incisive remarks that disaffiliated fans make after their player fails to live up to an investment that was sizeable by the club. One should be objective when evaluating the scenario because it takes a long time before an individual is restored to his or her full potential. The coaching staff needs to wait to determine the lacklustre attack of the team that is dispensedly affecting the current league standings. Increasing squad strength is a precaution on our part to undergo a tough competition schedule.

[Issa56]

I was expecting Arsenal to beat Liverpool and increase their chances of winning the league title this season, but even if Arsenal could not achieve the maximum points in their yesterday game with Liverpool, i will not blame Arsenal because big games in the premier league are always hard to predict, and i would say Arsenal even tried to avoid defeat yesterday.

Arsenal vs Liverpool match ended as a draw yesterday, I was thinking the match will be a win for Arsenal because Arsenal plays better than Liverpool now. We can all see that Liverpool performance has dropped drastically this season, and right now they are just struggling to win matches, so I was expecting Arsenal to take advantage of Liverpool poor performance to increase their points, but they could only get 1 point at the end of the match.

Even if Arsenal missed a good chance of increasing the points gap yesterday, i still believe Manchester City will drop points in their upcoming matches because they are not in form at the moment. This season's title fight is between Arsenal and Manchester City, so i think you should only be worried about Manchester City.

The points difference between Arsenal and Manchester city isn’t so much, Arsenal will just have to keep on winning all their matches, because if they are not still careful, Manchester city might still catch up with them, Arsenal shouldn’t even relax now, because if they can’t win the premier league title this season, then it’s going to be so disgraceful.

[adultcrypto]

They have always have a higher chances of winning the English premier League title in the past few seasons that they gave it away to Manchester City, even when everyone thought that it was their year to be crown champions.

Anyone can make mistake and I will not blame Arsenal for their last mistakes and this will be this time for them to show the whole world that yhey could improve this time and win the premier league.
If Arsenal fail is and does not win this league, it is going to be a big disgrace to Arsenal and all their fans around the globe.

Arsenal will likely not fail as they have remained very focused till this time. The league is still long but Arsenal is not showing any sign of weakness. Manchester City seems to be getting ready to challenge them with full force with their latest signing of Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth. His is a major signing because he is a playmaker whose presence will increase the number of goals Halaand will be netting this season. Arsenal need to be prepared for what is coming because it will really be bad if they should fail to win the league this season.

[Adbitco]

For me, all thanks to Haaland if not we would have been hearing how life is difficult for prolific strikers from other leagues, when they come to EPL, the league swallows them, that's the kind of thing we would have been hearing, lol at that we are still hearing stuffs like that. I'm very grateful and happy for Haaland that he came and turned the league to his personal playing ground as they thought he was only good for other leagues but the EPL. I'm not giving excuses for Gyokeres though, I'm only about what would have been said if only there's currently no player from other leagues that are doing well in EPL after their transfer.

[bitgolden]

We are not disappointed with the draw because Arsenal are still safe with a 6-point lead over Manchester City and Aston Villa. Saka, Gyokeres, and Trossard did not perform well in this match. Odegaard, who usually has magical abilities, did not know what to do in this match.

Arsenal should have won with the absence of several key Liverpool players. A draw is a fair result for us, even though Liverpool had full control in the second half. There were several good opportunities that could have resulted in goals, but they weren't maximized, so for me, a draw is a very fair result for both teams.
I won because I bet on a draw.

Not sad that it was a draw, but not happy about it neither. A loss would have been sad, a win would have been happy, with a draw on this game (specially considering City also got a draw) we could say that Arsenal fans must be feeling just "okay", that's it, wasn't bad at least. However, if Arsenal managed to get a win, that would have been eight points gap and there are less than half of the season left, so it would have been an amazing situation and could have made it great for them.

[Accardo]

One should be objective when evaluating the scenario because it takes a long time before an individual is restored to his or her full potential. The coaching staff needs to wait to determine the lacklustre attack of the team that is dispensedly affecting the current league standings. Increasing squad strength is a precaution on our part to undergo a tough competition schedule.

Arteta finds it hard to rotate players, he prefers to tire one squad out before adding others from the bench, look at Odegaard, he's been playing consistently, while Eze is on the bench for about three games without starting any of the matches. That's not how games are done, ofcourse Odegaard is back to form, but he didn't make the club win against Liverpool, sometimes he should rest certains players for others to come in, games like yesterday would have favored Arsenal if he started Eze in the match.

[AYOBA]

They have always have a higher chances of winning the English premier League title in the past few seasons that they gave it away to Manchester City, even when everyone thought that it was their year to be crown champions.

Anyone can make mistake and I will not blame Arsenal for their last mistakes and this will be this time for them to show the whole world that yhey could improve this time and win the premier league.
If Arsenal fail is and does not win this league, it is going to be a big disgrace to Arsenal and all their fans around the globe.

That’s just the fact this is the right time for Arsenal to take correction from their last mistakes they’ve been make for a severals this season ago, when they will began the season with a wonderful performance and at the end of day they will finish in the 2nd place of the table. I hope that they won’t they will not repeat that same mistake this season, because not only the Arsenal fans are expecting positive results from them this season.

There’s a lot of people even those that are not the Arsenal fans are expected them to win the premier league this season, because it’s been a while they really need to tight more of their belt and stand in their feet in order to get what they want this season; and if they can able to keep their performance up they will be able to win the league.

[mvdheuvel1983]

Arsenal will likely not fail as they have remained very focused till this time. The league is still long but Arsenal is not showing any sign of weakness. Manchester City seems to be getting ready to challenge them with full force with their latest signing of Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth. His is a major signing because he is a playmaker whose presence will increase the number of goals Halaand will be netting this season. Arsenal need to be prepared for what is coming because it will really be bad if they should fail to win the league this season.

Arsenal not winning Liverpool is a good sign of weakness form their end they should take every advantage they have to double their points because when Manchester City gets a single opportunity to top the league Arsenal will be made to suffer because coming down again will be impossible. Manchester latest signing is a good way for them to challenge Arsenal but since Arsenal is not losing like before and Manchester City is still dropping points it's an opportunity for Arsenal to win the League as it's  to be funny to see not winning the league after all the struggle.

[KingsDen]

Arsenal will likely not fail as they have remained very focused till this time. The league is still long but Arsenal is not showing any sign of weakness. Manchester City seems to be getting ready to challenge them with full force with their latest signing of Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth. His is a major signing because he is a playmaker whose presence will increase the number of goals Halaand will be netting this season. Arsenal need to be prepared for what is coming because it will really be bad if they should fail to win the league this season.

Arsenal not winning Liverpool is a good sign of weakness form their end they should take every advantage they have to double their points because when Manchester City gets a single opportunity to top the league Arsenal will be made to suffer because coming down again will be impossible. Manchester latest signing is a good way for them to challenge Arsenal but since Arsenal is not losing like before and Manchester City is still dropping points it's an opportunity for Arsenal to win the League as it's  to be funny to see not winning the league after all the struggle.

Liverpool is not an average team that Arsenal will just win. To me, Arsenal's inability to win Liverpool is not a weakness. Getting 1 point is an addition and better than no point.
Manchester city who has been busy chasing Liverpool seems to be declining gradually. Having 3 consecutive draws is not a good sign and I am not sure they are turning around any moment.
To me, Arsenal is still in the race to win the English Premier League title this season and they will likely win it

[MorganaX]

Arsenal will likely not fail as they have remained very focused till this time. The league is still long but Arsenal is not showing any sign of weakness. Manchester City seems to be getting ready to challenge them with full force with their latest signing of Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth. His is a major signing because he is a playmaker whose presence will increase the number of goals Halaand will be netting this season. Arsenal need to be prepared for what is coming because it will really be bad if they should fail to win the league this season.

Arsenal not winning Liverpool is a good sign of weakness form their end they should take every advantage they have to double their points because when Manchester City gets a single opportunity to top the league Arsenal will be made to suffer because coming down again will be impossible. Manchester latest signing is a good way for them to challenge Arsenal but since Arsenal is not losing like before and Manchester City is still dropping points it's an opportunity for Arsenal to win the League as it's  to be funny to see not winning the league after all the struggle.

To be honest to me I won't say it is a weakness though as we can clearly see how Liverpool come back to play them in that second half, yeah I know that they are not supposed to drop point, because the gap they have with Manchester City may come so close if they fail to take the chance. But it is not easy for them as well as other teams are there to win as the way Liverpool also did to keep a draw in that game.

[DaNNy001]

Arsenal will likely not fail as they have remained very focused till this time. The league is still long but Arsenal is not showing any sign of weakness. Manchester City seems to be getting ready to challenge them with full force with their latest signing of Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth. His is a major signing because he is a playmaker whose presence will increase the number of goals Halaand will be netting this season. Arsenal need to be prepared for what is coming because it will really be bad if they should fail to win the league this season.

Arsenal not winning Liverpool is a good sign of weakness form their end they should take every advantage they have to double their points because when Manchester City gets a single opportunity to top the league Arsenal will be made to suffer because coming down again will be impossible. Manchester latest signing is a good way for them to challenge Arsenal but since Arsenal is not losing like before and Manchester City is still dropping points it's an opportunity for Arsenal to win the League as it's  to be funny to see not winning the league after all the struggle.

Liverpool is not an average team that Arsenal will just win. To me, Arsenal's inability to win Liverpool is not a weakness. Getting 1 point is an addition and better than no point.
Manchester city who has been busy chasing Liverpool seems to be declining gradually. Having 3 consecutive draws is not a good sign and I am not sure they are turning around any moment.
To me, Arsenal is still in the race to win the English Premier League title this season and they will likely win it

Liverpool isn't really an average team but for a while they have been performing like an underdog team which might make it easy for anyone to write them off when they play against a team like arsenal but fortunately for them they were able to give arsenal a tough time inspite of their weaknesses this season..they got points from this game and now they are at the fourth position on the board

[Pulsar77]

Liverpool is not an average team that Arsenal will just win. To me, Arsenal's inability to win Liverpool is not a weakness. Getting 1 point is an addition and better than no point.
Manchester city who has been busy chasing Liverpool seems to be declining gradually. Having 3 consecutive draws is not a good sign and I am not sure they are turning around any moment.
To me, Arsenal is still in the race to win the English Premier League title this season and they will likely win it

Certainly agreed! Some people see Liverpool as easier to beat because of not being able to meet the expectations this season. However things can change a lot in such big matches. Just as it happened in this one...

Arsenal really struggled a lot. Who would have thought they would play unwillingly? If Bradley's shot didn't hit woodwork maybe even Liverpool were going to win the match! 

[Bitcoin_Arena]

The league is still underway, City has only six points to catch up, considering one of the games is between them, I would have to say City has a chance to drop that to three points, just one game difference. Obviously we do not know if City will win against Arsenal or not, but that is what they need to consider as possibility, because that is a six point game, that is what they should fight for.

That means it could be asl ow as just one game difference and that is very valid way of thinking it. Not like that will matter that much but it is very important and good for everyone involved. Obviously Arsenal is looking at it a lot better, they think even if they get a tie game against City, rest should be easy and not a big deal and could be very good, because they may not lose six more points than City for the rest of the season.

The league is still full of twists and turns. I wouldn't completely conclude that either Arsenal or Manchester City will lift the trophy because when we expect Arsenal to win is when they drop some points. Same thing with Manchester City.
Maybe Manchester City's inconsistency is what Arsenal is counting on because if there ever happened to be a very consistent team, Arsenal would fall back to second place in no time

[Pandorak]

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Anyone can make mistake and I will not blame Arsenal for their last mistakes and this will be this time for them to show the whole world that yhey could improve this time and win the premier league.
If Arsenal fail is and does not win this league, it is going to be a big disgrace to Arsenal and all their fans around the globe.

It is normal for fans to feel this way, but it is not only them, even the players and coaches experience the same pressure and frustration over expectations that have not been realised, even though they realise that Arsenal's chances are truly great and real.

The fact is, in crucial moments like these, they tend to fail to capitalise on the momentum effectively, even though time is on their side. They do not lack quality players, yet they still miss out on opportunities to add to their points tally. Hopefully in the upcoming matches, they will be able to achieve better results than they are currently getting. This is crucial if Arsenal want to bring home the trophy this season.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

The league is still full of twists and turns. I wouldn't completely conclude that either Arsenal or Manchester City will lift the trophy because when we expect Arsenal to win is when they drop some points. Same thing with Manchester City.
Maybe Manchester City's inconsistency is what Arsenal is counting on because if there ever happened to be a very consistent team, Arsenal would fall back to second place in no time

Arsenal's confidence this season is very high and I'm confident they can achieve much better results. I believe Arteta will definitely do his best to not miss out on the opportunity to lift the trophy. The last three seasons have always failed to achieve better results and failed to maximize their potential to win the championship. The last three seasons may be important lessons for Arsenal, so Arteta will definitely try his best to secure the trophy this season. Manchester City certainly won't let Arsenal win the trophy easily, but I have more confidence in Arsenal than Manchester City this season.

[Nahl]

When does he think about being any use for the team you think? This is just ridiculous statistic. 0 shots in whole 7 matches??? Man your job is to score goals. You had one job but you couldn't even shoot once...

His number of touches with the ball was less than 10 against Liverpool. I don't want to blame it all on him for this draw. But he surely deserves to be criticized harshly because of making not much progress.

Gyokeres' performance has declined drastically. Since the start of the season, Gyokeres' performances have been quite good, but for some reason, he hasn't scored in a long time. Gyokeres must evaluate himself and improve his performance if he doesn't want to be benched, especially with Gabriel Jesus returning to his best form after recovering from injury. Arsenal brought Gyokeres in with high expectations to provide a solution in attack, but his performance has been truly poor.

He was portugal league top scorer several times even at that league Gyokeres has made some fantastic records and i think it's normal if the fans put high expectation to him especially Arsenal is really required sharp striker because for years under arteta Arsenal didn't have any good striker but unfortunately he failed to adapt and in my opinion rather than waiting Gyokeres to in form again i think it's better for Arsenal to look for new striker and currently winter transfer window have opened and this is the right time to buy new players which can bring positive effect for team performance

[Rgram]

I know some football analysis and pundits has been saying that Arteta has made Gyokeres into a more deep centre forward, facilitating hold up plays for his team mates but this stat is just wild as a striker, inasmuch as you try to start an attack, you should be able to be atleast a threat to the opposition defense. What's surprising about Gyokeres play is that for a man that is that thick, he tends to fall easily, he should do better because this stat is just ridiculous.

That’s honestly too poor for a striker. Zero shots in seven games is not something you can explain away, no matter the system or role he’s playing. Even if Arsenal are winning, that stat doesn’t sit right with me at all. A striker should always be a threat, even on a bad day. You can drop deep, help with buildup, hold the ball up for teammates. That’s fine but you still have to test the defence and get shots off.
For me, it clearly shows a drop in form from Gyokeres. There’s just no excuse for someone playing as a centre forward to go seven straight games without taking a single shot. That’s not just about tactics anymore. At some point, you have to impose yourself on the game.

[harapan]

When does he think about being any use for the team you think? This is just ridiculous statistic. 0 shots in whole 7 matches??? Man your job is to score goals. You had one job but you couldn't even shoot once...

His number of touches with the ball was less than 10 against Liverpool. I don't want to blame it all on him for this draw. But he surely deserves to be criticized harshly because of making not much progress.

Gyokeres' performance has declined drastically. Since the start of the season, Gyokeres' performances have been quite good, but for some reason, he hasn't scored in a long time. Gyokeres must evaluate himself and improve his performance if he doesn't want to be benched, especially with Gabriel Jesus returning to his best form after recovering from injury. Arsenal brought Gyokeres in with high expectations to provide a solution in attack, but his performance has been truly poor.

Is it really his performance or Mikel Arteta and Arsenal are not playing to his strength. They should go watch how the players at Sporting Lisbon adapted to him to enable him score goals. It is eleven games since he returned from injury and he has not just been poor but also stop scoring goals. I meant, he has just scored once in the last eleven games for Arsenal. Now imagine if he was playing for clubs like Chelsea and Man United who constantly gets the media attention, critiques and bashing. He should do better