⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Creeper0]

You are right, besides Liverpool doesn't often lose to bigger team like that. The smaller teams puts you to an edge, they try as much as possible to frustrate your efforts and in some cases they end up winning at the end of the match unlike when two big teams meets, they are fighting to be the one on top. I think the match is even for both teams. They both have big names with quality that will go head on with each other, this is where people normally say anything can happen. In these kind of games, there's no favourites because any of them.can win, sometimes they will play draw. These big teams play out their hearts when they meet another big team..

The mentality of the players is not the same when playing against big teams and against small teams. Liverpool has a tendency to lose against small teams, this is completely due to mentality and underestimation. Since there is no opportunity to underestimate big teams, their mentality is strong and they try their best to win the match. Against small teams, basically strong mentality and effort are not used 100%, which is why we often see big teams losing against small teams. The mentality of small teams also plays a role in unexpected results in these matches.

Liverpool is strong with the best squad in exciting matches, but whenever they have to put their bench squad on the field, that is when the main danger arises. Last season, their young players failed to perform well, which is why we saw some unexpected defeats. This performance has continued this season.

[sergiorus]

We saw lethargic Haaland at World Cup. I haven't seen him running around much. He remains largely inactive for most of the match.
As a result opposing defender forget to mark him. I witnessed something like that in match against Brazil. Haaland had only three chances in entire match and managed to convert two of them into goal.

It is true that such strategy is quite effective. However this tactic does not work against strong and experienced defenders. We saw proof of this in England vs Norway match. Haaland appeared quite helpless against England's defense.

What do you mean ''lethargic''? He and Mbappe (the best goalscorer of the last World Cup) had the highest ''Goals per 100 minutes'' stats.

1.3 goals per 100 minutes each. Those are some lethal stats.

And it's largely thanks to him and his two goals against Brazil that Norway made it to the 1/4 finals, a historically significant event and the best World Cup performance ever for the nordic country.

[Oluwa-btc]

Have anyone in here noticed how City is among of top 10 clubs to be relegated this season? i'm just opening the outright, then i feel a bit surprised City was there. Yea i know the liquidity is still considered small, but it seem people are believing they will be relegated due to their 115 breaches.

They even being placed above Spurs, which is not yet winning a single game since the start of season. It's getting laughable if they will be relegated due to their charges, then Spurs who is still doing shite still remain at EPL.

So i think City is now having nearly same chance with spurs to be relegated. Is there someone else who is keen to bet on City to be relegated

The recent updates about Manchester City lead to this. Too many clubs I fear also wants to see that happening, which must have resulted in the bookies. They have related this exact cheating to whatever Juventus did in the early 2000's, so if Premier League has the big balls, they'll most definitely want to see all cheaters punished.

Tottenham Hotspur are not even that bad, let's not over look Bournemouth. They remain on my list as teams who should be relegated. Tottenham Hotspur will surely turn things around. I hope they can start focusing on winning against Manchester United.

[icebar]

We saw lethargic Haaland at World Cup. I haven't seen him running around much. He remains largely inactive for most of the match.
As a result opposing defender forget to mark him. I witnessed something like that in match against Brazil. Haaland had only three chances in entire match and managed to convert two of them into goal.

It's not a big deal how much a striker can run on the field, but rather if he can do the right thing at the right time according to his positon, that's what's special about a striker. If he can not run properly It should not be called a weakness, but rather his excellent finishing and skill. And since he moves less, defenders forget to mark him, which creates better opportunities for him to score goals.

Simply put, Haaland runs less on the field because that is his style of play. But it would be wrong to conclude from that he is lazy and ineffective against good defenders. The match in Brazil is a great proof of how dangerous he can be even if he runs less.