⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Amphenomenon]

Ten Hag did waste a alot of money, in trying to get the players  he wanted, while some of these players failed to cone close to expectations. The players fees are often leading to criticism when they can perform well or are far from their best. Although, we hope Ruben Amorim can make good use of the resources given to him.

Ten Hags was allowed to recruit the players he needed, but he was unable to find any that would be able to help improve the team's performance. Of all the players Ten Hags brought to the squad, I am only happy with Ugarte, and aside from Zirkzee, no player irritates me. What a waste of money. I was even wondering about what Ten Hags was hoping to do when he was eager to bring Frank De Jong from Barcelona, a player who is known to suffer injuries. Manchester United will get better if the board agrees that Amorim should get the players he needs.

I think while the management will likely support Ruben Amorim, they should also scrutinize the players he is going for especially in regarding to the transfer fee because Ten Hag got some liability to the team in a high fee which is bad for business and I think they will have to sell some players in order for him to get the ones he wants while many of these players will be sold at lost.

[iBaba]

I think while the management will likely support Ruben Amorim, they should also scrutinize the players he is going for especially in regarding to the transfer fee because Ten Hag got some liability to the team in a high fee which is bad for business and I think they will have to sell some players in order for him to get the ones he wants while many of these players will be sold at lost.

No otherwise, I'm also in support of your opinion. I'm equally on the lookout for the players Amorim's likely to bring on board in the new transfer and I'm more concerned about the impact of those players vis-a-vis the financial implications to the club. I still Think Amorim is a better coach than Ten Hag in terms of managing the player's confidence in themselves as well as the connection between the players picking from how positive he's always even when they lost their games. Nonetheless, we need also monitor his professionalism in terms of bringing in new talented players to the team for a better result. It is no longer a news that Manchester United needs more new players on the pitch, but getting the team to work with is rhe real game changer for the club.

[junder]

These Manchester Clubs are currently behaving like twins, one loses their game earlier and the red one follows suit and let's not talk about the Fernandez red cars because as captain on a yellow cars he should have known better... from now on I will be picking this pair to lose or draw because that's what they do best!!

As things stand, Manchester United  chasing the game with a goal down against Wolves and Utd being the traveling team this is another "L" for the team.

There are now two clowns in the premier league.
City drew against Everton, Pep could only get one point, this is the umpteenth bad result from them.
And in another match their city brothers, Man Utd, are one nil behind Wolves, which we know that Wolves are currently in the relegation zone, previously I was sure, Amorim had brought Man Utd a little better, but looking at the current results his ability to manage the team is still questionable.

These two teams seem to be competing to be the worst this season.

[ILuckyGuyI]

These Manchester Clubs are currently behaving like twins, one loses their game earlier and the red one follows suit and let's not talk about the Fernandez red cars because as captain on a yellow cars he should have known better... from now on I will be picking this pair to lose or draw because that's what they do best!!

As things stand, Manchester United  chasing the game with a goal down against Wolves and Utd being the traveling team this is another "L" for the team.

Even if Fernandes didn't get that red card, I don't think they could have won.    Because they were really poor in the 1st half. As of that incident they just turned it into a nightmare for themselves.

I can see how much Amorim and Guardiola both are struggling. Guardiola has a much more powerful squad in his hands but he is desperate anyway. It must be even more painful. Amorim is at least having difficulties with a squad which has quite big weaknesses.

Maybe Amorim could solve some of the serious issues with new transfers. But I think the solution isn't the same for Manchester City. It looks like the players are in a bad psychological state. Guardiola needs to improve their concentration in a way.

[hahay]

At least Wolves managed to get out of the relegation zone for the time being by beating Manchester United with a score of 2-0, and also this is Wolves' second win this season in the Premier League. Indeed, Manchester United played with only 10 players since the 47th minute, after Bruno Fernandes got a red card which really made Manchester United crumble in this boxing day match. Chelsea also lost at home against Fulham and also, Nottingham managed to win again by beating Tottenham 1-0 and making Nottingham return to third place at this time.

But with the results that happened, I might be very curious, whether Liverpool will also lose to Leicester or maybe, Liverpool will still win in this home match. Because anyway, based on the odds also that Liverpool are very, very favored to win in this boxing day match against Leicester. Because after all, Leicester is also still in a bad trend after the previous two matches Leicester lost with a very heavy score with a score of 3-0 by Wolves and 4-0 by Newcastle. With Leicester's bad trend like that, then I personally might also be very confident Liverpool will still manage to get a sure victory.

[Huppercase]

No otherwise, I'm also in support of your opinion. I'm equally on the lookout for the players Amorim's likely to bring on board in the new transfer and I'm more concerned about the impact of those players vis-a-vis the financial implications to the club. I still Think Amorim is a better coach than Ten Hag in terms of managing the player's confidence in themselves as well as the connection between the players picking from how positive he's always even when they lost their games. Nonetheless, we need also monitor his professionalism in terms of bringing in new talented players to the team for a better result. It is no longer a news that Manchester United needs more new players on the pitch, but getting the team to work with is rhe real game changer for the club.

I like a proactive coach rather than a coach that will do the taking and wouldn't take any actions, ETH has all the time to make changes to most of this grade E players but he was going deaf on ears and instead the club excused him and drop him off immediately. If Amorim was in Manchester United half way the way he was assigned this season in the last season, I'm sure that half of the players in Manchester United will be gone because he is going to either not use them or sell them.

It's really disappointing that every match day, instead of Manchester united to go up, they are going down in the table, they were in the 13th place for 3 good weeks and now after losing to wolves, they are now in 14th probably after every other teams play their 18th matches, Manchester United will be fighting relegation because 15th place is not far again. It's really going to be a disgrace to the entire club if that happens, a big shame to watch.

[Issa56]

I think while the management will likely support Ruben Amorim, they should also scrutinize the players he is going for especially in regarding to the transfer fee because Ten Hag got some liability to the team in a high fee which is bad for business and I think they will have to sell some players in order for him to get the ones he wants while many of these players will be sold at lost.

It’s not obvious that Manchester United’s problem is not the coach, but the players. If Manchester United doesn’t flush out their players, then there won’t be improvement in the club's performance, they will just keep on sacking their coaches. Current Manchester United players are just to lazy to play for the club, or maybe they having other problems which isn’t made public, that’s why they are not performing well. Seriously Ten Hag made some wrong signings, which is really affecting Manchester United currently. If United will be selling those players back, then they will be selling at a loss because their market value will have dropped, and I just hope Ruben Amorim won’t also be making the same mistake that Ten Hag made, because some fans are already complaining about him.

[DaNNy001]

These Manchester Clubs are currently behaving like twins, one loses their game earlier and the red one follows suit and let's not talk about the Fernandez red cars because as captain on a yellow cars he should have known better... from now on I will be picking this pair to lose or draw because that's what they do best!!

As things stand, Manchester United  chasing the game with a goal down against Wolves and Utd being the traveling team this is another "L" for the team.

I think we have gotten used to Manchester united but  this whole losing and drawing is something Manchester city is new to and for reason it tend to be a spell because I really don't know what wrongs with the club as they can't really get off it. Of all games today they still can't win against Everton at home which is just too disappointing. As it stands now, it's definitely beginning to show off that maybe the new coach amorim is not caught off for the job.

[coinlocket$]

Liverpool got scared and they were losing.
Shortly after they managed to score 2 goals and now they are winning.

This win if happens with another potential 3 point from the missing game will be critical.

They are right now at a potential +10 from the second in the leaderboard after 18 games, crazy.

[Furious 7]

These Manchester Clubs are currently behaving like twins, one loses their game earlier and the red one follows suit and let's not talk about the Fernandez red cars because as captain on a yellow cars he should have known better... from now on I will be picking this pair to lose or draw because that's what they do best!!

The Manchester duo has become a clown duo for now especially in the last two weeks after a series of bad results that have made them even further away from the word competition in the trophy race
Honestly even though I have always avoided betting on both Manchster clubs in recent weeks but with the results they have had I still can't expect it to be this bad.

Manchester City with 13 matches and only 1 win, Manchester United with a situation that is not very favorable and many still have big expectations of Amorim in these conditions lol.
Not that I hate Amorim but we should open our eyes because in the end this situation can never change if in the end the game scheme every week remains the same especially with the silly mistakes of the players on the field which sometimes harm the club itself.

[CLS63]

It's a shame that every set piece against Manchester United, especially the corner kick now looks like penalty kick. When it happened last week that sun scored Manchester United from the corner kick, we thought that it is because Manchester United number one goalie was not on the post. But today Cunha of Wolves scored again directly from the corner kick. It is all over for Manchester United this season.
If Manchester United cannot win when they have 11 men on the pitch, is it when they have 10 men that they will be able to win. I pray that wolves should not disgrace them tonight. Let the go margin not be more than three

Manchester United conceded the exact same direct corner goal with different goalkeepers in a short time. But this isn't their only weakness this season. They are still not that great at defending and scoring goals both. Amorim has a really difficult job to do. This is the Premier League and he has a team to revive. The chairman will need to be really patient with him. Because he would like to build the team according to his system. This means he needs to be given enough money for that.

I think Amorim will handle this team after some time to climb some positions. But it looks really hard to make it to top 4.

[ajanwalker]

I think while the management will likely support Ruben Amorim, they should also scrutinize the players he is going for especially in regarding to the transfer fee because Ten Hag got some liability to the team in a high fee which is bad for business and I think they will have to sell some players in order for him to get the ones he wants while many of these players will be sold at lost.

It’s not obvious that Manchester United’s problem is not the coach, but the players. If Manchester United doesn’t flush out their players, then there won’t be improvement in the club's performance, they will just keep on sacking their coaches. Current Manchester United players are just to lazy to play for the club, or maybe they having other problems which isn’t made public, that’s why they are not performing well. Seriously Ten Hag made some wrong signings, which is really affecting Manchester United currently. If United will be selling those players back, then they will be selling at a loss because their market value will have dropped, and I just hope Ruben Amorim won’t also be making the same mistake that Ten Hag made, because some fans are already complaining about him.

This squad does not suit Manchester United. Manu, a Champions League veteran for years, is not in the Champions League this year.

The reason for this is last year's poor football and performance.
Manu and his management should clearly understand this by now. The problem is not with the Technical Director.
First of all, I would send Bruno Fernandes. If I am not mistaken, when Ronaldo came to Manu again, he was the first player to take a stand against him.
There is no player in the team, especially in the forward position, who is good at finishing.
Today, he played poor football against Wolves.
If there are no quality transfers, it would be a miracle for them to make it to the Champions League next year.

[kawetsriyanto]

These Manchester Clubs are currently behaving like twins, one loses their game earlier and the red one follows suit and let's not talk about the Fernandez red cars because as captain on a yellow cars he should have known better... from now on I will be picking this pair to lose or draw because that's what they do best!!

Yep. Both Manchester teams are in a red sign. 
TBH, I'm not surprised with Man United because this already happens in many seasons. But I'm shocked with Man City, they changed too much. This teams turned to be a weak team, meanwhile they were too strong team in EPL. I don't understand why this team is declining too drastically. Does Pep have serious problems with the players?

Liverpool got scared and they were losing.
Shortly after they managed to score 2 goals and now they are winning.

They are against a team in the relegation zone. I'm even surprised that Leicester could score goal first but Liverpool equalized the goal at the end of the first half of the match. Now, in the early of the second half, Liverpool succeed score another goal and they're leading until now. Sure, it seems Liverpool to win again and get 3 points more. Since Chelsea was defeated by Fulham, Liverpool will be stronger leading EPL standings.

[bitgolden]

Woah.
Once more time.
Manchester City today lost points again.
They were unable to beat everton, the game ended 1-1 even with extra "punishment" training days during Xmas.

Their situation however is not terrible, they may have lost the possibility of winning the league at this point but they are still in race for an easy top 4.

Easy top four? I mean looking at how they have been doing in the last 13 games, I would say nothing is easy for them at all. They are 8th or something if I am not wrong, and that means it is going to be pretty near impossible for them to claim back up there. The title chance is already gone, that is not going to happen, we can be sure of that, I see that mathematically that is not the key, they still have a chance in that regard, but by that logic even United has a chance, but we know they won't.

The title is gone but if they keep this up for another month, I am pretty sure that we are going to end up seeing them lose top four chances as well, and maybe already did, it is really looking terrible for them without a doubt. It is not really that tough, we need to consider this might be it for them, they may not recover from this.

[ginsan]

These Manchester Clubs are currently behaving like twins, one loses their game earlier and the red one follows suit and let's not talk about the Fernandez red cars because as captain on a yellow cars he should have known better... from now on I will be picking this pair to lose or draw because that's what they do best!!

As things stand, Manchester United  chasing the game with a goal down against Wolves and Utd being the traveling team this is another "L" for the team.

Manchester city got a draw and manchester united suffered a defeat. That's what happened in today's match, both teams did not perform well even far from the expectations desired by the fans. For City they managed to lead first and had many opportunities but unfortunately their performance was not as expected by the fans because at the end of the match they shared points with Everton.

Manchester united performed worse, they were again humiliated by a team that was below their ranking. A series of defeats in 5 matches made manchester united like a team that was not too strong this season. There are many things that amorim must learn after being defeated by Wolves. They must make stronger changes like chelsea have done.
Btw liverpool is leading the match where they are leading 2-1.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Their situation however is not terrible, they may have lost the possibility of winning the league at this point but they are still in race for an easy top 4.

The chance is still there especially their points are still not too far away but in the end things like this must be balanced with a performance that does change but until now Manchester City still can't do that.

9 defeats, 3 draws and 1 win in their last 14 matches in all competitions clearly shows that Manchster City's current situation is in a tremendous slump even this is the worst season of Pep from the beginning he coached Mancehster City until now. This means that although their chance is still there but this is clearly very difficult for them in the top 4 especially when talking about the competition for the trophy if in the end they remain the same in terms of performance because seeing them now is like a clown on the field even though the dominance is extraordinary but they still cannot collect the points they should get easily.

[Hyphen(-)]

Liverpool got scared and they were losing.
Shortly after they managed to score 2 goals and now they are winning.

This win if happens with another potential 3 point from the missing game will be critical.

They are right now at a potential +10 from the second in the leaderboard after 18 games, crazy.

Liverpool is known for doing great comebacks this season; they have that composure of making it happen after been defeated in the first half, and that’s what keep them moving up till now even if they are one man down.

Liverpool are indeed the top favorites to win the EPL this season because they have Mohammad Sallah, follow by my team Arsenal because we will soon take over the second place if we can defeat Ipswich Town tomorrow which is possible because we have to take the chance after Chelsea drop some points earlier today.

If injury affects Liverpool, they might also drop points, but as it is now, they are the best team in the Premier League and if they keep performing like this, Arne Slot will win the EPL in his first season.

[|MINER|]

They are against a team in the relegation zone. I'm even surprised that Leicester could score goal first but Liverpool equalized the goal at the end of the first half of the match. Now, in the early of the second half, Liverpool succeed score another goal and they're leading until now. Sure, it seems Liverpool to win again and get 3 points more. Since Chelsea was defeated by Fulham, Liverpool will be stronger leading EPL standings.

Actually, I was also surprised and after watching the first half to the end, I was also thinking that today it looks like Liverpool is going to lose to Leicester City and maybe because of this Chelsea club will have a little chance to move them up the rankings.

However, in the end, Liverpool's players managed to maintain their standards by scoring three goals against the 17th ranked club. Although I was expecting Mohamed Salah to score a few more goals, he only scored once. However, now Liverpool club is almost out of reach of Chelsea club. Now if their luck is not too bad then they will remain at number one.

[Amphenomenon]

Liverpool got scared and they were losing.
Shortly after they managed to score 2 goals and now they are winning.

This win if happens with another potential 3 point from the missing game will be critical.

They are right now at a potential +10 from the second in the leaderboard after 18 games, crazy.

Liverpool definitely will get a win again this week and give a bigger gap with the team in second and also having a game at hand.

To be honest I still think they may fall off just like last season after dominating for so long. I will actually see them as the title favourite if they can hold up on their lead till to at least February ending.

[Joca97]

Liverpool got scared and they were losing.
Shortly after they managed to score 2 goals and now they are winning.

This win if happens with another potential 3 point from the missing game will be critical.

They are right now at a potential +10 from the second in the leaderboard after 18 games, crazy.

Liverpool definitely will get a win again this week and give a bigger gap with the team in second and also having a game at hand.

To be honest I still think they may fall off just like last season after dominating for so long. I will actually see them as the title favourite if they can hold up on their lead till to at least February ending.

How things are going Liverpool will win the title a couple of rounds earlier. I dont see anyone coming close to them and the gap will just be wider between them and the rest of the league. They won against Leicester easily just in second gear. After the third goal they didnt even want to attack and Leicester didnt even touch the ball later on