⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Oluwa-btc]

Last season was a tough one for Moises Caicedo under Mauricio Pochettino I must say, but life under Enzo Maresca has indeed made him flourished like the player I originally watched when he was still a player for Brighton. He has been my best player so far this season for Chelsea even though I'm also a huge fan of Cole Palmer. I see a lot of disrespect channeled towards him game after game but indeed he is the engine for them. He reminds me of Ngolo Kante I must say.

[Woodie]

This Liverpool team puts a smile on me whenever I watch them...their football just flaws and at the moment so many attacking options and I don't think a couple of injuries that will be coming will slow them down! Gapko has found his form at the right time and this guarantees his start with the other 10...can't wait to see them demolish Utd

The hammers just got hammered 🔨  by 5 answered goals  by ruthless Liverpool and I don't think they will let this title race slip them...GG to the new Champs

[coinlocket$]

Manchester City won, what a strange event.
Not so sweet win thinking about on how Liverpool destroyed for 5-0 West Ham.

Many games still have to be played in this turn but nothing and noone seems able to stop them.
Arsenal and Chelasea must win tomorrow and now they are under big pressure.

[Stable090]

Even if you are right about that, but I don't believe Liverpool will lose their best form in the second half of the season. Liverpool haven't had any problems so far and they seem to easily finish match after match with wins, even today Liverpool are leading 0-3 in the first half.

With the way Liverpool has been performing this season, I don’t think Liverpool's performance will be dropping. They have been playing well, and they are winning all their matches. Liverpool played against West Ham today, and they humiliated West Ham. Liverpool were able to secure five goals in the match, and Liverpool is ready to destroy any club that comes their way. I am not really expecting Liverpool's performance to drop now, and Liverpool is increasing their point gap, they don’t want any club to be closer to them.

Manchester City may no longer have any hope of retaining their title when the points gap is too wide, but they cannot be complacent without providing competition, at least trying to qualify for the Champions League next season. Many people expect Manchester City to fail this season, of course because they don't want just one team to dominate the title for 5 consecutive seasons.

Manchester City is currently in 5th position with 31 points, and Liverpool, which is in first position, is ahead of Liverpool with 14 points, and Liverpool is still having an outstanding match to play. I think this point gap will just be difficult for Manchester City to cover up because Liverpool is also doing everything possible to keep on getting their three points every week, and Manchester City performance has not been so good.

[bitgolden]

If they will be patient with Amorim, there is no doubt it will be fine with the team but you should understand that Manchester United fans have gone through a lot this season so the expectation is that  the coming of Ruben Amorim will change the situation completely but instead of that to happen, it seems Manchester United is situation remains the same as they were during the time of Erik Ten Hag. I won't say that change of coach failed them because Amorim is relatively new in the team and deserve more time to prove himself.

I think Amorim needs to be given a little more time to adapt and the club management should allocate a budget for player shopping in this transfer market. Of course it is difficult for Amorim to implement his tactics if the players United have do not match the type he wants. Amorim is a coach who can utilize existing resources but in some situations I think to see the maximum capacity of Amorim the club management needs to give Amorim the opportunity to shop for players. So far Amorim's performance has been quite poor. Despite winning over City, Manchester United lost to other teams such as Wolves and AFC Bournemouth.

Manchester United is not about to fire a manager they just recently hired, so he is good until the season ends, no matter what the results are, I mean if they are not going down, then he is keeping his job until the summer. What he is going to do this season will decide if he is going to end up with next season or not though. If he finishes the season terrible then he could end up getting fired and so far he is looking quite terrible, so that means unless they get a bit better, then we are not going to see him keep his job.

This is quite troublesome when you think about it, because then it would be harder for them to find someone else too, and it would be hard for them to keep Amorim after a bad season too, so they are going to make a bad decision no matter what happens.

[skarais]

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Manchester United is not about to fire a manager they just recently hired, so he is good until the season ends, no matter what the results are, I mean if they are not going down, then he is keeping his job until the summer. What he is going to do this season will decide if he is going to end up with next season or not though. If he finishes the season terrible then he could end up getting fired and so far he is looking quite terrible, so that means unless they get a bit better, then we are not going to see him keep his job.

This is quite troublesome when you think about it, because then it would be harder for them to find someone else too, and it would be hard for them to keep Amorim after a bad season too, so they are going to make a bad decision no matter what happens.

Actually, who is to blame for Manchester United's poor performance since Alex Ferguson retired, is it the players or the coach?
Manchester United's glory days in the Premier League have long ended and they are having difficulty getting back up despite changing so many coaches. I think this team needs to be completely overhauled, from management to players.

I think they need to do that so that this team isn't shackled by the same system for a long time. They should have been owned by new owners last season, but there was no agreement between the two parties which ultimately left Manchester United unchanged. This season they have hired a new coach, but the team's performance is not quite up to par as expected.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

Salah had a great performance against West Ham. He finished the match with 1 goal and 2 assists. He made great assists to Diego Jota and Gakpo. According to a statistic I saw after the match, he is the 10th player with the most assists in Premier League history. Moreover, he did this by playing far fewer games than the other players on the list. If Liverpool don't renew his contract at the end of the season, it will be a huge loss for Liverpool. Salah can continue his career at elite level for a few more seasons. But I don't think Liverpool can produce the same offensive efficiency without Salah.

[Issa56]

Manchester United is not about to fire a manager they just recently hired, so he is good until the season ends, no matter what the results are, I mean if they are not going down, then he is keeping his job until the summer.

Manchester United can’t even think about sacking their coach now, a coach which they just signed a few weeks ago, and everyone knows that Amorim is a talented coach, just that he hasn’t gotten things right yet, and Manchester United fans are looking for a fast result, that’s why some of them are already complaining about his performance, and some of them are asking him to switch the pattern that he is making use of.

Even Manchester United management knows that Amorim is not their problem for now, Manchester United's current problem is their players, so I am sure Amorim will be getting quality players during the transfer window, and he will be selling off some players in Manchester United currently.

If Amorim doesn’t sign players, then he will also end up being sacked, just the way Ten Hag was sacked, because I don’t think there will be serious changes in Manchester United’s performance if there are no changes in the players, so I am sure Amorim's current target will be to get some players.

[Justbillywitt]

Manchester City won, what a strange event.
Not so sweet win thinking about on how Liverpool destroyed for 5-0 West Ham.

Many games still have to be played in this turn but nothing and noone seems able to stop them.
Arsenal and Chelsea must win tomorrow and now they are under big pressure.

Really surprised that Manchester city won today and they kept a clean sheet. It's really been a long time we have seen city win and keep a clean sheet in a premier league game this season. I knew Liverpool were going to win Westham, but I didn't expect the goals will get to 5 without Westham replying despite the fact that they were playing from home. The surprising result for me today was Nottingham forest winning Everton at away. Everton that played draws with three big teams in the premier league, were won by Nottingham forest team, that's really surprising. Nottingham forest have moved to second position in the premier League. What if Nottingham forest are title contenders, can they really provide real competition for Liverpool in the title race? Nobody saw this coming from a Nottingham forest team. The premier League is really crazy this season. Can Nottingham forest repeat what Leicester city did in 2016?

[skarais]

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Really surprised that Manchester city won today and they kept a clean sheet. It's really been a long time we have seen city win and keep a clean sheet in a premier league game this season. I knew Liverpool were going to win Westham, but I didn't expect the goals will get to 5 without Westham replying despite the fact that they were playing from home. The surprising result for me today was Nottingham forest winning Everton at away. Everton that played draws with three big teams in the premier league, were won by Nottingham forest team, that's really surprising. Nottingham forest have moved to second position in the premier League. What if Nottingham forest are title contenders, can they really provide real competition for Liverpool in the title race? Nobody saw this coming from a Nottingham forest team. The premier League is really crazy this season. Can Nottingham forest repeat what Leicester city did in 2016?

No, Nottingham won't be able to do it because Liverpool leads the standings with so many points gap. Nottingham are not expected to be strong throughout the season and over time they may lose their consistency and drop below the Champions League places. I think it makes sense and Arsenal and Chelsea and Manchester City take over. But you are right, this season the Premier League is really different.

[baeva]

Manchester City won, what a strange event.
Not so sweet win thinking about on how Liverpool destroyed for 5-0 West Ham.

Many games still have to be played in this turn but nothing and noone seems able to stop them.
Arsenal and Chelasea must win tomorrow and now they are under big pressure.

Compared to Liverpool, Manchester City are not even close at the moment, so their results are not even worth comparing, besides, Leicester are near the relegation zone, MC should have won with a big score, but I think this is enough to start that would interrupt the series of failures, hopefully in the new year they will improve. However, if you look at the statistics of the match, Manchester City still didn't play very well, so it's too early to talk about improvements

[Furious 7]

Actually in this case it does not matter when we just have to wait for what Amorim will do especially since he is still relatively new to the EPL and obviously there is still a lot of time needed for adaptation but for now it seems that when a wave of poor performance occurs it will have an impact on the reaction that occurs considering the fans will want to see something new with what United is doing to improve its current position.

I think for now Amorim only has to try to improve Mancechster United's position a little bit so that it looks comfortable unlike now it is still tolerable but when the situation does not change much then it is clear that there will be a lot of demands even though they know that changing a club that is already chaotic like Mancehster United takes time.

They're 14th in the table and only 8 points clear of Leicester in the relegation zone so it's only fair that there's more pressure on Amorim at the moment.

Amorim will only try the best he can to make sure that Manchester United is not relegated because he met the team at a very critical situation what Manchester United is facing now is as a result of ETH wrong signing, ETH never signed any better players so it will take Amorim more time to fix back Manchester United if only his is given more time though his performance from February will determine if he will actually do well or not because I believe he will sign in some players during the transfer window.

Honestly there will be more pressure on Amorim expecially the one that will come from Manchester United fans because what the fans wants now is immediate improvement which is not even coming, what Manchester United needs now is good signing if the couch will be able to bring in some quality players to the team we will definitely see Manchester United performing better again.

Not getting relegated is not enough because after all, he is required to at least give his best performance because in the end, even though he needs time to make the squad better, we must be aware that when the position is not too comfortable to occupy in the standings, there will still be a lot of criticism for Amorim so to make sure not to get relegated (even if it is the worst possibility) is a certainty because it would be very stupid if Mancehster United were relegated. In addition, Amorim must also try to improve his quality in the next half of the season so that what the fans expect and the demands given are really answered with proof from Amorim as a coach.

When talking about fans it is a fairness because anyone does not want to see their favorite club not having a good performance so now Amorim when he was appointed and ready with all the pressure at the beginning when he signed a contract with Manchester United he must have known that this condition was a risk so he only had to prove his quality if he still wanted to be considered a coach at Manchester United.

[Zaguru12]

Manchester City won, what a strange event.
Not so sweet win thinking about on how Liverpool destroyed for 5-0 West Ham.

Many games still have to be played in this turn but nothing and noone seems able to stop them.
Arsenal and Chelasea must win tomorrow and now they are under big pressure.

Manchester city win Today was actually very big boost for them as it pushes them up to the 5th position in the table and just one point behind the Chelsea in the top four with them playing tomorrow, one thing about city is the their early wins and that makes them still in the top four race, hopefully they can build on this win and grow their confidence.

Liverpool currently are a not a team to face now with even the form which Salah is on now, one goal two assists yet again, is he actually doing a sendOff season for Liverpool? For now he is the most consistent player and I think Liverpool should forget about his age and get a contract extension done fast

Nottingham Forest out two past the defensively strong Everton today to send them to the second position, seriously I had thought they would have the game difficult due to the way Everton took points off the other top four contenders but Nottingham Forest confirmed today that they are this season top four surprise

[Ryu_Ar1]

Last season was a tough one for Moises Caicedo under Mauricio Pochettino I must say, but life under Enzo Maresca has indeed made him flourished like the player I originally watched when he was still a player for Brighton. He has been my best player so far this season for Chelsea even though I'm also a huge fan of Cole Palmer. I see a lot of disrespect channeled towards him game after game but indeed he is the engine for them. He reminds me of Ngolo Kante I must say.

This is what he should show from a player with a price tag of 100 million because this is the kind of performance he always showed at Brighton before and was lost at Chelsea in the previous era.
Enzo Maresca seems to have managed to make some players return to the initial situation where Chelsea's movement and quality are increasing along with the confidence of some players in Enzo's performance at Chelsea.

He was quite successful in making some players who were previously difficult to develop their performance but Enzo was able to pump up the spirit so that their performance returned and one of those who got it now is Caicedo.

He was one of the better midfielders from the start because apart from his vision he is also quite dexterous in midfield especially with the calmness and speed he has, in fact he is quite good it's just that in the last few seasons he could not develop his performance which made him lose momentum a little but now it looks like he is getting his rhythm back in playing.

[Ndabagi01]

Last season was a tough one for Moises Caicedo under Mauricio Pochettino I must say, but life under Enzo Maresca has indeed made him flourished like the player I originally watched when he was still a player for Brighton. He has been my best player so far this season for Chelsea even though I'm also a huge fan of Cole Palmer. I see a lot of disrespect channeled towards him game after game but indeed he is the engine for them. He reminds me of Ngolo Kante I must say.

This stats is impressive and it’s good to have a player that performs well and can be compared to Ngolo Kante of those days in Chelsea. They really play alike and I like how he coordinated the midfield and wins a lot of tackle for the team. Chelsea has indeed been doing well and all thanks to the collective effort of the team put together. Cole Palmer is also a big contributor to the success of Chelsea this season and we can’t fail to acknowledge him for that also. I hope Chelsea can continue this great performance and make it to the top of the league table before the end of the season.

Manchester City is currently in 5th position with 31 points, and Liverpool, which is in first position, is ahead of Liverpool with 14 points, and Liverpool is still having an outstanding match to play. I think this point gap will just be difficult for Manchester City to cover up because Liverpool is also doing everything possible to keep on getting their three points every week, and Manchester City performance has not been so good.

Manchester City still needs to show more of this performance in the coming weeks if they really want to finish the season on a very good position. They are left behind and their position on the league table will not give them a qualification to the champions league even if the season ends today. They should just fight to retain a position in the first four positions and forget about the league title because it doesn’t look like they’re going to win it.

[Slow death]

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Really surprised that Manchester city won today and they kept a clean sheet. It's really been a long time we have seen city win and keep a clean sheet in a premier league game this season. I knew Liverpool were going to win Westham, but I didn't expect the goals will get to 5 without Westham replying despite the fact that they were playing from home. The surprising result for me today was Nottingham forest winning Everton at away. Everton that played draws with three big teams in the premier league, were won by Nottingham forest team, that's really surprising. Nottingham forest have moved to second position in the premier League. What if Nottingham forest are title contenders, can they really provide real competition for Liverpool in the title race? Nobody saw this coming from a Nottingham forest team. The premier League is really crazy this season. Can Nottingham forest repeat what Leicester city did in 2016?

No, Nottingham won't be able to do it because Liverpool leads the standings with so many points gap. Nottingham are not expected to be strong throughout the season and over time they may lose their consistency and drop below the Champions League places. I think it makes sense and Arsenal and Chelsea and Manchester City take over. But you are right, this season the Premier League is really different.

The Nottingham team, in my opinion, is the team that is surprising me the most. We hardly see a team like Nottingham occupying the top four positions for a long time as we are seeing this season. If they continue with this consistency, I believe they can finish in the position that allows them to go to the European Champions League and the coach would be seen very well by Nottingham fans and the club's management.


Yesterday's games that surprised me:

West Ham 0 - 5 Liverpool (I confess that I expected Liverpool to win, but I didn't expect them to score 5 goals)

Leycester 0 - 2 Manchester City (I confess that I didn't expect Manchester City not to concede a goal in this game)

[aylabadia05]

This Liverpool team puts a smile on me whenever I watch them...their football just flaws and at the moment so many attacking options and I don't think a couple of injuries that will be coming will slow them down! Gapko has found his form at the right time and this guarantees his start with the other 10...can't wait to see them demolish Utd

The hammers just got hammered 🔨  by 5 answered goals  by ruthless Liverpool and I don't think they will let this title race slip them...GG to the new Champs

Basically West Ham is not a good opponent for Liverpool because after all I don't see them showing their best game. Liverpool took advantage of many opportunities to create a large goal margin so that everything looked perfect. Salah also scored a goal in that match which allowed him to keep a safe distance from his competition with Haaland in the top scorer standings, so now it looks like things are going according to plan.

I agree with you that Liverpool are almost guaranteed to win the title this season, but the season is still very long and things can change very quickly. If Liverpool lose several important players due to injury, then I think their performance will also be affected like Manchester City and other teams.

[SUPERSAIAN]

We watched another magnificent recital from Liverpool today. They beat West-Ham 5-0, they are playing great football, Liverpool are at a completely different level. There was a settled squad and there was a very good chemistry with Arne Slot in the team.

Muhammed Salah could have definitely scored 3-4 goals in this match, he missed too many. We see a Muhammed Salah who turns on prime mode again and again. It is really great how they can hang around so comfortably in such a difficult league.

[JiiBs]

Manchester City finally found their spark at the end of this half of the season. Would this mean much for them? I don’t think. I think this is just luck finding them, after several damages to the squad and style of play. They would soon revert back to factory set.

We watched another magnificent recital from Liverpool today. They beat West-Ham 5-0, they are playing great football, Liverpool are at a completely different level. There was a settled squad and there was a very good chemistry with Arne Slot in the team.

Muhammed Salah could have definitely scored 3-4 goals in this match, he missed too many. We see a Muhammed Salah who turns on prime mode again and again. It is really great how they can hang around so comfortably in such a difficult league.

Is there any catching up with this Liverpool team… I watched the game and was just waiting for that moment when West Ham United might turn the game around and look for that consolation goal, put Liverpool under some more pressure but nope, that didn’t happen. It was just Liverpool over and over again. They just tightening there grip on the league still.

[Sandra_hakeem]

West Ham 0 - 5 Liverpool (I confess that I expected Liverpool to win, but I didn't expect them to score 5 goals)

5 freaking goals sheeshhhhh!!!! That's cold! Salah was running around like captain cruch, looking for other possibilities to make it 7 or more I guess.. These boys have picked really fine form and the game seems too small for them to play in   oh, get over it, that's just an exaggeration.. Delulu !!!

I'd really love us to take a look at Alexander- Arnold's goal today... What in the heavens was that easy flick with the ball? Before I realized what happened, it was in the net.... I was just as startled as the keeper.