⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[TelolettOm]

Cole Palmer's role?
exactly, no doubt.
best player of Chelsea right now.

Cole Palmer has been key to Chelsea “success” in the Premier League. It is not surprising that he won Player of the Month Award. Cole Palmer has been able to adapt to Maresca style which is very different from what he’s used to at Manchester City and Chelsea under Pochettino.  Chelsea got really lucky with his signing, this is without a doubt the best signing Chelsea’s new ownership has made.

Yes, that's right, Cole Palmer's contribution to Chelsea is unquestionable. Now it's just a matter of how Marezca optimizes the other players to be as good as that, because it's not just Cole Palmer who should be good, but at least most of them.

It should be, names like: Moises Caicedo (midfielder), Noni Madueke (winger), Sancho (winger), and Nicolas Jackson (forward), and of course, other players. However, they are key players who are very influential for Chelsea, who must be optimized again.


Source: Chelsea serious squad depth

Anyway, Chelsea completed the signing of three young players, spending around £85m on them with an average age of 22. Will their £85m signings really strengthen the club later?

[blue Snow]

This season actually looks different for the blues and they want to be different this season and they are actually making thay difference because from the beginning Chelsea have spent a lot of money just to give the club a color and they are the club that have changed a coach the most for now they are doing very wel, and Enzo actually have a brilliant record so am not surprised that Chelsea is actually doing well and even if he knows what it means to win a trophy does not mean that he will actually be able to win it.

He did well as a manager and Chelsea will do very well this season, is past with Leicester City was not a bad one so Chelsea will rise again since it is exactly what they want, and their might be a chance that they might qualify for champions league because Enzo is taking his job seriously because he already knows the kind of people is working for.

Yes, we hope Chelsea's strategy to buy potential players is for long-term investment, purposes to build the team to be solid as the fans wish, so not just instant like what they last did before. Enzo so far it's been impressive and become the key current success Chelsea right now, but he shouldn't be proud yet because he should build the team to be compact, not just rising one or two player on the team. I think with condition like this, their target to qualify for Champions League on next session is realistic and and maybe better, it's not impossible if chelsea will be the main competitor Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool to be the premier league champion.

[Litzki1990]

Indeed, changing United to be better will take time. and the first step that club management must take is the right coach. remember, even if they get a new coach, United will not achieve big changes in a short time.
Many also criticize some of the players who are currently Ten Hag's choices. if the coach is replaced, of course, there will be changes in some players. this will be a long process. but if you want to see good progress, United must do it immediately.

I agree with you and yes I think this is something that people should know. When a team is performing badly then there is a problem that needs to be fixed and a solution found. What happened with United is they let Ten Hag be the manager for a long time but Manchester United did not get better. The fans want to see Manchester United like the Ferguson era even though it is impossible. But I think changing the manager can be a long term solution. United need to find the right manager to rebuild their squad.

Manchester United have allowed their current manager to be in charge of the club for a long time only to see their club in a better position. They may have thought that if a new manager was appointed to the club every season, the performance of the players would be erratic, so he tried to get the players to play according to any one manager's strategy. But this strategy would have worked for them if they could have hired a competent manager as their club manager. Ten Hag has been in charge of Manchester United for a long time but has not been able to improve the condition of this team, but since taking charge of Manchester United, the condition of Manchester United has gradually deteriorated. So far this manager has been in charge of Manchester United and so far the team has only performed poorly.

So in my opinion Manchester United should take action against this manager now and sack him and hand over the club to a competent one.

[Oluwa-btc]

It should be, names like: Moises Caicedo (midfielder), Noni Madueke (winger), Sancho (winger), and Nicolas Jackson (forward), and of course, other players. However, they are key players who are very influential for Chelsea, who must be optimized again.

Can they tell Noni Madueke that the Chelsea football is not meant to be personal? Who else was disappointed with how he played against Nothingham Forest? He had his chances, but passing should have been the best option for me, I know he wants to be on the score sheet but being selfish wouldn't help him get these goals truthfully. I still think he will go on with these set of players again against Liverpool. Alexander Arnold is not great defensive wise, Jadon Sancho will definitely make good use of his wing to operate. But Nicolas Jackson will be caged can't say same for Cole. So, a goal in that game for him definitely.

[Velvet78]

I'm curious about your opinions on Nicolas Jackson by the way. What do you think about his future at Chelsea?  

Honestly I have criticized him for a really long time and many other people also have done the same. But this season it started to seem like he is getting better. I mean 4 goals and 3 assists in 7 games is just impressive statistics. He is working more now but Palmer's role in this is really big though. He isn't a selfish player. As long as they keep Palmer I feel like Jackson will also continue to be productive. But I'm wondering whether Chelsea will still make a move for Osimhen anyway like it is rumoured...

[Oluwa-btc]

I'm curious about your opinions on Nicolas Jackson by the way. What do you think about his future at Chelsea?  

Honestly I have criticized him for a really long time and many other people also have done the same. But this season it started to seem like he is getting better. I mean 4 goals and 3 assists in 7 games is just impressive statistics. He is working more now but Palmer's role in this is really big though. He isn't a selfish player. As long as they keep Palmer I feel like Jackson will also continue to be productive. But I'm wondering whether Chelsea will still make a move for Osimhen anyway like it is rumoured...

After club legend John Mikel Obi publicly criticized him for not converting chances he had during the third and second fixtures, he didn't just made a response online but he also made a great response on the pitch which was both on and off the ball for them during the games against Bournemouth even that against West Ham United changed my mindset about him. But, Chelsea fans demands nothing but consistency from him and even of he is not scoring, he should try to create chances as a player and make his side much productive. I'm not sure he'll thrive in a Virgil van Dijk and Konate defense combination against Liverpool though. Osimhen to Chelsea still peng news.

[Pokapoka124]

In my opinion, Erik Ten Hag's biggest problem is that he can't have good relationships with the players. For example, to this day I still can't understand why he didn't keep David de Gea. If he had managed to have good relationships with Ronaldo, then Ronaldo would still be playing for Manchester. Many players left the team because of disagreements with Erik Ten Hag. But it's unbelievable that the club's management can't see these problems. On the contrary, they have supported Erik Ten Hag and even hired 2 assistant coaches. It's as if the Manchester United management were doing everything they could to keep Erik Ten Hag as coach.

You’re right. Erik Ten Hag could not get along with the players that’s why he could not keep them. David de Gea was still in good form, there was no reason to replace him with Andre Onana in my opinion. Manchester United bosses got rid of Ronaldo, Sancho, De Gea mainly because Erik Ten Hag just wanted a squad of his former players from Ajax and players he is familiar with. If Manchester United bosses haven’t noticed, they are looking like a former Ajax team.

[Palakka]

In my opinion, Erik Ten Hag's biggest problem is that he can't have good relationships with the players. For example, to this day I still can't understand why he didn't keep David de Gea. If he had managed to have good relationships with Ronaldo, then Ronaldo would still be playing for Manchester. Many players left the team because of disagreements with Erik Ten Hag. But it's unbelievable that the club's management can't see these problems. On the contrary, they have supported Erik Ten Hag and even hired 2 assistant coaches. It's as if the Manchester United management were doing everything they could to keep Erik Ten Hag as coach.

You’re right. Erik Ten Hag could not get along with the players that’s why he could not keep them. David de Gea was still in good form, there was no reason to replace him with Andre Onana in my opinion. Manchester United bosses got rid of Ronaldo, Sancho, De Gea mainly because Erik Ten Hag just wanted a squad of his former players from Ajax and players he is familiar with. If Manchester United bosses haven’t noticed, they are looking like a former Ajax team.

Compared to some coaches who have coached Manchester United so far, ten hag is actually a coach who has a very big ego and arrogance in my opinion, so far the ego possessed by ten hag has clearly triggered a bad relationship with his players so far, Ronaldo who we have known as the best player in the world actually has the desire to help Manchester United who is in a slump,  But in fact Ten Hag deliberately threw him away just because of some suggestions, as well as Sancho and De Gea who he actually threw away on the grounds that they were not good enough for the squad, but in fact Ronaldo, Sancho and even De Gea are actually performing quite well at their current clubs, while Ten Hag is still loyal by relying on the Mediocre players he ever trained at Ajax previously ,  To be honest, so far I don't like to see coaches from the Netherlands, because of their penchant in prioritizing recruiting Netherlands players so far,like  Ten Hag  now and Koeman in barcelona previously continuing to build a team with the flavor of the netherlands teams.

[Swordsoffreedom]

In my opinion, Erik Ten Hag's biggest problem is that he can't have good relationships with the players. For example, to this day I still can't understand why he didn't keep David de Gea. If he had managed to have good relationships with Ronaldo, then Ronaldo would still be playing for Manchester. Many players left the team because of disagreements with Erik Ten Hag. But it's unbelievable that the club's management can't see these problems. On the contrary, they have supported Erik Ten Hag and even hired 2 assistant coaches. It's as if the Manchester United management were doing everything they could to keep Erik Ten Hag as coach.

You’re right. Erik Ten Hag could not get along with the players that’s why he could not keep them. David de Gea was still in good form, there was no reason to replace him with Andre Onana in my opinion. Manchester United bosses got rid of Ronaldo, Sancho, De Gea mainly because Erik Ten Hag just wanted a squad of his former players from Ajax and players he is familiar with. If Manchester United bosses haven’t noticed, they are looking like a former Ajax team.

I think Erik Ten Hag is unique. And this is why the Manchester United team is now on the brink of destruction. Ten Hag destroyed this team. Manchester United's squad was very strong. But because of some bad decisions of Ten Hag, Manchester United is in such a bad situation now.

Ten Hag was not interested in keeping Ronaldo in the squad. I remember ten Hag saying that he couldn't apply his match strategy properly because of Ronaldo. And this is why Manchester United management made huge changes within their squad. Sold Ronaldo too. However, in the three years since then, we have not seen any better match strategy than Manchester United. I'd say Manchester United now have no choice but to sack the Ten Hag.

[TelolettOm]

It should be, names like: Moises Caicedo (midfielder), Noni Madueke (winger), Sancho (winger), and Nicolas Jackson (forward), and of course, other players. However, they are key players who are very influential for Chelsea, who must be optimized again.

Can they tell Noni Madueke that the Chelsea football is not meant to be personal? Who else was disappointed with how he played against Nothingham Forest? He had his chances, but passing should have been the best option for me, I know he wants to be on the score sheet but being selfish wouldn't help him get these goals truthfully. I still think he will go on with these set of players again against Liverpool. Alexander Arnold is not great defensive wise, Jadon Sancho will definitely make good use of his wing to operate. But Nicolas Jackson will be caged can't say same for Cole. So, a goal in that game for him definitely.

being selfish to score his own goal so that he actually missed the opportunity is indeed quite bad. Not only that, it will also disrupt the solidity of the squad. I read this in the news, but surely, Marezca has re-evaluated everything better and wiser in the future, because you are right, football is a team unity, not individual selfishness to be the most prominent all the time. The desire to score goals is not a good reason to be more selfish without considering the situation at that time. Cole Palmer, to shine again, no doubt, hopefully, the club will be much more solid again.


Source: Maresca  about Madueke

[Issa56]

After club legend John Mikel Obi publicly criticized him for not converting chances he had during the third and second fixtures, he didn't just made a response online but he also made a great response on the pitch which was both on and off the ball for them during the games against Bournemouth even that against West Ham United changed my mindset about him. But, Chelsea fans demands nothing but consistency from him and even of he is not scoring, he should try to create chances as a player and make his side much productive. I'm not sure he'll thrive in a Virgil van Dijk and Konate defense combination against Liverpool though. Osimhen to Chelsea still peng news.

After the criticism from Chelsea legend, Nicholas Jackson changed by improving his performance for the next two games after he replied the Chelsea legend, but just as we keep saying, he has started again, his inconsistency is disturbing which is why he is not reliable and a team like Chelsea that wants to achieve greatness this season needed a reliable striker that can promise them more than 20 goals per season.
Cole Palmar is the main key player in Chelsea squad, he is known for making great impact to change their games for good and he is been recognized globally because his performance and how well he is playing for Chelsea.

[Tony116]

Manchester United have allowed their current manager to be in charge of the club for a long time only to see their club in a better position. They may have thought that if a new manager was appointed to the club every season, the performance of the players would be erratic, so he tried to get the players to play according to any one manager's strategy. But this strategy would have worked for them if they could have hired a competent manager as their club manager. Ten Hag has been in charge of Manchester United for a long time but has not been able to improve the condition of this team, but since taking charge of Manchester United, the condition of Manchester United has gradually deteriorated. So far this manager has been in charge of Manchester United and so far the team has only performed poorly.

So in my opinion Manchester United should take action against this manager now and sack him and hand over the club to a competent one.

I think a point matters a lot to the whole Unite team right now. All in all, they could return from an away game with 1 point. For a manager who is on the verge of losing his job, this means a lot. I think a lot of members from the United board were present in the game. If they take the decision of keeping Ten Hag even after seeing he just turns off switches when the team is not able to win a game, that's just pathetic. From a United manager, you want desire. You want hunger to actually win games and do things that turn things around in crucial moments. Not managers who just turn off a gear and go all about defending.

I think as a rival fan, I would love to see ETH staying for a few more seasons. He is the peak example of all talk and no show, so this should go on for more time. We all can have a very good laugh. Misery, for united fans.

[BITCOIN4X]

~Snip

Arsenal against Bournemouth and Manchester City against Wolves, Bournemouth is a team that is sometimes good sometimes bad, they are able to keep up with the game and sometimes not, this will be a big question mark even though their ability is indeed below Arsenal, but to hold the match to a draw Bournemouth is able to do that.

Man City and Wolves, Guardiola must get this victory so that Liverpool does not become calm at the top of the table, but with Wolves' current condition, it will be very beneficial for Man City, I just don't think that Wolves can be thrown to the bottom of the table which I think it doesn't make sense they can decline that far, they don't have a single win and only 1 point from the draw. LOL

In all likelihood, Bournemouth and Wolves are the two teams that will suffer defeat from this season's two title contenders in this match. Wolves have certainly been terrible with their performance this season, but Bournemouth haven't been particularly strong either. Arsenal and Manchester City have a high probability of winning 3 points in this match, which means Liverpool will be under pressure.

Liverpool will host Chelsea at home, but everyone will admit that it is a tough match for both of them. Chelsea needs a win to get away from being chased by Newcastle and Aston Villa, while Liverpool needs a win so that the points gap with Manchester City and Arsenal is maintained. Really, it's going to be a great weekend for the 3 title contenders this season.

[Rengga Jati]

I think Erik Ten Hag is unique. And this is why the Manchester United team is now on the brink of destruction. Ten Hag destroyed this team. Manchester United's squad was very strong. But because of some bad decisions of Ten Hag, Manchester United is in such a bad situation now.

I thought you said something sarcastic.  
What makes Ten Hag be unique is this man to always feel confident with his situation in Man United. Even if he experienced bad results and has bad relationship with players, he never feel afraid with his future in Man United. Every time there is a press conference, he is always confident in what he does. Well, it seems he is not aware that he destroyed Man United. He probably assume that Man United is much better under his management.

Ten Hag was not interested in keeping Ronaldo in the squad. I remember ten Hag saying that he couldn't apply his match strategy properly because of Ronaldo. And this is why Manchester United management made huge changes within their squad. Sold Ronaldo too. However, in the three years since then, we have not seen any better match strategy than Manchester United.

Ten Hag got rid of Ronaldo because he didn't want to be criticized. Ten Hag is a typical of egoistic person, he doesn't that there are players who complain with his decision. Even he applies the wrong strategy, all the players must follow his instruction. Honestly, I don't understand with Man United management, why they can keep Ten Hag until now? Actually they can fire him and pay compensation. If there is no improvement under Ten Hag's management, the solution is to fire him soon, right? Honestly, I don't see the possibility of any improvement on Man United team although Man United management keeps him more than 10 years.

[tusandii]

I'm curious about your opinions on Nicolas Jackson by the way. What do you think about his future at Chelsea?  

Honestly I have criticized him for a really long time and many other people also have done the same. But this season it started to seem like he is getting better. I mean 4 goals and 3 assists in 7 games is just impressive statistics. He is working more now but Palmer's role in this is really big though. He isn't a selfish player. As long as they keep Palmer I feel like Jackson will also continue to be productive. But I'm wondering whether Chelsea will still make a move for Osimhen anyway like it is rumoured...

I think Chelsea will continue to use his services in the team and regarding his future we do not know whether he will be sold or retained by the club so far there have been no rumors of other clubs that will recruit this player from Chelsea so for now his future at Chelsea is still quite long.
Yes, Nicolas Jackson has improved his performance this season I think he will appear better than last season but recently he had a problem in his last match against Nothingham Forest he was known to slap one of his opponent players initially he escaped the referee's punishment but there was a recording from one of the spectators shared on the internet making him currently unsafe reportedly he will be sanctioned by the FA I don't know what sanctions will be given I hope it is not a ban on playing because currently his performance at Chelsea is getting better.


Source: Nicolas Jackson Faces FA Sanctions

[LUCKMCFLY]

Things might have gone left, but then, Erik Ten Hag is not a bad a bad manager. Personally, I do because of what he did for Manchester United during his first season, do you remember that season? Manchester United just need things to click ffs! You're to back the manager until the last day, I mean the day he'll be sacked. And if he'll be sacked, I'm glad to say that I backed him up with my full chest until the last day. Y'all can cry all you want, go see Mikel Arteta's third season for Arsenal and how much loses he also had at some points during that season. Maybe they should sack Erik Ten Hag so they know what they're missing. Hate it or love it, he has won two trophies and involved in three finals. Something no one has done since Sir Alex Ferguson.

Of course I remember that era , well I think that at this point as they say around here , "what's done is done" and he will stay and I hope he does bette r, not for nothing,  but I look at MU's position and it doesn't seem fair to me, this team is there to be in the first places and to make the difference, and it's hard to believe because I look and look at the squad of players and it's very good, well I would say it's very good, and that's despite the fact that they have lost very brave players, those have been unforgivable mistakes, however they have a team that will be there for whatever, so in view of this I think that things can go much further if they set their minds to something that helps you get ahead.

[Nanga Parbat]

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Liverpool will host Chelsea at home, but everyone will admit that it is a tough match for both of them. Chelsea needs a win to get away from being chased by Newcastle and Aston Villa, while Liverpool needs a win so that the points gap with Manchester City and Arsenal is maintained. Really, it's going to be a great weekend for the 3 title contenders this season.

We are watching Premier League matches and we are enjoying that matches. Most of the teams played well in this tournament so far and we expect good from them in future because we are audience and we want tough matches in which we note the capability of players and then we make them our heros . I like Liverpool team and that team players did well for this tournament and they will try to win this tournament. They have capacity to play in any condition and most of the players are in form . Chelsea team is also good team with best attackers and defenders and we will see high voltage match in the upcoming Sunday.

[mamesso]

In my opinion, Erik Ten Hag's biggest problem is that he can't have good relationships with the players. For example, to this day I still can't understand why he didn't keep David de Gea. If he had managed to have good relationships with Ronaldo, then Ronaldo would still be playing for Manchester. Many players left the team because of disagreements with Erik Ten Hag. But it's unbelievable that the club's management can't see these problems. On the contrary, they have supported Erik Ten Hag and even hired 2 assistant coaches. It's as if the Manchester United management were doing everything they could to keep Erik Ten Hag as coach.

You’re right. Erik Ten Hag could not get along with the players that’s why he could not keep them. David de Gea was still in good form, there was no reason to replace him with Andre Onana in my opinion. Manchester United bosses got rid of Ronaldo, Sancho, De Gea mainly because Erik Ten Hag just wanted a squad of his former players from Ajax and players he is familiar with. If Manchester United bosses haven’t noticed, they are looking like a former Ajax team.

It is very difficult to identify the situation that occurred between Ten Hag and his players, whether he was too strict or because of his selfishness which caused the relationship between the players and him to be a little strained. Ronaldo, De Gea, Sancho are victims of Ten Hag assertiveness or selfishness since handling Manchester United, now reportedly Harry Maguire will also soon be released to another club. It seems that Ten Hag is trying to build a dynasty at Manchester United by bringing in players he has worked with at previous clubs, but he has failed to do so because the harmony between the players and him is not good.

[Oluwa-btc]

You’re right. Erik Ten Hag could not get along with the players that’s why he could not keep them. David de Gea was still in good form, there was no reason to replace him with Andre Onana in my opinion. Manchester United bosses got rid of Ronaldo, Sancho, De Gea mainly because Erik Ten Hag just wanted a squad of his former players from Ajax and players he is familiar with. If Manchester United bosses haven’t noticed, they are looking like a former Ajax team.

Erik ten Hag had no issues with David De Gea. I dislike the way y'all misinform people on here with your posts. Don't forgot how De Gea caused two goals against Manchester City as they went on to lose during that Fa Cup finals. Andrea Onana is also a good goalkeeper with the right set of defenders complementing him. It was nothing serious with Ajax players, maybe I think it has to do with language so he can communicate easily with them. It could be the reason why he brought in Ruud Van Nisterool as his assistant manager. You're biased and it affects your way of watching football. Y'all doing like Manchester United didn't do well during his first season in charge.

[Sim_card]

Cole Palmer's role?
exactly, no doubt.
best player of Chelsea right now.

Cole Palmer has been key to Chelsea “success” in the Premier League. It is not surprising that he won Player of the Month Award. Cole Palmer has been able to adapt to Maresca style which is very different from what he’s used to at Manchester City and Chelsea under Pochettino.  Chelsea got really lucky with his signing, this is without a doubt the best signing Chelsea’s new ownership has made.

Yes, that's right, Cole Palmer's contribution to Chelsea is unquestionable. Now it's just a matter of how Marezca optimizes the other players to be as good as that, because it's not just Cole Palmer who should be good, but at least most of them.

It should be, names like: Moises Caicedo (midfielder), Noni Madueke (winger), Sancho (winger), and Nicolas Jackson (forward), and of course, other players. However, they are key players who are very influential for Chelsea, who must be optimized again.

You should know that Palmer is an outstanding player who already had the skills and potential in him and it wasn't Maresca that made him what he is. Paler have being the only player who single handed took Chelsea to finish on 6th position last season and currently, he is still the player behind all Chelsea good performance in their matches this season. Other players needs to improve their performance by working hard. The coach has a major role to play on this, but it should be the zeal of the players to allow the impact.