⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[junder]

Yes, actually Arsenal is a fairly strong club in the Premier League but their strength is sometimes not entirely consistent, that's what made them fail to win the Premier League title in the last 2 seasons and in my opinion it is also caused by the depth of their squad which is not better than Man City and yes Mikel Arteta does need to recruit some quality players to make their appearance more consistent in the future so that they are more free to compete in the title hunt with Man City this season.

Yes you are right about Arsenal and why they don't always win the Premier League trophy. You have explained the reasons in full. I totally agree and indeed Arsenal is strong enough to compete in this competition but only as a complement to strong candidates and in the end other teams will lift the trophy. Arsenal only lacks a sharp striker osimhen might be the right option to solve this problem I hope arteta and the club management can bring this player to the emirates stadium in the next transfer market.

[Z_MBFM]

Yes, actually Arsenal is a fairly strong club in the Premier League but their strength is sometimes not entirely consistent, that's what made them fail to win the Premier League title in the last 2 seasons and in my opinion it is also caused by the depth of their squad which is not better than Man City and yes Mikel Arteta does need to recruit some quality players to make their appearance more consistent in the future so that they are more free to compete in the title hunt with Man City this season.

Yes you are right about Arsenal and why they don't always win the Premier League trophy. You have explained the reasons in full. I totally agree and indeed Arsenal is strong enough to compete in this competition but only as a complement to strong candidates and in the end other teams will lift the trophy. Arsenal only lacks a sharp striker osimhen might be the right option to solve this problem I hope arteta and the club management can bring this player to the emirates stadium in the next transfer market.

Personal plays very well but their one problem is that they cannot sustain their good performance in every match. If you play well in one match, you play badly in the next match. And that's why they can't win the trophy even if they are in the top 4-6 of the points table in terms of points. Mam city and Liverpool these two teams play well most of the season. And won the championship. man city can be called the king of premier league they play well regularly. Arsenal could also do well if they put more focus into their game

[Pokapoka124]

I saw this post on the Premier League’s official Instagram page. The caption was ‘so much cab change in a year’. At first I thought it was a roast at Manchester City since they were number 1 last season and now are struggling between games to keep their position at number 2 on the table. But more interesting is that Arsenal didn’t really change, they maintained the same spot. And Manchester United have dropped drastically this year, from 8th on the table last year to 13th on the table. Which other team caught your eye?

What caught my eye most was the difference in points scored by clubs in 3rd to 5th place. 24 and 19 points is a huge difference over such a distance, and even if Arsenal, for example, formally retains its 4th place, the real distance to 1st place and, in general, to participation in the title race is now much greater.
Plus, of course, the rise of Nottingham and Chelsea is attracting attention. Are Nottingham embarking on a quest for a third Champions League title? 

Well this is the premier league standings of both last season match week11 and this season match week 11 and I can see significant changes in the table. The team that caught my eye is Nottingham forest their significant rise and progress highlights that they are doing well, while the significant rise if Chelsea highlited they are doing well and have actually progressed while Manchester has slipped further. This highlights the urgency of United to make a serious change to the way they are playing so they can obtain good result this season.

[SatoPrincess]

I suspect that the Manchester United players intentionally fired Ten Hag since they seemed to be tired of him as manager as well. Ruud Van Nistelrooy used the same players that had been used and won the four games. They've scored 11 goals in the previous four games in all competitions. They played perfectly against Leicester City; even Casemiro was able to defend. Manchester United we have been waiting a long time to see, and I think they are back to winning ways. But before the season ends, let's see how amazing Rúben Amorim can make this team.

I disagree with what you have just said. I don't think Manchester United players are the real reason for the sack of Erick Ten Hag. I would say he is the real reason for his own downfall, he was a delusional manager and could not accept that the team was failing under his management. Ruud van Nistelrooy performed great with the same squad that Erik ten Hag used proving that the problem was not the players but the manager. I believe with the appointment of Ruben Amorim, Manchester United will be a better team.

[virasog]

In terms of points, the gap is starting to be created at the top, and Liverpool is racing ahead with the highest points. However, considering the number of matches is still very long, so the opportunity is still quite open for several teams. This depends on Liverpool, because usually they also decline when entering the end of the season, such as what happened last season. However, I do not know what will happen this season because they are also handled by a new coach. Competition will continue to be created, because it is possible that unwanted things will happen in matches in the middle of the season. We never know what problems will be faced by teams like Liverpool. Not expecting, but things like this often happen.

Liverpool have defeated Aston Villa in their last match and they are looking strong in this season. Gabriel Nunez and Mohamed Salah Hamed are in good form too and both of them scored in the last game. Their next game will be against Southampton on 24 November. Southampton is the weakest team so they (Liverpool) are like to get winning points from this match. Their next tough match will be against Man City on December 01. This will be a tough match for them as Man City are on the number 2 on the points table with 7 win. However, even if Liverpool loses this match they will still retain their first position as they have a lead of 5 points against Man City.

[Rockstarguy]

Yes, actually Arsenal is a fairly strong club in the Premier League but their strength is sometimes not entirely consistent, that's what made them fail to win the Premier League title in the last 2 seasons and in my opinion it is also caused by the depth of their squad which is not better than Man City and yes Mikel Arteta does need to recruit some quality players to make their appearance more consistent in the future so that they are more free to compete in the title hunt with Man City this season.

Yes you are right about Arsenal and why they don't always win the Premier League trophy. You have explained the reasons in full. I totally agree and indeed Arsenal is strong enough to compete in this competition but only as a complement to strong candidates and in the end other teams will lift the trophy. Arsenal only lacks a sharp striker osimhen might be the right option to solve this problem I hope arteta and the club management can bring this player to the emirates stadium in the next transfer market.

I think Arsenal not having that sharp striker could be the reason why they always fail to get the trophy.  Manchester City has a very good striker like Haaland and scoring goals is not always difficult for him, in every match it is possible for him to score a goal. I think if Arsenal have good striker that have the same quality and strength of Haaland it will be very easy for arsenal to win Premier league.

The recent games of arsenal they struggle so much to score goal and I think it is even getting obvious that have not been able to maintain a good position in the league. Arsenal is a good team when it comes to performance but they are lacking something that's why they can't stand the strength of Manchester City.

[Baki202]

Yes you are right about Arsenal and why they don't always win the Premier League trophy. You have explained the reasons in full. I totally agree and indeed Arsenal is strong enough to compete in this competition but only as a complement to strong candidates and in the end other teams will lift the trophy. Arsenal only lacks a sharp striker osimhen might be the right option to solve this problem I hope arteta and the club management can bring this player to the emirates stadium in the next transfer market.

Arsenal winning the premier league trophy is now like the camel entering the eye of a needle that shows that it is very impossible for them to actually win, no one will even argue that arsenal is not strong but it's as if their faith is to be among a partner position and they are finding it very hard to win anything after all the effort they put in is now that they want to get serious to win the trophy, instead of arsenal going for defender they would have just focus on getting strikers for the club, and even aside buying strikers they should have strikers from the academy why not select from there or arteta feels that they are incompetent and he would have just given them the benefit of doubt.

For years now arsenal have been struggling forget the fact that I don't like them they will even try everything but it is not worth it at the end of the day one boy thay I enjoy is football is not more than saka if he can get a support then arsenal might get better, they need a lot of arrangements for them to be able to bring arsenal back to its form.

[red4slash]

Yes, actually Arsenal is a fairly strong club in the Premier League but their strength is sometimes not entirely consistent, that's what made them fail to win the Premier League title in the last 2 seasons and in my opinion it is also caused by the depth of their squad which is not better than Man City and yes Mikel Arteta does need to recruit some quality players to make their appearance more consistent in the future so that they are more free to compete in the title hunt with Man City this season.

Yes you are right about Arsenal and why they don't always win the Premier League trophy. You have explained the reasons in full. I totally agree and indeed Arsenal is strong enough to compete in this competition but only as a complement to strong candidates and in the end other teams will lift the trophy. Arsenal only lacks a sharp striker osimhen might be the right option to solve this problem I hope arteta and the club management can bring this player to the emirates stadium in the next transfer market.

It should be realised that the increase in Arsenal's performance has only been running for a few seasons and indeed the fact is that not only Arsenal but for other big clubs will also be similar where when the EPL still has Manchester City with Pep, the competition will not be as easy as imagined.

It's not that Arsenal and Arteta are bad in this case it's just that Manchester City and Arteta are superior which makes conditions more difficult than imagined.
The last 7 seasons even only 1 time Liverpool can overtake Manchester City in the trophy race and that proves that the quality of Manchester City is still unstoppable so no matter how strong Arsenal and Arteta are when they can't stop Pep's dominance at Manchester City then it won't mean much for the competition in the race for the trophy.

Now it is also still the same as before even though currently Arsenal are not very good in the last few matches but their chances are still there, it's just that Manchester City and Pep are always the centre of attention in the end because after all even though currently in the last few matches Manchester City have not done their job well, but they are still a club that still has great potential to win.

[Tony116]

With the way Arne Slot is playing this team, I feel like he is looking better than even Klopp, I am not saying that Klopp wasn't a great manager, he was definitely a good one, but we are going to see Slot getting the title on his first ever season by the looks of it. Obviously the league is not over yet so we do not know what's going to happen, maybe this season at some period Liverpool will lose bunch of games too, and then City could win and then get ahead, which isn't impossible to happen, this is football and anything could happen.

At the moment we cannot compare that because after all, when talking about comparisons, of course there must be a scale that must be measured from the achievements so that in this case we cannot say that Slot is now better than Klopp because he is only in his first season and there is still a lot he has not encountered including some internal problems that can certainly occur.
In this case, in terms of performance, Slot was quite good at the start of this season but that does not mean that it eliminates what Klopp got while coaching Liverpool especially since we know that in prime Liverpool in 2020 we can see how crazy Liverpool are in terms of performance, ball possession and others so we just have to continue to observe whether in the end Slot can continue to have the best touch for Liverpool or there are some problems that in the end cannot be resolved because even though now the conditions are still very good but that does not mean this season is running without any obstacles especially the season is still very long.

I think I know what is happening here. Remember when Alonso became the manager of Leverkusen? He was able to bring an incredible performance in the first season but as soon as one coach was able to find out the weakness in his plan, his tactics were not as effective. I think something similar might actually happen with Arne Slot. He is a new manager and I think that's why nobody is actually sure how to counter his tactics. But if someone is going to actually find a good counter, then Liverpool is going to face exactly the same problems that Leverkusen is facing as the tactics are not as effective anymore.

[len01]

Liverpool have defeated Aston Villa in their last match and they are looking strong in this season. Gabriel Nunez and Mohamed Salah Hamed are in good form too and both of them scored in the last game. Their next game will be against Southampton on 24 November. Southampton is the weakest team so they (Liverpool) are like to get winning points from this match. Their next tough match will be against Man City on December 01. This will be a tough match for them as Man City are on the number 2 on the points table with 7 win. However, even if Liverpool loses this match they will still retain their first position as they have a lead of 5 points against Man City.

Honestly, I admit that Liverpool currently has a very good performance. But do you believe this is the beginning of success?
Now we all know that the new coach Arne Slot is currently getting praise, and no one realizes that what Arne Slot currently has is just the foundation that was built by Klopp. So Arne Slot only continues the strategy and tactics of the previous coach.
Meanwhile, Arne Slot toughest challenge will occur in the transfer market at the end of the season.

Regarding the match against Southampton, we should not be too quick to make predictions about Liverpool victory. Because after all, Liverpool has experienced defeat against Nottingham.
So playing against Man City later will also not be easy because if Liverpool loses and Man City will definitely be under pressure because the points difference is very close.

[bangjoe]

The current situation does make us quite pessimistic with Manchester City and Arsenal in my opinion, because they they have problems that cannot be resolved, so we can think that to win the English Main League and the Champions League I am very doubtful if they continue to experience setbacks, But for Say Guardiola is always good at restoring things, just as last season Guardiola was difficult but they managed to restore the situation and return to the top to lead the standings, only in the Champions League defeated by Real Madrid when Man City had not yet fully recovered, and Arsenal in the Champions League are quite worrying, they always don't qualify to enter important rounds.

I don't think that way especially for Manchester City. Talking about performance, it is indeed a surprise that Manchester City continue to achieve unsatisfactory results in the last few matches is like seeing an unexpected situation because Pep has always struggled to keep his defense in the last few matches but when talking about the probability of winning they still remain one of the clubs that make it possible to do so at the end of the season and I am quite sure of that.

The fact that they are sometimes always like this in the middle of the season and can always end well where Pep can always give things that are sometimes difficult to digest makes me believe that they will be able to compete well again and it is not impossible to overtake Liverpool again in the remaining time.  Its only been 11 weeks and that means there are still 27 weeks to go before they finish the season and a 5 point difference in a season that is still very long is nothing for Pep and Manchester City.

Is this a disease that is definitely experienced by Man City? But if you remember again last season, it is not as bad as now, what is more profitable here is that Arsenal also experienced the same thing, unlike last season Arsenal remain consistent and compete with Man City very close, but now the difference in points with Liverpool is 5 points and not bad Quite far, they have to return, don't let Liverpool continue to add more points further.

And what is my friendship is to arrive at the transfer market window in January is still fairly long and this will be a pretty hard task to rebuild the squad when the players are in need of credible players to realize some important positions.

[Huppercase]

Honestly, I admit that Liverpool currently has a very good performance. But do you believe this is the beginning of success?
Now we all know that the new coach Arne Slot is currently getting praise, and no one realizes that what Arne Slot currently has is just the foundation that was built by Klopp. So Arne Slot only continues the strategy and tactics of the previous coach.
Meanwhile, Arne Slot toughest challenge will occur in the transfer market at the end of the season.

Regarding the match against Southampton, we should not be too quick to make predictions about Liverpool victory. Because after all, Liverpool has experienced defeat against Nottingham.
So playing against Man City later will also not be easy because if Liverpool loses and Man City will definitely be under pressure because the points difference is very close.

Liverpool are going to win the Premier League on some conditions and it doesn't matter if Arne Slot is a new sheriff in town or has not won any Premier League before in his career. The only two teams right now thag stand before Arne Slot from winning the Premier League is Manchester City and Arsenal, while Arsenal is 50% chance of winning the Premier League, Manchester City is still in the game, I'm not sure of the plans tomorrow has in this tournament.

Some people might think that Chelsea is also in the race but that's a fat lie prediction. Manchester City will win this season of Premier League to make it 5 before Chelsea can win it but I commend their effort, they have improved 3x better than their previous seasons but they just in the same place with Arsenal or even lower than them. Nottingham are just having the time of their life, by t th e time the are done entertaining their fans, they will drop from the table.

[AprilioMP]

Regarding the match against Southampton, we should not be too quick to make predictions about Liverpool victory. Because after all, Liverpool has experienced defeat against Nottingham.
So playing against Man City later will also not be easy because if Liverpool loses and Man City will definitely be under pressure because the points difference is very close.

Southampton is at the bottom of the standings and Liverpool the top of the standings. Southampton was only able to win once and Liverpool were able to collect nine wins from eleven matches.
The strength possessed by Southampton and Liverpool when viewed from numbers, Liverpool are superior. I always remind myself that the English Premier League is not as easy as expected.

Their match, from many factors, Liverpool can be at stake winning. Considering that the English Premier League can be surprised when many people don't think the lower -board team can win against the top of the standings, the spontaneous attitude of the decision must be considered.

[Velvet78]

Manchester City have been really disappointing recently. They lost their last 4 official games. This is really big for a team being called one of the strongest teams in the world. I can't say I'm sad for them in the Premier League though.    Because I really want to see a different champion this year. Liverpool look really promising for that for now.

Anyways, every team get out of form sometimes. I'm curious about whether Guardiola will still win the league title another time despite these hard times. What do you think, Liverpool or Manchester City? 

[dezoel]

To be fair, when you compare it to last year, City isn't that far off, they were first and now they are second, so the yare still close to top like they used to. Liverpool was third and they even peaked at first for a while, and they are first now too. Arsenal is at the same place as well, so that is a good thing for them, shows them they have a chance to get higher as well.

Plenty of teams changed, but obviously United was the least expected one, that's the thing about United, even when they are bad, people do not really consider talking about other teams, look at how many teams in the world that are 13th and getting as much media attention as United, so that means they are expected to do better when the yare making this much money.

[hahay]

Manchester City have been really disappointing recently. They lost their last 4 official games. This is really big for a team being called one of the strongest teams in the world. I can't say I'm sad for them in the Premier League though.    Because I really want to see a different champion this year. Liverpool look really promising for that for now.

Anyways, every team get out of form sometimes. I'm curious about whether Guardiola will still win the league title another time despite these hard times. What do you think, Liverpool or Manchester City? 

For me personally, Manchester City still has a chance to get the trophy because after all, Pep Guardiola is a coach who is able to make his team rise quickly. But even so, I also expect Liverpool to get the Premier League trophy this season, because it will also make a great achievement for Arne Slot for his first season with extraordinary success. Because after all, so far this season also that Liverpool is also still very good in the Champion League and thus, then of course Liverpool deserves to get the trophy because it is part of the candidate team for the title this season.

[blue Snow]

Manchester City have been really disappointing recently. They lost their last 4 official games. This is really big for a team being called one of the strongest teams in the world. I can't say I'm sad for them in the Premier League though.    Because I really want to see a different champion this year. Liverpool look really promising for that for now.

Anyways, every team get out of form sometimes. I'm curious about whether Guardiola will still win the league title another time despite these hard times. What do you think, Liverpool or Manchester City? 

Maybe it's too far away to guess who will be the champions for this session. But when we look at how Liverpool's performance at the beginning, of course I will bet for Liverpool to be champions for this session. Manchester City made the mistake of not being active on the summer windows transfer ago, so in that situation, they lacked player substitution when they had an injured player. This is a crucial thing to must fix it Asap, because when the team still continues like this on next year, probably they can not only compete for 1st position, but they will lose also on position on champion league zone.

And I think the problem will be resolved fast if management has a plan to recruit another player on winter windows transfer to fill up the weak position.

[bitLeap]

To be fair, when you compare it to last year, City isn't that far off, they were first and now they are second, so the yare still close to top like they used to. Liverpool was third and they even peaked at first for a while, and they are first now too. Arsenal is at the same place as well, so that is a good thing for them, shows them they have a chance to get higher as well.

The 5 point gap and 27 remaining matches clearly show that Man City still has a great chance to regain the top position in the standings. Liverpool cannot be said to be completely safe, although I support Liverpool but it still does not rule out the possibility of a threat towards the end of the season. The journey of the Premier League is still very long, anything can still happen. Chelsea who is currently in 3rd position also has the opportunity to pursue the first position, especially with the availability of players, Chelsea can prepare a replacement quickly at any time to maintain performance.

[JeffBrad12]

Manchester City have been really disappointing recently. They lost their last 4 official games. This is really big for a team being called one of the strongest teams in the world. I can't say I'm sad for them in the Premier League though.    Because I really want to see a different champion this year. Liverpool look really promising for that for now.

Anyways, every team get out of form sometimes. I'm curious about whether Guardiola will still win the league title another time despite these hard times. What do you think, Liverpool or Manchester City? 

Bro, we're still 27 games to come. I know, yeah, City's performance is really disappointing, but they can bounce back anytime. They have been so struggled to win PL since the last seasons, but they did it. Even bookies aren't loosing their hope on City as the odds still relatively small.

Manchester City has not yet losing their chance for the title race, and they're the only competent club to fight against Liverpool instead of Arsenal.

It's pretty hard to predict the winner caused by we have yet entered the mid season. If the gap is like 10 points+ between Liverpool and City, i'll take LFC as a winner, but if it's getting even thin, then i pick City.

[tusandii]

I saw this post on the Premier League’s official Instagram page. The caption was ‘so much cab change in a year’. At first I thought it was a roast at Manchester City since they were number 1 last season and now are struggling between games to keep their position at number 2 on the table. But more interesting is that Arsenal didn’t really change, they maintained the same spot. And Manchester United have dropped drastically this year, from 8th on the table last year to 13th on the table. Which other team caught your eye?

In my opinion, Man City's performance in the 11 matches they have played so far cannot be said to have decreased drastically because they are still in 2nd place and maybe sooner or later they will soon catch up with Liverpool, besides the performance of Man City and Arsenal, there are Chelsea and Notthingham Forest who have caught my attention at this time because they have made rapid progress even though they have only played 11 matches so far and there is also Tottenham Hotspur who have actually experienced a drastic decline this season, last season they were in 2nd place now they are in 10th place.