⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Fuso.hp]

Manchester United have lost again, meaning they have failed to win another match. This team's poor performance continues, they are trying to improve themselves a lot but are not able to do so. In fact, many football fans thought that their team's new coach might be able to turn the team around. But I don't see much change in the situation of this group, it remains the same as before. Manchester United didn't play well against Newcastle, I agree they have the best players in their team but why do they perform so poorly?

Newcastle scored two goals in the first 20 minutes of today's match, after which Manchester United's players were unable to attack any more and they were unable to score any goals.

I was expecting Manchester United to lose this match too unless they decide to be good themselves then we can only hope. It doesn't look like they are improving themselves, they should practice well and play hard on the field to win matches and score goals. Even if you have the best coach in the world. Even if they do, they will not succeed unless they work hard for themselves but by the way, his decision to change the new coach which he uses again and again is very wrong. They don't work hard and don't put so much pressure on themselves that they don't play well. A Newcastle goal was enough to defeat Manchester United. There was also pressure from Newcastle who failed to score a goal and would go on to lose the match.

Manchester United's last win was against Manchester City after which they have lost four games in a row. Manchester United's performance at the start of the change of manager made every United supporter see a renewed interest in their team, but now the team is back to its former form. 

Since the manager took over at Manchester United in the middle of the season, at least this time there is no chance to prove the manager's skills wrong. Even if Manchester United's performance is bad, they have to wait until the next transfer window, if they are good, they still have to wait until the next transfer window. 
Because in the upcoming transfer season, Manchester United will definitely sell more players and buy more players, and if the team performs poorly in the next season, the entire responsibility will fall on the current manager of the team.

[Velvet78]

And Brentford are already 1-0 ahead with Mbeumo's goal.    We are talking about a very skilled team at home. They scored 26 goals in 9 home games... Isn't it an incredible work? Arsenal have a really difficult work to do today. Making a comeback against such a strong team won't be easy. Even though Arsenal are also in good form these days, I'm still saying it. Arsenal doesn't have Saka today which is another negative news for them.

I can't wait for the Liverpool - Manchester United game this Sunday.    Amorim is going to have another challenging test. It must be really tiresome for him to try to handle a team in crisis. I don't believe they can steal any point against such an in-form Liverpool.

[MainIbem]

Manchester United have lost again, meaning they have failed to win another match. This team's poor performance continues, they are trying to improve themselves a lot but are not able to do so. In fact, many football fans thought that their team's new coach might be able to turn the team around. But I don't see much change in the situation of this group, it remains the same as before. Manchester United didn't play well against Newcastle, I agree they have the best players in their team but why do they perform so poorly?

Newcastle scored two goals in the first 20 minutes of today's match, after which Manchester United's players were unable to attack any more and they were unable to score any goals.

I was expecting Manchester United to lose this match too unless they decide to be good themselves then we can only hope. It doesn't look like they are improving themselves, they should practice well and play hard on the field to win matches and score goals. Even if you have the best coach in the world. Even if they do, they will not succeed unless they work hard for themselves but by the way, his decision to change the new coach which he uses again and again is very wrong. They don't work hard and don't put so much pressure on themselves that they don't play well. A Newcastle goal was enough to defeat Manchester United. There was also pressure from Newcastle who failed to score a goal and would go on to lose the match.

Manchester United's last win was against Manchester City after which they have lost four games in a row. Manchester United's performance at the start of the change of manager made every United supporter see a renewed interest in their team, but now the team is back to its former form. 

Since the manager took over at Manchester United in the middle of the season, at least this time there is no chance to prove the manager's skills wrong. Even if Manchester United's performance is bad, they have to wait until the next transfer window, if they are good, they still have to wait until the next transfer window. 
Because in the upcoming transfer season, Manchester United will definitely sell more players and buy more players, and if the team performs poorly in the next season, the entire responsibility will fall on the current manager of the team.

Many supporters are tired of the team already cause they hoped for an improvement after INEOS bought some shares in the club and took over the sports sector of the club but instead things are getting worst even after they've sacked Erik Ten Hag they felt was not competent and signed Amorim. My problem with Manchester United is that they made a wrong decision of bringing Amorin the time they brought him and now they're contemplating on whether to sign new players during this current window or not due to financial fair play rule, according to the board some players have to leave temporarily or permanently for new arrivals which means that if they don't succeed in departing some unwanted players, their would be no new arrivals, I feel bad for the new coach cause it would make the task more tougher for him, given that most of the current players are not reliable and can't seem to blend into his system. He really needs the backing of the board to succeed, and if there's no new arrivals to help them they could drop further to the relegation zone, since they're few points close to it.

[Spaceman1000$]

And Brentford are already 1-0 ahead with Mbeumo's goal.    We are talking about a very skilled team at home. They scored 26 goals in 9 home games... Isn't it an incredible work? Arsenal have a really difficult work to do today. Making a comeback against such a strong team won't be easy. Even though Arsenal are also in good form these days, I'm still saying it. Arsenal doesn't have Saka today which is another negative news for them.

I can't wait for the Liverpool - Manchester United game this Sunday.    Amorim is going to have another challenging test. It must be really tiresome for him to try to handle a team in crisis. I don't believe they can steal any point against such an in-form Liverpool.

It's 1-1 now as Gabriel Jesus has been able to help the Gunners and equalise the game, looking at how the game is balanced now, i strongly believe Arsenal might likely win this game, though they started on a slow footing, allowing Brentford to score first, but going forward between now till the end of the Second half, Arsenal are highly likely to win this game.

As for Liverpool Vs Manchester United, the game is looking like a draw from my little analysis, although Liverpool will want to take the centre stage but I'm seeing that Manchester United would want to stand strong and prove a point.

[kro55]

And Brentford are already 1-0 ahead with Mbeumo's goal.    We are talking about a very skilled team at home. They scored 26 goals in 9 home games... Isn't it an incredible work? Arsenal have a really difficult work to do today. Making a comeback against such a strong team won't be easy. Even though Arsenal are also in good form these days, I'm still saying it. Arsenal doesn't have Saka today which is another negative news for them.

I can't wait for the Liverpool - Manchester United game this Sunday.    Amorim is going to have another challenging test. It must be really tiresome for him to try to handle a team in crisis. I don't believe they can steal any point against such an in-form Liverpool.

It's 1-1 now as Gabriel Jesus has been able to help the Gunners and equalise the game, looking at how the game is balanced now, i strongly believe Arsenal might likely win this game, though they started on a slow footing, allowing Brentford to score first, but going forward between nowbtill the end of the Second half, Arsenal are highly likely to win this game.

As for Liverpool Vs Manchester United, the game is looking like a draw from my little analysis, although Liverpool will want to take the centre stage but I'm seeing that Manchester United would want to stand strong and prove a point.

Brentford have a good suade in this season. We are seeing good performance from Brentford. But Brentford has lost points in the last few matches. And I think Brentford will lose points in today's match as usual. Although Brentford is playing at home, but Arsenal is a strong team.

Brentford was able to take the lead by scoring a goal in just 13 minutes of the match. However, they could not stay ahead for long. Arsenal was able to equalize the match with Jesus' goal in the 29th minute of the match. Arsenal increased their attack speed after conceding the goal. I will not be surprised at all if Arsenal is able to take the lead in the first half. Arsenal players are playing completely attacking tactics in today's away match.

[Issa56]

Manchester United's last win was against Manchester City after which they have lost four games in a row. Manchester United's performance at the start of the change of manager made every United supporter see a renewed interest in their team, but now the team is back to its former form. 

After Manchester United won their match against Manchester City, all their fans were happy, and they keep on saying they are back to form, but recently I notice they are now beginning to blame Amorim, and they can see that Ten Hag wasn’t the problem of Manchester United, their main problem is the players. Even with a new coach, Manchester United has been losing 3 matches in a row, and their next match will be against Liverpool, which I am sure they can’t get a win in the match.

All that Amorim should do is just sell most of those players and get new ones, he can’t continue with the players in Manchester United team currently. Just few of them are supposed to stay, he should just sell off the ones that have no impact on the team.

Even if Manchester United's performance is bad, they have to wait until the next transfer window, if they are good, they still have to wait until the next transfer window. 

No matter how Amorim tries, there won’t be improvement in the Manchester United team until he signs new players, so Manchester United fans will have to be patient, and I just hope Amorim doesn’t make a mistake when signing new players.

[Abu-Naim]

Brentford have a good suade in this season. We are seeing good performance from Brentford. But Brentford has lost points in the last few matches. And I think Brentford will lose points in today's match as usual. Although Brentford is playing at home, but Arsenal is a strong team.

Brentford is a good team, but their performance this season is not consistent because they draw just one match out of their last four matches, this simply means that Arsenal have high chance of winning this game, while Brentford will also try to secure the three points in order to move to the 11th position with the same points as Brighton because they are of the same level.

Brentford was able to take the lead by scoring a goal in just 13 minutes of the match. However, they could not stay ahead for long. Arsenal was able to equalize the match with Jesus' goal in the 29th minute of the match. Arsenal increased their attack speed after conceding the goal. I will not be surprised at all if Arsenal is able to take the lead in the first half. Arsenal players are playing completely attacking tactics in today's away match.

The quick response was what gave Arsenal the moral to go higher in the game, they Arsenal are looking for ways to win the game easily because they need to take this advantage to go above Nottingham Forest, and to also match their points gap between them and Chelsea and also to avoid having more points gap to Liverpool.
Arsenal will surely win this match in my opinion because they have good squad and they are playing well.

[Rampagoe004]

Brentford was able to take the lead by scoring a goal in just 13 minutes of the match. However, they could not stay ahead for long. Arsenal was able to equalize the match with Jesus' goal in the 29th minute of the match. Arsenal increased their attack speed after conceding the goal. I will not be surprised at all if Arsenal is able to take the lead in the first half. Arsenal players are playing completely attacking tactics in today's away match.

The quick response was what gave Arsenal the moral to go higher in the game, they Arsenal are looking for ways to win the game easily because they need to take this advantage to go above Nottingham Forest, and to also match their points gap between them and Chelsea and also to avoid having more points gap to Liverpool.
Arsenal will surely win this match in my opinion because they have good squad and they are playing well.

Arsenal has started to improve and has risen from adversity with a quick response, all parties support it, however Arsenal will continue to give good results in the next match. The Arsenal coach has seen several opportunities to take full points, but Nottingham Forest is a strong team this season which is in in 2nd place in the standings, it feels a bit difficult to shift the position of the other team on fire.
I admit that Arsenal is also the best team in the English league, but this season's competition is very different from last season's fierce competition, starting from ordinary teams and giant teams, it is difficult to predict which one should be favorite.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I admit that Arsenal is also the best team in the English league

Based on what?

They are 6 points behind Liverpool with one game more played and they haven’t won the PL for 20 years. They also have 0 CL trophies.

[Woodie]

Today's Arsenal win against Brentford was inevitable especially that teams like Nottingham Forest are challenging for a top 4 finish and temporary went on top of them...but looking at how our so called big teams have been dropping points of late, I was expecting them to drop points today especially that they were playing away from home and possibly players were in celebration mode with all the new years parties going on...well played gunners hope you catch Liverpool 

[hahay]

And Brentford are already 1-0 ahead with Mbeumo's goal.    We are talking about a very skilled team at home. They scored 26 goals in 9 home games... Isn't it an incredible work? Arsenal have a really difficult work to do today. Making a comeback against such a strong team won't be easy. Even though Arsenal are also in good form these days, I'm still saying it. Arsenal doesn't have Saka today which is another negative news for them.

I can't wait for the Liverpool - Manchester United game this Sunday.    Amorim is going to have another challenging test. It must be really tiresome for him to try to handle a team in crisis. I don't believe they can steal any point against such an in-form Liverpool.

I believe Liverpool will win and may also be able to win with a big score. Because after all, since Manchester United's success in beating Manchester City the fact is Manchester United actually getting a losing streak.

About Brentford indeed, Brentford has good results for home games so far this season, but in another post also I have said that so far Brentford has not really had a challenge with a difficult team for home games. Thus, I personally still have confidence in Arsenal to win on the away match against Brentford which has finished with 1-3. Indeed, I was also a little disappointed when Brentford managed to make a quick goal in the 13th minute, because at the same time I still had concerns about failure but these concerns did not mean anything because in the end Arsenal still won.

[Dzwaafu11]

Today's Arsenal win against Brentford was inevitable especially that teams like Nottingham Forest are challenging for a top 4 finish and temporary went on top of them...but looking at how our so called big teams have been dropping points of late, I was expecting them to drop points today especially that they were playing away from home and possibly players were in celebration mode with all the new years parties going on...well played gunners hope you catch Liverpool 

I was so impressed to see Arsenal's performance in this match. Seriously, they did very well. Brentford was playing at home, but still Arsenal won 3-1. However, as you said, as a fan, I’m also expecting Arsenal to put in more pressure to get to the top of the table ahead of Liverpool, but Liverpool is far behind Arsenal up till now. Jokes aside, I'm happy to see Arsenal at the top of the league. Let's see what is going to happen, because there is still a lot to do. The season is just getting tough; we need to wait to see more of what they will do.

[Franctoshi]

Today's Arsenal win against Brentford was inevitable especially that teams like Nottingham Forest are challenging for a top 4 finish and temporary went on top of them...but looking at how our so called big teams have been dropping points of late, I was expecting them to drop points today especially that they were playing away from home and possibly players were in celebration mode with all the new years parties going on...well played gunners hope you catch Liverpool  

What makes Arsenal victory inevitable? Is that Arsenal in real time not bigger than Brentford or can't beat Brentford? or is based on head to head encounter or has Arsenal form dropped to that extent, because the last time I checked Arsenal is second in the premier league table and currently 6 points behind league leaders Liverpool,  so I don't understand the angle at which you are talking from, and besides Brentford isn't a big name team in that matter,  this shouldn't in any way come as a surprise,  it a normal thing that Arsenal is ahead of Brentford and can beat them for most their encounter.

[iBaba]

Today's Arsenal win against Brentford was inevitable especially that teams like Nottingham Forest are challenging for a top 4 finish and temporary went on top of them...but looking at how our so called big teams have been dropping points of late, I was expecting them to drop points today especially that they were playing away from home and possibly players were in celebration mode with all the new years parties going on...well played gunners hope you catch Liverpool 

I was so impressed to see Arsenal's performance in this match. Seriously, they did very well. Brentford was playing at home, but still Arsenal won 3-1. However, as you said, as a fan, I’m also expecting Arsenal to put in more pressure to get to the top of the table ahead of Liverpool, but Liverpool is far behind Arsenal up till now. Jokes aside, I'm happy to see Arsenal at the top of the league. Let's see what is going to happen, because there is still a lot to do. The season is just getting tough; we need to wait to see more of what they will do.

Also considering that Brentford started the match with the opening goal by Byan Mbeuma just about 13 minutes to the first half of the game made it more interesting to see. The goal that was scored by Mbeuma was simply a nice shot to win at the 18 yard box and it also showed how the players understood their pitch at the Brentford Community Stadium. Nonetheless, I was super impressed by the swift header goal scored by Jesus at around 29 minutes during the first half. That equalizer was the morale booster for the Gunners.

Second half saw Arsenal playing some fast games to push in goals at every opportunity offered to them with Merino hitting the nets on a single touch at around 50th minute of the second half and Martinelli completing the goals with a strong shot to the net after controlling the ball from the Brentford defender who headed the ball out. Mikel Arteta is indeed one of the managers you can strongly rely on this season with this first win of the year, Arsenal got some solid 3 points as they work towards closing the gaps with Liverpool.

[eightdots]

Today's Arsenal win against Brentford was inevitable especially that teams like Nottingham Forest are challenging for a top 4 finish and temporary went on top of them...but looking at how our so called big teams have been dropping points of late, I was expecting them to drop points today especially that they were playing away from home and possibly players were in celebration mode with all the new years parties going on...well played gunners hope you catch Liverpool  

What makes Arsenal victory inevitable? Is that Arsenal in real time not bigger than Brentford or can't beat Brentford? or is based on head to head encounter or has Arsenal form dropped to that extent, because the last time I checked Arsenal is second in the premier league table and currently 6 points behind league leaders Liverpool,  so I don't understand the angle at which you are talking from, and besides Brentford isn't a big name team in that matter,  this shouldn't in any way come as a surprise,  it a normal thing that Arsenal is ahead of Brentford and can beat them for most their encounter.

Arsenal does not like to leave things to chance, as it has been a mistake they have made many times before. Their opponent scored the first goal, but Arsenal managed to respond before the end of the first half. Since they constantly think about attacking, Arsenal can easily score even if the opponent scores. For the reasons you mentioned, there was a possibility that the big teams would lose points due to the new year, but Arsenal never lost their seriousness and managed to win.

Teams can become complacent in the last matches of the year and potentially lose points. I think there can be surprise results in many matches in the Premier League. If Arsenal wants to win this race, they should not lose points in such weeks.

[ajanwalker]

Arsenal easily defeated Brentford, an in-form team in recent weeks. Brentford started the match effectively. Although Mbeumo scored the goal in the 9th minute, they could not prevent Gabriel Jesus' goal in the 29th minute of the match and the match ended 1-1 and the first half ended with this score.

Arsenal started the second half very effectively and made the score 1-2 in the 50th minute and 1-3 in the 53rd minute and the match ended 1-3.
Arsenal increased its points to 39 with this victory and reduced the point gap with Liverpool to six with a game more. Arsenal is in great form right now but time will tell us if it can close the point gap with Liverpool with this form.

[uchegod-21]

I admit that Arsenal is also the best team in the English league

Based on what?

They are 6 points behind Liverpool with one game more played and they haven’t won the PL for 20 years. They also have 0 CL trophies.

How is Arsenal the best team?;
What are your criteria;
Based on the past, 0%;
Based on their performance this season, poor compared to last season and season before last.
Based on current form, they aren't better than Liverpool and Nottingham Forest is better than them;
What are your criteria for saying they are the best.

[CLS63]

Arsenal have started a good form again recently. But they still need to do better than this to call them as the best team statistically. Because Liverpool are still unstoppable in the Premier League. But today I must admit a thing that Arsenal were really impressive. Brentford were one of the best home teams before this match. After seeing them get ahead first here as well I thought it was going to be a really difficult match for Arsenal. However they won by 3-1 with a really great comeback. Arteta is chasing the dream again but Liverpool is a very tough opponent.

[ginsan]

Manchester United's last win was against Manchester City after which they have lost four games in a row. Manchester United's performance at the start of the change of manager made every United supporter see a renewed interest in their team, but now the team is back to its former form. 

Since the manager took over at Manchester United in the middle of the season, at least this time there is no chance to prove the manager's skills wrong. Even if Manchester United's performance is bad, they have to wait until the next transfer window, if they are good, they still have to wait until the next transfer window. 
Because in the upcoming transfer season, Manchester United will definitely sell more players and buy more players, and if the team performs poorly in the next season, the entire responsibility will fall on the current manager of the team.

For me, Manchester United really needs time, fans' patience and also fans' support for the coach and for the players. Also they need a big change in their squad, there needs to be encouragement from quality players to achieve more perfect results.

Some players no longer have the spirit, they tend to be inconsistent on the field, that's what has had a bad impact on them this season. Changing coaches is nothing new at Manchester United because many coaches have been brought in but have not been able to bring Manchester United to become champions. So give Amorim time, he will be able to bring something more valuable to the team in the future. The current focus is of course on improving in the winter transfer market.

[Ryu_Ar1]

I can't wait for the Liverpool - Manchester United game this Sunday.    Amorim is going to have another challenging test. It must be really tiresome for him to try to handle a team in crisis. I don't believe they can steal any point against such an in-form Liverpool.

Actually I expect a tight match for this because after all Mancehster United and Liverpool are big clubs with a strong red rivalry but indeed I don't want to expect more for Manchester United in this match even though their chance is still there but when looking at the record they have at the moment honestly I'm not too sure that this can be tight.

But on the other hand, the chance is still there and when looking at how Manchester United face big clubs or big matches sometimes it is always a different match for them so hopefully for the match later Amorim can put a good scheme so that this match becomes very worthy of being said big match.
But when talking about betting I am still more inclined to Liverpool it seems to be able to get 3 points in this match.