⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[ILuckyGuyI]

Liverpool still move on comfortably in the PL. They have a 6-point lead over Arsenal with a missing game at the same time. This is a great advantage in the title race. 

I wasn't expecting Arsenal to lose that 2-0 lead vs Aston Villa that easy. I saw a clear win there but they surprised all of us. Arsenal still don't look ready for a PL title if you ask me. Aside from that they should sign a top striker immediately...

Great work done by Manchester City! 6-0 win is impressive but I still don't want to have big expectations from them yet. Because their nightmare is just starting if you examine their upcoming games in the PL. 

[SmartCharpa]

M.United and Tottenham lost tonight. Both teams continue their bad run. They are at the bottom of the league.

My advice to Manchester United and Tottenham fans is to find out after the game that their teams were beaten rather than watching the game live. It's difficult to see your team losing so many games at this time. Manchester United's defeat was the result of their poor defense and an error by the goalkeeper. I'm not sure what's wrong with Manchester United's manager, Amorim is just acting like Ten Hag, he doesn't believe Bayindir in Premier League games, but in other competitions, he can use him and allows Onana to concede unnecessary goals in Premier League.

Ange Postecoglou, the manager of Tottenham, stated that he usually wins a title in his second season, but it appears that he was unfamiliar with the team he arrived at last season because his second season has been worse than any previous manager's. I didn't think Tottenham would win against Everton because they've lost a lot this season, and the loss to Everton makes it 12 losses in the Premier League. If they lose the next home match against Leicester City, I'm confident they'll fire Ange Postecoglou.

[Pandu Geddon]

Liverpool still move on comfortably in the PL. They have a 6-point lead over Arsenal with a missing game at the same time. This is a great advantage in the title race. 

I wasn't expecting Arsenal to lose that 2-0 lead vs Aston Villa that easy. I saw a clear win there but they surprised all of us. Arsenal still don't look ready for a PL title if you ask me. Aside from that they should sign a top striker immediately...

Great work done by Manchester City! 6-0 win is impressive but I still don't want to have big expectations from them yet. Because their nightmare is just starting if you examine their upcoming games in the PL. 

Not to mention the pressure of the Champions League match, Man City is also not so good there.
Man City must return to their focus of the game and try not to lose points in matches against strong teams. Chasing Liverpool will be quite far for Man City. Pep must try for Man City to get a good position this season. Man City cannot lose the top 4 standings.
I hope Man City does not get caught in a difficult situation again in the next few matches.

[Mate2237]

Liverpool still move on comfortably in the PL. They have a 6-point lead over Arsenal with a missing game at the same time. This is a great advantage in the title race. 

I wasn't expecting Arsenal to lose that 2-0 lead vs Aston Villa that easy. I saw a clear win there but they surprised all of us. Arsenal still don't look ready for a PL title if you ask me. Aside from that they should sign a top striker immediately...

Great work done by Manchester City! 6-0 win is impressive but I still don't want to have big expectations from them yet. Because their nightmare is just starting if you examine their upcoming games in the PL. 

Looking at the fixtures that Manchester City is coming up against I will say that Manchester City really has a hard knot to crack if they plan to finish at the top four sport in the premier League this season because going through the opponents that city is build to coming up against it is obvious that they will definitely struggle as these opponents are tough oppositions to come by

I see Manchester City going into another lossing rounds of matches because city is just trying to come back from a very difficult phase of their season due to injuries in part of players and even bad form so it will be difficult to come up against these top teams at this point of the season that they are struggling to get back to winning ways and gain their form back

[Zaguru12]

 Looking at the fixtures that Manchester City is coming up against I will say that Manchester City really has a hard knot to crack if they plan to finish at the top four sport in the premier League this season because going through the opponents that city is build to coming up against it is obvious that they will definitely struggle as these opponents are tough oppositions to come by

I see Manchester City going into another lossing rounds of matches because city is just trying to come back from a very difficult phase of their season due to injuries in part of players and even bad form so it will be difficult to come up against these top teams at this point of the season that they are struggling to get back to winning ways and gain their form back

Seriously these are the real test that Manchester City have to face, this games are all top four contenders games and any lose against of them will falter their chances of actually qualifying for the top four. For me or this games had come by last month I can categorically say Manchester city might lose all of them except two. But right now even though I am not utterly convinced that they back fully I think they will take points from many of these games. The easy three games I think they will take points from base on form is the Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal and even probably Newcastle game. The first two are having troubles winning games at the moment which is seriously bad for their morale and Newcastle just lost heavily should they lose any game like that again it will affect them too.

These game though will boost Manchester City chances for top four finish if they manage to steal points off this guys and get done with fixtures like this. For me the earlier games like this are even done with the better

[Docnaster]

Liverpool still move on comfortably in the PL. They have a 6-point lead over Arsenal with a missing game at the same time. This is a great advantage in the title race. 

I wasn't expecting Arsenal to lose that 2-0 lead vs Aston Villa that easy. I saw a clear win there but they surprised all of us. Arsenal still don't look ready for a PL title if you ask me. Aside from that they should sign a top striker immediately...

Great work done by Manchester City! 6-0 win is impressive but I still don't want to have big expectations from them yet. Because their nightmare is just starting if you examine their upcoming games in the PL. 

Looking at the picture story you added to your post, it's obviously clear that Manchester City's next six games in the English Premier League are going to be difficult fixtures and it'll take a lot of hard work from them to be able to stay in the top four after those games. Liverpool also have some difficult fixtures waiting for them in the English Premier League so it's safe to say that both Liverpool and Manchester City is going to have their most difficult fixtures in the next 6-7 weeks but at the end, I still expect Liverpool to remain at the top of the league till final day while the best Manchester City can do is to finish in the top four. They're definitely not a contender for the league title this season again for me

[CryptoBuds]

I see Manchester City going into another lossing rounds of matches because city is just trying to come back from a very difficult phase of their season due to injuries in part of players and even bad form so it will be difficult to come up against these top teams at this point of the season that they are struggling to get back to winning ways and gain their form back

Manchester City's opponents in the next four matches are very tough. If they want to stay in the competition, Manchester City will have to win all four matches. Manchester City will face PSG, Chelsea, Club Brugge and Arsenal respectively. If they want to stay in the Premier League competition, they will have to win against Chelsea and Arsenal. And if they want to ensure the Champions League playoffs, Manchester City will have to win against PSG and Club Brugge.

Manchester City has no chance of winning the Premier League title. So City should now try their best to win the next two matches of the Champions League. Otherwise, Manchester City will be eliminated from the race to win the Champions League title. Guardiola is an experienced coach. He is well aware of the weaknesses of his squad. I think he is planning his strategy to win the two matches of the Champions League. Premier League matches will now be Guardiola's second priority.

[el kaka22]

There is a conspiracy theory going around that the bad results City had could be related to Pep's divorce. As far as we know it's finalized now, but if you go back and check when they were doing badly, and when they started to do better, we could assume that maybe things just got to a point where it can't be fixed and they started to break up and he left the house and so forth, which meant while it could have been years when they weren't happy or maybe it is a new thing we wouldn't know, but it became more official, like sued and all, right at the time when City started to do badly.

While nobody's personal life matters to us and should be cared, if it does impact the job they are getting millions of dollars for, then it becomes a bit more public situation. However, now it both looks to be changing, he is single, and the team is winning so what happens happened and it's in the past and I am sure that City will not have that much of a bad period again.

[AprilioMP]

Maybe the next proof, if they win against PSG in the UCL & win against Chelsea in the EPL. So February, is proof of Man City is still consistent or not. If Man City manages to get through it then it can be said that Man City has risen. But if they lose or draw just once, it means that Man City has not risen yet, Man City is still slumped.

The Champions League and efforts to survive in the top four of the English Premier League standings are very difficult in the midst of their situation which is still not solid. Facing PSG in the Champions League on January 23 at the Parc des Princes is a must if they want to continue or survive in the UCL because PSG also really wants to be able to do a lot in this prestigious tournament.
In the English Premier League, Manchester City's position will most likely be shifted later when Chelsea plays Wolverhampton.

[red4slash]

Indeed, defeating Ispwich does not mean that the Man City team will be more stable because playing against a team at the bottom of the standings is not a benchmark. However, even so, this will be a moment for Man City to rise, and make no mistake, Man City is always like that every season entering the second half they will be consistent and slowly improve their position in the standings. If you look at the standings, catching Liverpool at the top of the standings will be impossible, but if Man City manages to finish in second or third place, it will also be an extraordinary revival for Man City.

Maybe the next proof, if they win against PSG in the UCL & win against Chelsea in the EPL. So February, is proof of Man City is still consistent or not. If Man City manages to get through it then it can be said that Man City has risen. But if they lose or draw just once, it means that Man City has not risen yet, Man City is still slumped.

Even though it is not a benchmark but in the end the positive results especially with a few wins in the EPL can add a good spirit for Manchester United especially when we realize that in the end seeing their match scheme getting better makes the situation still very favorable for Manchester City at this time.

Facing PSG, both clubs are still trying to want 3 points but of course with the spirit of Manchester City this time even though they are playing away, they still have a good thing now.
Their performance has returned, the scoring instinct for some players is also now starting to return so this can be a good situation for Mancehster City. Although PSG is also now starting to develop again in Ligue 1 but for the Champions League they are much worse than Manchecster City so I still feel that Manchester City can take a bigger role for the match than PSG.

[Jegileman]

Let’s see how Manchester City will be playing in their subsequent matches, let’s see if they will be able to get a win against PSG in the Champions League, and let’s see if they will be able to get a win against Chelsea in their next Premier League match, but seriously, Manchester City has a difficult fixture ahead of them, let’s see how they will perform in those matches.

Manchester City triumph in their last match is what is most important for them now, they need to continue having that confidence in their fight for the premier league trophy this season. I have seen them been in their worst this season for the first time after Pep Guardiola took over as the manager of the team. I don’t see them going to perform less in the premier league as they did this season. Manchester City should try and win the match in the champions league against PSG, that will give them a boost in the champions league fight also.

Manchester City has no chance of winning the Premier League title. So City should now try their best to win the next two matches of the Champions League. Otherwise, Manchester City will be eliminated from the race to win the Champions League title. Guardiola is an experienced coach. He is well aware of the weaknesses of his squad. I think he is planning his strategy to win the two matches of the Champions League. Premier League matches will now be Guardiola's second priority.

The premier league fight is not the priority of Manchester City and they are not going to fight for two titles this season because they have become very weak this season and cannot cope with maximum performance this season. They are not going to do much as they did last season because of the series of losses this season which has made them less of what we use to see them before. Winning one trophy this season should be an achievement to Manchester City because of their poor form this season.

[Cookdata]

Indeed, defeating Ispwich does not mean that the Man City team will be more stable because playing against a team at the bottom of the standings is not a benchmark. However, even so, this will be a moment for Man City to rise, and make no mistake, Man City is always like that every season entering the second half they will be consistent and slowly improve their position in the standings. If you look at the standings, catching Liverpool at the top of the standings will be impossible, but if Man City manages to finish in second or third place, it will also be an extraordinary revival for Man City.

Maybe the next proof, if they win against PSG in the UCL & win against Chelsea in the EPL. So February, is proof of Man City is still consistent or not. If Man City manages to get through it then it can be said that Man City has risen. But if they lose or draw just once, it means that Man City has not risen yet, Man City is still slumped.

It would have been a total disgrace if Manchester City didn't win IPswitch town, a team that has played 22 games and has only won juat 3 is something Guardiola shouldn't have even worry about. I know he wouldn't take the chance since the club has been in a bad place for weeks now but this match is like a bonus for them because it wasn't coordinated, I was just pitying them for been in Premier League and they are trying hard not to be demoted to division 2 but they will obviously go back definitely.

I will like to see the outcome of their performance in ucl before they face Chelsea in their next match, this week is going to be tight. I don't know what's going to be the outcome but you never can tell. It's their last chance in the UCL, if they lose this one then they are going home, they wouldn't be able to play off again and they will be left with the Premier League only which is no longer sure, Liverpool is too good to lose to Manchester City.

[Justbillywitt]

Liverpool still move on comfortably in the PL. They have a 6-point lead over Arsenal with a missing game at the same time. This is a great advantage in the title race. 

I wasn't expecting Arsenal to lose that 2-0 lead vs Aston Villa that easy. I saw a clear win there but they surprised all of us. Arsenal still don't look ready for a PL title if you ask me. Aside from that they should sign a top striker immediately...

Great work done by Manchester City! 6-0 win is impressive but I still don't want to have big expectations from them yet. Because their nightmare is just starting if you examine their upcoming games in the PL. 

If it were previous seasons like two seasons ago. I would have beat my chest and say that Manchester city will beat all the opponents in their up coming fixtures. They only match that would have given to them little problem is that of Liverpool. But Manchester city haven't really looked their best for some time now, but I'm sure they will win majority of these games. They are gradually getting their form back. But starting with Chelsea Manchester city will win them. As I have carefully looked that these fixtures, Manchester city are only likely to drop points against Liverpool and Tottenham. These two teams always know how to play Manchester city, especially Tottenham. In recent times they have been having the upper hands against Manchester city. That of Liverpool might likely end in a draw. As for Arsenal there is nothing they can do against Manchester city, they either lose the 3 points or settle for a draw.

[darewaller]

Manchester City is definitely back, they are getting great results, this easy win for them is not just three points but it is also a way to feel better and more welcome as well. They will have great morale and confidence after this game, so winning could become a lot better for them, which could even help them with the PSG game as well.

This isn't a simple thing, but we need to realize that it is not going to be all that much of a big trouble at all. They are six points away from second place, which isn't that bad for City, if they can keep this momentum going then we could see them end up getting there. I do not think anyone is taking this season away from Liverpool, but at the very least City could fight for a second place.

[SmartCharpa]

M.City showed the nation an enjoyable and goal-rich match tonight.
They beat Ipswich Town 6-0 and I think they relaxed as a team. This win boosted their morale for the match they will play in the Champions League.

Manchester City seems to be returning to winning ways after previous poor trends, as they defeated Ipswich Town by a lot of goals. I expected Manchester City to win, but I didn't expect them to score so many goals, they scored six throughout the game. It's good to see Foden returning to his good form again; after failing to score goals at the start of the season, he scored a brace in the last two games, making it 6 Premier League goals this season.

But can Manchester City be able to maintain this amazing Premier League performance? Since they only play against weak Premier League teams and destroyed a club that remains in the relegation zone, no one can truly determine at this stage. Their next Champions League game is against PSG, and their next Premier League game is against Chelsea, If Manchester City can win the next two games, I can say that they are back to their top form.

[SuperBitMan]

Liverpool still move on comfortably in the PL. They have a 6-point lead over Arsenal with a missing game at the same time. This is a great advantage in the title race.  

I wasn't expecting Arsenal to lose that 2-0 lead vs Aston Villa that easy. I saw a clear win there but they surprised all of us. Arsenal still don't look ready for a PL title if you ask me. Aside from that they should sign a top striker immediately...

Great work done by Manchester City! 6-0 win is impressive but I still don't want to have big expectations from them yet. Because their nightmare is just starting if you examine their upcoming games in the PL.  

Manchester City is now playing very well there last match that they won 6:0 was very impressive, however if they win Chelsea and Arsenal then I will be fully convinced that they are fully back to there former form, as for Chelsea there's every possibility that they can win them because Chelsea is not inform anymore, they have not been playing well and is an opportunity for Manchester city to win them, but Arsenal will give them a tough time and I don't think Arsenal can win them either, they may draw the match that is what will likely happen because the two teams are on the same level right now.
As for Newcastle and spurs there's possibility that Manchester City will win them, because Manchester city current form is better.
Manchester City playing Liverpool will be an interesting game, Liverpool are very inform and they are not ready to lose any match any time soon, they will take the match very serious and they are not planning to draw with Manchester city they are planning on winning them so they can count there 3 point however since Manchester City is playing with Chelsea and Arsenal first if they win this two match then Liverpool should be scared because it won't be so easy for them to win man city anymore.
If Manchester city wins Liverpool then they will win Nottingham Forest but if they can't win Liverpool then they won't win Nottingham Forest.

[Marvell1]

M.City showed the nation an enjoyable and goal-rich match tonight.
They beat Ipswich Town 6-0 and I think they relaxed as a team. This win boosted their morale for the match they will play in the Champions League.

Manchester City seems to be returning to winning ways after previous poor trends, as they defeated Ipswich Town by a lot of goals. I expected Manchester City to win, but I didn't expect them to score so many goals, they scored six throughout the game. It's good to see Foden returning to his good form again; after failing to score goals at the start of the season, he scored a brace in the last two games, making it 6 Premier League goals this season.

But can Manchester City be able to maintain this amazing Premier League performance? Since they only play against weak Premier League teams and destroyed a club that remains in the relegation zone, no one can truly determine at this stage. Their next Champions League game is against PSG, and their next Premier League game is against Chelsea, If Manchester City can win the next two games, I can say that they are back to their top form.

Manchester City won by a big margin against Ipswich Town, but why do you forget that Manchester City failed to win against Brentford in the previous match. Was Brentford a strong opponent? I expected Manchester City to do as I expected against Brentford. But despite being 2-0 up, Manchester City could not win the match.

I don't think Manchester City's performance has stabilized yet. City can play well against weak defenses. However, if the opponent is a little stronger, it becomes very difficult for City to get full points.

I am looking forward to seeing City's performance in the next match. The match against PSG is very important for Manchester City. But I don't think City will be able to win this match.

[asriloni]

There is a conspiracy theory going around that the bad results City had could be related to Pep's divorce. As far as we know it's finalized now, but if you go back and check when they were doing badly, and when they started to do better, we could assume that maybe things just got to a point where it can't be fixed and they started to break up and he left the house and so forth, which meant while it could have been years when they weren't happy or maybe it is a new thing we wouldn't know, but it became more official, like sued and all, right at the time when City started to do badly.

While nobody's personal life matters to us and should be cared, if it does impact the job they are getting millions of dollars for, then it becomes a bit more public situation. However, now it both looks to be changing, he is single, and the team is winning so what happens happened and it's in the past and I am sure that City will not have that much of a bad period again.

Another nonsense theory. Enough with this conspiracy theory that came from nowhere. Any theory is not relevant with what happened in real life.

The fact that Pep is still there, even if his club gets relegated, he will stay there. I'd rather believe Haaland's long term contract extension convinces me City won't get a serious sanction from PL due to the its 129 charges.

Honestly, none cared about the rumor of Pep could divorce from City anytime. He helped club to win six premier league. How can they sack him so easily without considering his achievements?

[bitLeap]

Let’s see how Manchester City will be playing in their subsequent matches, let’s see if they will be able to get a win against PSG in the Champions League, and let’s see if they will be able to get a win against Chelsea in their next Premier League match, but seriously, Manchester City has a difficult fixture ahead of them, let’s see how they will perform in those matches.

Therefore I am not completely convinced by the result of Man City big win over Ipswich. It is still too early to say that they have returned to their best form. But as a motivation, it is valid so that the players regain their long-lost self-confidence. One thing I am sure of is that Man City will not win the EPL title this year. To secure a Champions League ticket is still very possible, the difference with Chelsea is only 2 points and can be caught up at any time.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Liverpool have so much been consistent in chasing the premier league title and I don't have any doubt about it with the effort they have been able to put in this season.

As for Manchester City it seems they won't be able to catch up with the first position looking at where they are right now and with the recent news I heard concerning Pep Guardiola with his family I don't really know if it will affect to coach the team very well just like in previous season, I don't pray it affects is career because I have seen how same cases like this how it affected so many people career in sports. I never thought a team like Manchester city would be in this position this season.

It is very true, what Pep said, a fallen soldier, is something that is difficult, but he has a way to get ahead, here it is shown to me that things in football when it is personal problems do affect performance and everything, Manchester City need to quickly get out of the hole they are in, the other teams are taking advantage of the fact that they are playing Badly , but Liverpool for me leads the way in this, it is a team that has made the difference compared to the others, and I consider that now more than ever they will play better, because it is their destiny to win that PL that they have wanted so much since some seasons where they have not had Enough luck.