⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Mate2237]

Arsenal fans doesn’t have any options than to accept the second position every season because that's the best they can get. Even during Arse Wenger's reign, Arsenal was a business club so I don't see why they will be mad at Arteta who is always finishing on second positions recently.

In the past few seasons in the English Premier League, the teams in the first position of the points table have changed, but the teams in the second position of the points table have not changed. We have seen Arsenal finish second in the points table for the past few seasons. Arsenal have been competing hard with Manchester City for the last few seasons and they have finished second in the points table with a tough competition with Manchester City but this season they are not competing with Manchester City but are again competing with Liverpool. Now Liverpool are at the top of the English Premier League points table and Arsenal are second in the points table. Arsenal and Liverpool also have a considerable gap in points, so looking at the performances of the two teams and the current position of the two teams, it seems that maybe Liverpool will win the Premier League title and Arsenal will finish the season in second place again.

In the past few seasons the English premier league number of teams that have earned that first position hasn't changed much, it's been Manchester city all the way, else it will be Liverpool,  in fact Pep Guardiola had to even won the EPL more time in the last five years.
Though i will likely agree with you with the second position, it's looking the position of a first runner up is permanently looking like a crown meant for the Gunners. That's is why i Respec the fight Liverpool has putting against Manchester city over this year's, if not the premier League would have been turned to a private estate owned by Pep Guardiola.

You have hit the nail on the head because ever since pep came to the league it's like the have monopolized the league to them self because I only remember that it was once that Liverpool won it under klopp apart from that season the premier League has become a one man affair with Club dominating the league and winning it multiple times Liverpool has been the only team that has been struggling and giving Manchester City headache in the league and any season that Liverpool is not in form Manchester City win the league before the league even gets to and end

For Arsenal second place is their target as far as am concerned because they are a team without ambition if not arteta will have been shown the exit door because he has failed as a coach to inculcate a winning mentality in the arsenal team because one big challenge arsenal has is the issue of ambition and mentality they are not ambitious enough that is why they are ok with any position that they finish every season the board too has to be blame because they have not also brought out money to buy world class strikers that will put fire in the team

[pawel7777]

Chelsea against Southampton just started and all eyes are on Chelsea to see if they will be able to collect the three points considering that they are playing a weaker team and also playing at home. The odd for Chelsea to win is very small so my bet was over 3.5 because I expect many goals in the match. Let's see how the match will produce even though it started so slow with none of them making any attempts in the first ten minutes.

Looks like a good bet. Chelsea is leading 3-0 and it's only half-time. I'd be very surprised if we don't see any goals in the 2nd half. With such big advantage, Chelsea will probably try to have more fun and go more adventurous, to please their fans and Southampton have nothing to lose, so will have to take some risks and open up.
I'm not congratulating you just yet, but things are looking good.

In another game, Crystal Palace is beating Aston Villa 3-1 with seconds to go. I expected to see much more from Villa.

[Adbitco]

In the past few seasons the English premier league number of teams that have earned that first position hasn't changed much, it's been Manchester city all the way, else it will be Liverpool,  in fact Pep Guardiola had to even won the EPL more time in the last five years.
Though i will likely agree with you with the second position, it's looking the position of a first runner up is permanently looking like a crown meant for the Gunners. That's is why i Respec the fight Liverpool has putting against Manchester city over this year's, if not the premier League would have been turned to a private estate owned by Pep Guardiola.

Lol, although I kind of really liked how Pep actually turned the English Premier League to farmers league by winning it 4 times in a roll because the league fans thought nothing like this could ever happen and called every other league in Europe famers league. Manchester City won the league by demolishing teams with large score lines in enroute to winning the title.

[Stable090]

Looks like a good bet. Chelsea is leading 3-0 and it's only half-time. I'd be very surprised if we don't see any goals in the 2nd half. With such big advantage, Chelsea will probably try to have more fun and go more adventurous, to please their fans and Southampton have nothing to lose, so will have to take some risks and open up.
I'm not congratulating you just yet, but things are looking good.

Chelsea played well today, at least they will get 3 points today, after losing two matches. Chelsea are currently in 4th position, but they might not really stay long at the 4th position, if Manchester city and Newcastle are able to get a win in their matches, then Chelsea will be back to 6th position, but Chelsea getting a win today is really a nice one for them, even as we know that Southampton is really a weak team which we know they can’t avoid relegation this season.

The second half of the match is about to end, and am not even expecting any goal in the match again, three goals have been scored in the first half of the match, and that might be the only goal which we will be seeing in the match.

[shogun47]

Looks like a good bet. Chelsea is leading 3-0 and it's only half-time. I'd be very surprised if we don't see any goals in the 2nd half. With such big advantage, Chelsea will probably try to have more fun and go more adventurous, to please their fans and Southampton have nothing to lose, so will have to take some risks and open up.
I'm not congratulating you just yet, but things are looking good.

Chelsea played well today, at least they will get 3 points today, after losing two matches. Chelsea are currently in 4th position, but they might not really stay long at the 4th position, if Manchester city and Newcastle are able to get a win in their matches, then Chelsea will be back to 6th position, but Chelsea getting a win today is really a nice one for them, even as we know that Southampton is really a weak team which we know they can’t avoid relegation this season.

The second half of the match is about to end, and am not even expecting any goal in the match again, three goals have been scored in the first half of the match, and that might be the only goal which we will be seeing in the match.

The most interesting field of the Premier League table is from 3rd (Nottingham Forest9 to 10th (Aston Villa). It is astonishing how close they all are as it is only 4 points separating those two teams from each other and it will be about a dream come true for Nottingham or a last second rescue for Aston Villa guaranteed they have been hoping for a top position before the season got going while Nottingham didn't believe this would be possible. But everything is possible, even Fulham or Bournemouth could reach the Champions League, which is quite unbelievable.

The top of the table is decided and Liverpool will win it, but still I think this keeps the league interesting until the very last game is played.

[TelolettOm]

Chelsea against Southampton just started and all eyes are on Chelsea to see if they will be able to collect the three points considering that they are playing a weaker team and also playing at home. The odd for Chelsea to win is very small so my bet was over 3.5 because I expect many goals in the match. Let's see how the match will produce even though it started so slow with none of them making any attempts in the first ten minutes.

Chelsea finally managed to secure the result of this match. Against Southampton it may not be that difficult, but this time, Chelsea managed to do it very optimally.

Source: ChelseaFC - record their biggest home win of the season to go fourth!

This 4-0 victory also makes sense, considering Chelsea's performance this time.
- 3 goals in the first half and a complete 4 goals in the final match
- Optimal ball possession 60%, good accuracy
- 10 shots on target from 16 shots, this time they did it very effectively and accurately.

[KingsDen]

Chelsea against Southampton just started and all eyes are on Chelsea to see if they will be able to collect the three points considering that they are playing a weaker team and also playing at home. The odd for Chelsea to win is very small so my bet was over 3.5 because I expect many goals in the match. Let's see how the match will produce even though it started so slow with none of them making any attempts in the first ten minutes.

Looks like a good bet. Chelsea is leading 3-0 and it's only half-time. I'd be very surprised if we don't see any goals in the 2nd half. With such big advantage, Chelsea will probably try to have more fun and go more adventurous, to please their fans and Southampton have nothing to lose, so will have to take some risks and open up.
I'm not congratulating you just yet, but things are looking good.

In another game, Crystal Palace is beating Aston Villa 3-1 with seconds to go. I expected to see much more from Villa.

Congratulations to Chelsea, atleast they won an obvious match that is expected of them to win. This is unlike Manchester United who doesn't win an obvious match. If a team is performing so badly but whenever they meet a weak team, they are able to win, it is nice than a team which when they are bad doesn't win even obvious matches in the relegation zone. Manchester United is the reason I am saying this, let us see what they will do against Ipswich Town.

[GiftedMAN]

Chelsea against Southampton just started and all eyes are on Chelsea to see if they will be able to collect the three points considering that they are playing a weaker team and also playing at home. The odd for Chelsea to win is very small so my bet was over 3.5 because I expect many goals in the match. Let's see how the match will produce even though it started so slow with none of them making any attempts in the first ten minutes.

Looks like a good bet. Chelsea is leading 3-0 and it's only half-time. I'd be very surprised if we don't see any goals in the 2nd half. With such big advantage, Chelsea will probably try to have more fun and go more adventurous, to please their fans and Southampton have nothing to lose, so will have to take some risks and open up.
I'm not congratulating you just yet, but things are looking good.

In another game, Crystal Palace is beating Aston Villa 3-1 with seconds to go. I expected to see much more from Villa.

Congratulations to Chelsea, atleast they won an obvious match that is expected of them to win. This is unlike Manchester United who doesn't win an obvious match. If a team is performing so badly but whenever they meet a weak team, they are able to win, it is nice than a team which when they are bad doesn't win even obvious matches in the relegation zone. Manchester United is the reason I am saying this, let us see what they will do against Ipswich Town.

I wonder why you are congratulating Chelsea did they win the English Premier League title or they won the champions League I think you don't need to praise them because their next match you may see them losing up to the number of goals they scored against Southampton today. You should understand that Manchester United condition is not like that of Chelsea, Manchester United is no longer a big team infact being a fan I can tell you that United is like any other small team in EPL right now because any team can defeat them without mush struggling.
Manchester United struggled to come back against Everton where the game ended in a 2:2 draw, I think they will still draw against Ipswich or Ipswich will take the 3 point hom.

[SilverCryptoBullet]

I wonder why you are congratulating Chelsea did they win the English Premier League title or they won the champions League I think you don't need to praise them because their next match you may see them losing up to the number of goals they scored against Southampton today. You should understand that Manchester United condition is not like that of Chelsea, Manchester United is no longer a big team infact being a fan I can tell you that United is like any other small team in EPL right now because any team can defeat them without mush struggling.
Manchester United struggled to come back against Everton where the game ended in a 2:2 draw, I think they will still draw against Ipswich or Ipswich will take the 3 point hom.

Chelsea was in crisis two seasons ago but they have been coming back gradually and somewhat strongly too. It's different and far better than what has happened in Manchester United in nearly a past decade since retirement of Alex Ferguson. Many head coaches came and left the club but they all failed to bring success to Manchester United. Ten Hag and Ruben Amorim are two latest head coaches but there is no good signal from Amorim after taking this position from Ten Hag.

Manchester United now are very low in quality and they are not competitive enough even against weak teams in Premier League. This season is wasted, and useless for them, but considering last 11 matches in the league as valuable chances for them to use, test and assess their player performances for their transfer plans in a next summer. Ruben Amorim will be given a next summer transfer market and preseason training to prepare for a better performances next season. Hopefully he will be able to help them improving and showing that he is able to do well at big club like Manchester United.

[asriloni]

In the past few seasons the English premier league number of teams that have earned that first position hasn't changed much, it's been Manchester city all the way, else it will be Liverpool,  in fact Pep Guardiola had to even won the EPL more time in the last five years.
Though i will likely agree with you with the second position, it's looking the position of a first runner up is permanently looking like a crown meant for the Gunners. That's is why i Respec the fight Liverpool has putting against Manchester city over this year's, if not the premier League would have been turned to a private estate owned by Pep Guardiola.

Lol, although I kind of really liked how Pep actually turned the English Premier League to farmers league by winning it 4 times in a roll because the league fans thought nothing like this could ever happen and called every other league in Europe famers league. Manchester City won the league by demolishing teams with large score lines in enroute to winning the title.

If Pep really turned EPL into the farmer league, many people who are not fans of his club would be so mad. I have seen so many people who hatred to him so much just because he won 4 PL trophies in a row.

We might be seeing people yapping about here and there on Pep. So, the god has nerfed his club, and he can rebuilding his winning club back from the scratch.

[Obari]

If Pep really turned EPL into the farmer league, many people who are not fans of his club would be so mad. I have seen so many people who hatred to him so much just because he won 4 PL trophies in a row.

We might be seeing people yapping about here and there on Pep. So, the god has nerfed his club, and he can rebuilding his winning club back from the scratch.

Pep Guardiola is the main reason why everyone is frighten when facing Manchester City on the pitch. Everyone started thinking of the EPL as farmer's league, it means zero competition in the league following the consecutive winnings and domination of one particular elite team. Manchester City keep the trends rising in all standard but this season is quite different. They fumbled, other elite team that kept close range on the EPL title didn't hesitate to take their chances and they're infront.

Pep Guardiola is a man that his reputation precedes him. He handled his managerial role efficiently at Etihad stadium. Pep Guardiola have gathered more enemies and competitors in past years, you do see it as normal? The man is a genius and will continue to make patterns for all round improvement. It's okay to hate on a team for dominating and winning EPL titles as if it was their patrimony.

[el kaka22]

Even Arteta could join another team and do better (depending on the team) because he would have a chance to start from nothing, and could teach players what he did wrong last time at Arsenal and have something better. I do not think that it's about maturity, but about what he built. But with this current Arsenal, he already preached a system and he can't change it quickly enough, everyone is used to what he does and that is why it's a very tough situation to be in and I do not see how that could change for the long term at all.

We need to realize that things won't get any bigger or better for him here. He should be changing for the long term and for this reason they do not have time. If he is sacked, he should still be hired by a good team. I see Dortmund as a good place for him.

[SOKO-DEKE]

I wonder why you are congratulating Chelsea did they win the English Premier League title or they won the champions League I think you don't need to praise them because their next match you may see them losing up to the number of goals they scored against Southampton today. You should understand that Manchester United condition is not like that of Chelsea, Manchester United is no longer a big team infact being a fan I can tell you that United is like any other small team in EPL right now because any team can defeat them without mush struggling.
Manchester United struggled to come back against Everton where the game ended in a 2:2 draw, I think they will still draw against Ipswich or Ipswich will take the 3 point hom.

I think that the person congratulated Chelsea based on the joy it has after Chelsea won their game against Southampton after three straight losses. I don’t expect to see congratulations after the victory against Southampton because it is a league competition and not another competition like the FA Cup, where winning takes you to the next level.

Chelsea started this season well, and almost everyone was really happy with their great performances. However, recently, Chelsea’s performances have started dropping again. Now, I would say that Chelsea’s performances have dropped seriously. Chelsea is finding it very hard to beat any top-10 teams in this Premier League competition.

As for Manchester United, as you said, I also no longer see Manchester United as a big team. Manchester United is performing like a very small team. In fact, if I were to compare Manchester United’s form, I would compare them with teams like West Ham and others like that. With Manchester United’s current form, I don’t think they will qualify for any European competition next season unless they are lucky, like last season, if they can still win the FA Cup.

[Sandra_hakeem]

City firing Pep Guardiola would undoubtedly be the beginning of their downfall. While the team has struggled this season with a series of disappointing performances, I believe the solution lies in strengthening the squad rather than changing the manager. To return to their best, City must bring in quality players who will be able to add both depth and skills to the team. A well structured transfer plan will be needed ensuring the right signings and that they don’t break the FFP regulations.

I totally agree with you. Letting go of Pep would be a huge mistake. He is the reason City has been so dominant, and even though this season has been rough, replacing him isn’t the solution. The squad needs reinforcements, not a new manager. A few key additions in weak areas could help City bounce back without disrupting the stability that Guardiola brings.

When Klopp left Liverpool the same thing was said of Liverpool but today they are not just dominating the premier league but also the UCL courtesy of Arne Slot. Who knows Gaurdiolla's era in Manchester City might be over and thus needs to start a new career else where. If City deemed it fit to let him go then their wish should prevail.

Sometimes we don't need to stick to a system because of it's past, it could be the glory of that past no longer applies to the present. If City has found a perfect replacement for Pep then let them.do their experimentation and see how well it ends who knows they might bring back the competitiveness in City yet again.

[Barikui1]

I wonder why you are congratulating Chelsea did they win the English Premier League title or they won the champions League I think you don't need to praise them because their next match you may see them losing up to the number of goals they scored against Southampton today. You should understand that Manchester United condition is not like that of Chelsea, Manchester United is no longer a big team infact being a fan I can tell you that United is like any other small team in EPL right now because any team can defeat them without mush struggling.
Manchester United struggled to come back against Everton where the game ended in a 2:2 draw, I think they will still draw against Ipswich or Ipswich will take the 3 point hom.

I think that the person congratulated Chelsea based on the joy it has after Chelsea won their game against Southampton after three straight losses. I don’t expect to see congratulations after the victory against Southampton because it is a league competition and not another competition like the FA Cup, where winning takes you to the next level.

Chelsea started this season well, and almost everyone was really happy with their great performances. However, recently, Chelsea’s performances have started dropping again. Now, I would say that Chelsea’s performances have dropped seriously. Chelsea is finding it very hard to beat any top-10 teams in this Premier League competition.

As for Manchester United, as you said, I also no longer see Manchester United as a big team. Manchester United is performing like a very small team. In fact, if I were to compare Manchester United’s form, I would compare them with teams like West Ham and others like that. With Manchester United’s current form, I don’t think they will qualify for any European competition next season unless they are lucky, like last season, if they can still win the FA Cup.

Manchester united qualifying for uefa Europa league or uefa conference league how?
A team that is battling to avoid a relegation zone, the best they can do for themselves this season is to start wining games and claw their way up 10th position far from the relegation waters, that's the best they can do for themselves now, because it's too late to be thinking of qualifying for Europe, because the gap between them and the number seventh position is to big to cover up considering the number of matches remaining, and we don't expect the rest of other teams above them to start losing all their games, so qualifying for a European competition this season is our of their reach now, because it's too late.

Then as for Chelsea, their performance in the past five games has really been terrible and that is the major reason they have declined in position in the chart , because even the team people expect them to win, they lose, but they still have hopes of qualiifying for the uefa champions league only if they can start ranking up the winnings and be hoping that teams above them drops point.

[Ryu_Ar1]

If Pep really turned EPL into the farmer league, many people who are not fans of his club would be so mad. I have seen so many people who hatred to him so much just because he won 4 PL trophies in a row.

We might be seeing people yapping about here and there on Pep. So, the god has nerfed his club, and he can rebuilding his winning club back from the scratch.

Hey isn't it like that now? I know for now the competition in the EPL is still going on but when talking about getting the trophy at the end of the season even in the last 7 seasons 6 of them belonged to Manchester City and only one belonged to Liverpool in the 2020 season so for now the EPL is not even much different from the peasant league because 4 consecutive seasons Manchester City has always been the champion.

The difference is that until now the EPL is still with a very fast tension and a game that is almost difficult to predict every week which makes this competition still much more interesting than other peasant leagues such as in ligue 1 or the bundesliga which sometimes only 1 club runs alone.
Now it is likely that Manchester City's dominance will stop especially with the current conditions where their poor performance is well utilized by Liverpool which makes the situation in the race for the trophy likely to change unlike the last 4 seasons which only Manchester City has.

[SuperBitMan]

Chelsea against Southampton just started and all eyes are on Chelsea to see if they will be able to collect the three points considering that they are playing a weaker team and also playing at home. The odd for Chelsea to win is very small so my bet was over 3.5 because I expect many goals in the match. Let's see how the match will produce even though it started so slow with none of them making any attempts in the first ten minutes.

Chelsea finally managed to secure the result of this match. Against Southampton it may not be that difficult, but this time, Chelsea managed to do it very optimally.

Source: ChelseaFC - record their biggest home win of the season to go fourth!

This 4-0 victory also makes sense, considering Chelsea's performance this time.
- 3 goals in the first half and a complete 4 goals in the final match
- Optimal ball possession 60%, good accuracy
- 10 shots on target from 16 shots, this time they did it very effectively and accurately.

Chelsea has done very well in yesterday's match, I didn't believe Chelsea will win with such numbers of goals I was really surprised they did very well, Southampton really needs to work on there defense because they don't have a good defense and that was why Chelsea had the opportunity to score this 4 goals and also they don't have good strikers and that was why they where unable to score, seeing that they are about going on relegation I expected them to do more and that was why I was thinking Chelsea will have a tough time in winning them but that was not the case, this season Southampton are not really inform and Chelsea made good use of that opportunity, now Chelsea is in the fourth position and gapping Manchester city with two point however I don't see Chelsea maintain that fourth position for long because they are not consistent, Manchester city will take the fourth position soon because they are more inform, Chelsea winning this match those not mean they are in a good form, Chelsea have good players if only they can remain consistent I believe they will go far in the premier league table.

[sana54210]

Liverpool must be excited about what's coming to life at this moment. While it's true that Salah wanting more money than he is making right now made things a bit sour, and they could lose some players this off season, at the very least they will all be leaving with a PL title, which is why it's such a big deal. I know that things won't be too certain, things will change, but at this time, we need to realize that it won't be that easy, we just need to make sure that things will be great for Liverpool for the rest of the season.

It would be near impossible for them to not win the title now, and it is only February as well, you do not win the title in February, even City usually won later. So this is going to be a great year for them.

[Woodie]

Some interesting results coming from last night's games, Chelsea back at winning after facing a toothless  Southampton who look like a team ready to be relegated looking at the number of games they have failed to collect a single point or get a goal, we also have Aston Villa who I thought will get a result over crystal palace..but unfortunately the boys didn't have much in the tank.

Looking forward to see how the next Liverpool fixture goes, because both team's pack a punch in this fixture and goals should be guaranteed.

[Farma]

Liverpool must be excited about what's coming to life at this moment. While it's true that Salah wanting more money than he is making right now made things a bit sour, and they could lose some players this off season, at the very least they will all be leaving with a PL title, which is why it's such a big deal. I know that things won't be too certain, things will change, but at this time, we need to realize that it won't be that easy, we just need to make sure that things will be great for Liverpool for the rest of the season.

It would be near impossible for them to not win the title now, and it is only February as well, you do not win the title in February, even City usually won later. So this is going to be a great year for them.

No one doubts Liverpool to be able to win the Premier League title this season, now they have a very far point advantage and also there is no fierce competition that occurs after no team is able to put pressure on Liverpool, it all cannot be separated because Liverpool is very consistent this season.

Regarding the rumor of M. Salah I think Liverpool management will not let him go just like that even though he is 33 years old but in terms of quality Salah is still quite good and also Salah's contribution to the Liverpool team in the last few seasons has been very large so that will be a big consideration for Liverpool management, I am sure after they win the title later everything will change and I am still quite optimistic that Salah will stay at Liverpool.