⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Jostern]

Wolverhampton beat Tottenham 4-2 at home, Wolverhampton's rise continues. They have 1 draw and 4 wins in the last 5 games.

Enough to see Tottenham in PL. They are crap as usual and nothing improved from their gameplay. Sometimes, i would like to see them relegated, then get replaced by leeds united. They're done now. 

Liverpool are taking sure steps towards the championship and today they beat West Ham 2-1.
They increased the point difference with their closest rival to 13, they are now very close to declaring their championship.

I only congratulate Liverpool for winning the game as well as the league's trophy. There's no club that can catch him now. Champion of PL 24/25

indeed it’s a huge congratulations to Liverpool. Because no one ever expected them to go this far, As a Liverpool fan I never expected Liverpool to be in this position of winning the Premier League title. Arne Slot have been spot on in his Management career in England it would be a good achievement for him winning the league in his first season. It’s a good step forward for them winning against West Ham. More importantly I will Congratulate Arne Slot he will be the first Dutch Manager to win the Premier League in his first attempt. And here is where the job of rebuilding starts. The Project starts here now.

[Distraction]

They should have replaced Onan a long time ago, but he should not be replaced with a reserve goalkeeper who spent the entire season on the bench, or was injured, because this will definitely not change anything for the better. There are really a lot of problems in Manchester United, and the team with Amorim has become even worse than with ten Hag, this is obvious, even the conflicts with Rashford at the very beginning showed that there will be no sense in such an approach. And Newcastle is now in excellent shape, they can potentially bypass Nottingham, it will be deserved.

Onana has been an unreliable goalkeeper during his whole career. Yeah, he had good times too but not for longer... He did some nice work at Inter which was enough for Manchester United to be deceived by that. 

But this isn't the only issue existing at Manchester United. There are many areas to be improved. A lot of work to do for Amorim this summer. Midfield and offense should also be improved immediately. Fernandes is just alone there trying to carry the team...

They need Diallo back in the squad ASAP too. He is a great talent. 

[fuguebtc]

They should have replaced Onan a long time ago, but he should not be replaced with a reserve goalkeeper who spent the entire season on the bench, or was injured, because this will definitely not change anything for the better. There are really a lot of problems in Manchester United, and the team with Amorim has become even worse than with ten Hag, this is obvious, even the conflicts with Rashford at the very beginning showed that there will be no sense in such an approach. And Newcastle is now in excellent shape, they can potentially bypass Nottingham, it will be deserved.

Manchester United definitely need a replacement for Onana. But they need to find a more experienced goalkeeper. But I would say that Manchester United's defense is weak, what is the point of blaming Onana alone?

Manchester United needs to make big changes to the entire squad. This requires big funds. That is why Manchester United management is not able to make big changes to the squad. However, looking at the overall situation of Manchester United, it can be said for sure that if the overall squad is not changed, it is not possible for Manchester United to play well consistently.

[asriloni]

Don't tell me United doesn't need to sign a new goalie. All of their goalie were awful to watch. The picture above is the moment when Bayindir did stupid mistake by passing to the opponent's attackers, then his club conceded 4th goal.

They have no good goalie available, and must be their top priority to sign a proper goalie. I'd also see a new goalie is far important than a new striker. 

We assumed Onana was Manchester United's only problem this season, we didn't realize they had one of the poorest goalkeepers. I was happy that Onana was not even on the bench against Newcastle due to the errors he made in the previous game against Lyon, and now it is Bayindir who we hoped may save us from Onana. He made a bad error that led them to concede their fourth goal, I'm not sure why he had to pass the ball when they had a terrible defense.

However, every position in Manchester United's team should be a priority next season, the defense is terrible, and the goalkeepers have failed to make key saves to keep a clean sheet. Newcastle was strong enough to beat Manchester United, but the goals they conceded were very much for the team, the most I expected Man United to concede against Newcastle was two goals since they were not utilizing Onana, who usually causes errors.

I'd like to ged rid of all of United goalie if i was Amorim. I'd be selling all of them like 50% of their buying price, then combined funds recouped from selling them to sign a quality goalie. It's always suck when you have goali, but unable keeping your goal.

There's no good goalie at United at this moment. Getting rid all of them are best decision. I'd prefer to have one proper goalie instead of two garbage goalie. that's it.

[Marykeller]

Do you guys actually think that this current unorganized Manchester United stands a chance against Newcastle? when we start to analyze how awful they have been game after game, you cannot completely point at one area that is entirely the problem of the team that if worked on can change things for the better, today it is a coaching thing and the next day it becomes an attacking thing, the keeper is bad in the next match and then after that the defenders makes some really bad decision that ends up crumbling things down really bad. the truth is that the team has gotten to a stage where it needs to be overhauled if they are in any way hoping that things will change for the better. if you change only Onana and leave the rest of the team, things might remain the way they currently are.

They should have replaced Onan a long time ago, but he should not be replaced with a reserve goalkeeper who spent the entire season on the bench, or was injured, because this will definitely not change anything for the better. There are really a lot of problems in Manchester United, and the team with Amorim has become even worse than with ten Hag, this is obvious, even the conflicts with Rashford at the very beginning showed that there will be no sense in such an approach. And Newcastle is now in excellent shape, they can potentially bypass Nottingham, it will be deserved.

It has become clearer to everyone that Manchester United's poor performance is not to be held on a single being for match lapses. It should held on the entire players who are not qualified enough to be in the squad of Manchester United.

To what I know best is, Amorim will be coaching to the best of their knowledge, and the team performance will still be the same, if the management of Manchester United didn't thought it wise to let go of all Manchester United players, to sign new players that will come afresh to build the team from scratch.

[DaNNy001]

They should have replaced Onan a long time ago, but he should not be replaced with a reserve goalkeeper who spent the entire season on the bench, or was injured, because this will definitely not change anything for the better. There are really a lot of problems in Manchester United, and the team with Amorim has become even worse than with ten Hag, this is obvious, even the conflicts with Rashford at the very beginning showed that there will be no sense in such an approach. And Newcastle is now in excellent shape, they can potentially bypass Nottingham, it will be deserved.

Manchester United definitely need a replacement for Onana. But they need to find a more experienced goalkeeper. But I would say that Manchester United's defense is weak, what is the point of blaming Onana alone?

Manchester United needs to make big changes to the entire squad. This requires big funds. That is why Manchester United management is not able to make big changes to the squad. However, looking at the overall situation of Manchester United, it can be said for sure that if the overall squad is not changed, it is not possible for Manchester United to play well consistently.

The thing about this club is that everyone needs to settle down and look at the root of the issue because it's not just the coach or even onana that's the cause and I believe for some reason,  clubs no longer even have that fear for Manchester united as a team that can win them because it's almost as if they are the under dogs playing against an Europe elite team.

[Sim_card]

They should have replaced Onan a long time ago, but he should not be replaced with a reserve goalkeeper who spent the entire season on the bench, or was injured, because this will definitely not change anything for the better. There are really a lot of problems in Manchester United, and the team with Amorim has become even worse than with ten Hag, this is obvious, even the conflicts with Rashford at the very beginning showed that there will be no sense in such an approach. And Newcastle is now in excellent shape, they can potentially bypass Nottingham, it will be deserved.

Manchester United definitely need a replacement for Onana. But they need to find a more experienced goalkeeper. But I would say that Manchester United's defense is weak, what is the point of blaming Onana alone?

Manchester United needs to make big changes to the entire squad. This requires big funds. That is why Manchester United management is not able to make big changes to the squad. However, looking at the overall situation of Manchester United, it can be said for sure that if the overall squad is not changed, it is not possible for Manchester United to play well consistently.

The thing about this club is that everyone needs to settle down and look at the root of the issue because it's not just the coach or even onana that's the cause and I believe for some reason,  clubs no longer even have that fear for Manchester united as a team that can win them because it's almost as if they are the under dogs playing against an Europe elite team.

United is currently a mediocre team and no team is afraid of them because United don't have the quality to be a threat to them. You might be scared of a team because they have a big name but the moment, you clash with them on the field and notice that they're not as strong as you think, you will be very happy to take advantage of their laxity to win the game and take the glory.

[Princess Leah]

Don't tell me United doesn't need to sign a new goalie. All of their goalie were awful to watch. The picture above is the moment when Bayindir did stupid mistake by passing to the opponent's attackers, then his club conceded 4th goal.

They have no good goalie available, and must be their top priority to sign a proper goalie. I'd also see a new goalie is far important than a new striker. 

We assumed Onana was Manchester United's only problem this season, we didn't realize they had one of the poorest goalkeepers. I was happy that Onana was not even on the bench against Newcastle due to the errors he made in the previous game against Lyon, and now it is Bayindir who we hoped may save us from Onana. He made a bad error that led them to concede their fourth goal, I'm not sure why he had to pass the ball when they had a terrible defense.

However, every position in Manchester United's team should be a priority next season, the defense is terrible, and the goalkeepers have failed to make key saves to keep a clean sheet. Newcastle was strong enough to beat Manchester United, but the goals they conceded were very much for the team, the most I expected Man United to concede against Newcastle was two goals since they were not utilizing Onana, who usually causes errors.

I'd like to ged rid of all of United goalie if i was Amorim. I'd be selling all of them like 50% of their buying price, then combined funds recouped from selling them to sign a quality goalie. It's always suck when you have goali, but unable keeping your goal.

There's no good goalie at United at this moment. Getting rid all of them are best decision. I'd prefer to have one proper goalie instead of two garbage goalie. that's it.

The result of this match got me worried since it's dragged the club I support, Chelsea from 4th to 6th position and I was really pissed at Manchester United's players especially their attackers and goal keeper cause they weren't putting much effort to win, I'm glad I'm not a United fan cause this season would've been filled with lots of depression from poor performances, I don't even think I would've been able to watch them play boring football.

 I feel pity for Amorim this poor record would stain the good ones he's had at Portugal with Sporting Lisbon and the mistake he made was coming to Manchester United mid season, anyone who blames Amorim doesn't know football, I'll hold this players responsible for the poor performance anyday or time lots of them doesn't suit the club standards and needs to be cleared out.

[ITExpert]

In EPL it's very much clear that Liverpool will take the season title but Arsenal need to be careful if they want to qualify for next UEFA Champions league because the gap between Arsenal and teams below is getting small. Draw against Brentford is an indication that Arsenal second tier players are good enough to tackle situation where main players are given rest.
Arsenal main focus now is champions league where they have done an excellent work in first leg and most likely they will qualify for the semi-finals.

Liverpool is strong, so we all think that they will win the title. If we talk about Arsenal, they do not seem so exciting to me. Their record has not improved enough to make them work hard for the title. That is why they are working hard not for the title now but to be able to go to the next season. If this is their goal, then it is good that they can succeed by working hard in the next season because this season Arsenal has been occupied by teams like Liverpool. They should work harder and not draw, which will reduce their points. They should not rest and continue their performance with hard work. Their performance here can be better understood because they are in a better and better position here. This is explained by their record and their performance in this league. If they play well, they can reach the finals.

[ingiltere]

United is currently a mediocre team and no team is afraid of them because United don't have the quality to be a threat to them. You might be scared of a team because they have a big name but the moment, you clash with them on the field and notice that they're not as strong as you think, you will be very happy to take advantage of their laxity to win the game and take the glory.

Is anyone really surprised that Manchester United lost? Newcastle United were the favorites for that game. The problem is not with Altay, he went in goal for the first time in the league and conceded 4 goals. But in the previous 31 games Onana had been in goal and Manchester United had conceded 41 goals. They have barely finished a match without conceding a goal. This is already evident from their position in the league, their defense is generally very bad. I think they will need to buy a goalkeeper and a stopper first thing in the new season. It's hard to understand how such bad players play in billion Euro valued teams.

[Abu-Naim]

Is anyone really surprised that Manchester United lost? Newcastle United were the favorites for that game. The problem is not with Altay, he went in goal for the first time in the league and conceded 4 goals. But in the previous 31 games Onana had been in goal and Manchester United had conceded 41 goals. They have barely finished a match without conceding a goal. This is already evident from their position in the league, their defense is generally very bad. I think they will need to buy a goalkeeper and a stopper first thing in the new season. It's hard to understand how such bad players play in billion Euro valued teams.

I wasn’t surprised with the match outcome because I was expecting it, I knew that Manchester United’s inconsistency will affect their performance against Newcastle United, and knowing fully well that Newcastle United have good record against almost all the big teams in the Premier League including Arsenal, I knew that it will be difficult for Manchester United to match them down especially as they are also focused on their Champions League aim against next season.

Ruben Amorim risks a new goalkeeper that have no Premier League experience over Andre Onana that can display a better performance just because of the errors he made during their Europa Leaue match, and now, I think they have to call him back to play the second leg against Lyon, because if they used Altey Bayindir against Lyon in the Europa League quarterfinal second leg, they might lose to Lyon.

[CryptoBuds]

Is anyone really surprised that Manchester United lost? Newcastle United were the favorites for that game. The problem is not with Altay, he went in goal for the first time in the league and conceded 4 goals. But in the previous 31 games Onana had been in goal and Manchester United had conceded 41 goals. They have barely finished a match without conceding a goal. This is already evident from their position in the league, their defense is generally very bad. I think they will need to buy a goalkeeper and a stopper first thing in the new season. It's hard to understand how such bad players play in billion Euro valued teams.

Manchester United's defense is not only weak, their attack is also weak. In 32 matches, United have conceded 45 goals and scored 38. We have been seeing such poor performance from Manchester United for the last few years.

I am not surprised by the result of the match against Newcastle. Manchester United lost by a big margin of 4-1. It was Newcastle's home match. Naturally, we considered Newcastle to be the favorite.

Manchester United need to change their goalkeeper. But first, they need to strengthen their defense. They need talented defenders in the squad. Manchester United management will have to prepare big funds for the next transfer window to buy players.

[Coyster]

anyone who blames Amorim doesn't know football, I'll hold this players responsible for the poor performance anyday or time lots of them doesn't suit the club standards and needs to be cleared out.

Why should Amorim be excused of all blames, he is the manager, it is the managers duty/job to get the team playing well and winning games, that's why managers get fired and not players. Amorim has done nothing since he joined United, there has been zero impact on the team, the only reason why he has not been fired is because he joined the club in the middle of the season, United might be patient to give him a full season, that's the 2025/2026 season, though i don't think anything will change.

[EL MOHA]

Is anyone really surprised that Manchester United lost? Newcastle United were the favorites for that game. The problem is not with Altay, he went in goal for the first time in the league and conceded 4 goals. But in the previous 31 games Onana had been in goal and Manchester United had conceded 41 goals. They have barely finished a match without conceding a goal. This is already evident from their position in the league, their defense is generally very bad. I think they will need to buy a goalkeeper and a stopper first thing in the new season. It's hard to understand how such bad players play in billion Euro valued teams.

It is only people looking for extra excuses that will actually be using Bayindir as the scapegoat in this game, his first league start since coming into Manchester United club, his first start after an injury lay-off, he has every right to be panicked in every situation in the game. The person I personally blame was the manager. He brought in a new goalkeeper and still had to change the entire defense which wasn’t right. Had the defense be more stable like the ones Onana use to have then we will would have actually seen a better Bayindir.

Nonetheless Manchester United should already know that this two goal keepers aren’t what they need as their regular starters, in the summer they need to find someone worthy and then possibly sell off one of this current two goal keepers but for now I will say they should stick with Bayindir for the games because he deserved it in my opinion

[Obim34]

Do you guys actually think that this current unorganized Manchester United stands a chance against Newcastle? when we start to analyze how awful they have been game after game, you cannot completely point at one area that is entirely the problem of the team that if worked on can change things for the better, today it is a coaching thing and the next day it becomes an attacking thing, the keeper is bad in the next match and then after that the defenders makes some really bad decision that ends up crumbling things down really bad. the truth is that the team has gotten to a stage where it needs to be overhauled if they are in any way hoping that things will change for the better. if you change only Onana and leave the rest of the team, things might remain the way they currently are.

They should have replaced Onan a long time ago, but he should not be replaced with a reserve goalkeeper who spent the entire season on the bench, or was injured, because this will definitely not change anything for the better. There are really a lot of problems in Manchester United, and the team with Amorim has become even worse than with ten Hag, this is obvious, even the conflicts with Rashford at the very beginning showed that there will be no sense in such an approach. And Newcastle is now in excellent shape, they can potentially bypass Nottingham, it will be deserved.

It has become clearer to everyone that Manchester United's poor performance is not to be held on a single being for match lapses. It should held on the entire players who are not qualified enough to be in the squad of Manchester United.

To what I know best is, Amorim will be coaching to the best of their knowledge, and the team performance will still be the same, if the management of Manchester United didn't thought it wise to let go of all Manchester United players, to sign new players that will come afresh to build the team from scratch.

I thought the initial cause was Onana, we all see that the cause has been shifted to a more general accountability. Nobody should get a single blame for why Manchester United has been this bad, i barely want to speak about how they managed to last this long in Europa, it can be small teams they play and take advantage of meanwhile they are puppy playing in the Premier League run.
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I hope Onana leaves the club, he shouldn't be taken most blame when rest of players are fractured. Will be best to conclude after they play Lyon, what will be the result will tell, if they should lose then the season is over for them in a worst way they expected, poorly finishing in Premier League and losing the only opportunity they have to qualify for Champions League.

[baeva]

They should have replaced Onan a long time ago, but he should not be replaced with a reserve goalkeeper who spent the entire season on the bench, or was injured, because this will definitely not change anything for the better. There are really a lot of problems in Manchester United, and the team with Amorim has become even worse than with ten Hag, this is obvious, even the conflicts with Rashford at the very beginning showed that there will be no sense in such an approach. And Newcastle is now in excellent shape, they can potentially bypass Nottingham, it will be deserved.

Manchester United definitely need a replacement for Onana. But they need to find a more experienced goalkeeper. But I would say that Manchester United's defense is weak, what is the point of blaming Onana alone?

Manchester United needs to make big changes to the entire squad. This requires big funds. That is why Manchester United management is not able to make big changes to the squad. However, looking at the overall situation of Manchester United, it can be said for sure that if the overall squad is not changed, it is not possible for Manchester United to play well consistently.

It's a matter of time. When they change the squad completely, which is unlikely to happen quickly, the players will first have to play with each other and only then it will be possible to count on any results. In the current situation I don't think the problem is in the coach, but if the goal is changed, there might be improvements, but mostly I think the problem is in the management.

[Issa56]

I thought the initial cause was Onana, we all see that the cause has been shifted to a more general accountability. Nobody should get a single blame for why Manchester United has been this bad, i barely want to speak about how they managed to last this long in Europa, it can be small teams they play and take advantage of meanwhile they are puppy playing in the Premier League run.

All player’s in Manchester United are suppose to be blamed. Am also among people that do criticize Onana, but I guess the problem is not from Onana alone, i know Onana is also a horrible goal keeper, but their is no difference between Onana and Manchester United second goal keep. I just have the feeling that if Manchester United defense is so poor, if United are having a quality defenders then most of the balls that do get to Onana won’t really get to him again, just few well be get Onana.

[kawetsriyanto]

All player’s in Manchester United are suppose to be blamed. Am also among people that do criticize Onana, but I guess the problem is not from Onana alone, i know Onana is also a horrible goal keeper, but their is no difference between Onana and Manchester United second goal keep. I just have the feeling that if Manchester United defense is so poor, if United are having a quality defenders then most of the balls that do get to Onana won’t really get to him again, just few well be get Onana.

You're right. It is very wrong if we assume the problem is in the goalkeeper only. We must admit that Man United defense is so fragile. As long as Man United defenders are weak, there will be no goalkeeper to perform well in Man United. I don't understand that people only blame on Onana, they don't see a bigger problem on the defenders. Even if Man United changes Onana, the problem will never be solved as long as Man United never strengthen their defenders. Most of the defenders need to be changed, they deserve to put on the transfer list. Man United should rebuild the defense line totally with new stronger players. And they also need to change the strikers with better players as well. Also, I think the coach should take the responsibility for the bad performance of Man United. Amorim didn't apply a proper tactic and formation. That's why Newcastle easily defeated them with 4 goals. Amorim should also be blamed in this case. Don't only blame the players only!!

[bitLeap]

I thought the initial cause was Onana, we all see that the cause has been shifted to a more general accountability. Nobody should get a single blame for why Manchester United has been this bad, i barely want to speak about how they managed to last this long in Europa, it can be small teams they play and take advantage of meanwhile they are puppy playing in the Premier League run.

All player’s in Manchester United are suppose to be blamed. Am also among people that do criticize Onana, but I guess the problem is not from Onana alone, i know Onana is also a horrible goal keeper, but their is no difference between Onana and Manchester United second goal keep. I just have the feeling that if Manchester United defense is so poor, if United are having a quality defenders then most of the balls that do get to Onana won’t really get to him again, just few well be get Onana.

I also think so and indeed it should not only be Onana but more to all parties involved and deserve to be blamed. Starting from the head of Man United to the lower staff also deserve to be blamed. As far as I know Man United has become a club that is difficult to save, all means have been done starting from the coach and players but there is a much bigger problem where the club owner still does not show a serious response to convince the public to improve its management.

[Inwestour]

All player’s in Manchester United are suppose to be blamed. Am also among people that do criticize Onana, but I guess the problem is not from Onana alone, i know Onana is also a horrible goal keeper, but their is no difference between Onana and Manchester United second goal keep. I just have the feeling that if Manchester United defense is so poor, if United are having a quality defenders then most of the balls that do get to Onana won’t really get to him again, just few well be get Onana.

Well, if you compare Onana with a reserve goalkeeper, then Onana will not be so bad, but you understand that this is not a choice between good and bad, but between what is, it should not be like that, if they want to make Manchester United a good team, then they need an appropriate goalkeeper.

Why look for someone to blame if it is obvious that the team has a lot of problem positions, there are also those in defense who should be replaced, the most important thing is to start doing this, and not just talk, or replace them with players from the bench, because it is obvious that there are also weaker players there.