⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Judith87403]

Arsenal defeat to Bournemouth because they lost in the first leg of the UCL, Arteta had to sacrifice the EPL match to maintain the fitness of the players in the UCL. Literally, the defeat had a big impact on their morale, but on the other hand, they were very motivated to win the second leg of the UCL. Arsenal need just a few more points to secure a place in next season's Champions League, but if they win the trophy they will qualify automatically even if they finish outside the top five.

I don't think Arsenal was defeated due to the first leg of the Champions League they lost against PSG. If Arsenal didn't want to put effort into the game against Bournemouth, I am confident they weren't going to start with their first XI. I checked Arsenal squad when they were playing against Bournemouth, and I discovered that every player they were going to use in the Champions League started the match, except Timber, who wasn't available in the Premier League game. Arsenal only lost because they did not perform well enough to get a point.

Actually i think @ reagansimms May be right when he said that Arsenal was defeated due to their lost against PSG in the UEFA champions league, because i feel that the champions league match is more important for arteta than any other match even for the players as well so losing their first leg was something they never thought nor imagine that it will happen i think that could  be the reason of the sudden change of performance against bournemouth, this was exactly what liverpool went through after PSG got them eliminated in the UEFA champions league and this same PSG also got Aston villa eliminated.........and now they're about to eliminate arsenal as well, as it stands there's no much hope for arsenal because they have one leg in and the other leg out, I just wish they make it in this thier returning leg.

[BIT-BENDER]

Nottingham Forest hopes for a spot in next seasons UEFA champions league is slowly slipping away, yes they do deserve all the credit because it is absolutely incredible for them to be in the conversation in the first place with how shallow their squad is.
They had the up hand for a good part of the season but looks to have taken their foot off the gas.
I think it would still be a good season for Nottingham Forest if they make it to any other European competion aside from the champions league.
They have Leicester next, they should defeat them then West Ham and Chelsea are their last two games.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Nottingham Forest hopes for a spot in next seasons UEFA champions league is slowly slipping away, yes they do deserve all the credit because it is absolutely incredible for them to be in the conversation in the first place with how shallow their squad is.
They had the up hand for a good part of the season but looks to have taken their foot off the gas.
I think it would still be a good season for Nottingham Forest if they make it to any other European competion aside from the champions league.
They have Leicester next, they should defeat them then West Ham and Chelsea are their last two games.

The match between Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace ended in a 1-1 draw. The match was very competitive and especially the penalty decisions were controversial. Although the first half of the match was goalless, it got more lively in the second half. Crystal Palace had a slight advantage in possession and shooting statistics, but Nottingham Forest were effective with their defensive discipline and counter-attacks.

Nottingham Forest had some good wins during the season and even managed to beat the best teams in the league, but they could not get good points in their last five games.

[Adbitco]

Only Man United fans hoped that signing Amorim will change things immediately, a neutral fan would have known its impossible with the United current Squad and their other issues. The problem of United goes beyond bad signings, it’s not that most of their players are poor but the team spirit is poor, they need to build as a team and bring players that will fight for the badge. Sometimes it’s good to be a stubborn coach and most times it isn’t, Check the players who left United on loan or outright buying they’re doing well in their various clubs that is to say the system at United is not working. The coach has to apply what works in order to progress and have a cordial relationship with players. Look at Arne Slot and his boys or Hansi Flick and barça boys, as a coach you have to do more than just tell players how to play. Most players play for the trust placed on them by their coach and not only for the Badge. If as a coach you’re adding to the pressure of players you wouldn’t get the desired results.

Lol, well maybe they felt it was because Ten Hang wasn't doing very well and it true though and you wouldn't blame them for thinking that Amorim will bring instant changes after all he was doing marvelously well in Sporting and he had a lot of good records back there, so it wouldn't be totally out of place for some of the fans to feel that he was going to bring that instant changes. Although the squad is coming and some players are finding their feet again, just take a look at Harry Maguire he has improved more than the way he was a while ago.

[tiCeR]

It is unfortunate that Manchester United have to suffer and struggle so much this season, we hoped Amorim will bring the change immediately at arrival but we will have to wait a bit longer probably until next season to really evaluate his performance. This transfer window will help him rebuild and restructure the team to be better and stronger.

There wasn't much he could do to fix this team. In my opinion, the previous coaches made terrible signings. I don't know what their main objective was, but from what I could see, there are a lot of players who came to Manchester United and weren't playing well, and when they left Manchester United they started playing well again.

Maybe the high level of pressure they were under at Manchester United made them play badly. The coach will need to make good signings if they want to fight for the title. With this current squad they have no chance, so I don't know what they're going to do with the current players.

Only Man United fans hoped that signing Amorim will change things immediately, a neutral fan would have known its impossible with the United current Squad and their other issues. The problem of United goes beyond bad signings, it’s not that most of their players are poor but the team spirit is poor, they need to build as a team and bring players that will fight for the badge. Sometimes it’s good to be a stubborn coach and most times it isn’t, Check the players who left United on loan or outright buying they’re doing well in their various clubs that is to say the system at United is not working. The coach has to apply what works in order to progress and have a cordial relationship with players. Look at Arne Slot and his boys or Hansi Flick and barça boys, as a coach you have to do more than just tell players how to play. Most players play for the trust placed on them by their coach and not only for the Badge. If as a coach you’re adding to the pressure of players you wouldn’t get the desired results.

Every time I see drama enfolding at Manchester United, I ask myself what would have happened at the end of this season if Amorim had been eliminated from the EL like weeks ago. Now he is still playing for CL qualification and of course a big title. That would cover all the issues up for the fans. But how would the Manchester United bosses have reacted if they finished the season as 15th or worse (and worse can easily happen) and made this big move paying for Amorim, firing ten Hag and play the worst season in history? It is probably the worst season in decades.

It must have been a relief to see how that game against Bilbao panned out for them because it is more difficult for them to screw it than to go to the final now.

Now all the buzz around the EL makes fans forget what is actually going on. They are 2 points ahead of 17th in the PL and haven't won a game there since the middle of March. I don't know how the management would have responded to this if they had nothing to look forward to. They can argue that Amorim couldn't change it all at once within weeks, which is true, but making things even worse is definitely not what they were hoping for when they paid a fee for him. Now he knows he can justify it all with the EL title.

[sana54210]

The match between Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace ended in a 1-1 draw. The match was very competitive and especially the penalty decisions were controversial. Although the first half of the match was goalless, it got more lively in the second half. Crystal Palace had a slight advantage in possession and shooting statistics, but Nottingham Forest were effective with their defensive discipline and counter-attacks.

Nottingham Forest had some good wins during the season and even managed to beat the best teams in the league, but they could not get good points in their last five games.

Last 6 games Nottingham Forest is having just 4 points which making things worst for them, and they are going to lose their hard work which they have done throughout this season for having spot into top ranks.
Now they are at 6th spot with 61 points 2 points behind Newcastle United and Chelsea which are going to face each other in next round which is big advantage for Nottingham, but they have to give their best in remaining matches for keeping their hopes alive for having Champions League spot.

Aston Villa visiting Bournemouth and Manchester City is visiting Southampton this could be interesting time just 3 matches remaining and teams are giving their best, but Nottingham is surely failed to keep momentum due to pressure which is keeping them for having not their best in last few games.

[Catenaccio]

The match between Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace ended in a 1-1 draw. The match was very competitive and especially the penalty decisions were controversial. Although the first half of the match was goalless, it got more lively in the second half. Crystal Palace had a slight advantage in possession and shooting statistics, but Nottingham Forest were effective with their defensive discipline and counter-attacks.

A draw at this moment during a very tough competition with many other clubs is truly a disappointed result for Nottingham Forest. Generally Nottingham Forest already did their performances very impressively in this season and it's still very big surprise that they manage to compete for fourth and fifth position in Premier League when the season coming to its last three match days.

Last 6 games Nottingham Forest is having just 4 points which making things worst for them, and they are going to lose their hard work which they have done throughout this season for having spot into top ranks.
Now they are at 6th spot with 61 points 2 points behind Newcastle United and Chelsea which are going to face each other in next round which is big advantage for Nottingham, but they have to give their best in remaining matches for keeping their hopes alive for having Champions League spot.

With three remaining matches, Nottingham Forest will have both opportunity and risk which will decide their rank at the season ending. There are opportunities for them to overtake a fifth or fourth position that temporary is held by Chelsea and Newcastle United. There are also risks for bad results in those matches that will affect their rank like even lower than their temporary sixth position. They can fall down to a seventh position and maybe will finish this season without any slot to UEFA Conference League, not yet talking about Europa League or Champions League.

[Adiljutt156]

Arsenal lost both in the league and the Champions League.
I don't think this point loss and defeat is good for Arsenal because they could have found morale in this match.

Aston Villa won today, if they continue like this they can participate in European cups if they rise to the upper ranks.

With 3 remaining matches and Arsenal wouldn't be able to win it that possible their 2nd position will shift to Manchester City and Newcastle. This is a pretty embarrassing thing, because Arsenal is always steady play previously, they seem lost control and can not adapt well at the end of season. The opponent already know well how Arteta strategy, and they know very well how to overcome defender, and how to dispel Saka. I don't know what wrong with this, The strategy is look recurrent weakness. This is why arsenal never won a trophy because their strategy can easily be read, and Arteta couldn't improve it on every match.

Arsenal football team will play next match against Paris Saint-Germain football team and that will be two sided match because Arsenal football team head to head performance is very well and that team won the 2 matches from 3 matches which they played against each other and 2 matches were ended with draw result. The overall performance of both teams is just like other , so we can expect good competition between these two teams.Manchester City football team will play next match against Southampton team and we will see one sided match because Manchester City is top quality team as comparison to Southampton team and we will see more goals from players of Manchester City football team.

[Zackz5000]

It is unfortunate that Manchester United have to suffer and struggle so much this season, we hoped Amorim will bring the change immediately at arrival but we will have to wait a bit longer probably until next season to really evaluate his performance. This transfer window will help him rebuild and restructure the team to be better and stronger.

There wasn't much he could do to fix this team. In my opinion, the previous coaches made terrible signings. I don't know what their main objective was, but from what I could see, there are a lot of players who came to Manchester United and weren't playing well, and when they left Manchester United they started playing well again.

Maybe the high level of pressure they were under at Manchester United made them play badly. The coach will need to make good signings if they want to fight for the title. With this current squad they have no chance, so I don't know what they're going to do with the current players.

Only Man United fans hoped that signing Amorim will change things immediately, a neutral fan would have known its impossible with the United current Squad and their other issues. The problem of United goes beyond bad signings, it’s not that most of their players are poor but the team spirit is poor, they need to build as a team and bring players that will fight for the badge. Sometimes it’s good to be a stubborn coach and most times it isn’t, Check the players who left United on loan or outright buying they’re doing well in their various clubs that is to say the system at United is not working. The coach has to apply what works in order to progress and have a cordial relationship with players. Look at Arne Slot and his boys or Hansi Flick and barça boys, as a coach you have to do more than just tell players how to play. Most players play for the trust placed on them by their coach and not only for the Badge. If as a coach you’re adding to the pressure of players you wouldn’t get the desired results.

I can't really tell what's Manchester United problem though some persons thought Amorim will change Manchester United playing system but the worst still happened though for me i can't really blame the couch I will say that Manchester United lack some tactical players if they can bring some Better players next season I believe that Manchester United will perform well.

Currently Manchester United is doing well outside their domestic league their one leg is already in the Europa league final if Amorim wins it for Manchester United he will be included in Manchester United best couch Because winning the UEFA Europa league will make Manchester United play UEFA Champions league again despite not finishing among the top 4 teams in the English premier league.

[Velvet78]

By the way Manchester City are really coming for that 2nd position.    Just look at the comparison of their and Arsenal's form graphs:

Manchester City: 4W 1D

Arsenal: 1W 3D 1L

The gap is only 3 points while there are still 3 games to be played. Guardiola's students have a much easier schedule ahead as well. Arsenal still have to play against Liverpool and Newcastle. Honestly I call this a big improvement for the Manchester team in the 2nd part of the season.

[Marvell1]

I knew that Chelsea was going to have a better performance in that game because recently their defense has improved, and considering that they still have something to play for in the league I knew that they would take the game more seriously than Liverpool was going to do so. Liverpool were playing Arsenal next and with the recent drop in form of Arsenal I'm a little skeptical about how they will perform in that game because they need the points actually if they intend to stay second place and secure their place in the Champions League next season.

Liverpool are already Premier League champions. So Liverpool players are not feeling any pressure now. Looking at Liverpool's performance against Chelsea, I don't think Liverpool wants to win the match. Liverpool would have been happy to draw and that was their target. But Liverpool lost 3-1.
You are right that Chelsea's overall performance is very good now. We can see the improvement in Chelsea's defense in particular. Chelsea will continue to fight until the end of the season to qualify for the Champions League. However, it will be difficult to continue the winning streak against Newcastle, Manchester United and Nottingham Forest.

[Zaguru12]

Nottingham Forest hopes for a spot in next seasons UEFA champions league is slowly slipping away, yes they do deserve all the credit because it is absolutely incredible for them to be in the conversation in the first place with how shallow their squad is.
They had the up hand for a good part of the season but looks to have taken their foot off the gas.
I think it would still be a good season for Nottingham Forest if they make it to any other European competion aside from the champions league.
They have Leicester next, they should defeat them then West Ham and Chelsea are their last two games.

Seriously Nottingham Forest qualification is seriously hanging by a thread they are two points behind Chelsea who occupies the last spot for the champions league but the scary thing is they are just one point above Aston Villa which is another huge problem for them considering that any loss they will drop off. Nottingham Forest in my opinion shouldn’t even be in the top four contention at this stage of the season not until they dragged themselves into it. The loss to Everton and Brentford really did them this hard.

Although they still have the chance of qualifying by simply winning all their remaining matches because the game between Chelsea and Newcastle will definitely see one or both teams dropping points and then they have another chance again when they play Chelsea in the last game of the season. If they can get themselves up in this last three matches and win all they will definitely qualify

[WatChe]

Seriously Nottingham Forest qualification is seriously hanging by a thread they are two points behind Chelsea who occupies the last spot for the champions league but the scary thing is they are just one point above Aston Villa which is another huge problem for them considering that any loss they will drop off. Nottingham Forest in my opinion shouldn’t even be in the top four contention at this stage of the season not until they dragged themselves into it. The loss to Everton and Brentford really did them this hard.

Although they still have the chance of qualifying by simply winning all their remaining matches because the game between Chelsea and Newcastle will definitely see one or both teams dropping points and then they have another chance again when they play Chelsea in the last game of the season. If they can get themselves up in this last three matches and win all they will definitely qualify

Look at performance of Nottingham forest in their last 5 games, three loses, one win and a draw. All teams are giving their best at this stage to qualify for upcoming UCL while forest is giving away points. They are still in the contest but with such performance in remaining 3 games won't help them in qualifying for next UCL. Today Nottingham forest lost a vital opportunity to grab 3 points and move to number 4 or 5 position. Now there are three games left for forest and they must all of them if they really want to play the upcoming UCL.

[Juse14]

Nottingham Forest hopes for a spot in next seasons UEFA champions league is slowly slipping away, yes they do deserve all the credit because it is absolutely incredible for them to be in the conversation in the first place with how shallow their squad is.
They had the up hand for a good part of the season but looks to have taken their foot off the gas.
I think it would still be a good season for Nottingham Forest if they make it to any other European competion aside from the champions league.
They have Leicester next, they should defeat them then West Ham and Chelsea are their last two games.

Only getting a total of 4 points from the last 5 matches they have played, Nottingham Forest is currently facing a pretty bad week. However, even so, there is still hope for them to be able to appear in the champions league next season, although the possibility is quite small.

Nottingham Forest still has 3 more matches left, if they manage to beat Leicester City and West Ham for week 36 and week 36, and in the last match they are able to win over Chelsea, then Nottingham Forest will finish in 5th position and get a ticket to the champions league next season.

Nottingham Forest has performed quite well for this season, so I want the best results for the team. and if the scenario I mentioned is not achieved, I hope Nottingham Forest still gets a place in the UEFA Europa League next season.

[AirtelBuzz]

Arsenal football team will play next match against Paris Saint-Germain football team and that will be two sided match because Arsenal football team head to head performance is very well and that team won the 2 matches from 3 matches which they played against each other and 2 matches were ended with draw result. The overall performance of both teams is just like other , so we can expect good competition between these two teams.

It is determined that Arsenal FC will play their next match against the Parisians, and even this exciting match between them will be a UEFA Champions League match. Indeed on paper the English club was universally accepted but Paris Saint-Germain were able to win the match on their own qualifications. Personally my first choice for betting in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League is Paris Saint-Germain because this team has hidden talent that they have already started to show.

Manchester City football team will play next match against Southampton team and we will see one sided match because Manchester City is top quality team as comparison to Southampton team and we will see more goals from players of Manchester City football team.

This might be a very ordinary match for Manchester City Club and it's even going to be a one-sided match, so it's safe to say that Southampton won't be able to make an impact in this match. We have some very exciting statistics for this team as these two teams have met each other 39 times, out of which the city giants have won 23 times.

[IceLincoln]

Nottingham Forest hopes for a spot in next seasons UEFA champions league is slowly slipping away, yes they do deserve all the credit because it is absolutely incredible for them to be in the conversation in the first place with how shallow their squad is.
They had the up hand for a good part of the season but looks to have taken their foot off the gas.
I think it would still be a good season for Nottingham Forest if they make it to any other European competion aside from the champions league.
They have Leicester next, they should defeat them then West Ham and Chelsea are their last two games.

Nottingham Forest really started slow then picked form took the league by surprise and stayed at the top for a while, gave Liverpool their first defeat, first team to take points home and away off Liverpool. They were really on a cruise but somehow it seems the fire has gone down or maybe they’re exhausted and can’t hold on, this is where good management comes in, the end of the season is always the toughest of times and they’re out of gas. They need to go back and refuel, revive themselves if they want to qualify for European competition this season to mark this wonderful season run they had. At a time I never thought they’ll go below the fourth position but here we are and they still have tough matches ahead.
It’ll be good to see them in Europe next season.

[tiCeR]

Nottingham Forest hopes for a spot in next seasons UEFA champions league is slowly slipping away, yes they do deserve all the credit because it is absolutely incredible for them to be in the conversation in the first place with how shallow their squad is.
They had the up hand for a good part of the season but looks to have taken their foot off the gas.
I think it would still be a good season for Nottingham Forest if they make it to any other European competion aside from the champions league.
They have Leicester next, they should defeat them then West Ham and Chelsea are their last two games.

Nottingham Forest really started slow then picked form took the league by surprise and stayed at the top for a while, gave Liverpool their first defeat, first team to take points home and away off Liverpool. They were really on a cruise but somehow it seems the fire has gone down or maybe they’re exhausted and can’t hold on, this is where good management comes in, the end of the season is always the toughest of times and they’re out of gas. They need to go back and refuel, revive themselves if they want to qualify for European competition this season to mark this wonderful season run they had. At a time I never thought they’ll go below the fourth position but here we are and they still have tough matches ahead.
It’ll be good to see them in Europe next season.

It should be remembered that Nottingham Forest had a lot of low margin wins where they were just one goal ahead and t could have ended in a draw, but ended with a win for them. Except for a few games like the one against Brighton where they won with 7 goals scored I think, it was often times something like 1-0 or 2-1. If a team plays many games with close results, the risk is that the streak at some point turns against them and games do not end in a close win, but in a draw. Luck hasn't been with Nottingham Forest recently and besides those important points they also began losing confidence. They somehow couldn't maintain a lead until the end or they were not playing as well in their defense. This will most likely now cost them the CL qualification.

[qurbanshah02]

Nottingham Forest hopes for a spot in next seasons UEFA champions league is slowly slipping away, yes they do deserve all the credit because it is absolutely incredible for them to be in the conversation in the first place with how shallow their squad is.
They had the up hand for a good part of the season but looks to have taken their foot off the gas.
I think it would still be a good season for Nottingham Forest if they make it to any other European competion aside from the champions league.
They have Leicester next, they should defeat them then West Ham and Chelsea are their last two games.

Nottingham Forest really started slow then picked form took the league by surprise and stayed at the top for a while, gave Liverpool their first defeat, first team to take points home and away off Liverpool. They were really on a cruise but somehow it seems the fire has gone down or maybe they’re exhausted and can’t hold on, this is where good management comes in, the end of the season is always the toughest of times and they’re out of gas. They need to go back and refuel, revive themselves if they want to qualify for European competition this season to mark this wonderful season run they had. At a time I never thought they’ll go below the fourth position but here we are and they still have tough matches ahead.
It’ll be good to see them in Europe next season.

They did not know how to play well in the league. They had the opportunity when they were at the top. They should have play like this in their matches. Their strength would have been great than Liverpool. But Liverpool' luck in this league became much easier when they were in first position for a long time because no strong team play well compare to them due to which they won this league very easily. They do not have the strong and strength of play that would allow them to participate in the European league. If their team strength was in some credibility and points in this league they could have participate in the European league in which they could have achieved some successes again. They have destroyed themselves in this because if they had played well they would not have suffered this loss while they were in a good position. They had to go further up but they will be defeat in this league by become weak.

[Coyster]

Nottingham Forest has performed quite well for this season, so I want the best results for the team. and if the scenario I mentioned is not achieved, I hope Nottingham Forest still gets a place in the UEFA Europa League next season.

A lot of the nuetrals want Nottingham Forest to finish in the top 5, because of how well they have performed all season, it would prolly be cruel if they do not get a CL spot after what they have done this season. That said, i doubt if they will be able to achieve it, they have to play Chelsea on the final day, and i am sure that fixture will have a lot to play if they are going to play CL football next season or not. This top five race is so entertaining, and it will only be decided on the final day of the season, we would see how things pan out.

[Volgastallion]

I was hoping to see Nothigham Forest into the top 5 but sadly it seems like they are gonna have to fight until the last drop for it.

They still have it in their hands because if we look into the calendar they play the last match for the 38 Round against Chelsea, so if they win all 3 games they are gonna be in Champions League.