⚽ Premier League 2024/2025 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Razmirraz]

For some reason Man United players are performing way better against stronger teams, but when they play against a weaker team, their performance drops.

I think the major challenge that most Manchester United supporters have with the club currently is that their performance is very inconsistent and games that you expect them to win the end up not winning the game either losing it or picking up just a point. It is going to be very terrible for Manchester United if they continue like that this season considering that other teams have improved significantly including Chelsea with whom they were being compared with last season. Amorim will come under more pressure if he cannot deliver in their next game against newly promoted side Burnley.

It happened again, once again Manchester United lost points in the EPL after being held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham. Manchester United once again showed a less than optimal performance, their performance was not much different from last season. They had a chance to win this game, but Bruno Fernandes missed the penalty kick.

If their performance continues like this, Man United will again have difficulty breaking into the European Zone because other teams are starting to show their quality, especially since the EPL has so many strong teams that make the competition for the top 6 positions very competitive. Losing 5 points in the first two games of the season made Amorim need to make tactical changes in his squad, the 3-4-2-1 formation used when facing Fulham was very ineffective, the proof is that the only goal that prevented them from losing came from an own goal by a Fulham player.

[SatoPrincess]

Eze to Arsenal is indeed a dream come true for both player and the club fans. For me this is the most exciting transfer of the summer for Arsenal, I can’t measure the level of excitement I feel for this deal and the fact that Arsenal hijacked this transfer deal from their rivals Spurs just puts the icing on the cake lol.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Manchester City suffered an undeserved defeat against Tottenham at Etihad stadium. City played well and created enough chances, but with the goals conceded in the game, it broke their moral. The Gk, Trafford who isn't worth as a good backup goalkeeper made things worse. I feel Man city should intensify their pursuit for Donnarumma who will likely be a good goalkeeper for them; Trafford was really unprofessional in his performance.

The second goal City conceded was entirely Trafford's doings. I wonder how furious pep Guardiola felt after the match. Haaland and Marmoush made up the forward line playing an excellent football but neither of them scored in the game. Marmoush on the other hand wasted too many chances. The entire team is facing an instability in their games, so Pep Guardiola urgently need to find a better solution in goal and the forward area.

[Solodoski]

Eze to Arsenal is indeed a dream come true for both player and the club fans. For me this is the most exciting transfer of the summer for Arsenal, I can’t measure the level of excitement I feel for this deal and the fact that Arsenal hijacked this transfer deal from their rivals Spurs just puts the icing on the cake lol.

It's truly the most exciting deal and like you mentioned that the fact it was hijacked from spurs just put the icing on the cake. I think Eberechi Eze has always been destined to play for Arsenal and he is back at the team at the right time. I so much believe that this is the signing that takes Arsenal all the way to the trophy. I just can't wait for the end of the season and I think Arsenal really deserves it.

[Rockstarguy]

Chelsea is back on their feet but it doesnt mean that it won't be challenging for them, even with their victory against new castle they are currently at that third position on the league table. That epl is going to be very tough this season. They have Tottenham and arsenal to compete with. About palmer, he might not be a hundred percent right now, it is normal even for the best players to go through such phases

They won west ham. The thing is  that Chelsea and most Premier League teams are unpredictable this period and just like the way they struggled in winning their first game against crystal palace they could still be in a position like that probably in their next game soi think i wont say anything about Chelsea or any other team till they actually get to like match day 5 which can be said to be enough playing time and intro for the new players that signed and also for the new club that gained promotion to the top tier of English football.

It's too early to tell if any team is back to good performance or not. It is impressive to see Chelsea performing well as the season begins, but Chelsea has always been known as a team that is unstable.

 I just need Chelsea to go through a series of games first before I conclude about their performance this season. It will be a great achievement for Chelsea to improve their game this season because it is embarrassing for them to continue with this same unstable performance.

[Volgastallion]

Oh not again not again he said  (commercial meme)

Im talking about the Manchester United, they again made quite a good game against Arsenal in the first journey but when they have to face a low tier team like Fulham they play like always, an that is like shit.

Yesterday they were the same shit team as the previous seasons, so here we go again, the same team the same troubles.

[Sandra_hakeem]

Amorim is a terrible coach, there is no need to trust him. The club so should sack him immediately. He has managed 29 games with just 28 points, it's a shame anf his like should not be managing a club like Manchester United. His selection is very poor, with zero pattern of play.

Manchester United failed to win Fulham. Bruno should have taken advantage of the opportunity in the penalty awarded in the game -- it wasn't fair for an experienced player like him to miss a penalty at such a crucial time in the game.

However, the match was a promising one to watch with high-quality footballers, playing with counter attacks from both sides. United had an obligation to win the match but were so unlucky even with the good football the played, chances weren't converted into goals; the plan was to win the match and stand a chance to compete with other Big teams with 6 points already.This team certainly has to move forward starting from Bruno Fernandes. Basically he's the captain of the team and should be playing at his very best in all competitions.

[WatChe]

Eze to Arsenal is indeed a dream come true for both player and the club fans. For me this is the most exciting transfer of the summer for Arsenal, I can’t measure the level of excitement I feel for this deal and the fact that Arsenal hijacked this transfer deal from their rivals Spurs just puts the icing on the cake lol.

Arsenal got Eberechi Eze and that's no doubt a good deal but will that solve Arsenal problem of finishing second in EPL. The gunners have not won the title for last 22 years and for last three consecutive seasons they have finished second on points table. Arsenal so far has played 2 games and won both games without conceiving a goal but that's not something new. Arsenal do good in start of every season. The real test of Arsenal is whether they will maintain this form throughout this season.

[Danica22]

Manchester United failed to win Fulham. Bruno should have taken advantage of the opportunity in the penalty awarded in the game -- it wasn't fair for an experienced player like him to miss a penalty at such a crucial time in the game.

However, the match was a promising one to watch with high-quality footballers, playing with counter attacks from both sides. United had an obligation to win the match but were so unlucky even with the good football the played, chances weren't converted into goals; the plan was to win the match and stand a chance to compete with other Big teams with 6 points already.This team certainly has to move forward starting from Bruno Fernandes. Basically he's the captain of the team and should be playing at his very best in all competitions.

I am very disappointed  with Manchester united's performance. In the Arsenal vs United match, we saw a much better performance from Manchester united. United players were able to attack a lot but the team lost the match. But in the match against Fulham,  Manchester united's overall performance was weak. We did not see much attack from  United players. Fulham's overall gameplay was better than United's. Manchesterunited's performance this season also seems to be irregular like the previous season. We will not see Manchester United in the top four of the points table.

[Antotena]

Manchester City suffered an undeserved defeat against Tottenham at Etihad stadium. City played well and created enough chances, but with the goals conceded in the game, it broke their moral. The Gk, Trafford who isn't worth as a good backup goalkeeper made things worse. I feel Man city should intensify their pursuit for Donnarumma who will likely be a good goalkeeper for them; Trafford was really unprofessional in his performance.

The second goal City conceded was entirely Trafford's doings. I wonder how furious pep Guardiola felt after the match. Haaland and Marmoush made up the forward line playing an excellent football but neither of them scored in the game. Marmoush on the other hand wasted too many chances. The entire team is facing an instability in their games, so Pep Guardiola urgently need to find a better solution in goal and the forward area.

Chances that couldn't be converted to any goal, I will not call that any chances. They might have done well but 2 down goal in the first half is a big crime for a team like Manchester City that gave Wolves 4 good goals in one setting of a match. The way Tottenham made it easy despite the game hosted in Etihad proves the team isn't ready to win the league. Even Arsenal that are not doing well with performance are having good finish in their games than what Manchester City played during the weekend.

We are also quick to attack Trafford, he made his own error for that short pass but Manchester City back line was poor, out of all those players only Stones seems to be well equipped and experienced player in that line, the rest were just try and error. I guess Guardiola underestimated what Tottenham could do, they made it look like they weren't prepared at all, to make it worse it's their first Premier League match in Etihad and they blew it up like it's nothing.

[len01]

Fulham's overall gameplay was better than United's. Manchesterunited's performance this season also seems to be irregular like the previous season.

Fulham's performance wasn't much different from Man United's, and I watched the replay of the match and saw Man United create several scoring chances. But all of those chances were wasted, and even their best penalty shot was missed. Overall, I still rate Man United slightly better against Fulham yesterday. It's just that their attacking finishing was poor.

[pawel7777]

Hats off to Newcastle. They managed to recover from losing 0-2 to 2-2 by scoring two goals against the current Premier League Champions despite playing with 10 men after Gordon received a red card at the end of the first half.
Unfortunately for them, Liverpool scored another one at the 10th minute of stoppage time, so they haven't earned a single point, but it was still impressive. Their next 2 games should be easier (Leeds and Wolves) so they should be able to boost their league position up.

In the other game, Fulham tied with Man United 1-1. Both teams played on a similar level, which doesn't spark much hope for Man United's return to their greatness. If things don't improve significantly soon, the best they can hope is the middle of the table.

[Africolo]

Hats off to Newcastle. They managed to recover from losing 0-2 to 2-2 by scoring two goals against the current Premier League Champions despite playing with 10 men after Gordon received a red card at the end of the first half.
Unfortunately for them, Liverpool scored another one at the 10th minute of stoppage time, so they haven't earned a single point, but it was still impressive. Their next 2 games should be easier (Leeds and Wolves) so they should be able to boost their league position up.

They have themselves to blame  for today's loss, they were literally all over Liverpool from the get go and should have been up by 3 goals in the first half, they created the most chances and where the better team in the first half but couldn't utilize the chances. A red card, and 3 injuries and still managed to bottled it on the last minutes.

Losing the game is not the problem but losing 3 players to potential hamstring injury and a Red. That's 4 players out of their next game. Tough times ehhh?

[kawetsriyanto]

Hats off to Newcastle. They managed to recover from losing 0-2 to 2-2 by scoring two goals against the current Premier League Champions despite playing with 10 men after Gordon received a red card at the end of the first half.

It was a bad that Gordon received a red card in the first half, which seriously weakened Newcastle's strength. However, Newcastle didn't give up easily. Even with only 10 men, they managed to equalize after the red card, scoring two goals by the 88th minute. Arne Slot was already quite frustrated with this situation, as they were leading in every position, but the score was still a draw.

And with the 90+6 minute on the clock, Arne Slot changed tactics to a more aggressive style, bringing on another striker, Rio Ngumoha, to replace the midfielder. And just four minutes later, he managed to score the winning goal with an assist from Mohamed Salah. It was truly a tense match.

[Furious 7]

If their performance continues like this, Man United will again have difficulty breaking into the European Zone because other teams are starting to show their quality, especially since the EPL has so many strong teams that make the competition for the top 6 positions very competitive. Losing 5 points in the first two games of the season made Amorim need to make tactical changes in his squad, the 3-4-2-1 formation used when facing Fulham was very ineffective, the proof is that the only goal that prevented them from losing came from an own goal by a Fulham player.

Having the goal of reaching the Champions League or Europa League zone is certainly a good thing, but I think Manchester United's focus now should be on how to improve their defense and their blunt attack.

The standings will follow when their performance can be said to be good, but for now, it is clearly very difficult to achieve. Two of their matches ended unsatisfactorily, and they only managed to secure one point clearly not a good start for a club like Manchester United.

They have been given the necessary resources to acquire the players Amorim desires, but so far, their performance has yet to deliver anything worth celebrating.
If Manchester United continues in this manner, the circumstances they faced in recent seasons could very well repeat themselves this season.

[tsaroz]

Liverpool barely won against Newcastle to keep its all win journey. Liverpool took the lead with goals in 35th minute. Newcastle's Gordon got a VAR assisted red card at the end of the first half. Making Newcastle play half of the rest match with 10 players. Liverpool doubled the lead with Hugo Ekitike's goal. After that Newcastle came on attack and scored two goals to level the game.
Liverpool nearly missed a point against Newcastle and they were relived by the last minute goal in the injury time by substitute youngster Rio Ngumoha.
There are currently 3 teams with all wins in premier league and the top two contenders Liverpool and Arsenal would meet next proving who is better.

[el kaka22]

I was honestly not surprised seeing Chelsea beat westham with that number of goals in that match, and this is because before the game began, I had expected Chelsea to win the game by two or three goals, but fortunate enough for them, they added extra two goals which really is commendable, but it's also important we know that westham isn't a team that is in the same level with Chelsea, Chelsea is way higher and better in terms of performance.

And speaking of whether or not Chelsea will not lose any game all through this season, I would say it's unlikely, Chelsea will definitely at some point lose some games for sure, westham isn't the strongest of the team or club playing in this season, so the fact that Chelsea were able to defeat them shouldn't make us begin to see Chelsea as a mini-god that can't be beaten by other clubs.

After that terrible first game, it is definitely great that Chelsea had an easy win. They needed that one because it looked like they weren't going to be that great. This is important because they didn't win just with one or two goals, they scored five goals, and won in a dominating way. That shows that they are normally very good when they play like they are at their 100%.

Now they need to just fix the inconsistency of the team, and should be able to do a lot better. Spurs looks awesome meanwhile. They are two out of two, and they beat City on the last game, they looked strong against PSG as well. Nobody really expected them to have such kind of "turn the ship around" this quickly, look at United they are still failing. Spurs will be a team to look at this season.

[Coin_info]

There are currently 3 teams with all wins in premier league and the top two contenders Liverpool and Arsenal would meet next proving who is better.

Ignoring the injury concerns that Arsenal have going to that game, I still think they are favorites to win that game. The new signings that they have made make it possible to fill up those spaces that the injury to those players have left. With Arsenal's good attacking ability Liverpool have a lot to be concerned about in that game because if Arsenal are able to get a goal before they do trying to score Arsenal will be a very difficult because Arsenal defenses has been solid this season against top teams like Manchester United and even against Leeds.

Hugo Ekitike has had a good start to the Premier League, in the next game, he will face the best two CB's in the EPL since the last two seasons.

[Cryptmuster]

Liverpool barely won against Newcastle to keep its all win journey. Liverpool took the lead with goals in 35th minute. Newcastle's Gordon got a VAR assisted red card at the end of the first half. Making Newcastle play half of the rest match with 10 players. Liverpool doubled the lead with Hugo Ekitike's goal. After that Newcastle came on attack and scored two goals to level the game.
Liverpool nearly missed a point against Newcastle and they were relived by the last minute goal in the injury time by substitute youngster Rio Ngumoha.
There are currently 3 teams with all wins in premier league and the top two contenders Liverpool and Arsenal would meet next proving who is better.

Liverpool missed two goals again, and all that helps them win now is their good attacking play. Newcastle has only 1 point after two rounds, this is bad, but the opponents were also difficult. Despite all doubts, Liverpool continues to win, and I can classify Newcastle as a difficult opponent, a victory over which can be considered an important achievement. I expected a lot of goals in this match, but I doubted that Liverpool would be able to beat Newcastle away.

[SatoPrincess]

Chelsea for me has a really strong team, as well as having enough quality strikers. Joao Pedro was a really good buy because this is a very strong and promising player! He was their dragging force to the Club World Cup victory.
So Enzo Maresca should already be happy with his strikers. I had heard that Nkunku would leave Chelsea but no team seems to have made a concrete request

Unfortunately, Chelsea could only manage a draw in their first match against Crystal Palace, leaving them with only four points, but Chelsea are still in the top three of the Premier League this time.

On the other hand, I'm quite surprised by Tottenham's strong start to the season. At least, they are the only club other than Arsenal to win twice at the start of the season, placing them in the top two.

However, Tottenham have made very good and potential signings so far, such as Mohammed Kudus, Mathys Tel, Kevin Danso, Luka Vuskovic, and several other midfield players. The results have been quite promising. And now, Tottenham is rumored to be approaching Bayer Leverkusen center-back Piero Hincapié.

Source: Tottenham approach Bayer Leverkusen for Piero Hincapié with new proposal.

Tottenham have been impressive this season with back to back wins in the premier league even against Manchester City but are about to record back to back loses to Arsenal in the transfer window lol. As if losing Eberechi Eze to Arsenal wasn’t enough Spurs are gearing up for another loss if Arsenal win the race for Piero Hincaié’s signature.