⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Abbatty]

Last weekend games are some worth good and disappointing and at same time, my major concern is Liverpool, like those guys are not really doing what they are expected to do with the kind of money spent in the transfer market and they kind of quality players they've got also, they're not really impressive with their performance, I think they really have to step up their game if they're to win the English premier League title this season, and for Manchester United I think the problem of that team has gone beyond repair because we don't really know whom to blame in that team, I won't mention the players, but the manager and the management, they should better work on that team.

Honestly no one expect Liverpool to be winning narrowly every week, they have spent so much by what everyone was expecting they would be tearing premier league teams apart by now. We all saw how they struggled to beat a newly promoted burnley side this weekend. Something needs to change and I hope it start from the champions league.
I don’t even want to start lamenting on how so how much people lost their bet in this game, we expected goals and they only managed to score one and it was a penalty kick in the final minute.

And as for Manchester I would always say it the manager, well a lot put blamed on the players but for me it the manager. Wins comes when the players trust the manager and as it looks right now I don’t see that in Manchester United. Amorim is doing badly, he need to adjust, maybe from his formation and try to make things more easy for the players.

[SatoPrincess]

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

[Africolo]

Everything that keeps happening around Manchester United and the bad results the team keeps getting shows how clueless Amorim has been and yet he goes on acting arrogant like he knows what he is doing. I’m sure Zirkzee will be reconsidering his decision to stay at Manchester United past the summer.

Sesko is struggling and doesn't look fast enough to adapt to the league anytime soon, Cunha is injured. Zirkzee could use his chances but the problem is Amorim; he doesn't trust him enough to start him in games. He may cause things doesn't seem to be working with the manager except something changed before January.

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

They have one of the best defensive options in the league the problem is the system they're being played in; it's not working and nothing seems to be working at that club.

[TelolettOm]

In the Premier League's UEFA Champions League clash, Tottenham secured a 1-0 victory over Villarreal thanks to a goal-scoring effort from the goalkeeper, which proved to be the only goal of the game.

Meanwhile, Arsenal also secured a 2-0 victory over Athletic Club, retaining a clean sheet. This time, it was the players on the bench who scored as substitutes. Martinelli, who had just come on as a substitute for Eberechi Eze in the 71st minute, scored less than a minute after coming on. Trossard, who replaced Gyokeres in the 65th minute, also scored in the 87th minute, also assisted by Martinelli. Cool guys.

Source: FT: 0-2 to Arsenal

[Volgastallion]

Well at least Arsenal now is gonna have a few days of rest for their players plus the travel was short to Bilbao. SO i dont think they are gonna make so much rotation into the team, in the Totenham case we are in the same situation, but lets see how the coach manage the charge for the players, is one of the key questions on the season.

[SmartCharpa]

Everything that keeps happening around Manchester United and the bad results the team keeps getting shows how clueless Amorim has been and yet he goes on acting arrogant like he knows what he is doing. I’m sure Zirkzee will be reconsidering his decision to stay at Manchester United past the summer.

There is a notion that Amorim has only three games left to save his job as Manchester United manager; I'm not sure how true this is because Manchester United have a lot of trust in Amorim's ability to improve the team. Amorim should save his job by changing his tactics. Amorim is strong in believing that he can just change the team's formation, but they are still conceding goals.

To be honest; the majority of the players are going to reconsider their decision to leave or stay with the team next season. Zirkzee will be on the bench, but Amorim will not utilize him in a game where they need to score goals. He wants Manchester United to play possession games, which I believe will not help them survive in the Premier League, they must start creating opportunities, or they will finish below the table again this season.

[Sims25]

Everything that keeps happening around Manchester United and the bad results the team keeps getting shows how clueless Amorim has been and yet he goes on acting arrogant like he knows what he is doing. I’m sure Zirkzee will be reconsidering his decision to stay at Manchester United past the summer.

There is a notion that Amorim has only three games left to save his job as Manchester United manager; I'm not sure how true this is because Manchester United have a lot of trust in Amorim's ability to improve the team. Amorim should save his job by changing his tactics. Amorim is strong in believing that he can just change the team's formation, but they are still conceding goals.

To be honest; the majority of the players are going to reconsider their decision to leave or stay with the team next season. Zirkzee will be on the bench, but Amorim will not utilize him in a game where they need to score goals. He wants Manchester United to play possession games, which I believe will not help them survive in the Premier League, they must start creating opportunities, or they will finish below the table again this season.

While I believe Amorim should be sacked, I don't think there's any manager in the market right now that'll be willing to take up the job as a United manager.
OGS should have been given time to move forward with the team in my opinion.

[8rch7]

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

Exactly, big problem of Manchester United every season because weakness performed of defense and midfielder players, but many fans appointed underperformance of Andre Onana but watching last match defeated by Manchester City we know what biggest problem of Man United. Little surprising of Manchester United's transfer activities success signing three striker but not any signing of defense or midfielder position, can't predicting when Ruben Amorim improving his team performance after bad started in this season and still dropping at bottom standings awhile.
Actually Manchester United not participants at European tournament and only focus at domestic league matches but can't perform quite well regarding last several matches in premier league.

[Solodoski]

my major concern is Liverpool, like those guys are not really doing what they are expected to do with the kind of money spent in the transfer market and they kind of quality players they've got also, they're not really impressive with their performance, I think they really have to step up their game if they're to win the English premier League title this season

Most people believe Liverpool will just get a east ride to win the English Premier League, but I have never agreed with them,I not saying they can't win it, but it's not going to.as easy as some people predict it. I am glad to read your post, because I get to see someone that shares my view on Liverpool.
I have watch all of Liverpool match this season and I will say that I have not been impressed with the way they have played.  They have spent a lot of money and I expect more from them. I think they have been lucky in all their matches. They have got 12 points now, but that would have also just been 4 points for them too. They really need to get things together if they rely want to win the English Premier League this season.

[Amphenomenon]

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

Exactly, big problem of Manchester United every season because weakness performed of defense and midfielder players, but many fans appointed underperformance of Andre Onana but watching last match defeated by Manchester City we know what biggest problem of Man United. Little surprising of Manchester United's transfer activities success signing three striker but not any signing of defense or midfielder position, can't predicting when Ruben Amorim improving his team performance after bad started in this season and still dropping at bottom standings awhile.
Actually Manchester United not participants at European tournament and only focus at domestic league matches but can't perform quite well regarding last several matches in premier league.

Manchester United problems goes beyond Andre Onana. Although he was part of the problem looking at costly mistakes he do makes but Onana leaving is just one of the problems for them to sort out. Onana has lost confidence in United, afraid of making mistakes which even cost him to perform poorly more but maybe he can get his career back on track at his new club while United new signing won't face much pressure as Onana and thereby trying to improve  himself and this is if he actually decides to be humble.

Man United still need more changes to become better and hopefully Sesko and their attacks score the goals they need.

[SmartCharpa]

While I believe Amorim should be sacked, I don't think there's any manager in the market right now that'll be willing to take up the job as a United manager.
OGS should have been given time to move forward with the team in my opinion.

Nobody suggests that Amorim should be fired immediately, but he needs to make improvements to his game by changing his formation because the strategies he is using are doing nothing for the entire team. The players are having trouble adapting to the new style. Amorim also stated in the interview that he will never change his tactics; and I believe he is just trying to prove arrogant about the formation, which will not help Manchester United improve in any way.

However, the management fired Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but most of us didn't understand why the team failed to give him enough time to improve the team. Manchester United had plenty of top players under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tenure, but once he was fired and replaced by Ten Hag, they started selling the majority of their players, and Ten Hag misunderstanding with some of the players, which caused many to leave the team.

[el kaka22]

Amorim should be fired, not just because he is not a good coach or anything, he is good, but because he should be saved. Amorim being fired would be the best thing that happens to Amorim, dude was doing amazing at sporting, and look at him now.

United is a cursed team and they are not going to do good, and he hoped he would be good, but obviously he has done worse than any manager in history has done for United, so it is clear that he is not going to great and he should be saved and that would be a lot more important for him to eb fired so that he can go to another team eventually and do a lot better. We should be considering how he can do a better job. Lets hope that we can see him be saved from this agony soon enough.

[Agbe]

Amorim should be fired, not just because he is not a good coach or anything, he is good, but because he should be saved. Amorim being fired would be the best thing that happens to Amorim, dude was doing amazing at sporting, and look at him now.

United is a cursed team and they are not going to do good, and he hoped he would be good, but obviously he has done worse than any manager in history has done for United, so it is clear that he is not going to great and he should be saved and that would be a lot more important for him to eb fired so that he can go to another team eventually and do a lot better. We should be considering how he can do a better job. Lets hope that we can see him be saved from this agony soon enough.

For now Manchester United is a very big trap waiting for any manager who will come and handle the team because the truth is that United needs a total overhauling which the board is refusing to do. There is a popular saying that doing a team thesame way and expecting a different result is madness with the series of coaches that has been sacked in united the club hierarchy should by now know that the problem is not with the coach but the players.

[Egii Nna]

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

Exactly, big problem of Manchester United every season because weakness performed of defense and midfielder players, but many fans appointed underperformance of Andre Onana but watching last match defeated by Manchester City we know what biggest problem of Man United. Little surprising of Manchester United's transfer activities success signing three striker but not any signing of defense or midfielder position, can't predicting when Ruben Amorim improving his team performance after bad started in this season and still dropping at bottom standings awhile.
Actually Manchester United not participants at European tournament and only focus at domestic league matches but can't perform quite well regarding last several matches in premier league.

Manchester United’s issues are within the players, which is the midfield and the defenders, and the management and the coach are to be blamed. I don’t see the reason why they will sign more strikers without signing any midfielder or defenders. Although they are already seeing the results of their poor management, the team has become weak again. I am seeing others blaming the coach and saying they deserve to sack him, which, to me, they need to give him time to work on the team. If not, Manchester United’s reputation will be ruined, as they are not performing anymore, while there are only players in the domestic league.

[Issa56]

Manchester United problems goes beyond Andre Onana. Although he was part of the problem looking at costly mistakes he do makes but Onana leaving is just one of the problems for them to sort out.

Onana do make some crazy mistakes in matches, but I knew Onana wasn’t Manchester United problem alone. Everyone was blaming only Onana and they were ignoring other players, now Onana is no longer at Manchester United, and there is no improvement in Manchester United performance, Onana is now performing well at his new club.

It’s just obvious that Manchester United problem is beyond the coach, and players. We all can see how players do perform before they join Manchester United, but immediately they join United, their performance is always dropping, the same thing is applicable to their coaches. I don’t really know how Manchester united will solve their current problem, but even if they sack Amorim and come in with another coach, I don’t really think anything will change.

[Youngrebel]

Manchester United’s major problem is in defense and midfield, the team lacks solidity in  these areas of the pitch. Against Manchester City United didn’t show any form of confidence in their play, they could barely even defend properly and conceded three goals. It’s a shame that up till now the so called philosophy of Amorim is not effective and is causing more damage to the club than good.

Exactly, big problem of Manchester United every season because weakness performed of defense and midfielder players, but many fans appointed underperformance of Andre Onana but watching last match defeated by Manchester City we know what biggest problem of Man United. Little surprising of Manchester United's transfer activities success signing three striker but not any signing of defense or midfielder position, can't predicting when Ruben Amorim improving his team performance after bad started in this season and still dropping at bottom standings awhile.
Actually Manchester United not participants at European tournament and only focus at domestic league matches but can't perform quite well regarding last several matches in premier league.

Manchester United’s issues are within the players, which is the midfield and the defenders, and the management and the coach are to be blamed. I don’t see the reason why they will sign more strikers without signing any midfielder or defenders. Although they are already seeing the results of their poor management, the team has become weak again. I am seeing others blaming the coach and saying they deserve to sack him, which, to me, they need to give him time to work on the team. If not, Manchester United’s reputation will be ruined, as they are not performing anymore, while there are only players in the domestic league.

Those are the major things in any club and from what you have mentioned it is the whole team is to be blamed. The two left and right wings are to always give ball to the center which are the strikers and it is the duty of the central players (strikers) to score goals and that is where assisting comes from the left and right. And once the strikers are not good then defense would face pressure and when the defense can't face the pressure the goalkeeper has to face the consequences.
It is the duty of the management to select a good Coach for the team and in turn the coach need to know more of his players. And the players have to do their best to make the fans proud. And so far from the performance of the team, I don't think the problem of the Manchester United is from the coach but the players.

[Oluwa-btc]

Meanwhile, Arsenal also secured a 2-0 victory over Athletic Club, retaining a clean sheet. This time, it was the players on the bench who scored as substitutes. Martinelli, who had just come on as a substitute for Eberechi Eze in the 71st minute, scored less than a minute after coming on. Trossard, who replaced Gyokeres in the 65th minute, also scored in the 87th minute, also assisted by Martinelli. Cool guys.

Source: FT: 0-2 to Arsenal

I love the confidence that comes with scoring goals,  now Martinelli and Trossad who both assisted and scored yesterday night should be buzzing in the right confidence ahead of the fixtures against Manchester City.  David Raya also has not just been good in the Premier League Competition but also the Champions League Competition. He kept his cool and also had a clean slate as they prepare for Manchester City at home. But City would be though, I expect goals.

[red4slash]

Everything that keeps happening around Manchester United and the bad results the team keeps getting shows how clueless Amorim has been and yet he goes on acting arrogant like he knows what he is doing. I’m sure Zirkzee will be reconsidering his decision to stay at Manchester United past the summer.

Sesko is struggling and doesn't look fast enough to adapt to the league anytime soon, Cunha is injured. Zirkzee could use his chances but the problem is Amorim; he doesn't trust him enough to start him in games. He may cause things doesn't seem to be working with the manager except something changed before January.

But seeing this situation, I am not surprised when the club in question is Manchester United. What I mean is that players have come and gone at Old Trafford in recent seasons, and based on their abilities, they seemed capable of improving Manchester United, but ended up failing. The same is true now. Although it is not fair to say that they have failed based on just a few games, it does take a long time to adapt before the situation can improve.

Currently, the arrival of new players in the attacking line has not yet had a significant impact on Manchester United's drought.

The hope remains the same, that new players such as Sesko, Mbeumo, or even Cunha can return to their previous club's form to lift Manchester United's performance to a higher level, as there are still very high expectations for them at this time.             

[Agbe]

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Onana do make some crazy mistakes in matches, but I knew Onana wasn’t Manchester United problem alone. Everyone was blaming only Onana and they were ignoring other players, now Onana is no longer at Manchester United, and there is no improvement in Manchester United performance, Onana is now performing well at his new club.

It’s just obvious that Manchester United problem is beyond the coach, and players. We all can see how players do perform before they join Manchester United, but immediately they join United, their performance is always dropping, the same thing is applicable to their coaches. I don’t really know how Manchester united will solve their current problem, but even if they sack Amorim and come in with another coach, I don’t really think anything will change.

That is true now that Onana is gone and they are still conceiving three goals in one match who is next scape goat that will face all the blame maybe the new goal keeper, the truth is that all the departments in Manchester United is bad and should improve because Manchester United players are performing below average and the worst is that they are not showing any signs of improvement Manchester United management should have brought more players to strengthen their squad because the players that were brought in to the club were enough.

[pawel7777]

Speculations over the future of Ruben Amorim and whether or not he will be sacked continue.
Today, the Sun revealed that should Man United decide to part ways with him, the cost of that will be huge, because of the severance they would have to pay him if they sacked him before November:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/36734981/ruben-amorim-man-utd-sack-cost-revealed-november-1/

As per the article, if that happened, he would get paid £12 million ($16.4m). This is not a trivial amount even for a wealthy club like Man United.
So I think he's safe for at least 1.5 months.