⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Tmoonz]

Premier league is the only major league which has neck to neck battle till the last days to decide the winner as well the ones getting to top 5 places for champions league and Europa league. The current lead of Arsenal this early in the league is surprising and would be a great job to hold the lead to the final days. The favorable thing for Arsenal is the teams in 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions are not exactly their competitor. Another team that is in the run for title is Manchester City which is 6 points behind and their most fierce competitor Liverpool is 7 points behind.
Sunderland has done amazing job winning but I don't think they can keep it till the end. Bournemouth and Tottenham have just played easier teams.

Those three are teams that would have a sudden breakout from there various places because I also think that two other different clubs are the ones that will be in much competition not now but later they will. Crystal Palace is on 2:0 to Liverpool, if Crystal Palace win this match is going to be the most opposite and Irony match of the day, but why is everybody claiming victory on Liverpool recently after all the good names? . Arsenal is on 1:0 after they nearly got few early goals from Brighton because this wasn't an intimidating match for Brighton with what there performance is.

Smiles bro it seems you don't know Manchester United too well in terms of competing for the title like make your research no team will wish for Manchester United to be at their back when it comes for the title race, yes I agree with you on the Sunderland and Co but you see Manchester United bro no team wish for them to be behind them in the title race, and for Manchester City and Liverpool you never can right them off just like that remember the league is still very much fresh and they might get back to their normal form and when they do bro it's gonna be a massive competition for the Gunners.

[Solodoski]

And we have another embarrassing loss by Liverpool in the Carabao Cup.
Arne Slot took a bit of a gamble here. He decided to prioritise Saturday's game against Aston Villa and rested his first squad. The second suit players failed to deliver and the result is a 0-3 loss in front of the home crowd.

Other top clubs didn't disappoint. Man City struggled a bit in the first half against Swansea, but they pressed harder on the gas pedal in the 2nd and won 3-1.

I really don't understand what is going on in Arne Slot's head, because I still don't understand why he will rest all his first team and end up with such embarrassing loss. He should have known how Liverpool has struggled against Crystal Palace lately and still decide to field such team.
Liverpool is really in a mess right now and I don't think Slot is doing anything to get them out of it, rather he is making the situation worse. When a team keeps losing, they begun to lose confident in themselves,  so Slot needs to find a wat to start winning to boost the confidence of the team, all else we will still see more embarrassing scoreline against Liverpool.

[Velvet78]

There ya my friend. I was just thinkin bout how you feel recently.
Yes, upfront Liverpool and Manchester City look more dangerous than Arsenal.
I hear people say the Arsenal team dont score goals from open play, but yesterday they scored 2 goals from open play.

But you can't win games comfortably if your defense is in bad shape...    Liverpool are experiencing this problem. You just can't concede as many as you score. This is a high alert situation.

Manchester City had better be grateful enough for Haaland. He carries like a ~66% goal load of his team in the Premier League.

Arteta was criticized right before this game about open play by the way.    But they have really scored a significant amount of goals from set pieces.

[Bitcoin_people]

And we have another embarrassing loss by Liverpool in the Carabao Cup.
Arne Slot took a bit of a gamble here. He decided to prioritise Saturday's game against Aston Villa and rested his first squad. The second suit players failed to deliver and the result is a 0-3 loss in front of the home crowd.

Other top clubs didn't disappoint. Man City struggled a bit in the first half against Swansea, but they pressed harder on the gas pedal in the 2nd and won 3-1.

I really don't understand what is going on in Arne Slot's head, because I still don't understand why he will rest all his first team and end up with such embarrassing loss. He should have known how Liverpool has struggled against Crystal Palace lately and still decide to field such team.
Liverpool is really in a mess right now and I don't think Slot is doing anything to get them out of it, rather he is making the situation worse. When a team keeps losing, they begun to lose confident in themselves,  so Slot needs to find a wat to start winning to boost the confidence of the team, all else we will still see more embarrassing scoreline against Liverpool.

This season, many people are losing confidence in Liverpool, a strong team will perform so badly this season, which is beyond imagination. We are constantly seeing that the team is not improving, but their performance is deteriorating day by day. The way the team is losing their matches and losing points at the moment, the players in the team are also losing confidence in them. If a team has to regain confidence, then of course a good coach's leadership and good strategy are needed. If they are not able to win with good strategy, then Liverpool will definitely have their worst season by the end of the season. This season is really a shame for Liverpool that they have such a bad performance in every match, but the coach must try his best to restore their confidence and bring victory through strategy.

[Byebyebtc]

There ya my friend. I was just thinkin bout how you feel recently.
Yes, upfront Liverpool and Manchester City look more dangerous than Arsenal.
I hear people say the Arsenal team dont score goals from open play, but yesterday they scored 2 goals from open play.

But you can't win games comfortably if your defense is in bad shape...    Liverpool are experiencing this problem. You just can't concede as many as you score. This is a high alert situation.

Manchester City had better be grateful enough for Haaland. He carries like a ~66% goal load of his team in the Premier League.

Arteta was criticized right before this game about open play by the way.    But they have really scored a significant amount of goals from set pieces.

Your right defence is what does about 70% victory in any club, even if you have good forwards if your defence is weak you might not last long in any league, this is one issue chealse faces as well thay have bad defence like really bad defence that dont know their jobs as defenders but they have good attackers. I was never expecting them to conseed 3 goals from wolves, making a match that was 3_0 to turn out 4-3, same defence issue that made them loose to Sunderland, their defence really needs to be fixed immediately now that they still have a chance to push up in the league table.

[Nightwatchmare]

Arsenal really have an unreal defending this season.    They have still conceded only 3 goals after 9 games... No problem with their scoring productivity either. I wonder how long they will be able to keep it up.

Their game up next is against Burnley away which is an easy one to win. After that maybe the one against Sunderland away could be challenging. Because they aren't joking at all. They wouldn't be easy to beat even for Arsenal in my opinion.

I read your post and all I could recall immediately was Burnley making life difficult for Liverpool until the last minutes of the game when Mo Salah slotted in that spot kick to give them three points. It will be same for Arsenal but they will scale through with a win. If Manchester united can comfortably beat Sunderland, I expect Arsenal with a better squad depth to get the job done with the both half's. It should be no excuse for them. They're so determined to lift a trophy this season. Nobody cares how you win, just make sure you do.

There could be a chance that Burnley will not play a low block pattern of football against Arsenal, and if that happens, Burnley will not make life difficult for Arsenal the way they did for Liverpool. I'm seeing Burnley as an easy opponent for Arsenal, and i am expecting Arsenal to win Burnley easily. Manchester United have a good head to head against Sunderland; i believe that was the reason why Manchester United defeat Sunderland easily. So don't take because Sunderland couldn't win Manchester United to include that Arsenal will win Sunderland easily because Arsenal failed to win Liverpool while Manchester United defeated Liverpool.

[Jegileman]

Smiles bro it seems you don't know Manchester United too well in terms of competing for the title like make your research no team will wish for Manchester United to be at their back when it comes for the title race, yes I agree with you on the Sunderland and Co but you see Manchester United bro no team wish for them to be behind them in the title race, and for Manchester City and Liverpool you never can right them off just like that remember the league is still very much fresh and they might get back to their normal form and when they do bro it's gonna be a massive competition for the Gunners.

The gunners are already in the frontline of the title race and I don’t think they should feel so confident that they’ll win it easily. The premier league is a very different competition and a team needs to put a lot of effort in their game in order to remain at the top. Arsenal is a team known for not having a lot of consistency in their games, so they’ll most definitely try to maintain a consistency this time around. There are some teams that will give them a tough time for the title race, but now that those teams are not performing effectively well, they should take advantage of that and make the best to gather enough point to increase the point gap more between them.

[Adiljutt156]

I think Amorim is going to win the next away game because Nottingham Forest current performance is no better than Brighton, which they defeated in their last game. The odds that the bookies give Manchester United are very safe to bet on, and I think I will also bet on Manchester United to win the match, I don't think the game will end with many goals, maybe 0-2 win for Man United.

I also think Man united has what it takes to extend their winning streak. They've been doing well lately and I think the team would be bursting with confidence going into the game with Nottingham Forest. They're more in sync as a team and with the confidence built from winning their previous games, I don't think Forest could halt their winning streak.
Not looking to underestimate any opponent, but I wish Man united would go into this game with the same hunger and drive for a win like in their previous games. They need all the points they can get.

In their next match, Manchester United will face Nottingham Forest, who recently fired their coach Postecoglou due to poor results at the start of the season. Manchester United, who are on the rise and have had good results in recent matches, will undoubtedly be able to defeat Nottingham Forest. Manchester United players have also been able to execute the strategies implemented by coach Ruben Amorin. In their last three matches, Manchester United has always won, earning a perfect 9 points.

Nottingham Forest football team will play next match against Manchester United football team and that match will be interesting because players of both teams will give hundred percent to win this match. Recent performance of Manchester United football team is wonderful as they won 4 matches out of 5 matches which they played against different teams. But Nottingham Forest football team recent performance is not good and they lost 4 matches out of 5 matches and that team could win only 1 match. Nottingham Forest football team head to head performance was good as they won 3 matches which they won against opponent team.Manchester United could win 2 matches out of 5 matches and we will see good competition between these two teams.

[RockBell]

I think Amorim is going to win the next away game because Nottingham Forest current performance is no better than Brighton, which they defeated in their last game. The odds that the bookies give Manchester United are very safe to bet on, and I think I will also bet on Manchester United to win the match, I don't think the game will end with many goals, maybe 0-2 win for Man United.

I also think Man united has what it takes to extend their winning streak. They've been doing well lately and I think the team would be bursting with confidence going into the game with Nottingham Forest. They're more in sync as a team and with the confidence built from winning their previous games, I don't think Forest could halt their winning streak.
Not looking to underestimate any opponent, but I wish Man united would go into this game with the same hunger and drive for a win like in their previous games. They need all the points they can get.

In their next match, Manchester United will face Nottingham Forest, who recently fired their coach Postecoglou due to poor results at the start of the season. Manchester United, who are on the rise and have had good results in recent matches, will undoubtedly be able to defeat Nottingham Forest. Manchester United players have also been able to execute the strategies implemented by coach Ruben Amorin. In their last three matches, Manchester United has always won, earning a perfect 9 points.

Nottingham Forest football team will play next match against Manchester United football team and that match will be interesting because players of both teams will give hundred percent to win this match. Recent performance of Manchester United football team is wonderful as they won 4 matches out of 5 matches which they played against different teams. But Nottingham Forest football team recent performance is not good and they lost 4 matches out of 5 matches and that team could win only 1 match. Nottingham Forest football team head to head performance was good as they won 3 matches which they won against opponent team.Manchester United could win 2 matches out of 5 matches and we will see good competition between these two teams.

And since Nottingham Forest lost there last game against Bournemouth just that Manchester United that they are playing against Manchester United is not a club to put your trust in because they can win against big clubs but don't be surprised to see them lossing against Nottingham Forest or even play a draw game since they are similar so not expecting anything serious from both man u and Nottingham Forest and just because of Nottingham Forest lost there last game does not guarantee that they will lose against Manchester United because football clubs are always fund of doing and the way the premier league IA going it is becoming unpredictable because you don't even know what will happen in the next game, there some that can easily be predicted but majority are difficult to predict.

[Juse14]

And we have another embarrassing loss by Liverpool in the Carabao Cup.
Arne Slot took a bit of a gamble here. He decided to prioritise Saturday's game against Aston Villa and rested his first squad. The second suit players failed to deliver and the result is a 0-3 loss in front of the home crowd.

Other top clubs didn't disappoint. Man City struggled a bit in the first half against Swansea, but they pressed harder on the gas pedal in the 2nd and won 3-1.

I really don't understand what is going on in Arne Slot's head, because I still don't understand why he will rest all his first team and end up with such embarrassing loss. He should have known how Liverpool has struggled against Crystal Palace lately and still decide to field such team.
Liverpool is really in a mess right now and I don't think Slot is doing anything to get them out of it, rather he is making the situation worse. When a team keeps losing, they begun to lose confident in themselves,  so Slot needs to find a wat to start winning to boost the confidence of the team, all else we will still see more embarrassing scoreline against Liverpool.

Arne Slot had previously earned the Reds' fans' trust that he was the right coach to replace Jurgen Klopp. That season, Slot led Liverpool to the Premier League title and an impressive Champions League campaign, though they were ultimately eliminated in the round of 16.

Now that he's been given the freedom to rebuild the Reds' squad, Slot has shattered that trust. Seeing how Slot has led Liverpool reminds me of ETH when he was in charge of Manchester United.
Liverpool's expectations at the start of this season have fallen far short of expectations, but let's see how long Slot will be at Anfield.

[MorganaX]

And we have another embarrassing loss by Liverpool in the Carabao Cup.
Arne Slot took a bit of a gamble here. He decided to prioritise Saturday's game against Aston Villa and rested his first squad. The second suit players failed to deliver and the result is a 0-3 loss in front of the home crowd.

Other top clubs didn't disappoint. Man City struggled a bit in the first half against Swansea, but they pressed harder on the gas pedal in the 2nd and won 3-1.

I really don't understand what is going on in Arne Slot's head, because I still don't understand why he will rest all his first team and end up with such embarrassing loss. He should have known how Liverpool has struggled against Crystal Palace lately and still decide to field such team.
Liverpool is really in a mess right now and I don't think Slot is doing anything to get them out of it, rather he is making the situation worse. When a team keeps losing, they begun to lose confident in themselves,  so Slot needs to find a wat to start winning to boost the confidence of the team, all else we will still see more embarrassing scoreline against Liverpool.

Arne Slot had previously earned the Reds' fans' trust that he was the right coach to replace Jurgen Klopp. That season, Slot led Liverpool to the Premier League title and an impressive Champions League campaign, though they were ultimately eliminated in the round of 16.

Now that he's been given the freedom to rebuild the Reds' squad, Slot has shattered that trust. Seeing how Slot has led Liverpool reminds me of ETH when he was in charge of Manchester United.
Liverpool's expectations at the start of this season have fallen far short of expectations, but let's see how long Slot will be at Anfield.

To be sincerely speaking for me, I don't even know what to say concerning Liverpool problem, because trust me, we are all confused and don't know what to say. No one expected this to happen and guess what now, the club as collapse in recent time.
Every one though slot is going to be the one that will definitely replace klopp, but what we are seeing now is unbelievable. For me I hope that Liverpool will come back to their winning ways so all this embarrassment will eventually stops.

[Dzwaafu11]

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Smiles bro it seems you don't know Manchester United too well in terms of competing for the title like make your research no team will wish for Manchester United to be at their back when it comes for the title race, yes I agree with you on the Sunderland and Co but you see Manchester United bro no team wish for them to be behind them in the title race, and for Manchester City and Liverpool you never can right them off just like that remember the league is still very much fresh and they might get back to their normal form and when they do bro it's gonna be a massive competition for the Gunners.

Currently Manchester United are not in their best form; they are experiencing hard times. Although I don’t know what you see that made you say they are going to be very competitive this season, I can’t really say much about Manchester United because their performance is unpredictable.

They may look better, and then in the next match things change, so, to me, I won’t say much about them; I’d rather continue observing them and see what they will do. As for City and Liverpool, especially Liverpool, seriously, I still prefer Liverpool’s performance to that of Manchester City right now because I’m still seeing a sign that Liverpool will be great this season again.

[ITExpert]

Premier league is the only major league which has neck to neck battle till the last days to decide the winner as well the ones getting to top 5 places for champions league and Europa league. The current lead of Arsenal this early in the league is surprising and would be a great job to hold the lead to the final days. The favorable thing for Arsenal is the teams in 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions are not exactly their competitor. Another team that is in the run for title is Manchester City which is 6 points behind and their most fierce competitor Liverpool is 7 points behind.
Sunderland has done amazing job winning but I don't think they can keep it till the end. Bournemouth and Tottenham have just played easier teams.

Yes, this is true that the Premier League is the only league having a great and strong competition. And the teams fight to win the title till the last day. And I think Arsenal will be successful in doing something great. Because they are performing in a good way. And their position in this season is also great. Because it is happening with them that they lose their consistency of being good in between the matches. But this season they truly did amazing till now. And the expectations of the fans and the viewers from there are also settled high. And I think this will really help the team in boosting their confidence. But anything is possible in the coming days or at the end of the season. Because the game is about something you cannot predict what will really happen.

[Spaceman1000$]

And we have another embarrassing loss by Liverpool in the Carabao Cup.
Arne Slot took a bit of a gamble here. He decided to prioritise Saturday's game against Aston Villa and rested his first squad. The second suit players failed to deliver and the result is a 0-3 loss in front of the home crowd.

Other top clubs didn't disappoint. Man City struggled a bit in the first half against Swansea, but they pressed harder on the gas pedal in the 2nd and won 3-1.

I really don't understand what is going on in Arne Slot's head, because I still don't understand why he will rest all his first team and end up with such embarrassing loss. He should have known how Liverpool has struggled against Crystal Palace lately and still decide to field such team.
Liverpool is really in a mess right now and I don't think Slot is doing anything to get them out of it, rather he is making the situation worse. When a team keeps losing, they begun to lose confident in themselves,  so Slot needs to find a wat to start winning to boost the confidence of the team, all else we will still see more embarrassing scoreline against Liverpool.

The way Arne Slot is going, he might just get himself sacked, it seems ever since he arrived Liverpool, he hasn't faced real time challenge and it is more like he is facing it now and he doesn't really know how to go about it. He shouldn't forget that Liverpool nearly broke the Bank to get some of this players, they didn't do that to start losing almost every match. I watched their game last night against crystal palace, and it was as if they didn't have any plan before coming into the pitch, losses like this will simply erode players confidence.

[pawel7777]

I really don't understand what is going on in Arne Slot's head, because I still don't understand why he will rest all his first team and end up with such embarrassing loss. He should have known how Liverpool has struggled against Crystal Palace lately and still decide to field such team.
Liverpool is really in a mess right now and I don't think Slot is doing anything to get them out of it, rather he is making the situation worse. When a team keeps losing, they begun to lose confident in themselves,  so Slot needs to find a wat to start winning to boost the confidence of the team, all else we will still see more embarrassing scoreline against Liverpool.

He either took a gamble and lost, or it was a deliberate action to ditch the EFL Cup and focus on what's more important: the Premier League and the Champions League.


Full fixtures and odds for this weekend (+ Mon) are as follows:

Brighton x1.85 Vs Leeds United x4.00; Draw x3.75
Burnley x11.00 Vs Arsenal x1.29; Draw x5.50
Crystal Palace x1.91 Vs Brentford x3.80; Draw x3.75
Fulham x1.85 Vs Wolves x4.40; Draw x3.50
Nottingham Forest x3.30 Vs Manchester United x2.10; Draw x3.75
Tottenham x2.70 Vs Chelsea x2.50; Draw x3.50
Liverpool x1.62 Vs Aston Villa x5.00; Draw x4.40
West Ham x5.00 Vs Newcastle United x1.62; Draw x4.20
Manchester City x1.50 Vs Bournemouth x5.75; Draw x4.60
Sunderland x2.75 Vs Everton x2.65; Draw x3.15

I'm a bit surprised to see Chelsea as a favourite against Tottenham (very slight, but still), if I had to bet, I'd definitely put my money on the Spurs. Although I think a draw is also very likely here.
Man City will have a great chance to overtake Bournemouth (currently 2nd) in the league table. The bookies give them a high chance of succeeding.

[blue Snow]

I'm a bit surprised to see Chelsea as a favourite against Tottenham (very slight, but still), if I had to bet, I'd definitely put my money on the Spurs. Although I think a draw is also very likely here.

Yeah, when we look at Chelsea's on the last 5 matches, I also lean towards to Tottenham, they play at their home also, that can push their spirit to humiliate Chelsea. But, when we look at the H2H on the last 5 matches, Chelsea is more inclined to win, their record is better even play at Spurs home. Both teams are still unstable on premier league, but Tottenham is more better for this time, they look different from the last session, they have a new spirit to back on track top standing, while Chelsea, when they return to play like the previous season I thing they can make us surprise win with 2 different goals tomorrow.

[Kuingsudaqila]

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Smiles bro it seems you don't know Manchester United too well in terms of competing for the title like make your research no team will wish for Manchester United to be at their back when it comes for the title race, yes I agree with you on the Sunderland and Co but you see Manchester United bro no team wish for them to be behind them in the title race, and for Manchester City and Liverpool you never can right them off just like that remember the league is still very much fresh and they might get back to their normal form and when they do bro it's gonna be a massive competition for the Gunners.

Currently Manchester United are not in their best form; they are experiencing hard times. Although I don’t know what you see that made you say they are going to be very competitive this season, I can’t really say much about Manchester United because their performance is unpredictable.

They may look better, and then in the next match things change, so, to me, I won’t say much about them; I’d rather continue observing them and see what they will do. As for City and Liverpool, especially Liverpool, seriously, I still prefer Liverpool’s performance to that of Manchester City right now because I’m still seeing a sign that Liverpool will be great this season again.

Arsenal's current performance is better compared to Liverpool or Manchester City. In fact, Liverpool lost 4 consecutive league matches.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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Smiles bro it seems you don't know Manchester United too well in terms of competing for the title like make your research no team will wish for Manchester United to be at their back when it comes for the title race, yes I agree with you on the Sunderland and Co but you see Manchester United bro no team wish for them to be behind them in the title race, and for Manchester City and Liverpool you never can right them off just like that remember the league is still very much fresh and they might get back to their normal form and when they do bro it's gonna be a massive competition for the Gunners.

Currently Manchester United are not in their best form; they are experiencing hard times. Although I don’t know what you see that made you say they are going to be very competitive this season, I can’t really say much about Manchester United because their performance is unpredictable.

They may look better, and then in the next match things change, so, to me, I won’t say much about them; I’d rather continue observing them and see what they will do. As for City and Liverpool, especially Liverpool, seriously, I still prefer Liverpool’s performance to that of Manchester City right now because I’m still seeing a sign that Liverpool will be great this season again.

Arsenal's current performance is better compared to Liverpool or Manchester City. In fact, Liverpool lost 4 consecutive league matches.

Well, it's actually very surprising to see that Liverpool have lost 4 matches consecutively, this is or was one of the top or actually the top club in the premier league in the early days and weeks of this match season, they were leading the league table at the number one spot position but all of a sudden, it was like some switch somewhere was turned off, and the club started losing matches like it's now that this season's premier league is just starting.

Their next game is going to be a tough one though, one I would love to really watch as they will be playing against Aston villa, the both of them (Aston villa and Liverpool) currently are at the same points of 15, so their coming match will determine if one of them will climb higher in points while the other go lower, or if both of them will continue to maintain the same points if the match ends in a draw.

[BlackBoss_]

Well, it's actually very surprising to see that Liverpool have lost 4 matches consecutively, this is or was one of the top or actually the top club in the premier league in the early days and weeks of this match season, they were leading the league table at the number one spot position but all of a sudden, it was like some switch somewhere was turned off, and the club started losing matches like it's now that this season's premier league is just starting.

Their next game is going to be a tough one though, one I would love to really watch as they will be playing against Aston villa, the both of them (Aston villa and Liverpool) currently are at the same points of 15, so their coming match will determine if one of them will climb higher in points while the other go lower, or if both of them will continue to maintain the same points if the match ends in a draw.

Losing 4 matches in Premier League and another defeat by Crystal Palace in League Cup are very bad but perhaps not the bottom of Liverpool crisis because in coming matches, they will meet very strong opponents in both Premier League and Champions League. It's very challenging and pressure for Slot and his players to overcome these big and important matches for preventing the crisis expansion to be worse, and find kind of good results and motivation for their performance recovery as soon as possible.

They can not continue this terrible form and wait till the winter transfer market for finding temporary player solutions and supplements from the market. They must tighten their team and improve from trainings to official matches, as waiting till the January 2026 is too late.

[ancafe]

Losing 4 matches in Premier League and another defeat by Crystal Palace in League Cup are very bad but perhaps not the bottom of Liverpool crisis because in coming matches, they will meet very strong opponents in both Premier League and Champions League. It's very challenging and pressure for Slot and his players to overcome these big and important matches for preventing the crisis expansion to be worse, and find kind of good results and motivation for their performance recovery as soon as possible.

Crystal Palace have beaten Liverpool in three matches this season, in the Premier League, the Community Shield, and the EFL Cup. This is quite a bad result for Liverpool, as Crystal Palace themselves have not been much better in this season. The upcoming matches will be much more difficult for Liverpool, and I believe this will be a significant challenge for Arne Slot if he cannot improve the team's overall performance, as defeats in the next few matches could put his position as manager in jeopardy. Recovery will not be easy, as team morale is certainly at a fairly low level, making it difficult for him to cope with the pressure.