⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Wakate]

Arsenal is starting again with her reconoisable pattern? I mean every time they seem super strong and finally decided to fight for the title they start to lose points, the other da against Sunderland was one of that kind of games, afer 8 consevutives games in a row with cleasheets they allow two goals and lose the win in the very last moment.

Arsenal has lost their formal glory and all they can do now is to dance around the pitch when they have to claim what belongs to them. Arsenal might not win this league and there are so many reasons why I have concluded but I use might because I hope to see improvement this season and not by trying to impress their fans at the beginning of the league and later crush all their efforts and be record they had broken.

[LGD2Business]

Wolverhampton has signed Rob Edwards to a 3.5 year contract. Vitor Pereira failed big time. They only managed to get 2 points in 11 games this season. Rob Edwards' primary goal should be to keep Wolverhampton in the league. It's a tough job, but not impossible. If they can get 2-3 wins, the team will get back on track. They don't have a terrible squad, but they weren't playing well. We'll see how quickly Edwards can adapt to the team and implement his own ideas. In my opinion, Wolverhampton wasted too much time with Pereira. He should have been sacked 3-4 weeks ago. If they get relegated, the main reason will be this delayed decision.

[Solodoski]

Arsenal management was very clever in the transfer window. They spent a lot of money but did not spend a large amount to bring in any specific player. Like Liverpool did.

To me it's not even how much Liverpool spent on acquiring a single player, but the fact that they did not fix positions that needs to be fixed in the team and I think that's why they are struggling. Arsenal also spent a lot of money, although Liverpool spend more, but Arsenal spent the money in the right positions,  to fixed what needed to be fixed in the team and that is really showing in their performance this season.  In my opinion I think Arsenal had a better transfer window than Liverpool. 

[Alex077]

Arsenal is starting again with her reconoisable pattern? I mean every time they seem super strong and finally decided to fight for the title they start to lose points, the other da against Sunderland was one of that kind of games, afer 8 consevutives games in a row with cleasheets they allow two goals and lose the win in the very last moment.

the 2 - 2 draw with Sunderland really felt like a mistake somewhere in Arsenals favour. Their defence, which had kept a clean sheet for eight games, conceded the first goal from there. And conceding a goal in added time was truly unexpected and pathetic. however  I think Arsenals title chances are not over yet. Although the situation is difficult, every team faces setbacks at some point.

The problem I see is conceding goals in extra time actually indicates a lack of concentration, especially in defence. What about the finishing and mental state ? When you keep winning like crazy and playing defensively, sometimes the hunger goes down and matches get lost in that situation. If they can build their defence up and stay focused, they will be able to come back. but you are right, they need to stop dropping points like this if they are to be a proper title contender

[7juju]

Looks like Wayne Rooney is not yet ready to allow Van Dijk rest, as he has continued picking on the player. This time he has called on the player "to focus on his on field performances and stop paying outside noises". Hope you guys remembered how Rooney has been criticising Van Dijk that he has not been giving his best to the club since they gave him new contract.

According to what Rooney is saying that is not proper for the champions of England to lose 4 consecutive premier league matches, and he is questioning Van Dijk leadership of the team as captain. Rooney is going too far with his criticism for Van Dijk who has been giving his best to Liverpool from day one. I wonder why Rooney won't allow the player to rest and focus on his game. Is he planning to turn the Liverpool fans against their captain? I don't like Rooney attitude towards Van Dijk. Liverpool legends should call him to order to stop distracting their players.

[Ndabagi01]

Arsenal has lost their formal glory and all they can do now is to dance around the pitch when they have to claim what belongs to them. Arsenal might not win this league and there are so many reasons why I have concluded but I use might because I hope to see improvement this season and not by trying to impress their fans at the beginning of the league and later crush all their efforts and be record they had broken.

Arsenal are known for not being consistent in their wins even if they’re in good form, this makes many people being sceptical about them in the long term in the premier league. Even as they’re topping the table, they’re still the team that many people are still not sure of their victory at the end of the season.

They have to prove that they are capable by maintaining consistency performance and also maintaining the first position till the end of the season before one can feel compelled that they can. All eyes have been on Arsenal in recent times, and I hope they get to deliver well by end of the season because they deserve the trophy seeing how far they’ve come.

[Hyphen(-)]

Arsenal management was very clever in the transfer window. They spent a lot of money but did not spend a large amount to bring in any specific player. Like Liverpool did.

To me it's not even how much Liverpool spent on acquiring a single player, but the fact that they did not fix positions that needs to be fixed in the team and I think that's why they are struggling. Arsenal also spent a lot of money, although Liverpool spend more, but Arsenal spent the money in the right positions,  to fixed what needed to be fixed in the team and that is really showing in their performance this season.  In my opinion I think Arsenal had a better transfer window than Liverpool. 

Andre Betta works towards Arsenal’s weaknesses, he make sure he signed players that will replace some key players when they get injured and still perform to or above their standards when brought in because injuries to Saliba, Saka, Odegard, and Jesus has affected Arsenal a lot in the past three seasons, but how the problem is solved that is why even without Odegard, Kai Havertz, Martinelli,  and Gyokeres; the team still played well and do better without them.
Now that they will be back after the international break, Arsenal will be stronger and some players that have been playing will have some time to rest because these players that will just come back from injury will replace them and keep the tempo.

I don’t want to brag much, but I know this is our season to lift trophy; we have all it takes to win the Premier League this season, and if we don’t win it, Arteta should be held responsible.

[AGogi2003]

Arsenal management was very clever in the transfer window. They spent a lot of money but did not spend a large amount to bring in any specific player. Like Liverpool did.

To me it's not even how much Liverpool spent on acquiring a single player, but the fact that they did not fix positions that needs to be fixed in the team and I think that's why they are struggling. Arsenal also spent a lot of money, although Liverpool spend more, but Arsenal spent the money in the right positions,  to fixed what needed to be fixed in the team and that is really showing in their performance this season.  In my opinion I think Arsenal had a better transfer window than Liverpool. 

I no this will surely come one day, because I get the believe that Arsenal will surly draw or lose point in the Premier League even they will come and get the opportunity to win the league because since Liverpool defeated them one zero they didn't lose again many fans already talking that Arsenal will achieve the league title this season without losing point and Sunderland that we didn't expected will draw against Arsenal they perform more better and end the game in a draw and make Arsenal to lose point in the league table, Guadiola will be more stronger and win all there matches this November so that he will get get the believe that he can top the league this season and get to win the Premier League.

Liverpool as spend alot of sighing new players but they failed to get defenders and that is why Manchester City get the chance and defeated them easily last weekend in the league competition. so they need to do better next time so that they can get back to there best form this season.

[el kaka22]

Premier league is obviously very competitive, but you have to realize it is not just about the top, it's about all places. Even teams at 12th place fight hard to get to 11th place, because it's really hard and it can change at any moment. Arsenal is now fearing City because they are getting closer, can we surely say City will pass? No, but can we say Arsenal will stay?

We can't say that neither. Italy has the same competition too, many great teams fighting for the top spot. But La Liga and Bundesliga and Ligue 1 do not have that, you know the good teams there and won't change much. To be fair City turned Premier league to that for a while too, but we are seeing that pass now and going back to old days again.

[Tmoonz]

Regarding Arsenal's effective and not too expensive purchases, look at Victor Gyokeres, who only cost 60 million euros but contributed more than Liverpool players Alexander Isak, who cost 150 million euros, or Hugo Iketike. Or even worse, Florian Wrizt, who has not contributed any goals so far. And all three players I mentioned above are valued at over 100 million euros.

Sometimes, it's not about the overhyped release clause of a player, but their true abilities and for how long they can still give out the same quality of they're being contracted. I'm slowly starting to lose faith in Alexander Isak and the reality for now is that he was just not meant to show up that fast into a big team; or maybe the manager isn't able to place him in his most favourite position? I mean, we can all recall how lethal Isak was in Newcastle... A hundred and fifty million euros is wild for a flop!

It's because the transfer market, especially the domestic market in England, is totally out of control. You see very average players changing teams for ridiculous amount of money, and they are clearly not worth it, but of course the fans have high hopes just because the team spent big bucks for them, but it doesn't work like that.

The transfer market is really crazy these days, because with just a little media attention, an average player can suddenly have a very high selling price, especially if there are at least 2 big teams that are both interested in the same player, then it immediately becomes a good moment for the Club to boost the selling price of the player.

Players who are signed at a high price will certainly have a burden because they are expected to make a meaningful contribution and can even become a key player. But when things don't live up to expectations, the pressure can be quite intense, and if the player does not have a good mentality, they may not thrive at their new club.

I was actually thinking with the arrival of this players mentioned maybe Liverpool could run the English premier League unbeaten this season but what I'm seeing is actually out of the picture, even Alexander Isak that was on the lips of every football fans and the kind of money spent on his transfer I was thinking this guy in a team like Liverpool where they already have enough Star players that he was going to do wonders, but what I'm seeing now still got me speechless is this really the Alexander Isak Liverpool ordered or he's yet to come because what I'm seeing here actually has nothing to offer, I just hope they recover quickly.

[Robinrex77]

So, Liverpool team hasn't got any better. I was shocked when I returned home to see on the TV that Manchester city totally humiliated Liverpool even without a red card. When I saw the score line, I thought that a Liverpool player was actually red carded but it wasn't so.

You need to watch the replay of the match so that you can see for yourself how Liverpool was beaten hands down with able to score a single goal. I think this is more than being humiliated because their was no reverse attack to score which was disappointing how the Liverpool team has fallen to this extend. I hope to see improvement in their next matches.

First off, I want to say a big congratulations to Pep Guardiola for winning his 1000th game with Manchester City, I believe his players did it for him to make him proud of himself for reaching that milestone and being successful along the way, it's not easy and not all coaches can achieve what Pep Guardiola has achieved all through his stay in the league.

 It was a real humiliation indeed and I'm beginning to doubt  if Slot would be able to defend the title, this is the second time he's losing to a team in Manchester and it's not something the fans would be happy about cause of the strong rivalry against teams from that side, it's very disappointing and Slot has to fix things quickly.

Congratulations to pep for the big win against a rival but the big question I intend to ask is what is wrong with Liverpool, this is the same set of player that won the league last season, infact amore improved set of player, losing six matches already this season say nothing good about the defending champions

[VeiweiLo]

Wolverhampton has signed Rob Edwards to a 3.5 year contract. Vitor Pereira failed big time. They only managed to get 2 points in 11 games this season. Rob Edwards' primary goal should be to keep Wolverhampton in the league. It's a tough job, but not impossible. If they can get 2-3 wins, the team will get back on track. They don't have a terrible squad, but they weren't playing well. We'll see how quickly Edwards can adapt to the team and implement his own ideas. In my opinion, Wolverhampton wasted too much time with Pereira. He should have been sacked 3-4 weeks ago. If they get relegated, the main reason will be this delayed decision.

Vitor Pereira was fired because of a humiliating 3-0 defeat against the weak Fulham team and previous poor results. It would have been better to replace him with his former coach, Espirito, who was fired by Nottingham Forest. Esposito is a better coach and would have been a good fit for Wolverhampton, which has many Portuguese players. Coincidentally, Esposito is also from Portugal. However, it was a bit too late because Espirito was already coaching West Ham, and West Ham was slowly starting to climb up from the bottom of the English Premier League standings.

[Agbe]

There is nothing wrong with Liverpool as a club, every Team has there time of up and down so this is just a temporary set back for Liverpool. Liverpool problem has been that they are not in form since the starting of the season I believe that with time this Liverpool team will begin to gel and start getting results. I don't believe that there is anything wrong with Liverpool as a club because it's almost thesame players with exception of the few new players that were brought in this concluded transfer window.

[liuka]

Arsenal are known for not being consistent in their wins even if they’re in good form, this makes many people being sceptical about them in the long term in the premier league. Even as they’re topping the table, they’re still the team that many people are still not sure of their victory at the end of the season.

They have to prove that they are capable by maintaining consistency performance and also maintaining the first position till the end of the season before one can feel compelled that they can. All eyes have been on Arsenal in recent times, and I hope they get to deliver well by end of the season because they deserve the trophy seeing how far they’ve come.

However, on the other hand, they will learn to improve themselves and become even better this season. Last season's failure certainly serves as a valuable lesson for Arsenal, preventing a repeat of the same mistake this season. Arteta continues to make positive changes for Arsenal, as he has plugged the team weaknesses, resulting in Arsenal improved performance this season.

In the long term, we certainly see Arsenal as more focused on consistently getting three points. A defeat will open up opportunities for other teams to close the gap. What we want for Arsenal is to be able to manage their stability well when a busy schedule approaches. Manchester city is trailing Arsenal, if Arsenal loses, Manchester city will be happy because they can easily catch Arsenal.

[FiliOrangGila]

There is nothing wrong with Liverpool as a club, every Team has there time of up and down so this is just a temporary set back for Liverpool. Liverpool problem has been that they are not in form since the starting of the season I believe that with time this Liverpool team will begin to gel and start getting results. I don't believe that there is anything wrong with Liverpool as a club because it's almost thesame players with exception of the few new players that were brought in this concluded transfer window.

There is nothing wrong with that. What is causing controversy is the exorbitant transfer budget, buying many stars at very high prices. But the team's performance so far this season is still poor. In the last match, they even lost badly to their arch-rivals Manchester City 3-0, which disappointed Liverpool fans. Even though last season, despite buying few players, they were able to win the English Premier League.

[TastyChillySauce00]

If you want to win the Premier league title you must spend money, and that's what Arsenal just did, over the years they have been stingy to spend on the team squad and they win nothing. If you desire change you must follow the steps others are following. Manchester city spent so much to be able to win and defend the title for several years, yet they keep spending money. Same to Liverpool, Arsenal is on the right path to success.

You can't win the league with an average players, you need a good players to support the team and they're not cheap to get. If Arsenal wins the title it's because they have good quality players now in the squad. At this point they really don't care about income from selling. They just want to win the title and not profits.

Spending massive amount of money are common thing these days. Yeah it's needed in order to increase the odds to win the title, but not all of club who spent a lot won the title.
Don't forget spending so much money without even able to sell the players will make the club to have bad record in the net spending, which is bad for the future and potentially gets a sanction for that.

[DYOR+BTC]

There is nothing wrong with Liverpool as a club, every Team has there time of up and down so this is just a temporary set back for Liverpool. Liverpool problem has been that they are not in form since the starting of the season I believe that with time this Liverpool team will begin to gel and start getting results. I don't believe that there is anything wrong with Liverpool as a club because it's almost thesame players with exception of the few new players that were brought in this concluded transfer window.

Yes are right, Liverpool is a complete team with quality and excellent players that is facing  know other problem but just lack of form for now which I know they will get over it very soon. Taking reference for Manchester cities performance last season, at this same time last season Manchester city had a terrifying and unexpected performance which we all lost hope in them because of there dramatic losts and draws in almost all games, on the process of finding the possible cause a lot of blames where channeled to pep but later came they came back on track and where able to finish in the top four position which I strongly believe will happen to Liverpool once they All gain form.

[GiftedMAN]

There is nothing wrong with Liverpool as a club, every Team has there time of up and down so this is just a temporary set back for Liverpool. Liverpool problem has been that they are not in form since the starting of the season I believe that with time this Liverpool team will begin to gel and start getting results. I don't believe that there is anything wrong with Liverpool as a club because it's almost thesame players with exception of the few new players that were brought in this concluded transfer window.

I somehow disagree with your first sentence where you said that there's nothing wrong with Liverpool. I know that it's normal for top teams to underperform once in a while but Liverpool's poor results have been too consistent and usual for us to still believe that there's nothing wrong with the team if you ask me. There's been some major additions during the summer transfer window and the truth is these new signings aren't living up to expectations of the club fans and that's why many believes it's a tactical flaw from the manager that's causing them points on weekly basis.

[TelolettOm]

I somehow disagree with your first sentence where you said that there's nothing wrong with Liverpool. I know that it's normal for top teams to underperform once in a while but Liverpool's poor results have been too consistent and usual for us to still believe that there's nothing wrong with the team if you ask me. There's been some major additions during the summer transfer window and the truth is these new signings aren't living up to expectations of the club fans and that's why many believes it's a tactical flaw from the manager that's causing them points on weekly basis.

Liverpool has indeed successfully signed several top players in their respective lineups. However, it's fair to say that, in several matches so far, all of Liverpool's newcomers are still not at their peak performance. This presents a significant challenge for Arsene Wenger to optimize each new signing, as they possess such high potential.

One of the recent signings, Florian Wirtz, admitted that he was initially unfamiliar with the Premier League, but after dozens of matches, he's finally starting to settle in and adapt well. The other new signings may feel the same way. So, let's see how the next matches will play out.

Source: Florian Wirtz

[len01]

There is nothing wrong with Liverpool as a club, every Team has there time of up and down so this is just a temporary set back for Liverpool. Liverpool problem has been that they are not in form since the starting of the season I believe that with time this Liverpool team will begin to gel and start getting results. I don't believe that there is anything wrong with Liverpool as a club because it's almost thesame players with exception of the few new players that were brought in this concluded transfer window.

Maybe Liverpool’s dip in form can be understood to some extent, but what really makes people think negatively is the fact that they spent a lot of money bringing in top-quality players this season, yet their performances keep getting worse and more inconsistent. We saw how Liverpool started the season really well, but after that, their performances in the EPL have been poor and unpredictable.

Honestly, this season I’m starting to doubt them a bit, it feels like Liverpool might end up missing out on the title and could only finish as runners up.