⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[pawel7777]

There are some dark clouds gathering over Arne Slot's future.
Hew won the league last season, but clearly the changes he made and the huge money he spent are not bringing desired results, quite the opposite, Liverpool has slipped to the bottom half of the table.
Local media are already speculating about his potential replacement:
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-fc-no1-target-slot-luis-enrique-klopp-b1260334.html
Apparently the target is Luis Enrique (currently coaching PSG), with some plans of bringing back Jurgen Klopp as a temporary coach to take care of the team till the end of the season, as it's unlikely Enrique will be able to join any sooner.

[EL MOHA]

I also believe it's the coach's responsibility, not the players'. Well, the players are the ones who lose on the court, but they obey their coach's management, and for me, the strategy used hasn't been the right one. I think they should do something quickly; there are many losses, bad results, their results are very bad, and the players are good.

Definitely the major part of the success is the type of manager they has and his playing pattern, last season Arne slot actually was superb not because anything or than the pattern of play which was Klopp’s team and it was working smoothly for the team and they even won the legaue using this strategy and now the manager Arne slot is actually looking for his own pattern or style of play  and it is the change that is causing Liverpool all this problems at the moment because this new style wasn’t tested during the pre season

[logfiles]

There are some dark clouds gathering over Arne Slot's future.
Hew won the league last season, but clearly the changes he made and the huge money he spent are not bringing desired results, quite the opposite, Liverpool has slipped to the bottom half of the table.
Local media are already speculating about his potential replacement:
https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-fc-no1-target-slot-luis-enrique-klopp-b1260334.html
Apparently the target is Luis Enrique (currently coaching PSG), with some plans of bringing back Jurgen Klopp as a temporary coach to take care of the team till the end of the season, as it's unlikely Enrique will be able to join any sooner.

They might want to be patient with him. Yes, a lot of money was spent, but the whole club administration is partly to blame for this. There was nothing much wrong with last season's league winning team. They just had to do a few tweaks and continues with most of the old players.

I also Luis Enrique would leave PSG just like that after having some success over there. In fact, I suspect PSG might just give him yet another handsome offer to just keep him on their team.

[harapan]

his team to their bets should better learn this time that Liverpool is not in for a serious game this season. Great players but no performance that will yield victory. The coach must be responsible for this.

I also believe it's the coach's responsibility, not the players'. Well, the players are the ones who lose on the court, but they obey their coach's management, and for me, the strategy used hasn't been the right one. I think they should do something quickly; there are many losses, bad results, their results are very bad, and the players are good.

The players can take responsibilities but all blames and shades should first be absorbed by the manager who should be  doing everything to also protect his players mentally and physically. I am afraid because he will be sacked in the long run. He has lost more than he has won and it won't be enough for him to get back defending the tittle. Qualifications for the top four might also come difficult but consistent performance will transform them upwards.

[Alpha Marine]

I also believe it's the coach's responsibility, not the players'. Well, the players are the ones who lose on the court, but they obey their coach's management, and for me, the strategy used hasn't been the right one. I think they should do something quickly; there are many losses, bad results, their results are very bad, and the players are good.

I believe this too. A new coach can come in and turn their season around with those same players. All the players in the team are players that we've watched, and we know that they're good; they're not like unproven players that we've not watched before. I don't know what he's not doing right, it may be in his tactics, the usage of the players, his motivation of the players, or the players simply do not have any faith in him, but it's something that can be fixed by the coach.

I think a lot will be sacked if the performance doesn't improve by next month. I don't think they will continue with this into the new year. The league win is part of the reason he hasn't been sacked yet, because the club are well within its rights to fire him based on the result he has gotten so far. The results are so bad.

[MorganaX]

his team to their bets should better learn this time that Liverpool is not in for a serious game this season. Great players but no performance that will yield victory. The coach must be responsible for this.

I also believe it's the coach's responsibility, not the players'. Well, the players are the ones who lose on the court, but they obey their coach's management, and for me, the strategy used hasn't been the right one. I think they should do something quickly; there are many losses, bad results, their results are very bad, and the players are good.

The players can take responsibilities but all blames and shades should first be absorbed by the manager who should be  doing everything to also protect his players mentally and physically. I am afraid because he will be sacked in the long run. He has lost more than he has won and it won't be enough for him to get back defending the tittle. Qualifications for the top four might also come difficult but consistent performance will transform them upwards.

We can see that, this season it has not been working for him and things are not going rightly for him, and also in addition, due to the fact with all the players they have, they are still failing to perform as expected and to you also, what do you really expect from them. We all expected Liverpool to be unstoppable this season and the reality have already shown us a better version of what football really is, and that is, we can not predict the excellency of a team because they played well in the previous season and fully expected them to perform in that way. This is not the way we should expect it.

[Amphenomenon]

his team to their bets should better learn this time that Liverpool is not in for a serious game this season. Great players but no performance that will yield victory. The coach must be responsible for this.

I also believe it's the coach's responsibility, not the players'. Well, the players are the ones who lose on the court, but they obey their coach's management, and for me, the strategy used hasn't been the right one. I think they should do something quickly; there are many losses, bad results, their results are very bad, and the players are good.

I think the team is still lacking team synchronization for them to act properly as they ought or we thought they would have had, before this much heavy signings they were actually doing well for us to say dominating but now so inconsistent and a shadow of themselves but they will bounce back we know, the thing is will it be under Arne Slot?
While the club are very much in support of him as they stated before if things get more worse like we are seeing then it might get to the point where he will lost the full trust of the fans and this will mount much pressure for him to be sacked.

[Accardo]

I think a lot will be sacked if the performance doesn't improve by next month. I don't think they will continue with this into the new year. The league win is part of the reason he hasn't been sacked yet, because the club are well within its rights to fire him based on the result he has gotten so far. The results are so bad.

Slot could be in a hot and pressurable sit for building the wrong set of team with the highest piece of dollars in the transfer market. The players he got are smart but may not be familiar with the default playing tactics of the Liverpool club. This things need adjustment and time, he may have laid down what may be to him the best choice for the club but failed this season and nobody be it whosoever is sure of what Liverpool would become in the next forthcoming seasons or even three months.

When Suarez was in Liverpool in their underdog days, he was a nice player but couldnt make general team changes real quick, until later  he turned a fierceful striker in Liverpool and made the best Spanish games with Messi happen accompanied by Neymar, making him one of the expensive strikers ever recorded.

[Alonso_]

I think a lot will be sacked if the performance doesn't improve by next month. I don't think they will continue with this into the new year. The league win is part of the reason he hasn't been sacked yet, because the club are well within its rights to fire him based on the result he has gotten so far. The results are so bad.

Slot could be in a hot and pressurable sit for building the wrong set of team with the highest piece of dollars in the transfer market. The players he got are smart but may not be familiar with the default playing tactics of the Liverpool club. This things need adjustment and time, he may have laid down what may be to him the best choice for the club but failed this season and nobody be it whosoever is sure of what Liverpool would become in the next forthcoming seasons or even three months.

When Suarez was in Liverpool in their underdog days, he was a nice player but couldnt make general team changes real quick, until later  he turned a fierceful striker in Liverpool and made the best Spanish games with Messi happen accompanied by Neymar, making him one of the expensive strikers ever recorded.

I think people are getting it all wrong, Liverpool are just facing a difficult time and as a new manager this things are supposed to happen last season and I was surprised he didn’t face any of the difficulties last season instead he won the Premier League which was also surprising to me, I still think Liverpool trust Arne Slot and questions are being asked about him because of the money he spent in the summer and the players that was brought in are still adapting to the team and this things obviously takes time, and I know this things are going to be over, when the storm comes it will definitely be over and there is light at the tunnel.

Liverpool will be back and Arne Slot will be back the fans only needs to have patience and the team will be kicking once again, because it’s never over until it’s over, I don’t think anything have been lost yet, the Premier League haven’t been won just yet, and the Champions League haven’t been won just yet, there is everything to be played for this season.

[blue Snow]

This is an opportunity for Arni Slot to change the situation. His reputation is at stake tomorrow; if he is unable to win that match, I am sure the official will make a quick decision to fire him. So, West Ham are not well club, but their statistic is better than Liverpool's on the last 5 matches. West Ham has repaired the situation where it has never lost its last 3 match Premier League matches. This is a good chance to prove on front of fans. While Liverpool, they are in a serious dilemma, Slot have to think hard to use Klopp strategy or use his new scheme with an expensive player.

[ancafe]

This is an opportunity for Arni Slot to change the situation. His reputation is at stake tomorrow; if he is unable to win that match, I am sure the official will make a quick decision to fire him. So, West Ham are not well club, but their statistic is better than Liverpool's on the last 5 matches. West Ham has repaired the situation where it has never lost its last 3 match Premier League matches. This is a good chance to prove on front of fans. While Liverpool, they are in a serious dilemma, Slot have to think hard to use Klopp strategy or use his new scheme with an expensive player.

It's now increasingly difficult to predict Liverpool's performance because even though they're facing a slightly weaker opponent, it's very difficult to predict whether Liverpool will win or not. West Ham have a good record in their previous five matches, and it might not be easy for Liverpool to get three points in this match. Arne Slot is faced with increasingly dismal player morality after the previous defeat, and perhaps that motivation is needed to steer Liverpool in a much better direction. Arne Slot's reputation is at stake in the next few games and if he fails to lead Liverpool to victory it could lead to his dismissal.

[Egii Nna]

his team to their bets should better learn this time that Liverpool is not in for a serious game this season. Great players but no performance that will yield victory. The coach must be responsible for this.

I also believe it's the coach's responsibility, not the players'. Well, the players are the ones who lose on the court, but they obey their coach's management, and for me, the strategy used hasn't been the right one. I think they should do something quickly; there are many losses, bad results, their results are very bad, and the players are good.

The coach will definitely be the one to be blamed. If not, after all what Liverpool spent this season, they are still not able to pull out a good performance. All they did is make people angry. Their performance is very poor, and the manager must be blamed because it seems like his strategy is not a match for this set of players. He is not doing anything to bring a better strategy for them, even though their players are capable. They only can’t find the best strategy suitable for them, and that is why we are seeing all this rubbish from Liverpool this season.

I have said this before, and I will still say it, if you knew how Liverpool played last season and then saw their current performance, you would never believe it.

[yudi09]

-snip-

Liverpool look to be facing the toughest times in their season since Arne Slot took over the managerial position of the team. They did brilliantly well last season and even won the Premier League, so we were expecting that they will do the same this season and we will get to see them top the Premier League table once again or even make it difficult for any other team to win the premier league title easily. They need to go back to their drawing boards to tackle out the main cause of their problem because if they are relent, it may at a point gets too late for them to get themselves back into the game.

Last season was Arne Slot's first season singing for Jurgen Klopp, as Klopp sang Arne Slot's farewell song.
Lately, we've missed the man with his hat on the sidelines, shouting with a rousing expression.

Liverpool's Premier League title hopes are already very difficult to maintain, but they can still improve their record with maximum results.
West Ham are a team struggling to recover, and this will be a tough match for Arne Slot as they aim for victory again after three consecutive defeats in the Premier League and Champions League.

[Velvet78]

Guardiola rested like nearly all of his starting lineup players against Leverkusen in the Champions League. This big of a rotation was quite unexpected though.    But at least they are all ready for the Leeds game ahead today.

After the Newcastle and Leverkusen losses, I think this will be a game in which Manchester City explode! -1.5 handicap on Manchester City @1.75 is a good option. I even think they will score over 3.5 goals which has great odds like 3.50.

[abhiseshakana]

Guardiola rested like nearly all of his starting lineup players against Leverkusen in the Champions League. This big of a rotation was quite unexpected though.    But at least they are all ready for the Leeds game ahead today.

After the Newcastle and Leverkusen losses, I think this will be a game in which Manchester City explode! -1.5 handicap on Manchester City @1.75 is a good option. I even think they will score over 3.5 goals which has great odds like 3.50.

Frankly, I was quite surprised when I found out the composition of players that Guardiola chose to face Leverkusen, and I thought it was like underestimating their opponents. Player rotation is sometimes necessary, but it doesn't have to be that extreme, especially since their opponents are not just any team. Evidently, Guardiola made a blunder here because with that strategy, they lost 0-2 against Leverkusen, even though they were playing at home.

Considering how much they had to sacrifice, Man City should have been able to make up for it in the match against Leeds, because if they fail again, then they have just missed a good opportunity (as the next day Arsenal has to face Chelsea).

[dezoel]

Chelsea and Arsenal are in their advantageous positions,Because we have noticed that these two PL giants have won very smoothly against two very heavyweight teams in the Champions League. Firstly, Chelsea are in a very buoyant mood after their UCL fifth round win over Barcelona but I understand that the upcoming game will be very different against Arsenal. It was largely correct that Arsenal came to win everything, however Arsenal could find themselves helpless against the Blues at Stamford Bridge, as the team has recently thrashed the Blaugranas on their own ground, so I believed that drama would definitely arise in this game between Arsenal vs Chelsea in the English Premier League.

I would say you are right about Arsenal because they are leading and growing the points difference, but Chelsea is recently here and could very well easily drop back down in a game, they are not really in any advtanged spot at all, not yet at least. If they keep this up and keep on winning and grow the gap between them and City or whoever is third, then there could be a chance but for the time being I do not think they are settled there yet.

Arsenal on the other hand is first and there are two game difference, even maybe three, so it's clear that they are leading by a lot of points and should be happy to have what they have. It's not easy to be at the top of premier league that easily and Arsenal has shown how great they are doing.

[Nheer]

This is an opportunity for Arni Slot to change the situation. His reputation is at stake tomorrow; if he is unable to win that match, I am sure the official will make a quick decision to fire him. So, West Ham are not well club, but their statistic is better than Liverpool's on the last 5 matches. West Ham has repaired the situation where it has never lost its last 3 match Premier League matches. This is a good chance to prove on front of fans. While Liverpool, they are in a serious dilemma, Slot have to think hard to use Klopp strategy or use his new scheme with an expensive player.

Let's just hope Arne Slot can actually turn things around because as it seems even West Ham can be a very difficult team to challenge especially since West Ham will be the home team. As it stands with Liverpool we don't even know what they are capable of doing anymore, we don't even know what team they can win against but Slot will want to do everything possible to win so he can try to redeem himself gradually to get back their form. West Ham looks stronger now and Liverpool will have to do better to win this game. They are the favorites in this game but can still drop more points.

Last season he used Klopp's strategy and it worked perfectly but I think he should have introduced his own strategy at first and at least even if he struggled last season it would have been fair and by now they would have gotten the rhythm and the players would have adapted to his style by now. It really unfortunate to see them struggle like this, I can't even imagine what would be going through their minds  right now.

[reagansimms]

his team to their bets should better learn this time that Liverpool is not in for a serious game this season. Great players but no performance that will yield victory. The coach must be responsible for this.

I also believe it's the coach's responsibility, not the players'. Well, the players are the ones who lose on the court, but they obey their coach's management, and for me, the strategy used hasn't been the right one. I think they should do something quickly; there are many losses, bad results, their results are very bad, and the players are good.

Liverpool poor results are entirely the responsibility of Arne Slot because he is the one who determines the tactics, strategy, which players are included in the line-up, including bringing players in and taking players out. Liverpool seem to have lost their rudder, their direction of play is so unclear that even small teams can easily beat them.
The departure of several key players who helped Liverpool win the EPL trophy last season was felt deeply, and the arrival of several new players has not contributed anything to the team. Even though Liverpool's squad is dominated by star players, without the right strategy it will be difficult for the players to dominate the game.

[asriloni]

Guardiola rested like nearly all of his starting lineup players against Leverkusen in the Champions League. This big of a rotation was quite unexpected though.    But at least they are all ready for the Leeds game ahead today.

After the Newcastle and Leverkusen losses, I think this will be a game in which Manchester City explode! -1.5 handicap on Manchester City @1.75 is a good option. I even think they will score over 3.5 goals which has great odds like 3.50.

Winning with at least 2 - 3 goals must be easy for City considering how shite Leeds is now. Their opponent is only a relegation club that already conceded 22 goals (4th highest in EPL). So i don't think they will score fewer goals in this game. Especially after Pep rested 10 players in the last games.

-1.5 handicap is good, but i'd pick straight bet. Yeah, it has less odds, but have like 99 chance to win.  

[Cossyblack]

This is an opportunity for Arni Slot to change the situation. His reputation is at stake tomorrow; if he is unable to win that match, I am sure the official will make a quick decision to fire him. So, West Ham are not well club, but their statistic is better than Liverpool's on the last 5 matches. West Ham has repaired the situation where it has never lost its last 3 match Premier League matches. This is a good chance to prove on front of fans. While Liverpool, they are in a serious dilemma, Slot have to think hard to use Klopp strategy or use his new scheme with an expensive player.

Liverpool matches are difficulty to predict this days but I expect them to win this game. They can't keep losing this way since  it hasn't been this bad or maybe nine defeats in their last 13 games was bad than I thought. The Management Board wasn't impressed with how Liverpool were shamefully defeated at Anfield by PSV in the UEFA champions League. If Arne slot fails to defeat West Ham at Home,the management Board will be very angry at him, sacking him wouldn't be a bad decision if Liverpool fails to win against West Ham.