⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Amphenomenon]

Fans might start to bet carefully this time looking at the way many big clubs are losing their matches to a smaller clubs.
Arsenal and Chelsea are two big clubs that has been failing us due to their weakness in delivering their own side of the match. Manchester City was able to win their own match but these two clubs failed to win due to their lapses within the players.

Chelsea draw was disappointing for me but regarding Arsenal lost I'm not shocked because Aston Villa in recent seasons has often been able to trouble the Gunners and this season without key defenders, it wasn't shocking for me, although I thought they might get a win but something better happened and Aston got all three points.

Everyone should be watchful of City climb back because once they finally get to the top, it might be goodbye for every title contenders including Gunners.

[Makus]

Is like a culture for them so I don't see anything happening differently here, as for the losing more we come but I hope it doesn't come too fast, arsenal are good at raising false hope for their fans, they started very well, I won't be happy to see this their normal happing again this time, as for the bet side, people bet not necessarily because it is the team they are fanning but because they are in form, this losing was not expected, they performance of arsenal in the recent time can possibly trigger bettors be it arsenal fans or other fans to bet arsenal to win whoever they are to play with with, I won't say anything about their next match but all I know is that they could be tensed right now.

Fans might start to bet carefully this time looking at the way many big clubs are losing their matches to a smaller clubs.
Arsenal and Chelsea are two big clubs that has been failing us due to their weakness in delivering their own side of the match. Manchester City was able to win their own match but these two clubs failed to win due to their lapses within the players.

Football is becoming unpredictable, who would have thought that arsenal would lose today, after chelseas first dissappointment they ended up not being able to score against bournemouth today. Suddenly the big teams are falling behind and the teams that people see as the small teams are dominating. It would be very shameful if arsenal ends up not being able to win the premier league title after all the hard work they have been putting in to remain at the top. Chelsea on the other hand are also falling behind after their good perfomances so far this season. It is indeed a mistake to underesimate small clubs this season

[DaNNy001]

Fans might start to bet carefully this time looking at the way many big clubs are losing their matches to a smaller clubs.
Arsenal and Chelsea are two big clubs that has been failing us due to their weakness in delivering their own side of the match. Manchester City was able to win their own match but these two clubs failed to win due to their lapses within the players.

Chelsea draw was disappointing for me but regarding Arsenal lost I'm not shocked because Aston Villa in recent seasons has often been able to trouble the Gunners and this season without key defenders, it wasn't shocking for me, although I thought they might get a win but something better happened and Aston got all three points.

Everyone should be watchful of City climb back because once they finally get to the top, it might be goodbye for every title contenders including Gunners.

You are right, aston villa may be at the top now but i think the real threat to arsenal is city..if arsenal does not sit up in their next game they are going to lose their position to city and once that happens that would be the beginning of arsenals downfall..it was really disappointing that they lost to aston villa..villa are really impressive thos season, rising out of no where and aiming for the title, no one saw that coming

[kawetsriyanto]

Chelsea draw was disappointing for me but regarding Arsenal lost I'm not shocked because Aston Villa in recent seasons has often been able to trouble the Gunners and this season without key defenders, it wasn't shocking for me, although I thought they might get a win but something better happened and Aston got all three points.

TBH, I'm surprised for both results. I assume both Arsenal and Chelsea have improved their performance in this season. They signed some new players and started the season with very convincing stats. It is a bit confusing that they begin dropping their performance in the next few matches. Chelsea has no problem with injured players, Arsenal only has few injured players. I don't see a big reason for the decline of their performance. I think it is about tactic or the mentality of the players. It is the responsibility of the coaches.

Sure, Aston Villa current performance is amazing. They become unbeaten teams in the last 5 matches. They are in the top 3, they look having the chance to compete for the title now.

Everyone should be watchful of City climb back because once they finally get to the top, it might be goodbye for every title contenders including Gunners.

Indeed. Man City is getting closer to Arsenal position. The point gap is only 2 points now. I'm afraid that Arsenal fails again to win the title in this season. Another season, another failure due to the decline of their performance when it is almost in the second half of the season.

[Stable090]

You are right, aston villa may be at the top now but i think the real threat to arsenal is city..if arsenal does not sit up in their next game they are going to lose their position to city and once that happens that would be the beginning of arsenals downfall..it was really disappointing that they lost to aston villa..villa are really impressive thos season, rising out of no where and aiming for the title, no one saw that coming

I don’t really think people are even expecting much from Aston villa, they are currently in 3rd position, but if they are not careful, they might end up dropping lower on the table before the season ends. Arsenal is currently at the first position, but right now Manchester city are closely behind them, and Arsenal nightmare right now is Manchester city. If Arsenal can lose a match right now, and Manchester city wins, then Manchester city will be replacing Arsenal, so Arsenal will do everything possible right now to keep on winning there match.

With the look of things, both Arsenal and Manchester city are the two teams fighting for the premier league title this season, and I don’t know if Arsenal performance is going to drop just the same way it has been dropping in previous seasons.

[Iroh]

It was disappointing for Liverpool because they lost several times and now several draws are results that fans don't want considering Liverpool is a big team with expensive players.

How many lost this bet? Not only that there was disappointment in the Arsenal match which lost, sadly this bet.
Indeed, like Liverpool, it has been bad this season, it can be said that it cannot be saved anymore because Arne Slot's strategy often fails in home / away matches.

The Leeds vs Liverpool game was quite something as the second half of the game came alive with a barrage of goals from bith sides. Certainly didn't expect Leeds to put up a good fight against Liverpool. Liverpool have now gone on to have a draw in a game they would have ordinarily won if only they had a better defense. Quite disappointing for Liverpool.
Arsenal also probably had a lot of people lose their bets with their surprising loss against Asyon Villa. The games are getting more intense with unexpected results keeping everyone on their toes.

[Alpha Marine]

In this match they lost because they were not too focused on defensive marking players where in the 2 goals that Aston Villa managed to get in this match we can see in the first goal they let go too much of the Aston Villa players who moved without the ball.

This has always been Arsenal's flaw, even though it is also their greatest strength. Arsenal play a very pragmatic system of football. They focus too much on defence, and that limits the way they attack. And when they focus too much on defence, they allow the opponents time to find ways and create chances against them.
Against Villa today, Saka, Gyokores and Trossard spent more time in their own half than they did in the opponent's half. That is a very bad situation for a club that wants to win the league.

They need to start taking the game to their opponents instead of being too cautious with their defence. They can defend well and attack well, too. If you look at the numbers, most of Arsenal's goals come from set pieces. That's not impressive, and even though it works sometimes, it won't always work, and that can cost them the league.

[Kuingsudaqila]

It was disappointing for Liverpool because they lost several times and now several draws are results that fans don't want considering Liverpool is a big team with expensive players.

How many lost this bet? Not only that there was disappointment in the Arsenal match which lost, sadly this bet.
Indeed, like Liverpool, it has been bad this season, it can be said that it cannot be saved anymore because Arne Slot's strategy often fails in home / away matches.

The Leeds vs Liverpool game was quite something as the second half of the game came alive with a barrage of goals from bith sides. Certainly didn't expect Leeds to put up a good fight against Liverpool. Liverpool have now gone on to have a draw in a game they would have ordinarily won if only they had a better defense. Quite disappointing for Liverpool.
Arsenal also probably had a lot of people lose their bets with their surprising loss against Asyon Villa. The games are getting more intense with unexpected results keeping everyone on their toes.

Liverpool once again showed poor performance despite only playing against a lower-table team. They were briefly ahead 2-0 with 2 goals scored by Hugo Iketike, but in the end, the match ended in a 3-3 draw, so they did not win and only managed to add 1 point. This caused Liverpool to slump in the standings, currently sitting in 8th place. They are even behind their city rivals Everton, as Everton is currently in 5th place in the standings.

[MorganaX]

It was disappointing for Liverpool because they lost several times and now several draws are results that fans don't want considering Liverpool is a big team with expensive players.

How many lost this bet? Not only that there was disappointment in the Arsenal match which lost, sadly this bet.
Indeed, like Liverpool, it has been bad this season, it can be said that it cannot be saved anymore because Arne Slot's strategy often fails in home / away matches.

The Leeds vs Liverpool game was quite something as the second half of the game came alive with a barrage of goals from bith sides. Certainly didn't expect Leeds to put up a good fight against Liverpool. Liverpool have now gone on to have a draw in a game they would have ordinarily won if only they had a better defense. Quite disappointing for Liverpool.
Arsenal also probably had a lot of people lose their bets with their surprising loss against Asyon Villa. The games are getting more intense with unexpected results keeping everyone on their toes.

Liverpool once again showed poor performance despite only playing against a lower-table team. They were briefly ahead 2-0 with 2 goals scored by Hugo Iketike, but in the end, the match ended in a 3-3 draw, so they did not win and only managed to add 1 point. This caused Liverpool to slump in the standings, currently sitting in 8th place. They are even behind their city rivals Everton, as Everton is currently in 5th place in the standings.

We have been witnessing a poor performance play from Liverpool throughout this season and to me to an extent, I always feel if they can solve this problem, as this problem as been lingering for a while now. Last season the team didn't purchase any player as they do this season, with the whole lots of money wasted and with the result they are producing, we can see that it is not encouraging in any way, it is only a wast as I may put it. All the expensive players they recruited, are not performing the way as expected and we have seen the team lacking behind. To me it is quite embarrassing and I never expected this draw. I left as it was 2 lead already, but coming back to see the draw of 3-3 I felt embarrassed.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

We have been witnessing a poor performance play from Liverpool throughout this season and to me to an extent, I always feel if they can solve this problem, as this problem as been lingering for a while now. Last season the team didn't purchase any player as they do this season, with the whole lots of money wasted and with the result they are producing, we can see that it is not encouraging in any way, it is only a wast as I may put it. All the expensive players they recruited, are not performing the way as expected and we have seen the team lacking behind. To me it is quite embarrassing and I never expected this draw. I left as it was 2 lead already, but coming back to see the draw of 3-3 I felt embarrassed.

The problem is Liverpool tried replacing some of last season title winning players with some new expensive players there by messing up the whole team, and now I have seen they are trying to sign more players.

It looks like the Liverpool management are going to have to sack Arne Slot at one point after spending a lot of money in signings with no positive results. I don't see them winning any silverware this time round.

[MK-74]

Aston Villa beat Arsenal at home with a last-minute goal and reduced the point gap with the leaders to three.
This was a very bad loss of points for Arsenal, as the gap between them and their rivals has narrowed.

Man City beat Sunderland 3–0 at home with a clear scoreline and reduced the gap with the leaders to two points.
Man City made very good use of Arsenal’s dropped point and took a very important step towards the title.

Chelsea drew their match and continue to drop points.

Liverpool drew 3–3 away against Leeds United, and Leeds United crushed Liverpool’s dream of three points with a last-minute goal.
For the last two weeks, they have been picking up very important points against strong opponents.

[blue Snow]

In this match they lost because they were not too focused on defensive marking players where in the 2 goals that Aston Villa managed to get in this match we can see in the first goal they let go too much of the Aston Villa players who moved without the ball.

This has always been Arsenal's flaw, even though it is also their greatest strength. Arsenal play a very pragmatic system of football. They focus too much on defence, and that limits the way they attack. And when they focus too much on defence, they allow the opponents time to find ways and create chances against them.
Against Villa today, Saka, Gyokores and Trossard spent more time in their own half than they did in the opponent's half. That is a very bad situation for a club that wants to win the league.

They need to start taking the game to their opponents instead of being too cautious with their defence. They can defend well and attack well, too. If you look at the numbers, most of Arsenal's goals come from set pieces. That's not impressive, and even though it works sometimes, it won't always work, and that can cost them the league.

Arsenal players are below of standard, I can't see them play like before, I don't know what happened with them, it's look they don't dominate the match like before, there is alot of open space on defence which can advantage by Villa players. Actually, they played quite evenly, both of them exchanging attacks, and offensive. I guess the match end with draw on minute 90, I don't know how Emiliano Buendia be in that position and not really attention by Arsenal defender. So with this loss, Manchester City more closer with 2 different points. Everything we are feared is drawing nearer, The City is more closer to shift 1st position.

[Sandra_hakeem]

On the other hand, Sunderland is a silent contender of the Premier League this season. Sunderland have scored in nearly every game they played this season. I never thought I'd see a lower division team sparring so much in the premier League this season, but that only shows how competitive the league is about to evolve into.

After 14 league games this season, one would think Slot's ideas of play would be getting across to the team by now, including the new boys, But it seems his ideas of play are not working. They need to sign an industrious central midfielder that can dribble well and also a winger that can create chances, my opinion though!.

[Youngrebel]

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What they played yesterday was not bad and they have woken up to face the reality of life . It is a gradual process, they might play the final with Arsenal. But if they won the game yesterday it would have been better for them. One of the biggest problem they are facing in this season is the benching of Mohammed Salah. I don't know what the coach is doing. He has been using  the neew sign in to play and they are not doing well yet they are playing.

[Zackz5000]

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1997322232234721681?t=oOwWs8EBYQGD4u387ir40A&s=19

Aston Villa is now becoming more scaring in the English Premier league, Unai Emery is a good coach with his performance in Aston Villa in the past seasons and now, i think that 7 wins in a row is an insane record for them, hope they won't surprised the world by winning the English Premier league tittle just as Leicester City did in some season ago.

[Pablo-wood]

Aston Villa is now becoming more scaring in the English Premier league, Unai Emery is a good coach with his performance in Aston Villa in the past seasons and now, i think that 7 wins in a row is an insane record for them, hope they won't surprised the world by winning the English Premier league tittle just as Leicester City did in some season ago.

Aston Villa performance is becoming eye catchy and one to look out for especially after their recent victory against Arsenal. Emery is doing a great job 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 loss is a good mile stone for a club of their standard. As for pulling up a surprise just as Leicester city did I doubt it will happen this season. Manchester city is in the pipeline waiting to overtake and if they do Arsenal might have to wait another season to try again. Aston Villa would have had a chance if City were not in the picture.

[Tonimez]

My concern here and it's nothing more than how Mohamed Salah has gradually turned into an average player. I would say that sadio Mane's exit from the club has Salah has been struggling. How will I explain that the almighty Salah has only 5 goals and 3 assists in 19 games. For me he has lost a good pair since Diogo Jota's death and sadio Mane's exit.

He recently gave a farewell to the fans and claimed that he doesn't know what would happen before the end of AFCON. Other news have linked him to Turkish league with interest from Galatasaray. But my take is that I don't think galatasaray needs him in their team with Victor Osimhen still in the club. There could be rivalry with in the team if they're not properly managed. But why is it that once a player starts loosing form obviously, instead of working on himself to build back the fan's trust, he would start a blackmailing game? All that matters to fan's is results and not what you have done in the past. I wish him luck in his next decision this January transfer window.

[Futurexxx]

My concern here and it's nothing more than how Mohamed Salah has gradually turned into an average player. I would say that sadio Mane's exit from the club has Salah has been struggling. How will I explain that the almighty Salah has only 5 goals and 3 assists in 19 games. For me he has lost a good pair since Diogo Jota's death and sadio Mane's exit.

He recently gave a farewell to the fans and claimed that he doesn't know what would happen before the end of AFCON. Other news have linked him to Turkish league with interest from Galatasaray. But my take is that I don't think galatasaray needs him in their team with Victor Osimhen still in the club. There could be rivalry with in the team if they're not properly managed. But why is it that once a player starts loosing form obviously, instead of working on himself to build back the fan's trust, he would start a blackmailing game? All that matters to fan's is results and not what you have done in the past. I wish him luck in his next decision this January transfer window.

I don't know why he is making it looks like he is being dropped unjustly, it's true that he is a legend at the club but he is not doing well at present and the way football is, you will be judge base on current form, so him making it looks like he is being targeted makes no sense to me, he just needs to accept the reality on ground that he is not the mo salah of five years back.
 So it's either he accepts the reality on ground and accepts being on the bench sometimes or moves to another team he is going to features regularly, that's just it, no need in making such a statement, if these statements on this pictures are actually true.

[slapper]

I just woke up and saw Arsenal's rematch and they lost, it was very disappointing, especially since they had high hopes for this season, 2-1 against Anton Villa, this was a blow for them sadly, but I know they lost today because Arsenal had a lot of injured players in their squad, and some of their players experienced a decline in performance so Emery, who was in good condition, was able to win the match.

Actually not, because they are currently only missing 4 players but indeed losing Saliba and Gabriel Magalhães in midfield in the last few matches still provides a difficult condition.

In this match they lost because they were not too focused on defensive marking players where in the 2 goals that Aston Villa managed to get in this match we can see in the first goal they let go too much of the Aston Villa players who moved without the ball. Eze was late to close the movement of Matty Cash which ended in a goal.
For the second goal it was not too much different because the chaos that occurred came from a movement without a ball that was less guarded which made Arsenal fall behind again and had to give up points this week.

There was one goal disallowed for offside if in the end this condition was successful then it could be that 1 point was still acceptable but it looks like they have to let go of unbeaten in the last few months stopped in this match.

That first goal with Eze and Cash? I've seen exactly that mistake a hundred times when teams lose their defensive leaders. Eze's just standing there ball-watching, then Cash runs past him like he ain't nothing there. Gabriel would've been screaming at him 10 seconds before that cross was even coming in. Without those voices bringing order to the chaos, everybody's just... lost.

And second goal, mate, eight Arsenal players in the box and Buendia (a fresh sub!) reads the second ball before all them? That's being tired and having a panic attack. They're all watching the ball, where it is, not where it's going. Classic indication of a team being physically fried and mentally cooked.

The offside goal stings but they had four offsides in the first 30 minutes. They knew the defense wasn't going to be able to hold, so they were forcing everything, trying to get some early on to get a cushion. When you're that terrified of your own backline, you rush, and suddenly nothing clicks in.

Arteta knew this was coming. The schedule was brutal, the depth was non-existent and he couldn't even keep them compact. Emery saw the gaps and designed the perfect plan with those decoy runs and now the "invincible" run is over. Sometimes football just punishes you for your weaknesses and Arsenal got absolutely exposed.

[eightdots]

My concern here and it's nothing more than how Mohamed Salah has gradually turned into an average player. I would say that sadio Mane's exit from the club has Salah has been struggling. How will I explain that the almighty Salah has only 5 goals and 3 assists in 19 games. For me he has lost a good pair since Diogo Jota's death and sadio Mane's exit.

He recently gave a farewell to the fans and claimed that he doesn't know what would happen before the end of AFCON. Other news have linked him to Turkish league with interest from Galatasaray. But my take is that I don't think galatasaray needs him in their team with Victor Osimhen still in the club. There could be rivalry with in the team if they're not properly managed. But why is it that once a player starts loosing form obviously, instead of working on himself to build back the fan's trust, he would start a blackmailing game? All that matters to fan's is results and not what you have done in the past. I wish him luck in his next decision this January transfer window.

I don't know why he is making it looks like he is being dropped unjustly, it's true that he is a legend at the club but he is not doing well at present and the way football is, you will be judge base on current form, so him making it looks like he is being targeted makes no sense to me, he just needs to accept the reality on ground that he is not the mo salah of five years back.
 So it's either he accepts the reality on ground and accepts being on the bench sometimes or moves to another team he is going to features regularly, that's just it, no need in making such a statement, if these statements on this pictures are actually true.

Mohamed Salah's statement could prompt teams interested in signing him to take action. Salah could receive numerous offers until the African Cup of Nations concludes. Salah is not in his former form, so it's perfectly understandable that he'd want to join another team. The team's poor performance could also be a factor in Salah's decision.

Sometimes, players make decisions like this. Perhaps this decision will be better for both the team and Salah, but we don't know.