⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Agbam]

I just saw this news on X (formerly twitter) that Arne Slot has been sacked, I’m waiting to see Fabrizio post it cos he’s the most trusted football journalist out there, this might just be rumours.

Some people are thinking it’s because of Mohammed Salah issue but Mo Salah himself has not been performing so well, so I don’t see why it should be a problem though I’m also kind of with the opinion he shouldn’t be sidelined.
Their internal affairs is what is causing Liverpool all these issues and bad results. They really need to sort out the issues but Sacking Arne Slot is it not too early?

[Gentle_Soul]

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.

Some of this big teams like arsenal and Chelsea losing to a smaller team Is just not favorable for my bets lately I really did not see it coming I was so relaxed that it will definitely be a win but I got so disappointed I must say that the table is gradually turning because smaller teams are coming up gradually and setting very serious records that this big teams will not find funny in the history line but however I comend this teams for there excellent play because it's not an easy one to face a big team that has all odds against you but they have been able to face it and standout strong

[sotelorene]

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.

Some of this big teams like arsenal and Chelsea losing to a smaller team Is just not favorable for my bets lately I really did not see it coming I was so relaxed that it will definitely be a win but I got so disappointed I must say that the table is gradually turning because smaller teams are coming up gradually and setting very serious records that this big teams will not find funny in the history line but however I comend this teams for there excellent play because it's not an easy one to face a big team that has all odds against you but they have been able to face it and standout strong

Arsenal may be the strongest In the premier league no doubt but I don't see them losing against Aston Villa as a surprise because gambling is full of shitty things, you can not really tell for certain what will be the outcome of a particular game. I know you bet Arsenal and Chelsea to win because of the current form, you are not wrong if you do that but in gambling you are wrong because the system you operate and the system they operate are not the same and sometimes it is good to think of the impossible that's how to win bet sometime.

[knowngunman]

Yeah Salah is really unhappy with the situation now. It is normal of course. You are cutting your most special player from the starting lineup 2 times in a row. Like the team play amazing without him.  

Here is more about his statements on this topic:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c1lrev8ndp3o

He just believes that his relationship with Arne Slot is completely broken now. Therefore probably we won't see him in the lineup of next league game as well. Before anything else, how much longer will Arne Slot be given chances?

I blamed Sallah for putting himself in this condition. There's a saying that a good dancer should know the right time to leave the dancing stage. Sallah had the opportunity to leave this club for good at the right time but he ignored the opportunity thinking his loyalty would pay off. We've seen several cases to know that your loyalty means nothing to the club and you should always move when chances come your way.

Slot probably thought sallah is the problem and dropping him might change things for them. For two consecutive times he dropped him, there's nothing good that comes out from it but he still hasn't done with unproductive experiment. I don't care what the club management decide to do with him but it's unfair they allow him to treat one of their legend like this.

[yslyv]

Yeah Salah is really unhappy with the situation now. It is normal of course. You are cutting your most special player from the starting lineup 2 times in a row. Like the team play amazing without him.  

Here is more about his statements on this topic:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c1lrev8ndp3o

He just believes that his relationship with Arne Slot is completely broken now. Therefore probably we won't see him in the lineup of next league game as well. Before anything else, how much longer will Arne Slot be given chances?

I blamed Sallah for putting himself in this condition. There's a saying that a good dancer should know the right time to leave the dancing stage. Sallah had the opportunity to leave this club for good at the right time but he ignored the opportunity thinking his loyalty would pay off. We've seen several cases to know that your loyalty means nothing to the club and you should always move when chances come your way.

Slot probably thought sallah is the problem and dropping him might change things for them. For two consecutive times he dropped him, there's nothing good that comes out from it but he still hasn't done with unproductive experiment. I don't care what the club management decide to do with him but it's unfair they allow him to treat one of their legend like this.

There was news recently that he bought a summer villa in Bodrum Turkey. I think the chances of him moving to the Turkish league is pretty high. probably to Galatasaray... By the way i don’t think he would succeed in the Turkish league either because he’s a mentally not enough strong and fragile player.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I blamed Sallah for putting himself in this condition. There's a saying that a good dancer should know the right time to leave the dancing stage. Sallah had the opportunity to leave this club for good at the right time but he ignored the opportunity thinking his loyalty would pay off. We've seen several cases to know that your loyalty means nothing to the club and you should always move when chances come your way.

Slot probably thought sallah is the problem and dropping him might change things for them. For two consecutive times he dropped him, there's nothing good that comes out from it but he still hasn't done with unproductive experiment. I don't care what the club management decide to do with him but it's unfair they allow him to treat one of their legend like this.

Agree. Even after Kloop left Liverpool, Salah should have looked for a new club. He has been with liverpool for a long time. And  he has been successful with Liverpool. So Salah needed to go to Bundesliga or La Liga before his  performance dropped. But he didn't do it. And this season Salah is not able to do well with the help of manager Arne Slot.

Arne Slot has faced big problems with his squad this season. Liverpool has spent a lot of money to build a squad, but Slot has failed to stabilize this squad. Liverpool's performance is very bad. And as usual salah is not able to perform well either. Arne Slot's  match strategy is also one of the reasons for Salah's poor performance.

[SatoPrincess]

I just saw this news on X (formerly twitter) that Arne Slot has been sacked, I’m waiting to see Fabrizio post it cos he’s the most trusted football journalist out there, this might just be rumours.

Some people are thinking it’s because of Mohammed Salah issue but Mo Salah himself has not been performing so well, so I don’t see why it should be a problem though I’m also kind of with the opinion he shouldn’t be sidelined.
Their internal affairs is what is causing Liverpool all these issues and bad results. They really need to sort out the issues but Sacking Arne Slot is it not too early?

It’s fake news. Arne Slot has not been sacked….yet. I suspect this will be the last month of Arne Slot’s managerial career at Liverpool. The fans have run out of patience and are calling for his sack combined with the press release from Mo Salah yesterday there is no way that Slot will remain at the club by next year.

[Alpha Marine]

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.

I understand that Arsenal misses some of their players, but the players they have available should be enough to still play very well. The way they play is the problem. They press well and defend well, they don't allow the opponent to get comfortable on the ball, but they don't attack well. They put so many players in defence. In fact, the attackers defend all the time. It's normal for the wingers and striker to track back sometimes and help out the defence and midfield, but it shouldn't be all the time.

Saka and Trossard or Martinelli shouldn't always be in their own final third defending. The same with Gyokeres, the striker. When Merino is in attack, he does the same thing. They can't have a working attack when they're always focused on protecting their post. Arterta really needs to figure out a way to make his attack become efficient without diminishing his defence if they really want to win the trophy.

[cakir1]

Can't believe Arsenal lost to Aston Villa, not because Aston Villa is a bad team or anything, but because I really thought they would get a win and they did not, that is a very different result from what we are used to seeing from them all season long.

This is their first ever loss since all the way back to that early Liverpool game, it's been like what 4-5 months since then? August, September, October, November and now at December they get it again. They were much better, I am shocked to see this. Hopefully they can recover.

[Sims25]

Can't believe Arsenal lost to Aston Villa, not because Aston Villa is a bad team or anything, but because I really thought they would get a win and they did not, that is a very different result from what we are used to seeing from them all season long.

This is their first ever loss since all the way back to that early Liverpool game, it's been like what 4-5 months since then? August, September, October, November and now at December they get it again. They were much better, I am shocked to see this. Hopefully they can recover.

With their 3 cbs out with injury and Timber having to fill in the cb role, I knew they were going to face problems. They've conceded 6 goals in 5 matches now or four. I just hope they get their cbs back in time especially Gabriel and Saliba or else Manchester City is going to take their spot on the table.

[KTChampions]

I blamed Sallah for putting himself in this condition. There's a saying that a good dancer should know the right time to leave the dancing stage. Sallah had the opportunity to leave this club for good at the right time but he ignored the opportunity thinking his loyalty would pay off. We've seen several cases to know that your loyalty means nothing to the club and you should always move when chances come your way.

Slot probably thought sallah is the problem and dropping him might change things for them. For two consecutive times he dropped him, there's nothing good that comes out from it but he still hasn't done with unproductive experiment. I don't care what the club management decide to do with him but it's unfair they allow him to treat one of their legend like this.

It would be strange to expect Salah to leave after a season like last year. Moreover, it seemed like this season would be even better after Liverpool became the dominant force in the transfer market. I myself understand that he had to leave at the peak, but I don’t expect that he could understand this being in the conditions he found himself in.
Now everything has gotten out of control and regardless of whether Sloth is sacked quickly or a little later (haha), I think that Salah and Liverpool will also go their separate ways, maybe even in the winter transfer window.

[Stablexcoin]

I just saw this news on X (formerly twitter) that Arne Slot has been sacked, I’m waiting to see Fabrizio post it cos he’s the most trusted football journalist out there, this might just be rumours.

Some people are thinking it’s because of Mohammed Salah issue but Mo Salah himself has not been performing so well, so I don’t see why it should be a problem though I’m also kind of with the opinion he shouldn’t be sidelined.
Their internal affairs is what is causing Liverpool all these issues and bad results. They really need to sort out the issues but Sacking Arne Slot is it not too early?

I would not be surprised if Arne Slot gets sacked with continuous disappointing performances for the past 5-7 games. Liverpool has not had the bad form in a long while even during their injury crisis but with all players fit they still perform abruptly, so the sack has being long anticipated.

I saw a news somewhere that Liverpool are considering bringing back Jurgen Klopp and it felt a bit satisfying but not really what I expected. The club has being consistent for the past years and has always maintained the top 4 position consistently so it's a bit surprising seeing them this low and losing to teams at the bottom table, and even a draw with Leeds United.

[Stormisover]

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.

It was indeed a huge blow on their face I wasn't expecting such poor performance from the Arsenal team had it been it ends in draws it would have been quite preferable than this lost and it's now two points difference from Manchester City whom are seated in the second place of the table, and it is not really nice for the point moving from 7 points to two points I really sense danger here I fear for Arsenal once again this season if they can actually make it happen, I know they've got lots of injured key players but at least Mikel Arteta should try to maintain the this top spot till they're back, that should be his number one priority else he will still bottle the league title.

[Nahl]

Agree. Even after Kloop left Liverpool, Salah should have looked for a new club. He has been with liverpool for a long time. And  he has been successful with Liverpool. So Salah needed to go to Bundesliga or La Liga before his  performance dropped. But he didn't do it. And this season Salah is not able to do well with the help of manager Arne Slot.

Arne Slot has faced big problems with his squad this season. Liverpool has spent a lot of money to build a squad, but Slot has failed to stabilize this squad. Liverpool's performance is very bad. And as usual salah is not able to perform well either. Arne Slot's  match strategy is also one of the reasons for Salah's poor performance.

The current season is opposite compared to last season that Liverpool have showed their dominated until end of season and became an the champion at that time we have seen Salah has broke several records and being an the top scorer but this season he looks lost his shape and everytime Salah played Liverpool had poor results and this condition make Slot have to make decision with put Salah into the bench in the last 3 games and the results is quite better because after Slot make some changes Liverpool still unbeated from those games but Salah looks compaining with this condition which i think this is not a wise act because he should be showing his professionalism and didn't make negative comments on the media and i personally respect Salah is a good player but i don't really like what he was done lately

[Derekfunds]

I just saw this news on X (formerly twitter) that Arne Slot has been sacked, I’m waiting to see Fabrizio post it cos he’s the most trusted football journalist out there, this might just be rumours.

Some people are thinking it’s because of Mohammed Salah issue but Mo Salah himself has not been performing so well, so I don’t see why it should be a problem though I’m also kind of with the opinion he shouldn’t be sidelined.
Their internal affairs is what is causing Liverpool all these issues and bad results. They really need to sort out the issues but Sacking Arne Slot is it not too early?

It’s fake news. Arne Slot has not been sacked….yet. I suspect this will be the last month of Arne Slot’s managerial career at Liverpool. The fans have run out of patience and are calling for his sack combined with the press release from Mo Salah yesterday there is no way that Slot will remain at the club by next year.

I don't expect anything less and some Liverpool fans can come up with news like this because of how the coach is behaving and indeed it is so embarrassing to see that Liverpool who was leading with 2:0 later ended up 3:3 with Leeds United, it is a very shameful result from Liverpool and the coach because Leeds united and Liverpool are not mate in terms of playing but it was so shocking to see that result. When someone told me that Liverpool wa playing 3:3 I didn't believe because they were leading 2:0 before I left  and I think Arne Slot has over stayed his welcome and the grace is much also.

[Fiatless]

I just saw this news on X (formerly twitter) that Arne Slot has been sacked, I’m waiting to see Fabrizio post it cos he’s the most trusted football journalist out there, this might just be rumours.

Some people are thinking it’s because of Mohammed Salah issue but Mo Salah himself has not been performing so well, so I don’t see why it should be a problem though I’m also kind of with the opinion he shouldn’t be sidelined.
Their internal affairs is what is causing Liverpool all these issues and bad results. They really need to sort out the issues but Sacking Arne Slot is it not too early?

It's fake news. There have not been any formal announcements by the management that the 47-year-old has been sacked. Arne Slot has the right to select the best players for any game. The problem is that Liverpool is not winning games and not Mo Salah sitting on the bench.

If the club have a good replacement, sacking him might be okay. But whats the need of sending him packing when there is no quality coach that will take over. I think he should be given more time since the club is not doing badly in the Champoins Legaue.   

[Abbatty]

The match between Brighton and westham was another dramatic one in the premier league, the first half was not that interesting but as always every premier league second half is always one to watch out for. This is a game that ended in a 1-1 draw but you can’t take out anything out from both performance. Westham strike first with Jarred Bowen and it all looks like it was going to end in another huge win for westham but Ritter got a later equalizer to make it 1-1, after that both teams had a good chance to steal all 3 points but failed to score and it ended in a draw.

Westham still remains in the relegation zone and Brighton are on the cause of chasing a champions league football. It was another big one in the premier today.

[Velvet78]

The match between Brighton and westham was another dramatic one in the premier league, the first half was not that interesting but as always every premier league second half is always one to watch out for. This is a game that ended in a 1-1 draw but you can’t take out anything out from both performance. Westham strike first with Jarred Bowen and it all looks like it was going to end in another huge win for westham but Ritter got a later equalizer to make it 1-1, after that both teams had a good chance to steal all 3 points but failed to score and it ended in a draw.

Westham still remains in the relegation zone and Brighton are on the cause of chasing a champions league football. It was another big one in the premier today.

This was quite an unexpected result for me. I thought Brighton would score first and win the game as well. But they barely saved one point. Maybe they were unlucky or not on their good day?

Actually they played the second half really dominantly. They found so many opportunities with a lot of goal attempts. But still they were the one getting behind...

I didn't like Welbeck at all. I was surprised with his staying on the pitch for 90 minutes.

[aylabadia05]

I'll try to raise a discussion here about how Manchester United could have won the title this season if their manager wasn't Ruben Amorim with his signature 3-4-3 formation.

Manchester United currently has 22 points from 14 matches.
Not losing to Everton and not drawing against West Ham United is their main opportunity to secure a top-four finish, strengthening their chances of catching up with Arsenal, as Manchester City is currently doing.

The inconsistency of Manchester City and Chelsea would have been a challenge if Amorim wasn't the manager, but rather Ruud van Nistelrooy, with his signature 4-3-3 formation. He once brought the best out of the Manchester United squad during his interim tenure, with Mainoo a key player in midfield.

[Somto9Light]

Leeds United was really prepared for the game against Liverpool I guess hence the reason they stood so strong to a 3:3 draw with Liverpool. I almost wanted to give up on the game when Liverpool was already leading with 2:0 against Leeds United but it was quite impressive how Leeds was able to come up and bounce back and not backing down even it seemed like they defeated already

The draw against Liverpool has helped Leeds United to move up to 16th on the table with about 15points from about 15points

You know even in my dreams I can't imagine leeds coming from behind to make an equalizer considering the goal margin and how far they have gone, I know for a fact that liverpool is not in their Best form but the mistake they made yesterday is a remarkable one. I never knew Leeds united is that strong, it was actually my first time of watching thier performance because I saw them drawing with bigger teams why others was having hard time in wining them it was yesterday I witnessed everything . and yeah, I would say that Leeds united has improved a lot and with what I'm seeing they may likely escape relegation this season because thier performance shows that they are willing to stay in premier league.