⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[M47AK16]

Bournemouth's downfall is still going on. Another point loss even in a home match against Burnley. Semenyo is really wasting his time there in this situation. He has made a significant amount of score contribution so far.

I believe he deserves to play for a better team. He is still young by the way (25 years old). Do you think he will get an offer in January already or by next summer maybe? His value in the market is €65m now but hard to imagine how much the team would ask for him.

In this season, Bournemouth is wired club they are having draw against teams like Chelsea and Manchester United this give them good boost but losing points against Burnley is big setback because here they can give themselves good favour for staying away from bottom of league table.

They have currently 7 draw games out of 17, but their defense is giving them serious troubles because they are conceding good number of goals attack is also needed good improvement because they are having troubling time just because of this having balanced squad will increase their chances for having better end of their season otherwise things are going to be in problematic area.

[Zaguru12]

They have currently 7 draw games out of 17, but their defense is giving them serious troubles because they are conceding good number of goals attack is also needed good improvement because they are having troubling time just because of this having balanced squad will increase their chances for having better end of their season otherwise things are going to be in problematic area.

I am not too surprised reading about Bournemouth have difficulties in defense and conceding too much goals because they brought it upon themselves. Last season they had players which were good at defense but they ended not selling all the defenders alone but also added goalkeeper too, they sold all entire defense and there shouldn’t be excuse of any form now for conceding too many goals, because even if they have a perfect replacement. There wouldn’t be any instant impact at first rather the player would have to grow gradually most especially for a player from another league

Arsenal is a champion in waiting, win like this is what wins you league, picking maximum point even when you don't deserve it, arsenal fought hard until the end high pressing and forcing your opponent to make mistake, that is the quality of a champion in waiting,

I actually agree with you about the fact that for a club to be crown champions they need to scrap out wins like this narrowly. This are those challenging games that defines the tenacity of the team. But as for Arsenal been champions in waiting, I still have my doubts on that seriously

[Zoomic]

Manchester United is missing many important players, even their squad has no absentees still doubt Manchester United's victory because this team is always a lot of doubts against any team especially with Aston Villa experiencing a long winning streak.

I am quite surprised that Aston Villa can still get the high odds offered by the bookies while many opposing players are absent, maybe Aston Villa is also playing a lot for AFCON?
I think Aston Villa will win tonight at home, so I'm sure the odds can be won.

Exactly what I wanted to say and I am still going to emphasize on it. We agree that Manchester United lost some important players for AFCON. And one of their good midfielders is on red card, but the question is, if this players were present would Manchester United do anything different. I think you are answer is exactly my guess.

Manchester United has been grossly inconsistent, and they have been lacking pattern and good coaching. So with or without these few mising players, Manchester United would still lose. I wonder Why Manchester United management still have confident in their coach, but as a concerned football analyst, I will tell you for free that the present Manchester United coach cannot take the club anywhere.

[l99l]

Imagine, even though nobody expects it, that Aston Villa are the champions this season.
They're winning back-to-back matches. They're currently almost second in the league, just three points behind Arsenal.
They even beat Arsenal a few weeks ago. Morgan Rogers is a fantastic player, and the goal he scored today was a great one.
Manchester United found the equalizer before the end of the first half by applying high pressure. They forced Aston Villa into making mistakes, and Manchester United responded quickly with this pressure. Rogers scored the second goal, and he's scoring these goals effortlessly.

[Showlove01]

Imagine, even though nobody expects it, that Aston Villa are the champions this season.
They're winning back-to-back matches. They're currently almost second in the league, just three points behind Arsenal.
They even beat Arsenal a few weeks ago. Morgan Rogers is a fantastic player, and the goal he scored today was a great one.
Manchester United found the equalizer before the end of the first half by applying high pressure. They forced Aston Villa into making mistakes, and Manchester United responded quickly with this pressure. Rogers scored the second goal, and he's scoring these goals effortlessly.

Congratulations to Aston villa as they maintained there position in the premier league table. I was expecting them to perform better than what they did today but it seems Manchester united was more on the game and if Aston Villa has played what they always and what they played against arsenal I'm sure they would scored more goals and Manchester united would not have even see the back of the net and Bruno Fernandes Injury really mess the whole game up and I doubt if Manchester united can actually do any better against Newcastle.

[W Jr.]

Imagine, even though nobody expects it, that Aston Villa are the champions this season.
They're winning back-to-back matches. They're currently almost second in the league, just three points behind Arsenal.
They even beat Arsenal a few weeks ago. Morgan Rogers is a fantastic player, and the goal he scored today was a great one.
Manchester United found the equalizer before the end of the first half by applying high pressure. They forced Aston Villa into making mistakes, and Manchester United responded quickly with this pressure. Rogers scored the second goal, and he's scoring these goals effortlessly.

Congratulations to Aston villa as they maintained there position in the premier league table. I was expecting them to perform better than what they did today but it seems Manchester united was more on the game and if Aston Villa has played what they always and what they played against arsenal I'm sure they would scored more goals and Manchester united would not have even see the back of the net and Bruno Fernandes Injury really mess the whole game up and I doubt if Manchester united can actually do any better against Newcastle.

Newcastle United is one of the tough teams in the Premier League. Manchester United will also have a difficult time against them because their injured players are exacerbating their goal-scoring problems. They've lost several very effective attacking players to injury, which has made them less effective in front of goal. Perhaps this wasn't felt much in this match, but I think we'll feel it in upcoming games.

[Ryu_Ar1]

The condition of the performance of the two clubs in this match looks quite balanced to me because although Newcastle is a little more dominant because of the advantage of playing home but we can see that the performance in this match is not too much different and indeed this draw looks quite appropriate.

It's just that even for Chelsea this is still quite good but of course they have to be more than this if they still want to aim for competition in the race for the trophy.
In their last 5 matches they have lost quite a lot of points and this must be corrected if they still want to compete in the race for the trophy unless there may be other actions when their target is only the zone in the Champions League only if their performance continues like this then it is not impossible that they will also be eliminated.

Chelsea does not show much of an interest for the trophy this season unlike other big clubs, but they might still end up having it if they perform well.

Before the match started alot of individuals where looking down on Newcastle like they are not capable enough to win Chelsea, but forgetting that they are also a strong club and have won most of their past matches this season.

Nevertheless their match was very competitive and I am actually very impressed with how Chelsea defended the ball in the second half and equalised

It's not that they don't show interest, it's just that they don't know how to control themselves and maintain the rhythm of the performance that has been going very well and this problem is very difficult for Enzo to fix until now which makes them always lose momentum in a very favorable condition.

In this match it became a fairness when the probability of Newcastle was much smaller than Chelsea because it was a fairness but unfortunately Chelsea did not make good use of their favorite advantage because the scheme did not work well.
With this result they are slowly getting further away even though it is still very much catchable when we look at the remaining matches in this season but of course this is not easy for now.

[Issa56]

Congratulations to Aston villa as they maintained there position in the premier league table. I was expecting them to perform better than what they did today but it seems Manchester united was more on the game and if Aston Villa has played what they always and what they played against arsenal I'm sure they would scored more goals and Manchester united would not have even see the back of the net and Bruno Fernandes Injury really mess the whole game up and I doubt if Manchester united can actually do any better against Newcastle.

I knew the match won’t really be a easy one for Aston villa, but I know they will be able to get a win in the match. Aston villa will be able to maintain the 3rd position which they are right now, they were able to secure 3 points in todays match which is really a good one for them, Aston villa are really playing impressively well this season, and they trying all their possible best to get 3 points in all the matches which they are playing recently. Manchester United were lucky not to have conceded more than 2 goals today, if Aston villa played the same way they have been playing previously, they would have scored more than 2 goals today.

[Chainspector]

Imagine, even though nobody expects it, that Aston Villa are the champions this season.
They're winning back-to-back matches. They're currently almost second in the league, just three points behind Arsenal.
They even beat Arsenal a few weeks ago. Morgan Rogers is a fantastic player, and the goal he scored today was a great one.
Manchester United found the equalizer before the end of the first half by applying high pressure. They forced Aston Villa into making mistakes, and Manchester United responded quickly with this pressure. Rogers scored the second goal, and he's scoring these goals effortlessly.

Aston Villa winning the league this season shouldn’t be something to jubilate about especially as there is still lots of matches to play before the season comes to an end. Let’s not forget Man City is also in the title race and we’ve seen the wonders City is capable of pulling. Morgan Rogers is truly an outstanding player and the perseverance of the team is what has brought Villa this far but how willing are they to go toe-to-toe against the Premier League Merchants and Arsenal who have also shown promising stats this season. It is going to be a wild show trust me.

[MK-74]

There was only one match in the Premier League tonight and the winner was Aston Villa.
Aston Villa played against Manchester United and won the match 2–1.
It was an important victory for Aston Villa and they are now the third title contender in the league. It will be difficult for the other teams to win the title, but the point gaps between Aston Villa, Manchester City and Arsenal are very small.
The Premier League has been very enjoyable this season and I’m curious to see which team will be celebrating at the end of the year.

[Joy- maker]

There was only one match in the Premier League tonight and the winner was Aston Villa.
Aston Villa played against Manchester United and won the match 2–1.
It was an important victory for Aston Villa and they are now the third title contender in the league. It will be difficult for the other teams to win the title, but the point gaps between Aston Villa, Manchester City and Arsenal are very small.
The Premier League has been very enjoyable this season and I’m curious to see which team will be celebrating at the end of the year.

Aston Villa is really showing potential of winning the premier league title this reason and I wish them Goodluck, despite wining my club Manchester United today 2:1. If Aston Villa can be consistence in wining their matches trust me they be will be lifting the premier league title this reason.
Manchester United on the other hand played very well today, but still couldn't secure a win, so painful. because it pains a lot when your efforts are counted as wasted one, and that was what happened to Manchester United today all there efforts was just wasted. Normally this season didn't really favour Manchester United as it is favouring other clubs, and from the beginning of this season Manchester United performance was really terrible, and nobody expected them to even be were they are currently, because all hope was lost. I believe Manchester United will do better next season.

[Slow death]

Imagine, even though nobody expects it, that Aston Villa are the champions this season.
They're winning back-to-back matches. They're currently almost second in the league, just three points behind Arsenal.
They even beat Arsenal a few weeks ago. Morgan Rogers is a fantastic player, and the goal he scored today was a great one.
Manchester United found the equalizer before the end of the first half by applying high pressure. They forced Aston Villa into making mistakes, and Manchester United responded quickly with this pressure. Rogers scored the second goal, and he's scoring these goals effortlessly.

Aston Villa also beat Manchester City in a game where they scored one goal and didn't concede any, so if they were to become champions, I would congratulate them because it would be deserved. I'm a Liverpool fan, but Aston Villa's good performance is something that needs to be recognized. They are putting in a lot of effort and are achieving good results even without spending large sums of money on signings like other top teams have done. That is undoubtedly something that deserves praise.

[Woodie]

Not sure if we should really consider Aston Villa as title contenders, because this team continues to put up solid performances and along the way beaten some big teams... Should we really put them in the same league as Arsenal and Manchester City because this 10 games unbeaten run keeps going and if they play their cards right they could sneak into the trophy 🏆 room and just win it 

GG Villa, that was some great football #Rogers.

[Berry2d]

Not sure if we should really consider Aston Villa as title contenders, because this team continues to put up solid performances and along the way beaten some big teams... Should we really put them in the same league as Arsenal and Manchester City because this 10 games unbeaten run keeps going and if they play their cards right they could sneak into the trophy 🏆 room and just win it 

GG Villa, that was some great football #Rogers.

Aston villa's consistency level is never enough for them to be placed in the same level with arsenal or other big teams in the English premier league for now, know doubt they had an impressive performance today against Manchester united by winning them by 2 goals to 1 but the need for them to put more effort is still considered very necessary. For few week now they have been very impressive in all qualities of football ranging from dominance, possessiveness and defensive wise which are the characteristics of a good team and should put more effort so there impressive performance won't only be limited in the  English premier league but even to European football

[Luzin]

Wolves are getting worse and suffering. Losing to Nottingham makes it even harder for them to survive relegation. After 17 matches, Wolves have only 2 points. A major problem for Wolves today, it seems, should make management realize they need to take advantage of the winter transfer window immediately. Some of Wolves' key players have left, and this seems to be one of the starting points of the season that has made them so poor. The new coach gives hope, but if they don't have good players, that's not the coach's problem; it's that they simply can't compete. Wolves used to be a very competitive team, but they have lost their strength. What do you think, can they survive and stay in the EPL?

[Kuingsudaqila]

I'm fully rooting on Villa. They have improved at lot compared to the MU. They're good at away and home game. They're also beating Arsenal, and still remain unbeaten until now. So don't forget their opponent is gonna miss so many players(Mbeumo(AFCON), Amad(AFCON), Casemiro(suspend), De ligt, Mazraoui(AFCON) and Meguire, which important players.

It's hard to say no on betting to them due to that so many advantages they get at this moment. Manchester United without Mbeumo is just Bruno FC. It makes sense to take a Villa in this game.

So no draw to happen, but Villa win. 

The national team call-up for the Africa Cup (AFCON) does not really affect Manchester United. The called-up Mbeumo has been less productive both in scoring goals and assists but still remains useful for Manchester United's attack. On the defensive side, there is wing-back Ahmad Diallo. However, I don't think this is a reason to make him the scapegoat for the loss against Aston Villa. What needs to be noted is that Aston Villa has no disruptions at all in their squad for players called up to the national team for the 2025 Africa Cup. Because Guessan, the only player from Africa, specifically from Ivory Coast, was not called up to the national team for this Africa Cup.

[Iroh]

Aston Villa is really showing potential of winning the premier league title this reason and I wish them Goodluck, despite wining my club Manchester United today 2:1. If Aston Villa can be consistence in wining their matches trust me they be will be lifting the premier league title this reason.
Manchester United on the other hand played very well today, but still couldn't secure a win, so painful. because it pains a lot when your efforts are counted as wasted one, and that was what happened to Manchester United today all there efforts was just wasted. Normally this season didn't really favour Manchester United as it is favouring other clubs, and from the beginning of this season Manchester United performance was really terrible, and nobody expected them to even be were they are currently, because all hope was lost. I believe Manchester United will do better next season.

I didn't really expect a win from Manchester united. I was kinda hoping for one but didn't have my hopes high enough to be disappointed in the end. I envisaged both sides each scoring a goal though.. Man united played well and actually had more time with the ball to come up with better attacks on target.
It is a bit painful to have all your efforts, no matter how good, be in vain. Looking at how in sync they're starting to be amongst themselves, I too belive Man united would do much better next season. I'm not so sure on Aston Villa winning the title just yet. Although, they're just 3 points away from first place Man city.

[topbitcoin]

Imagine, even though nobody expects it, that Aston Villa are the champions this season.
They're winning back-to-back matches. They're currently almost second in the league, just three points behind Arsenal.
They even beat Arsenal a few weeks ago. Morgan Rogers is a fantastic player, and the goal he scored today was a great one.
Manchester United found the equalizer before the end of the first half by applying high pressure. They forced Aston Villa into making mistakes, and Manchester United responded quickly with this pressure. Rogers scored the second goal, and he's scoring these goals effortlessly.

This is due to Unai Emery's cold hands where he seems to be a specialist in dark horse clubs and this condition continues to repeat itself everywhere after he previously succeeded with Villarreal in La Liga and now he has also succeeded at Aston Villa.

They now seem unstoppable because they always manage to beat whoever is their opponent even though they have the capacity of players who are ordinary in terms of level but the condition of their teamwork really deserves to be appreciated.
This is their 10th win after last losing to Liverpool in early March in all competitions they do and next week there is Chelsea waiting to see if in the end Aston Villa is still able to continue its trend. I'll be happy to wait for their performance next week.

[whiteblue]

The national team call-up for the Africa Cup (AFCON) does not really affect Manchester United. The called-up Mbeumo has been less productive both in scoring goals and assists but still remains useful for Manchester United's attack. On the defensive side, there is wing-back Ahmad Diallo. However, I don't think this is a reason to make him the scapegoat for the loss against Aston Villa. What needs to be noted is that Aston Villa has no disruptions at all in their squad for players called up to the national team for the 2025 Africa Cup. Because Guessan, the only player from Africa, specifically from Ivory Coast, was not called up to the national team for this Africa Cup.

2 players they relied on went to defend their country at AFCON (Amad and Mbeumo) how could this not interfere with the performance they had in this match.
At least 6 players and some of them are core players or players who are often an option in the substitute and that can't be Manchester United in a match against Aston Villa which actually their club looks ordinary but is very well revamped and much more luxurious by Emery.

Losing Amad Dialo in midfield, losing Mbeumo in defense and several players like De Ligt and Maguire in empty defense of course this makes Manchesdter United's situation not much of a choice and this condition I think is quite understandable if Manchester United lose.

[Roseline492]

Congratulations to Aston villa as they maintained there position in the premier league table. I was expecting them to perform better than what they did today but it seems Manchester united was more on the game and if Aston Villa has played what they always and what they played against arsenal I'm sure they would scored more goals and Manchester united would not have even see the back of the net and Bruno Fernandes Injury really mess the whole game up and I doubt if Manchester united can actually do any better against Newcastle.

Yoro just stood there and was watching  Rogers controlling the ball when it was almost going to the throwing and did nothing but only for him to pick up himself when  Rogers was about making use of the opportunity but unfortunately for Yoro the chance  Rogers got was enough for Aston Villa first goal, this is why a defender shouldn't loss hope except the ball is already out of the pitch if not they should make sure they never leave it because opponent might use it the way they do not imagine, so that was the mistake Yoro did. However about Newcastle United do you see success for Manchester United?.