⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Humblevirus]

Manchester United needs more quality players, look at their players and that of arsenal and Liverpool, how many of their first team players will get into the team of this teams I both mentioned?
The quality of their team is just freaking low bro, aside that, nothing else.

In my opinion, the current Manchester United squad isn't too bad, even the players recruited by Manchester United are quality players and even became stars at their former clubs. However, Amorim's tactics don't fit Manchester United's philosophy and the players' characters. If only Amorim were willing to change his tactics, I'm sure the Manchester United players would perform exceptionally and Manchester United would once again compete as title contenders. Just look at the players who have left Manchester United; all of them have performed exceptionally at their respective clubs, which is a sign of their quality.

I agree with your point that Manchester United squad is not that bad, but we don’t know what is wrong with them that their performances are like this. Aston Villa and Sunderland are playing very well currently. I don’t think that these teams have the kind of great players Manchester United have, but they are doing better than Manchester United concurrently, and for over three seasons now they have been doing better than them in the Premier League.

If it is the players that are Manchester United’s problem, their performances should have been better than this, because they were able to sign some good players and sell and loan some players they think were a headache. Still, not much has changed. It may be, as you said, that Amorim needs to change his tactics and try to use a system that will favor the players and help them improve.But almost all of Manchester United’s current players are not as bad as some people think,it’s just that things are not working out for them for one or two reasons.

[WatChe]

Obviously there is still time, but considering the momentum for the various teams, it's not looking that great for Chelsea and Liverpool compared to Aston Villa and Manchester City. Their recent record is literally flawless.

I am curious to see whether Arsenal is going to have their bad moment towards the end of the season again. They have been there a couple of times now and then messed it up suddenly. It is going to be an exciting season either way, I just hope that the top teams will keep going like that as that makes it most exciting.

Chelsea and Liverpool have same number of points and they are still in contest because too many games still to be played. Liverpool need to perform exceptionally well in rest of the games if they want to retain there title.

For Arsenal, there is no excuse for not winning title this time. The Arsenal fans and management want the club to win this time because they are done with seeing their club finishing as runner up for three consecutive times. The points gap between Arsenal, Man City and Villa is narrow and all three are giving there best to make it to number one position.   

[ITExpert]

Manchester United needs more quality players, look at their players and that of arsenal and Liverpool, how many of their first team players will get into the team of this teams I both mentioned?
The quality of their team is just freaking low bro, aside that, nothing else.

Manchester United is a team which really needs to have improved themselves. Because they faced a lot of bad times which really affected their reputation a lot. And now they have to re-build themselves in such a strong way and for that it is very obvious  they have to be a squad which must be strong efficient and capable to do the best in the favour of the team. Manchester United faced a decline in their performance and they are not able to fulfill the expectations of their fans. Because when Manchester United were in bad condition that time and the situation was very understandable that they were suffering due to their manager Erik ten hag who really made the team so far from their actual position. But now there is one solution which seems that really working is a strong squad.

[Accardo]

For Arsenal, there is no excuse for not winning title this time. The Arsenal fans and management want the club to win this time because they are done with seeing their club finishing as runner up for three consecutive times. The points gap between Arsenal, Man City and Villa is narrow and all three are giving there best to make it to number one position.   

Arsenal may not withstand the pressure anymore, the gaps are not much, comfort is out, they wouldn't have been any escape had Arsenal gave the second place team about 6-9 points difference. As it looks, their chances of taking the title is very low.

[Derekfunds]

For Arsenal, there is no excuse for not winning title this time. The Arsenal fans and management want the club to win this time because they are done with seeing their club finishing as runner up for three consecutive times. The points gap between Arsenal, Man City and Villa is narrow and all three are giving there best to make it to number one position.   

Arsenal may not withstand the pressure anymore, the gaps are not much, comfort is out, they wouldn't have been any escape had Arsenal gave the second place team about 6-9 points difference. As it looks, their chances of taking the title is very low.

Off course the chance of winning the premier league now is very  minimal and unless this season has been signed by God else I doubt the possibility because any loss from them they will find themselves in the second position and anything that makes them go below first position they are gone because they will be discourage at first and their moral will be down and they will be frustrated because they will remember what happened last season and if you check it properly you would see a similar thing. Everything is in their hands whether they will keep on pushing or not.

[Mabebe]

Chelsea and Liverpool have same number of points and they are still in contest because too many games still to be played. Liverpool need to perform exceptionally well in rest of the games if they want to retain there title.

For Arsenal, there is no excuse for not winning title this time. The Arsenal fans and management want the club to win this time because they are done with seeing their club finishing as runner up for three consecutive times. The points gap between Arsenal, Man City and Villa is narrow and all three are giving there best to make it to number one position.   

It is way off for a team like Liverpool right, the chances of them retaining the title is higher almost impossible because there are teams on better form than them and there's no way they will overtake such teams. At least I'm sure that they won't overtake Arsenal and Manchester City, because for that to happen, Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea needs to start having bad games which will drop them from were they are for Liverpool to take over.

[Accardo]

Anything that makes them go below first position they are gone because they will be discourage at first and their moral will be down and they will be frustrated because they will remember what happened last season and if you check it properly you would see a similar thing. Everything is in their hands whether they will keep on pushing or not.

That would be the worse thing for Arsenal this season, the new leader would also want to endure for a long time, everyone's eye is razor sharp on the title, sometimes fans think or say things that translate to me as other clubs would allow Arsenal this season to win the trophy, because they've been the bridesmaid for too long. With everyone's target on this years trophy even clubs we don't expect to get back to first five place would make it there, it's going to get tough next year, Arsenal has injuries to help.

[Miles2006]

Chelsea and Liverpool have same number of points and they are still in contest because too many games still to be played. Liverpool need to perform exceptionally well in rest of the games if they want to retain there title.

For Arsenal, there is no excuse for not winning title this time. The Arsenal fans and management want the club to win this time because they are done with seeing their club finishing as runner up for three consecutive times. The points gap between Arsenal, Man City and Villa is narrow and all three are giving there best to make it to number one position.   

If Liverpool really want the title again I’m sure they know what to do obviously winning consistently will help retain the title spot this season. Nothing is really certain now, the points between each team is not enough to predict rightly viewing the top 5, the performance matters a lot and we judge base on previous performance like the gunners played last match against Everton meanwhile the performance was considered poor likewise Chelsea. Man city is trying every possible means to stay at the top because last time I remembered when the season started City had no good form then and now they’re winning always.

[lombok]

Chelsea and Liverpool have same number of points and they are still in contest because too many games still to be played. Liverpool need to perform exceptionally well in rest of the games if they want to retain there title.

For Arsenal, there is no excuse for not winning title this time. The Arsenal fans and management want the club to win this time because they are done with seeing their club finishing as runner up for three consecutive times. The points gap between Arsenal, Man City and Villa is narrow and all three are giving there best to make it to number one position.   

If Liverpool really want the title again I’m sure they know what to do obviously winning consistently will help retain the title spot this season. Nothing is really certain now, the points between each team is not enough to predict rightly viewing the top 5, the performance matters a lot and we judge base on previous performance like the gunners played last match against Everton meanwhile the performance was considered poor likewise Chelsea. Man city is trying every possible means to stay at the top because last time I remembered when the season started City had no good form then and now they’re winning always.

It must be of the highest consistency to win the top flight trophy because the rivalry between the top five can be felt to be harder and harder to predict. I understand that you know that it is such a narrow margin that a razor has to put us in a position where we perceive every match as a judge of our going concern. The reappearances of the blue team in Manchester demonstrate the fact that poor form does not do well to everyone who is wishing to win. We cannot fail and need to agree that poor performance of other rivals is a great opportunity in case all the remaining matches are won and no mistakes are made in the process.

[wakier]

For Arsenal, there is no excuse for not winning title this time. The Arsenal fans and management want the club to win this time because they are done with seeing their club finishing as runner up for three consecutive times. The points gap between Arsenal, Man City and Villa is narrow and all three are giving there best to make it to number one position.   

Arsenal may not withstand the pressure anymore, the gaps are not much, comfort is out, they wouldn't have been any escape had Arsenal gave the second place team about 6-9 points difference. As it looks, their chances of taking the title is very low.

No, Arsenal are a bit different this season compared to the last few seasons. The league is almost reaching the halfway point, but Arsenal’s performances are still very consistent. This is already proof that Arsenal don’t want to end up like last season. Another example can be seen in the recent matches. Manchester City comfortably picked up 3 points at home, while Arsenal had to play away and almost struggled against Everton. However, they kept pushing for all 3 points, and in the end Arsenal managed to beat Everton.

[Joy_learns_crypto]

It took after eight penalties each to separate Arsenal and Crystal Palace. Arsenal will be meeting Chelsea in the cup semifinals and it will be interesting.
Arsenal should have won the game in the first half but Crystal Palace goal denied them. Second half was equal but saw the team share two goals and went into penalties for more entertainment because it too eight penalties to find a winner.

[Hyphen(-)]

No, Arsenal are a bit different this season compared to the last few seasons. The league is almost reaching the halfway point, but Arsenal’s performances are still very consistent. This is already proof that Arsenal don’t want to end up like last season. Another example can be seen in the recent matches. Manchester City comfortably picked up 3 points at home, while Arsenal had to play away and almost struggled against Everton. However, they kept pushing for all 3 points, and in the end Arsenal managed to beat Everton.

People do give up on Arsenal easily, they don’t believe in them and I believe 100% that this season will be a different season because we are still strong despite injuries.

Unlike last season, if some of Arsenal's key players got injured, Arsenal do lose matches and drop a lot of points, but this time, we have squad depth to the extent that almost all our defenders are injured and yet we keep ourselves on top of the league above Manchester City, this is a welcome development for the team because with this same conditions last two season, Arsenal would have lost points and would have been dropped.

Therefore, this can be the season for Arsenal to win trophies, let’s watch and see how everything goes for the team because almost all the injured players are coming back.

[MorganaX]

It took after eight penalties each to separate Arsenal and Crystal Palace. Arsenal will be meeting Chelsea in the cup semifinals and it will be interesting.
Arsenal should have won the game in the first half but Crystal Palace goal denied them. Second half was equal but saw the team share two goals and went into penalties for more entertainment because it too eight penalties to find a winner.

First I will say congratulations to them as they have played to their best to take the win from penalties. Well to me I'm not well pleased from The way Arsenal performed, but I will say the best thing is the win. Arsenal really needs to improve in their performance as they mainly tend to always concede a goal in recent games. Well we can say they are meeting Chelsea for the quarter final.
The game was very interesting, even to the fact they both played 8 legs of penalty each, to tell you how the game was very interesting. Crystal Palace always tried their best as it was never easy for them.

[AYOBA]

It took after eight penalties each to separate Arsenal and Crystal Palace. Arsenal will be meeting Chelsea in the cup semifinals and it will be interesting.
Arsenal should have won the game in the first half but Crystal Palace goal denied them. Second half was equal but saw the team share two goals and went into penalties for more entertainment because it too eight penalties to find a winner.

Arsenal had a narrow victory over crystal places tonight after escaping what I was avoiding from them which is penalties. Because I was totally lose up after I saw the results that Crystal place have equalized back in the die minutes of the extra time when the match has come to an end, but Arsenal where able to handle the penalty well and secure all their eight goals over the Crystal Palace that’s was a great achievement for the Gunners.

The Gunners can’t wait to meet Chelsea in the Semifinal. Indeed the semifinal will be very interesting to watch as both teams will be well prepared to compete against each other, I have confidence that Arsenal will try by all means to win in order for them to qualify to the final stage.

[Abbatty]

For Arsenal, there is no excuse for not winning title this time. The Arsenal fans and management want the club to win this time because they are done with seeing their club finishing as runner up for three consecutive times. The points gap between Arsenal, Man City and Villa is narrow and all three are giving there best to make it to number one position.   

Arsenal may not withstand the pressure anymore, the gaps are not much, comfort is out, they wouldn't have been any escape had Arsenal gave the second place team about 6-9 points difference. As it looks, their chances of taking the title is very low.

It still a very long season ahead and a lose or draw would put arsenal out of the table so we should expect a lot of drama and entertainment. Well if I’m being honest I would say I don’t think arsenal can keep up with the pressure. I don’t see them as a team that creat a lot of chances, most of their goals this season have been scored from set pieces, you can’t win the premier league like that.

With Manchester city now looking like the very team we use to know them to be then I would say I consider them as huge favorites in winning the league. Well as always the premier league is very  unpredictable and in times like this only the one who wants it most can win it.

[MorganaX]

For Arsenal, there is no excuse for not winning title this time. The Arsenal fans and management want the club to win this time because they are done with seeing their club finishing as runner up for three consecutive times. The points gap between Arsenal, Man City and Villa is narrow and all three are giving there best to make it to number one position.   

Arsenal may not withstand the pressure anymore, the gaps are not much, comfort is out, they wouldn't have been any escape had Arsenal gave the second place team about 6-9 points difference. As it looks, their chances of taking the title is very low.

It still a very long season ahead and a lose or draw would put arsenal out of the table so we should expect a lot of drama and entertainment. Well if I’m being honest I would say I don’t think arsenal can keep up with the pressure. I don’t see them as a team that creat a lot of chances, most of their goals this season have been scored from set pieces, you can’t win the premier league like that.

With Manchester city now looking like the very team we use to know them to be then I would say I consider them as huge favorites in winning the league. Well as always the premier league is very  unpredictable and in times like this only the one who wants it most can win it.

Well it is clear that Arsenal will not retain that position for a long time, due to the fact that, they have not been performing as they were in the early season. A lose or a draw can put them out of the season. So definitely expecting much from them will definitely be a wrong thing to do. For me I always believe that this is football and anything can happen, we might think that, arsenal that is looking like a team that is not consistent with their play, might even be the team to win the league. Right now it is too early to predict or assume the winner of the league.

[jaberwock]

Unai Emery definitely plays the biggest part in this team being this good, they have not been good before him, in fact they were not even in premier league until recently, it was 2020 or something where they went up, and then after a while got Unai and now they are fighting to be better. I know they are not going to win the title, but they do not have to, nobody tells them to win, nobody expects them to win, just the fact that they are doing this good is more than enough for them.

Reality is easy, we are talking about a team that should have hard time being in the top half, instead fights for a fourth place and that alone is showing how much overachievers they are at the moment and Unia Emery is the biggest reason.

[Jostern]

For Arsenal, there is no excuse for not winning title this time. The Arsenal fans and management want the club to win this time because they are done with seeing their club finishing as runner up for three consecutive times. The points gap between Arsenal, Man City and Villa is narrow and all three are giving there best to make it to number one position.   

Arsenal may not withstand the pressure anymore, the gaps are not much, comfort is out, they wouldn't have been any escape had Arsenal gave the second place team about 6-9 points difference. As it looks, their chances of taking the title is very low.

Arsenal just have to be careful, because right now they aren’t performing and that makes them vulnerable to fail this time around, everyone thought that Arsenal was going to run away with the Premier League title, and I was happy that they didn’t run away with the title instead it’s more better that they have to fight very hard, to win the Premier League and they seems to have some luck on their side, because Wolves and Everton wasn’t a good performance from them and they managed to win the game and right now there are so many strong games coming and it getting more difficult day by day for them, 2 points is just a small number of points and everything can change sooner than expected.

They have to keep playing more and more football and keep winning that is the only way of winning the Premier League.

[emrecemsan]

Unai Emery definitely plays the biggest part in this team being this good, they have not been good before him, in fact they were not even in premier league until recently, it was 2020 or something where they went up, and then after a while got Unai and now they are fighting to be better. I know they are not going to win the title, but they do not have to, nobody tells them to win, nobody expects them to win, just the fact that they are doing this good is more than enough for them.

Reality is easy, we are talking about a team that should have hard time being in the top half, instead fights for a fourth place and that alone is showing how much overachievers they are at the moment and Unia Emery is the biggest reason.

Do you know the coincidence with Unai Emery that he's been quite successful with the teams in whose names there are "Villa"? 

Sevilla, Villarreal and now Aston Villa... He won Europa League titles with the first 2 teams there. I remember even a CL semi final qualification with Villarreal!

Now he is here at Aston Villa to maintain this tradition of him. His team is already the biggest favourite for the EL title and they are doing pretty good in the PL at the same time.

[SquallLeonhart]

Now you have helped me by making the point yourself as why I proscribed them as a mediocre team which I as well don't mean to disrespect them, but Aston villa ain't in the race for title but just to maintain at least a good position that can take them to either the UCL or europa league. What stops them to contending for title as a team like Manchester United if we're to be at that performance and position would have done. Nevertheless,  I  didn't mean to say that Manchester United are struggling due to Aston villa's uprising in the last two seasons.

The difference is that United should be making more money and should be spending more money and should be able to defeat teams like Aston Villa normally. I get that they may have lost here, but that doesn't change the fact that they are not getting the wins they want and United ends up playing lesser than the finances that they have. If they keep this up and keep on getting bad results then I am afraid they will miss all of UEFA competitions again, even maybe conference league. That will not be easy for them because with the amount of money they are spending, they should be at least in UCL.