⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Xcode7]

Looks like this is the turning point in the season where Arsenal starts to drop lots of points, perhaps even get eliminated in other competitions and we could see Deja vu all over gain.

One thing that I can't seem to wrap around my mind is how all Arsenals forwards don't stand out as top strikers like Halaand or Salah during a good season.

They bought Gyokeres, but his performance hasn't lived up to expectations and even his goal-scoring ability is very different from what he did at his old club. Overall, Arsenal's performance has been much better than in previous seasons, but dropping points in recent matches has brought them closer to Manchester City and Aston Villa. I also don't understand why Arsenal's strikers haven't been able to reach their full potential like the prolific strikers of other teams as they should have the best strikers currently available.

However, I see Arsenal's front line this season has started to look good compared to last season and I think we also don't need to judge Arsenal too much just because of their defeat against Man United, there is nothing wrong with Arsenal's performance, it's just that they can't maintain consistency in their performance, that's what has been their problem in the last few seasons.

[Velvet78]

However, I see Arsenal's front line this season has started to look good compared to last season and I think we also don't need to judge Arsenal too much just because of their defeat against Man United, there is nothing wrong with Arsenal's performance, it's just that they can't maintain consistency in their performance, that's what has been their problem in the last few seasons.

Gabriel Jesus' recovery is very important for Arsenal in the attacking line. The team have already started to get what they couldn't from Gyökeres so far. He is much more active and scoring already. 

But I really hope to see Gyökeres starting to make a bigger contribution as well. That goal he scored against Inter was really impressive. I know he doesn't get the ball as often as the wingers but in this case he needs to get more efficient at least.

[Oluwa-btc]

Gabriel Jesus' recovery is very important for Arsenal in the attacking line. The team have already started to get what they couldn't from Gyökeres so far. He is much more active and scoring already. 

But I really hope to see Gyökeres starting to make a bigger contribution as well. That goal he scored against Inter was really impressive. I know he doesn't get the ball as often as the wingers but in this case he needs to get more efficient at least.

Yeah, two goals already to his name but he got humbled by Harry  Maguire and Lisandro Martinez, yes?! The disrespect on Viktor Gyökeres though, when you should be slamming players around him like Odegaard, Saka, Madueke, Martinelli and Trossad. How many chances have been created for Gyökeres from these players?!

Mikel Arteta needs to push these players hard enough,  we all saw how they're much depended on set pieces again against Manchester United rather than create clear cut chances for their number nine to score.

[Olatundespo]

Looks like this is the turning point in the season where Arsenal starts to drop lots of points, perhaps even get eliminated in other competitions and we could see Deja vu all over gain.

One thing that I can't seem to wrap around my mind is how all Arsenals forwards don't stand out as top strikers like Halaand or Salah during a good season.

They bought Gyokeres, but his performance hasn't lived up to expectations and even his goal-scoring ability is very different from what he did at his old club. Overall, Arsenal's performance has been much better than in previous seasons, but dropping points in recent matches has brought them closer to Manchester City and Aston Villa. I also don't understand why Arsenal's strikers haven't been able to reach their full potential like the prolific strikers of other teams as they should have the best strikers currently available.

However, I see Arsenal's front line this season has started to look good compared to last season and I think we also don't need to judge Arsenal too much just because of their defeat against Man United, there is nothing wrong with Arsenal's performance, it's just that they can't maintain consistency in their performance, that's what has been their problem in the last few seasons.

Man United played a much better team than Arsenal expected. Arsenal may not have guessed the strength of the team. But as you said, Arsenal performance was not wrong, they played the same game as they have consistently performed. I think luck was not in Arsenal's favour. A crucial goal by United forward Matheus Cunha towards the end of the match sealed Arsenal defeat. It remains to be seen how impressive Arsenal performance in the following matches will be or if they are just starting to have a bad spell.

[9ja Amaka]

Looks like this is the turning point in the season where Arsenal starts to drop lots of points, perhaps even get eliminated in other competitions and we could see Deja vu all over gain.

One thing that I can't seem to wrap around my mind is how all Arsenals forwards don't stand out as top strikers like Halaand or Salah during a good season.

I don't think is fair for anyone to think Arsenal is now in a bad situation,  because they lost to Manchester United.  It's true that we all expect Arsenal to win against Manchester United, but we should not also forget that Manchester United had a good performance that day and this is the EPL, where every match is not easy. I think Arsenal are judge harshly,  because they are the best in the league right now and everyone expects them to win every match, even if Arsenal has drawn that match, a lot of people will still make comments like this, but you need to remember that aside from the invisible no team has won the league without losing atleast 4 matches, so I don't think this lose to Manchester United will change anything,  but rather be a motivation for the team to do better. I still strongly believe that Arsenal will win the EPL this season, because they are the best team right now and also the most consistent in the league right now.

[Xcode7]

Looks like this is the turning point in the season where Arsenal starts to drop lots of points, perhaps even get eliminated in other competitions and we could see Deja vu all over gain.

One thing that I can't seem to wrap around my mind is how all Arsenals forwards don't stand out as top strikers like Halaand or Salah during a good season.

I don't think is fair for anyone to think Arsenal is now in a bad situation,  because they lost to Manchester United.  It's true that we all expect Arsenal to win against Manchester United, but we should not also forget that Manchester United had a good performance that day and this is the EPL, where every match is not easy. I think Arsenal are judge harshly,  because they are the best in the league right now and everyone expects them to win every match, even if Arsenal has drawn that match, a lot of people will still make comments like this, but you need to remember that aside from the invisible no team has won the league without losing atleast 4 matches, so I don't think this lose to Manchester United will change anything,  but rather be a motivation for the team to do better. I still strongly believe that Arsenal will win the EPL this season, because they are the best team right now and also the most consistent in the league right now.

I also think the same as you, we should not judge Arsenal's book just because they lost to Man United, it must be admitted that Man United is playing very well under their new coach so I think the win over Arsenal is a reasonable result but I also don't think that Arsenal has a big percentage to win the PL title and what is certain is that from Arsenal's defeat we are aware that the competition to win the title will remain fierce until the end of the season.

[Volgastallion]

What a strange feel is for a team like Arsenal and his goalkeeper and coach to receive only 3 shots at goal and all of them goes in, is more than painfull and this highlights how difficult is to be a goalkeeper for big teams, you are not gonna receive so much shots, but when they come you have to save the team, and in the last game that doesnt happen with Raya, he doesnt save a single one and the team lose. ITs not his fault at 100% but..... you need to save.

[Juicyhome]

What a strange feel is for a team like Arsenal and his goalkeeper and coach to receive only 3 shots at goal and all of them goes in, is more than painfull and this highlights how difficult is to be a goalkeeper for big teams, you are not gonna receive so much shots, but when they come you have to save the team, and in the last game that doesnt happen with Raya, he doesnt save a single one and the team lose. ITs not his fault at 100% but..... you need to save.

The three shots on target Manchester United had in the game was very hard to save, you can't blame the keeper.thr defenders made the mistake, they couldn't stop Manchester United attackers.

No keeper can stop those shots, before the game I told a friend that Manchester United will convert any chance they see in the game and it happened, Manchester United only had three chances and they utilized them . Arsenal will not win the league again,the league is very much open now, a club like Arsenal without a proper sharp attacker can't win the title.

[Princess Leah]

What a strange feel is for a team like Arsenal and his goalkeeper and coach to receive only 3 shots at goal and all of them goes in, is more than painfull and this highlights how difficult is to be a goalkeeper for big teams, you are not gonna receive so much shots, but when they come you have to save the team, and in the last game that doesnt happen with Raya, he doesnt save a single one and the team lose. ITs not his fault at 100% but..... you need to save.

The three shots on target Manchester United had in the game was very hard to save, you can't blame the keeper.thr defenders made the mistake, they couldn't stop Manchester United attackers.

No keeper can stop those shots, before the game I told a friend that Manchester United will convert any chance they see in the game and it happened, Manchester United only had three chances and they utilized them . Arsenal will not win the league again,the league is very much open now, a club like Arsenal without a proper sharp attacker can't win the title.

Kudos to Manchester United, they discovered a hack to penetrate the team with the most solid defence and scored thrice, it's something that Arteta would be so worried about and try to correct the errors of his defenders. Manchester United really capitalised on the errors of Arsenal players and it paid off.

 It's true the those goals were so difficult stop, Raya really tried his best to follow up all shots but it was too powerful to save, it seems that scoring him requires putting the ball in the deep corner of the goal post with a shot so he won't be able to move quickly and save it. Concerning Arsenal not winning the league, it's still too early to decide that, remember they're still leading and the lose against Manchester United is not enough to determine whether they'll win it or not.

[tbterryboy]

Looks like this is the turning point in the season where Arsenal starts to drop lots of points, perhaps even get eliminated in other competitions and we could see Deja vu all over gain.

One thing that I can't seem to wrap around my mind is how all Arsenals forwards don't stand out as top strikers like Halaand or Salah during a good season.

Wired situation, Arsenal's attack completely fails to produce good performance, usually 3 to 4 poor games have big changes in league tables, but currently Arsenal is lucky enough, their opponents are also losing points which are giving them another opportunity to have their best and keep things in control.

Arsenal attackers are still missing charisma like Mohammad Salah and Eric Haaland, this is a big problem for them while they are playing, in this season now 15 matches remaining, and they have time to rethink about their strategy and players performance which allow them to stay at the top and have their title after years of wait. Manchester City is also having no enough depth while Aston Villa can give surprise it's still big question.

[Catenaccio]

Wired situation, Arsenal's attack completely fails to produce good performance, usually 3 to 4 poor games have big changes in league tables, but currently Arsenal is lucky enough, their opponents are also losing points which are giving them another opportunity to have their best and keep things in control.

Arsenal attackers are still missing charisma like Mohammad Salah and Eric Haaland, this is a big problem for them while they are playing, in this season now 15 matches remaining, and they have time to rethink about their strategy and players performance which allow them to stay at the top and have their title after years of wait. Manchester City is also having no enough depth while Aston Villa can give surprise it's still big question.

Arsenal did not have good strikers in recent seasons and they tried to improve this important position with Gyokeres last summer transfer market. So far, they failed with this task as Gyokeres did not perform too well for Arsenal. Luckily with Arteta management, Arsenal was trained and prepared well enough for free kicks or corner kicks and they have scored many goals from these situations. They managed to score goals, even winning goals from free/ corner kicks but generally they can not repeat it in all matches.

When their attacking system can not operate too smoothly and they can not score goals from free kicks, Arsenal will have big problems. Worse if their defensive players make mistakes, they will face with very high risk of losing matches. The defeat with Manchester United is very bad and disappointed but it already happened and Arsenal will have to move onward by trying their best for better performances and results. At least they still have four-point advantage that is enough to win Premier League title if they can secure it in remaining matches.

[Uhde]

Wired situation, Arsenal's attack completely fails to produce good performance, usually 3 to 4 poor games have big changes in league tables, but currently Arsenal is lucky enough, their opponents are also losing points which are giving them another opportunity to have their best and keep things in control.

Arsenal attackers are still missing charisma like Mohammad Salah and Eric Haaland, this is a big problem for them while they are playing, in this season now 15 matches remaining, and they have time to rethink about their strategy and players performance which allow them to stay at the top and have their title after years of wait. Manchester City is also having no enough depth while Aston Villa can give surprise it's still big question.

Arsenal did not have good strikers in recent seasons and they tried to improve this important position with Gyokeres last summer transfer market. So far, they failed with this task as Gyokeres did not perform too well for Arsenal. Luckily with Arteta management, Arsenal was trained and prepared well enough for free kicks or corner kicks and they have scored many goals from these situations. They managed to score goals, even winning goals from free/ corner kicks but generally they can not repeat it in all matches.

When their attacking system can not operate too smoothly and they can not score goals from free kicks, Arsenal will have big problems. Worse if their defensive players make mistakes, they will face with very high risk of losing matches. The defeat with Manchester United is very bad and disappointed but it already happened and Arsenal will have to move onward by trying their best for better performances and results. At least they still have four-point advantage that is enough to win Premier League title if they can secure it in remaining matches.

At Arsenal right now, the goals are shared by everyone. Two players have 5 goals, and five players have 4 goals. But if you look at Haaland from Manchester City, he already has 20 goals and is the top scorer. Arsenal doesn't have a name at the top of the goalscorer list. Even though they have strikers, it's not about one person. The whole team works together and everyone contributes to the goals equally.

[Webetcoins]

The EPL is the biggest league in the world. It is more competitive than the Laliga and Serial A. So if Arsenal wins a big team in those leagues and draws or loses in the EPL just understand that the competition on both sides are very much different. An average team in the EPL can't b compared to the top 4 in those other leagues. I am not saying this to underestimate any league but the reality is clubs like Man City, Aston Villa and the rest are bigger clubs at the European level compared to their domestic league.

We can't judge Arsenal just from their defeat against Man United and I also see the Manchester United team which is currently in good form and indeed sometimes a team can't perform optimally in a match like Arsenal experienced so I think overall there is no problem with the Arsenal team, they are just unlucky and the opponent they faced could have performed better in that match.

We can't judge Arsenal for that loss, that is true, but if they got a win, that would have been awesome considering they were making the gap bigger and almost guarantee the league. Now?

They are still the leaders, but the possibility of losing the title is there, and they are fearing about it. This group of fans have seen Arsenal lead and then lose the race eventually far too many times, and that is why they are worried that it may happen again this year if they have a bad season ending.

[Alpha Marine]

However, I see Arsenal's front line this season has started to look good compared to last season and I think we also don't need to judge Arsenal too much just because of their defeat against Man United, there is nothing wrong with Arsenal's performance, it's just that they can't maintain consistency in their performance, that's what has been their problem in the last few seasons.

What did you say about Arsenal's attack? The only poor part about Arsenal currently is their attack. They don't attack as much as they used to, and they don't score or create chances as much as they used to. Go and check how many goals Saka, Martinelli, Gyokeres or Eze have scored in the last 15 games.
They need to fix their attacks nd make them more effective. If they meet a team that is also compact in defence and midfield, they struggle.

I agree that we shouldn't read too much into Arsenal's loss against Manchester United, but what is troubling is the fact that they haven't won a league game in 3 matches. They can't keep dropping points like that if they want to win the league. They need to take advantage of Man City's poor form and extend their lead. It's just 4 points difference now, so the have to hope Manchester City continue flopping or else they will be in trouble.

[Luzin]

Carrick sweet debut with Man United, playing twice against big teams and winning both times. Does this indicate a positive trend? Hopefully. I observed two things. First, the roles of Mbeumo and Bruno. Carrick gave Mbeumo the freedom to move more freely and not be just a target man. It’s proven that he can move freely and be creative. Then Bruno is more of a playmaker. It's proven as Mbeumo was able to score against both Man City and Arsenal. IMO

[1kodumtek7]

Manchester United are really in top 4. I have really missed to see this though... Carrick has done a wonderful job by winning like the most difficult fixtures of the season. He even did that in consecutive matches which is even a crazier fact!

Now the fans will have higher expectations naturally. They will want their team to join the Champions League. Can Carrick do so? First we need to figure out what he will do against smaller teams.

If he keeps it up then yes why not? Liverpool are horrible and Chelsea are also not in their best shape either. 

[Byebyebtc]

However, I see Arsenal's front line this season has started to look good compared to last season and I think we also don't need to judge Arsenal too much just because of their defeat against Man United, there is nothing wrong with Arsenal's performance, it's just that they can't maintain consistency in their performance, that's what has been their problem in the last few seasons.

Gabriel Jesus' recovery is very important for Arsenal in the attacking line. The team have already started to get what they couldn't from Gyökeres so far. He is much more active and scoring already. 

But I really hope to see Gyökeres starting to make a bigger contribution as well. That goal he scored against Inter was really impressive. I know he doesn't get the ball as often as the wingers but in this case he needs to get more efficient at least.

Y'all so concerned of arsonal lol
Don't bother your self too much they will definitely win the trophy, if they don't mess up

Gyokeres actually has contributed highly to the performance of the team, especially in goal scoring
You also right arsonal need Gabriel at this point, because now is a very crucial and sensitive time of the season where things can happen by surprise, so they need to put in all they have, and also avoid injury as well, very important.

[NewRevelation]

Arsenal just won inter milan in the Uefa champions league at the San Siro in Milan Italy few days before the match against Manchester United what do you mean you need to start seeing Arsenal play better.
I don't think losing to Manchester United means Arsenal isn't playing better, right now the motivation at United is high and it will be hard for them to lose to a big team. With that Manchester United performance I now see why Manchester City could not even score a goal.

I don't know why they are seeing Arsenal as a team that has dropped form just because they lost against Manchester United a team that just got a interim manager that is doing everything to secure the contract. Nothing is wrong with Arsenal they are still very much in good form and if you watched their game against Inter Milan you will not also watch anyone talk down about the form of Arsenal. The form of Manchester United right now will see them beat Arsenal and Manchester City if they meet again cause the motivation in the term is really high and the players have the zeal to in now.

I would say that to some degree, I will agree with you, but technically, I feel Arsenal has dropped a bit, especially in scoring goals. Seems like the premier league teams now know them so well and can stop them anytime. Imagine there game against Nottingham Forest, they couldn't score a goal. They had all the opportunities to increase there lead, but they failed, and now, the pressure on them to hold on is increasing, and if they are not careful, the pressure might become negative on them, as they will be trying all they can to make it a win in all match and then begins to mess up. They really need to gear up, else, it might slip off again, which will be too harsh for them to bear once more

[jakdanyel]

Liverpool couldn't win any of their last 5 matches in the Premier League. 4 draws and 1 loss. This has thrown them out of top 4 as a result.

How much longer will the board continue tolerating Arne Slot's bad record this season? Are they just waiting to see where he will finish the league?

If he finishes out of top 4 and fails in the Champions League too then I guess he would finally be kicked out.

[Wakate]

it is quite disappointing that arsenal are starting to show weakness at such a time when they are almost close to their goal, let's not draw the conclusion yet that they are going to keep losing their matches, maybe after their loss against Manchester united they are going to sit up. I really hope they don't repeat their system of quitting at the final lap.

Since this is not the first time Arsenal is showing this kind of weakness, we don't need to be surprised because this might be another disformation they are trying to prove that will make either Manchester City to over take them or Manchester United if United maintain their formation to defeat more clubs while Arsenal is either playing draws or losing their matches.