⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[EL MOHA]

Yes, Arsenal need to get back on track quickly and play as well as they used to under Arteta. They're putting on some great performances in the Premier League this year, and I'd say this is their most deserving year for the title. I really want them to achieve it this year. But of course, they shouldn't fall behind in the fight. They need to be prepared for the difficulty of the Premier League and approach every match like a final. Perhaps this year Arteta will finally get the championship title.

Personally I think that the manager is actually the one that has the most blame for their recent performance and losses because I think his change of playing pattern of recent is actually the cost, ever since Arteta actually had a complete squad he has actually twerk the formation or playing Pattern just to fit in everyone, but that’s not how it works. You have to be strict in league games and not change winning pattern every time. Players cannot come back from injuries and just come straight into the lineup they seriously have to earn that by doing well coming off the bench.

If Arsenal actually loses the tittle this season I don’t see them winning it in the so near future in fact I will be among those who will protest that they should sack Arteta because he actually has spent more not to deliver major silverwares

[Lida93]

Aston Villa are also in this interestingly. The reason for it is simple though. Arsenal and Manchester City both have lost so many points on the recent weeks. Otherwise Aston Villa were already going to be far behind.

I'm just wondering at what point they will be out of this. I'm still thinking they can't keep up with that duo until the end. But if Emery does this then that will be another level of success for Aston Villa. No matter they win the league or not.

Not a form of underrating Villa, but i don't consider Aston villa among the potential the teams that might win the EPL title this season despite how Aston villa has really being up and doing with their games and getting those points that have kept them within the standing four on the table. This was similarly what they did in previous season and by the time that particular season was about to end they were battling to just finish in a spot where they can play the Europa that they currently participating.

[knowngunman]

Not a form of underrating Villa, but i don't consider Aston villa among the potential the teams that might win the EPL title this season despite how Aston villa has really being up and doing with their games and getting those points that have kept them within the standing four on the table. This was similarly what they did in previous season and by the time that particular season was about to end they were battling to just finish in a spot where they can play the Europa that they currently participating.

Well, everyone is entitled to have a different opinion but if this is not underrating, I don't know what else to call it. I agree with you that everything is capable of happening but at the moment, Aston villa can not be overlooked and ignored among the title contenders. We don't know yet what will happen at the end of the season but let focus on the present situation and Aston villa looks strong now. Their run in the Europa league confirm how strong they are too. They finished second on the table even though we expect them to top the table. They won against Salzburg yesterday coming from behind with a two goal down.

[HajiBagi]

As the points gap between Arsenal and Manchester City narrows day by day, Arsenal needs to translate their Champions League success to the Premier League. Because in their last few matches, Arsenal haven't played like their own team. Their consecutive dropped points have brought Manchester City back into the title race. If they remember the years when Manchester City came from behind to win the championship, they'll understand just how precarious their situation is. Therefore, Arsenal needs to start a winning streak as soon as possible.

If Manchester City did what they have been doing to Arsenal this season by winning the Premier League title at the end of the season Arteta should be sacked immediately, if Arsenal did not win Premier League this season they will become the worst team in the world, in fact, the fans will not be happy with the team, Arsenal have missed many opportunities of winning Premier league more than two times and if they failed to win it after spending a lot of money to sign players the club will be very disappointed.

Arteta is not a world class manager, he depends on good players just like Pep Guardiola, the difference is that Pep knows how to use his players to win trophies, I saw some people saying that if Arsenal end up winning the premier league this season they will be the worse team to win it because they did not play like a team that deserve it, the reason why some people are saying that is because Arsenal attackers are not scoring goals, the team depends on set piece goals.

[9ja Amaka]

Aston Villa are also in this interestingly. The reason for it is simple though. Arsenal and Manchester City both have lost so many points on the recent weeks. Otherwise Aston Villa were already going to be far behind.

I'm just wondering at what point they will be out of this. I'm still thinking they can't keep up with that duo until the end. But if Emery does this then that will be another level of success for Aston Villa. No matter they win the league or not.

I think Aston Villa has been very good this season, I don't think anyone except them to be in this position right, but they have been able to put pressure on Arsenal and Manchester City, which I think is a plus for them. I really don't want to write them off,but I still don't think they can keep up to the pressure,  but I think they should be able to gain a Champions League position this season and they really deserve it.

[Lembo69]

Any other talk aside, Arsenal will win this match. They will do everything possible to win this match, it’s very important one for them, Football is full of surprises, Luck, hard work, and tactics you said, my team have them all, u trust them, the premiere league is for them this season, they will do everything possible to win the match.

Infact their remaining matches are matches that is important for Arsenal, because to me the league getting to the stage where we don’t need too much of loses, we need to score points, to get this title. Arteta boys are ready.

Arsenal are still leading the points and they will come back stronger in the next match. And they will not want Man City to come to the same points as them, Arsenal will try their best to stay ahead in the points. Bukayo Saka will try to control the whole match and fight with the opposition. He will try to keep their achievement even if he gives his all. I am hopeful that Arsenal will not give up easily and they will not want to be behind. But since it is football and it is a 90 minute game, you can never tell what will happen. But they will try to keep their tactics better.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Well from my own perspective I think the Arsenal players are really on the side to win this game by all means well I feel if their push through or harder at the end mother luck might eventually smile on them well I have come to understand that football is a game of hard works, luck, tactics, which it might looks like there are not getting there, well I feel more points might be earned if there get there.

The defeat against Manchester United isn't the end the of everything as Arsenal are still top of the table. However, they need to perform much better in their next match to avoid dropping any more points. Arteta must truly learn from his mistakes as they failed to maintain a consistent form last season ultimately leading to Manchester City and Liverpool winning the title. If Arsenal suffer the same fate this season, it's certain that they will struggle to win a title forever because other teams will definitely be much better by strengthening their squad in the following seasons.

[Velvet78]

Liverpool got a really huge win over Qarabag in the Champions League. After all those point losses in the Premier League they needed a solid win like that honestly. 

But it is always going like this for them. Good results in there but the opposite when it comes to their local league... It is a 5-game streak that they can't get a win here.

Up next they are hosting Newcastle. Normally they are beating them home like nearly all the time. But will this happen again tomorrow night though?

[Fakhrulenclix]

Well from my own perspective I think the Arsenal players are really on the side to win this game by all means well I feel if their push through or harder at the end mother luck might eventually smile on them well I have come to understand that football is a game of hard works, luck, tactics, which it might looks like there are not getting there, well I feel more points might be earned if there get there.

The defeat against Manchester United isn't the end the of everything as Arsenal are still top of the table. However, they need to perform much better in their next match to avoid dropping any more points. Arteta must truly learn from his mistakes as they failed to maintain a consistent form last season ultimately leading to Manchester City and Liverpool winning the title. If Arsenal suffer the same fate this season, it's certain that they will struggle to win a title forever because other teams will definitely be much better by strengthening their squad in the following seasons.

I think the possibility of the same thing happening again still exists this season because their problem is mentality and consistency and this has slowly started to show from now on.
The defeat against Man United is certainly not the end of everything, as Arsenal is still at the top of the standings, but I see that it’s not just that; Arsenal has not won in their last 3 Premier League matches, which could make their mentality even worse.

[Issa56]

As the points gap between Arsenal and Manchester City narrows day by day, Arsenal needs to translate their Champions League success to the Premier League.

Arsenal started the season so well, but in their last few premier league matches there is a decline in their performance which is so sad right now, Arsenal could only get 2 points in their last 3 matches which is giving Manchester city opportunity to close the points gap, Arsenal just have to go back to the winning days, they have to keep on winning their matches if they want to win the premier league title this season.

Manchester city, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United which are suppose to compete with Arsenal for the premier league title are not so consistent this season, so Arsenal are just suppose to take advantage of that, but I will say Arsenal are losing focus also.

[Proty]

As the points gap between Arsenal and Manchester City narrows day by day, Arsenal needs to translate their Champions League success to the Premier League.

Arsenal started the season so well, but in their last few premier league matches there is a decline in their performance which is so sad right now, Arsenal could only get 2 points in their last 3 matches which is giving Manchester city opportunity to close the points gap, Arsenal just have to go back to the winning days, they have to keep on winning their matches if they want to win the premier league title this season.

Manchester city, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United which are suppose to compete with Arsenal for the premier league title are not so consistent this season, so Arsenal are just suppose to take advantage of that, but I will say Arsenal are losing focus also.

The decline in Arsenal performance to me is nothing to be worried about and I think is just normal. It will only be an issue or a problem if the decline in performance continues. Manchester city also has not been consistent in winning so I don't think it is only Arsenal. Though Arsenal really needs to be consistent in winning if they are to win the premier League this season especially since Manchester city is tailing them in the league table.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Not a form of underrating Villa, but i don't consider Aston villa among the potential the teams that might win the EPL title this season despite how Aston villa has really being up and doing with their games and getting those points that have kept them within the standing four on the table. This was similarly what they did in previous season and by the time that particular season was about to end they were battling to just finish in a spot where they can play the Europa that they currently participating.

Aston villa is not a weak team. They are quite strong this season too. They have been able to perform well against strong opponents in several matches. But their  main weakness is that they have not been able to continue their  winning streak. The team has won only two  of the last 5 matches.

Aston villa is in the third place in the points table. If they can keep their performance a little stable, then the team can  make it to the top four of the table. They  have this ability. But if the performance is not  consistent, then they will gradually fall behind in the points table. Manchester united and Chelsea have been somewhat  consistent in their performances. If you want to survive in the competition, you must maintain consistency.

[Webetcoins]

Arsenal is doing fine, people are making bigger deal than it should be out of these last few games, normally the yare fine and they are still leading and other teams are doing not great neither.

That is the good thing about this season for them, because normally they keep losing points around this time but other teams win so Arsenal drops, this season Arsenal loses points around the same time again but luckily other teams are losing points as well. Which is why I am sure things will be fine for Arsenal this year.

[Abbatty]

Liverpool got a really huge win over Qarabag in the Champions League. After all those point losses in the Premier League they needed a solid win like that honestly. 

But it is always going like this for them. Good results in there but the opposite when it comes to their local league... It is a 5-game streak that they can't get a win here.

Up next they are hosting Newcastle. Normally they are beating them home like nearly all the time. But will this happen again tomorrow night though?

One huge problem Liverpool has had this season is inconsistency, they have been so inconsistent that they are no longer in the title race, they are now fighting for a chance to play in the champions league next season, Well on other hand also that has also been Newcastle problem this season, Both teams have lacked consistency. In this game tomorrow it should be a win for Liverpool but then again when you looked at that performance Newcastle pulled up at Paris in the champions league then you would begin to think that it will be difficult for Liverpool to beat them.

Base on history Anfield have always been a difficult place for Newcastle but then if their is any season they would get a win at Anfield then it this season. Anfield have been the opposite of where it use to be this season, we have see Liverpool struggled a lot at Anfield This season, so I feel it will be a difficult game for both teams and predicting who to win will be difficult also.

[God Tim]

Aston Villa are also in this interestingly. The reason for it is simple though. Arsenal and Manchester City both have lost so many points on the recent weeks. Otherwise Aston Villa were already going to be far behind.

I'm just wondering at what point they will be out of this. I'm still thinking they can't keep up with that duo until the end. But if Emery does this then that will be another level of success for Aston Villa. No matter they win the league or not.

Not a form of underrating Villa, but i don't consider Aston villa among the potential the teams that might win the EPL title this season despite how Aston villa has really being up and doing with their games and getting those points that have kept them within the standing four on the table. This was similarly what they did in previous season and by the time that particular season was about to end they were battling to just finish in a spot where they can play the Europa that they currently participating.

Well it really a fair point that the Villa's doing great, but title contention's a whole different level,They're consistent, no doubt, but top spot's tough with the likes of City, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Spurs breathing down their necks. I feel they should try their very best to keep up with the good playing game on and keep making us very much proud,

[Hardyrobust]

As the points gap between Arsenal and Manchester City narrows day by day, Arsenal needs to translate their Champions League success to the Premier League. Because in their last few matches, Arsenal haven't played like their own team. Their consecutive dropped points have brought Manchester City back into the title race. If they remember the years when Manchester City came from behind to win the championship, they'll understand just how precarious their situation is. Therefore, Arsenal needs to start a winning streak as soon as possible.

If Manchester City did what they have been doing to Arsenal this season by winning the Premier League title at the end of the season Arteta should be sacked immediately, if Arsenal did not win Premier League this season they will become the worst team in the world, in fact, the fans will not be happy with the team, Arsenal have missed many opportunities of winning Premier league more than two times and if they failed to win it after spending a lot of money to sign players the club will be very disappointed.

Arteta is not a world class manager, he depends on good players just like Pep Guardiola, the difference is that Pep knows how to use his players to win trophies, I saw some people saying that if Arsenal end up winning the premier league this season they will be the worse team to win it because they did not play like a team that deserve it, the reason why some people are saying that is because Arsenal attackers are not scoring goals, the team depends on set piece goals.

You talking as if Arsenal is entitled to win the premier League this season. The opportunity of winning the premier League is open to all the team. The fact that they fail to win it previous season won't make them a bad team if they fail to win it this season. The premier League is a very competitive league from what we are seeing in the league table both Manchester city, Aston villa and Arsenal are top contender of the league title.
Arteta has done a great job because if you look at Arsenal they really have a great squad. One thing is certain they will win either premier league or champions League this season.

[hyudien]

Liverpool got a really huge win over Qarabag in the Champions League. After all those point losses in the Premier League they needed a solid win like that honestly. 

But it is always going like this for them. Good results in there but the opposite when it comes to their local league... It is a 5-game streak that they can't get a win here.

Up next they are hosting Newcastle. Normally they are beating them home like nearly all the time. But will this happen again tomorrow night though?

A win over Qarabag could be motivational for them, especially after a string of poor results in the Premier League, but we know the levels of Qarabag and Newcastle are very different. I've checked the betting markets, indeed the odds reflect that this match will be difficult for Liverpool to win, x1.81 for the hosts, which means a draw or even a defeat is still possible, but clearly with the current place in the standings, a win is something they definitely need to get, at least they need to secure the top 4 for the end of the season.

[Baki202]

Not a form of underrating Villa, but i don't consider Aston villa among the potential the teams that might win the EPL title this season despite how Aston villa has really being up and doing with their games and getting those points that have kept them within the standing four on the table. This was similarly what they did in previous season and by the time that particular season was about to end they were battling to just finish in a spot where they can play the Europa that they currently participating.

Well, everyone is entitled to have a different opinion but if this is not underrating, I don't know what else to call it. I agree with you that everything is capable of happening but at the moment, Aston villa can not be overlooked and ignored among the title contenders. We don't know yet what will happen at the end of the season but let focus on the present situation and Aston villa looks strong now. Their run in the Europa league confirm how strong they are too. They finished second on the table even though we expect them to top the table. They won against Salzburg yesterday coming from behind with a two goal down.

Everyone actually are entitled to there own opinion but the truth of the matter is that I don't see Aston Villa been part of those that are among the serious contender so this is why I don't even take there effort seriously all they are doing is high service because they were claiming they can not be beaten and am sure that there is no way that it will last long at the end of the season that is when there final destination will be conclude but when it comes to trophy they should be ruled out.

Because they are started well but they will find it hard to keep up to the end, when the competition gets serious and when the season becomes other small clubs serious they will do everything to escape religation so that is why they are doing everything they are doing now so the only thing that matters now is that we everyone need to do the needful by trying to escape relegation so all that matters to them now is just how they can dodge religation which is a good thing.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Liverpool got a really huge win over Qarabag in the Champions League. After all those point losses in the Premier League they needed a solid win like that honestly. 

But it is always going like this for them. Good results in there but the opposite when it comes to their local league... It is a 5-game streak that they can't get a win here.

Up next they are hosting Newcastle. Normally they are beating them home like nearly all the time. But will this happen again tomorrow night though?

A win over Qarabag could be motivational for them, especially after a string of poor results in the Premier League, but we know the levels of Qarabag and Newcastle are very different. I've checked the betting markets, indeed the odds reflect that this match will be difficult for Liverpool to win, x1.81 for the hosts, which means a draw or even a defeat is still possible, but clearly with the current place in the standings, a win is something they definitely need to get, at least they need to secure the top 4 for the end of the season.

It will be very difficult for Liverpool to secure a place in the top 4 when Chelsea and Manchester united are already ahead in the 5th and 4th place in the league table respectively, while Liverpool is there in the 6th place currently, for Liverpool to make an entry into the top 4, one club out between Arsenal, Manchester city, Aston villa Manchester united will have to lose their current league position and drop out of the top 4, now the question will be which of this mentioned clubs can easily loose their current position and drop below the top 4 so that Liverpool can take a position in that range?

And to be honest with you, I have my doubts about Liverpool beating Newcastle united in their tomorrow match, I am having a feeling Newcastle will end up beating Liverpool.

[Bigjoe33]

Well from my own perspective I think the Arsenal players are really on the side to win this game by all means well I feel if their push through or harder at the end mother luck might eventually smile on them well I have come to understand that football is a game of hard works, luck, tactics, which it might looks like there are not getting there, well I feel more points might be earned if there get there.

Any other talk aside, Arsenal will win this match. They will do everything possible to win this match, it’s very important one for them, Football is full of surprises, Luck, hard work, and tactics you said, my team have them all, u trust them, the premiere league is for them this season, they will do everything possible to win the match.

Infact their remaining matches are matches that is important for Arsenal, because to me the league getting to the stage where we don’t need too much of loses, we need to score points, to get this title. Arteta boys are ready.

Well, if must say, then I will commend your faith and trust in your team(Arsenal). It's a nice one to believe in there ability and what they can do, but my dear for you is the assurance you speak with, that they are ready and that the premier league is still for them. Offcourse, I wish they win it this time, but am beggining to loss hope with they way they are going presently. There matches gone, only 2 points added, good thing is that there close rivals also lost and drew matches, else, Arsenal would have left the top by now.

Talking about then winning the match, am sure they all came out to win in there last 3 matches, but they couldn't. The same can also happen, it's still football remember. They really need to work harder, do better and go back to winning ways in the premier league, because Aston Villa and City are coming closer.. if they snooze, they loose