⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Tmoonz]

Manchester City absolutely battered Arsenal in the second half. Arsenal looked clueless on the ball. I can't wrap my head around Arteta's decision not to start Madueke. I'm curious to see how Arteta tries to sugarcoat this loss.

Arsenal fans were confused and they are doubting if Arsenal will win the Premier League. Upon all the gap with 9 points, they are still in doubt. Let's see what will happen. N. O'Reilly single handedly scored the two goals with the assist in the second goal. He used his head to scored the first goal. And he was good on the field in that Match. Coaches in sometimes do mistake by wrong selection. Arteta can't do anything again he has loss and all his focus now is the Premier League.

This confusion is beyond Arsenal's fans alone, even me I'm equally confuse if Arsenal can really win the English premier league title this season because with what i saw Mikel Arteta fixture there i really doubt if they can make it to the finish lime, the gap is just 9 points and Manchester city is having two outstanding match and Arsenal is yet to play Manchester city for the second leg which might appear to be the final of the game, and i'm quite certain Arsenal can't clear the remaining matches so they are still under threat, but i just hope it ends well for them.

[Stable090]

Arsenal fans were confused and they are doubting if Arsenal will win the Premier League. Upon all the gap with 9 points, they are still in doubt.

The season is already about to end, and I don’t think any team can take over the first position from Arsenal right now. Arsenal is ahead of Manchester city with 9 points already, but Manchester City is still having 1 outstanding match to play, but I don’t know how Manchester city are going to meet up with Arsenal right now, because Manchester city also are not consistent this season also, they played well against Arsenal in the carabao cup, but Manchester city performance have not been so good also. We still having few matches to be played, let’s see how the two teams are going to perform, let’s see who is finally going to win the premier league title this season.

[Zackz5000]

Manchester City absolutely battered Arsenal in the second half. Arsenal looked clueless on the ball. I can't wrap my head around Arteta's decision not to start Madueke. I'm curious to see how Arteta tries to sugarcoat this loss.

Arsenal fans were confused and they are doubting if Arsenal will win the Premier League. Upon all the gap with 9 points, they are still in doubt. Let's see what will happen. N. O'Reilly single handedly scored the two goals with the assist in the second goal. He used his head to scored the first goal. And he was good on the field in that Match. Coaches in sometimes do mistake by wrong selection. Arteta can't do anything again he has loss and all his focus now is the Premier League.

This confusion is beyond Arsenal's fans alone, even me I'm equally confuse if Arsenal can really win the English premier league title this season because with what i saw Mikel Arteta fixture there i really doubt if they can make it to the finish lime, the gap is just 9 points and Manchester city is having two outstanding match and Arsenal is yet to play Manchester city for the second leg which might appear to be the final of the game, and i'm quite certain Arsenal can't clear the remaining matches so they are still under threat, but i just hope it ends well for them.

We should remember that Manchester City is not in a good shape despite they won Arsenal 2-0 in the Caraboa cup final the point gap is still 9 because we don't even know if Manchester City is going to win their outstanding game, i believe that Arsenal will do everything possible to make sure that this season English premier league tittle do not slip off their hands because they have up the table for a longer time now they will make sure they win almost all their remaining games.

[SmartCharpa]

For the second round in a row Totenham Hotspurs just escape relegation spot because the other team there couldnt win against their rival, but game after game their situation is worst and worst, we all can agree that we were expecting to see them winning against Forest and start to disipate the relegation rumours, but no they lose badly and now that rumours are real.

I expected Tottenham Spurs to bounce back in their last match against Nottingham Forest after their elimination from the Champions League. Nottingham Forest is also battling with the relegation, but they defeat Tottenham comfortably without conceding a single goal. They are currently one point ahead of West Ham, it would be very bad if a team that played in the Champions League this season end in relegation at the end of the season.

Arsenal fans were confused and they are doubting if Arsenal will win the Premier League. Upon all the gap with 9 points, they are still in doubt. Let's see what will happen. N. O'Reilly single handedly scored the two goals with the assist in the second goal. He used his head to scored the first goal. And he was good on the field in that Match. Coaches in sometimes do mistake by wrong selection. Arteta can't do anything again he has loss and all his focus now is the Premier League.

Mate. We are not in doubt in winning the Premier league title, this is a competition we are leading the top of the standing, and telling you as an Arsenal fan, even if Arsenal will joke with any competition they are participating in they won’t joke with Premier league competition. They have been dominating from the beginning of the season.

and this is not the right time to out-form or even show any sign of weakness, even if the league more tougher than how it is right now, Arsenal will continue doing great as far premiere league concern this season.

I will consider Arsenal as the worse team in the history of football, if they fail to win the Premier League title, they have been playing well from the start of the season, but Arsenal remain at the top of the table due to a lack of consistency from Manchester City. If Manchester City have been in their best form, I doubt Arsenal would remain at the top right now. I will not be impressed by Arsenal, even though they win the Premier League title at the end of the season.

[tygeade]

I agree that fatigue will play a big role, Sporting Lisbon means 2 more extra games and after they beat them which we all know Arsenal will do, they will face 2 more games, potential to go even more and more. There aren't that many big clubs they will face until the semi finals, or even finals.

This is why Arsenal will have harder time at the league, because fatigue will be a big problem and there is no doubt that they are going to have some tired players or even some injured players which will not be easy at all. I do hope that nobody gets injured, that's always sad, but tired is still an issue and not everyone can put their 100% when they are that much tired. Leagues needs to do something about this, these players can't sustain 60 games a year every season.

[KingsDen]

Arsenal fans were confused and they are doubting if Arsenal will win the Premier League. Upon all the gap with 9 points, they are still in doubt.

The season is already about to end, and I don’t think any team can take over the first position from Arsenal right now. Arsenal is ahead of Manchester city with 9 points already, but Manchester City is still having 1 outstanding match to play, but I don’t know how Manchester city are going to meet up with Arsenal right now, because Manchester city also are not consistent this season also, they played well against Arsenal in the carabao cup, but Manchester city performance have not been so good also. We still having few matches to be played, let’s see how the two teams are going to perform, let’s see who is finally going to win the premier league title this season.

I don't think that such fear still exists, it would have happened around the 26th to 29th week, but Manchester City blue their chances by have three consecutive draws. So, that pressure that Pep used to give Arteta by this every season is no longer there or it is not intensive enough this time.

I am only considering Arsenal chances of winning the champions league, their major problem there seems to be Bayern fans. But I wish th well there. They are likely to win the champions league this season. But that is not enough reason for them to lose EFL in such a manner. They need to start learning how to win.

[MorganaX]

Arsenal fans were confused and they are doubting if Arsenal will win the Premier League. Upon all the gap with 9 points, they are still in doubt.

The season is already about to end, and I don’t think any team can take over the first position from Arsenal right now. Arsenal is ahead of Manchester city with 9 points already, but Manchester City is still having 1 outstanding match to play, but I don’t know how Manchester city are going to meet up with Arsenal right now, because Manchester city also are not consistent this season also, they played well against Arsenal in the carabao cup, but Manchester city performance have not been so good also. We still having few matches to be played, let’s see how the two teams are going to perform, let’s see who is finally going to win the premier league title this season.

Never say never till the final whistle is blown which as for this case till the final game is played because arsenal is filled with lots of surprises and can decide to bottle the league anytime at all because even with this gap they are enjoying at the top of the table it's still safe to say that it's not still a guarantee for them winning it because they have played a game more than Manchester City although Manchester City themselves aren't so good but a lot of drama can happen upfront so let's wait and see.

[JeromeTash]

I agree that fatigue will play a big role, Sporting Lisbon means 2 more extra games and after they beat them which we all know Arsenal will do, they will face 2 more games, potential to go even more and more. There aren't that many big clubs they will face until the semi finals, or even finals.

This is why Arsenal will have harder time at the league, because fatigue will be a big problem and there is no doubt that they are going to have some tired players or even some injured players which will not be easy at all. I do hope that nobody gets injured, that's always sad, but tired is still an issue and not everyone can put their 100% when they are that much tired. Leagues needs to do something about this, these players can't sustain 60 games a year every season.

They had all summer transfer period to solve this exact problem, so no excuses this time round. You can't face the same problem of a thin squad for the past 3 - 4 seasons and then go on to make the same mistake again by not ensuring the squad is deep enough for times like this.

If Arsenal bottles it again, it doesn't matter if it's because of player fatigue or injuries, it's on Arteta. He has been given far too much time to improve the squad depth.

[yixichloro2xx]

Arsenal fans were confused and they are doubting if Arsenal will win the Premier League. Upon all the gap with 9 points, they are still in doubt.

The season is already about to end, and I don’t think any team can take over the first position from Arsenal right now. Arsenal is ahead of Manchester city with 9 points already, but Manchester City is still having 1 outstanding match to play, but I don’t know how Manchester city are going to meet up with Arsenal right now, because Manchester city also are not consistent this season also, they played well against Arsenal in the carabao cup, but Manchester city performance have not been so good also. We still having few matches to be played, let’s see how the two teams are going to perform, let’s see who is finally going to win the premier league title this season.

Yeah you are right, I feel Arsenal have won the league already. The only way Manchester City might still have chance to win the league is if they win Arsenal at Etihad and pray that Arsenal lose or draw one or two more games. Which is quite hard. Arsenal will surely use this Carabao lose to go all out for the Premier League title.

The gap is 9 points because Manchester City still has one game at hand , if won the gap will reduce to 6 points so Arsenal just need to lose two games. Now I see why Arsenal fans are doubting.  They are still in the champions League, and Fa, it's not going to be easy .

[JiiBs]

This confusion is beyond Arsenal's fans alone, even me I'm equally confuse if Arsenal can really win the English premier league title this season because with what i saw Mikel Arteta fixture there i really doubt if they can make it to the finish lime, the gap is just 9 points and Manchester city is having two outstanding match and Arsenal is yet to play Manchester city for the second leg which might appear to be the final of the game, and i'm quite certain Arsenal can't clear the remaining matches so they are still under threat, but i just hope it ends well for them.

At this stage in the premier league, 9 point isn’t what you would consider as “just”. Yeah, they lost to Manchester City over the weekend in a cup final but, I’m not sure the lots of us expected Arsenal to win that game. It was the one chance for Manchester City to win a trophy this season and with Arsenal still very active across all the international and local league, it was only okay that Pep gets this one for bragging rights and he did. As for the premier league, Arteta wouldn’t be letting his chances slide.

[Baki202]

The season is already about to end, and I don’t think any team can take over the first position from Arsenal right now. Arsenal is ahead of Manchester city with 9 points already, but Manchester City is still having 1 outstanding match to play, but I don’t know how Manchester city are going to meet up with Arsenal right now, because Manchester city also are not consistent this season also, they played well against Arsenal in the carabao cup, but Manchester city performance have not been so good also. We still having few matches to be played, let’s see how the two teams are going to perform, let’s see who is finally going to win the premier league title this season.

Arsenal have gotten to the point that the title is secured and Arsenal are going to do everything in there power to try and when some of there remaining games but I still trust and the title is actually a well deserved one because from how arteta planned everything it  actually worked for him just that losing to Manchester city was so disappointing because with how arsenal fans were so confident about how they are going to win and they made statements of how weak we are and see exactly what happened 2:0 they were not able to score even a single goal.

As far as FA is concerned we don't know if arsenal will able to win that but the only thing they are currently sure about now is not more than the Premier league they don't have any other thing to brag about but it is just them and the Premier league and the champions league for now arsenal are still not to be trusted because. And the fact that this season is coming to an end is just amazing and a fresh season is what we want to see since a lot of clubs are going to be preparing seriously before it's commencement.  We are going to be seen a lot of surprises from even the city and that is why am not saying much about our situation.

[Mindyspace]

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Arsenal have gotten to the point that the title is secured and Arsenal are going to do everything in there power to try and when some of there remaining games but I still trust and the title is actually a well deserved one because from how arteta planned everything it  actually worked for him just that losing to Manchester city was so disappointing because with how arsenal fans were so confident about how they are going to win and they made statements of how weak we are and see exactly what happened 2:0 they were not able to score even a single goal.

As far as FA is concerned we don't know if arsenal will able to win that but the only thing they are currently sure about now is not more than the Premier league they don't have any other thing to brag about but it is just them and the Premier league and the champions league for now arsenal are still not to be trusted because. And the fact that this season is coming to an end is just amazing and a fresh season is what we want to see since a lot of clubs are going to be preparing seriously before it's commencement.  We are going to be seen a lot of surprises from even the city and that is why am not saying much about our situation.

I think you're mistaken. If the title were already secured, there wouldn't be so much doubt.

Mikel Arteta's work is very good, but it's still too early to say anything definitive, especially with Manchester City in the fight.

This 2-0 defeat only showed that everything is still open. Arsenal is having a great season, but needs to maintain it until the end.

[SensitiveEyes]

At this stage in the premier league, 9 point isn’t what you would consider as “just”. Yeah, they lost to Manchester City over the weekend in a cup final but, I’m not sure the lots of us expected Arsenal to win that game. It was the one chance for Manchester City to win a trophy this season and with Arsenal still very active across all the international and local league, it was only okay that Pep gets this one for bragging rights and he did. As for the premier league, Arteta wouldn’t be letting his chances slide.

Man City can win another trophy. They play Liverpool in the FA cup in the quarterfinals. If Mikel runs out of stream and luck Pep will have the bragging rights by winning the league. It was a tough draw because Man City are in the mix with Liverpool Chelsea and Arsenal.

[1kodumtek7]

Arsenal are in a really comfortable position in the league now. A 9-point gap we are talking about! That's a huge advantage to secure the championship finally.

I know there is a missing match to play for Manchester City. Let's say the gap is 6 points theoretically. Still it's a serious chance for Arsenal to finally finish this drought of trophy.

Do you expect them to mess up again even from here on the final weeks? Honestly, I don't think so. 

[pawel7777]

Winning the EFL Cup is a nice consolation for Man City after dropping out of the Champions League in an unimpressive fashion.
Some speculate this game could have a psychological effect on both teams: for Arsenal, it could cause them to doubt their abilities, and could make them more tense in the games to come. For Man City, it could be the opposite. That win has the potential to boost their self-esteem just when they need it the most.

In the battle for the Premier League title, nothing is decided yet. Arsenal are resting this weekend, while Man City are playing 19th Burnley at home, where they are expected to win.

We will see Arsenal and Man City clashing again in the league on 19th April, and potentially again in the later stages of the FA Cup, if both advance further from the quarter-final.

[SensitiveEyes]

I think you're mistaken. If the title were already secured, there wouldn't be so much doubt.

Mikel Arteta's work is very good, but it's still too early to say anything definitive, especially with Manchester City in the fight.

This 2-0 defeat only showed that everything is still open. Arsenal is having a great season, but needs to maintain it until the end.

Arsenal are not winning trophies every year, they have not secured the league it is there for the taking. There is doubt because 6 years ago Mikel helped Arsenal win the FA cup. That was 2020 this is 2026 they did not win another trophy using his coaching. Charity shields wins are not trophies.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Arsenal are not winning trophies every year, they have not secured the league it is there for the taking. There is doubt because 6 years ago Mikel helped Arsenal win the FA cup. That was 2020 this is 2026 they did not win another trophy using his coaching. Charity shields wins are not trophies.

Arsenal's chances of winning the Premier League trophy depend heavily on the team's performance this season, although they have a significant chance. The defeat to Manchester City in the EFL Cup final should serve as an example of how Arteta must play more consistently. If they aren't fully focused on the Premier League title race, it's likely they'll struggle to win it. The match is almost over, so any mistakes in the remaining games could cost Arsenal dearly.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Arsenal are in a really comfortable position in the league now. A 9-point gap we are talking about! That's a huge advantage to secure the championship finally.

I know there is a missing match to play for Manchester City. Let's say the gap is 6 points theoretically. Still it's a serious chance for Arsenal to finally finish this drought of trophy.

Do you expect them to mess up again even from here on the final weeks? Honestly, I don't think so.  

I know having 6 points ahead of City puts Arsenal has like 90% chance to win EPL. However, who knows Arsenal can bottle some games in the last fixtures. Eze out for several weeks due to the injury. Saliba is also withdawing himself from France NT due to the injury. Gabriel is also following those two players too.
So Arsenal has to put more effort in order to always secure full points in the last fixtures caused by they won't have many of their players available most probably until next months. I know my club City is in disadvantage due to the pts gap, but just always be positive in any situation.  

So i do still expect Arsenal can mess up even when it's amost impossible to happen due to the fewer fixtures combined with pretty good gap in term of pts. Who knows my City can still make it to lift the trophy due to the Arsenal injury list at the late fixtures.
That's the reason i still have optimism though i personally put Arsenal leads as favorite team to win EPL this season 

[9ja Amaka]

Arsenal fans were confused and they are doubting if Arsenal will win the Premier League. Upon all the gap with 9 points, they are still in doubt.

I don't think any Arsenal fan should be worried about their team not winning the premier league at this point because they lost to Manchester City in the Carabao cup final. I still strongly believe that they will win the Premier League and they have learnt their lesson from the final. The 9 point gap is too much for Manchester City and I am very sure if you ask Pep Guardiola he will tell you that they will just keep trying and hopefully Arsenal drops point,  but he knows it will not be easy at this point. So I want to assure all Arsenal fans that they will win the Premier League this season and they don't have to doubt their team.

[HajiBagi]

I agree that fatigue will play a big role, Sporting Lisbon means 2 more extra games and after they beat them which we all know Arsenal will do, they will face 2 more games, potential to go even more and more. There aren't that many big clubs they will face until the semi finals, or even finals.

This is why Arsenal will have harder time at the league, because fatigue will be a big problem and there is no doubt that they are going to have some tired players or even some injured players which will not be easy at all. I do hope that nobody gets injured, that's always sad, but tired is still an issue and not everyone can put their 100% when they are that much tired. Leagues needs to do something about this, these players can't sustain 60 games a year every season.

Arsenal is capable of beating Sporting home and away but they have to play better in those games, the reason why i say they are capable of beating Sporting is because they are very strong team, the only problem Arsenal team is lacking now is good attackers, Arsenal attackers are not doing well this season that no one can even put them in Ballon Dior conversation, Arsenal attackers are just passing ball around the field and scored corners and that is one of the reasons many people think even if they win Premier League it will not be something other clubs will be happy about.

Sporting Lisbon has shown that they are capable of beating any team in the Champions League and Arsenal also need to be serious, Saka, Martinelli, Trossard and Eze need to step up like Vinicius in the Champions league it not Sporting is going to surprise them, they should never underestimate them and play well like a team that is capable of winning the title, even if Arsenal beat Sporting Lisbon they will face Barcelona or Atletico Madrid and it is going to be a tough game for them.