⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Dzwaafu11]

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Exactly, arsenal still have more challenges ahead most especially Manchester City, I don't just know why my mind is not at rest because of this Manchester City, they are full of surprises which is why I'm also scared for Arsenal, the nine point different is very wide and it can easily be blow up because there match against Manchester City which already have claimed three point, and again the Manchester City outstanding match which is also another three point, all this calculation is based on my own view and I stand to be corrected, if you take six point away from 9 points it will remain three points, arsenal really have to push harder so that they will not lose this chances..

Given that Arsenal performance have been so great from the beginning of the season, I don’t think Manchester city will be a big threat to Arsenal. They will do everything possible to see that they defeat or share point with Manchester city but not Manchester city defeating Arsenal, city is not weak and they are also looking for winning to see that they are ahead of Arsenal.

but honestly it won’t work. They will do everything possible to see that everything go as planned, I’m still giving Arsenal full support and hope to win the premier league title this season.

[Fakhrulenclix]

De Zerbi will do his best for Tottenham and will aim for the best possible performance in the remaining matches. Tottenham's relegation would be a huge loss for the Premier League, so De Zerbi has accepted the challenge. They will try to stay in the Premier League by playing their best in the remaining eight matches. They will also aim to secure a good position to qualify for the Champions League next year. If they are relegated this year, they will spend a year in the Championship hoping to avoid relegation.

Tottenham made a good choice, atleast they signed someone with a Premier League experience and strategy that players could easily adapt to not the back three system that caused most of the problem they're suffering currently although he sometimes uses 3-4-3 but still love to play possession game and build from the back. As for securing a Champions League spot, they should first avoid relegation this season before thinking of that.

Roberto De Zerbi will have a very hard time because Tottenham is under pressure right now, and I think Roberto De Zerbi's chances of success are very small, although I do hope Tottenham can escape the relegation zone. However, we also have to speculate realistically that Tottenham's performance is very poor right now, and with a new coach, of course, their performance cannot immediately improve. They need a process, and now the time is very tight because there are only a few matches left this season, and I think it will be difficult for Tottenham to recover.

[wakier]

I actually like De Zerbi especially in his recent spell in Marseille, I know he didn't go about wining cabinets of trophies but his little achievements in the overall way his players played was actually interesting and looking at the fact that Tottenham are currently in a very tight spot, he has to act fact I other to save this team from going down.

Suddenly because of this new appointment, I find myself rooting for Tottenham after being there biggest critic.

Tottenham signed De Zerbi with a relegation clause. Meaning Tottenham cant sack him if the team goes to relegation. De Zerbi will still be the manager of Tottenham to bring them back to the glory days. I don't pray for Tottenahm to be relegated. However the handwriting is on the wall. Tottenham next fixture in the premier league are difficult opponent they will be playing against. De Zerbi will prove himself with 8 game. If Tottenham don't get relegated, know that De Zerbi is the reason for it.

If Tottenham can't fire him for that reason, then the only way is to pray for a miracle to get out of the relegation zone because what I see is Tottenham performance is really bad, like waiting for the time to be relegated, but I hope Tottenham can rise in the remaining matches of this season because Tottenham is one of the top teams in the EPL who has a good image in the eyes of many people and must maintain its quality and good name in the main competition.

[Nightwatchmare]

Exactly, the two tougher games Arsenal have left are matches against Manchester City and Newcastle United; all the remaining ones are winnable matches and I am sure Arsenal cannot lose against both Manchester City and Newcastle United; and if Arsenal can defeat Bournemouth and Manchester City, am sure they will win the league before the end of the games week.

The premier league is different from others leagues, and if you believe Manchester City and Newcastle United are the two tougher games left for Arsenal this season, i disagree because clubs in the bottom table can make Arsenal drop points and makes it tough for Arsenal to win the premier league title.  Arsenal already have good advantage to become the english premier league champions, and for them to achieve that they should see and take the other 5 of their remaining matches very serious, and if possible they should take them more
seriously more than their matches against Manchester City and Newcastle United, because no one knows where Arsenal fault will come from in their remaining 7 matches.

[9ja Amaka]

Exactly, the two tougher games Arsenal have left are matches against Manchester City and Newcastle United; all the remaining ones are winnable matches and I am sure Arsenal cannot lose against both Manchester City and Newcastle United; and if Arsenal can defeat Bournemouth and Manchester City, am sure they will win the league before the end of the games week.

I already see Arsenal winning the premier league this season. Arsenal have 7 matches to go and in the first leg they played against this same teams, they won 6 and drew 1 to Manchester City.  I think they just have to repeat the same thing and they will win the league.  Like you mentioned the toughest match is that of Manchester City and Newcastle,  but I believe that Arsenal can get results in this 2 matches. They also have the advantage that they will be playing 4 of those 7 games at home and we all know how strong they have been at home all season. To be sincere I think the league is over, because I don't see Arsenal losing this advantage at this point of the season.

[qurbanshah02]

Exactly, the two tougher games Arsenal have left are matches against Manchester City and Newcastle United; all the remaining ones are winnable matches and I am sure Arsenal cannot lose against both Manchester City and Newcastle United; and if Arsenal can defeat Bournemouth and Manchester City, am sure they will win the league before the end of the games week.

The premier league is different from others leagues, and if you believe Manchester City and Newcastle United are the two tougher games left for Arsenal this season, i disagree because clubs in the bottom table can make Arsenal drop points and makes it tough for Arsenal to win the premier league title.  Arsenal already have good advantage to become the english premier league champions, and for them to achieve that they should see and take the other 5 of their remaining matches very serious, and if possible they should take them more
seriously more than their matches against Manchester City and Newcastle United, because no one knows where Arsenal fault will come from in their remaining 7 matches.

I enjoy this league the most because in this league every team tries to put each other down and it play very interestingly and strongly. It is also beneficial for Arsenal to win this match but it is difficult for them with Manchester City. Arsenal is in a very strong position at the moment but Arsenal will play with all their efforts but hopefully Arsenal will try to win these matches with their struggle. Arsenal will play the quarter final match in the FA cup in this match they will play with Southampton on 5th April. Apart from this Arsenal will play the Champions League match and all the next matches of Arsenal are base on their success and for that Arsenal will have to play well and win in any way. That is why Arsenal will have to score more goals in every match so that they can win all the next matches and if that happen then the pressure will be on other teams as well and on Arsenal as well.

[Nightwatchmare]

I actually like De Zerbi especially in his recent spell in Marseille, I know he didn't go about wining cabinets of trophies but his little achievements in the overall way his players played was actually interesting and looking at the fact that Tottenham are currently in a very tight spot, he has to act fact I other to save this team from going down.

Suddenly because of this new appointment, I find myself rooting for Tottenham after being there biggest critic.

Tottenham signed De Zerbi with a relegation clause. Meaning Tottenham cant sack him if the team goes to relegation. De Zerbi will still be the manager of Tottenham to bring them back to the glory days. I don't pray for Tottenahm to be relegated. However the handwriting is on the wall. Tottenham next fixture in the premier league are difficult opponent they will be playing against. De Zerbi will prove himself with 8 game. If Tottenham don't get relegated, know that De Zerbi is the reason for it.

I did not know there was a relegation clause in De Zerbi's contract but i knew Tottenham hotspur would not sack De Zerbi even if Tottenham hotspur goes to relegation because De Zerbi signed 5 years contract, and the contract shows that Tottenham hotspur want De Zerbi to be with them for a long time. De Zerbi is a good coach and he has the ability to keep Tottenham hotspur in the premier league but only him cannot do this alone. De Zerbi needs Tottenham hotspur players to play at their best if they want to be ahead of Westham United and escape relegation.

[giammangiato]

Given that Arsenal performance have been so great from the beginning of the season, I don’t think Manchester city will be a big threat to Arsenal. They will do everything possible to see that they defeat or share point with Manchester city but not Manchester city defeating Arsenal, city is not weak and they are also looking for winning to see that they are ahead of Arsenal.

but honestly it won’t work. They will do everything possible to see that everything go as planned, I’m still giving Arsenal full support and hope to win the premier league title this season.

Arsenal deserve to win both the game and the title, the game must win it to be consistent with the current performance trend compared to Manchester City, the Championship must win it as a matter of honour for the team for the fans and for all those who have believed in it until now.
They will certainly succeed in the feat, it would be stupid after a season of sacrifice to throw everything in the air for lack of seriousness, I believe in it (I only have a few doubts when they play games like this) but I don't think they will let go.

[HajiBagi]

Exactly, the two tougher games Arsenal have left are matches against Manchester City and Newcastle United; all the remaining ones are winnable matches and I am sure Arsenal cannot lose against both Manchester City and Newcastle United; and if Arsenal can defeat Bournemouth and Manchester City, am sure they will win the league before the end of the games week.

I already see Arsenal winning the premier league this season. Arsenal have 7 matches to go and in the first leg they played against this same teams, they won 6 and drew 1 to Manchester City.  I think they just have to repeat the same thing and they will win the league.  Like you mentioned the toughest match is that of Manchester City and Newcastle,  but I believe that Arsenal can get results in this 2 matches. They also have the advantage that they will be playing 4 of those 7 games at home and we all know how strong they have been at home all season. To be sincere I think the league is over, because I don't see Arsenal losing this advantage at this point of the season.

If Arsenal is serious when they have the chance to leave Manchester City and other teams behind they will be leading with more than 15 points now, some people are still doubting Arsenal that Arsenal have already do the same thing many years by letting Manchester City to come behind and win the title but I don’t think those people are watching Manchester City games this season, Manchester City is not the same team we used to know, they can not do the same thing this season and with the gap between them and Arsenal it too much.

Premier League is for Arsenal football team this season, they are about to achieve what they have not been able to achieve for years now, it will be a good season for Arsenal football club and the fans because it is not easy to be supporting a club for a very long time and they are not winning trophies and if Arteta win the premier league this season he is going to remain in the club for a very long time.

[jaberwock]

Arteta faces a headache ahead of the remaining Premier League matches, as 11 Arsenal players were reported injured during the FIFA Matchday period (plus Mikel Merino's recovery from surgery). Some withdrew before their national team matches, others were injured during matches, and others withdrew before the match.

Arsenal fans are undoubtedly anxious about the current state of the Arsenal squad.

It will be interesting to see if Arteta can find a solution to overcome this problem in the remaining seven Premier League matches, as they are edging closer to winning the title.

Half of those are small stuff, you see that "early April"? Well we are in early April, so it's obvious that most of those players will either not miss a game or if they do maybe they will miss a single game.

They have an FA cup game coming up, and they could literally just play the younglings there if they want to, losing FA cup would not mean anything for this team, and then they have Lisbon game, which is of course important but they could still play whoever they have, even if none of these players play, because they can then play all of them on the second game. So, there isn't any important game anytime soon.

[aylabadia05]

Arsenal deserve to win both the game and the title, the game must win it to be consistent with the current performance trend compared to Manchester City, the Championship must win it as a matter of honour for the team for the fans and for all those who have believed in it until now.
They will certainly succeed in the feat, it would be stupid after a season of sacrifice to throw everything in the air for lack of seriousness, I believe in it (I only have a few doubts when they play games like this) but I don't think they will let go.

Since I estimate the gap to be 6 points ^{I’m adding 3 points because I expect Manchester City’s remaining match to end in a win}, which would put a bit of pressure on Arsenal.
If the scenario is that Manchester City fails to win or loses their remaining match—since the others have already played 31 matches except for Manchester City against Crystal Palace—then Manchester City will also face pressure from Manchester United because Manchester City’s point total remains at 61, allowing Manchester United to apply pressure on Manchester City, given that Manchester United is in a very strong position under Carrick’s leadership.

I think it’s only fair for Arsenal to maintain consistency for the remainder of the season to win the title.
If this happens to Arsenal, the Premier League will become even more exciting next season.
I’m confident the 2025/2026 Premier League title will belong to Arsenal.

[Nheer]

Exactly, the two tougher games Arsenal have left are matches against Manchester City and Newcastle United; all the remaining ones are winnable matches and I am sure Arsenal cannot lose against both Manchester City and Newcastle United; and if Arsenal can defeat Bournemouth and Manchester City, am sure they will win the league before the end of the games week.

I already see Arsenal winning the premier league this season. Arsenal have 7 matches to go and in the first leg they played against this same teams, they won 6 and drew 1 to Manchester City.  I think they just have to repeat the same thing and they will win the league.  Like you mentioned the toughest match is that of Manchester City and Newcastle,  but I believe that Arsenal can get results in this 2 matches. They also have the advantage that they will be playing 4 of those 7 games at home and we all know how strong they have been at home all season. To be sincere I think the league is over, because I don't see Arsenal losing this advantage at this point of the season.

I also see Arsenal winning the league but I can't say the same with winning all the remaining matches even though they have won them in the first leg winning them this time around won't be easy especially when they are not the home team. All teams suddenly get tough during this time of the season because they all try to achieve their season goals of either trying to escape relegation or trying to win secure a spot for European competition for next season. Arsenal is still the favorites in all the games but they can find it difficult when they are not the home team.

They are lucky most of the games are played at home but Manchester City and West Ham will be played away so they will definitely find it difficult. West Ham is surprisingly doing well not as they try to escape relegation so it won't be an easy game for Arsenal.

[IceLincoln]

De Zerbi might be a good man for the job and hopefully he is given much grace to build the team even if they can't make top 5 or 6 next season, but there is a positive impact, although he has to ensure they do not relegate but if they do he has a clause to leave the club since he doesn't want to manage a championship team.

I think too that De Zerbi can help Tottenham not be relegated, and then next season help them do better maybe finish in top four. De Zerbi It's not just a good coach but a very good one, And his return to England to join Tottenham will motivate the players in the team who do not want to get relegated to push and ensure that it doesn't happen this season playing tactically in line with what the new coach plans. To the management of Tottenham, i expect for them to be patient with this new coach and ensure that they do not sack him, as they shown to have an ability to do so that is sack before they're able to fix the problems they create.

I honestly don’t think he’s the best man for the job but Tottenham has the knack for appointing average coaches, De Zerbi might be a good coach, but not a very good one I must say. Tottenham needs someone who can change things for them, I don’t know the future but his stats have not shown me enough to believe in him. He might be successful at the end but y’all should stop hyping him up like he’s one legendary coach.

[Adbitco]

I honestly don’t think he’s the best man for the job but Tottenham has the knack for appointing average coaches, De Zerbi might be a good coach, but not a very good one I must say. Tottenham needs someone who can change things for them, I don’t know the future but his stats have not shown me enough to believe in him. He might be successful at the end but y’all should stop hyping him up like he’s one legendary coach.

On the part of you saying Tottenham has the knack of appointing average coaches, I understand exactly what you mean there and you are damn right about it. Well its not far fetched, an average team will always attract average coaches and that's that. I feel like no real quality coach would want to go to an average team where there are average players. Average teams do attract majority of average players only few can boost of having quality players in their ranks and these quality players will attract the interest of big teams who will come knocking in few seasons time. For Tottenham I'm not really expecting much from them, they just have to maintain their ranks of being in the top 10 of the table and they will be good.

[blue Snow]

I'm happy for Tottenham about this deal. De Zerbi isn't unfamiliar with the PL as you know. But he is taking over a wreck right now.

He has a really difficult job to do in such a short time period first. There are only 7 weeks left in the season.  

If he manages to keep Tottenham secure from relegation then I believe next season will be much better with him.

I just checked out the teams Tottenham will face for the remainder of the season.

- Brighton & Hove Albion
- Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Aston Villa
- Leeds United
- Chelsea
- Everton
- Sunderland

Roberto De Zerbi has the daunting task of saving Tottenham from relegation, as they are currently just one point above the safety zone. Many, including myself, are pessimistic about De Zerbi's ability to save Tottenham from relegation. Because, the teams Tottenham will face are very strong.

Let's see what tactics De Zerbi will implement to improve Tottenham's performance in a better direction in a short time to save Tottenham from relegation this season.

[Callido]

I honestly don’t think he’s the best man for the job but Tottenham has the knack for appointing average coaches, De Zerbi might be a good coach, but not a very good one I must say. Tottenham needs someone who can change things for them, I don’t know the future but his stats have not shown me enough to believe in him. He might be successful at the end but y’all should stop hyping him up like he’s one legendary coach.

Sometimes coaches with big names aren't the savior for a team, the newly appointed coach might help the club recover from falling into relegation. We don't know if De Zerbi is the best one yet, until we watch few of his consecutive match results before we can review his coaching performance. I keep hoping Tottenham don't get relegated, that is just my wish for them, they have some good players I want to keep watching, once they no more play in the Premier League, they are out of my watch.

[hyudien]

I honestly don’t think he’s the best man for the job but Tottenham has the knack for appointing average coaches, De Zerbi might be a good coach, but not a very good one I must say. Tottenham needs someone who can change things for them, I don’t know the future but his stats have not shown me enough to believe in him. He might be successful at the end but y’all should stop hyping him up like he’s one legendary coach.

On the part of you saying Tottenham has the knack of appointing average coaches, I understand exactly what you mean there and you are damn right about it. Well its not far fetched, an average team will always attract average coaches and that's that. I feel like no real quality coach would want to go to an average team where there are average players. Average teams do attract majority of average players only few can boost of having quality players in their ranks and these quality players will attract the interest of big teams who will come knocking in few seasons time. For Tottenham I'm not really expecting much from them, they just have to maintain their ranks of being in the top 10 of the table and they will be good.

Well, how can De Zerbi be considered an average coach if his current salary is one of the highest in the Premier League after Pep Guardiola? Isn't a high salary also a sign of quality? or is De Zerbi signing this contract solely because of the salary offer? he even willing to leave a team competing at the top of Ligue 1 just to manage a team with a chance of competing in the Championship, this makes me a bit confused about determining the benchmark for a quality coach. Looking solely at trophies is a bit inaccurate, as a quality coach can also be determined by how they make an average team shine, indeed if you look at De Zerbi history, he doesn't have experience coaching a major team or winning prestigious trophies, only Marseille and even then, he could be said to have succeeded in elevating Marseille to its current status, let's wait and see whether he succeeds with Spurs or will just be another failure for Spurs.

[SmartCharpa]

Given that Arsenal performance have been so great from the beginning of the season, I don’t think Manchester city will be a big threat to Arsenal. They will do everything possible to see that they defeat or share point with Manchester city but not Manchester city defeating Arsenal, city is not weak and they are also looking for winning to see that they are ahead of Arsenal.

but honestly it won’t work. They will do everything possible to see that everything go as planned, I’m still giving Arsenal full support and hope to win the premier league title this season.

Do you think Arsenal remain strong enough as they were from the start of the season? If you check the performance of Arsenal in the last five games, you will observe that this is not the performance we have seen at the start of the season. Arsenal at this stage rely on corners to score goals, I can’t remember the last time their attacking players score goals in their game, they have been struggling to get a goal, unlike the start of the season where they scored 3 or more goals.

However, supporting Arsenal is not going to change anything,and supporting them is not going to help them lift the trophy, the players must give it their best to win the remaining game of the season, they needs to improve their performance, unlike what they did against Manchester City, I think they will have easy fixtures for the rest of the games.

[cyberninja2]

If Arsenal is serious when they have the chance to leave Manchester City and other teams behind they will be leading with more than 15 points now, some people are still doubting Arsenal that Arsenal have already do the same thing many years by letting Manchester City to come behind and win the title but I don’t think those people are watching Manchester City games this season, Manchester City is not the same team we used to know, they can not do the same thing this season and with the gap between them and Arsenal it too much.

This is a very appropriate answer because before this happened Arsenal seemed to be letting Man City catch up. If Arsenal had stayed focused on what they had I think their points gap as you said would have been quite large.

But they may have predicted all of that but in my opinion the Arsenal players did something wrong even though if it didn't happen like that in the remaining matches they could be said to be the team that came out as champions in the EPL competition this season even though there are still a few more matches left because their points gap can no longer be caught up with by the team coached by Pep Guardiola but currently I and other parties are more confident in the Arsenal team that will be champions this season even though currently their points gap is different by 9 points.

[Hyphen(-)]

Exactly, the two tougher games Arsenal have left are matches against Manchester City and Newcastle United; all the remaining ones are winnable matches and I am sure Arsenal cannot lose against both Manchester City and Newcastle United; and if Arsenal can defeat Bournemouth and Manchester City, am sure they will win the league before the end of the games week.

Exactly, arsenal still have more challenges ahead most especially Manchester City, I don't just know why my mind is not at rest because of this Manchester City, they are full of surprises which is why I'm also scared for Arsenal, the nine point different is very wide and it can easily be blow up because there match against Manchester City which already have claimed three point, and again the Manchester City outstanding match which is also another three point, all this calculation is based on my own view and I stand to be corrected, if you take six point away from 9 points it will remain three points, arsenal really have to push harder so that they will not lose this chances..

Manchester city match played is just 30 while Arsenal is ahead 31, hopefully Manchester city try to keep up the new spark and they end up winning all matches, the draw line will be 6 points ahead although city is not in a good form this season we all know. Every match predicted is base on their performance and yet not guarantee, I asked a question if Arsenal can maintain this energy throughout the season. I’m not trusting the process except I see besides if Arsenal try to fall out by losing 2 games or just one the points will reduce as a matter of fact the trust is still not certain by so many even with 9 points difference.

A game at hand is not a point, so the points gap remains nine as we speak because until Manchester City convert the game at hand into three points that’s when it will be six points gap.

Not trusting Arsenal process is normal for rival fans because they never wanted Arsenal to get there, but if you can pay close attention to how both Arsenal and Manchester City has been playing so far this season, Arsebalnwas better because Manchester City do have chance to overtake Arsenal, but they are also not strong to take their chances and Arsenal has again made it nine points clear.

With Arsenal’s current injury list, I know it will be very difficult for them but I believe they can do that because all the players are motivated, therefore, they will try their best to win every game including their match against Manchester City.