⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[pawel7777]

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Carrick has clearly made a huge difference to Manchester United and firing him on the grounds of wanting a better manager is the wrong decision and I hope Manchester United's management doesn't make the same mistake. What needs to be changed isn't the manager, but rather finding the right players to make the team better. Carrick has successfully made Manchester United better than previous managers. Manchester United has the potential to finish the season in a much better position and they are also on track to qualify for next season's Champions League.

Carrick surely delivered results well above anyone's expectations. I don't think he himself expected things could go this well, but, in all honesty, this is not a team built by him. So the question is to what extent he should get the credit for the results.
It could ba a similar thing to Arne Slot's situation. Slot won the league with an 'inherited' squad, but when he started to build his own team, including a record high transfers, things got massively worse.

So I think it's too soon to make definite judgments on Carrick's abilities as a manager, but he definitely deserves a chance to stay as the head coach/manager for a while and replacing him now with someone more experienced would be a horrible move.

As for the game with Chelsea, Man United won and that's all that matters, but it was clear that Chelsea was a better team. If not for all the posts/crossbar shots, it would've been a decisive victory for Chelsea.

[sotelorene]

I agree with you. After so many coaches who have come and gone at MU, it's clear that MU has made many mistakes with their managers, especially the one who ruined the team, which for me was Ten Hag. Now they have Carrick, who is phenomenal. They can't and shouldn't get rid of him. If they do, they'll fall back into the same old abyss. I don't recommend it. Right now, they should just endure everything, but they shouldn't change the coach. They can change players, but changing the coach isn't advisable.

Carrick has clearly made a huge difference to Manchester United and firing him on the grounds of wanting a better manager is the wrong decision and I hope Manchester United's management doesn't make the same mistake. What needs to be changed isn't the manager, but rather finding the right players to make the team better. Carrick has successfully made Manchester United better than previous managers. Manchester United has the potential to finish the season in a much better position and they are also on track to qualify for next season's Champions League.

You are right but the thing here is that the pressure Carrick was playing with the first time he came to Manchester united is not longer the same thing, I can tell you for certain that the spirit and pressure has reduced. Yesterday they barely play a nice football against Chelsea whereas in those early games he played, especially Manchester city, they played a good football and with Arsenal also they played a good football but they seems not be operating in that frequency anymore. They need to improve on that.

[Velvet78]

If Manchester City manage to beat Arsenal today then my parlay is going to lose only because Chelsea didn't score a single goal....    I can't believe they are this bad man.

The second half was completely under their control but still couldn't convert any opportunities to a goal. João Pedro didn't play which also had a bad affect on their finishing. When did he even get injured or is there anything else?

[Not your key not your BTC]

A big win for Manchester United to put them on ten points from Chelsea. Manchester United was able to win Chelsea is Stamford on a clean sheet and this is the first time in the last six years.

Chelsea played brilliantly without a goal. However, football is all about who scored the highest number of goal. Cunha goal made the difference in the scoreline and put Manchester United in a better position to qualify for the Champions League next season.

There was nothing brilliant about Chelsea performance tonight, same as for other days..i keep saying this that this present coach isn't what Chelsea now, he should get sacked and replaced with someone else, who truly understands the players very well and is able to make them play in their suitable positions...This is already a fact but let me still say it for those who are still getting their hopes hight:This season is going to be a trophyless season for Chelsea...

Presently, I think this is the worst Chelsea coach ever, because I don't remember last when Chelsea football club lost 4 straight premier League games in the past two or three seasons, but it happened today under this current manager if I'm not wrong. So sadly, what a disgraceful coach, was disgraced in the champions League and now the premier League,

Since Liam Rosenior was appointed manager, many have doubted his abilities, and that's been proven now. Liam Rosenior has played 18 matches for Chelsea in all competitions, with a details of 10 wins, 6 losses, and 2 draws. However, in the Premier League, Liam Rosenior's performance has been very poor in his last seven matches, with only one win, and that was against a bottom-of-the-table League One team. He has lost six times and failed to score in five.

[yixichloro2xx]

This is Liam Rosenior past games, it has been awful. I don't know if Chelsea made a big mistake of signing their guy. He hasn't even coached a big team before and he is not fully experienced enough to lead Chelsea. He has just 1 win in 7 games, no draw just losses. Enzo Maresca was the one giving this club their glory, they need to find solutions to this issue. Even the players in that club are average. I don't know who convinced Chelsea to sign Garnacho, very poor performance from him yesterday, he should be sold to Championship clubs next summer. They have spent billions in this team and they are still giving their fans average performance. They need to restructure everything in that club next summer. Sell of useless players.

[SatoPrincess]

Congratulations to United for securing UCL spot. I don’t think people expected Chelsea to win anyway. Two players that stood out for me yesterday was Delap and Garnacho. Last night, it looked as though Garnacho was playing against his own team. Garnacho has to be the only ex United player who’s not doing so great since he left the club, others have all been success stories. It’s funny how Delap chose Chelsea over United because he wanted to play Champions League football and now Chelsea are 6th place with no hope of a trophy or UCL next season.

[bitLeap]

Congratulations to United for securing UCL spot. I don’t think people expected Chelsea to win anyway. Two players that stood out for me yesterday was Delap and Garnacho. Last night, it looked as though Garnacho was playing against his own team. Garnacho has to be the only ex United player who’s not doing so great since he left the club, others have all been success stories. It’s funny how Delap chose Chelsea over United because he wanted to play Champions League football and now Chelsea are 6th place with no hope of a trophy or UCL next season.

Seeing how the final result led to a narrow victory for Man United, this is certainly still a huge win for the Red Devils. The result ensures they’ll stay in third place in the standings for longer if Aston Villa fails to secure three points. The stats do show that Chelsea dominated, but the one chance Man United got was the key to scoring, and that was enough. Garnacho is a secret agent who was deliberately sent to destroy Chelsea from within. lol

[BitBakerr1]

Congratulations to United for securing UCL spot. I don’t think people expected Chelsea to win anyway. Two players that stood out for me yesterday was Delap and Garnacho. Last night, it looked as though Garnacho was playing against his own team. Garnacho has to be the only ex United player who’s not doing so great since he left the club, others have all been success stories. It’s funny how Delap chose Chelsea over United because he wanted to play Champions League football and now Chelsea are 6th place with no hope of a trophy or UCL next season.

Manchester United performance was good and yes no one believed that Chelsea will be able to win Manchester United even Chelsea fans never believed on that, I really don’t know what is the problem of Chelsea they are performing poorly and they are not even trying to start better or perform better they are growing worse by the day, Chelsea played against Manchester city and they lost to Manchester City and their fans were happy saying they lost on purpose so Arsenal will find it hard to win the premier league trophy, today they have lost again hope they lost so Arsenal will find it difficult to win the premier league trophy, rubbish team.

[Loyang]

Congratulations to United for securing UCL spot. I don’t think people expected Chelsea to win anyway. Two players that stood out for me yesterday was Delap and Garnacho. Last night, it looked as though Garnacho was playing against his own team. Garnacho has to be the only ex United player who’s not doing so great since he left the club, others have all been success stories. It’s funny how Delap chose Chelsea over United because he wanted to play Champions League football and now Chelsea are 6th place with no hope of a trophy or UCL next season.

I was eagerly waiting for this day. Manchester United have improved themselves gradually since the middle of the season and they have made this day worthy. I never imagined that Chelsea would be so aggressive in this match. If we look at it, we can see how aggressive and great Chelsea performed on the field. Chelsea had the ball most of the time on the field and they attacked a lot but it was completely unsuccessful. Although Manchester United did not attack much and they were not very aggressive on the field, but they were looking for opportunities by strengthening their defense with intelligence on the field. And they got quite a few chances and took advantage of them.

[POPOLUV]

Today match between Manchester City vs Arsenal is going to be a great one and interesting match to watch tonight because the both teams are looking at the same interest, so the manager and fans are looking upon Arsenal winning or draw tonight, because there winning to Manchester City today will surely motivate them of still having the hope or chance of lifting the premier trophy in this season, but if Arsenal fails to win tonight, and it happens that Manchester City win tonight, it means that Manchester City will meet top to Arsenal once they are able to play and win their outstanding match, so Arsenal Faith of still winning or  carrying League is in their hands now, so today will determine if actually Arsenal can lift the premier League, because the points separating the two teams is not much, for Manchester City to top the league any time soon.

[B-BossMan]

Congratulations to United for securing UCL spot. I don’t think people expected Chelsea to win anyway. Two players that stood out for me yesterday was Delap and Garnacho. Last night, it looked as though Garnacho was playing against his own team. Garnacho has to be the only ex United player who’s not doing so great since he left the club, others have all been success stories. It’s funny how Delap chose Chelsea over United because he wanted to play Champions League football and now Chelsea are 6th place with no hope of a trophy or UCL next season.

I was eagerly waiting for this day. Manchester United have improved themselves gradually since the middle of the season and they have made this day worthy. I never imagined that Chelsea would be so aggressive in this match. If we look at it, we can see how aggressive and great Chelsea performed on the field. Chelsea had the ball most of the time on the field and they attacked a lot but it was completely unsuccessful. Although Manchester United did not attack much and they were not very aggressive on the field, but they were looking for opportunities by strengthening their defense with intelligence on the field. And they got quite a few chances and took advantage of them.

Right from day of seeing thier match fixtures I know definitely Chelsea will lose their match against Manchester United. Chelsea's performances presently is something else, from the beginning of the season they are actually playing very great and I was impressed with thier performances, but when they started losing consecutively even lose on some unexpected weaker teams, that's when I testified that Chelsea wouldn’t perform well against, imagine dropping much points and positions in the table, well Manchester United has done a great job in this match yesterday which I was impressed by thier performances, I really love thier current form right now. Which I was expecting this same performances from Chelsea but everything fall apart for them. Congratulations to Manchester United on thier victory.

[asriloni]

This is Liam Rosenior past games, it has been awful. I don't know if Chelsea made a big mistake of signing their guy. He hasn't even coached a big team before and he is not fully experienced enough to lead Chelsea. He has just 1 win in 7 games, no draw just losses. Enzo Maresca was the one giving this club their glory, they need to find solutions to this issue. Even the players in that club are average. I don't know who convinced Chelsea to sign Garnacho, very poor performance from him yesterday, he should be sold to Championship clubs next summer. They have spent billions in this team and they are still giving their fans average performance. They need to restructure everything in that club next summer. Sell of useless players.

Rosenior deserves the sack. The way he handle the club is so amateur. However, i'm not surprised caused by he was only graduated from Hull City. So he lacked experience to handle the big club. This is why replacing him with a professional coach is a very worthy idea to try.

They have no reason to keep him far longer. Signing a championship level coach to handle EPL level club is so stupid. It's not only that the way he manage his team is terrible. Recently, Estevao suffers a hamstring injury due to the his stupidity in managing players game time.

It's totally different with what Maresca did. Rosenior is a terrible coach. What he deliver is a relegation team performance, nothing more.

[Lida93]

Congratulations to United for securing UCL spot. I don’t think people expected Chelsea to win anyway. Two players that stood out for me yesterday was Delap and Garnacho. Last night, it looked as though Garnacho was playing against his own team. Garnacho has to be the only ex United player who’s not doing so great since he left the club, others have all been success stories. It’s funny how Delap chose Chelsea over United because he wanted to play Champions League football and now Chelsea are 6th place with no hope of a trophy or UCL next season.

Seeing how the final result led to a narrow victory for Man United, this is certainly still a huge win for the Red Devils. The result ensures they’ll stay in third place in the standings for longer if Aston Villa fails to secure three points. The stats do show that Chelsea dominated, but the one chance Man United got was the key to scoring, and that was enough. Garnacho is a secret agent who was deliberately sent to destroy Chelsea from within. lol

I think I like the way things do change regularly every season in the EPL, last season it was Aston villa, Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Chelsea that made it to the UCL, but it seems as if we are going to see some changes this season pending on the final stands on the table, this time around there's a little twist and Chelsea and Tottenham wouldn't be in the UCL thereby giving way for the likes of Manchester United and Aston villa who are very keen to play in Europe's elite competition next season.

[Lannakosa]

Today match between Manchester City vs Arsenal is going to be a great one and interesting match to watch tonight because the both teams are looking at the same interest, so the manager and fans are looking upon Arsenal winning or draw tonight, because there winning to Manchester City today will surely motivate them of still having the hope or chance of lifting the premier trophy in this season, but if Arsenal fails to win tonight, and it happens that Manchester City win tonight, it means that Manchester City will meet top to Arsenal once they are able to play and win their outstanding match, so Arsenal Faith of still winning or  carrying League is in their hands now, so today will determine if actually Arsenal can lift the premier League, because the points separating the two teams is not much, for Manchester City to top the league any time soon.

I think it’s fair to call this a title-deciding match today. The team that wins will take a major step toward the championship. If it’s Arsenal, it will be a huge boost, they’ll extend their lead in the table, and this time they might not let it slip. But if City win, it opens the door for them to catch up with Arsenal, and then everything could shift against Arsenal, because it would mean they’ve wasted the advantage they’ve built throughout the season. That would definitely add extra pressure on them. A draw, I think wouldn’t suit City, as it wouldn’t really change anything in the standings. So for Arsenal, a draw might actually be an acceptable result today, while for City only a win will do.

[knowngunman]

If Manchester City manage to beat Arsenal today then my parlay is going to lose only because Chelsea didn't score a single goal....    I can't believe they are this bad man.

The second half was completely under their control but still couldn't convert any opportunities to a goal. João Pedro didn't play which also had a bad affect on their finishing. When did he even get injured or is there anything else?

Perhaps, it been long since you watch Chelsea game if you have no idea they're this bad. 

Nothing surprise me yesterday, it ended as expected even though I predicted more than one goals to be scored. But I never doubt Manchester United victory.

Without sentiment, this new coach is the worst coach in Chelsea history. Nothing is working under him and he doesn't even tensed at all. He's always comfortable even when his side is losing. Every player looks very useless and ordinary under this guy.

There's no update on JP injury before or after match yesterday. We just noticed his absence in the starting XI.

[Stavri]

If Manchester City manage to beat Arsenal today then my parlay is going to lose only because Chelsea didn't score a single goal....    I can't believe they are this bad man.

The second half was completely under their control but still couldn't convert any opportunities to a goal. João Pedro didn't play which also had a bad affect on their finishing. When did he even get injured or is there anything else?

Arsenal is currently a better team than Manchester City. Even Real Madrid, which has become Mbappe's playground, eliminated City easily. Under normal conditions Arsenal is unbeatable.

[Woodie]

If Manchester City manage to beat Arsenal today then my parlay is going to lose only because Chelsea didn't score a single goal....    I can't believe they are this bad man.

The second half was completely under their control but still couldn't convert any opportunities to a goal. João Pedro didn't play which also had a bad affect on their finishing. When did he even get injured or is there anything else?

But to be fair , Chelsea outplayed Manchester United and got so close to getting a goal with 2 to 3 crossbar hits and it's all luck that they got lucky...otherwise Manchester United need this win more to cement their Champions league spot and for a Carrick vouch to happen for the top job..

As for the City Arsenal game, Arsenal are bottles and the more serious team should win and that's Cuteh!!

[Chilwell]

If Manchester City manage to beat Arsenal today then my parlay is going to lose only because Chelsea didn't score a single goal....    I can't believe they are this bad man.

The second half was completely under their control but still couldn't convert any opportunities to a goal. João Pedro didn't play which also had a bad affect on their finishing. When did he even get injured or is there anything else?

The game has started between Arsenal and Manchester City and today we see whether Arsenal can be able to win the Premier League because Manchester City will not want to leave this beautiful chances. Manchester City hosted Arsenal and this shows that the game will not be easy for Arsenal because this is also declare chance for Manchester City of winning the Premier League if there can be able to secure the three points too.

Honestly i am fed up with Arsenal because of how they are playing, they look promising from the beginning of the season and now that they need them the most with this beautiful performance they decline and fail their fans. I don't have any confidence in them anymore because of their last match they played against Bournemouth which I expected a victory from them but they disappointed me.

[B-BossMan]

Today match between Manchester City vs Arsenal is going to be a great one and interesting match to watch tonight because the both teams are looking at the same interest, so the manager and fans are looking upon Arsenal winning or draw tonight, because there winning to Manchester City today will surely motivate them of still having the hope or chance of lifting the premier trophy in this season, but if Arsenal fails to win tonight, and it happens that Manchester City win tonight, it means that Manchester City will meet top to Arsenal once they are able to play and win their outstanding match, so Arsenal Faith of still winning or  carrying League is in their hands now, so today will determine if actually Arsenal can lift the premier League, because the points separating the two teams is not much, for Manchester City to top the league any time soon.

Well, a match clash between the Manchester City against Arsenal is not going to be an easy game, most expecially this present stage now that both of them are in thier best form and aiming to end the tittle race. The pressures from both teams would actually high,because every single point matters to them now, yes i know Arsenal may even prefer winning or draw in this match because that will still keep them alive on the league while the Manchester City are aiming to win this match in order to close the gaps in between, but it's not gonna be a easy win for them.

However, the match has began some minutes ago amd presently the Manchester City score thier first goal at 16s by Rayan Cherki while Arsenal equalized them at 18s minutes, currently Manchester City-1 Arsenal-1......I hope the Manchester City would be able to win this match, if not, Arsenal are really ready for them.

[Merit.s]

Two goals in two minutes from both sides. Cherki got his first goal after fifteen matches today on the 16th minutes of the game to open the scoreline and gave City the lead.

The lead did not last up to three minutes before Donnarumma pass was blocked by Havertz into the goal post for an equalizer. It's a very tensed match and a torque of war for both teams because this match is a big influence on who wins the title. The scoreline is 1-1.