⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Mayor of ogba]

Chelsea very lucky to only be 1-0 down at HT. You just wonder if Brighton will regret not scoring a second whilst they were so dominant in the first half.

Surely Chelsea can’t be so poor in the second half.

The moment I found out that Chelsea was visiting Brighton without Cole Palmer I knew it wouldn't be easy for Chelsea this night. Seeing Chelsea losing to Brighton 1-0 at half time isn't a surprise to me. Brighton would have even scored more two goals against Chelsea at the dying minutes of the first half but their wrong passes when they were close to Chelsea 18 yard stopped them from doing that. Chelsea look so miserable in the first half and I think they won't do better in the second half, because Cole Palmer who would have ginger them isn't on the pitch.

[Stable090]

The moment Arsenal lost that game to Manchester City was the moment they give out the English premier League title to Manchester City, trust me Pep is definitely gonna play every single match out of the remaining as a final match,

Everyone were just waiting for Arsenal to play against Manchester city to see who is going to win, immediately they lost against Manchester City, most people have given up already, because the point difference is so close already, and Manchester city is having a outstanding match to play which we all know pep Guardiola don’t joke with matches like this, don’t be surprise that Manchester city won’t be losing any match until the season end. Some Arsenal fans are still hoping they going to win all the matches they are having left, and Manchester city will lose, but I don’t think Manchester city will be losing any match now, and I don’t think Arsenal will be winning all the matches they are having left, Arsenal performance has dropped.

they should at least win the UEFA Champions League to some how cover for their shame.

Do you even think Arsenal can win the champions league? Arsenal performance has dropped, and we having strong teams left in the champions league, Arsenal were lucky to face sporting in the quarter final of the champions league, and we saw how they struggled in the match, just imagine they played against a stronger team, I don’t think they would have qualified to the semi final.

[Abbatty]

Again and again the same thing happening with Arsenal, they run in front from most of the season and when we reach the 3/4 of the competition and the title is nearby they start to crumble under the pressure and start to drop points and the runer up start to catch them, is incredible to see this happening all over again season after season. Now Manchester City have the chance in their hands since they have a better goal diference than them if they win the remaining game.

We all know there is still a lot to play for but as of right now I think Manchester city have the highest momentum to win the league and it all started at that league cup final, i know it the league cup but that defeat has affected this arsenal players psychologically, since then they have been a shadow for themselves. Their next match is against Newcastle and I can tell you it a big test for them, and I won’t even be shocked if I see them dropping points again In that match.

Pep loves these types of of run in, he has been their several times and we have seen him come out on top so for this time around the odds are still in Favour mind of him. Nothing is certain yet for both side but right now the ball is in the hands of Manchester city.

[Agbam]

Chelsea very lucky to only be 1-0 down at HT. You just wonder if Brighton will regret not scoring a second whilst they were so dominant in the first half.

Surely Chelsea can’t be so poor in the second half.

Chelsea are actually very lucky to not be 2:0 down by now. What are they playing, they’ve been so bad lately and it’s very disappointing the new coach is worse than the last and it’s not looking good for them at all.

Oh shit Brighton just added a second now and this is just 60mins, it would have been three if not for the save by Trevoh Chalobah. Chelsea are a serious mess. What the actual fuck is wrong with them.

Maybe another conference league competition is what they’re looking for.

[Felicity_Tide]

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It was a terrific first half for Chelsea as they were able to get only one shot which was off target. Chelsea defense is porous and Brighton should have scored more goals but Raya was very active at the goal post.

I guess you meant "Sanchez", and not Raya. Raya plays for Arsenal.
Well, I don't expect much from this game. It's not as if Brighton is even that small. The doubts should be if Chelsea can get at most, a point from this game, because they've seem to forget how to play for 3 points. There is clearly nothing to expect from a team that's hasn't scored a goal in the premier league for more than 5 weeks now. We all blame the defense, when he attack isn't even special or different from the defense. From the way they've been moving lately, their fans might have to start preparing to watch other teams play in European competitions next season, because this team is on the verge of dropping out of the top 10 at this point.

And Brighton just made it 2., this shit is getting real.

[EL MOHA]

The moment I found out that Chelsea was visiting Brighton without Cole Palmer I knew it wouldn't be easy for Chelsea this night. Seeing Chelsea losing to Brighton 1-0 at half time isn't a surprise to me. Brighton would have even scored more two goals against Chelsea at the dying minutes of the first half but their wrong passes when they were close to Chelsea 18 yard stopped them from doing that. Chelsea look so miserable in the first half and I think they won't do better in the second half, because Cole Palmer who would have ginger them isn't on the pitch.

Even with Cole Palmer in the Chelsea side this season how different have they faired. If we want to unbiased I think this Cole Palmer has been one of  Chelsea’s worst players this season, I still cannot get it why he dipped so much in form. One would say that the entire club is in shambles but we all know that even in bad days last season Cole Palmer was usually their standout player in the game. My only excuse for him is that maybe is form dipped because of the repeated injuries he has had to battle this season.

Chelsea are 2-0 goal down thanks to a goal from Hinshelwood, this loss will not only cast them away from the champions league places on the table but will seriously be worth mentioning that even the European football second and third teir; Europa league and conference league could be in trouble because they could miss out on those places too. With the likes of Brentford, Bournemouth, Everton and even today’s opponent Brighton are in serious competition for the European places too

[Versatile_choice]

Chelsea very lucky to only be 1-0 down at HT. You just wonder if Brighton will regret not scoring a second whilst they were so dominant in the first half.

Surely Chelsea can’t be so poor in the second half.

Oh shit Brighton just added a second now and this is just first half, it would have been three if not for the save by Trevoh Chalobah. Chelsea are a serious mess. What the actual fuck is wrong with them.

Maybe another conference league competition is what they’re looking for.

Upon all the whole coaches that chelsea signed so far I think Liam Rosenoir is the worst of them all, how can a team like chelsea will be losing 3-4 matches in a row? Although I over heard some people saying that Enzo marasca is a terrible coach I'm wondering what they will say to Liam Rosenoir because he's such a clueless coach.

I know he got signed few Weeks back but I can't take that as an excuse because there are some coach that is doing well right from the day they got signed take for example Micheal carricks. although he's not officially sign as the manager he's just acting like a manager for the main time but look at how he helped Manchester United to qualify for champions league, even some person's are saying that he's not qualified while those we think they're qualified are not even performing well.

[BitBakerr1]

Manchester city are likely to lift the Premier league title this season because they are very inform right now and they are playing very well in the other hand. Arsenal is losing form they are not performing like they were doing in the beginning of the season anymore and if they continue with this kind of performance, they will surely lose the Premier league title again this season and that would be very bad for them. it will affect their mentality next season and that will be a very big problem for them. I think if they don’t lift any trophy this season they will definitely sack their coach. Yes, he has tried in building the team and making them to start playing very well but more is required from him. He needs to lift a trophy. You cannot be coming out second every season without lifting any trophy.

[Halifat]

Chelsea very lucky to only be 1-0 down at HT. You just wonder if Brighton will regret not scoring a second whilst they were so dominant in the first half.

Surely Chelsea can’t be so poor in the second half.

I am seeing that Chelsea have disappointed you after you defended them, the game is just less than 10 minutes to finish and currently Chelsea have conceded two goals which you don't expect from them. Brighton did so well to defend themselves and this point they secured if eventually they ended up winning will take them a very long way because they have overtake Chelsea from the Europa League zone and now what they need is to balance their movement. I will not rush to conclude because football nowadays cannot be predicted until the final whistle.

[Silikiem]

Chelsea very lucky to only be 1-0 down at HT. You just wonder if Brighton will regret not scoring a second whilst they were so dominant in the first half.

Surely Chelsea can’t be so poor in the second half.

Chelsea are actually very lucky to not be 2:0 down by now. What are they playing, they’ve been so bad lately and it’s very disappointing the new coach is worse than the last and it’s not looking good for them at all.

Oh shit Brighton just added a second now and this is just 60mins, it would have been three if not for the save by Trevoh Chalobah. Chelsea are a serious mess. What the actual fuck is wrong with them.

Maybe another conference league competition is what they’re looking for.

Chelsea are just lucky that the season is almost coming to an end if not with this kind of display they would have found themselves fighting relegation just like Tottenham is now. The Chelsea players don’t seem to know what to do, I guess the coach himself will be exhausted by now and I’m sure they’re just praying that the season should just end now so they could just have a little bit of a relief and start all over again next season. The owners of the club should be blaming themselves now for some decisions they made during signing some players, they have every opportunity to sign experienced players in the summer when they qualified for the champions league but they choose otherwise and go for amateur players, now it will be difficult for them to attract quality and experienced players to the team during the summer because they certainly won’t qualify for the champions league next season.

[Spaceman1000$]

Chelsea very lucky to only be 1-0 down at HT. You just wonder if Brighton will regret not scoring a second whilst they were so dominant in the first half.

Surely Chelsea can’t be so poor in the second half.

Chelsea are actually very lucky to not be 2:0 down by now. What are they playing, they’ve been so bad lately and it’s very disappointing the new coach is worse than the last and it’s not looking good for them at all.

Oh shit Brighton just added a second now and this is just 60mins, it would have been three if not for the save by Trevoh Chalobah. Chelsea are a serious mess. What the actual fuck is wrong with them.

Maybe another conference league competition is what they’re looking for.

Chelsea are just lucky that the season is almost coming to an end if not with this kind of display they would have found themselves fighting relegation just like Tottenham is now. The Chelsea players don’t seem to know what to do, I guess the coach himself will be exhausted by now and I’m sure they’re just praying that the season should just end now so they could just have a little bit of a relief and start all over again next season. The owners of the club should be blaming themselves now for some decisions they made during signing some players, they have every opportunity to sign experienced players in the summer when they qualified for the champions league but they choose otherwise and go for amateur players, now it will be difficult for them to attract quality and experienced players to the team during the summer because they certainly won’t qualify for the champions league next season.

I don't want to sound like a broken record but I believe the entire Chelsea team including the coach needs to be overhauled, this guy's are bunch of jokers, sincerely speaking just like you rightly said, if not that the season is coming to an end and we just have few matches to go, Chelsea would seriously be drifting towards the relegation zone. It's not that bad that they lost to Brighton 3-0 tonight, but their inconsistency is really something else this days.

[snipie]

Chelsea owners and management are in awkward situation regarding their fans. The amount of disappointment that you can feel there in London is so big!
Imagine a team like Chelsea unable to win games from many weeks and unable even to score a goal. They are beating some records I suppose?
Chelsea moved to the 7th place and by the end of this round they might lose additional places. Well done!

Manchester city are likely to lift the Premier league title this season because they are very inform right now and they are playing very well in the other hand. Arsenal is losing form they are not performing like they were doing in the beginning of the season anymore and if they continue with this kind of performance, they will surely lose the Premier league title again this season...

Arsenal is the other side of the Chelsea coin this season until now at least.. and by tomorrow, Manchester City will jump to the first place in the ranking supposedly.

[aylabadia05]

The moment I found out that Chelsea was visiting Brighton without Cole Palmer I knew it wouldn't be easy for Chelsea this night. Seeing Chelsea losing to Brighton 1-0 at half time isn't a surprise to me. Brighton would have even scored more two goals against Chelsea at the dying minutes of the first half but their wrong passes when they were close to Chelsea 18 yard stopped them from doing that. Chelsea look so miserable in the first half and I think they won't do better in the second half, because Cole Palmer who would have ginger them isn't on the pitch.

Chelsea isn’t just about Cole Palmer—winning a match doesn’t depend on just one or two players.
Brighton was too ruthless against Chelsea in this match, which could put Liam Rosenior’s job at risk.
The second half was wild; Brighton completely dominated Chelsea, even though only two goals were scored in the second half. Apparently, Brighton is aiming for 6th place to qualify for European competition, so they played with intense passion for the full 90 minutes—even though teams like Brentford and Bournemouth could still overtake them in the standings later on.

[abhiseshakana]

I am seeing that Chelsea have disappointed you after you defended them, the game is just less than 10 minutes to finish and currently Chelsea have conceded two goals which you don't expect from them. Brighton did so well to defend themselves and this point they secured if eventually they ended up winning will take them a very long way because they have overtake Chelsea from the Europa League zone and now what they need is to balance their movement. I will not rush to conclude because football nowadays cannot be predicted until the final whistle.

Chelsea are really struggling at the moment, and I don’t think they’ll be able to secure a Champions League spot next season ... even qualifying for the Europa League or the Conference League won’t be a straightforward task. They have now suffered five consecutive defeats in the Premier League, and I think this is actually quite a serious problem. Given the situation, it wouldn’t be surprising if Liam Rosenior were suddenly sacked , because after a promising start (shortly after taking charge), he’s now turned Chelsea into a losing side

[Mayor of ogba]

Even with Cole Palmer in the Chelsea side this season how different have they faired. If we want to unbiased I think this Cole Palmer has been one of  Chelsea’s worst players this season, I still cannot get it why he dipped so much in form. One would say that the entire club is in shambles but we all know that even in bad days last season Cole Palmer was usually their standout player in the game. My only excuse for him is that maybe is form dipped because of the repeated injuries he has had to battle this season.

Chelsea are 2-0 goal down thanks to a goal from Hinshelwood, this loss will not only cast them away from the champions league places on the table but will seriously be worth mentioning that even the European football second and third teir; Europa league and conference league could be in trouble because they could miss out on those places too. With the likes of Brentford, Bournemouth, Everton and even today’s opponent Brighton are in serious competition for the European places too

Cole Palmer isn't one of the worst players for Chelsea this season because he's the second highest goal scorer for Chelsea. I know that Cole Palmer wasn't as good for Chelsea this season as he was for Chelsea last season, but let's tell ourselves the truth, when Cole Palmer feature for Chelsea in a match, Chelsea plays with confidence and perform a little bit better, and concerning Cole Palmer loss of form this season, it's the injuries he had that made he to perform poorly for Chelsea.

[Hyphen(-)]

Chelsea are really struggling at the moment, and I don’t think they’ll be able to secure a Champions League spot next season ... even qualifying for the Europa League or the Conference League won’t be a straightforward task. They have now suffered five consecutive defeats in the Premier League, and I think this is actually quite a serious problem. Given the situation, it wouldn’t be surprising if Liam Rosenior were suddenly sacked , because after a promising start (shortly after taking charge), he’s now turned Chelsea into a losing side

Losing 3-0 today again is not acceptable, this is the time for Chelsea management to admit that they have made a big mistake sacking Enzo Maresca because he was managing the team well before they sacked him, how they are struggling to even win matches but they couldn’t.

Chelsea have gone seven games without scoring one goal, since their two goals against PSG away from home in the Champions League, Chelsea has failed to score a single goal apart from their FA cup victory against Port Vale; and they now lost five consecutive premier league matches which has completely shattered their dream to play in the Champions League next season.

With this kind of performance, Chelsea can’t make it to the Champions League, they can try to make to the UEFA Europa League if they have improved, or try to make it to the conference league because they are not playing like they want to play Champions League next season.

[Taricoins]

I am seeing that Chelsea have disappointed you after you defended them, the game is just less than 10 minutes to finish and currently Chelsea have conceded two goals which you don't expect from them. Brighton did so well to defend themselves and this point they secured if eventually they ended up winning will take them a very long way because they have overtake Chelsea from the Europa League zone and now what they need is to balance their movement. I will not rush to conclude because football nowadays cannot be predicted until the final whistle.

Chelsea are really struggling at the moment, and I don’t think they’ll be able to secure a Champions League spot next season ... even qualifying for the Europa League or the Conference League won’t be a straightforward task. They have now suffered five consecutive defeats in the Premier League, and I think this is actually quite a serious problem. Given the situation, it wouldn’t be surprising if Liam Rosenior were suddenly sacked , because after a promising start (shortly after taking charge), he’s now turned Chelsea into a losing side

It's getting really bad for them, I bet the top brass of this Chelsea franchise will be bitter for there decision to relieve Maresca As the head coach of of Chelsea. It seems like just some few days ago, we were complaining about the performance of Man United and it seems like they have swap places because the only thing saving  them now is the fact that Maresca gave them a massive headstart before Rosenior came in.
When I saw the line Lineup Rosenior intend to use for the match, I knew there was going to be problem because the whole front lacks that creative and clinical edge and it seems like Rosenior is just confused.

[AYOBA]

Everyone were just waiting for Arsenal to play against Manchester city to see who is going to win, immediately they lost against Manchester City, most people have given up already, because the point difference is so close already, and Manchester city is having a outstanding match to play which we all know pep Guardiola don’t joke with matches like this, don’t be surprise that Manchester city won’t be losing any match until the season end. Some Arsenal fans are still hoping they going to win all the matches they are having left, and Manchester city will lose, but I don’t think Manchester city will be losing any match now, and I don’t think Arsenal will be winning all the matches they are having left, Arsenal performance has dropped.

Yeah, it’s truth that ever since Arsenal lose to Manchester City a lot of people has lose hope for Arsenal, but one thing they need to understand is that a down fall of a man is not the end of the life they should never conclude that Manchester City will be the one to win this premier league; as we all know that football is unpredictable anything can happen because nobody knows yet what will the Manchester City outcome in their remaining matches, let forget that they’ve outstanding match to play.

Do you even think Arsenal can win the champions league? Arsenal performance has dropped, and we having strong teams left in the champions league, Arsenal were lucky to face sporting in the quarter final of the champions league, and we saw how they struggled in the match, just imagine they played against a stronger team, I don’t think they would have qualified to the semi final.

What do you mean? Arsenal performances has little dropped but we hope they will improve more of their performances before their next match against Atletico Madrid in Semi Final; although that Arsenal where lucky against sporting; but do you know that sporting have passed the way some people are thinking of them?
most of people seeing them as weak teams, and to be honest sporting are not a weak team Arsenal really try enough to in that match if not sporting could’ve eliminated them.

[Nwadiche]

Even with Cole Palmer in the Chelsea side this season how different have they faired. If we want to unbiased I think this Cole Palmer has been one of  Chelsea’s worst players this season, I still cannot get it why he dipped so much in form. One would say that the entire club is in shambles but we all know that even in bad days last season Cole Palmer was usually their standout player in the game. My only excuse for him is that maybe is form dipped because of the repeated injuries he has had to battle this season.

Chelsea are 2-0 goal down thanks to a goal from Hinshelwood, this loss will not only cast them away from the champions league places on the table but will seriously be worth mentioning that even the European football second and third teir; Europa league and conference league could be in trouble because they could miss out on those places too. With the likes of Brentford, Bournemouth, Everton and even today’s opponent Brighton are in serious competition for the European places too

You wrong, cole palmer has nothing with what is happening in Chelsea right now ok. Cole palmer was in form when this current season started and then Chelsea was among the top four in the table till palmer sustained and injury which kept him out for somes weeks for playing football even when he came back he still not feat enough to play. And when he was ready to play Chelsea was in fourth position so  don't blame palmer for Chelsea not qualifying for too four, I'm sure your saw his statement when Enzo was sacked that if they continue changing coach that he'll leave the club.

Yeah they still lose to Brighton today but one thing i want to assure you is that no matter all their losses, Chelsea will still be feature in Europe League. The might not qualify for champion league but they'll surely qualify for either Europea or conference league no matter they'll still survive any of this Europe League next.

[Taricoins]

You wrong, cole palmer has nothing with what is happening in Chelsea right now ok. Cole palmer was in form when this current season started and then Chelsea was among the top four in the table till palmer sustained and injury which kept him out for somes weeks for playing football even when he came back he still not feat enough to play. And when he was ready to play Chelsea was in fourth position so  don't blame palmer for Chelsea not qualifying for too four, I'm sure your saw his statement when Enzo was sacked that if they continue changing coach that he'll leave the club.

Yeah they still lose to Brighton today but one thing i want to assure you is that no matter all their losses, Chelsea will still be feature in Europe League. The might not qualify for champion league but they'll surely qualify for either Europea or conference league no matter they'll still survive any of this Europe League next.

I understand your take on Palmer and from the point where I feel the coach [Rosenior] isn't drawing out his full potential and I also think that comes as a result of lack of trust by Palmer  on the manager, we see that Rosenior tend to move Palmer to less familiar positions and that really affects his performance. But still blame shouldn't all be administered to the manager, we see different top players play with different managers like how Bruno keeps performing regardless of the tactics or manager. Palmer should be the one leading and drawing out the creativity of his team .