⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Mayor of ogba]

Found out Chelsea sacked Liam Rosenior a couple of hours ago. They have sacked two managers in one season, what exactly are the owners looking for? They dropped Enzo Maresca because they wanted a manager they can control, that’s why they gave an inexperienced manager like Liam Rosenior a 6 year contract. I think they have realised that they need a real manager if they want to win trophies.

The moment they showed Chelsea owners yesterday when Chelsea were losing to Brighton, the look on their faces show that they aren't happy with Rosenior performance so far, and I was suspecting they would sack Rosenior soon. When I heard the news of Chelsea sacking Rosenior I wasn't surprised because it was obvious Chelsea will sack him. You shouldn't be surprised that Chelsea have sacked two coaches this season because it's their way of life.

[AYOBA]

Manchester city bottled their chance to climb in goals against Arsenal, Burnley is the team they could have grabbed multiple goals and top Arsenal in the league table.
Arsenal and Manchester City are fighting for the highest points and highest goal difference and Burnley was a chance squandered by Manchester City.

I don’t think this battle is going to take long anymore ad I can see that Manchester City is topping Arsenal in the league table, the only Arsenal prayer now is for Manchester City to lose either two three matches but I don’t think that is going to be possible. Because Arsenal have already fuck up after Utilizing all the chances and opportunities that suppose to boost their points in the table, imagine Arsenal who was leading Manchester City by 10 ahead in the table but could’ve allowed the Manchester City take over the top of spot from them what a big disappointment.

[Oluwa-btc]

Manchester city bottled their chance to climb in goals against Arsenal, Burnley is the team they could have grabbed multiple goals and top Arsenal in the league table.
Arsenal and Manchester City are fighting for the highest points and highest goal difference and Burnley was a chance squandered by Manchester City.

Bottled what?? Do you think it's easy to play against Burnley?! They've always made life hell for other top side, I never expected such outcome but,this is football and most importantly, the Premier League Competition.
The most important thing is winning and they won. The players are happy, the fans and also the manager so cheers. They're officially ahead of Arsenal in the standing.

[Zoomic]

Manchester city bottled their chance to climb in goals against Arsenal, Burnley is the team they could have grabbed multiple goals and top Arsenal in the league table.
Arsenal and Manchester City are fighting for the highest points and highest goal difference and Burnley was a chance squandered by Manchester City.

Please don't use the word "bottle" for Manchester City, they are very far from the word bottling just because they are unable to win more than 1 goal against Burnley. If so, what do you have to say to Arsenal that has been ontop of the table for more than 7 months and just lost it few matches to end the season.

I honestly feel for Arsenal and if there's anything within my powers to do in order to enable Arsenal win the league, I am definitely going to do it. But funny enough I cannot do anything from my side. Now that the league title has entered into competition, you'll see how deadly Gaurdiola can be.

[JiiBs]

Found out Chelsea sacked Liam Rosenior a couple of hours ago. They have sacked two managers in one season, what exactly are the owners looking for? They dropped Enzo Maresca because they wanted a manager they can control, that’s why they gave an inexperienced manager like Liam Rosenior a 6 year contract. I think they have realised that they need a real manager if they want to win trophies.

One team that knows how to do it, sacked and they don’t have time to wait the season out. You know we have to understand the business part of it, spending money in the transfer windows with hopes that you can transform this Chelsea team into a winning team but, it’s being endless disappointments. He had to go, loosing to Brighton by 3 goals without scoring a single goal, that’s just wack from Chelsea.

Manchester City won their game against Burnley today, just a goal difference victory but, they are at the top of the table. Pep just can’t stop humiliating Arsenal.

[Amphenomenon]

The moment they showed Chelsea owners yesterday when Chelsea were losing to Brighton, the look on their faces show that they aren't happy with Rosenior performance so far, and I was suspecting they would sack Rosenior soon. When I heard the news of Chelsea sacking Rosenior I wasn't surprised because it was obvious Chelsea will sack him. You shouldn't be surprised that Chelsea have sacked two coaches this season because it's their way of life.

This was done to pacify the fans, since we were tired of them, and then Liam Rosenior was the sacrifice here.

While this is good, this is not only what is needed their terrible decisions led to this and if they don't change more mistakes will be made just like we have seen these past years since they took charge. They need get an experience manager and give their full support by allohihim get the players he wants.

[Issa56]

Found out Chelsea sacked Liam Rosenior a couple of hours ago. They have sacked two managers in one season, what exactly are the owners looking for?

Chelsea performance has just been terrible since Liam Rosenior joined Chelsea, just imagine Chelsea struggling to score in matches, for about 5 premier league matches now, Chelsea have not been able to score any goal which is really a bad one, I never believed Chelsea performance is going to get worst to the level of them struggling to even get a goal. Seriously the management made a good decision by sacking Liam Rosenior, if he remains at Chelsea, their performance is just going to keep on getting worst. Chelsea made a great mistake by letting Enzo Maresca go, they going to be regretting now already, they should have just supported Enzo Maresca instead of letting him go.

[Woodie]

Found out Chelsea sacked Liam Rosenior a couple of hours ago. They have sacked two managers in one season, what exactly are the owners looking for? They dropped Enzo Maresca because they wanted a manager they can control, that’s why they gave an inexperienced manager like Liam Rosenior a 6 year contract. I think they have realised that they need a real manager if they want to win trophies.

If you ask real Chelsea fan's,  they will tell us this was long overdue. But wait a second how did Chelsea get here because this team started the league well and was among the teams that looked like they would finish in the top 4 along with Liverpool and Aston Villa..then script was flipped Manchester United started winning, Villa kept dropping points , Liverpool dropped. And Chelsea just went into hibernation and we don't know if a new manager would change this bad chapter for Chelsea..

Anyway good luck to them because managers aren't easy to find  these days..

[Nheer]

Found out Chelsea sacked Liam Rosenior a couple of hours ago. They have sacked two managers in one season, what exactly are the owners looking for? They dropped Enzo Maresca because they wanted a manager they can control, that’s why they gave an inexperienced manager like Liam Rosenior a 6 year contract. I think they have realised that they need a real manager if they want to win trophies.

The moment they showed Chelsea owners yesterday when Chelsea were losing to Brighton, the look on their faces show that they aren't happy with Rosenior performance so far, and I was suspecting they would sack Rosenior soon. When I heard the news of Chelsea sacking Rosenior I wasn't surprised because it was obvious Chelsea will sack him. You shouldn't be surprised that Chelsea have sacked two coaches this season because it's their way of life.

No owner in their right senses will watch their team to keep playing badly in that manner. After all the terrible performances they've shown in recent games it's clear that the coach will definitely get sacked sooner or later. Everyone including the coach himself was expecting the sack letter and now that he's been sacked I think it's the best thing for all parties. What pains me the most is the fact that all the good season Chelsea was having has now gone to waste now. Despite the struggles at one point but Chelsea still managed to remain at top 4 which something they would have still retained by now and I am sure they will be playing the champions league not Europa league.

[satscraper]

Due to the FA Cup semi-finals scheduled for this weekend, we will have two games to be played today:
Burnley Vs Man City
Bournemouth Vs Leeds

I don't expect any other result than a comfy win for Man City. Both teams might be a bit fatigued from their last weekend games, so the pace might not be the fastest, but we should still see some goals. Man City are the highest scoring club in the league at the moment with 65 goals scored, while Burnley have the worst defence with 67 goals conceded. So. if statistics are a good prediction tool, we should see a one sided show with Man City winning by a decent margin.
high margin, as that could turn out to be a tiebreaker deciding on who wins the league.

They did win, but the margin turned out to be not very large. Thanks to their golden boy,Man City managed to score only once near the start of the match, but all their other attempts to extend the lead failed. Nevertheless, the win is a win, and right now they are at the top of the table pushing Arsenal down to second place. The drama between these two leaders has intensified.

[Futurexxx]

Found out Chelsea sacked Liam Rosenior a couple of hours ago. They have sacked two managers in one season, what exactly are the owners looking for? They dropped Enzo Maresca because they wanted a manager they can control, that’s why they gave an inexperienced manager like Liam Rosenior a 6 year contract. I think they have realised that they need a real manager if they want to win trophies.

One team that knows how to do it, sacked and they don’t have time to wait the season out. You know we have to understand the business part of it, spending money in the transfer windows with hopes that you can transform this Chelsea team into a winning team but, it’s being endless disappointments. He had to go, loosing to Brighton by 3 goals without scoring a single goal, that’s just wack from Chelsea.

Even though I do not support the Chelsea hierarchy in how they have turned Chelsea into a laughing stock, I think that the sacking was deserving because if you look at Chelsea last five premier league games, you wouldn't even argue on why he was sacked because Chelsea are way better than that type of horrible result.
 The club is bigger than him, that's why he should have stayed at Strasbourg to develop his coaching qualities the more than agreeing to move to Chelsea that even top quality and experience coach struggles.

Manchester City won their game against Burnley today, just a goal difference victory but, they are at the top of the table. Pep just can’t stop humiliating Arsenal.

It's not over yet because they are only leading by a superior head to head record this season, because they both have the same numbers of goals difference, but with the poor form of arsenal, the chances of them dropping more points in the remaining five games is a lot higher than the chances of Manchester City dropping any point.

[Luzin]

For several years in the EPL, I have always watched Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves) compete at the midle of the table. For this season, they were relegated. It seems there is something wrong with this team. There is news that the new owner, Fosun Group, is more focused on the e-sports team. This situation made it difficult for Wolves to make player changes at the beginning of the new season. I thought there would be a big exodus of players leaving. So who will be the next companion of West Ham, Tottenham, and Burnley? It seems they are struggling to avoid getting the remaining two tickets. Tottenham also surprised everyone, they have been really poor. After Kane and Son Heung-min left, they have not been able to play well.

[eisen33]

They did win, but the margin turned out to be not very large. Thanks to their golden boy,Man City managed to score only once near the start of the match, but all their other attempts to extend the lead failed. Nevertheless, the win is a win, and right now they are at the top of the table pushing Arsenal down to second place. The drama between these two leaders has intensified.

Someone here recently wrote that Arsenal were still three points ahead of Manchester City, and that City needed to win to overtake them. And now we can already see City moving into first place with the same number of games played. In fact, the goal difference is also equal, City have just scored more goals. Against Burnley, I expected them to score more as well, especially after I saw the goal in the fifth minute I thought they would score a lot in that match. But just like the pressure is affecting Arsenal, I think City also understand the importance of every win, which is why they will tend to be more cautious in the remaining games.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

For several years in the EPL, I have always watched Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves) compete at the midle of the table. For this season, they were relegated. It seems there is something wrong with this team. There is news that the new owner, Fosun Group, is more focused on the e-sports team. This situation made it difficult for Wolves to make player changes at the beginning of the new season. I thought there would be a big exodus of players leaving. So who will be the next companion of West Ham, Tottenham, and Burnley? It seems they are struggling to avoid getting the remaining two tickets. Tottenham also surprised everyone, they have been really poor. After Kane and Son Heung-min left, they have not been able to play well.

Maybe I'm wrong but in the past three seasons, I've never seen Wolves in the middle of the league table when the season is coming to an end like this, the only time I see them in the middle of the league table is always during the  beginning of the season when each and every club in the league are still trying to find their real position in the table through their performance.

But then, I really understand what you are talking about, wolves has always been underperforming for as long and since I started paying attention to the premier league, I've not for ones seen wolves compete even for the top four or top five in the league table, they are always behind and I hope the management of the club can really pay more attention to this team, I see them as a team with very good potentials but unfortunately, the club seems to lack the necessary funding that is needed to bring out that real power.

[Silence Scream]

Found out Chelsea sacked Liam Rosenior a couple of hours ago. They have sacked two managers in one season, what exactly are the owners looking for? They dropped Enzo Maresca because they wanted a manager they can control, that’s why they gave an inexperienced manager like Liam Rosenior a 6 year contract. I think they have realised that they need a real manager if they want to win trophies.

The moment they showed Chelsea owners yesterday when Chelsea were losing to Brighton, the look on their faces show that they aren't happy with Rosenior performance so far, and I was suspecting they would sack Rosenior soon. When I heard the news of Chelsea sacking Rosenior I wasn't surprised because it was obvious Chelsea will sack him. You shouldn't be surprised that Chelsea have sacked two coaches this season because it's their way of life.

Chelsea spends too much money like this. They don't bring in a good manager. Maybe they should give that money to Xabi or Carlo Ancelotti. Perhaps then success would come. It wouldn't be wrong to say Chelsea is very unlucky with managers. They have a very large and high-quality squad, but their style of play just can't seem to improve.

[Nightwatchmare]

So Chelsea, once again, lost. I really struggle to understand why they chose to fire Maresca only to bring in this manager from their sister team, Strasbourg. What did he do in order to earn that spot? And his results now are extremely mediocre. The management really made a big mistake firing Maresca. And let's not forget that this also lead to the Fernandez problem. Very poor decision.

Yes, Chelsea management made a huge mistake by sacking Maresca and appointing an inexperienced coach mid-season. Now, as a result of this decision, Chelsea is facing a big risk of experiencing its worst phase. In fact, it could be said that this season is the worst in the club's history, especially with five consecutive defeats without scoring a goal. If I'm not mistaken, the last time Chelsea suffered five consecutive defeats without scoring a goal was in 1912.

In the Champions League and EPL, they've lost seven of their last eight matches, with their only win coming against Port Vale. It's been a disappointing and nightmarish season for Chelsea. I think it's more sensible to change managers after the season is over. A change near the end of the season can disrupt the team's entire balance. I think they took Manchester United as an example and thought they could be like them, but they made that decision earlier, and Michael Carrick did a fantastic job managing them.

This Rosenior and the Chelsea is really confusing, like wasn't this the same team that was winning in time of Maresca, even if it wasn't a strict win, at least it wasn't as bad as this, my only observation to this is this Chelsea squad don't want to play for Rosenior, so they are playing against him, so they can fire him, and Chelsea is found of doing that, but little did they know that they are not just doing Rosenior but the entire Chelsea team, and it seems this is the same manager they will be using come next season, so they earlier they learn to make peace with him the better for them.

Resenior and the Chelsea is not confusing that is just how Chelsea performs when they have a new manager, like they will first of all play well and win matches for the new manager and you will think the new manager would transform or change Chelsea, but before you could know it Chelsea will loss form and start losing matches, they did it to Maresca which made Maresca to leave Chelsea, so i am not surprised that same thing has happened to Resenior, Chelsea players are not doing themselves because they will receive their wages at the end of every week, they are doing Resenior because if Chelsea does not improve their performance Resenior will be the one on pressure.

[alankasman]

No owner in their right senses will watch their team to keep playing badly in that manner. After all the terrible performances they've shown in recent games it's clear that the coach will definitely get sacked sooner or later. Everyone including the coach himself was expecting the sack letter and now that he's been sacked I think it's the best thing for all parties. What pains me the most is the fact that all the good season Chelsea was having has now gone to waste now. Despite the struggles at one point but Chelsea still managed to remain at top 4 which something they would have still retained by now and I am sure they will be playing the champions league not Europa league.

It's clear as has been said that if the team's performance is like it is now, the club owner must act quickly to avoid rushing to appoint a coach. This is not only for Chelsea but other teams must also act quickly in choosing a coach to lead the team. Coincidentally this time it happened at Chelsea where they just fired their coach due to a lack of maximizing in every match they played. Although when Liam Rosenior arrived they had been in 4th place but with consecutive defeats the management's decision to dismiss him from the Chelsea team coach was convinced.

This is because the results achieved by the team nicknamed The Blues were less than optimal in several previous matches and they had to accept defeat in a row five times meaning that Chelsea's performance under Liam Rosenior has not found the results desired by the club owner so that the decision made regarding the dismissal is a very appropriate step to navigate the next season for the better so at this time it is better for Chelsea to use an alternative coach because at this time the club is also monitoring which coach will be suitable to coach the Chelsea team for next season so the mistake made yesterday when appointing Liam Rosenior as enough experience for the management means looking for a coach is better not to rush so that the results are in accordance with the wishes that can bring better team performance and can compete with other teams that dominate the top in the EPL competition.

[Black Mbaye]

So Chelsea, once again, lost. I really struggle to understand why they chose to fire Maresca only to bring in this manager from their sister team, Strasbourg. What did he do in order to earn that spot? And his results now are extremely mediocre. The management really made a big mistake firing Maresca. And let's not forget that this also lead to the Fernandez problem. Very poor decision.

Yes, Chelsea management made a huge mistake by sacking Maresca and appointing an inexperienced coach mid-season. Now, as a result of this decision, Chelsea is facing a big risk of experiencing its worst phase. In fact, it could be said that this season is the worst in the club's history, especially with five consecutive defeats without scoring a goal. If I'm not mistaken, the last time Chelsea suffered five consecutive defeats without scoring a goal was in 1912.

In the Champions League and EPL, they've lost seven of their last eight matches, with their only win coming against Port Vale. It's been a disappointing and nightmarish season for Chelsea. I think it's more sensible to change managers after the season is over. A change near the end of the season can disrupt the team's entire balance. I think they took Manchester United as an example and thought they could be like them, but they made that decision earlier, and Michael Carrick did a fantastic job managing them.

This Rosenior and the Chelsea is really confusing, like wasn't this the same team that was winning in time of Maresca, even if it wasn't a strict win, at least it wasn't as bad as this, my only observation to this is this Chelsea squad don't want to play for Rosenior, so they are playing against him, so they can fire him, and Chelsea is found of doing that, but little did they know that they are not just doing Rosenior but the entire Chelsea team, and it seems this is the same manager they will be using come next season, so they earlier they learn to make peace with him the better for them.

Resenior and the Chelsea is not confusing that is just how Chelsea performs when they have a new manager, like they will first of all play well and win matches for the new manager and you will think the new manager has transformed or changed Chelsea, but before you could know it Chelsea will loss form and start losing matches, they did it to Maresca which made Maresca to leave Chelsea, so i am not surprised that same thing has happened to Resenior, Chelsea players are not doing themselves because they will receive their wages at the end of every week, they are doing Resenior because if Chelsea does not improve their performance Resenior will be the one on pressure.

Giving him a 5.5-year contract was ridiculous, because he was sacked after four months and caused a huge financial burden for Chelsea. It's unclear when the new manager will take over. With the season almost over, it's likely one of the assistant coaches will remain in charge until the end of the season.

[Velvet78]

Going against Chelsea this time really worked!    This time my parlay also won thanks to Chelsea's messing up. They literally couldn't score a goal for 5 games in a row which is just horrible!

Other than that, there was only 1 win in their last 9 games which means since mid February. I don't question their sacking decision on Rosenior as a result. He was already doubtful when he first came and he couldn't prove himself.

[Fakhrulenclix]

Manchester city bottled their chance to climb in goals against Arsenal, Burnley is the team they could have grabbed multiple goals and top Arsenal in the league table.
Arsenal and Manchester City are fighting for the highest points and highest goal difference and Burnley was a chance squandered by Manchester City.

Bottled what?? Do you think it's easy to play against Burnley?! They've always made life hell for other top side, I never expected such outcome but,this is football and most importantly, the Premier League Competition.
The most important thing is winning and they won. The players are happy, the fans and also the manager so cheers. They're officially ahead of Arsenal in the standing.

Burnley, playing at their home, is indeed not easy to beat, and Man City only needed a win in this match, so they played a bit cautiously regardless of the score. However, what really matters is that Man City could secure 3 points and return to the top of the standings.  

There are only 5 matches left to determine who will win the Premier League title this season, and honestly, I am very sad to see what has happened to Arsenal because the same thing keeps happening in the last few seasons, even though they already have very good overall performance and strength. It seems that this season it happened again, and Arsenal failed once more.