⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Solodoski]

Nottingham Forest are having a field day at Sunderland’s backyard just first half and already four goals up, this is amazing how this team have transformed. I think they’ve gone 10 games unbeaten run right now this is incredible what Victor Pereira has done with this team. They might end up knocking out Aston Villa in the Europa League with the way they’re going though that would be a huge task as Una Emery has more experience and I think better squad too.
This is a gone game for Sunderland and there’s nothing they can do.

Nottingham Forest are now 8 points cleared of Tottehem Hotspur. This is what it feels to be a competitive team that's so keen on escpaig the relegation zone this season. Nottingham Forest are putting in their very best to ensure they win Sunderland and with the current scores on the line, they're doing it perfectly well. A smooth race for Nottingham Forest and winning have always been s priority for them. They're not coming back and wanting to boost themselves for elevation.

The goals kept on coming. Sunderland got confused in the first 37 minute which led to 4 goals in the first half. That one moment of lack of concentration, made the game difficult for them. It became more difficult when they struggled to get a consolation goal for their fans but couldn't till the end of the game. Nottingham Forest has made the first move, away from the relegation battle. Westham is in a better position than Tottenham. Tomorrow Wolves will face Tottenham. This is one good chance for Tottenham to get a win.

[Byebyebtc]

Nottingham Forest are having a field day at Sunderland’s backyard just first half and already four goals up, this is amazing how this team have transformed. I think they’ve gone 10 games unbeaten run right now this is incredible what Vitor Pereira has done with this team. They might end up knocking out Aston Villa in the Europa League with the way they’re going though that would be a huge task as Una Emery has more experience and I think better squad too.
This is a gone game for Sunderland and there’s nothing they can do.

Many wouldn't believe if I told them how good Sunderland was at the beginning of the season,
It's quite disappointing how bad they have become

[Pandorak]

Nottingham Forest are having a field day at Sunderland’s backyard just first half and already four goals up, this is amazing how this team have transformed. I think they’ve gone 10 games unbeaten run right now this is incredible what Vitor Pereira has done with this team. They might end up knocking out Aston Villa in the Europa League with the way they’re going though that would be a huge task as Una Emery has more experience and I think better squad too.
This is a gone game for Sunderland and there’s nothing they can do.

It seems Nottingham Forest is working very hard to keep winning every match. One reason is undoubtedly that they want to avoid the relegation zone; on the other hand, they may want to show that they’re still a force to be reckoned with. As seen in this match, their squad crushed Sunderland without mercy. At first, i personally didn’t see much of a chance for Nottingham to win this match, but in reality, they went on a scoring spree and left the Sunderland squad feeling frustrated. I hope they can maintain their performance consistently, it will be great to see how they play in their upcoming matches.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Nottingham Forest are having a field day at Sunderland’s backyard just first half and already four goals up, this is amazing how this team have transformed. I think they’ve gone 10 games unbeaten run right now this is incredible what Vitor Pereira has done with this team. They might end up knocking out Aston Villa in the Europa League with the way they’re going though that would be a huge task as Una Emery has more experience and I think better squad too.
This is a gone game for Sunderland and there’s nothing they can do.

It seems Nottingham Forest is working very hard to keep winning every match. One reason is undoubtedly that they want to avoid the relegation zone; on the other hand, they may want to show that they’re still a force to be reckoned with. As seen in this match, their squad crushed Sunderland without mercy. At first, i personally didn’t see much of a chance for Nottingham to win this match, but in reality, they went on a scoring spree and left the Sunderland squad feeling frustrated. I hope they can maintain their performance consistently, it will be great to see how they play in their upcoming matches.

Possibly Nottingham forest is only trying to do every thing they can to avoid getting relagated, that is, they do not want to enter the relagation zone, this is the reason for their performance in their yesterday's match, coupled with the obvious fact that they caught Sunderland off guard, Sunderland obviously underestimated Nottingham forest and didn't give adequate preparation for the match.

Nottingham forest can't possibly be showing now that they are team to reckon with just as the season is coming to an end, something they failed to do when the season was still young, of what benefit is this to them presently?, this is why I think they simply put in their best on yesterday match to avoid relagation, and luck also smiled on them as Sunderland didn't prepare well for the match.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

It seems Nottingham Forest is working very hard to keep winning every match. One reason is undoubtedly that they want to avoid the relegation zone; on the other hand, they may want to show that they’re still a force to be reckoned with. As seen in this match, their squad crushed Sunderland without mercy. At first, i personally didn’t see much of a chance for Nottingham to win this match, but in reality, they went on a scoring spree and left the Sunderland squad feeling frustrated. I hope they can maintain their performance consistently, it will be great to see how they play in their upcoming matches.

Nottingham Forest's hard work is quite evident as they are currently unbeaten in eight matches overall, despite three draws. A fairly convincing victory came against Sunderland as Nottingham Forest managed to score five goals without reply. Nottingham Forest's relegation spot may be slightly safer as long as they can maintain their positive streak and avoid dropping points in the remaining matches. Nottingham Forest is also still playing in the Europa League so they also need to focus and in the Premier League Nottingham Forest still has a fairly difficult match schedule where they have to face Chelsea, Newcastle and Manchester United and losing points in these three matches could put their position in the relegation zone a little threatened.

[Accardo]

I know man city will fight very well this current premier league title this season, you know this is football and is really hard to predict the outcome, Arsenal can still win the league if they'll continue with their best form again. I just checked man city remaining matches and Arsenal own then i noticed city have more strong matches than arsenal and I'm not really sure if city will win all the remaining matches. But let's see between city and arsenal who'll win the league, if arsenal messed up this time around it's will be hard for them to win league again.

Don't you also fear that Arsenal despite having to contend with clubs with much lesser tempo in the league could lose some games. It's hard to beat one's chest for what Arsenal would do in a match, they're a great team, no doubt, they have the capacity or strength to defeat every of the remaining teams in their last matches, but Arsenal won't seize to be who they are; incompetent. City is an exact opposite of Arsenal, you could trust them with winning matches, when they don't win, it's much understandable than when Arsenal loses a game, think of it, what really does that?

[Iamgoat]

Don't you also fear that Arsenal despite having to contend with clubs with much lesser tempo in the league could lose some games. It's hard to beat one's chest for what Arsenal would do in a match, they're a great team, no doubt, they have the capacity or strength to defeat every of the remaining teams in their last matches, but Arsenal won't seize to be who they are; incompetent. City is an exact opposite of Arsenal, you could trust them with winning matches, when they don't win, it's much understandable than when Arsenal loses a game, think of it, what really does that?

It is unfortunate as people see Arsenal as an incompetent club right now but I hope Arsenal will come victorious at the end of it. Arsenal are a great team in my believe, they have suffered serious decline in performance over a long period of time shortly before Arsene Winger left and I think such conditions were equally caused by the way they kept on manager for a very long time almost the same fate which Manchester United is facing. Since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club, they have not gotten a solid ground any longer and it has been one inconsistent move or the other.

[Futurexxx]

Don't you also fear that Arsenal despite having to contend with clubs with much lesser tempo in the league could lose some games. It's hard to beat one's chest for what Arsenal would do in a match, they're a great team, no doubt, they have the capacity or strength to defeat every of the remaining teams in their last matches, but Arsenal won't seize to be who they are; incompetent. City is an exact opposite of Arsenal, you could trust them with winning matches, when they don't win, it's much understandable than when Arsenal loses a game, think of it, what really does that?

It is unfortunate as people see Arsenal as an incompetent club right now but I hope Arsenal will come victorious at the end of it. Arsenal are a great team in my believe, they have suffered serious decline in performance over a long period of time shortly before Arsene Winger left and I think such conditions were equally caused by the way they kept on manager for a very long time almost the same fate which Manchester United is facing. Since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club, they have not gotten a solid ground any longer and it has been one inconsistent move or the other.

If you are blaming poor management on the plight of arsenal this season, what will you say about Chelsea that is very visible even to a blind man?
Arsenal have a very good team that can compete on all fronts, but the problem they are having is their mentality, which I have said here on numerous occasions. They are not strong enough mentally to sustain being at the top until the final day of the season, they easily crack under pressure, that's why I think that Mikel arteta is the cause of it, because the mentality of the coach will always reflect on his players.
With Manchester City leading the chart now, it will only take a miracle to happen before Manchester City relinquish the league title to arsenal at this point because it's never going to happen.

[dezoel]

The way Arsenal has been playing, first losing to City at league cup, and then losing to Southampton on FA cup, then losing to Bournemouth then losing to city, these are all looking like they are a terrible team and they shouldn't even be first place.

But people forget ,there is a reason why there was a nine point gap at some point, six if you count the extra game but still Arsenal was leading by a large margin for a reason. And that main reason is that we should be considering how this could be very difficult situation for them.

[KTChampions]

It got up to a 5th goal, like what a match. The only consolation goal Sunderland thought they might have had turned out to be cancelled by the VAR.
It’s really surprising how Sunderland, the one team that was explosive through the beginning of the season, being very defiant in the face of most of the top teams in the league, had a great match against Arsenal and now, they are so underperforming and couldn’t even get a goal in a home match, I didn’t think it possible. Especially when the goals started pouring in from the first half.

It's hard to believe now, but after the first 10 rounds, Sunderland shared 3rd-5th place with Liverpool and Bournemouth. After this defeat, they seem to have lost their chances of reaching the European Cups, although their play is no longer up to that level. One of the teams most affected by this result is Tottenham – now they can only overtake West Ham, but West Ham is also on the rise, so the risk of Tottenham being relegated increases even more.

[Bigjoe33]

Don't you also fear that Arsenal despite having to contend with clubs with much lesser tempo in the league could lose some games. It's hard to beat one's chest for what Arsenal would do in a match, they're a great team, no doubt, they have the capacity or strength to defeat every of the remaining teams in their last matches, but Arsenal won't seize to be who they are; incompetent. City is an exact opposite of Arsenal, you could trust them with winning matches, when they don't win, it's much understandable than when Arsenal loses a game, think of it, what really does that?

It is unfortunate as people see Arsenal as an incompetent club right now but I hope Arsenal will come victorious at the end of it. Arsenal are a great team in my believe, they have suffered serious decline in performance over a long period of time shortly before Arsene Winger left and I think such conditions were equally caused by the way they kept on manager for a very long time almost the same fate which Manchester United is facing. Since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club, they have not gotten a solid ground any longer and it has been one inconsistent move or the other.

It's a big problem for them. I don't know wether to blame the boys or tye manager, even though he has done well, but there is still a lot to be done as a manager. You can't be seen as a world class manager when you can't win trophies. They have played well, but dropping in there qaulity is the biggest problem they are facing right now. Maybe they have to change manager, or just maybe, he has to find a way out of all this mess, but something is really wrong.

[Pandu Geddon]

If you are blaming poor management on the plight of arsenal this season, what will you say about Chelsea that is very visible even to a blind man?
Arsenal have a very good team that can compete on all fronts, but the problem they are having is their mentality, which I have said here on numerous occasions. They are not strong enough mentally to sustain being at the top until the final day of the season, they easily crack under pressure, that's why I think that Mikel arteta is the cause of it, because the mentality of the coach will always reflect on his players.
With Manchester City leading the chart now, it will only take a miracle to happen before Manchester City relinquish the league title to arsenal at this point because it's never going to happen.

We all know, the situation with Arsenal has happened several times in previous seasons. I just can't believe they haven't found a solution and continue to experience a decline in performance at the end of the season. They seem to lose energy after using it all at the beginning of the season, very extraordinarily. This becomes a loss for them when their competitors finally gain momentum to rise and chase the point difference.

[Velvet78]

It got up to a 5th goal, like what a match. The only consolation goal Sunderland thought they might have had turned out to be cancelled by the VAR.
It’s really surprising how Sunderland, the one team that was explosive through the beginning of the season, being very defiant in the face of most of the top teams in the league, had a great match against Arsenal and now, they are so underperforming and couldn’t even get a goal in a home match, I didn’t think it possible. Especially when the goals started pouring in from the first half.

I was also very surprised. Sunderland weren't even an aimless team actually. They were only 3 points behind top 7. I know there were 3 teams between but still it wasn't fully unrealistic.

Forest were also trying to secure their presence in the league this year of course. But no matter what an embarrassing loss by 5-0 can't be acceptable for Sunderland. Especially after watching how they fought back against Aston Villa previously...

[alankasman]

It is unfortunate as people see Arsenal as an incompetent club right now but I hope Arsenal will come victorious at the end of it. Arsenal are a great team in my believe, they have suffered serious decline in performance over a long period of time shortly before Arsene Winger left and I think such conditions were equally caused by the way they kept on manager for a very long time almost the same fate which Manchester United is facing. Since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club, they have not gotten a solid ground any longer and it has been one inconsistent move or the other.

This is because the results they achieved in yesterday's match made their position now below the team that was previously below them namely Man City.

I think we as Arsenal supporters should not say like this because the team and the players have done everything for the team they defend so that when their current position is in decline of course we only continue to support until the end of the final round of this season's competition let alone saying that the Arsenal team is incompetent this indicates that we as supporters are not so fanatical about what results are achieved by the Arsenal team so we only accept the maximum results while when Arsenal's position is like now of course we say inappropriate things of course this is one of the things that is not good in my opinion, the thing that Arsenal is currently experiencing is exactly the same as what Man United experienced at that time it is true as you said that every team when changing coaches of course for them still have to give trust and time to the new coach who trains the team an example of what Man United experienced despite the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson the number of coaches who became Man United coaches at that time was quite a lot and not a single coach who could bring Man United to be able to win the title so that this season they have found an interim coach namely Michaek Carrick that is still an alternative even though if you look at the performance under Carrick it is clear that Carrick has done quite rapidly on Man United's performance which now makes the team that The Red Devils, nicknamed the Red Devils, have been confirmed to compete in the Champions League next season.

It's true that they have failed to win the Premier League title for four seasons, although this season is particularly challenging. Their chances are still there, as they have the same number of points as Manchester City, although they have now slipped to second place. The only difference is the number of goals conceded, which puts them above Arsenal.

[Inwestour]

We all know, the situation with Arsenal has happened several times in previous seasons. I just can't believe they haven't found a solution and continue to experience a decline in performance at the end of the season. They seem to lose energy after using it all at the beginning of the season, very extraordinarily. This becomes a loss for them when their competitors finally gain momentum to rise and chase the point difference.

I think this is a management issue, and I believe Arteta doesn’t really want to accept that the team can’t maintain the same high level throughout the entire season. He should rotate the squad more often, for example in cup matches or against weaker opponents, because by the end of the season his key players are extremely fatigued, and some even get injured.

At the most crucial stage, toward the end of the season, they end up falling behind a team whose management has been better, in recent seasons, we’ve seen Liverpool and City take advantage of this. For Arsenal, today’s match is very important, even though they also need to prepare for the game against Atletico. Arteta cannot afford to rotate the squad today against Newcastle, otherwise if they drop points, they’re basically handing the title to City.

[Pablo-wood]

Don't you also fear that Arsenal despite having to contend with clubs with much lesser tempo in the league could lose some games. It's hard to beat one's chest for what Arsenal would do in a match, they're a great team, no doubt, they have the capacity or strength to defeat every of the remaining teams in their last matches, but Arsenal won't seize to be who they are; incompetent. City is an exact opposite of Arsenal, you could trust them with winning matches, when they don't win, it's much understandable than when Arsenal loses a game, think of it, what really does that?

It is unfortunate as people see Arsenal as an incompetent club right now but I hope Arsenal will come victorious at the end of it. Arsenal are a great team in my believe, they have suffered serious decline in performance over a long period of time shortly before Arsene Winger left and I think such conditions were equally caused by the way they kept on manager for a very long time almost the same fate which Manchester United is facing. Since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club, they have not gotten a solid ground any longer and it has been one inconsistent move or the other.

Arsenal are far better than United. Arteta is trying just that he needs to put in more work. The EPL is no farmers club so any consistent sluggish performance can result in relinquishing position. Arsenal still has hope of winning the premier league title. All it will cost them is to score a minimum of three goals per remaining matches. City on the other hand is under a manager who has experience lifting trophies in all competitions and every club he manages. Arteta felt he had all trophies to his cabinet this season only to be taken by surprise. First it was the Carabao cup, then the FA cup and now he is almost losing the EPL. He needs to think faster if he still wish to pursue the title race

[rachael9385]

If you are blaming poor management on the plight of arsenal this season, what will you say about Chelsea that is very visible even to a blind man?
Arsenal have a very good team that can compete on all fronts, but the problem they are having is their mentality, which I have said here on numerous occasions. They are not strong enough mentally to sustain being at the top until the final day of the season, they easily crack under pressure, that's why I think that Mikel arteta is the cause of it, because the mentality of the coach will always reflect on his players.
With Manchester City leading the chart now, it will only take a miracle to happen before Manchester City relinquish the league title to arsenal at this point because it's never going to happen.

We all know, the situation with Arsenal has happened several times in previous seasons. I just can't believe they haven't found a solution and continue to experience a decline in performance at the end of the season. They seem to lose energy after using it all at the beginning of the season, very extraordinarily. This becomes a loss for them when their competitors finally gain momentum to rise and chase the point difference.

This constant experience must be really exhausting for them and also frustrating as well, After all the efforts arteta put in for them to get to this level of they ended up wasting it. Like you said, they always seem to have a good start but after a while they start to lose momentum. Today's match against Newcastle is a chance for them to recover, if they can increase the goal difference between them and city they will have a chance.

[Spaceman1000$]

The way Arsenal has been playing, first losing to City at league cup, and then losing to Southampton on FA cup, then losing to Bournemouth then losing to city, these are all looking like they are a terrible team and they shouldn't even be first place.

But people forget ,there is a reason why there was a nine point gap at some point, six if you count the extra game but still Arsenal was leading by a large margin for a reason. And that main reason is that we should be considering how this could be very difficult situation for them.

The only difficult situation I see for Arsenal from your analysis is their inability to maintain their lead, imagine dropping significant 9 point difference they had and allowing City to equal them and as well surpass them by goals, and from the look of things, am forced to think that, Manchester City will eventually win this league, because Arsenal might likely have hiccups in the remaining games more the Manchester City in terms of winning.

[Swordsoffreedom]

It seems Nottingham Forest is working very hard to keep winning every match. One reason is undoubtedly that they want to avoid the relegation zone; on the other hand, they may want to show that they’re still a force to be reckoned with. As seen in this match, their squad crushed Sunderland without mercy. At first, i personally didn’t see much of a chance for Nottingham to win this match, but in reality, they went on a scoring spree and left the Sunderland squad feeling frustrated. I hope they can maintain their performance consistently, it will be great to see how they play in their upcoming matches.

Nottingham forest's performance in the last few matches has impressed everyone. The team is in great form. They were in a very bad form at the beginning of the season. The team was in the relegation zone for a long  time. Now they are not likely to  be relegated. Also, Nottingham forest has qualified  for the semi-finals of the europa league. The team still has the possibility of winning the europa league title.

Sunderland was not a weak opponent. The match was also held at Sunderland's home. So I  avoided betting on the match. But the result of the match  surprised everyone. Nottingham forest scored 5 goals in this match. And they did not concede  a single goal. No one imagined that nottingham forest would win by such a huge margin.
The most interesting thing is that nottingham forest was able to make a total of 10  shots in this match. They were able to score 5 goals.

[SensitiveEyes]

The reason why everyone believes that Arsenal will win the league is because of their performance from the beginning of the season, Arsenal is the best team in Europe in the beginning of the season with the way they play and scored many goals, Arsenal pattern of play makes everyone believe that can win treble this season and now they are about to go trophiless because it looks like Premier League is gone and they are not the favourite to win Champions League this season.

Arteta is using injuries as an excuse for Arsenal downfall and i don’t think Injury is the reason why Arsenal is about to go trophiless, we have seen a season where Arsenal is having a good performance and they did the same thing they did now, the way Arteta is doing every season and allow Manchester City to take every opportunity they have to win the league is surprising because some people will think that Arteta is working for Pep Guardiola because no any coach will be having the same mistake every season.

Pep did not complain when Man City players were injured. Arne did not complain after Alexander Isak was injured for Liverpool. Mikel Arteta is not using injuries to hide losing the PL lead to Man City. Players in every team have injuries because they play in hard games in a long season.

Every team has injured players. This can change the team's dynamics. That's why it's important to keep fighting despite injuries. What I love most about the Premier League is the competition. No matter who the player is, I go out there and fight for the best. It's a very tough game, but it's also very enjoyable. Arsenal may have injured players, and so may Manchester City; the important thing is that they provide us with enjoyable matches, and I think they do that exceptionally well.

Every PL team has injured players. It is bad for PL coaches who complain about injured players. Mikel, Pep and the PL coaches know they must have strong squads because the season has PL, English cups and Europe games. PL coaches do not use injuries to excuse losing a match.