⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Byebyebtc]

Fulham should not be problem for Arsenal to play against they have all the tactical players for them to win against fulham and gradually the premier league is doing count down for it to finish and either way the trophy is going to be between us the city and arsenal so there is no much pressure again and now both clubs will tighten there belt for them to be able to win the premier league and that is exactly what it take to be a champion tightening your belt as a club.

At this point in the season Arsenal needs to win every match, because they can't afford to lose any match at this point. On paper Fulham should be an easy match for Arsenal,  but we all know that there is no easy match in the premier league,  because you can be surprised by the least expected team. Although I still feel that Arsenal is going to win the game, because they know how important every match is for them, from now till the end of the season.  So I will be going for Arsenal to win this game, but I don't think it's going to be an easy win for them.

At the present form of Arsenal, I honestly can not tell if they are going to win the match with Fulham, if it was the Arsenal of feew weeks ago Fulham should be an easy win.

I will not be surprised if the match end as a draw match or worst, Arsenal loosing. But deep down this is unlikely, nevertheless I will not be surprised again if the results goes against them

[red4slash]

Arsenal has to face a super complicated game not only because FUlham is  not a bad team and is fighting for their last chances to get a european spot for the next season but also because Arsenal has to save players for the upcoming game in CHampions League i was talking about this in the Champions League related thread, and i was sure about we can see a mix between starters and subs in this Premier League match.

But they can't escape now especially since the only chance for Arsenal if they still want to get the trophy is to score as many goals as possible with the remaining matches.
Right now the goal difference is decisive for Manchester City and Arsenal even though they are currently back to the top of the table but still Manchester City still has one game left and this could be a little dangerous for Arsenal if they can't score as many goals as possible.

The problem that occurs is that the matches that Arsenal always do now are monotonous, they play safe when there is already 1 goal scored and if Arteta always makes this their scheme then Manchester City will get the trophy again this season because we know in terms of dominance and aggressiveness they always perform better and it is not impossible that their goal difference is more.
Facing Fulham is not easy for today's match but they also cannot avoid this and as much as possible 3 points with many goals they must get.

[Solodoski]

Leeds are out of the relegation battle. I was hoping Burnley could shock the world by defeating Leeds bringing Leeds close to struggle along side Westham and Tottenham on who will join Burnley and Wolves to the relegation. From the look of things, Leeds have done their part this season. I am very happy to see that both Leeds and Sunderland will be staying in the premier league. It is good news for the club and the fans to celebrate. The good start by Sunderland is what has kept them safe so far.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

Leeds are out of the relegation battle. I was hoping Burnley could shock the world by defeating Leeds bringing Leeds close to struggle along side Westham and Tottenham on who will join Burnley and Wolves to the relegation. From the look of things, Leeds have done their part this season. I am very happy to see that both Leeds and Sunderland will be staying in the premier league. It is good news for the club and the fans to celebrate. The good start by Sunderland is what has kept them safe so far.

This team is quite surprising because despite their poor form, they consistently pose a threat to the top teams, such as the defeat to Manchester United and the draws with Aston Villa and Chelsea. Considering Leeds' current points tally, the relegation zone is no longer a concern, as they are much safer than the three teams below them. What's more interesting is Tottenham's position, as the team is still quite precarious and it will be quite difficult to escape the relegation zone, given that there are only four matches remaining and in those remaining matches, Tottenham will face much more evenly matched opponents.

[YUriy1991]

With that Leeds win, now it looks like Burnley is buried deep into relegation and they won't be coming out of this one 

You run your race boys, wait for Spurs to join you and this will be a tough one to watch after so many years of chasing that top 4 finish.. the Jermain Defoes memories.. this will hurt the fans.

Last night crushing 3-1 defeat to Leeds United made Burnley position even worse this season, with 19th place in the standings with 20 points. Last night Dominic Calvert Lewin and Anton Stach play quite well in developing their attacks. Leeds played openly, creating many chances. The presence of star players like Kyle Walker in Burnley defense was unable to save the team from defeat. Burnley seems to be in a slump and will be relegated to the English Championship Division with Wolves, with the possibility of West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur. I really hope that a big team like Tottenham will remain in the Premier League next season.

[Solodoski]

Leeds are out of the relegation battle. I was hoping Burnley could shock the world by defeating Leeds bringing Leeds close to struggle along side Westham and Tottenham on who will join Burnley and Wolves to the relegation. From the look of things, Leeds have done their part this season. I am very happy to see that both Leeds and Sunderland will be staying in the premier league. It is good news for the club and the fans to celebrate. The good start by Sunderland is what has kept them safe so far.

This team is quite surprising because despite their poor form, they consistently pose a threat to the top teams, such as the defeat to Manchester United and the draws with Aston Villa and Chelsea. Considering Leeds' current points tally, the relegation zone is no longer a concern, as they are much safer than the three teams below them. What's more interesting is Tottenham's position, as the team is still quite precarious and it will be quite difficult to escape the relegation zone, given that there are only four matches remaining and in those remaining matches, Tottenham will face much more evenly matched opponents.

Against team of equal strength Leeds dont get to take point more often. It is surprising that they got point against the big teams you mentioned. Almost they got away with a point against Manchester City at the Etihad. Lucky for Manchester City they scored the third goal.

I'm afraid Tottenham is at the edge of getting relegated. Their hope rely on Arsenal to deal with Westham. Unfortunately, what's more important is for Tottenham to win their remaining game and not hope for Westham to drop point.

[ITExpert]

Casemiro has been crying after the game against Brentford seems he has been realize that Casemiro will leave Manchester United with happy ending and i have to says the fans should be respect to him because Casemiro has been help Manchester united to through an difficult condition and the win result from Brentford is really valuable because Manchester united only one step again to secured champion league spots and it could be very good achievement if they will finish at 3rd place at the end of this season and mathematically it took 2 points remaining to achieve the target but it won't be hard for Manchester united to gets it considering they are in the good shape

I think casemiro has really a deep emotional attachment with Manchester United. Which really make him cry after his match and this gesture is clearly shows that he doest not want to leave Manchester United. And I think casemiro is really a good player and he know that this is the time to enjoy the victory of the team in which he played as a good player. And the Manchester United team management should focus on their decision to extend the contract of the casemiro as he is passionate to celebrate more in the food time of Manchester United. In fact the management need to focus on their all decisions so they can do better in the team's favour. And they need to just priorities the team's well being.

[Woodie]

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At this stage now even if any team can escape relegation i don't believe Burnley can do so because they are already gone and can never fight the challenges ahead of them now. That of Tottenham getting relegated is still under probability because if they stand to there fit that strong challenge can be overcome and there relegation story changes to a good one at last. Why Tottenham Hotspur lost it completely this season is what i can't say because they where among the best teams in the Premier League before now.

Agreed, Burnley are gone..done and dusted!

As of Tottenham, the teams they are coming against are WestHam and Nottingham Forest, and if we look at their current forms its clear that the two teams are putting in more work than the Spurs squad who continued the bad results from last season were they finished was it 16th place and now have gone a step below to 17th   anyway whatever Spurs does from now only has to have a win in their results to survive another season.

Anyway 4 games to be played, let's watch this space.

[Umulala-alala]

Fulham should not be problem for Arsenal to play against they have all the tactical players for them to win against fulham and gradually the premier league is doing count down for it to finish and either way the trophy is going to be between us the city and arsenal so there is no much pressure again and now both clubs will tighten there belt for them to be able to win the premier league and that is exactly what it take to be a champion tightening your belt as a club.

At this point in the season Arsenal needs to win every match, because they can't afford to lose any match at this point. On paper Fulham should be an easy match for Arsenal,  but we all know that there is no easy match in the premier league,  because you can be surprised by the least expected team. Although I still feel that Arsenal is going to win the game, because they know how important every match is for them, from now till the end of the season.  So I will be going for Arsenal to win this game, but I don't think it's going to be an easy win for them.

At the present form of Arsenal, I honestly can not tell if they are going to win the match with Fulham, if it was the Arsenal of feew weeks ago Fulham should be an easy win.

I will not be surprised if the match end as a draw match or worst, Arsenal loosing. But deep down this is unlikely, nevertheless I will not be surprised again if the results goes against them

For Arsenal to maintain their title race they  need to win Fulham this is time Arsenal need to play with all in them because the worst thing that will happen to them is they miss to win the premier league title and also go trophless this season. Man city is desperate to win the title just to make sure Arsenal didn't win it so for Arsenal to be sure that they can win the title is by winning all their remaining matches.

[Velvet78]

I assume we can say that Leeds have secured themselves a place in the Premier League by that win over Burnley. The gap with Tottenham can still drop down to 6 points but there will be only 3 weeks remaining so...

Besides I even doubt not only Tottenham but also West Ham to win this week. Both of them have really difficult fixtures ahead. Brentford are still fighting for top 7. Aston Villa are secure in top 4 though. I just wonder whether Emery will rotate.

Then there could be a chance for Tottenham!

[Die_empty]

Agreed, Burnley are gone..done and dusted!

As of Tottenham, the teams they are coming against are WestHam and Nottingham Forest, and if we look at their current forms its clear that the two teams are putting in more work than the Spurs squad who continued the bad results from last season were they finished was it 16th place and now have gone a step below to 17th   anyway whatever Spurs does from now only has to have a win in their results to survive another season.

Tothenham brought in Roberto De Zerbi, hoping that he would help the club escape relegation. This seems not to be going well since the club needs to win all its games to have a chance of coming out of relegation. The club has been able t grab four points in two games since he took charge. Tothenham would still have to play Aston Villa, Leeds, Chelsea and Everton. Two of these games are at home and the other is away. The fight to avoid relegation is fierce because Nothinham Forest and West Ham have also not escaped.

[X-ray]

With that Leeds win, now it looks like Burnley is buried deep into relegation and they won't be coming out of this one 

You run your race boys, wait for Spurs to join you and this will be a tough one to watch after so many years of chasing that top 4 finish.. the Jermain Defoes memories.. this will hurt the fans.

Burnly has already confirmed to be relegated since last weeks. So they're just playing the rest of games as fun games only. There's nothing to expect from there because they have to reset and start from Championship again.

Beside that i also hope your wish is coming true. Enough to see how a relegation team level such as spurs stay in EPL due to their luck. It's time for them going to the Championgship along with Burnley. It's because of both of clubs are not EPL level.

[IceLincoln]

Leeds are out of the relegation battle. I was hoping Burnley could shock the world by defeating Leeds bringing Leeds close to struggle along side Westham and Tottenham on who will join Burnley and Wolves to the relegation. From the look of things, Leeds have done their part this season. I am very happy to see that both Leeds and Sunderland will be staying in the premier league. It is good news for the club and the fans to celebrate. The good start by Sunderland is what has kept them safe so far.

I’m so proud of what Leeds United have done for themselves, when it mattered most they were able to turn the tides around and pull themselves out of the relegation zone, they’ve been very impressive so far my only criticism is they didn’t win against Chelsea in the FA Cup, they allowed Chelsea an opportunity to brag.
Tottenham have to be very aggressive now with their remaining games and ensure to win it all, even a draw will not enough, it’ll be a shame if after winning the Europa League they were relegated.

[Nightwatchmare]

Fulham should not be problem for Arsenal to play against they have all the tactical players for them to win against fulham and gradually the premier league is doing count down for it to finish and either way the trophy is going to be between us the city and arsenal so there is no much pressure again and now both clubs will tighten there belt for them to be able to win the premier league and that is exactly what it take to be a champion tightening your belt as a club.

Arsenal won't slow it down for city, I saw a viral video of a fan begging your coach to let things go for Arsenal, saying that Arteta needs it the most. That was the funniest fan response to the point ties between the two clubs, however, Arsenal has the advantage, and only need to up their scoring capabilities while winning their remaining matches. City on the other hand, would find it hard to play 3 matches in a week, without having a huge challenge in one of their games, but the last of the pile up is Bournemouth, I don't how well they could delay the progress of the man city club from attaining three points, but the club would be unfit to play against Bournemouth.

I also saw the same video of Arsenal fans begging Guardiola, saying he should allow Mikel Arteta win the league title this season that he has won it enough. Guardiola did not say any word to Arsenal fans, him and his players walked in to Etihad stadium to prepare for their FA Cup game against Southampton. Arsenal fans knows they will not win the league title, so i do not blame them for begging Guardiola to let them win the league title even if what they did is funny. Arsenal do not have any advantage right now because Manchester City will equally win games as long as Arsenal wins theirs. Manchester City playing 3 games in a week right now they are fighting for the league title is unlawful, but i believe since Manchester City did not have a tight schedule lately they will win their 3 games in a week.

[Byebyebtc]

With that Leeds win, now it looks like Burnley is buried deep into relegation and they won't be coming out of this one 

You run your race boys, wait for Spurs to join you and this will be a tough one to watch after so many years of chasing that top 4 finish.. the Jermain Defoes memories.. this will hurt the fans.

At the end of the day some one has to be relegated, of cause they don't expect that space to be empty.
I do have a feeling that Tottenham Hotspur will not be relegated,
Although I Heard someone say they want to be relegated because the winner of the championship will get a reward of $200M, and they are in search of money, I don't know how true this is, but it makes sense to an extent since it will be a hard battle to win primer league

[Nuel0717]

With that Leeds win, now it looks like Burnley is buried deep into relegation and they won't be coming out of this one 

You run your race boys, wait for Spurs to join you and this will be a tough one to watch after so many years of chasing that top 4 finish.. the Jermain Defoes memories.. this will hurt the fans.

At the end of the day some one has to be relegated, of cause they don't expect that space to be empty.
I do have a feeling that Tottenham Hotspur will not be relegated,
Although I Heard someone say they want to be relegated because the winner of the championship will get a reward of $200M, and they are in search of money, I don't know how true this is, but it makes sense to an extent since it will be a hard battle to win primer league

The fate of Tottenham is in their ability to win the remaining games and if the team ahead would drop else they're gone, they caused this for themself, maybe if they've signed De Zerbi earlier he would done better but right now it's almost too late except a miracle happens.

The confidence of Tottenham players is very down currently, you could see the frustration on the faces of their players when they miss opportunity to score goals. How are we sure that they'll go there and win the trophy?

That's why I won't take that statement seriously, if they purposely wanted to be relegated they would have continued with the previous coach instead of signing De Zerbi.

[AprilioMP]

The fate of Tottenham is in their ability to win the remaining games and if the team ahead would drop else they're gone, they caused this for themself, maybe if they've signed De Zerbi earlier he would done better but right now it's almost too late except a miracle happens.

The confidence of Tottenham players is very down currently, you could see the frustration on the faces of their players when they miss opportunity to score goals. How are we sure that they'll go there and win the trophy?

That's why I won't take that statement seriously, if they purposely wanted to be relegated they would have continued with the previous coach instead of signing De Zerbi.

Spurs must win all their remaining matches, and that won’t be easy at all. One can imagine how the Tottenham players’ morale will be further dampened if they see the result of the Brentford vs. West Ham United match. If West Ham United loses, their motivation might increase to try to win, even though their next opponent is Aston Villa and they’ll have to play at Villa Park as well.

It’s truly a historic moment for all Spurs fans, and the 2025/2026 season will be one that stays with them forever.
De Zerbi was brought in to turn things around, and it’s clearly a massive challenge for him.

[pawel7777]

In the opening game of matchday 35, Leeds defeated Burnley 3-1 at home. None of the teams have much to play for anymore. Leeds are quite safe above the relegation zone, and Burnley's fate has already been sealed when they lost to Man City when it became mathematically certain that they will be relegated.
Burnley decided to part ways with their manager with only 4 games to go till the end of the season and the club is getting a lot of heat from some football commentators, who call them pathetic and propose they should be banned from playing in the Premier League:
https://talksport.com/football/4225872/burnley-banned-promotion-premier-league-championship/

In the linked article, Alex Crook accuses Burnley of 'cheating the system' by moving between the Championship and the Premier League only for a financial gain, with no intention of putting any real effort into succeeding in the EPL.

[Jaycoinz]

Leeds are out of the relegation battle. I was hoping Burnley could shock the world by defeating Leeds bringing Leeds close to struggle along side Westham and Tottenham on who will join Burnley and Wolves to the relegation. From the look of things, Leeds have done their part this season. I am very happy to see that both Leeds and Sunderland will be staying in the premier league. It is good news for the club and the fans to celebrate. The good start by Sunderland is what has kept them safe so far.

I’m so proud of what Leeds United have done for themselves, when it mattered most they were able to turn the tides around and pull themselves out of the relegation zone, they’ve been very impressive so far my only criticism is they didn’t win against Chelsea in the FA Cup, they allowed Chelsea an opportunity to brag.
Tottenham have to be very aggressive now with their remaining games and ensure to win it all, even a draw will not enough, it’ll be a shame if after winning the Europa League they were relegated.

I don't know why but I feel Totetteham will be relegated this time around and it's just such a pity for me because they have been around for some time now and have accomplished so much in the premier League and some would classify them among the biggest team in the premier League and the funny part is that they recently just won the Europa League and not long ago they also played in the champions league finals against Liverpool of which they lost but you can imagine how big is the downfall after you consider all these things.

[EarnOnVictor]

For Arsenal to maintain their title race they  need to win Fulham this is time Arsenal need to play with all in them because the worst thing that will happen to them is they miss to win the premier league title and also go trophless this season. Man city is desperate to win the title just to make sure Arsenal didn't win it so for Arsenal to be sure that they can win the title is by winning all their remaining matches.

Arsenal is in the hot seat now, and they put it upon themselves. You don't relax in the middle of a battle, it's when you finish it in glory that you shall be praised. Now, the most Arsenal prayer is to be wishing Man City mistakes, and I believe it's mutual, which is why the two sides need to be very serious. They can't afford to lose a match, and more reason why winning Fulham is not only their prayers but winning all their remaining opponents this season. After Fulham, we have 3 more to go. I can only wish them well while I watch on my plasma TV...lol