⚽ Premier League 2025/2026 Discussion Thread ⚽

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Do you expect Arsenal to add some new attackers to the squad to increase the productiveness? I mean they finished the season with only 71 goals.

Yeah, they were still one of top scorers and won the PL this way. But not every season would be like this. It's only ~1.87 goals per match!  

If Gyökeres has a better season next time that could also be a big help for the team.

As an Arsenal fan who would really love to see my favourite club do and or perform very well in the coming league games. I definitely will buy the idea of them adding more attackers to the squad because the higher and better attacker qualify we have, the more stronger the Arsenal team becomes.

This is something I think the management must consider, Arsenal have become a defending champions in the Premier league, if they must win the coming league title again, they will need some new players and this will be a big welcome development as far as I know..
And come next season as well, many of us are looking forward to watching Arsenal win the champions league as well, but if this must happen, we definitely need more good players to help making the champions league trophy more easier to achieve.

The presence of good attackers in a team helps lead to victory. This Arsenal team is question looks like a perfect teams but only lacks quality at the midfield and not attacking line as mentioned. 
Getting more attackers for Arsenal is not the best solution since they have a solid defence line and dangerous attackers capable of converting the little opportunities they have, to me i will say they should work on there midfield because when ever the ball flows then only will goals come

[Barikui1]

Arsenal's defensive prowess deserves a balanced attacking effort to make the team more formidable to opposing teams, playing one famous tactic that every team expects on every game they're to embark with the gunner doesn't add a new meaning to the club's strength. Growing strong, the team will make more wins with a strong attacking formation than an all defensive tactic.

I think that what gave the English premier league title to arsenal this season was their solid defense, because their attack wasn't as productive like that of Manchester City. Historically it's been proven that good attack wins you games, but a solid defense wins you titles, which was the main reason arsenal won the title this season, because having the ability to win ugly, when they are not in their best form is their biggest flex over Manchester City this past season .

[M47AK16]

I definitely understand you perfectly based on where or the angle you are making your point from.
I myself too used to find the premier league becoming boring and boring due to the fact it's always Manchester City winning the title year after year, and we all know that if by or in the beginning of a football season, alot of fans and supporters find it very easy to rightly guess who will win the Premier league title by the end of the season, then it simply means that games in this league will appear boring and uncompetitive enough to spark a high level of interest amongst football fans.

But as it is now that Manchester City have gradually or eventually  lost their grip in the Premier league, clubs will play more seriously, and fans will become more interested in watching the games because it's now more difficult to tell or predict with accuracy who will win the season's title unlike before one can easily tell it's Manchester City who are going to win the title.

The entire goal of a team should be to make the league boring. Manchester City did not do anything wrong for themselves, they won and they were suppose to win, every team suppose to win, you think Luton Town would say no to winning premier league 25 years in a row? They would be fine and happy about it. What we are seeing here however is that thing hurting the tv rights. While premier league has the highest earning from tv rights, if City kept on winning, it would have become boring and when the new contract discussions started, it may not be worth as much anymore.

[bitgolden]

Not like we are seeing new good teams. We had City and Liverpool and Arsenal being top three teams for the past 10+ years and that is exactly what is happening here as well.

Yes, we have not seen Arsenal win the league before, so that is a first, but at the same time we are talking about a team that is always at near the finish line, and they were second place for like what 3 or 4 seasons or something like that.

So not like Arsenal was some smaller team that shocked the world, these three were always good. Nothing really changed for me.

[Futurexxx]

The entire goal of a team should be to make the league boring. Manchester City did not do anything wrong for themselves, they won and they were suppose to win, every team suppose to win, you think Luton Town would say no to winning premier league 25 years in a row? They would be fine and happy about it. What we are seeing here however is that thing hurting the tv rights. While premier league has the highest earning from tv rights, if City kept on winning, it would have become boring and when the new contract discussions started, it may not be worth as much anymore.

I agree with what you said here because everything is true, if Manchester City had maintained their grip on the English premier league title, the league would have gradually turned to the German bundesliga or the French league, because what makes the English premier league very exciting is that their are five teams that have the capacity to win it, so as long as the uncertainty is there, it will continue being unpredictable and exciting, so I agree with you that if the dominance of Manchester City wasn't put to a stop,  the punters which are the tv right guys wouldn't have been happy, which may have resulted that they look for a cheaper deal.

[Son Of Blockchain (SOB)]

Arsenal's defensive prowess deserves a balanced attacking effort to make the team more formidable to opposing teams, playing one famous tactic that every team expects on every game they're to embark with the gunner doesn't add a new meaning to the club's strength. Growing strong, the team will make more wins with a strong attacking formation than an all defensive tactic.

I think that what gave the English premier league title to arsenal this season was their solid defense, because their attack wasn't as productive like that of Manchester City. Historically it's been proven that good attack wins you games, but a solid defense wins you titles, which was the main reason arsenal won the title this season, because having the ability to win ugly, when they are not in their best form is their biggest flex over Manchester City this past season .

For the past years they've been very close to winning it so now they did it shouldn't be suprising to anyone since they've shown signs that they were serious on winning it that's why they were 2nd place for some seasons in a row. Well Arsenal invested in their defense for years and it really favoured them last season.
 Now is the right time to focus on attack if they want to be consistent Premier league winners, their defense is good but might not favour them every season cause if rivals with better attack also make their defense solid then it would be problem for Arsenal, you can how Manchester United's attack has really improved, Arsenal should work on there's too.

[sotelorene]

I definitely understand you perfectly based on where or the angle you are making your point from.
I myself too used to find the premier league becoming boring and boring due to the fact it's always Manchester City winning the title year after year, and we all know that if by or in the beginning of a football season, alot of fans and supporters find it very easy to rightly guess who will win the Premier league title by the end of the season, then it simply means that games in this league will appear boring and uncompetitive enough to spark a high level of interest amongst football fans.

But as it is now that Manchester City have gradually or eventually  lost their grip in the Premier league, clubs will play more seriously, and fans will become more interested in watching the games because it's now more difficult to tell or predict with accuracy who will win the season's title unlike before one can easily tell it's Manchester City who are going to win the title.

The entire goal of a team should be to make the league boring. Manchester City did not do anything wrong for themselves, they won and they were suppose to win, every team suppose to win, you think Luton Town would say no to winning premier league 25 years in a row? They would be fine and happy about it. What we are seeing here however is that thing hurting the tv rights. While premier league has the highest earning from tv rights, if City kept on winning, it would have become boring and when the new contract discussions started, it may not be worth as much anymore.

I would not see it boring if Manchester city continues to win the premier league all the season because it shows they are the only team that is doing and playing better than any other teams, premier league is a competition so every team should show fort their strengths and play to win but It won't be possible for Manchester city to win the premier league all the time because there will surely come a time when they will experience bad time and other teams will be leading. No matter anything premier league can never be boring.

[Phoenix Anka]

I definitely understand you perfectly based on where or the angle you are making your point from.
I myself too used to find the premier league becoming boring and boring due to the fact it's always Manchester City winning the title year after year, and we all know that if by or in the beginning of a football season, alot of fans and supporters find it very easy to rightly guess who will win the Premier league title by the end of the season, then it simply means that games in this league will appear boring and uncompetitive enough to spark a high level of interest amongst football fans.

But as it is now that Manchester City have gradually or eventually  lost their grip in the Premier league, clubs will play more seriously, and fans will become more interested in watching the games because it's now more difficult to tell or predict with accuracy who will win the season's title unlike before one can easily tell it's Manchester City who are going to win the title.

The entire goal of a team should be to make the league boring. Manchester City did not do anything wrong for themselves, they won and they were suppose to win, every team suppose to win, you think Luton Town would say no to winning premier league 25 years in a row? They would be fine and happy about it. What we are seeing here however is that thing hurting the tv rights. While premier league has the highest earning from tv rights, if City kept on winning, it would have become boring and when the new contract discussions started, it may not be worth as much anymore.

I would not see it boring if Manchester city continues to win the premier league all the season because it shows they are the only team that is doing and playing better than any other teams, premier league is a competition so every team should show fort their strengths and play to win but It won't be possible for Manchester city to win the premier league all the time because there will surely come a time when they will experience bad time and other teams will be leading. No matter anything premier league can never be boring.

Manchester City didn't win the cup last year, and they haven't won it this year either. They've been far from their usual performance level for the last two years. Guardiola is leaving the team at the end of this season. They will now have a new manager. The system they've been used to for years will change, and time will tell how the players will react. Perhaps it will be positive for the players, perhaps negative. The excitement of next year's Premier League awaits us. Manchester City will definitely be one of the title contenders again.

[Akbarkoe]

Not like we are seeing new good teams. We had City and Liverpool and Arsenal being top three teams for the past 10+ years and that is exactly what is happening here as well.

Yes, we have not seen Arsenal win the league before, so that is a first, but at the same time we are talking about a team that is always at near the finish line, and they were second place for like what 3 or 4 seasons or something like that.

So not like Arsenal was some smaller team that shocked the world, these three were always good. Nothing really changed for me.

These three big teams have always been the main contenders in the English premier league, although Arsenal just got for a long time they waited, but in the end they succeeded after being runner up continuously, we must say appreciation for their excellent consistency, including Liverpool and also Manchester City.

But I miss the era when Manchester United or Chelsea in the English premier league could take the soccer world by storm, their nicknames could be heard all the way to the countryside, it was incredible.

[Accardo]

When arsenal face strong teams that are as strong as them or slightly better than them their only game play against these teams is to play defense. It would take more than just defense to win certain teams and an example is psg. Arsenal scored the first goal and found it hard to score, that is because they are not good at attacking.

This loophole will be fixed immediately Arteta formats an attacking strategy to balance his team's strength with the likes of Osihmen, Arsenal attack want somebody with an individual capacity of making changes in the forward line. One weak point of arsenal is their inability of making a successful counter attack, whenever the ball is kicked out of their own box to the opposition's side, this mistake always happen out of the absence of a lone wolf who can take advantage of a counterattacking opportunity.

[Stormisover]

Meet Zadok Yohanna the Nigerian boy that is signed by Brighton from one swedish club named AIK, this boys life turned around within a one year interval, a true definition of son of grace, who left home at the age of 13 years, to seek for his footballing career, he's from kaduna state Northern part of the country, he was playing in his local footballing team, before 29 June 2025 AIK sign him, and within one year Brighton have signed him for a fee worth more than 40 billion plus, what a son of grace he is, congratulations to Zadok Yohanna.

[Chilwell]

I would not see it boring if Manchester city continues to win the premier league all the season because it shows they are the only team that is doing and playing better than any other teams, premier league is a competition so every team should show fort their strengths and play to win but It won't be possible for Manchester city to win the premier league all the time because there will surely come a time when they will experience bad time and other teams will be leading. No matter anything premier league can never be boring.

I am on the same side with you because it is just only four seasons that Manchester City dominated the entire league and that doesn't mean that the Premier League will be boring, even during that processes Manchester City was facing a lot of challenges with Arsenal Liverpool and some other small clubs. Premier League Is different from any other league which was the reason why they are the best League among the top five European League.

Take a look at French League, bundesliga and also La Liga, in this three leagues you can mentioned one to two teams that will win even at the beginning of the season most especially the French League that is normally dominated by Paris Saint-Germain because they have advantage over others in time of finance that is why they are able to dominate the entire league, but in Premier League there's a lot of competition.

[Oluwa-btc]

Meet Zadok Yohanna the Nigerian boy that is signed by Brighton from one swedish club named AIK, this boys life turned around within a one year interval, a true definition of son of grace, who left home at the age of 13 years, to seek for his footballing career, he's from kaduna state Northern part of the country, he was playing in his local footballing team, before 29 June 2025 AIK sign him, and within one year Brighton have signed him for a fee worth more than 40 billion plus, what a son of grace he is, congratulations to Zadok Yohanna.

Perfect definition of rise and increase. Last year he was in the streets of Kaduna in Nigeria playing 5 aside with his guys. I have seen his cli0s and he is a magician I must say. He will succeed in the Premier League Competition and also Brighton and most definitely leave for a bigger club in the Premier League or overseas just same way Olise did.

[Chilwell]

Meet Zadok Yohanna the Nigerian boy that is signed by Brighton from one swedish club named AIK, this boys life turned around within a one year interval, a true definition of son of grace, who left home at the age of 13 years, to seek for his footballing career, he's from kaduna state Northern part of the country, he was playing in his local footballing team, before 29 June 2025 AIK sign him, and within one year Brighton have signed him for a fee worth more than 40 billion plus, what a son of grace he is, congratulations to Zadok Yohanna.

Perfect definition of rise and increase. Last year he was in the streets of Kaduna in Nigeria playing 5 aside with his guys. I have seen his cli0s and he is a magician I must say. He will succeed in the Premier League Competition and also Brighton and most definitely leave for a bigger club in the Premier League or overseas just same way Olise did.

Just now that I swear a video of him in YouTube and honestly those highlights are so interesting and again one thing that make me happy is because he is from our country. The guy is skillful and is so talented and I wish him all the best, because having someone like him playing in that manner is a great achievement for our own country, and the way he has opportunity I pray others should also do because Nigerians is full of talented players but what makes them stuck is that the opportunity is not there. Any in that video they say that he is playing like Yamal which I was convinced.

[Black Mbaye]

Meet Zadok Yohanna the Nigerian boy that is signed by Brighton from one swedish club named AIK, this boys life turned around within a one year interval, a true definition of son of grace, who left home at the age of 13 years, to seek for his footballing career, he's from kaduna state Northern part of the country, he was playing in his local footballing team, before 29 June 2025 AIK sign him, and within one year Brighton have signed him for a fee worth more than 40 billion plus, what a son of grace he is, congratulations to Zadok Yohanna.

Perfect definition of rise and increase. Last year he was in the streets of Kaduna in Nigeria playing 5 aside with his guys. I have seen his cli0s and he is a magician I must say. He will succeed in the Premier League Competition and also Brighton and most definitely leave for a bigger club in the Premier League or overseas just same way Olise did.

Just now that I swear a video of him in YouTube and honestly those highlights are so interesting and again one thing that make me happy is because he is from our country. The guy is skillful and is so talented and I wish him all the best, because having someone like him playing in that manner is a great achievement for our own country, and the way he has opportunity I pray others should also do because Nigerians is full of talented players but what makes them stuck is that the opportunity is not there. Any in that video they say that he is playing like Yamal which I was convinced.

The world needs new young African players. I wanted to see Nigeria in the World Cup and I'm very sad that I couldn't. Because Nigeria is one of the teams I have the most sympathy for in Africa. Everyone in Turkey knows Nigeria well thanks to Jay Jay Okocha. Osimhen is also in Turkey now, and Nigerian players are very valuable to us. I hope we will see more young and talented Nigerians in the future of world football.

[Rockstarguy]

Arsenal's defensive prowess deserves a balanced attacking effort to make the team more formidable to opposing teams, playing one famous tactic that every team expects on every game they're to embark with the gunner doesn't add a new meaning to the club's strength. Growing strong, the team will make more wins with a strong attacking formation than an all defensive tactic.

I think that what gave the English premier league title to arsenal this season was their solid defense, because their attack wasn't as productive like that of Manchester City. Historically it's been proven that good attack wins you games, but a solid defense wins you titles, which was the main reason arsenal won the title this season, because having the ability to win ugly, when they are not in their best form is their biggest flex over Manchester City this past season .

Yes, the defense of Arsenal is what made them to win the English premier title and it would hsve also made them to win the champions league just that Arsenal was not lucky in the game. The defensive game of Arsenal has really help them to achieve a lot this season and if Arsenal works on their attack it is very possible for them to even do better in their next season. Arsenal struggles to score and once they achieve it they play defensive till the end of the game and they have really prove they have the strength to defend their game.

[Silence Scream]

Arsenal's defensive prowess deserves a balanced attacking effort to make the team more formidable to opposing teams, playing one famous tactic that every team expects on every game they're to embark with the gunner doesn't add a new meaning to the club's strength. Growing strong, the team will make more wins with a strong attacking formation than an all defensive tactic.

I think that what gave the English premier league title to arsenal this season was their solid defense, because their attack wasn't as productive like that of Manchester City. Historically it's been proven that good attack wins you games, but a solid defense wins you titles, which was the main reason arsenal won the title this season, because having the ability to win ugly, when they are not in their best form is their biggest flex over Manchester City this past season .

Yes, the defense of Arsenal is what made them to win the English premier title and it would hsve also made them to win the champions league just that Arsenal was not lucky in the game. The defensive game of Arsenal has really help them to achieve a lot this season and if Arsenal works on their attack it is very possible for them to even do better in their next season. Arsenal struggles to score and once they achieve it they play defensive till the end of the game and they have really prove they have the strength to defend their game.

When they play an attacking game, they need to completely abandon defensive play. Therefore, if Arsenal were to abandon their defensive style of play, their chances of success might decrease. Because when the whole team played defensively, they were able to create and capitalize on fantastic counter-attacks. If they switch to a completely attacking game, they will leave many chances behind, and their defense might not be as good. They learned to defend very well, and this almost won them the Champions League, which they lost on penalties. However, after 22 years, Arsenal won the Premier League title. So at least they achieved one of their goals.

[Not your key not your BTC]

Do you expect Arsenal to add some new attackers to the squad to increase the productiveness? I mean they finished the season with only 71 goals.

Yeah, they were still one of top scorers and won the PL this way. But not every season would be like this. It's only ~1.87 goals per match!  

If Gyökeres has a better season next time that could also be a big help for the team.

In my opinion, Arsenal doesn’t need to sign a new striker because they currently have three center forwards. As for goal-scoring, Arsenal only scored 71 goals this season because they started playing more cautiously toward the end of the season in order to secure the title. Gyökeres can still improve his performance next season, especially since next season will be his second with Arsenal, and we know that in his first season, Gyökeres managed to score 14 goals in the Premier League. So next season, I’m confident Gyökeres will score more goals because he has adapted well, and I’m confident Arsenal will see a significant improvement in their goal-scoring output next season.

[Velvet78]

I assume Arteta wouldn't like to make any significant change in his system. I don't even see the reason why he would do that. 

He has a great defense line which is helping him a lot on fighting for titles. However I would still expect him to make some moves to have a better attacking line.

Until when will he continue with players like Trossard, Martinelli? They should sign a winger who can make Gyökeres more fruitful for the team too.

[GiftedMAN]

When arsenal face strong teams that are as strong as them or slightly better than them their only game play against these teams is to play defense. It would take more than just defense to win certain teams and an example is psg. Arsenal scored the first goal and found it hard to score, that is because they are not good at attacking.

This loophole will be fixed immediately Arteta formats an attacking strategy to balance his team's strength with the likes of Osihmen, Arsenal attack want somebody with an individual capacity of making changes in the forward line. One weak point of arsenal is their inability of making a successful counter attack, whenever the ball is kicked out of their own box to the opposition's side, this mistake always happen out of the absence of a lone wolf who can take advantage of a counterattacking opportunity.

Mikel Arteta saw that his team's strength majorly lies on the defense which is why he opts to play more defensively when facing big teams while hoping that they'll get few goals from counter attacks. To an extent, it's worked for him but it was that same style of football that cost him the UEFA Champions League trophy in Budapest. I hope he finds a way to balance his team and force them to play more attacking football next season. If they can be more offensive, Arsenal will be deadlier than they were this season.