⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Shineup]

Arsenal won the championship as the least undeserving team in a pool where no one really deserved it... they ground out most of their matches 1-0, grabbing 3 points thanks to corner kick goals from players like Gabriel, Merino and Zubimendi.

It is insulting and foolish to say Arsenal were undeserving for their efforts to win the league last season. You’re just putting together all their 38 games played and calling it thrash.

Exactly, they deserved it. The scoreline does not really matter. As long as they consistently won matches. A narrow score does not mean that they did not deserve it? No.. It simply reflects the tough competition. Arsenal ultimately won the EPL title last season impressively. Moreover the first with Arteta. From 28 matches, they secured 26 wins. Only 7 draws, and suffered only 5 losses. They scored 77 goals. They also held a significant points gap over Man City. In my view, it was a highly satisfying result. It is truly strange and even insulting saying that Arsenal didn't deserve it.

Smiles, this is hilarious because I don't know what to say about this, either they deserve it or they took advantage of the poor season every English premier League top teams had I can't really tell, because if you check well last season none of the top 6 teams were in good form last season, Manchester United that ended in third place actually pick up at the middle of the season, Manchester City that ended second we all knew they were not in their best of form last season, Chelsea is nothing to write home about, if not for the extra slot added to the English team in the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool wouldn't have make it to the competition this season, and Tottenham Hotspurs is the worst of all, so tell me where the challenge that made them to deserve the trophy came from? Anyways they won it already so it's a well deserved win.

[Livingleged]

Effort will really count and that is why they won last season, they put so much efford and their mentality was changed because I can remember some seasons they were very good but they could not win after topping the league for a long time and that was because they didn't had a change of mentality then but last season they do and I hope they continue with it else they won't be able to win again because I can see some premier league team building up quite well.

It doesn’t seem so to me, for me the only reason Arsenal got to win the league last season was because the other clubs that were supposed to compete with them were all not in good shape, and they had the league easily. The top six clubs were all dropping point when only Arsenal was winning. If they had not won the league last season then they wouldn’t have ever had it sooner or later. Not as if there was improvement from the last season team performance, it will even surprise you if I say Arsenal performed better the seasons they ended second on the table, but at the end it’s the trophy that matters. What I’m saying is that if other teams step up this season, Arsenal will not get the EPL trophy easily as they did last season.

[Umulala-alala]

Arsenal losing two games in a row is worrisome as Premier League champion, Arsenal is not representing the league in this preseason games,  days ago they lost to real Betis by 3 goals to 1, today again they lost 3 goals to 2 to Dornumd at home. Arsenal need to strengthen their defense, they can't be conceding 6 goals in a friendly game.

We have seen situation like this in the friendly game but getting to premier league tournament make the clubs to be among the strong clubs in that season. As long Arsenal did not change their coach in this summer season, I still have hope on Arsenal, because their coach will still apply those strategies that made them to lift the trophy last season.

One thing you need to understand is that, this is friendly game, and when the real tournament start then you will see the real color of Arsenal, because I have that confidence that they will lead this tournament even though they are not going to win the trophy again.

The worst thing that can happen to a team like Arsenal's is for them to go all in right now and and start the main league with injuries to their major players, there is very little to be gained from these preseason games, it's more for teams with new coaches to get used working with eachother, for a team like Arsenal they don't really need it that much so they will make sure to save their energy for when the season begins for real, when losses and winnings actually start to count.

Pre season games is not what that should be taken serious as if there is anything to be lost gradually the game is coming to that point that winning or losses count, any club that there players are been affected with injuries in this pre season games is going to face the full consequences when the competition will start. Arsenal already has a good team Arteta before now has selected his players and formation they will use, he may actually use what he used last season then can make some changes if it didn't work for him.

[Byebyebtc]

as the least undeserving team in a pool where no one really deserved it... they ground out most of their matches 1-0, grabbing 3 points thanks to corner kick goals from players like Gabriel, Merino and Zubimendi.

Any thing you can use to win, use it.
In a league of such a competition, greatest of defence, they managed to win, and your saying they don't deserve it?

Even if they used corners kick, it's the team that made every corner kick count, why didn't another team do the same. What ever way you can win,.. win.
Plus this is a very competitive league so it was definitely worth it. I don't get why you think this way

[Italian Panic]

Smiles, this is hilarious because I don't know what to say about this, either they deserve it or they took advantage of the poor season every English premier League top teams had I can't really tell, because if you check well last season none of the top 6 teams were in good form last season, Manchester United that ended in third place actually pick up at the middle of the season, Manchester City that ended second we all knew they were not in their best of form last season, Chelsea is nothing to write home about, if not for the extra slot added to the English team in the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool wouldn't have make it to the competition this season, and Tottenham Hotspurs is the worst of all, so tell me where the challenge that made them to deserve the trophy came from? Anyways they won it already so it's a well deserved win.

A league title is won by the team that deserves it most, at the expense of the others, not necessarily the strongest. If Arsenal won, it means they were the best in terms of consistency too, and it means the others fell short.
Manchester United only recovered with Carrick’s arrival, and we will see if they can bring consistency to the project this year.
Guardiola was at the end of his cicle at city, and so was the team.
Tottenham had a dreadful season despite having a competitive squad.
Liverpool ran out of steam physically halfway through the season and could no longer hold their own on the pitch.
Arsenal’s title win is the fairest result of recent years.

[icebar]

Arsenal losing two games in a row is worrisome as Premier League champion, Arsenal is not representing the league in this preseason games,  days ago they lost to real Betis by 3 goals to 1, today again they lost 3 goals to 2 to Dornumd at home. Arsenal need to strengthen their defense, they can't be conceding 6 goals in a friendly game. Liverpool bottled their 2 goals lead against As Monaco, they lost by 3 goals to 2. Is only Manchester united that have been representing well in this preseason among the Premier League team.

This season Arsenal will not be a threat for the league, Manchester United will be a better team than Arsenal this season, it will be a difficult season for all, but I'm looting formanchested United for the league.

I was not that worried when Arsenal lost their match against Real Betis, thinking that it was just a preseason match. But now, it seems that I am getting worried about Arsenal because losing preseason matches back to back is not a good sign. Despite knowing that preseason can never be like the main season, I think the defensive line is the worst because of Saliba, and they need to quickly look for another replacement for Saliba because I don't think any of the players they are using in Saliba position can really stand in for him.

My concern is not fully about them losing two matches, but the rate at which they have conceded goals in these two matches is what is disturbing me. But still, I see it as preseason, and Arsenal's season may be completely different from what they are playing now.It would be better not to start making conclusions about Arsenal now. It is too early to start saying that. I know that Manchester United are in good form and started towards the end of last season, they were also continuing with their great form. But that still doesn't mean we should say they will be better than Arsenal. There are some teams that have a rough preseason but end up doing better in the main season.

If an important center back of the champion team is injured, it is natural to worry about that team. Currently, I see Arsenal as the most balanced team in the Premier League. But since Saliba has suffered a serious injury, Arsenal will be a little weaker this season. Winning or losing in pre-season is not a big deal, here the coach mainly focuses on the performance of a few particular players. Because when the season starts, they decide to give those players a place in the main squad. Saliba's injury in the World Cup has created a big problem for Arsenal. Nevertheless, I believe that Arsenal have enough strength and they will strengthen their defense again.

[Agbamoni]

The come back was great but they didn't do well in the first half, the defense was bad but the way I saw the substitution, one will know that he was testing something. Maybe he wanted to see how his defense has been on he can improve and he did the substitution and everything became normal. What I didn't expect was the penalty, it's good expression for coach to know who can take penalty but this was not necessary, I learnt that is how Arsenal play.

I was interested in Gabriel and Eze unfortunately Eze was not around to play. Gabriel played the first half and was substituted. When Arteta knew that the match was going to have Penalty, he should have kept his main starters that were going to take penalty to check their penalty skills. It was because if their fear that made the team to lose in the penalty, they almost won the league if not for Eze and Gabriel in the Champions League last season.

A club known for the best defense in Europe and a club also known for being the best at set pieces has conceded 6 goals in two preseason matches, and 3 from set-piece goals. The excuse should be that Team A is not back. Unfortunately, that's not a genuine excuse because Arsenal started the game today with 8 first-team players.

The preseason results from Arsenal are not leaving a good impression on their fans. We may have doubt if Arsenal will be capable of defending their league title.  Interestingly, they have never defended a league title before in history.

[SatoPrincess]

A club known for the best defense in Europe and a club also known for being the best at set pieces has conceded 6 goals in two preseason matches, and 3 from set-piece goals. The excuse should be that Team A is not back. Unfortunately, that's not a genuine excuse because Arsenal started the game today with 8 first-team players.

The preseason results from Arsenal are not leaving a good impression on their fans. We may have doubt if Arsenal will be capable of defending their league title.  Interestingly, they have never defended a league title before in history.

I don’t think any true Arsenal is worried because of the friendly game against Dortmund. It’s just preseason games, and Arsenal are not finished with their transfers yet. Gabriel Jesus may be moving to Napoli, and the club can use that money to get a striker to strengthen the attack. Regardless of the pre season results, Arsenal are still strong favorites for the premier league title this season.

[Female King]

Smiles, this is hilarious because I don't know what to say about this, either they deserve it or they took advantage of the poor season every English premier League top teams had I can't really tell, because if you check well last season none of the top 6 teams were in good form last season, Manchester United that ended in third place actually pick up at the middle of the season, Manchester City that ended second we all knew they were not in their best of form last season, Chelsea is nothing to write home about, if not for the extra slot added to the English team in the UEFA Champions League, Liverpool wouldn't have make it to the competition this season, and Tottenham Hotspurs is the worst of all, so tell me where the challenge that made them to deserve the trophy came from? Anyways they won it already so it's a well deserved win.

A league title is won by the team that deserves it most, at the expense of the others, not necessarily the strongest. If Arsenal won, it means they were the best in terms of consistency too, and it means the others fell short.
Manchester United only recovered with Carrick’s arrival, and we will see if they can bring consistency to the project this year.
Guardiola was at the end of his cicle at city, and so was the team.
Tottenham had a dreadful season despite having a competitive squad.
Liverpool ran out of steam physically halfway through the season and could no longer hold their own on the pitch.
Arsenal’s title win is the fairest result of recent years.

What made Arsenal to win the trophy last season was their consistency when other teams in the league where not consistent in winning matches Arsenal was making sure they either win or share the points between their opponent.

Arsenal were the best in the league and they deserve to win the trophy, Tottenham and chelsea has one of their worst season so far while Liverpool manage to secure a champions league spot because of the increment in teams to qualify for the UCL spot, Man united wasn't good at the beginning of the season it was when carrick arrived that things begin to go well for them and then finish 3rd in the league so i think this season we are going to see a different ball game.

[Stable090]

I don’t any true Arsenal is worried because of the friendly game against Dortmund. It’s just preseason games, and Arsenal are not finished with their transfers yet. Gabriel Jesus may be moving to Napoli, and the club can use that money to get a striker to strengthen the attack. Regardless of the pre season results, Arsenal are still strong favorites for the premier league title this season.

I don’t use all this preseason matches to predict how a team is going to perform when the season start. I haven’t seen any team that’s going to take their preseason matches so serious. No coach will want to misuse their players even before the season start, so preseason matches are not taken serious by any coach.

They do try out new players, most of them use players that we don’t even know about, or players that are always on bench, so they are always giving them playing time to see if they going to perform well. Most of the top clubs in the premier league have not been performing well in their preseason matches, and that doesn’t mean they not going to perform well when the season starts.

Arsenal should perform well by next season, and if other clubs are not careful, we might see Arsenal win the premier league title again, but let’s see how they also going to perform when the season start.

[Sticky Bomb]

Anyways they won it already so it's a well deserved win.

I like this part of your statement, the fact remains that they won, but they've not solved their case of inconsistency towards the end of the competition. I agree to a lot of your points that there was very limited competition in England last season and I believe this season would be much more competitive. Arsenal can attempt defending the trophy, I believe that's the only way to prove to us critics that their victory last season isn't circumstantial.

[Abu-Naim]

I don’t any true Arsenal is worried because of the friendly game against Dortmund. It’s just preseason games, and Arsenal are not finished with their transfers yet. Gabriel Jesus may be moving to Napoli, and the club can use that money to get a striker to strengthen the attack. Regardless of the pre season results, Arsenal are still strong favorites for the premier league title this season.

I am also not worried about Arsenal losing two matches in a row, it’s preseason games, I believe the coach  is just trying some methods to see if he need some players more in their team before the season start fully, and from all indications, a striker is needed again even though the team pattern of game is not in favor of strikers, but the chemistry between their new winger and the attacking line is good, the team will enjoy the new signings, and I believe they will have great impact to the team.
The only concern I am having with Arsenal is their defense, now that William Saliba will be out for some time, he need to know the best combination to use when the season starts.

[Asiska02]

It doesn’t seem so to me, for me the only reason Arsenal got to win the league last season was because the other clubs that were supposed to compete with them were all not in good shape, and they had the league easily. The top six clubs were all dropping point when only Arsenal was winning. If they had not won the league last season then they wouldn’t have ever had it sooner or later. Not as if there was improvement from the last season team performance, it will even surprise you if I say Arsenal performed better the seasons they ended second on the table, but at the end it’s the trophy that matters. What I’m saying is that if other teams step up this season, Arsenal will not get the EPL trophy easily as they did last season.

Last season Arsenal didn’t also get to win the league easily. At some point they were on top of the league and at some point they fell down from that position and occupied a lower position. I know that other team’s poor performance may have given them the edge to have gotten to win the trophy last season. But to be honest, if they hadn’t put in that good performance, they wouldn’t have stand a chance for the title even when there closest rivals where playing poorly.

I don’t think Arsenal won the league by luck, they deserved it and got it in the end. Using the poor performance of other team as the reason for them to have won it does not justify anything here, and if that is what will be used always, then all teams that have won a trophy won it by luck because their rivals were playing poorly, if they had not been playing poorly, then they would have won the trophy easily.

[Comeacross]

It doesn’t seem so to me, for me the only reason Arsenal got to win the league last season was because the other clubs that were supposed to compete with them were all not in good shape, and they had the league easily. .

Arsenal had the league easily? Easily as in they managed to win with 7 points difference? Easily when Manchester City nearly snatched it away from them as usual? I agreed other competing clubs were not on their best form but still Arsenal never had it easily. I agreed Arsenal wasn't better than before but that doesn't mean they had the league easily. They put up a fight but Manchester City wasn't reciprocating the same energy as in the previous season. Their inconsistency made it possible for Arsenal to make their way in.

[eightdots]

It doesn’t seem so to me, for me the only reason Arsenal got to win the league last season was because the other clubs that were supposed to compete with them were all not in good shape, and they had the league easily. The top six clubs were all dropping point when only Arsenal was winning. If they had not won the league last season then they wouldn’t have ever had it sooner or later. Not as if there was improvement from the last season team performance, it will even surprise you if I say Arsenal performed better the seasons they ended second on the table, but at the end it’s the trophy that matters. What I’m saying is that if other teams step up this season, Arsenal will not get the EPL trophy easily as they did last season.

Last season Arsenal didn’t also get to win the league easily. At some point they were on top of the league and at some point they fell down from that position and occupied a lower position. I know that other team’s poor performance may have given them the edge to have gotten to win the trophy last season. But to be honest, if they hadn’t put in that good performance, they wouldn’t have stand a chance for the title even when there closest rivals where playing poorly.

I don’t think Arsenal won the league by luck, they deserved it and got it in the end. Using the poor performance of other team as the reason for them to have won it does not justify anything here, and if that is what will be used always, then all teams that have won a trophy won it by luck because their rivals were playing poorly, if they had not been playing poorly, then they would have won the trophy easily.

Arsenal's opponents weren't good last season and gave Arsenal many opportunities. Arsenal seized opportunities they hadn't taken advantage of before and won the championship. While saying this, we shouldn't ignore Arsenal's good performance. Their opponents weren't good, but Arsenal played well in many matches and managed to win the league. This wasn't easy, as they had lost the championship in the final weeks of many seasons.

We don't know what will happen next season, but we can say that Arsenal's opponents will play better. Everyone knows the quality of the Premier League, and it's very difficult for a team to win the league without playing well.

[ejikeme24]

It doesn’t seem so to me, for me the only reason Arsenal got to win the league last season was because the other clubs that were supposed to compete with them were all not in good shape, and they had the league easily. .

You're making this look as if they just won the title without stress, maybe you didn't noticed what happened during the end of the season. Manchester city almost stop them from wining the premier league title if not for the fact that they struggled hard they wouldn't have won the premier league title, if you ask me I would say that arsenal was just lucky to win because that's the same way they have been playing for some seasons now but at the end they will come second one third. if wining premier league is that easy as you thought why don't they win the premier league title season before last? Don't make this look as if arsenal is the only superior team in premier league, and I think it will take long before they can win premier league title again.

[Miles2006]

A club known for the best defense in Europe and a club also known for being the best at set pieces has conceded 6 goals in two preseason matches, and 3 from set-piece goals. The excuse should be that Team A is not back. Unfortunately, that's not a genuine excuse because Arsenal started the game today with 8 first-team players.

The preseason results from Arsenal are not leaving a good impression on their fans. We may have doubt if Arsenal will be capable of defending their league title.  Interestingly, they have never defended a league title before in history.

I don’t think any true Arsenal is worried because of the friendly game against Dortmund. It’s just preseason games, and Arsenal are not finished with their transfers yet. Gabriel Jesus may be moving to Napoli, and the club can use that money to get a striker to strengthen the attack. Regardless of the pre season results, Arsenal are still strong favorites for the premier league title this season.

I’m actually worried, for someone who don’t joke with preseason match besides this match determines the strength of a club. This will be unfair when it gets to Arsenal turn and we start saying they’ll do better after this period which I believe but, presently there’s no hope to hold onto aside from the fact Arteta is not using the usual lineup, preseason are always like this though talking about the club that won, they also had every chance to lose or not play well because is preseason match yet they won so what’s the difference. I don’t know what Arsenal is up to, they better step up their game definitely this coming season is a whole a lot of competition reason why my expectations are not high yet.

[EL MOHA]

You're making this look as if they just won the title without stress, maybe you didn't noticed what happened during the end of the season. Manchester city almost stop them from wining the premier league title if not for the fact that they struggled hard they wouldn't have won the premier league title, if you ask me I would say that arsenal was just lucky to win because that's the same way they have been playing for some seasons now but at the end they will come second one third. if wining premier league is that easy as you thought why don't they win the premier league title season before last? Don't make this look as if arsenal is the only superior team in premier league, and I think it will take long before they can win premier league title again.

I don’t understand the fact that many fans actually downplay the effort that Arsenal has actually made to get to win the English premier league title, you read some fans posts about them winning it because other clubs weren’t serious, were have the serious clubs been when Pep Guardiola was winning almost all the league every year. This win by Arsenal was definitely deserved and they did got it the hard way because how many years have they fell short against winning it against this pep guardiola Manchester city and even last season they both competed till the end of the season and it is not like Arsenal won the league with larger numbers but was until two to three games to go before they got to be champions. Which is a huge task

[Abbatty]

It doesn’t seem so to me, for me the only reason Arsenal got to win the league last season was because the other clubs that were supposed to compete with them were all not in good shape, and they had the league easily. .

Arsenal had the league easily? Easily as in they managed to win with 7 points difference? Easily when Manchester City nearly snatched it away from them as usual? I agreed other competing clubs were not on their best form but still Arsenal never had it easily. I agreed Arsenal wasn't better than before but that doesn't mean they had the league easily. They put up a fight but Manchester City wasn't reciprocating the same energy as in the previous season. Their inconsistency made it possible for Arsenal to make their way in.

I think instead of trying to downplay Arsenal we should give them credit, they really did well last season. I can tell you the work they put in Last season have been very different from other years they’ve came second. Let talk about how that defense played a huge part in making sure they win that league. Other clubs were inconsistent about getting results but that how it has always been, for a team to win the league, it needs other teams to perform poorly.

We also saw how they did well in the champions league, even though at the end they were knocked out in the penalty shootout, but Arsenal really Did well last season. New season is Almost here, who do you suggest will win the premier league this coming season.

[iBaba]

A club known for the best defense in Europe and a club also known for being the best at set pieces has conceded 6 goals in two preseason matches, and 3 from set-piece goals. The excuse should be that Team A is not back. Unfortunately, that's not a genuine excuse because Arsenal started the game today with 8 first-team players.

The preseason results from Arsenal are not leaving a good impression on their fans. We may have doubt if Arsenal will be capable of defending their league title.  Interestingly, they have never defended a league title before in history.

I don’t think any true Arsenal is worried because of the friendly game against Dortmund. It’s just preseason games, and Arsenal are not finished with their transfers yet. Gabriel Jesus may be moving to Napoli, and the club can use that money to get a striker to strengthen the attack. Regardless of the pre season results, Arsenal are still strong favorites for the premier league title this season.

I’m actually worried, for someone who don’t joke with preseason match besides this match determines the strength of a club. This will be unfair when it gets to Arsenal turn and we start saying they’ll do better after this period which I believe but, presently there’s no hope to hold onto aside from the fact Arteta is not using the usual lineup, preseason are always like this though talking about the club that won, they also had every chance to lose or not play well because is preseason match yet they won so what’s the difference. I don’t know what Arsenal is up to, they better step up their game definitely this coming season is a whole a lot of competition reason why my expectations are not high yet.

Personally I want to wait until few competitive matches into the season before judging arsenal, preseason can give hints but it is not always an accurate prediction of how a team will perform when the season starts. I believe fans should still expect some positive signs even in preseason.

Honestly a team does not have to win every match but we will want to see that organization, intensity and improvement. If those are missing it is normal to be worried. So I try not to read too much into preseason results and mostly managers even use these matches to test new tactics, give younger players opportunities and build fitness rather than just focusing on winning