⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Silverstonez]

I think Chelsea is one of the best club when it comes to selling players. They have done a lot of good business in this transfer window and they have really made good profit, and I also agree that they have been able to bring in some quality players.
Talking about getting a new striker, I don't think they need any right now, because they already have Pedro and they javelin brought in Danny Welberg which I think is a very good deputy for Pedro. I watched their first match and I could see that they are very good going forward. I think they just need to work on their defense and they should be good to go for the season.

You are leaving the fat behind and letting your club loyalty do the talking, because Chelsea is not the best club when it comes to selling players. This season Chelsea made one of the sweetest sales in the transfer window, and they made good profit as well.

You guys who are Chelsea fans should not be overconfident this season, just because you guys made one of the sweetest transfer and bought some good players. Always have it at the back of your mind that this season is not going to like other seasons, and there is a possibility that your Chelsea may not even finish well this season, because I don't see them going anywhere.

[KingsDen]

Phil Foden is having a great game, as he was fortunate to get two assist already to his name. Ryan Cherki with two goals tonight and the same for Erling Haaland the goal machine. My prediction for Semenyo to get a goal failed so far but was responsible for assisting the first goal. It is officially back to back wins for Manchester City under Enzo Maresca. Though they got thr win but their some visible errors which should be corrected during training sections. Crystal Palace are terrible and they could be the club to be relegated if the new guy do not start winning games.

Erling Haaland scored but he wasn't looking happy. He no longer celebrates passionately like he normally does. Could he be bored already with Pep Guardiola leaving? I won't be suprise if talks of joining a new club arises.

To be honest, Man city suprised me today, they played extraordinary. The Man city attack was very effective today, all the attackers had an impact on today's game, If they can continue like this in other games, they can win a major trophy this season. From the performance of this City team today, I think they will also be a threat, and I see them winning the title if Arsenal flops.

Does Haaland signing a 9 years contract deal with City look like a joke to you?, before signing such contract, do you think he's not aware that Pep will be leaving anytime soon?. For Haaland to sign such contract, you should know that he's a long term investment for City. Haaland scored two goals, and he was not happy maybe because he didn't score a hat trick. Just because Pep left, doesn't mean Haaland will leave as well, he still has much to achieve in Manchester city.

[Agbamoni]

The fish half is over and Haaland goal separates both side as the first half ended 0-1 in favor of the visitors. Manchester City looks stronger than Crystal Palace in the first half and if they can continue with that pace, they will definitely win the game.

If Crystal Palace can come back better in the second half, they will have a better chance of getting an equalizer but they need to be able to outplay City  before they'll be able to achieve it.

Tonight is a confirmation that Manchester City is not a team to underestimate this season. When everyone was expecting the team to be built around Samenyo and Haaland, we are seeing entirely different people doing the wonders. Tonight Cherki have scored twice in the 1:3 lead of Manchester City, although Haaland opened the scoring. There is no way Crystal Palace is going to salvage the game, so Manchester City is going to be sitting at the top of the league pending when Arsenal will play their match.

Against Crystal Palace  ? Bruh, any team will put up this performance against CP. CP sold all their best players, and the club is facing a heavy injury crisis as we speak. Ismaïla Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta are out for injury. Chadi Riad and Adam Wharton are all injured. The injury list is long. Maxence Lacroix has been sold, and Diasasi on loan.

The Crystal Palace you watched today is their second team. When Manchester City faces a better team, I will know their strength, for now, they haven't started yet lol.

[Abbatty]

The fish half is over and Haaland goal separates both side as the first half ended 0-1 in favor of the visitors. Manchester City looks stronger than Crystal Palace in the first half and if they can continue with that pace, they will definitely win the game.

If Crystal Palace can come back better in the second half, they will have a better chance of getting an equalizer but they need to be able to outplay City  before they'll be able to achieve it.

Tonight is a confirmation that Manchester City is not a team to underestimate this season. When everyone was expecting the team to be built around Samenyo and Haaland, we are seeing entirely different people doing the wonders. Tonight Cherki have scored twice in the 1:3 lead of Manchester City, although Haaland opened the scoring. There is no way Crystal Palace is going to salvage the game, so Manchester City is going to be sitting at the top of the league pending when Arsenal will play their match.

Against Crystal Palace  ? Bruh, any team will put up this performance against CP. CP sold all their best players, and the club is facing a heavy injury crisis as we speak. Ismaïla Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta are out for injury. Chadi Riad and Adam Wharton are all injured. The injury list is long. Maxence Lacroix has been sold, and Diasasi on loan.

The Crystal Palace you watched today is their second team. When Manchester City faces a better team, I will know their strength, for now, they haven't started yet lol.

I’m really surprised to the way people are reacting to this Manchester city win today. If you know crystal palace so well, then you will know the team Manchester city played today is not the team they had last season. It would be very disappointing if Manchester didn’t get this win today and didn’t put out this performance. They had all the odds in their Favour to get all 3 points at Palace today.

Tough fixtures are coming for Manchester city, and maybe after a couple of few fixtures we can then say if they are really favorite in this season premier league. The still have that individual qualities to put out a performance that can beat this crystal palace team and that was exactly what we saw.

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The fish half is over and Haaland goal separates both side as the first half ended 0-1 in favor of the visitors. Manchester City looks stronger than Crystal Palace in the first half and if they can continue with that pace, they will definitely win the game.

If Crystal Palace can come back better in the second half, they will have a better chance of getting an equalizer but they need to be able to outplay City  before they'll be able to achieve it.

What Manchester City did was completely what all expected from them even before the start of the game because they are way much more better than Crystal Palace in all rectification.
It was indeed a great day for Manchester City as this victory has given them the temporary chance to stay at the top of the table and also a hope to know they can do more better than that if only they can maintain such consistency as they have been doing since the start of the season.  This goal margin is indeed a strong one for now because since the start of tge season it was only arsenal that where able to win in such manner.

[Zoomic]

The fish half is over and Haaland goal separates both side as the first half ended 0-1 in favor of the visitors. Manchester City looks stronger than Crystal Palace in the first half and if they can continue with that pace, they will definitely win the game.

If Crystal Palace can come back better in the second half, they will have a better chance of getting an equalizer but they need to be able to outplay City  before they'll be able to achieve it.

What Manchester City did was completely what all expected from them even before the start of the game because they are way much more better than Crystal Palace in all rectification.
It was indeed a great day for Manchester City as this victory has given them the temporary chance to stay at the top of the table and also a hope to know they can do more better than that if only they can maintain such consistency as they have been doing since the start of the season.  This goal margin is indeed a strong one for now because since the start of tge season it was only arsenal that where able to win in such manner.

Under Enzo Maresca, Manchester City hasn't been convincing in their performances so a lot of us weren't even expecting the performance we saw tonight at Crystal Palace.
I'm happy they can perform excellently well now and I'll love to see how they continue going forward. I'm still sceptical of the team and what they can achieve under the new manager. If all the new managers do well, EPL will experience competitive campaign like never before.

[Crypto_Timothy]

Nicolas Jackson deal to Aston villa is now completed

Link to Fabrizio post on Facebook


Yes, you read it right. It's a done deal worth £65m. When it comes to selling players incredibly, leave it for Chelsea because they're very good at the job. While we are here expressing shock about Delap outrageous price to Nottingham Forest, Chelsea just pull another shocking deal with Jackson and Aston villa. Now, the road will be clear for them to have a stressless deal of Martinnez.

£65m is an impressive amount for Jackson especially considering his performance in Chelsea but I guess Aston really needed a striker this season and funny enough just like Mo Salah, Jackson could leave Chelsea now and then go play marvelous football for Aston, sometimes football can be like that but nevertheless the deal was a successful one for Chelsea.

[EL MOHA]

Under Enzo Maresca, Manchester City hasn't been convincing in their performances so a lot of us weren't even expecting the performance we saw tonight at Crystal Palace.
I'm happy they can perform excellently well now and I'll love to see how they continue going forward. I'm still sceptical of the team and what they can achieve under the new manager. If all the new managers do well, EPL will experience competitive campaign like never before.

We all should give Manchester City and Enzo Maresca a break, this is entirely a new team not only the change in the management but also the entire squad had has a overhaul which means there will still be lots of time before the new players settle in and also the playing pattern has to take time before it gets understand by everyone. It’s a pretty new team and many fans should at least reduce their expectations on the team as this will help to reduce the pressure on the team. This game against Crystal Palace even during Pep Era wasn’t this easy for them but today they were totally different for their last two competitive games. I think that Cherki is going to be the missing  piece in this team.

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Under Enzo Maresca, Manchester City hasn't been convincing in their performances so a lot of us weren't even expecting the performance we saw tonight at Crystal Palace.
I'm happy they can perform excellently well now and I'll love to see how they continue going forward. I'm still sceptical of the team and what they can achieve under the new manager. If all the new managers do well, EPL will experience competitive campaign like never before.

I like to wait for a few more games before I can tell the direction the EPL will take. I still think the void left by Pep is going to be seriously felt by Manchester City on top of losing a couple of their good players who moved out.
We might end up seeing a title race where there is one team with several points above and then the chasing pack that has a lot of competitors.

[Stepstowealth]

Under Enzo Maresca, Manchester City hasn't been convincing in their performances so a lot of us weren't even expecting the performance we saw tonight at Crystal Palace.
I'm happy they can perform excellently well now and I'll love to see how they continue going forward. I'm still sceptical of the team and what they can achieve under the new manager. If all the new managers do well, EPL will experience competitive campaign like never before.

We all should give Manchester City and Enzo Maresca a break, this is entirely a new team not only the change in the management but also the entire squad had has a overhaul which means there will still be lots of time before the new players settle in and also the playing pattern has to take time before it gets understand by everyone.

The expectations of supporters of this club will always be high because of the standards that the last coach left behind but I did not think that Manchester City did so poorly in this game against Crystal Palace, to the best of my opinion I think they performed properly as expected and got the three points which is the most important thing from the game. Haaland scoring, with Cherki also performing, Semenyo with an assist and a better performance from Foden. Another playing position for O'reily, and all that, it just shows that Enzo Maresca is settling into the team and understanding his players better especially the players that he was not the one who brought them to the club.

I just expect he does not do too much experiments with this team as he did in Chelsea that made him loose some games that he should have won.

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The fish half is over and Haaland goal separates both side as the first half ended 0-1 in favor of the visitors. Manchester City looks stronger than Crystal Palace in the first half and if they can continue with that pace, they will definitely win the game.

If Crystal Palace can come back better in the second half, they will have a better chance of getting an equalizer but they need to be able to outplay City  before they'll be able to achieve it.

What Manchester City did was completely what all expected from them even before the start of the game because they are way much more better than Crystal Palace in all rectification.
It was indeed a great day for Manchester City as this victory has given them the temporary chance to stay at the top of the table and also a hope to know they can do more better than that if only they can maintain such consistency as they have been doing since the start of the season.  This goal margin is indeed a strong one for now because since the start of tge season it was only arsenal that where able to win in such manner.

Actually not a bad way for maresca start the season,
He will be definitely relieved, I could say that pep guardiola thought him well, he could be probably even be secretly telling Maresca one or two
I hope they have a great season ahead of them tho, but what are the possibilities of winning the title this season for Manchester City, I do feel that it is very lo.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Haaland's two goals were masterpieces I wonder if he's gotten better since his haircut. Foden also played very well today, he was quite useful and contributed a lot to the team. Yeremy's free-kick goal was also beautiful, really beautiful. It was a good match; Manchester City were in great form, so it was difficult for Palace. Manchester City scored goals back-to-back. If they can maintain this tempo in the league matches, they can become champions.

[Umulala-alala]

Haaland's two goals were masterpieces I wonder if he's gotten better since his haircut. Foden also played very well today, he was quite useful and contributed a lot to the team. Yeremy's free-kick goal was also beautiful, really beautiful. It was a good match; Manchester City were in great form, so it was difficult for Palace. Manchester City scored goals back-to-back. If they can maintain this tempo in the league matches, they can become champions.

Good performance from Man city i enjoyed the match, Haaland got a brace two excellent goals. The road is still far sometimes too teams loss form and begin to drop points, we can't still say that they are in a great form because they haven't played up to 10 matches, some clubs can start bad and end well while some start well and end bad but if they can maintain this form and still  be winning matches they can be champions that is if other clubs too are not consistent, i believe that want made Arsenal to win the premier league title last season was that they were the most inform team in the league, Man city was off and on, Liverpool didn't perform well while Man united got there form when the league was about ending, so the most inform and consistent team will win the title this season.

[SPIDERMAN008]

The fish half is over and Haaland goal separates both side as the first half ended 0-1 in favor of the visitors. Manchester City looks stronger than Crystal Palace in the first half and if they can continue with that pace, they will definitely win the game.

If Crystal Palace can come back better in the second half, they will have a better chance of getting an equalizer but they need to be able to outplay City  before they'll be able to achieve it.

What Manchester City did was completely what all expected from them even before the start of the game because they are way much more better than Crystal Palace in all rectification.
It was indeed a great day for Manchester City as this victory has given them the temporary chance to stay at the top of the table and also a hope to know they can do more better than that if only they can maintain such consistency as they have been doing since the start of the season.  This goal margin is indeed a strong one for now because since the start of tge season it was only arsenal that where able to win in such manner.

Haaland has considerable contribution behind the success of City. He is a striker who is not only important for scoring goals. For some of his extraordinary performances, the opponent's defense feels a lot of pressure. Crystal Palace match, he scored the goal through the heading, the ball that was so high could not be touched by anyone else. But he  scored the goal very easily. And through his power shot he scored his second goal from a tight angle. Later man city won with 4-1 . This type of player help to wins the match by keeping enough performance in big matches and if can maintain this consistency, I think Man City will do better in next matches too.

[Tonimez]

Haaland's two goals were masterpieces I wonder if he's gotten better since his haircut. Foden also played very well today, he was quite useful and contributed a lot to the team. Yeremy's free-kick goal was also beautiful, really beautiful. It was a good match; Manchester City were in great form, so it was difficult for Palace. Manchester City scored goals back-to-back. If they can maintain this tempo in the league matches, they can become champions.

Haaland has always been a good player since his days in Dortmund and even since coming to Manchester city, he has not stopped scoring. He has started his season's road to the golden boot and would probably win it. There has not been any time he stopped scoring. He makes goals look easy. It is still too early to start assuming any team to be in the title race because there's still 36 games left for Manchester city to decide. Enzo Maresca is looking like a good man for the job but I hope he repeats this performance until he has won the league if possible. One thing I have always loved about Manchester city is their scoring mentality. The boys understand the possibility of ending the tying at points level in premier league, so they score very many goals to increase their chances and build their pressing mindset always.

[Joeboy]

Enzo Maresca is really proving his worth and with the way things is going he maybe the right replacement for pep Guardiola.
Cherki performance in today's match was indeed surprising. Scoring two goals in this match shows that cherki is a good player with lots of surprises and capability.
Crystal palace really start this season with a poor performance and they seems not to be in form this season. This could be the only reason why they lost two matches in a row, and the match between them and Fulham will be a great challenge to them.

Maresca learnt from the best..He worked under Guardiola for a full season and that is even enough for him to fully understand Guardiola tactical system... If you notice, when Pep newly came into City he also purged the team of players that weren't his and brought players that could play in the exact system of play he needs. Legendary players like Nasri, Hart, Mangala and so on whee all taken out of the club and replaced with his own...And when I noticed Maresca doing the exact same thing, I wasn't surprised because he too is carefully following in the footsteps of his former boss..This win has truly confirmed how effective this system is...
Congratulations to City for this crazy humiliation they handed down to Palace  Ryan has always been a great player, same way he delivers for his club is also the way he delivers from his National club(France)... A successful bagging of the 3 point and more to come..

[JiiBs]

Haaland's two goals were masterpieces I wonder if he's gotten better since his haircut. Foden also played very well today, he was quite useful and contributed a lot to the team. Yeremy's free-kick goal was also beautiful, really beautiful. It was a good match; Manchester City were in great form, so it was difficult for Palace. Manchester City scored goals back-to-back. If they can maintain this tempo in the league matches, they can become champions.

Everyone is thinking the same, the impression his haircut would have on him and his performance.
It’s obvious his feeling like a kid again and played exceptionally well today. He’s headed goal was delivered to the post rather easily and the goalkeeper had completely nothing on it.

Cherki handling of the ball is another thing that needs to be applauded, he’s being so confident with the ball at his feet and creates good opportunities with it every time, scoring 2 goals today.

Yeremy’s free kick was mater class, striking the post and coming off the back of Donnarumma to be an own goal. It almost felt as though it went right in. A good result for Manchester City.

[Shussainshah]

Haaland's two goals were masterpieces I wonder if he's gotten better since his haircut. Foden also played very well today, he was quite useful and contributed a lot to the team. Yeremy's free-kick goal was also beautiful, really beautiful. It was a good match; Manchester City were in great form, so it was difficult for Palace. Manchester City scored goals back-to-back. If they can maintain this tempo in the league matches, they can become champions.

Manchester city under Enzo Maresca is totally different form the Pep man city and at the moment they have problems in the current squad. Foden and Cherki are just that's kinda player which can't give you consistent performance some time they are good but most of the time they just playing like a youth player. A win against Crystal Palace didn't show Manchester City is favourite to win the premier league they sell most of the player which was the best player for Pep but Enzo Maresca sell all of them so it's means they are creating a new Manchester City and it will work I don't know. Because they need to adopt the whole system otherwise Enzo Maresca new system can't lead Manchester City to the premier league.

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Under Enzo Maresca, Manchester City hasn't been convincing in their performances so a lot of us weren't even expecting the performance we saw tonight at Crystal Palace.
I'm happy they can perform excellently well now and I'll love to see how they continue going forward. I'm still sceptical of the team and what they can achieve under the new manager. If all the new managers do well, EPL will experience competitive campaign like never before.

Don't tell me now, wait until the Premier League runs 6 months its results you will know and give your own assessment.

A few seasons ago Liverpool was managed by a new coach and immediately won the Premier League, but after that it experienced a decline.

We never know what Maresca's vision brings to his team now, after all he already knows the ins and outs of the Premier League, is likely to rule the field against other teams.

[Pablo-wood]

Under Enzo Maresca, Manchester City hasn't been convincing in their performances so a lot of us weren't even expecting the performance we saw tonight at Crystal Palace.
I'm happy they can perform excellently well now and I'll love to see how they continue going forward. I'm still sceptical of the team and what they can achieve under the new manager. If all the new managers do well, EPL will experience competitive campaign like never before.

I like to wait for a few more games before I can tell the direction the EPL will take. I still think the void left by Pep is going to be seriously felt by Manchester City on top of losing a couple of their good players who moved out.
We might end up seeing a title race where there is one team with several points above and then the chasing pack that has a lot of competitors.

We need to stay positive ahead of the season. Enzo Maresca learnt well from his boss, his first two games has been incredibly awesome. He is yet to settle down with his new team and he has achieved 6 points in two matches which means the competitive season we yarn for is already here. Players moving out shouldn't be an excuse for an experienced coach. Man City still has the squad that can keep them on top of the league for as long as they maintain their streak.