⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[ingiltere]

No one said Arsenal is not in the second position in the table but rather what people are talking about is the loss against Brighton, that was really huge, 3:0 in favor of Brighton was more like a humiliation for Arsenal even though it was Brighton's home, the goals was much and the worst part of all was that Arsenal could not score a single goal to spoil the clean shit but their next meeting will be different, I'm sure even if Arsenal will win them, I won't be easy. The season is still long so Arsenal can still climb Manchester city.

I think the loss to Brighton shouldn't be a big deal. They're a good team and any team can lose at their home stadium. Yes, conceding 3 goals looks bad, but every team can have a bad day. Arsenal will make up for it in other matches. Looking at the league as a whole, Arsenal is playing well and it seems their only real rival is still City. Of course City will also have away games where they lose points. I don't think there's a problem with the game plan or the goalkeeper. Arteta has surely learned from this loss.

[Byebyebtc]

Manchester United performance against Fulham was just a continuation of their flop against Brighton in the league cup match they played last week.

Since Manchester United lost against Manchester city, and Brighton I was expecting them to win against Fulham, since Fulham performance has been so bad this season, they have not even been able to win any match this season, and Manchester United couldn’t even win them. Manchester United were even lucky to get a draw in the match, because they scored their goal towards the ending of the match.

I agree Manchester united would have also lost that match if not for the bold decision chunia had to try from outside the box, fullham also could not hold 1-0 win till the end..

Bruno Fernandez was totally not present in the match because he didn't make any impact through out the match, the achievement he got last season would be surprising to one who just started watching football this season, at this point is not only about the coach the individual performance of every play needs to be better.

[Nightwatchmare]

It seems the corner kick strategy isn't working for Arsenal this season, nothing really worked for Arsenal today against Brighton who were by car the best team amongst all English premier League teams that played today.
I have an Arsenal fan around that wasn't too anger and said that Brighton are scoring for fun And yes he was very correct about that.
Maybe the Arsenal fans who were literally more focused on Lamine Yamal statement will find a better thing to worry about.

The corner kick strategy was not working for Arsenal late last season that was the reason they were struggling to win their games when the 2025-2026 premier league season was remaining 5 to 6 games to end, and i think Mikel Arteta did not use the corner kick strategy against Brighton because he knew it is not working. Nothing worked for Arsenal against Brighton, Arsenal played up to 68 minutes with no shot on target. I am happy as Brighton defeated and humiliated Arsenal, now they will go back to draw board to restrategize. My Arsenal friend told me their loss against Brighton means nothing, l laughed hard and i did not argue with him because i knew he said that to console himself.

[Chilwell]

No one said Arsenal is not in the second position in the table but rather what people are talking about is the loss against Brighton, that was really huge, 3:0 in favor of Brighton was more like a humiliation for Arsenal even though it was Brighton's home, the goals was much and the worst part of all was that Arsenal could not score a single goal to spoil the clean shit but their next meeting will be different, I'm sure even if Arsenal will win them, I won't be easy. The season is still long so Arsenal can still climb Manchester city.

I think the loss to Brighton shouldn't be a big deal. They're a good team and any team can lose at their home stadium. Yes, conceding 3 goals looks bad, but every team can have a bad day. Arsenal will make up for it in other matches. Looking at the league as a whole, Arsenal is playing well and it seems their only real rival is still City. Of course City will also have away games where they lose points. I don't think there's a problem with the game plan or the goalkeeper. Arteta has surely learned from this loss.

You have bringing out a good point here, since the starting of the season arsenal has not decline in their performance except when they played against Brighton, a lot of people are seriously saying that Arsenal has lost form, which I disagree with them because how can we  judge the performance of a team, using a single match that they failed to secure victory. It was a big shock to me when I saw the results and I immediately check it very well and realize that it was about their defense line. I am very confident that the manager will do everything possible to bring out arsenal to the stage they supposed to be. Arsenal are the current champion and they still have the strength of winning it again, which I still have hope for them in that.

[Princess Leah]

You have bringing out a good point here, since the starting of the season arsenal has not decline in their performance except when they played against Brighton, a lot of people are seriously saying that Arsenal has lost form, which I disagree with them because how can we  judge the performance of a team, using a single match that they failed to secure victory. It was a big shock to me when I saw the results and I immediately check it very well and realize that it was about their defense line. I am very confident that the manager will do everything possible to bring out arsenal to the stage they supposed to be. Arsenal are the current champion and they still have the strength of winning it again, which I still have hope for them in that.

It's either they're rival fans who wants the team to drop form or speaking out of emotions of a lost bet. A team can't suddenly lose form cause they lost one match, it’s when they consistently perform poorly like Tottenham and Manchester United are currently doing that we can agree that they've lost form. Arsenal is still one of the best in the league and might still end up winning it.

 I was shocked too cause i expected better from Arsenal, well that's football especially in the Premier League where the unimaginable happens, if i was being told that Arsenal would lose to Brighton without scoring any goal, i would've argued that but then it's the Premier League and anything is possible afterall.

[liasbaa]

No one said Arsenal is not in the second position in the table but rather what people are talking about is the loss against Brighton, that was really huge, 3:0 in favor of Brighton was more like a humiliation for Arsenal even though it was Brighton's home, the goals was much and the worst part of all was that Arsenal could not score a single goal to spoil the clean shit but their next meeting will be different, I'm sure even if Arsenal will win them, I won't be easy. The season is still long so Arsenal can still climb Manchester city.

I think the loss to Brighton shouldn't be a big deal. They're a good team and any team can lose at their home stadium. Yes, conceding 3 goals looks bad, but every team can have a bad day. Arsenal will make up for it in other matches. Looking at the league as a whole, Arsenal is playing well and it seems their only real rival is still City. Of course City will also have away games where they lose points. I don't think there's a problem with the game plan or the goalkeeper. Arteta has surely learned from this loss.

With Brighton performing well, Arsenal loss was probably natural, but the problem was that the goal difference was too high, and Arsenal lost 3-0. Arsenal will definitely bounce back in the next matches and put in a more impressive performance. Arteta will definitely come up with the best strategy to keep the trophy winning streak going. The team played well but failed to score a goal due to Brighton's overly active defense. Arsenal suffered their first defeat of the season, and this is a lesson for them and the team will learn a lot from it.

[WatChe]

I think the loss to Brighton shouldn't be a big deal. They're a good team and any team can lose at their home stadium. Yes, conceding 3 goals looks bad, but every team can have a bad day. Arsenal will make up for it in other matches. Looking at the league as a whole, Arsenal is playing well and it seems their only real rival is still City. Of course City will also have away games where they lose points. I don't think there's a problem with the game plan or the goalkeeper. Arteta has surely learned from this loss.

There are still 33 games left in this season, which means Arsenal and other teams still have enough time to recover from early loses of this season. The loss against Brighton will be nothing for Arsenal, if they didn't repeat such mistakes in upcoming matches. Conceding three goals in a single match is something Arteta must look for because it shows their are weakness in Arsenal defence. At the moment it looks like that contest is between Gunners and Man City but its too early to say that others won't catch up to give tough time to both these teams.  

[Sticky Bomb]

I agree Manchester united would have also lost that match if not for the bold decision chunia had to try from outside the box, fullham also could not hold 1-0 win till the end..

Bruno Fernandez was totally not present in the match because he didn't make any impact through out the match, the achievement he got last season would be surprising to one who just started watching football this season, at this point is not only about the coach the individual performance of every play needs to be better.

Manchester united were lucky to share points in that match, it was a very boring performance from both teams. I agree that players individual performances is also declining, not only Bruno, but L.Martinez, Mainoo, even Rashford. They looked lost, confused and unmotivated throughout the match, I wonder what happened to the team confidence, has it evaporated or what?

Not just about Bruno's award, anyone who just started watching football would be imagining how Manchester United finished third last season.

[B-BossMan]

No one said Arsenal is not in the second position in the table but rather what people are talking about is the loss against Brighton, that was really huge, 3:0 in favor of Brighton was more like a humiliation for Arsenal even though it was Brighton's home, the goals was much and the worst part of all was that Arsenal could not score a single goal to spoil the clean shit but their next meeting will be different, I'm sure even if Arsenal will win them, I won't be easy. The season is still long so Arsenal can still climb Manchester city.

I think the loss to Brighton shouldn't be a big deal. They're a good team and any team can lose at their home stadium. Yes, conceding 3 goals looks bad, but every team can have a bad day. Arsenal will make up for it in other matches. Looking at the league as a whole, Arsenal is playing well and it seems their only real rival is still City. Of course City will also have away games where they lose points. I don't think there's a problem with the game plan or the goalkeeper. Arteta has surely learned from this loss.

With Brighton performing well, Arsenal loss was probably natural, but the problem was that the goal difference was too high, and Arsenal lost 3-0. Arsenal will definitely bounce back in the next matches and put in a more impressive performance. Arteta will definitely come up with the best strategy to keep the trophy winning streak going. The team played well but failed to score a goal due to Brighton's overly active defense. Arsenal suffered their first defeat of the season, and this is a lesson for them and the team will learn a lot from it.

To be honest, that particular match against Arsenal's and Brighton was a match that would not be quickly forgotten, and that defeats has actually revealed all thier weaken points, presently Arsenal needs to work harder and act strongly against thier next matches, Leeds are also not a weak team to underestimate. The previous match has actually shown that, even if a team has a stronger defenses, they can be defeated, that's exactly what Brighton did to Arsenal in thier last match, because no one expected Arsenal could lose the match so freely. Well that's how football works at times. So it's never a new thing and I know Arsenal's team fixes thier lapses.

[Stormisover]

No one said Arsenal is not in the second position in the table but rather what people are talking about is the loss against Brighton, that was really huge, 3:0 in favor of Brighton was more like a humiliation for Arsenal even though it was Brighton's home, the goals was much and the worst part of all was that Arsenal could not score a single goal to spoil the clean shit but their next meeting will be different, I'm sure even if Arsenal will win them, I won't be easy. The season is still long so Arsenal can still climb Manchester city.

I think the loss to Brighton shouldn't be a big deal. They're a good team and any team can lose at their home stadium. Yes, conceding 3 goals looks bad, but every team can have a bad day. Arsenal will make up for it in other matches. Looking at the league as a whole, Arsenal is playing well and it seems their only real rival is still City. Of course City will also have away games where they lose points. I don't think there's a problem with the game plan or the goalkeeper. Arteta has surely learned from this loss.

I completely understood where you're hitting at, but one thing you must know is in as much as Manchester City will drop points same way Arsenal will drop also, they cant just lost a game for the whole season they will still have some couple of lose and draw same as Manchester City, but the thing is it's still to early for Arsenal for this lost, like no one actually believed it will happen that way, and eve if one has expected them to lose at least not with 3 goals to nothing, it's quite embarrassing for their form at the moment, I only hope they correct the mistake next game.

[Pi-network314159]

It seems the corner kick strategy isn't working for Arsenal this season, nothing really worked for Arsenal today against Brighton who were by car the best team amongst all English premier League teams that played today.
I have an Arsenal fan around that wasn't too anger and said that Brighton are scoring for fun And yes he was very correct about that.
Maybe the Arsenal fans who were literally more focused on Lamine Yamal statement will find a better thing to worry about.

The corner kick strategy was not working for Arsenal late last season that was the reason they were struggling to win their games when the 2025-2026 premier league season was remaining 5 to 6 games to end, and i think Mikel Arteta did not use the corner kick strategy against Brighton because he knew it is not working. Nothing worked for Arsenal against Brighton, Arsenal played up to 68 minutes with no shot on target. I am happy as Brighton defeated and humiliated Arsenal, now they will go back to draw board to restrategize. My Arsenal friend told me their loss against Brighton means nothing, l laughed hard and i did not argue with him because i knew he said that to console himself.

Their strategy almost all through last season, it's not that they were playing corners alone, they were cheating with it as well. Last season, before they play the corner, their defenders will block the keeper in some cases, they do melt professional fouls on the keeper of defender before ball is crossed and they will score from it. Teams complained about this bit nothing was done,  I think other teams started taking cognisance of it and deviced a means to stop it. There was a team that used this same method on Arsenal, they scored and won about one to two goals with it. Arsenal complained about it forgetting it's what they were doing almost all season long.

[Callido]

Last season, Arsenal lost a few games and still won the league. I still see them as challengers for the title. Man City is topping the table by 3 points. Both teams are the title contenders this season.

No favorite for the Premier League title other than Arsenal, the banter from opposing fans is not a threat to Arsenal still the best team likely to win the Premier League trophy, and Manchester City staying on top of the league table looks to be temporary, their performance is not yet able to hold them all along the season without dropping important points, not enough to consider them the best candidate in the competition.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

No one said Arsenal is not in the second position in the table but rather what people are talking about is the loss against Brighton, that was really huge, 3:0 in favor of Brighton was more like a humiliation for Arsenal even though it was Brighton's home, the goals was much and the worst part of all was that Arsenal could not score a single goal to spoil the clean shit but their next meeting will be different, I'm sure even if Arsenal will win them, I won't be easy. The season is still long so Arsenal can still climb Manchester city.

I think the loss to Brighton shouldn't be a big deal. They're a good team and any team can lose at their home stadium. Yes, conceding 3 goals looks bad, but every team can have a bad day. Arsenal will make up for it in other matches. Looking at the league as a whole, Arsenal is playing well and it seems their only real rival is still City. Of course City will also have away games where they lose points. I don't think there's a problem with the game plan or the goalkeeper. Arteta has surely learned from this loss.

With Brighton performing well, Arsenal loss was probably natural, but the problem was that the goal difference was too high, and Arsenal lost 3-0. Arsenal will definitely bounce back in the next matches and put in a more impressive performance. Arteta will definitely come up with the best strategy to keep the trophy winning streak going. The team played well but failed to score a goal due to Brighton's overly active defense. Arsenal suffered their first defeat of the season, and this is a lesson for them and the team will learn a lot from it.

Brighton managed to produce something very magical in two consecutive matches as I saw them first put Manchester United under a lot of pressure in the third round of the EFL Carabao Cup and they won that match 3-2 to qualify for the fourth round against Manchester City.

The team, on the other hand, completely destroyed the reigning Premier League champions Arsenal as that is undoubtedly correct they did not concede a single goal in that game but were able to beat Arsenal by three goals. In our view this team did not show high level skills last season but this season they are performing like an experienced team from the early stages.

[Solodoski]

I agree Manchester united would have also lost that match if not for the bold decision chunia had to try from outside the box, fullham also could not hold 1-0 win till the end..

Bruno Fernandez was totally not present in the match because he didn't make any impact through out the match, the achievement he got last season would be surprising to one who just started watching football this season, at this point is not only about the coach the individual performance of every play needs to be better.

Manchester United will be very happy to get a point from that game, because they were close to losing all 3 points to Fulham,  bit they were able to salvage a draw which is better than losing the game. I also think that Manchester United have been very poor since the beginning of thos season, I am even surprised with the way they are performing right now, because they ended well last season,  so I was expecting that same energy,  but I have I have been very disappointed so far. I think the issue is beyond the manager alone and the players needs to step up too, because they are not doing well right now.

[l99l]

Last season, Arsenal lost a few games and still won the league. I still see them as challengers for the title. Man City is topping the table by 3 points. Both teams are the title contenders this season.

No favorite for the Premier League title other than Arsenal, the banter from opposing fans is not a threat to Arsenal still the best team likely to win the Premier League trophy, and Manchester City staying on top of the league table looks to be temporary, their performance is not yet able to hold them all along the season without dropping important points, not enough to consider them the best candidate in the competition.

Manchester City has secured five wins in five matches.
At the very least, they haven't suffered a crushing defeat like Arsenal did. Arsenal couldn't do a thing against Brighton they lost 3–0 without even managing to put up a fight. Manchester City wouldn't lose to Brighton like that. City has also significantly strengthened its midfield they have Anderson and Fernandez. I’m not sure it’s right to underestimate Manchester City in the title race.

[YUriy1991]

Manchester City has secured five wins in five matches.
At the very least, they haven't suffered a crushing defeat like Arsenal did. Arsenal couldn't do a thing against Brighton they lost 3–0 without even managing to put up a fight. Manchester City wouldn't lose to Brighton like that. City has also significantly strengthened its midfield they have Anderson and Fernandez. I’m not sure it’s right to underestimate Manchester City in the title race.

Right now, Manchester City is showing a very strong winning trend they won every match played so far and sit on 15 points in the provisional standings. It’s excellent, and I think they win the title this season. Their players are becoming increasingly cohesive. Antoine Semenyo and Erling Haaland are looking lethal up front, and their defense is rock solid. Coach Enzo Maresca has found the right formula. The upcoming match against Liverpool after the international break will be the real test, but I believe Manchester City will still win the macth they hold the advantage in terms of squad quality and tactics.

[Female King]

Manchester City has secured five wins in five matches.
At the very least, they haven't suffered a crushing defeat like Arsenal did. Arsenal couldn't do a thing against Brighton they lost 3–0 without even managing to put up a fight. Manchester City wouldn't lose to Brighton like that. City has also significantly strengthened its midfield they have Anderson and Fernandez. I’m not sure it’s right to underestimate Manchester City in the title race.

Right now, Manchester City is showing a very strong winning trend they won every match played so far and sit on 15 points in the provisional standings. It’s excellent, and I think they win the title this season. Their players are becoming increasingly cohesive. Antoine Semenyo and Erling Haaland are looking lethal up front, and their defense is rock solid. Coach Enzo Maresca has found the right formula. The upcoming match against Liverpool after the international break will be the real test, but I believe Manchester City will still win the macth they hold the advantage in terms of squad quality and tactics.

As of now Manchester city is at there best, every team has drop points this season except them and when they get up the table it become difficult for them to come down, but let's not conclude so fast now since the season is still new we can't tell what will happen before mid season some other teams could also pick up form while manchester city could drop form too but if they continue winning like this to some extend it will be difficult to stop them. Arsenal seems to be one of the good side that might fight manchester city for the title, although the season is long i believe we have many drama to watch.

[Stable090]

As of now Manchester city is at there best, every team has drop points this season except them and when they get up the table it become difficult for them to come down,

Manchester city is the only club that haven’t lost any point this season, they are currently at the top of the table, but we should know that they can’t continue to win all their matches, they definitely going to lose and play draw in some matches, it’s something they can’t avoid. They started the season so well, let’s hope they going to continue with their good performance until end of the season.

Arsenal seems to be one of the good side that might fight manchester city for the title, although the season is long i believe we have many drama to watch.

The two teams which I believe will fight for the premier league title this season is Arsenal and Manchester city, with how other teams are performing, I don’t really think they will be able to win the premier league title this season, they don’t really have the squad which can win the premier league title for them. The season is just starting, just 5 matches have been played, let’s just see how every club will perform this season.

[Mr Reporter]

Manchester United will be very happy to get a point from that game, because they were close to losing all 3 points to Fulham,  bit they were able to salvage a draw which is better than losing the game. I also think that Manchester United have been very poor since the beginning of thos season, I am even surprised with the way they are performing right now, because they ended well last season,  so I was expecting that same energy,  but I have I have been very disappointed so far. I think the issue is beyond the manager alone and the players needs to step up too, because they are not doing well right now.

That draw against fulham was more like a win for the united considering how the game went, but they are lucky not to lose all the 3 points because that would make them lose hope, just as you have said i don't think that thw problems is from the manager because last season they finished well so i don't see any reason how it was the fault of the manger maybe in some ways, i was very obvious that players had no fight  just sloppy passes all through their games...

But the fact still remains if they don't step up in there games and even if the manger are been sacked the same loses might still happened, I think its a collective failure of both teams,  but let's see what they will do after this international break we be hoping...

[Derekfunds]

No one said Arsenal is not in the second position in the table but rather what people are talking about is the loss against Brighton, that was really huge, 3:0 in favor of Brighton was more like a humiliation for Arsenal even though it was Brighton's home, the goals was much and the worst part of all was that Arsenal could not score a single goal to spoil the clean shit but their next meeting will be different, I'm sure even if Arsenal will win them, I won't be easy. The season is still long so Arsenal can still climb Manchester city.

I think the loss to Brighton shouldn't be a big deal. They're a good team and any team can lose at their home stadium. Yes, conceding 3 goals looks bad, but every team can have a bad day. Arsenal will make up for it in other matches. Looking at the league as a whole, Arsenal is playing well and it seems their only real rival is still City. Of course City will also have away games where they lose points. I don't think there's a problem with the game plan or the goalkeeper. Arteta has surely learned from this loss.

I don't really mean to say Arsenal has lost form rather I was just saying that the loss was something else I mean 3:0 from Brighton that was an insane result for a team like Arsenal, I know no team is perfect but when we are talking about teams in sports now, Arsenal will be counted first if not for Barcelona that is smashing any team they jam. However, it will be wrong for you to think that Manchester city is the only rival Arsenal has when Brighton just smashed Arsenal 3:0, have you imagine what the next game will be like?