⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[Tmoonz]

The most Interesting game lost over the weekend, finally City dropped off some points, I don't see anything home advantage when it comes to this game, Aston villa did a good display of by leading the game in the first half, Manchester city wouldn't care where they're playing you when they wants to win a game. Aston villa came with a better game plan than their opponent,  That's indeed a good job.

Many Arsenal fans will be happy about this Manchester City loss to Aston Villa. Manchester City couldn't believe their eyes that they would lose again, three straight to Aston Villa.

Aston Villa will face off against Manchester City next year. Let it be Manchester City will break the yoke of losing to Aston Villa this time because it won't be nice that Emery will beat Manchester City under Pep Guardiola and Enzo Maresca, home and away

And so the winning streak of Aston Villa over Manchester City continues they will try again next time to stop Villa side, it’s a good news to Arsenal and all their fans, now they’re level on point with City. Aston Villa has a habit of ruining things for top teams in the Premier League.

Today Tottenham Hotspur shocked us and Chelsea fans by defeating Chelsea 2:0 away from home. It was a closely contested game for me and the unlucky red card for Cole Palmer reduced the effort of Chelsea to mount a comeback. Tottenham now have two wins.

It was a clear thrashing because from the start Chelsea started showing signs of weakness until they conceded 1 goal, Cole is gradually becoming a wasteful player for the as he's lacking contribution, got a first yellow card for a bad tackle and still went on to getting another bad tackle that result in the red card that the refree hard sent him off the pitch.

Just one bad game and the judgement has begun, the last time I checked Cole Palmer was superb that even the Chelsea fans was hailing him, that he's back, now just because of one bad game he's no more contributing to the team, anyways that's for Chelsea and it's fans, I bet in as much as that they wouldn't dare to let go of him, because deep down they still acknowledge his impact for the team, so they can't just let it go, but let's just wait and see how he plays when he's back from the ban.

[Son Of Blockchain (SOB)]

It seems that this season the competition for the Premier League trophy will be more exciting between Arsenal and Man City. Right now both have the same points, Arsenal only trails in goal productivity. This season may not be easy for Arsenal. Man City will try their best after two seasons without winning the Premier League trophy.

This is the way we want it to look like so both teams knows that even from this point, there is nothing like an unimportant game. every and any game matters and whoever starts getting a draw is sure to get taken out of the title contending race. the difference between them and brighton is going wider and except brighton gets a win over Liverpool is their encounter today, the table will almost look the way they are.

One thing that is already certain even as things stands now is that the league belongs to either arsenal or Manchester city. the rest are just struggling to remain anywhere around the the top just to qualify for next seasons champions league.

No match is ever easy as far as it's the Premier League, it’s so tough that the smallest team could even make you drop points, that’s why i don't think either of Manchester City or Arsenal would joke with any match. Since Manchester City lost their last game, they'll do everything possible to win the next so Arsenal don't get ahead.
 The league is still fresh to make that conclusion, i know that Arsenal and Manchester are currently the most competitive but Liverpool shouldn't be underrated, they're still one of the good competitors this season.

[Moeralife11]

It seems that this season the competition for the Premier League trophy will be more exciting between Arsenal and Man City. Right now both have the same points, Arsenal only trails in goal productivity. This season may not be easy for Arsenal. Man City will try their best after two seasons without winning the Premier League trophy.

This is the way we want it to look like so both teams knows that even from this point, there is nothing like an unimportant game. every and any game matters and whoever starts getting a draw is sure to get taken out of the title contending race. the difference between them and brighton is going wider and except brighton gets a win over Liverpool is their encounter today, the table will almost look the way they are.

One thing that is already certain even as things stands now is that the league belongs to either arsenal or Manchester city. the rest are just struggling to remain anywhere around the the top just to qualify for next seasons champions league.

No match is ever easy as far as it's the Premier League, it’s so tough that the smallest team could even make you drop points, that’s why i don't think either of Manchester City or Arsenal would joke with any match. Since Manchester City lost their last game, they'll do everything possible to win the next so Arsenal don't get ahead.
 The league is still fresh to make that conclusion, i know that Arsenal and Manchester are currently the most competitive but Liverpool shouldn't be underrated, they're still one of the good competitors this season.

I agree with you. The Premier League is so unpredictable that no team can afford to take any match lightly, regardless of the opponent. City losing their last game could definitely make them even more determined to respond strongly in the next one. But I also agree that it’s still too early to make any firm conclusions about the title race. Arsenal and the Manchester clubs may look very competitive right now, but Liverpool have the quality and experience to stay in the race too. There are still plenty of twists and dropped points to come, so it should be a really interesting season

[yenerbatmaz]

I believe we have reached the end of the Michael Carrick era at Manchester United. When Carrick arrived last year, he helped foster a great atmosphere at the club, but that is no longer the case. They currently sit in 16th place in the league table and are trailing 0-3 against Bournemouth.
The once-legendary Manchester United has, in recent years, become an ordinary team.
I expect Carrick to resign as manager following this match.
Manchester United has forgotten how to win; they haven't secured a victory since August 30th.

[puloweh555]

No match is ever easy as far as it's the Premier League, it’s so tough that the smallest team could even make you drop points, that’s why i don't think either of Manchester City or Arsenal would joke with any match. Since Manchester City lost their last game, they'll do everything possible to win the next so Arsenal don't get ahead.
 The league is still fresh to make that conclusion, i know that Arsenal and Manchester are currently the most competitive but Liverpool shouldn't be underrated, they're still one of the good competitors this season.

I agree with you. The Premier League is so unpredictable that no team can afford to take any match lightly, regardless of the opponent. City losing their last game could definitely make them even more determined to respond strongly in the next one. But I also agree that it’s still too early to make any firm conclusions about the title race. Arsenal and the Manchester clubs may look very competitive right now, but Liverpool have the quality and experience to stay in the race too. There are still plenty of twists and dropped points to come, so it should be a really interesting season

The EPL competition is very competitive every season and this is what sets it apart from other leagues where almost every season we can predict which team will win the title. But in the EPL it's not that easy especially since there are still 30 matches to be played and every game is tough because the smaller teams in the EPL can always cause surprises. 

Arsenal and Man City are indeed the favorites, but we also can't underestimate Liverpool or even Chelsea especially since the EPL race always gets more competitive at the start and end of the year, and the battle can even last until week 38. So, never say that this EPL season is only a competition between Arsenal and Man City because other teams can also spring surprises, especially Liverpool who are slowly starting to rise.

[KTChampions]

I believe we have reached the end of the Michael Carrick era at Manchester United. When Carrick arrived last year, he helped foster a great atmosphere at the club, but that is no longer the case. They currently sit in 16th place in the league table and are trailing 0-3 against Bournemouth.
The once-legendary Manchester United has, in recent years, become an ordinary team.
I expect Carrick to resign as manager following this match.
Manchester United has forgotten how to win; they haven't secured a victory since August 30th.

It will be interesting to see what Carrick says in his post-match interview. I’m curious to hear his take on Fernandes - specifically, why he benched him. For the past month or so, Fernandes has faced heavy criticism for his selfish style of play, did Carrick perhaps bow to the pressure and decide to try things without him? Either way, the experiment failed and United were slapped in the face in a 0-3 home defeat. I don’t know if Carrick will be fired right now, but the likelihood of him lasting until the end of the year keeps decreasing.

[Popkon6]

I believe we have reached the end of the Michael Carrick era at Manchester United. When Carrick arrived last year, he helped foster a great atmosphere at the club, but that is no longer the case. They currently sit in 16th place in the league table and are trailing 0-3 against Bournemouth.
The once-legendary Manchester United has, in recent years, become an ordinary team.
I expect Carrick to resign as manager following this match.
Manchester United has forgotten how to win; they haven't secured a victory since August 30th.

It will be interesting to see what Carrick says in his post-match interview. I’m curious to hear his take on Fernandes - specifically, why he benched him. For the past month or so, Fernandes has faced heavy criticism for his selfish style of play, did Carrick perhaps bow to the pressure and decide to try things without him? Either way, the experiment failed and United were slapped in the face in a 0-3 home defeat. I don’t know if Carrick will be fired right now, but the likelihood of him lasting until the end of the year keeps decreasing.

Michael Carrick does not treat the players well, there are various questions that he must answer in the interview. However, various people are still waiting for what he will say in the interview, Manchester United is performing so badly that I cannot imagine it. I only bet a small amount of money on that match, I lost but I have no regrets. But I cannot find any mistake in the research either,
the main problem is with Fernandes because keeping him on the bench and making other players perform is quite harmful for the team. Because of this, this is the most Michael Carrick has to answer at the moment, but let's see what he says in the interview.

[MArsland]

It will be interesting to see what Carrick says in his post-match interview. I’m curious to hear his take on Fernandes - specifically, why he benched him. For the past month or so, Fernandes has faced heavy criticism for his selfish style of play, did Carrick perhaps bow to the pressure and decide to try things without him? Either way, the experiment failed and United were slapped in the face in a 0-3 home defeat. I don’t know if Carrick will be fired right now, but the likelihood of him lasting until the end of the year keeps decreasing.

Manchester United are not saved anymore, maybe the players deliberately lose, play bad, lazy and want to get rid of Carrick, this agenda has happened many times to previous coaches. Just imagine the players and coaches last season were quite compact, performed solidly and were able to win a few games to qualify for the Champions League, but this season 8 games in a row is consistently without a win, isn't there something to investigate?

[Pi-network314159]

It seems that this season the competition for the Premier League trophy will be more exciting between Arsenal and Man City. Right now both have the same points, Arsenal only trails in goal productivity. This season may not be easy for Arsenal. Man City will try their best after two seasons without winning the Premier League trophy.

This is the way we want it to look like so both teams knows that even from this point, there is nothing like an unimportant game. every and any game matters and whoever starts getting a draw is sure to get taken out of the title contending race. the difference between them and brighton is going wider and except brighton gets a win over Liverpool is their encounter today, the table will almost look the way they are.

One thing that is already certain even as things stands now is that the league belongs to either arsenal or Manchester city. the rest are just struggling to remain anywhere around the the top just to qualify for next seasons champions league.

No match is ever easy as far as it's the Premier League, it’s so tough that the smallest team could even make you drop points, that’s why i don't think either of Manchester City or Arsenal would joke with any match. Since Manchester City lost their last game, they'll do everything possible to win the next so Arsenal don't get ahead.
 The league is still fresh to make that conclusion, i know that Arsenal and Manchester are currently the most competitive but Liverpool shouldn't be underrated, they're still one of the good competitors this season.

I agree with you, but sometimes there are easy matches for some teams especially when they are in form, this applies to the big teams of the league. But in general, the Premier league is the hardest league, the most competitive and entertaining. Almost every week there will be a big team in the league that will fail to win their match which is not the same for other leagues. Although it will be a wrong claim if I say it doesn't happen in other leagues but the main thing is, it's common in the premier League which makes it more interesting to watch. Other leagues needs to learn some things from the premier league

[HajiBagi]

I believe we have reached the end of the Michael Carrick era at Manchester United. When Carrick arrived last year, he helped foster a great atmosphere at the club, but that is no longer the case. They currently sit in 16th place in the league table and are trailing 0-3 against Bournemouth.
The once-legendary Manchester United has, in recent years, become an ordinary team.
I expect Carrick to resign as manager following this match.
Manchester United has forgotten how to win; they haven't secured a victory since August 30th.

It will be interesting to see what Carrick says in his post-match interview. I’m curious to hear his take on Fernandes - specifically, why he benched him. For the past month or so, Fernandes has faced heavy criticism for his selfish style of play, did Carrick perhaps bow to the pressure and decide to try things without him? Either way, the experiment failed and United were slapped in the face in a 0-3 home defeat. I don’t know if Carrick will be fired right now, but the likelihood of him lasting until the end of the year keeps decreasing.

Carrick did I good thing by benching in the game against Bournemouth, Bruno has been one of the selfish player for the club and the country, people criticise him during world cup that he refuse to pass to Ronaldo, I have never seen any selfish player like Bruno, since he join Manchester united the team have not been able to win any major trophy or particilate well in European competition, Bruno is ungrateful player by critism Carrick style of play, because Carrick is the reason why Bruno had a good performance last season.

I will not be surprise if Bruno leave Manchester united after this season, and I will not also be surprise if Carrick was sack because he lost to Bournemouth at Manchester United stadium, Carrick look confuse and he have started facing the same thing Amorim was facing, Manchester United owners will not make him succeed in the club, that is how they do with other coach.

[TastyChillySauce00]

United supporters seem so desperate with their club after 3-0 lose against Bournemouth recently. They were chanting Glazer to f*ck off, and it seems their owner will be sacrificing Carrick to pay the sin of their mistake. I can feel them to have a team that is one of worse club in EPL.
However, i think Carrick must not be the only one to leave the club, and i agree Glazer must also leave from MU.

I think the main concern is about how dysfunctional their management. It creates a snowball that gives impact not only to their manager, but their players as well.
They have been hiring various coaches, but always get the same result.

Let's see whether Glazer will be even caring to what fans chanted to them. 

[Zackz5000]

I believe we have reached the end of the Michael Carrick era at Manchester United. When Carrick arrived last year, he helped foster a great atmosphere at the club, but that is no longer the case. They currently sit in 16th place in the league table and are trailing 0-3 against Bournemouth.
The once-legendary Manchester United has, in recent years, become an ordinary team.
I expect Carrick to resign as manager following this match.
Manchester United has forgotten how to win; they haven't secured a victory since August 30th.

If I was Micheal Carrick I will gladly resign as a Manchester United coach because right now everything he did for the team last season has been forgotten. Manchester United is currently the worse team in the premier league now, when anyone wants to win a bet they just single Manchester United and give them to lose and it will be a sure win. From the look of things Manchester United may still struggle even though Carrick is been sacked because all Manchester United players are not inform.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

The loss of man united is disheartened and highly disappointing, it implies that . Man united has loss it in all because no team that is not flogging them goals like children team that lack training, i hard strong argument with my friends where I stated that man will lose the match because the style of football they played last match has not show they are prepared to take any lead losing in their home where will their home of wining be, already Man united management can be comfortable with the current failing style of the coach even if the condition if any has  already be given.

[Xackie]

I believe we have reached the end of the Michael Carrick era at Manchester United. When Carrick arrived last year, he helped foster a great atmosphere at the club, but that is no longer the case. They currently sit in 16th place in the league table and are trailing 0-3 against Bournemouth.
The once-legendary Manchester United has, in recent years, become an ordinary team.
I expect Carrick to resign as manager following this match.
Manchester United has forgotten how to win; they haven't secured a victory since August 30th.

It will be interesting to see what Carrick says in his post-match interview. I’m curious to hear his take on Fernandes - specifically, why he benched him. For the past month or so, Fernandes has faced heavy criticism for his selfish style of play, did Carrick perhaps bow to the pressure and decide to try things without him? Either way, the experiment failed and United were slapped in the face in a 0-3 home defeat. I don’t know if Carrick will be fired right now, but the likelihood of him lasting until the end of the year keeps decreasing.

Michael Carrick does not treat the players well, there are various questions that he must answer in the interview. However, various people are still waiting for what he will say in the interview, Manchester United is performing so badly that I cannot imagine it. I only bet a small amount of money on that match, I lost but I have no regrets. But I cannot find any mistake in the research either,
the main problem is with Fernandes because keeping him on the bench and making other players perform is quite harmful for the team. Because of this, this is the most Michael Carrick has to answer at the moment, but let's see what he says in the interview.

I am very sure by tonight or tomorrow we should be hearing report that "After a mutual agreement between both parties Micheal carrick has has parted ways with Manchester United and the board will like to thank him for his love for the club". I can't differentiate between Carricks United and Amorim United, they are similar in both ways. There's no winning passion in this club anymore. He thought by benching Bruno fernandez maybe they could be a change in the playing style, but it proved him wrong. Who are the people in the board that agreed on signing Baleba again? I don't see his impact in that midfield.  

This club needs a savior, maybe they should force sir Alex ferguson out of retirement because it looks like they can't move on without him.  Manchester United are already out of the title race after just 8 match day. I remember when United fans were saying if Carrick had coach man United from the beginning of last season he would have won the Premier league.  

[Pablo-wood]

I believe we have reached the end of the Michael Carrick era at Manchester United. When Carrick arrived last year, he helped foster a great atmosphere at the club, but that is no longer the case. They currently sit in 16th place in the league table and are trailing 0-3 against Bournemouth.
The once-legendary Manchester United has, in recent years, become an ordinary team.
I expect Carrick to resign as manager following this match.
Manchester United has forgotten how to win; they haven't secured a victory since August 30th.

If Carrick should resign who do we recommend to fill in the gap?. This is a tough moment for the red devils, they have tried several managers and none seems to deliver. Everyone counted on Carrick to begin a competitive season with ManU this season but it turns out things gets even worst by the week. 5 losses in 8 matches is a very way to start a season. The annoying part is conceding 3 goals against Bournemouth.

My concern now is who will do the job better for Man U legends and who can bring out the best out of this team as it stands.

[Olatundespo]

The loss of man united is disheartened and highly disappointing, it implies that . Man united has loss it in all because no team that is not flogging them goals like children team that lack training, i hard strong argument with my friends where I stated that man will lose the match because the style of football they played last match has not show they are prepared to take any lead losing in their home where will their home of wining be, already Man united management can be comfortable with the current failing style of the coach even if the condition if any has  already be given.

Michael Carrick is a complete failure, especially his tactics are not working. He has become an unnecessary manager for the team because if someone else had been put in his place, the results would probably not have been so bad. Manchester United should have scored at least 2 goals against Bournemouth but the team could not score any. Carrick should take responsibility for this and he should be fired. I don't understand why the team management still keep him in charge of the team, he is just destroying the team.

I was also talking to my friends about the team's performance and most of them were skeptical about United. In fact, the result of the match was against United.

[Die_empty]

If Carrick should resign who do we recommend to fill in the gap?. This is a tough moment for the red devils, they have tried several managers and none seems to deliver. Everyone counted on Carrick to begin a competitive season with ManU this season but it turns out things gets even worst by the week. 5 losses in 8 matches is a very way to start a season. The annoying part is conceding 3 goals against Bournemouth.

My concern now is who will do the job better for Man U legends and who can bring out the best out of this team as it stands.

Manchester United management are faced with a very hard decision to make. Michael Carrick proved that he deserved to be the manager last season when he helped rebuild the team and led them to make it to the UEFA Champions League. They would have to decide if it is time for him tp leave because of their current poor outings. There are also clear indications that some important players are not comfortable with the coach's tactics. His decision to keep Bruno Fernandes after his open criticism might have contributed to today's loss to Bournemouth.

There are rumours that Antonio Conte is being considered for the job. But the Italian dismissed the claim. It has not also been confirmed by the club. We would have to wait for a few days to see if the club with still keep faith with Carrick or we would be shown the door.

[Humblevirus]

The loss of man united is disheartened and highly disappointing, it implies that . Man united has loss it in all because no team that is not flogging them goals like children team that lack training, i hard strong argument with my friends where I stated that man will lose the match because the style of football they played last match has not show they are prepared to take any lead losing in their home where will their home of wining be, already Man united management can be comfortable with the current failing style of the coach even if the condition if any has  already be given.

When I see teams that don't have quality players, like Manchester United, performing well, I always start asking myself what the real problem with Manchester United is. I hardly get answers to this question because I also think the coach is the problem leading them to perform so poorly. However, if the coach is the problem, how did Manchester United manage to perform so well last season under Carrick

I never expected Manchester United to lose form and perform this poorly. Whenever they meet a team, they always seem to struggle. Just imagine that after their Champions League match against Como, which got people talking about the four goals they conceded, they have now conceded another three goals at OldTrafford against Bournemouth, who are not even in particularly great form.Things have really gotten worse for Manchester United, and if they don't take action quickly to solve this problem, the position they may end up in at the end of the season could be something they will regret.

[Juicyhome]

Michael Carrick is a complete failure, especially his tactics are not working. He has become an unnecessary manager for the team because if someone else had been put in his place, the results would probably not have been so bad. Manchester United should have scored at least 2 goals against Bournemouth but the team could not score any. Carrick should take responsibility for this and he should be fired. I don't understand why the team management still keep him in charge of the team, he is just destroying the team.

I was also talking to my friends about the team's performance and most of them were skeptical about United. In fact, the result of the match was against United.

I agree,  Michael Carrick is depressed and has lack ideas on what to do with the squad his players rotation is so bad he doesn't know his weak players and he like to play players out of positions,  for the past three games he has been playing Santo, Tielemans and Mount in the midfield and they have been terrible in all forms yet he kept playing them in every single game, it's the worst mistake from the coach and he should be sack immediately,  he has no knowledge of football,  the performance was so poor from the players, this is the most terrible Manchester united squad  in Manchester united history and if care is not taken Manchester united will be relegated to championship,  Carrick has lost control over the dressing room.

I thought the team will restores confidence to the fans in this game,  but they lost it again,  7 points in 8 games is absolutely unacceptable and is a sacking offense, I still don't understand why the management cat sack him now we have 30 games to the end of the season before things get worst, I'm just tired to complain every day, I'm sick of this club.

[Primark]

No team is undefeated. Aston Villa had a rough start to the season, but they handed Manchester City their first loss. Meanwhile Arsenal beat Everton without Saka. Now points are tied at the top. We already knew these 2 teams would be locked in a tight race in the league. They are by far the best teams in the league. Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United are clearly struggling. There's no third team capable of challenging Arsenal and City.

I understand why you have made Manchester City and Arsenal the title contenders. I think you may have focused more on their 21 points after 8 matches, which is certainly a good start. But it is absurd to say that no other team can challenge them. I think you should have considered Brighton's current situation before saying that. Because Brighton finished yesterday's matches with a total of 16 points from 7 matches. That is, their position is not clear because they have played 1 match less than Manchester and Arsenal. However, if they win those 1 matches in the future, the gap will be reduced to only 2 points. That is why I asked you to consider Brighton.