⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[hmbdofficial]

Are sure that's the sanction that's affecting their performance because they weren't looking good on the pitch. They played as if they will make a come back in the second half after Cherki's goal but Delap stole that hope from them on the 73rd minutes with his clinical finish to give his team all three points and put City six points behind Arsenal who struggled to win their own game. I feel that in the beginning of this season. Manchester City players were still using Pep strategy to win their matches but they can no longer use it to exploit their opponents again.

It can’t be the sanctions that is affecting the team performance now. They were still playing well and winning games even after the charge was confirmed guilty. This news didn’t start last week it’s has been around since game week4 I think, and Manchester City were wining game consistently. They didn’t let it get to them. Let say the team is dropping form and maybe other teams have studied them and have seen the deficiencies in the team. The Manchester City defence has not being good and I think marc guehi should be brought back to the starting team, the team have lost two games consecutively since he was benched and they really do not realise his importance in the team ?
Losing to Nottingham forest could be the last thing I could think of from Manchester City I never saw it coming. I had thought Manchester City would even win comfortably without conceding a goal just to secure their spot among the teams that are showing signs of contending for the title. Now it’s not looking good for the city as Arsenal are ahead with 6 point after Manchester didn’t make use of the two opportunities to close the game even when Arsenal lost an unexpected game to Brighton.

[Oluwa-btc]

Arsenal once again secured all three points with a single goal. They beat Hull City 1-0 at home.
Hull City dropped points continue and the team that started the season so well is now going through a decline.

Manchester City suffered a heavy defeat away to Nottingham Forest, losing the match 3-1.
Manchester City have now lost their last three league matches and the gap between them and Arsenal has increased to six points.
There is a noticeable decline in the team performances.

Mikel Arteta will most definitely win the Premier League Competition all over again, one can say that there's no enough competition as we saw with Pep Guardiola over the season. Congratulations to them, they deserve the win ahead of the international friendly games. As for Hull City, they will most definitely face loses but they will not be relegated.

I predicted the other day that this should be their first major win at home. Olivier Glasner did beat Enzo Maresca during their meetings between Crystal Palace and Chelsea. He has just proved himself already as the boss. Congratulations to him for the win, there should be a lot more.

[JiiBs]

Manchester city have never been the same after Pep Guardiola left the club, they are finding it difficult to replicate the same performance they have been at during when Pep Guardiola’s Era at the club so it’s not because of the sanctions

They’ve never being the same and would never be. Towards the end of Pep’s tenure with the club, the team was already facing some difficulties and could only get worst after he left the team.
What’s rather surprising is how the team is losing games at a stretch, with almost the same set of players. It’s what happens when you’re playing under a manager that doesn’t motivate you to play. That’s what I think is happening at Manchester City right now.
Imagine them being dominated by Nottingham Forest today, the team we knew is gone.

[Floczy]

Mikel Arteta will most definitely win the Premier League Competition all over again

Definitely?

One mess up and Brighton will have it, the team every onece regarded to a small team ends up winning the primer league will be the first thing you'll see in news 

Mind you it's very possible, Brighton recently has been a problem for big teams and even small teams, they are not biased.

[Baki202]

I don't really know what's going on at Manchester City. Today they had to swallow a bitter pill over their defeat from Nottingham who had previously collected only 6 points from 9 matches. Manchester City dominated the game - but they didn't score more than 1 goal and ultimately lost 3-1. City's defeat today was their third in a row in the Premier League - so I think they are in trouble and struggling to get back. I don't think Enzo Maresca's Manchester City career will long - he will have to fight hard and prove himself, the shadow of failure is clearly there and he will have to consider the bad aspects of his team's performance.

Same question because all my focus was that we are going to win against  Nottingham but since we did not win because even with all the dominating we still did not win the way the club have been declining is just giving more reasons why they won't trust us this season, just imagine Nottingham Forest scoring 3 goals is just very embarrassing and at least drawing the game would have even kept our reputation but rather see what happened, what next will happen because the way the case might be am already losing hope gradually because am sure even arsenal would not make this kind of mistake and what matters the most is that every point counts so we have to show we know what we are doing and sincerely I actually miss pep. Enzo Maresca needs to do better because we are not yet convinced of how capable he can deliver because is just annoying losing tonight's game.

[Balmain]

While Manchester City keeps losing, Arsenal keeps winning. Arsenal is collecting three points through one-goal victories at the very least, they aren't losing. One has to wonder who is responsible for Manchester City’s string of defeats. They essentially gifted a win to Nottingham Forest, a team near the bottom of the table, thanks to this victory over City, Forest has managed to climb out of the relegation zone. There is now a six-point gap between them and Arsenal a margin that surely spells significant stress for Maresca.

[Agbam]

Mikel Arteta will most definitely win the Premier League Competition all over again

Definitely?

One mess up and Brighton will have it, the team every onece regarded to a small team ends up winning the primer league will be the first thing you'll see in news 

Mind you it's very possible, Brighton recently has been a problem for big teams and even small teams, they are not biased.

No doubt with the way Brighton have been playing, they’re definitely a challenger but I don’t see them lifting it, it’s going to take more than what they’re doing now. We have to see long term consistency and how they perform on tough games.

Arsenal are lonely at the top now 6 points clear but it’s not the first time we’ve seen them with a high margin point difference but since they won the league the last time, there’s a probability they may win it again. They’re getting used to winning titles now.

[Ayers]

Arsenal dominated the match from start to finish and managed to beat Hull City 1-0. This victory gives them some relaxed  as they can now watch Manchester City's game. If Manchester City loses any points in that game, Arsenal will increase their points difference. Manchester City have no choice but to win their away game against Nottingham Forest, as their strongest rival in the title race Arsenal finished their match without dropping any points.

This was very difficult match for Gunners. Although Arsenal boys dominated the match, scoring was a major challenge for them. The attacking frailties of Mikel arteta's team were evident in this match as well. They took total of  21 shot, with 10 shot on target but managed to score only once.

Premier league leaders performance remains consistent, but such a performanc can not be called strong one, having scored only  15 goal in 10  match. The team sits at top of the table solely because of their strong defense. Arteta's defensive strategy is working quite well. Even so, the Emirates outfit should strengthen their attacking lineup further, because if their backline somehow collapse, it will become very difficult for them to maintain stability. Same time, Arsenal are also facing tough struggle against strong defense.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Updating the current winning odds for EPL.

Arsenal 75% 1.50
Brighton 7% 15.00
Manchester City 7% 6.50
Liverpool 6% 13.00
Chelsea 6% 21.00

I think Arsenal is already winning the title? There's no club that can be as consistent as them in winning the game. Arsenal is way too stronger and too stable to beat. I don't see Maresca is capable in beating Arteta when his club is always suffering terrible defeat.
All of city players look like bozo. We make one and another mistake. So no reason we can't compete for Arsenal in term of title chaser.

So many players became defense liability in City. I think their season is already finished. No competitor to chase the title for Arsenal. It seems their b2b is around ahead of us. I also can't understand the obsession owned by Maresca when Bouaddi is there.
Maresca is a disaster. 

[laspol65]

While Manchester City keeps losing, Arsenal keeps winning. Arsenal is collecting three points through one-goal victories at the very least, they aren't losing. One has to wonder who is responsible for Manchester City’s string of defeats. They essentially gifted a win to Nottingham Forest, a team near the bottom of the table, thanks to this victory over City, Forest has managed to climb out of the relegation zone. There is now a six-point gap between them and Arsenal a margin that surely spells significant stress for Maresca.

At the moment, Manchester City is performing so badly that they don't know their advanced strategy, the coach has finally shown a bad performance. Enzo Maresca He has been losing to such teams for the last few matches, it seems that the coach of Manchester City is very weak. Of course, he needs to follow a different strategy, if he doesn't follow a different strategy, then the situation of Manchester City will be even worse.
Because Manchester City, which was in first place in the points table, is now in second place, with a big gap, but the gap is now six points with Arsenal.
I think that the relationship between Manchester City's coach and players is not going well now, is this the result?

[Popkon6]

Updating the current winning odds for EPL.

Arsenal 75% 1.50
Brighton 7% 15.00
Manchester City 7% 6.50
Liverpool 6% 13.00
Chelsea 6% 21.00

I think Arsenal is already winning the title? There's no club that can be as consistent as them in winning the game. Arsenal is way too stronger and too stable to beat. I don't see Maresca is capable in beating Arteta when his club is always suffering terrible defeat.
All of city players look like bozo. We make one and another mistake. So no reason we can't compete for Arsenal in term of title chaser.

So many players became defense liability in City. I think their season is already finished. No competitor to chase the title for Arsenal. It seems their b2b is around ahead of us. I also can't understand the obsession owned by Maresca when Bouaddi is there.
Maresca is a disaster. 

I agree with you, because Manchester City team is the top team in the point table, how come they are not in a winning streak. Arsenal team is now at the bottom of the winning streak, Manchester City team is in second place. The point gap between Arsenal team and Manchester City team is increasing a lot, Manchester City team lost this match with Forest team, is it something to do with it?
They cannot agree with Enzo Maresca and Manchester City team's strategy. Because of which their continuous failure signs have emerged, Arsenal team has taken this opportunity to dominate themselves and improve their style of play more. But at this stage, let's see if Arsenal team can change their attack department a little, then I definitely don't see them as a team to beat, Arsenal team will be the best.

[Franctoshi]

Manchester City has lost three consecutive matches. It is highly likely that the potential sanctions they face in the Premier League have had a negative impact on the players; there is no other explanation for this.
Today, they were defeated by Forest as well. I believe this decline at City will continue.
There is simply no other way to explain a loss to a weak side like Nottingham. Their next match is against Fulham in Manchester—I’ve become quite curious about the outcome of that one.

This is not far from the truth, I guess as the club's team, it's most likely that their legal management team in charge of this case might have briefed them with a bit of update and what to expect that we don't know yet regarding the judgement and sanctions that may follow suit and which has contributed to their poor performance and have demoralised these players to put in their best of performance.

An incredible string of losses following a 7-game winning streak, right? It really looks as though something has broken down - even Haaland has gone missing. Today, for instance, after rounding the goalkeeper, he took a shot without even looking and hit a defender instead. He didn’t even seem upset, as if that weren’t even remotely the main issue. By the way, the deadline to appeal the case regarding their rule violations is coming up soon, and the verdict will be made public, that’s likely why they’re all so downcast.

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[Ale88]

Are sure that's the sanction that's affecting their performance because they weren't looking good on the pitch. They played as if they will make a come back in the second half after Cherki's goal but Delap stole that hope from them on the 73rd minutes with his clinical finish to give his team all three points and put City six points behind Arsenal who struggled to win their own game. I feel that in the beginning of this season. Manchester City players were still using Pep strategy to win their matches but they can no longer use it to exploit their opponents again.

It can’t be the sanctions that is affecting the team performance now. They were still playing well and winning games even after the charge was confirmed guilty. This news didn’t start last week it’s has been around since game week4 I think, and Manchester City were wining game consistently. They didn’t let it get to them. Let say the team is dropping form and maybe other teams have studied them and have seen the deficiencies in the team. The Manchester City defence has not being good and I think marc guehi should be brought back to the starting team, the team have lost two games consecutively since he was benched and they really do not realise his importance in the team ?
Losing to Nottingham forest could be the last thing I could think of from Manchester City I never saw it coming. I had thought Manchester City would even win comfortably without conceding a goal just to secure their spot among the teams that are showing signs of contending for the title. Now it’s not looking good for the city as Arsenal are ahead with 6 point after Manchester didn’t make use of the two opportunities to close the game even when Arsenal lost an unexpected game to Brighton.

I wouldn't brush it off so quickly: the accusations are very serious and something will happen for sure otherwise the Premier League would lose its face. Maybe at first the players weren't thinking about it too much but it's something that surely stays in you head, you can't simply ignore it and, whether they like it or not, it does affect the performances and the concentration. I didn't expect City to lose this match.

[Loyang]

Are sure that's the sanction that's affecting their performance because they weren't looking good on the pitch. They played as if they will make a come back in the second half after Cherki's goal but Delap stole that hope from them on the 73rd minutes with his clinical finish to give his team all three points and put City six points behind Arsenal who struggled to win their own game. I feel that in the beginning of this season. Manchester City players were still using Pep strategy to win their matches but they can no longer use it to exploit their opponents again.

It can’t be the sanctions that is affecting the team performance now. They were still playing well and winning games even after the charge was confirmed guilty. This news didn’t start last week it’s has been around since game week4 I think, and Manchester City were wining game consistently. They didn’t let it get to them. Let say the team is dropping form and maybe other teams have studied them and have seen the deficiencies in the team. The Manchester City defence has not being good and I think marc guehi should be brought back to the starting team, the team have lost two games consecutively since he was benched and they really do not realise his importance in the team ?
Losing to Nottingham forest could be the last thing I could think of from Manchester City I never saw it coming. I had thought Manchester City would even win comfortably without conceding a goal just to secure their spot among the teams that are showing signs of contending for the title. Now it’s not looking good for the city as Arsenal are ahead with 6 point after Manchester didn’t make use of the two opportunities to close the game even when Arsenal lost an unexpected game to Brighton.

I wouldn't brush it off so quickly: the accusations are very serious and something will happen for sure otherwise the Premier League would lose its face. Maybe at first the players weren't thinking about it too much but it's something that surely stays in you head, you can't simply ignore it and, whether they like it or not, it does affect the performances and the concentration. I didn't expect City to lose this match.

No one expected this match to turn out like this, many gamblers have faced huge financial losses due to Manchester City's performance, I have too. Nottingham Forest's performance and consistency etc. are not in a good position and they have not been able to win in their last 5 matches and they have also lost against smaller teams, after analyzing all this I thought that Manchester City would win this match. But I was very disappointed to see Manchester City's performance on the field and Manchester City lost by a big margin.

[ndutndut]

While Manchester City keeps losing, Arsenal keeps winning. Arsenal is collecting three points through one-goal victories at the very least, they aren't losing. One has to wonder who is responsible for Manchester City’s string of defeats. They essentially gifted a win to Nottingham Forest, a team near the bottom of the table, thanks to this victory over City, Forest has managed to climb out of the relegation zone. There is now a six-point gap between them and Arsenal a margin that surely spells significant stress for Maresca.

Man City got hammered for the third time in the EPL, Maresca really never seems to learn from mistakes. Not to mention he doesn’t take action on players who perform below standard and should be on the bench, but he keeps playing them. Man City attacking play just goes in circles, there’s no definite finishing, and as soon as they get countered by the opponent, they immediately concede. Man City defense is seriously zero, and with 3 consecutive losses in the Premier League plus the 2 week international break coming up, Man City really needs to evaluate and fix things if they want to keep competing with Arsenal at the top of the table.

For Nottingham Forest, of course this victory moves them away from the relegation zone and surely this win will also boost their confidence. Interestingly, two goals for Nottingham were scored by a Manchester City academy product, Liam Delap, who also used to be coached by Maresca at Chelsea and Man City U23.

[HajiBagi]

While Manchester City keeps losing, Arsenal keeps winning. Arsenal is collecting three points through one-goal victories at the very least, they aren't losing. One has to wonder who is responsible for Manchester City’s string of defeats. They essentially gifted a win to Nottingham Forest, a team near the bottom of the table, thanks to this victory over City, Forest has managed to climb out of the relegation zone. There is now a six-point gap between them and Arsenal a margin that surely spells significant stress for Maresca.

I knew that if Pep leave Manchester City it will be very difficult for the team to be in the same level again, because Maresca is not experienced enough to coach those big players and star players, Manchester City suffered 2 defeats in a row, I did not expect Manchester City to lose to Nottingham Forest because they are the better team but that is football, anything can happen, Arsenal keep winning even if it is a single goal in the match and keep extending the gap between them and Manchester City, Arsenal is currently running away with the league but the league is not won by now, we will wait till may 2027 and see Arsenal performance.

Arteta knows how to manage games, he knows how to win games and when his team score the team will defend the lead with their life, I like the mentality because it helps them to win their games when they are in a position where they need the points.

[Oluwa-btc]

Mikel Arteta will most definitely win the Premier League Competition all over again

Definitely?

One mess up and Brighton will have it, the team every onece regarded to a small team ends up winning the primer league will be the first thing you'll see in news 

Mind you it's very possible, Brighton recently has been a problem for big teams and even small teams, they are not biased.

Most definitely! And I said what I said and I meant it.

Brightons Manager top four best managers in the Premier League Competition but he will not be winning the competition, all I want to see Arsenal do is sign up two hungry attacking players come January transfer window who can convert goals for them. If I was a fan, trust me I wouldn't be comfortable with the way they have won games with a narrow margin.

How far can they be consistent? Arsenal is tested and approved. The league is without a worthy competitor for Mikel Arteta.

[asriloni]

Match result was predictable from the start, with a 3-1 win over Coventry City being much anticipated. 1-0 win against Newcastle in the previous match was much needed for the team after suffering defeats against Arsenal and Chelsea. Everton are currently fifth in the points table after winning two consecutive matches.

Coventry never showed their dignity like they did at Championship. So relegation back to the Championship is imminent. They can only hope Manchester United, Crystal Palace and Sunderland keep suffer the lose, then they can still sit confidently at 17th.

Beside that Everton looks better despite the bad results they faced in the previous games. They're now at 5th, and they can retain their position as long as they know how to win the rest of game.

It's also easy game for Everton because the gap of its team quality. Frank Lampard needs to do something to ensure his club stay in EPL next season but doubt it because of the limitation of his squad. Their only hope MU and friends (bottom table teams) to perform worsen than them.

It's likely i will be betting on them to be relegated. Their still give 1.83, which is sound good.

[NewRevelation]

Mikel Arteta will most definitely win the Premier League Competition all over again, one can say that there's no enough competition as we saw with Pep Guardiola over the season. Congratulations to them, they deserve the win ahead of the international friendly games. As for Hull City, they will most definitely face loses but they will not be relegated.

I predicted the other day that this should be their first major win at home. Olivier Glasner did beat Enzo Maresca during their meetings between Crystal Palace and Chelsea. He has just proved himself already as the boss. Congratulations to him for the win, there should be a lot more.

Arsenal won, but they aren't playing fine, and it's a problem. It isn't good at all. You can't be struggling to hold possession and even to create chances up front, even at home, too poor. They may meet bigger teams that will cause them troubles and if they fail to score goals or hold the ball, they may lose of draw. But what surprises me about the team is that, even when they meet bigger teams, seems like they change pattern and do better. I don't know. But they need to improve on there play a bit.


City aren't doing well at all. I can't imagine this, 3 consecutive loses in the EPL. I havw never seen that ever since city became a force in English football. They started well, and we all thought the lapses we were expecting wouldn't happen anymore, but now it's really evident. They have good players, so I don't really know what could be there problem, or paharps, they need to build confidence again.

[len01]

I feel like I have lost faith in the Manchester duo. Before this season started, I still believed Man United would improve, even if they were not competing for the title. But their results have turned out to be really disappointing.

Now there is Man City, a club I initially still believed could compete for the title despite the pressure from the problems they are currently facing. Unfortunately, all those expectations have come to nothing. Some people say City are under pressure right now, which is having a negative impact on their performances. But isn't this a professional competition? Shouldn't players remain professional regardless of what happens?