⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[SmartCharpa]

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.

Manchester City has lost three Premier League matches in a row. This is a bad moment for Maresca and the players. They had a good start of the season, many people were saying they were having a good start and they are ready to fight for the league, but at this point, Manchester City are far from fighting for the league title. From losing against Brighton, Aston Villa, and now it’s Nottingham Forest who are struggling to escape the relegation zone.

I knew Arsenal would use the opportunity to increase their chances of winning the league. I didn’t expect Manchester City to suffer three defeats in a row in the Premier League, they spent a lot of money on players, yet they couldn’t even win against a team that is struggling to win. Terrible performance before the international break, Nottingham Forest secured their second win of the season against Manchester City.

[EL MOHA]

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.

Fairy tale stories like Leicester City in 2016 is what you’re looking for and we cannot rule that out.

But I will say Arsenal are still clear favourite as I agree with Oluwa-btc yes Brighton have been excellent since the start of the season but let’s be realistic we cannot call them favourite ahead of the likes of Manchester City because we have seen mid table teams like this start well and then ends up just securing the European places.

The league is a long ride that later in the season it is usually the teams with better squad depth that actually can be able to sustain the heat. Personally I do think that this mid table teams playing in Europe usually gets wore out faster that they couldn’t keep up even Leicester year of fairytale was also helped by them playing only the domestic competitions.

Not withstanding Brighton on current form can possess a great threat too and I will be delighted with that than have Arsenal has a free run. If they win today they would go second and within five points off Arsenal which is a good one

[Antidote47k]

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 because this issue of sanction have been going on right from when Guardiola was at the club and they have been playing well all along. I think the players will have to embrace the new system and manager, Enzo Maresca is not Guardiola, this is his first season in the club and he will need time to develop this players into a trophy winning team.

Pep left just last season so it’s too early to judge and arguably pep also struggled in his last few seasons, although he did try to assemble a good squad for maresca before he left but this is just match week 10, the season is still long and a lot can happen along the line. Had they won this game, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Few weeks back almost everyone was praising how good of a coach maresca was, as he had managed to win all of his games before the international break, No one can replace Pep that’s for sure but I would wait to see the season ends before deciding that the club is struggling without him.

[Antidote47k]

The league is a long ride that later in the season it is usually the teams with better squad depth that actually can be able to sustain the heat. Personally I do think that this mid table teams playing in Europe usually gets wore out faster that they couldn’t keep up even Leicester year of fairytale was also helped by them playing only the domestic competitions.

Agreed! But wouldn’t that be true for arsenal too, aside from last season we have always known arsenal to be the team that bottles at the end of the season, they usually have a very good start in the beginning of the season but along the line, things start to derail for them, and even if we take last season into account in which they managed to win the league, the would’ve still bottled it if pep’s team had been more clinical towards the end of that season. That pep squad was still in transition and wasn’t his best, any other pep team would’ve taken the league from them. I would say the psychological aspect is gone now as they did win the league in end but let’s not rule out the possibility of them bottling it again, I mean it arsenal we are talking about here, bottle FC

[WatChe]

Manchester City has lost three Premier League matches in a row. This is a bad moment for Maresca and the players. They had a good start of the season, many people were saying they were having a good start and they are ready to fight for the league, but at this point, Manchester City are far from fighting for the league title. From losing against Brighton, Aston Villa, and now it’s Nottingham Forest who are struggling to escape the relegation zone.

I knew Arsenal would use the opportunity to increase their chances of winning the league. I didn’t expect Manchester City to suffer three defeats in a row in the Premier League, they spent a lot of money on players, yet they couldn’t even win against a team that is struggling to win. Terrible performance before the international break, Nottingham Forest secured their second win of the season against Manchester City.

Now this is alarming for Man City to lose three consecutive games after seven straight wins. Forest was in relegation zone before this match and everyone was expecting an easy win for Man City but the way Forest won the game is surprising. Due to victory by 3-1, Man City is now at 16th position. If Brighton win their game against Brentford today then they will be able to move to second spot on points table. Gunners must be happy because their points lead with City and Brighton is increasing because of their 5 consecutive wins.    

[Inwestour]

I'm looking at the Manchester United - Aston Villa match, and I can see that the bookmakers favour Manchester United. The odds on United to win are 2.15, while Aston Villa are odds at 3.15. What do you think, are these odds fair, or is the difference mainly due to Manchester United playing at home?

Apart from their Champions League win against Roma, Manchester United haven't had much to show for recently. Before that, they had an incredibly long winless run, with mostly defeats. Aston Villa's situation isn't nearly as bad, they have wins against both Manchester City and Newcastle, and overall, I think they are still in better form than United. That's why I don't think Manchester United will be able to beat Aston Villa today.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

Manchester City has lost three Premier League matches in a row. This is a bad moment for Maresca and the players. They had a good start of the season, many people were saying they were having a good start and they are ready to fight for the league, but at this point, Manchester City are far from fighting for the league title. From losing against Brighton, Aston Villa, and now it’s Nottingham Forest who are struggling to escape the relegation zone.

I knew Arsenal would use the opportunity to increase their chances of winning the league. I didn’t expect Manchester City to suffer three defeats in a row in the Premier League, they spent a lot of money on players, yet they couldn’t even win against a team that is struggling to win. Terrible performance before the international break, Nottingham Forest secured their second win of the season against Manchester City.

Now this is alarming for Man City to lose three consecutive games after seven straight wins. Forest was in relegation zone before this match and everyone was expecting an easy win for Man City but the way Forest won the game is surprising. Due to victory by 3-1, Man City is now at 16th position. If Brighton win their game against Brentford today then they will be able to move to second spot on points table. Gunners must be happy because their points lead with City and Brighton is increasing because of their 5 consecutive wins.    

If I hard the news without watching with my very eyes I would not believe it, still that understand where man city is getting it wrong this time around , it's high time the coach set up its already calling for sack because the masses can't bear this kind of mess on the managerial style of consistent lossing serial game without resistance. That while it's hard to underate some team mostly at home nottm forest, win of 3:1 is heard to believe ,  man city is really disappointing this time and need seat up many are lossing interest on the expectations place on them , arsenal is still trying to maintain some line it strength despite how hard Leeds showcase they still grab the three point with one goal wining.

[OsaiEmma]

I'm looking at the Manchester United - Aston Villa match, and I can see that the bookmakers favour Manchester United. The odds on United to win are 2.15, while Aston Villa are odds at 3.15. What do you think, are these odds fair, or is the difference mainly due to Manchester United playing at home?

Apart from their Champions League win against Roma, Manchester United haven't had much to show for recently. Before that, they had an incredibly long winless run, with mostly defeats. Aston Villa's situation isn't nearly as bad, they have wins against both Manchester City and Newcastle, and overall, I think they are still in better form than United. That's why I don't think Manchester United will be able to beat Aston Villa today.

Those odds points to 1 thing: it will be a tough game and no clear-cut win on both end. Although, Aston Villa's odd is a bit higher, but I feel it won't be an easy game for both teams, and a draw is a stronger outcome from my own personal opinion (NFA).

If I hard the news without watching with my very eyes I would not believe it, still that understand where man city is getting it wrong this time around , it's high time the coach set up its already calling for sack because the masses can't bear this kind of mess on the managerial style of consistent lossing serial game without resistance. That while it's hard to underate some team mostly at home nottm forest, win of 3:1 is heard to believe ,  man city is really disappointing this time and need seat up many are lossing interest on the expectations place on them , arsenal is still trying to maintain some line it strength despite how hard Leeds showcase they still grab the three point with one goal wining.

Honestly, the game was really surprising. But as I've said before, the coach plays a major role in a teams performance. Pep is a really good coach, he's like the major reason Mancity was successful, and I don't think Maresca can replicate such success.

[Queen Julie]

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 because this issue of sanction have been going on right from when Guardiola was at the club and they have been playing well all along. I think the players will have to embrace the new system and manager, Enzo Maresca is not Guardiola, this is his first season in the club and he will need time to develop this players into a trophy winning team.

Pep left just last season so it’s too early to judge and arguably pep also struggled in his last few seasons, although he did try to assemble a good squad for maresca before he left but this is just match week 10, the season is still long and a lot can happen along the line. Had they won this game, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Few weeks back almost everyone was praising how good of a coach maresca was, as he had managed to win all of his games before the international break, No one can replace Pep that’s for sure but I would wait to see the season ends before deciding that the club is struggling without him.

It’s just match week 10 with Arsenal topping the table with 6 point. Arsenal next match is against Newcastle and then over to Manchester City. Arsenal is likely to defeat Newcastle but if Arsenal eventually defeat Manchester City. It will be 9 point Manchester City will find to meet Arsenal. The league will be over by then. Definitely Arsenal will top the league during Christmas Day. In march id Arsenal are still top of the league they will win the league without any doubt. Manchester City need a lot of improving to do.

[vs2014]

Manchester City are going through difficult period as they've suffered three consecutive defeats at a row including Nottingham Forest, who produced a surprising performance last night and gained 3-1 victory against Man City. Didn't expect sushi result from man city while Nottingham Forest were struggling too for victory in previous matches. Man City missed a lot of opportunities although Rayan Cherki scored one goal but Liam Delap's last goal was like the final nail in the coffin.

Manchester City's such performance is really a worrying sign for the club and raises questions about their current form under Enzo Maresca. They need to improve their defence and regain confidence soon as Arsenal are already six points ahead from them.

[$crypto$]

I'm looking at the Manchester United - Aston Villa match, and I can see that the bookmakers favour Manchester United. The odds on United to win are 2.15, while Aston Villa are odds at 3.15. What do you think, are these odds fair, or is the difference mainly due to Manchester United playing at home?

Apart from their Champions League win against Roma, Manchester United haven't had much to show for recently. Before that, they had an incredibly long winless run, with mostly defeats. Aston Villa's situation isn't nearly as bad, they have wins against both Manchester City and Newcastle, and overall, I think they are still in better form than United. That's why I don't think Manchester United will be able to beat Aston Villa today.

I think it's a fair chance given the bookies with odds like that, then I say this is not much different from the Champions League match against Roma, which I initially thought the bookies mistakenly placed the odds were right, Man United were able to win.

Playing at home has the potential for Man United to win although I myself still doubt it, you can choose with high risk bets with Aston Villa winning odds @3.15 but it is much more likely BTTS.

[Abdulzuruku01]

Manchester City has lost three Premier League matches in a row. This is a bad moment for Maresca and the players. They had a good start of the season, many people were saying they were having a good start and they are ready to fight for the league, but at this point, Manchester City are far from fighting for the league title. From losing against Brighton, Aston Villa, and now it’s Nottingham Forest who are struggling to escape the relegation zone.

I knew Arsenal would use the opportunity to increase their chances of winning the league. I didn’t expect Manchester City to suffer three defeats in a row in the Premier League, they spent a lot of money on players, yet they couldn’t even win against a team that is struggling to win. Terrible performance before the international break, Nottingham Forest secured their second win of the season against Manchester City.

I'm not surprised that Manchester City is struggling now to win matches because I expected them to suffer from Pep Guardiola absence. But honestly losing three consecutive matches is a very big disappointment for Maresca, I'm sure by now the management will be having doubts about his ability to lead this team to success. I have said this before that if Pep Guardiola leaves Manchester City, Mikel Arteta has the experience to rule over the Premier League just like Pep Guardiola and that sign has started showing.

Arsenal have 27 points while Manchester City have 21, so Arsenal are maintaining top place with 6 point difference over Manchester City who are in second position. And there's also a possibility for City to drop from second today because Brighton have 19 points and they will play Brentford today. If Brighton win they will move to City's position.

[Gentle_Soul]

Manchester City are going through difficult period as they've suffered three consecutive defeats at a row including Nottingham Forest, who produced a surprising performance last night and gained 3-1 victory against Man City. Didn't expect sushi result from man city while Nottingham Forest were struggling too for victory in previous matches. Man City missed a lot of opportunities although Rayan Cherki scored one goal but Liam Delap's last goal was like the final nail in the coffin.

Manchester City's such performance is really a worrying sign for the club and raises questions about their current form under Enzo Maresca. They need to improve their defence and regain confidence soon as Arsenal are already six points ahead from them.

Manchester City this season has really messed with there formations and the troubles are now becoming eminent, there has been no clean sheet in the last 9 games in all competitions.
The attack always dominate and end up wasting there chances and not score at the end of the day, the game against Brighton just pissed me off how can you have 62% ball possession, 21 shots and still lose 0:1 at the end of the day despite being in your own home not even a goal at the end of the game.
Even with PSG 27 shots and still lose 2:4 I think the pattern is no longer a mistake but a system error that the management needs to correct asap.

[Pandu Geddon]

Manchester City are going through difficult period as they've suffered three consecutive defeats at a row including Nottingham Forest, who produced a surprising performance last night and gained 3-1 victory against Man City. Didn't expect sushi result from man city while Nottingham Forest were struggling too for victory in previous matches. Man City missed a lot of opportunities although Rayan Cherki scored one goal but Liam Delap's last goal was like the final nail in the coffin.

Manchester City's such performance is really a worrying sign for the club and raises questions about their current form under Enzo Maresca. They need to improve their defence and regain confidence soon as Arsenal are already six points ahead from them.

I observed the same problem in the match between Man City and Leipzig. In that match, they did win, but the two goals scored by Leipzig also indicate that there is something wrong with Man City is defense. We know that Man City cannot continue playing in this manner. Hopefully, their performance will improve before the match against Arsenal.

[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.

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.

Well Arsenal do have a chance to win, but so do any other good performing team in the primer league as well, like Brighton, mancity and probably Chelsea, you should put them into considerations by saying "if such teams don't play well Arsenal will win the trophy" that sounds better. We still have a long way to go in the EPL

Meanwhile you talking about not being satisfied or comfortable with Arsenal's score line in their wins, you should understand that it is their style of play, and it doesn't matter who they get to buy, you will probably not see any changes, their primary focus is on defense and with that their goals will be minimal, as soon as they see that it works for them they will stick with it, no matter the player that comes I don't think that is something that will change.

[Shadiq]

I observed the same problem in the match between Man City and Leipzig. In that match, they did win, but the two goals scored by Leipzig also indicate that there is something wrong with Man City is defense. We know that Man City cannot continue playing in this manner. Hopefully, their performance will improve before the match against Arsenal.

For me it was a predictable result, but I didn't expect it to be that bad. Before the match started, I said that the final result of the match would disappoint Manchester City. The reality is that the final result disappointed City even more than I expected. Manchester City's defense has not done well in the last 8 matches, they have conceded a total of 15 goals in these matches. That is, they have conceded about 2 goals per match.

It would be wrong to say that the attack line is also in great form, their attack line does not see enough effectiveness against threatening teams. Even against smaller teams, their attack line is seen struggling. Enzo Maresca has started the season brilliantly, but he has been under pressure recently. He needs to find a way to solve the problem quickly, otherwise he may not get enough time to prove himself.

[Derekfunds]

It’s just match week 10 with Arsenal topping the table with 6 point. Arsenal next match is against Newcastle and then over to Manchester City. Arsenal is likely to defeat Newcastle but if Arsenal eventually defeat Manchester City. It will be 9 point Manchester City will find to meet Arsenal. The league will be over by then. Definitely Arsenal will top the league during Christmas Day. In march id Arsenal are still top of the league they will win the league without any doubt. Manchester City need a lot of improving to do.

Arsenal next match against Newcastle is going to be an easy one for them because currently Newcastle is under performing, Newcastle performance dropped the moment they sold out some of their great players and they suffering it right now to win match. The game I know that will be tough for them is Arsenal vs Manchester city because it is going to be fierce but with Manchester city pattern of play now there is possibility Arsenal will win but even if Arsenal win, it doesn't mean the league is secured for Arsenal because even with 11 points difference Manchester city can still meet up.

[sergiorus]

Manchester City are going through difficult period as they've suffered three consecutive defeats at a row including Nottingham Forest, who produced a surprising performance last night and gained 3-1 victory against Man City. Didn't expect sushi result from man city while Nottingham Forest were struggling too for victory in previous matches. Man City missed a lot of opportunities although Rayan Cherki scored one goal but Liam Delap's last goal was like the final nail in the coffin.

Manchester City's such performance is really a worrying sign for the club and raises questions about their current form under Enzo Maresca. They need to improve their defence and regain confidence soon as Arsenal are already six points ahead from them.

Manchester City this season has really messed with there formations and the troubles are now becoming eminent, there has been no clean sheet in the last 9 games in all competitions.
The attack always dominate and end up wasting there chances and not score at the end of the day, the game against Brighton just pissed me off how can you have 62% ball possession, 21 shots and still lose 0:1 at the end of the day despite being in your own home not even a goal at the end of the game.
Even with PSG 27 shots and still lose 2:4 I think the pattern is no longer a mistake but a system error that the management needs to correct asap.

I've been saying it for weeks, even when they were still on their ''great winning streak'' that it's just the trail of Guardiola's but no one listened to me. Everyone was repeating the same ''b-b-but the winning streak''.

While the reality is Man City are in the same situation as Man United were when Ferguson left. They too appointed an incompetent manager (which ended up to be a streak of incompetent managers) and compeltely failed to replace key players that left.

Unless Man City's management acts FAST, they risk of getting drowned in the same swamp as their red fellow citizens as such situations usually develop as a snowball with more and more key players leaving as the problems aren't solved.

[ASloveapg]

Manchester City are going through difficult period as they've suffered three consecutive defeats at a row including Nottingham Forest, who produced a surprising performance last night and gained 3-1 victory against Man City. Didn't expect sushi result from man city while Nottingham Forest were struggling too for victory in previous matches. Man City missed a lot of opportunities although Rayan Cherki scored one goal but Liam Delap's last goal was like the final nail in the coffin.

Manchester City's such performance is really a worrying sign for the club and raises questions about their current form under Enzo Maresca. They need to improve their defence and regain confidence soon as Arsenal are already six points ahead from them.

I observed the same problem in the match between Man City and Leipzig. In that match, they did win, but the two goals scored by Leipzig also indicate that there is something wrong with Man City is defense. We know that Man City cannot continue playing in this manner. Hopefully, their performance will improve before the match against Arsenal.

I really don't understand what weakness Manchester City is currently suffering from, just look at the stats in the last match, Nottingham Forest had only 21% possession of the ball, but even with 79% possession, they were weaker than Nottingham Forest in terms of attack. With 79% possession, Manchester City had only 3 shots on target, but Nottingham Forest took 6 shots on target, that is, although Manchester City had more possession of the ball in the last match, they were weak in terms of attack, at the same time their defense was also very weak, and this is why they could not stop Nottingham Forest's counterattacks and they conceded a total of 3 goals by the end of the match. After conceding 2 goals in the first half, Rayan Cherki scored a goal in the 52nd minute, but then instead of continuing to attack and scoring more, they conceded another goal after some time, and the match was lost with a score of 3-1. If Manchester City goes up against Arsenal with this performance, they will lose 3-0 to Arsenal again, just like in the FA Community Shield match.

[ArabBTC]

Chelsea should try and win Sunderland in this game, from the beginning of this season i projected Chelsea to be among the title contenders, they aren’t doing so poorly currently but i believe they can do better, this season Man city and Arsenal aren’t in their best form, i expected Chelsea to utilize the opportunity and dominate the league, but so far they haven’t shown consistency, a win today against Sunderland will give Chelsea a better footage in the competition, so am just hoping they win.