⚽ Premier League 2026/2027 Discussion Thread ⚽

[KTChampions]

Some people are mad for the fact that the team draw. I'm really flabbergasted with some people expectations. They knew before the game that Manchester United was not going to win the match, they weren't up to them because of their firm and they conceded 2 goals in just 4 minutes. However, same team was able to fight back and score total 4 goals and draw until the end. I didn't expect they will score the 4th goal due to the time and they did it.
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And rightly so. For starters, the fans' expectations are clearly higher than just "getting out of the relegation zone," and a draw didn't even manage to achieve that. Secondly, take the upcoming away game against Liverpool, for instance - it’s unlikely United will pick up any points there, so, when exactly are they supposed to get points at all? The home game against Aston Villa was a great opportunity, and the fact that United managed to come back from 0-2 down twice doesn’t change the reality that this opportunity was squandered.

[Different patterns]

The Manchester United and Aston villa match just ended a few minutes ago with both teams scoring four goals each (4:4). I’m sure that if there had been more time Manchester United would have won the game because they their performance improved in the second half particularly towards the end of game. Nevertheless, Manchester United played well tonight, despite drawing with Aston villa. If only Carrick could work on the team, I’m sure things will get better soon enough . However, I was expecting a win from Manchester United, so I was quite disappointed with the result.

I was really surprised to see the result of the match. Because I never thought that Manchester United would perform so well on the field. Their performance was very bad, I thought that the match could be 1-0 and either team could win. Because Manchester United is a very strong team at home and it is not easy to beat them at home. So I thought that we will see a tough fight in the match and I saw the same picture on the field.

Manchester United finally managed to draw this match, which should be considered a good result. From the way the opponent started the attack from the beginning of the match, I thought that the number of goals would be six or more, but in addition to considering the goals, Manchester United scored a goal.

Manchester United should work a lot on their defense position, they are not able to score goals, it is not like that, they are not able to win even with goals because their midfield and defense are weak and the defense players are not able to stop the opponent's players well, due to which Manchester United is not able to win that match even with multiple goals.

This season may go like this for Manchester United, but they need a lot of changes and the team president should definitely work on that.

They need to celebrate this draw but not dwell there, they should try to make the necessary changes in the team, in terms of defense and even attack, they need to work on converting their chances and also be sharp in their attack in maximising the opponents weaknesses and for the defence, they need to be disciplined in the back by being focused on recovering the ball from opponents. The whole issue facing Manchester United right now, is not entirely on the coach but the players need to also do well to make sure that whatever strategy they are working with, they should be able to bring the desired result.

[HyperCodexV]

I what to see Carrick gone for good so I don't mind if he gets sacked after that Liverpool fixture coming up next two weeks. He needs to go same way the management should also go.

Carrick makes bad decisions, Amad wasn't fit enough but he exclaimed that he's fine to play, he would have let him recover fully before fixing him in a match, featuring Amad over lacey in yesterday's game cost United enough scoring opportunities.

Ahmad has nothing to do with the lack of goals, united are just extremely bad in converting their chances. The man entire Man U attack has a very low goal turning rate, so in as much as Ahmad was not that in form, I will still give him a positive rating because he did his part and tormented the Aston Villa defensive line. 6.7 rating was a good point for him after the match. The guy has a positive mindset of always moving forward with the ball and taking on defenders without fear.

[Cyber_warrior]

I what to see Carrick gone for good so I don't mind if he gets sacked after that Liverpool fixture coming up next two weeks. He needs to go same way the management should also go.

Carrick makes bad decisions, Amad wasn't fit enough but he exclaimed that he's fine to play, he would have let him recover fully before fixing him in a match, featuring Amad over lacey in yesterday's game cost United enough scoring opportunities.

Ahmad has nothing to do with the lack of goals, united are just extremely bad in converting their chances. The man entire Man U attack has a very low goal turning rate, so in as much as Ahmad was not that in form, I will still give him a positive rating because he did his part and tormented the Aston Villa defensive line. 6.7 rating was a good point for him after the match. The guy has a positive mindset of always moving forward with the ball and taking on defenders without fear.

The thing is we know Manchester United are not really taking their chances in front of goal, we have seen that in all their games this season but how about we talk about their defense, have you watched Dalot play, how he constantly forget himself to mark his players. The thing is there is so much to fix at Manchester United and I don’t think Carrick can take those decision.

They real need a good and rigid coach, a coach that will take some decisions in the club without looking at these players face or feel remorse for them. To bring Manchester United back to where they use to be, they will need to spend over 500 million. I can tell you that over 8 or 8 players in their first team need to be sold.

[Webutxo]

They need to celebrate this draw but not dwell there, they should try to make the necessary changes in the team, in terms of defense and even attack, they need to work on converting their chances and also be sharp in their attack in maximising the opponents weaknesses and for the defence, they need to be disciplined in the back by being focused on recovering the ball from opponents. The whole issue facing Manchester United right now, is not entirely on the coach but the players need to also do well to make sure that whatever strategy they are working with, they should be able to bring the desired result.

What changes are we really expecting from Manchester United right now because to me there is nothing they haven't done this season that is different. The formation Carrick used to draw Aston Villa 4-2-3-1 is the same formation he used to draw Roma. Is it working? I guess so but you know you can depend one formation for long time, your strategy will be know by other teams because they are watching all the moves you used to win games and formation is one of them.

You can also tell that another problems they have is wack defenders. Please tell me how defenders will watch and conceded 4 goals, on what ground please. You could see that it was after the defense was strengthen they were able to focus on attack and scored goals. No matter how you want to blame Carrick and his assistant for this team behavior, the players are responsible for more than 70% of the team problems.

[LUCKMCFLY]

if you ask me, i would say that what Manchester united have lost is tactics, strategy and not really strength, I mean how can all the full grown men in the club all loose their strength against their opponents? i cant imagine.
Winning a match takes confidence, and confidence is born out of a working tactics/strategy, in a situation where this two are lost or not working, confidence also wont work and this is what i think is Man United's problem.
And for the coming match between this club and Liverpool, first is, both teams will likely score, but i also expect Liverpool to win the match, Liverpool winning is what i think the crowd will actually be betting on.

The truth is, what's happening with Liverpool is strange. They're an excellent club with extraordinary players and a very good coach, but I think they're going through what many teams go through. These crises are difficult to overcome, but if they set their minds to it, they can. Sometimes Liverpool's results impress me because they show that they're human; they make mistakes, no matter what team they're playing for.

I think the team psychologists need to do something quickly. If the pressure is affecting the players, it's clear that it's not easy to cope with things as they are. In my opinion, there's a lot they need to do, but as I said before, they have the quality, the strategies, and the coach to get through this rough patch.

[Achalugo BTC]

The thing is we know Manchester United are not really taking their chances in front of goal, we have seen that in all their games this season but how about we talk about their defense, have you watched Dalot play, how he constantly forget himself to mark his players. The thing is there is so much to fix at Manchester United and I don’t think Carrick can take those decision.

Of course, there is so much that really needs to be fixed in Manchester United, but it is not something that has to be done all at once. At least they showed in their last match that they are improving, despite it being a draw. This gives the team and the fans hope that they will still stand on their feet again, it’s just a matter of time before they restore their lost glory. So, I think Carrick is taking his time to ensure everything gets back to normal, especially the aspect of discipline, as it really needs more attention.

[Halifat]

Ahmad has nothing to do with the lack of goals, united are just extremely bad in converting their chances. The man entire Man U attack has a very low goal turning rate, so in as much as Ahmad was not that in form, I will still give him a positive rating because he did his part and tormented the Aston Villa defensive line. 6.7 rating was a good point for him after the match. The guy has a positive mindset of always moving forward with the ball and taking on defenders without fear.

I don't know why they are even putting finger at a particular player when they entire team are playing rubbish, how can one person be the problem when all the players are not turning up. I am still looking at Manchester United because they are last two  matches was so incredible meaning no one expected that there will be able to perform up to that level, i will not say that they are back until I see more of their matches, but with the result like this we will assume that there are building themselves up. Ahmad wasn't the problem at all because even Aston Villa are very strong and they performance was also very good.

[ejikeme24]

They need to celebrate this draw but not dwell there, they should try to make the necessary changes in the team, in terms of defense and even attack, they need to work on converting their chances and also be sharp in their attack in maximising the opponents weaknesses and for the defence, they need to be disciplined in the back by being focused on recovering the ball from opponents. The whole issue facing Manchester United right now, is not entirely on the coach but the players need to also do well to make sure that whatever strategy they are working with, they should be able to bring the desired result.

This changes you're anticipating can't possibly come from this squad, there are a lot of weak players in that team but it seems the board have not yet figured out. And yeah Manchester united really need to improve in this areas you mentioned but the reason why I don't talk about it here is because I know with this squad they have I don't think if they can be able to make the type of change that I'm actually expecting. You needed to see how frustrated Micheal carricks was when they were Lossing with 4:2, although I must say that they did well to make an equalizer especially in the dying minutes, it been a while since I saw a team making such comeback.

[MorganaX]

They need to celebrate this draw but not dwell there, they should try to make the necessary changes in the team, in terms of defense and even attack, they need to work on converting their chances and also be sharp in their attack in maximising the opponents weaknesses and for the defence, they need to be disciplined in the back by being focused on recovering the ball from opponents. The whole issue facing Manchester United right now, is not entirely on the coach but the players need to also do well to make sure that whatever strategy they are working with, they should be able to bring the desired result.

This changes you're anticipating can't possibly come from this squad, there are a lot of weak players in that team but it seems the board have not yet figured out. And yeah Manchester united really need to improve in this areas you mentioned but the reason why I don't talk about it here is because I know with this squad they have I don't think if they can be able to make the type of change that I'm actually expecting. You needed to see how frustrated Micheal carricks was when they were Lossing with 4:2, although I must say that they did well to make an equalizer especially in the dying minutes, it been a while since I saw a team making such comeback.

I hate the fact that Manchester United as a big club is happy celebrating a draw, it was a shit performance from the team even though they got a draw from coming back twice after trailing by two goals.

As for the defense, I don't think anything can be said again because the complaint about this has been made countless times but it seems Carrick is stuck with those clowns at the back, the worst part is that even during January transfer, I don't think anything will be done to strengthen that backline, courtesy of ENIOS AND GLAZER

[Stable090]

Of course, there is so much that really needs to be fixed in Manchester United, but it is not something that has to be done all at once. At least they showed in their last match that they are improving, despite it being a draw.

Because Manchester United managed to get a draw in the match, that means there is improvement in their performance already. Just because a team performs better in just a match doesn’t mean there is already improvement in their performance. Because am going to believe that Manchester United performance has improve, they will have to play more matches, and their performance in those matches will determine if there is improvement in their performances.

This gives the team and the fans hope that they will still stand on their feet again, it’s just a matter of time before they restore their lost glory. So, I think Carrick is taking his time to ensure everything gets back to normal, especially the aspect of discipline, as it really needs more attention.

Just because they played draw means that Manchester United fans should have hope that they are going to stand on their feet again? If Manchester United management didnt do the right thing, I don’t even think there is going to be any improvement in their performance, and they will end up sacking carrick again.

[ejikeme24]

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I hate the fact that Manchester United as a big club is happy celebrating a draw, it was a shit performance from the team even though they got a draw from coming back twice after trailing by two goals.

Come on bro! What did you expect them to do cry? You know they literally escape loss so they are supposed to be happy regardless and the more reason why they are happy is that they didn't even expect that they would equalize in the game, I personally have already ticked Manchester united bad  in my ticket because I thought they are not going to equalize considering how far  the match have gone. I think you need to cut them some slack, we all know they have not be doing well from the very beginning .

However, this season is literally the worst season ever for Manchester united in the premier league; Manchester united has played 10 matches and they only had 1 win 5 draws and 4 losses. This is unlike Manchester united I just pray they don't get relegated.

[Bryan jessy]

I don't know why they are even putting finger at a particular player when they entire team are playing rubbish, how can one person be the problem when all the players are not turning up. I am still looking at Manchester United because they are last two  matches was so incredible meaning no one expected that there will be able to perform up to that level, i will not say that they are back until I see more of their matches, but with the result like this we will assume that there are building themselves up. Ahmad wasn't the problem at all because even Aston Villa are very strong and they performance was also very good.

I thought I was the only one who does not find that judgement funny, because in a team where they have good numbers of players there is always a player that people attack and blame for any negative outcome whenever their expectations for that game is not met in the game, most especially if a particular player has been playing so well and has scored some good goals in there previous games, that particular player becomes a favorite at that time and everyone will start expecting more from him with the hope that all his future games will be even better and if unfortunately their expectations get cut off because that player was not that active In some of his future games, people will start criticizing him.

[Nwadiche]

Of course, there is so much that really needs to be fixed in Manchester United, but it is not something that has to be done all at once. At least they showed in their last match that they are improving, despite it being a draw.

Do you even hear yourself? They keep draw and losing both home and away matches you're here saying that they've improvements, as long as they were unable to get 3 points they didn't improve anything. A team that allowed their visitor to score 2 goals in first half they managed to equalized still scored 2 goals in second half agains, if not that they still managed to equalized second half they would have lost the match. A club like Manchester United played 10 matches with 8 points, if they continue losing and drawing where do you think they'll finish in league table? Now they're in 18th position in league table you said they're improving, there's no improvement with this club called man utd.

[Abdulzuruku01]

They need to celebrate this draw but not dwell there, they should try to make the necessary changes in the team, in terms of defense and even attack, they need to work on converting their chances and also be sharp in their attack in maximising the opponents weaknesses and for the defence, they need to be disciplined in the back by being focused on recovering the ball from opponents. The whole issue facing Manchester United right now, is not entirely on the coach but the players need to also do well to make sure that whatever strategy they are working with, they should be able to bring the desired result.

Manchester United last two matches show they have improved a little. They made a comeback against Roma in the Champions League and drew against Aston Villa in the Premier League. But what Micheal Carrick needs to do now is to work on their defense, because the way they are conceding goals isn't helpful. Because that's why they always get frustrated and struggle to get victories. They also need improvement in their attack just as you said but for now the defense is the area Carrick needs to fix first. But by

[Rgram]

I hate the fact that Manchester United as a big club is happy celebrating a draw, it was a shit performance from the team even though they got a draw from coming back twice after trailing by two goals.

That’s their current reality, considering the many times they’ve had to suck up over a loss. A draw feels much like a win to them even when this draw was at home and against a team that isn’t doing so well in the premier league as well. They rather settle for a draw than yet another loss and this draw was hard fought for by the way. Its not what we hope to see from a team of their standards and the quality at the club but, its all they can give right now.

[B-BossMan]

The Manchester United and Aston villa match just ended a few minutes ago with both teams scoring four goals each (4:4). I’m sure that if there had been more time Manchester United would have won the game because they their performance improved in the second half particularly towards the end of game. Nevertheless, Manchester United played well tonight, despite drawing with Aston villa. If only Carrick could work on the team, I’m sure things will get better soon enough . However, I was expecting a win from Manchester United, so I was quite disappointed with the result.

I was really surprised to see the result of the match. Because I never thought that Manchester United would perform so well on the field. Their performance was very bad, I thought that the match could be 1-0 and either team could win. Because Manchester United is a very strong team at home and it is not easy to beat them at home. So I thought that we will see a tough fight in the match and I saw the same picture on the field.

Manchester United finally managed to draw this match, which should be considered a good result. From the way the opponent started the attack from the beginning of the match, I thought that the number of goals would be six or more, but in addition to considering the goals, Manchester United scored a goal.

Manchester United should work a lot on their defense position, they are not able to score goals, it is not like that, they are not able to win even with goals because their midfield and defense are weak and the defense players are not able to stop the opponent's players well, due to which Manchester United is not able to win that match even with multiple goals.

This season may go like this for Manchester United, but they need a lot of changes and the team president should definitely work on that.

I never expected this outcomes from ManchesterUnited, but you know a team that seems weaker tends to perform better in some matches unexpectedly. Manchester United performances were so weak right from the beginning of the season that's why everyone categorized them on lossingall the time. So Aston Villa would have won the  match, but since the Manchester united return to second half. They played brilliantly and Managed to equalized the Aston Villa at the end of the match. 4-4. It was only Chelsea's mat h surprised me more, imagine a team that is in relegation.

[UpTober]

Of course, there is so much that really needs to be fixed in Manchester United, but it is not something that has to be done all at once. At least they showed in their last match that they are improving, despite it being a draw.

Do you even hear yourself? They keep draw and losing both home and away matches you're here saying that they've improvements, as long as they were unable to get 3 points they didn't improve anything. A team that allowed their visitor to score 2 goals in first half they managed to equalized still scored 2 goals in second half agains, if not that they still managed to equalized second half they would have lost the match. A club like Manchester United played 10 matches with 8 points, if they continue losing and drawing where do you think they'll finish in league table? Now they're in 18th position in league table you said they're improving, there's no improvement with this club called man utd.

Manchester United conceded two goals at the very beginning of the match, which I really didn't think was professional. Then Manchester United came back into the match after paying for those two goals. In the second half, they made the same mistake again, that is, they conceded two more goals in a few minutes on consecutive counterattacks. When two more goals were scored in the second half, I pretty much assumed that the result of this match was out of Manchester United's hands, but in extra time, Manchester United scored two more goals in a row to bring the team to parity. This is the fact that they are basically looking at this as a good performance from Manchester United, or considering it as a good performance by Manchester United, but it is not their good performance.
At the moment, Manchester United is the worst defending team in the English Premier League, if they cannot do well in defense, then it is never possible to do well in such a competition.

[Tungbulu]

And rightly so. For starters, the fans' expectations are clearly higher than just "getting out of the relegation zone," and a draw didn't even manage to achieve that. Secondly, take the upcoming away game against Liverpool, for instance - it’s unlikely United will pick up any points there, so, when exactly are they supposed to get points at all? The home game against Aston Villa was a great opportunity, and the fact that United managed to come back from 0-2 down twice doesn’t change the reality that this opportunity was squandered.

I think the real frustration comes from the fact that these type of games are the ones that United needs to win if truly they’re really serious about moving from the bottom of the league table. Coming back from 2-0 down actually does show some real seriousness and determination, but that still doesn’t change the fact that they’ve really dropped a lot of points. It’s impossible to miss good opportunities and then just keep wishing that somehow some easy fixtures would help you fix the mess.

[Cryptmuster]

I never expected this outcomes from ManchesterUnited, but you know a team that seems weaker tends to perform better in some matches unexpectedly. Manchester United performances were so weak right from the beginning of the season that's why everyone categorized them on lossingall the time. So Aston Villa would have won the  match, but since the Manchester united return to second half. They played brilliantly and Managed to equalized the Aston Villa at the end of the match. 4-4. It was only Chelsea's mat h surprised me more, imagine a team that is in relegation.

Perhaps the only surprising thing about this match was that we saw eight goals, that's an incredible number. But I have to say that I was actually expecting a draw in this game. I didn't place a bet, because I don't like betting on draw results. Manchester United conceding was expected, and I also expected them to score at home, but I certainly didn't expect this many goals.

Manchester United still look very poor, Carrick clearly doesn't seem to know what to do next. So whether it's a draw or a defeat doesn't really make much difference, I think he'll be sacked anyway. I just don't understand why they're dragging this out for so long.