Premier League 25/26

Who will win?

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Rassvet

Rassvet

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City looked scary good today. Donnaruma will be a top signing.

At least they could be 8-9 points back by next weekend if Arsenal get a result against them at home.
 
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JamDav1982

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Man City fans slaughtering Reijnders again yesterday for how slow he is off the ball and ropey on it.

Should still come good. Not easy set up to arrive into.
 
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Maradona37

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JamDav1982 said:
Surely a matter of time for Liverpool

The height and power they have in that team should pay off from all these balls into box.
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I've noticed you are obsessed with height, power and physicality in football. You mention it A LOT. Of course it is very important, but you obsess on it.
 
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Maradona37

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Temptation said:
The main problem is the club culture.

No club with this stature accepts this amount of mediocrity and failure happily.

Also, they desperately need CMs and a GK. Should have signed Dibu.
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No, their main problem is they are trying to play 90s kick and rush football in 2025. They are fucking allergic to pass and move, press resistance, building from teh back, and patterns of play.

Man City on the other hand followed the Barca blueprint to a tee, employed Pep, and reaped the rewards. Even teams that are less about possession, like early Klopp's Liverpool, are much better in possession than this United.

They're still trying to play dogshit kick and run counter football because it worked in the 90s. many of their fans even admit they hate possession football and wanna see 'transitional, direct' football bypassing the midfield.

That's their real problem, not the 'club culture'. Their problem is most of their players are woeful technically (and physically and in football IQ). Getting rid of bad apples lilke Rashford, Garnacho and Sancho will make zero difference, because the 'good apples' will still be woeful footballers who crumble like a pack of cards when a player (s) presses them. Dorgu for example seems like a good lad and isn't a problem for the dressing room ort 'culture', but he's still a terrible footballer, even if he won't be a prick or problem like Rashy or Garna were.

You see that phase of play that led to Haaland's sitter off the post the other day? I see that a lot from them and sums them up to a tee - any pressure and they panic like fuck, play a poor pass, get themselves into a tizzy, play a panic pass back to De Ligt and he immediately passes it back to a City player. Teams like Brighton or City or Liverpool would be trained to play out from that and actually create a way to be through on the opposition goal and beat the press. That little spell of play right there sums up their main problem - they need space to work in and cannot play through the lines. THEY RELY ON MOMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL BRILLIANCE, NOT PATTERNS OF PLAY AND GIVING A PLATFORM TO CONTROL THE GAME. Like a really rubbish version of Ronaldo's Real Madrid.

Basically, their biggest problem is neglecting the midfield and hence trying to control games. No serious club plays rat boy in central midfield, especially not a midfield two. Or signs donkeys like Ugarte, past is Casemiro, finished Schweinsteiger, a nothing player like Schneiderlin etc. This dates back even to Ferguson's time there. That's their problem, not 'club culture'. Club culture is just a media line and smokescreen to disguise the fact they are playing 90s football in 2025 and other clubs and football in general have left them behind.

That's why they feel they deserve to be much better than 'a small club like Brighton who don't have our history' - despite Brighton being a far more competent, smart and professional club than them, who are far better in patterns of play and technical ability.

You say they accept failure - I think it's the opposite. They still arrogantly believe they deserve to be at the top because of Ferguson's era (see Berrada's deluded win title by 2028 claim) and this holds them down, because alongside a compliant, sycophantic media, they delude themselves they have top players and it's always the coach's fault (despite them failing under many coaches) or the system (despite them looking garbage no matter what formation they use) and 'aren't that far away' - when actually they're fucking light years away and need to gut the entire rancid club from boardroom to coaching staff to playing staff.

Also, I would love if you post this on Redcafe and see if any of the more realistic, less deluded types (ie not the top reds) actually agree with a lot of what i am saying here (ad homs against the club aside, I mean the crux of my discussion of their problems).
 
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