Alexander Isak will be on Homes Under The Hammer - Premier League 2025/2026

Decided to bite the bullet. Haven't started a thread in many years.

Will Arsenal finally win the league? Will Liverpool be worse despite spending 200m? Will Man City get relegated due to 115 charges or grimly return to form? Will Man United stop being funny? Can even one promoted team stay up? How angry can Newcastle fans get?

Have at it!

Something about Spurs. Setpieces/violent roughhousing?

Finally, on the right board

Hooray! Looking forward to watching MOTD with the boy and not otherwise engaging unless Liverpool win something and there's another parade.

Oh and beating that cunt from Mumford & Sons at FPL again. Is there an ILX FPL league out there?

You won't watch it live? I have to say through a combo of getting older, TV subscriptions, Liverpool being fairly consistently good, and general ennui of life, I am prob deeper in than ever. Several podcasts a week, BT and Sky at home etc. Maybe also Liverpool finally winning the league then repeating it means football doesn't have the grinding painful anxiety it had every season when I was younger. I can enjoy it more.

i look forward to another season of grinding painful anxiety

Tbh after I posted that I started thinking how anxious I was even when we were miles ahead last year.

I dunno, it's so hard to find a stream these days and I just have so much to do every Saturday anyway. Might be changing jobs soon though so maybe things will change a bit. It's something to talk about at family gatherings, though the family still in Liverpool either support Everton or Forest (long story)

All three promoted teams to go straight back down for, I think, the third season in a row?

Have seen a couple of pundits tip Leeds to buck the trend at the expense of Wolves

A couple of evil pundits.

Sunderland have spent loads also

West Ham not great?

West Ham will be fine I reckon. Brentford seem the best candidates to keep one of the new teams up but I doubt it tbh. I reckon City will win it. My football consumption (other than League 1) is just Second Captains and 3min highlights on YouTube

Brentford hiring Keith Andrews with zero management experience is a brave move (though to be fair he does have some assistant manager experience, though to be even fairer it was for MK Dons and they were relegated that season)

Definitely a worry. He is red hot favourite to be sacked first.

I wish Keith well obviously as long as he finishes below us

Bournemouth have decided to set the fifa setting to ultimate for iriola and he's clearly done a great job but I think they'll struggle , same with forest. not enough to go down tho probably.

in amongst all the money lfc are throwing around I hope I've missed them extending konate's contract or are they going to let him leave for nothing next summer?
if lfc don't win tmrw then the winless in the league streak stretches to what 5 games?
slot out in that case.

I think city will be closer to last season version than 2019-2024 version.
think arsenal will win the league.

Sounds like Konate could be off. There were even a few rumours Real might try to buy him this summer.

I think they need to keep him if at all possible. the way the team sets up this season him and vvd will have to do a tonne of one on one defending and I trust both of them to manage that, not sure anyone we've been linked with could cope as well. of course it helps to have allisson mind you.

I know it's twenty mins in but feel like there's not a lot of attacking coherence in Liverpool at all.

Good game this.

Liverpool all over the place defensively

Never in doubt (that Mo would score in the opening game).

What a game. Unbelievably sad to see Mo crying at the final whistle as the whole stadium sings for Jota.

I think Liverpool's problem is midfield exposing the defence. Wirtz is quality but isn't going to do anything besides attack. Szobo at 8 is too undisciplined, and Gravy is suspended. That said, Konate was terrible tonight.

Ekitike looks brilliant tho, exciting player. Wirtz still settling but love how his first touch is almost always a pass.

Could be a mental season with this attacking setup but I hope they find a more controlled structure for the sake of my health.

indisciplined*

For three seasons we’ve had more points than any other team in this league, which is incredible. That’s how you have all the consistency. Now we have to do it in a season to have one more point or the same amount of points and more goals different than any other team. That’s the objective.”

apparently this isn't even true, man city have more, but also... this is why people dislike arteta. he makes it sound like they need to just flukily be top of the league when the season ends having done the harder bit of having a good average points score.

not sure whether to watch this

looks like Martinez is suspended for Villa, wonder what happened there?

Sent off at end of last season

[lightly quivering] not ringing any bells

Yeah i detected the note of fake insouciance

Not notably missing Martinez so far

new guy looks good so far. he's had more to do than I'd like

Well yeah, he's done good tho

Every pass is going wrong, this is getting tiresome. That said, the tempo is pretty crazy. Newcastle’s midfield get in there so fast

New goalie looks legit, this could be a big step up from Olsen

Weird seeing both teams in the same colour shorts. What is this, Ted Lasso?

Think Villa had a bit more impact in the last 5 minutes, hopefully they build on that

Welp, the Prem's back baby

newcastle could really use a prolific striker, you feel.

Classy celebrating like they've just won the league tho

not sure there are many groups of fans who will relish hating one of their own players as much as newcastle fans will with isak.

if there's one thing Newcastle fans can't stand, it's Jamal Kashoggi's widow. But if there are two things they can't stand, you can add A Player That Doesnt Give His All For That Famous Black and White Shirt as well

alan shearer - got newcastle relegated

alexander isak - won a trophy for newcastle for the first and last time in their history

yet the latter is the villain here???

only one goal in the prem so far today and it's richarlison

Richarlison’s second goal was tremendous.

Forget yer Arsenal v. Spurs or Chelsea v. Fulham or whatever, Newcastle v Sunderland games are going to give the Premier League a taste of a truly venomous derby.

Grant Xhaka as Sunderland captain should def help with that

so wolves are going to beat man city 4-0 then

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I'm enjoying this brief moment of respite trying to work out e.g. if West Ham are shit or not

before I end up crying into this thread in a bit

Wolves playing p well so far

Well yeah buf

Fucking hell, at this rate “every other team” is gonna defeat Arsenal fans for the biggest fucking ninnys.

how about we do a chart for how many ffp charges each club have hanging over them

yes that too

This is the worst thing I've ever seen. pic.twitter.com/P3S8ey1LlP

— Not Match of the Day (@NOT_MOTD) May 23, 2026

lol i enjoyed it

So did I! 😭😭😭

Can’t imagine hating that. It’s surprisingly well done.

I’m at peace with the forthcoming West Ham win (2-0) and Spurs loss (0-1). I think whoever goes down will come straight back up, as will Wolves.

Got a feeling that Moyles will play for a 0-0 draw, knowing it would be enough to send West Ham down.

surprised Lindelof isn't out til October with that hangover

ref a cunt here already.

cheapshots against us going unpunished

i'm a stuck record but a lot needs to change for us to have a shot of coming straight back up, and Edwards isn't it

I was too generous to Moyes

I started to believe we were safe somewhere around the 99th minute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef9QnZVpVd8

fist pumps in the cheese tunnel

anyway congrats lads

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Another season over, Liverpool won nothing, but on the plus side I beat Winston Marshall on FPL and successfully reported his team name so he had to change it (it was "Cancello Culture")

Spurs and West Ham to win would've been a good-priced double

I’m still not sure he’s completely cut out for the highest level but, if they can keep him, Taty Castellanos is going to score 40 in the Championship next season.

i think palhinha prob our player of the season also im not sure hes good enough its been a year

Will Arsenal finally win the league? Will Liverpool be worse despite spending 200m? Will Man City get relegated due to 115 charges or grimly return to form? Will Man United stop being funny? Can even one promoted team stay up? How angry can Newcastle fans get?

Yes to most of these questions hacked out when thread was made turned out to be the answer, and "very" to the last one. Can't help but feel responsible, especially for not including "will Spurs get relegated".

Well done to De Zerbi on being 11 x better than Igor Tudor

Intrigued who he thinks the "10-12" players who are good enough to stay are. Palhinha, Kolo Muani and Gallagher are apparently three. You'd probably assume Danso, Kudus, VdV and maybe Spence. Not sure it would be a massive shock to see pretty much anyone leave over the summer.

xxp there's always next year!

Now i've barely seen Spurs all season but isn't Archie Gray highly regarded? Maddison and Solanke have had a lot of injury issues but you'd assume they fit the bill too.

Gray is still young but hasn’t really shown much progression. He was a consistent 7-8/10 in the Championship at 16, which is extraordinary, but is still a 7-8/10 Championship player now. I don’t think that’s his fault, necessarily- he has been moved around from CB to CM to cover injuries, often without much quality alongside him to support.

Maddison and Solanke are in the category of ‘you could make a case for them’ but that’s probably true for about ten others.

i think you have to apply a filter for "expected role"

bergvall, gray, spence, sarr, tel might all qualify as (just about in some cases) good enough to support an xi but not carry it, and you could allow for arrested development given age and circumstances

the unquestioned "should be senior" cull will be harsher and i could see only porro, vdv surviving it of the players for whom injuries arent a massive question mark.

of that last group, id hope that dezerbi- not that i believe he'll be making any decisions- will take a look at udogie, maddison, kulusevski, solanke, richarlison and say a player than cannot be relied upon that thinks they are a first team starter has no place here and cleans house

What the

Barcelona have now made a formal bid worth in excess of £70m for Anthony Gordon.

Newcastle attacker is keen on the move. Bayern are still in talks as well.

Barcelona moving quickly following positive talks.

Newcastle also want Gordon's exit resolved quickly.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🤝 @alex_crook pic.twitter.com/KTCbOF6axX

— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) May 27, 2026

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I can see him working there. I’d imagine Newcastle fans are going to riot, though.

they seem relatively unbothered

suggestion is that he's been looking to get out for a while, and he's coming off a fairly poor season

Arsenal won the Premiership, a dream come true... now dreaming about the world as one - and all war criminals arrested and tried pic.twitter.com/AhcBgpKsnW

— Yusuf / Cat Stevens (@YusufCatStevens) May 29, 2026

🚨 Club sources do NOT expect there to be any animosity between Anthony Gordon & Julian Alvarez in relation to the Falkland Islands dispute 🇦🇷🇬🇧

The club expect the pair to AVOID politics and be GREAT team-mates 🥰@sport pic.twitter.com/sNjH0cpDvg

— total Barça (@totalBarca) May 29, 2026

t/s war criminals vs var criminals

oh god we've signed Trippier

Club sources do NOT expect there to be any animosity between Kieran Trippier & Yerson Mosquera in relation to the War of Jenkins' Ear

Would never have recognized that was Cat Stevens!

Slot out?

🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE: ARNE SLOT AND LIVERPOOL TO PART WAYS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. 💣

It’s over between the Dutch manager and Liverpool after end of the season review. 👋🏼

Andoni Iraola, clear favorite to take over as next #LFC head coach. pic.twitter.com/8VIz644RFi

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 30, 2026

oh please let it be true

Now reported as sacked on BBC

Didn’t they just hire his old assistant from Feyenoord? Astonishing double bluff.

aw

Iraola incoming. Innnteresting

I feel bad for him! what a wild two years

players had clearly turned on him tho

I guess Palace can keep waiting on Iraola

Did more than many Liverpool managers in winning the league. Think it's prob the right decision as it wasn't going to improve imo, once it goes bad like this it is almost impossible to turn it around.

Iraola seems a good enough option though I'd worry his style is more suited to a team that can sit deep based on expectations and opponent tactics. Might need a tweak or two.

Beyond that I'm more worried about the squad and the transfer strategy. They need five or six players and I'm not sure they are going to get them this summer.

That's okay in the sense that it's a rebuild but with a new manager starting my worry would be that big holes will be left again.

I don't think Slot was in a position to do any sort of rebuild unfortunately.

Iraola is a brilliant manager but his teams do have a habit of taking a long while to get out of a slump if they’re in one.

Wasn’t similar once said about Thomas Frank? I wonder what happened to him, he was a cracking manager

Changing things so nothing changes

idk, hopefully they finish 11th next season