2025/26 Season

[Norbs]

It is conceivable, but so is palace winning the league. I think arsenal are real contenders, and they're currently better than us because we're playing like ******s, but on balance of probabilities, we will stop playing like ******s at some point, probably soon.

Hope so, at the moment though it looks like Slot may not have faced a wall of 11 before, such is football in the Netherlands

[Kenneth]

There's a possibility that Slot isn't up to it and that last season the changes were so slight that it was Klopp's influence that carried us. That's not inconceivable

It is conceivable, but so is palace winning the league. I think arsenal are real contenders, and they're currently better than us because we're playing like ******s, but on balance of probabilities, we will stop playing like ******s at some point, probably soon.

[Norbs]

Following on from that line of thought...Arteta finally reaches the precipice of being the nearly man and decides to leave before he's pushed and Pep continues his lacklustre worn out form. Leaving us to win another unchallenged title.

Thanks to Klopp.

No, that would be thanks to Arteta and Pep

[Charly]

I still worry a bit about the midfield. It ran out if steam last year. Rotation at the moment is seeing Dom playing elsewhere instead of rested and we could lose Wirtz to the left attacking spot.

Hopefully Bajetic and Nyoni breakthrough this season. Jones I feel needs to learn to step up the tempo a bit in passing forward, but I feel he has dropped behind Macca Dom and Grav in terms of his performances.

[BigChief]

There's a possibility that Slot isn't up to it and that last season the changes were so slight that it was Klopp's influence that carried us. That's not inconceivable

Following on from that line of thought...Arteta finally reaches the precipice of being the nearly man and decides to leave before he's pushed and Pep continues his lacklustre worn out form. Leaving us to win another unchallenged title.

Thanks to Klopp.

[Norbs]

No chance. Arsenal have a much lower ceiling than us this season. The more realistic scenario is WHEN our £100m+ shiny new toys get going we will blow all and sundry away. Even if all of them don't get going together at once.

There's a possibility that Slot isn't up to it and that last season the changes were so slight that it was Klopp's influence that carried us. That's not inconceivable

[BigChief]

Was Darwin a shiny toy once?

That's why we went for more than one.

[peterbread]

No chance. Arsenal have a much lower ceiling than us this season. The more realistic scenario is WHEN our £100m+ shiny new toys get going we will blow all and sundry away. Even if all of them don't get going together at once.

[Paul12]

No chance. Arsenal have a much lower ceiling than us this season. The more realistic scenario is WHEN our £100m+ shiny new toys get going we will blow all and sundry away. Even if all of them don't get going together at once.

Was Darwin a shiny toy once?

[BigChief]

I'd put Arsenal as title favourites right now. Injury problems sorted with returning players in form. New signings bedded in and playing well. A settled back 5 in form. Players on the fringe jostling for selection.

But. When it looks good for them is when they tend to falter

No chance. Arsenal have a much lower ceiling than us this season. The more realistic scenario is WHEN our £100m+ shiny new toys get going we will blow all and sundry away. Even if all of them don't get going together at once.

[Kenneth]

I would too, but it's so early as to be pretty much irrelevant.

[Norbs]

I'd put Arsenal as title favourites right now. Injury problems sorted with returning players in form. New signings bedded in and playing well. A settled back 5 in form. Players on the fringe jostling for selection.

But. When it looks good for them is when they tend to falter

[DerKrampus]

Conversely, if Arsenal slip and we don't then everything will be good with the world!

[Pablo]

Yep, if you are going to have a "crisis" best to have your crisis when you are top of the league

[kingfunk]

Also looks a bit tired, tetchy at times! I’d say it’s a right pain in his arse having to do these pre game PCs for every single game.