The greatest league in the world

Yes, I agree. It's the most boring season in living memory, imo. Pretty much all of the big guns have failed to show up and Arse will win the title by default. I don't even watch any Arsenal games as they bore me to tears.  I'm definitely watching a lot less full games recently. I can't suffer through any more 0-0 snoozefests- life's too short.

It’s not even the greatest league in the country

Why don’t you
Switch off your TV set
And do something less boring instead?

And why don't you just **** off Die link..it's a forum where we are allowed to comment on the shitfest that's being served up..no wonder people are binning Sky/ TNT

ITs not football is betball they have to keep their sponsors happy

Jan 18, 2026 -- 4:34PM, sofaking wrote:

Yes, I agree. It's the most boring season in living memory, imo. Pretty much all of the big guns have failed to show up and Arse will win the title by default. I don't even watch any Arsenal games as they bore me to tears.

^ I agree.
If we carry on like this, we'll be the worst champions in EPL history.
We really are bang average.
Without goals from set pieces, we'd be fked.

i watched the supposed most creative player in the EPL BRUNO at utd ,yesterday,pick up a ball cleared by city from a utd corner,just inside citys half, all the trime in the world , no city player withing 25 yfds of him,he turned round pass it back 50 yds to utd keeper on edge of the box,and if that wasnt bad enough then ran back 50 yds to take the ball he,d just passed back off the keeper and look up for a pass 50yds behind where he was 30 secs earlier with time and spsce to do anything he wanted

Must admit,its been an absolutle BOREFEST this weekend, I can't see Brighton v Bournemouth being like these last 3 game, as both sides are more intent on scoring goal, rather than not conceding them.

twizzle22

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And why don't you just **** off Die link..it's a forum where we are allowed to comment on the shitfest that's being served up..no wonder people are binning Sky/ TNT

Someone's having their time of the month. It's from an 80s kid's show!

70s TV show, running into 80s and 90s.

here's another one ffs

Jan 18, 2026 -- 5:27PM, Wesdag wrote:

^ I agree.If we carry on like this, we'll be the worst champions in EPL history.We really are bang average.Without goals from set pieces, we'd be fked.

Has your account been hacked, Wesdag?   Refreshing honesty from an Arsenal supporter.

Lol.
Think of me like Mark Goldbridge.
I'm a gooner but I'll call a spade a spade.

got to be one of the worst Super Sundays since Sky started

For tall defender backers...

Jan 18, 2026 -- 6:20PM, ----you-have-to-laugh--- wrote:

For tall defender backers...

OBrien

Viktor Gyökeres was average in The Championship, but put him in the Premier League, and he’s a league winner straightaway.

^ sums it up
No idea why we went for him over Mbeuma tbh.

Maybe because he's a central striker, and that's what
manager was looking for, having failed to sign isak.

We we're never gonna pay £100+ for a striker.

*£100m

But you spent £130m+ on Eze and Gyokeres.

Well yeah, but point remains.

You got Eze, who is pretty much an mbueno alternative

Either would take time to settle into arsenal pattern.

Gyk should have hit ground running, but maybe hasn't been as
good as havertz(early days)

Groceries was a Brighton reject who ended up in Portugal via Coventry.

That profile never screamed top striker to me. He just doesn't look skilful.

Said before Eze was a panic buy to cover for Havertz's injury.

He's done nowt either.

How's this for a stat.

Liverpool were the only top 4 side to score a goal this weekend.

Jan 18, 2026 -- 6:34PM, Wesdag wrote:

^ sums it upNo idea why we went for him over Mbeuma tbh.

Arteta wanted a team of monster-big groks.

He's smart tbf and seen which way the wind's blowing. Individual skill and pretty passing is yesterday's game. Now it's all about set pieces and winning individual battles. Gyokeres can't kick a ball straight but he can put himself about and block runners at corners.

So we've gone bought an offensive lineman.

*& bought

Sort of. Massive full backs, massive midfielders and a massive #9. It won't be pretty, but it'll be successful.

Only with current refs where it's not enough of a foul
not enough of a push, not enough of a shirt pull.

Wenger used to like big lads in his early days but at least he also played some champagne football.
Now we're like Stoke.
The irony.

I think this season has seen a reaction against Guardiola-ball. People saw what happened to Russel Martin last year with Southampton and realised that passing out the back is really a fools errand. Unless you can afford the very best players.Th

At some point the whole league will cotton on to the set piece shenanigans and there will be a regression back to the good old days when no one could score from corners.

The big problem is of course the goals that are chalked off by VAR. I dont know what you can do about that short of throwing the technology out. But that aint going to happen.

Fans could vote with their feet (or channel changers) and just watch EFL games. The authorities might then get the message about VAR.

Was saying last night, what kind of fool is paying all that money to Sky every month for this?

Take then prem off sy and there is basically f all (esp if not into US sports). If Arse don't win it this year then they and Arteta must go down as biggest bottlers ever. No one wants to win it it seems!

It's a reaction to what Forest did last season.

^ what was?

How more teams are playing like that this season

Yep, the forest model, give nowt away, risk free ( if possible)

Hmm, I'm still none the wiser.

Could some football sage explain this "Forest model" in some more detail?

If they perfected summat, it's not working this season.

They ain't using it any more, or tried not to.

Good thread from twitter

https://x.com/i/status/2012913409616969912

..

Brighton v Bournemouth 20 minutes gone another borefest

That s no penalty

Ridiculous decision

Course it was,that is VAR as it should be ref makes an error it gets corrected.

Jan 19, 2026 -- 7:16PM, ----you-have-to-laugh--- wrote:

They ain't using it any more, or tried not to.Good thread from twitterhttps://x.com/i/status/2012913409616969912..

tar

without an angle that conclusively proved any contact can't see how it should be given.

Jan 19, 2026 -- 6:27PM, Wesdag wrote:

Hmm, I'm still none the wiser.Could some football sage explain this "Forest model" in some more detail?If they perfected summat, it's not working this season.

Forest under Nuno. Low block & fast counter-attack, let the opposition have the ball and invite them onto you. Top 4 most of the season, should have got top 5 & CL. FA cup SF too

Slapped his foot then left a trailing leg to the thigh....pen.

tar lurka

Was n t enough for pen and player had no chance of getting ball

No team is on a winning run of more than one game.

What's a winning run

Jesus, that's a stat.

everyone has a bogey betting team,but brighton are a horrendous team to try and 2nd guess,deffo my bogey team this season

If anyone is thinking our league this year is poor, maybe should consider the current champions league market and get laying? - two out of first 3 in the betting being Premier league sides...?

Man city 5/2 at bodo glimt...

4/1 now

Maresca in....

...and this team is the biggest threat to Arsenal

Thumped by Bodo

5 Epl teams in top 8 of champs league and man city 11th

Tell me again how rubbish they are

Tbf, the op was about how drab & boring games in the EPL have been.

3 points between 3rd and 15th in the Champions League table .

TBF to the English sides, there was a good analysis point made on match of the day recent - that when the top sides play in EPL they usually face sides just trying to close down matches, keep it tight etc.

But, when they play in europe sides will often open up against them - e.g. when Spurs Liverpool and Arsenal all won recently in europe. They are playing sides that think they are good, so they attack the English sides, and have fallen short mostly (Man city aside of course lol)

some valid points
https://www.racingpost.com/sport/football-tips/premier-league/is-the-premier-league-boring-why-strength-in-depth-comes-at-the-cost-of-attacking-adventure-aPQRT6s4ums0/

Yes stu, all teams in the CL are used to playing attacking football & winning in their respective leagues - that's why they're in the CL after all.

So teams will go for it rather than low block making for open & entertaining football - unlike most of what you'll see in the EPL.

Exactly that wes - playing v sides used to dominating is far easier for the English sides, than facing other English sides that sit and defend for 80 minutes of matches.

So as it turns out, the Premier League has 3 teams in all 3 European finals

Can't be that bad a league, nobody else has more than 1.