General Premier League Thread 2025/2026 - See Post #1 for Mod Note

I just think that a stat like that is very much in "net spend" territory.

"If you pick this specific date range and that specific ground and make it a top ten then here is another record".

Its a bit gimmicky and demeans him a little. Such a player has enough genuinely impressive records that he doesn't need the gimmicks to make himself look better. Especially when the stat itself isn't that impressive, its only possible because of Uniteds own failings and the lack of goals from the likes of Jadon Sancho.

I will note that part of it for me is that I expect a teams main goalscorer to be scoring goals, if it was Ronaldo against a smaller club I'd expect him to have scored nearly every time he went there. For example, I note that from 2019 until he left the league in 2023, Harry Kane scored 4 goals and 3 assists in 5 games at Old Trafford.

Salah scored 7 goals at Old Trafford since 2020. I'd argue that his 3 goals/3 assists in 5 games at Man City is more impressive, since they were against a dominant City side. But that doesn't put him in the top 10 of anything.

Think he takes penos, not sure on free kicks.

If you are attempting to retcon Anthony Martials record at Utd then you've gone too far.

Salah was a fantastic, world class player. Whether it was against Manchester United, Arsenal, Norwich or anyone else it doesn't matter. Nobody is demeaning Salah and his accomplishments by pointing out how silly the Old Trafford stat is. Its a stat purely made for social media engagement and Salahs career is so much more than that

Denis Bailey scored a hat trick for QPR in a league game at Old Trafford.

On the day football was invented! 1st January 1992

Good knowledge!

Real are having similar issues this season.

What is Brentford's problem? Why do they not just score the many goals that Man United are clearly asking them to score?

Thiago looks like a man United fan who is terrified to see them conceding

It says something about the state of the game, that I find it refreshing to see a player not going down moaning and roaring when he gets hit. Clearly Sesko smacks van der Berg in the face, accidentally, but he just gets up, they shake hands and back to the football. No intent or malice on one side, and no over-reaction and attempting at getting someone booked on the other. A rarity.

Poor fecking Spurs fans, team in serious relegation trouble and they make a massive announcement that they've teamed up with Peppa Pig for merch. They're getting slaughtered online

My 5 year old son was a big fan of Peppa pig, thats genuinely hilarious. 🤣

Chelsea job in the works?

I thought they might keep him for the promotion push and then get rid but I see you say now he was hated.

Pretty amusing in the title race both City and Arsenal will have final days games against teams with a possible European final just before or just after.

If Villla win Europa league 4 days before going to City you would expect them to have been on the piss for a day or 2.

Palace could have Conference league final 3 days after hosting Arsenal so expect them to play the kids on last day of season.

Apparently Burnley would like to get Craig Bellamy, who was there under Kompany, but he wants to lead Wales for the 2028 Euros. That looks like a no-brainer decision there. After that, options include Steven Gerrard and Cork native, Brian Barry-Murphy, who has steered Cardiff City back into the Championship. If I were BBM, I think I'd stay with the Bluebirds, where he's known, and will know his squad, and probably already has planned for a season up in the Championship.

Budget restraints might have Burnley having to hold a fire sale in the summer. Teams in the lower half of the EPL could do worse than look at Esteve, Hannibal and Flemming.

Apparently Mudryk was given a 4 year ban for doping back in January…..but it was never revealed to anyone

It's only after he appealed to CAS this week that anyone has found out that he was banned in the first place.

Bit mad. If he wins the appeal he'll be back at the start of next season likely, if it fails then it's likely December 2028 (4 year ban backdated to initial suspension)

Still under contract at Chelsea until 2031