The Premier League’s “Eight Big Big Leagues” lineup depth ranking: Arsenal’s bench is top-notch!

The European football war rekindled this week, which means that the "warm-up phase" of the 25/26 season has officially ended. All giant teams except Manchester United will usher in a intensive schedule of weekly doubles until the busy Christmas and New Year period.

In the next few months, lineup depth will become a key factor in determining the direction of the league.

This article will analyze the ranking of the second team of the Premier League "Eight Big Leagues" (Note: Although Manchester United is not strong, it is still quite interesting to discuss its bench).

Selected description: There is no absolute difference between "main force" and "substitute" in the modern football system. The ranking of this article is for entertainment reference only. Injury players are selected for internship: Players who are expected to return before 2026 are included in the list, and players who come back after 2026 will not be considered.

8) Aston Villa's second lineup

goalkeeper: Marco Bizot defender: Garcia, Paul Torres, Lindelof, Mattson

Midfielder: Kamala, Ross Barkley

Forwards: Buendia, Elliott, Donyere Mullen, Ivan Gaisan

This lineup looks good at first glance, but in detail, there are many loopholes. It fully exposed the gap between mid-range teams such as Villa and the top giants in terms of lineup depth.

Although we think Villa should stop complaining about the Premier League Financial Fair Competition Rules (PSR) and focus on improving themselves, they can still understand their plight.

For Villa, who started the Premier League poorly this season, the intensive schedule on Thursday-Sunday combined with such a weak substitute depth could be a fatal blow.

(Note: The lineup was forced to include multiple wounded people, at least avoiding the embarrassing scene of Lindelof making a cameo midfielder)

7) Newcastle United's second-team

goalkeeper: Ramsdale

defenders: Craft, Malik Tiava, Sven Botman, Lewis Hall

Midfielders: Jacob Ramsey, Joe Willlock, Lewis Miley

Forwards: Harvey Barnes, William Osura, Anthony Ellanda

Defensive line is of good quality, and Newcastle's usual four-defense system is adopted to retain top substitutes like Botman (based on this season's data, Dan Byrne and Fabian Schal cannot be excluded from the main players).

The midfield is slightly thin, and offensive firepower may become the biggest shortcoming. After the positioning of Nick Voltaimad and Joan Visa is clear, the lineup may be adjusted, but it is currently speculated that the two will enter the main lineup to provide two practical wingers for this set of substitutes.

6) Manchester United's second team goalkeeper: Sunny Ramons

defender: Taylor Frederickson, Harry Maguire, Aiden Haven

Midfielders: Diogo Dalot, Casemiro, Kobe Maynu, Tyrell Maracia

Forwards: Mason Mount, Amade Diallo, Joshua Zilkze

Ruben Amorin's stubborn three-guard system not only messes up the main lineup, but also puts substitute configurations in trouble.

In reality, he might prefer to let Casemiro play a guest appearance as a central defender than to let two rookies assist Maguire, but Lisandro Martinez's long-term injury made this plan impossible.

Dallot is a special situation for being on the bench - he almost always gets a chance to play, not because he is the first choice for a certain position, but because he can compete with six different positions.

5) Chelsea's second team Goalkeeper: Philip Jorgensen

defenders: Marlow Gustow, Wesley Forfana, Bennot Badiashell, Yorell Hato

Midfielders: Romeo Lavia, Andre Santos

Forwards: Estewan, Faquundo Buonanot, Jamie Gittens, Liam Delapp

This lineup is stable overall (the choice between Gittens and Garnacho may be controversial), which is in line with the positioning of the Blues '" player trading factory '.

When Drapp returns to the team due to injury, Chelsea will have two regular centers. Most teams have potential defense risks in the substitute lineup, and Chelsea is no exception - the unstable performance of the main goalkeeper is even worse.

4) Tottenham Hotspur's second team goalkeeper: Anthony Kinsky defender: Archie Gray, Kevin Densor, Ben Davis, Destiny Udorge

Midfielder: Lucas Bergvall, Yves Bisuma

Forwards: Brennan Johnson, Wilson Aldobert, Randal Kloe Muani, Dominic Solank

The shortcomings of Tottenham's defense number are exposed here: Jed Spence has replaced Udorge as the first choice for left-back, and is still Pedro Polo's substitute, forcing Archie Gray to play a guest appearance again as he is not familiar with.

Ben Davis's situation of still serving as a substitute central defender in 2025 is quite funny, and Tottenham fans can only pray that Frank's tactical system has less pressure on Birk Vandervin's hamstring than in Conte's era.

Offensive end, after Kulusevsky and Madison had a long-term injury, Harvey Simmons became the only "offensive starting point". This lineup has obviously more "sweat components" than "inspiration elements".

Due to personnel restrictions, we were forced to adopt a 4-2-3-1 formation (rather than Frank's preferred 4-3-3), and even had to include Bisuma, who was not on the Champions League roster..

3) Liverpool's second team goalkeeper: George Mamadashvili defender: Jeremy Flynnpon, Joe Gomez, Giovanni Leoni, Andrew Robertson

Midfielder: Yoko Endo, Stefan Bajchetic

Forwards: Federico Chiesa, Curtis Jones, Rio Nguhoma, Hugo Ekitic

Slot tried to use Sobosloy to play the right back to solve Arnold's position problem, which benefited a lot from the substitute.

After Kelleher, Liverpool once again has an A-level substitute goalkeeper. But the failure to sign Mark Gerch left a huge loophole - the Reds seemed to be in a defensive crisis with just one serious injury.

2) Manchester City's second team goalkeeper: James Trafford defender: Mattus Nunes, Nathan Ak, Abdukodir Husanov, Rico Lewis Midfielder: Nico Gonzalez, Nico O'Reilly, Matteo Kovacic striker: Savigno, Leon Serki, Marmush, This lineup has full practical capabilities and is an ideal substitute configuration. Rico Lewis' guest appearance as a left-back is a bit far-fetched, and the midfield also focuses on defensive hardness.

If you need to enhance your creativity, Oscar Bob can replace O'Reilly and change to the 4-2-3-1 formation.

The impact force of the forward trident is enough to make up for the dullness of the midfield, and the overall strength is balanced.

1) ​​Arsenal's second team Goalkeeper: Kepa

defender: Ben White, Xinkapi, Moscra, Skeley

Midfielders: Christian Nolgo, Mikel Merino

Forwards: Noni Maduaike, Ethan Envanelli, Martineli, Kay Havertz

This lineup is simply ridiculous - it has the level of the top six main players in the Premier League! There are no obvious shortcomings, no players forced to play guest appearances, and every selected person is perfectly competent in his position.

If we let this "Arsenal 2" play for a full Premier League season, we are really curious about which one they can rank (bold guess: runner-up).

If the attack is needed to be strengthened, Trosad and Daoman are still on standby on the bench.

Such depth is really shocking.