I was looking at the number of games played. December and January at 9 and 8, were the most demanding months. In February we only have 5 games. March is 6 + 1 FA Cup match if we get past Wigan. There was a freshness about the team against Leicester and Basel which probably came from the drop off in the schedule.
April is 4 PL games + 1 Champions League (if we get to the semis) and 1 FA cup (if we get to the semis).
So, we have come through the most demanding schedule and sit 16 points ahead in the league.
The schedule ahead is much less demanding, fixture-wise: February; 5, March; 7, April; 6 (March and April assuming maximum progress in cups).
There can be little doubt that the league is in the bag. The days are getting longer, the players are getting more time for recovery, and injured players are returning.
Looking good.
I was looking at the number of games played. December and January at 9 and 8, were the most demanding months. In February we only have 5 games. March is 6 + 1 FA Cup match if we get past Wigan. There was a freshness about the team against Leicester and Basel which probably came from the drop off in the schedule.
April is 4 PL games + 1 Champions League (if we get to the semis) and 1 FA cup (if we get to the semis).
So, we have come through the most demanding schedule and sit 16 points ahead in the league.
The schedule ahead is much less demanding, fixture-wise: February; 5, March; 7, April; 6 (March and April assuming maximum progress in cups).
There can be little doubt that the league is in the bag. The days are getting longer, the players are getting more time for recovery, and injured players are returning.
Looking good.
No way should we nor will we be throwing games to try and contribute to their downfall. If it happens naturally then it'd be fun but it wouldn't be professional or principled of us to do it intentionally.The thing is we can have a potentially large say in this happening -
Obviously first and foremost we need to beat them at Etihad.....
But us losing to Spurs and Chelsea would certainly help the cause....
Now would we be happy to lose 2 more games if it meant them finishing outside top 4 ????????? Hmmmmm
I was looking at the number of games played. December and January at 9 and 8, were the most demanding months. In February we only have 5 games. March is 6 + 1 FA Cup match if we get past Wigan. There was a freshness about the team against Leicester and Basel which probably came from the drop off in the schedule.
April is 4 PL games + 1 Champions League (if we get to the semis) and 1 FA cup (if we get to the semis).
So, we have come through the most demanding schedule and sit 16 points ahead in the league.
The schedule ahead is much less demanding, fixture-wise: February; 5, March; 7, April; 6 (March and April assuming maximum progress in cups).
There can be little doubt that the league is in the bag. The days are getting longer, the players are getting more time for recovery, and injured players are returning.
Looking good.
What a predicament to be in, I'm loving it....!I think you’ll find April’s schedule will dwarf what has gone before if we reach the FA and CL Semi Finals. It will be a game every 3/4 days with some high profile extremely important fixtures to boot.
Brighton in the League would likely be rearranged inbetween Spurs away and an FAC Semi Final.
We could end up playing Spurs/Scum in 3 competitions over the space of 3 weeks. Or we could get Madrid/Barca/Bayern/PSG and know we are in for 180 minutes of physical and mental torture.
Thankfully as you say, we’ve done the hard graft in the league to allow us some breathing space there but I think April is set up for a monster month of important knock out fixtures which for me would be seen as the most demanding of the season, perhaps mentally more than physically as the big prizes appear closer on the horizon.
this is the oneWin it as soon as possible as we have two more competitions to focus on
What a predicament to be in, I'm loving it....!
Agreed mate but bring it the fuck on I say, I get withdrawal symptoms when there are no games... Our injured players are coming back at just the right time, be great to get Mendy back for a few weeks, doubt he will be risked this season though ... Can't wait for next weekend, never tire of Wembley days out..;-)Likewise. I guess the best part about it Is I’m actually anticipating us having to play a game every 4 days from the end of March til the end of the season. CL 1/4 Final could do with being as easy a tie as we can get. Don’t expect there to be much hope of that existing sadly. Perhaps Rochdale in an FA Cup Semi at Wembley were we to get there. It’s gonna be a crazy month of fixtures if things go the way we hope they will.
In a one off game anything can happen united are closer to us than Halifax where when they beat us! but the issue they have is they are closing in on the point they simply need to run the board and not drop any more points and irrespective of what happens in that match I can't see united winning 11 games on the bounce.City are now too good for me to think along any lines that include the notion "assuming U****d beat us."
Every game.IF we win the league and win it with several matches left, would we get a guard of honour off every team we play after winning it, or would it just be the one game immediately after winning it?
Utter BollocksDo we rest players in the league if we win it early?
Don't we have a duty to put best side available if were playing relegation threatened teams?
Utter Bollocks
do you mean like the gpc did against Derby.
The rags threw the last game of the season against them meaning they stayed up and we went down.
Pep needs to do what is best for us fuck the rest!
12-15 point from 11 games. Even post 2008 city could do that...... just....!16 points clear - 11 games left. Imagine if we won 5 of those games, that would be like being 31 points clear, with the rest having just a maximum of 33 points to play for.
But it's City so I'm not so sure ;-)
I mean pre not post!12-15 point from 11 games. Even post 2008 city could do that...... just....!