The Title Race - 2023/24

[mexico1970]

It's Lutons turn to fluff up the pillows and assume the position tonight.

 

[wolfie1988]

Out title could depend on how serious this niggle is with Kev's hamstring. Hopefully its just post workout fatigue.

There is absolutely zero way he would have been anywhere near the squad if it was serious.

 

[citymad]

There is absolutely zero way he would have been anywhere near the squad if it was serious.

I agree but it got me worried a little.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I looked at the remaining fixtures last night for the top 3 and made my peace with the fact that Liverpool will win the title
Didn’t see anything tonight to change my mind

It’s just not there with us this season, not enough players in good form

Fact. Lol.

We've been in this position before, fact. Write us off at your peril.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

It’s all about March.

Indeed, GDM. Hares and daffodils.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

That Copenhagen team is our best line up! we just need to get that team 100% fit for the last 10 games

What aboot t'other three ?

 

[Fordyboy46]

It's Lutons turn to fluff up the pillows and assume the position tonight.

They'll be on the end of a 4-5 nil hammering tonight

 

[St.Pauli support]

They'll be on the end of a 4-5 nil hammering tonight

Luton want to win at Anfield is all you need to know...
Great idea!

 

[Damanino]

not that anyone cares bit with last night win we are down to minus 4 points fixture to fixture to last season.
while we had lots of games where we did worse this season like loss at Emirates, all those stupid draws vs Pool, Chelsea, Palace, Spurs at home we did better in some fixtures like Old Toilet win, and beating Brentford home and away too.
overall now still minus 4.

next two league games were wins last year, Bournemouth away and rags at home. what a win that was with hat-tricks from both Haaland and Foden. would love something similar.
even the Bournemouth away game was a great one with us being 3-0 up at HT.

wish some of these high scoring form would pop up at City soon.

 

[Alfie Budd]

not that anyone cares bit with last night win we are down to minus 4 points fixture to fixture to last season.
while we had lots of games where we did worse this season like loss at Emirates, all those stupid draws vs Pool, Chelsea, Palace, Spurs at home we did better in some fixtures like Old Toilet win, and beating Brentford home and away too.
overall now still minus 4.

next two league games were wins last year, Bournemouth away and rags at home. what a win that was with hat-tricks from both Haaland and Foden. would love something similar.
even the Bournemouth away game was a great one with us being 3-0 up at HT.

wish some of these high scoring form would pop up at City soon.

That win at Bournemouth was this time last season but the 6-3 derby was much earlier - October 2022 before the World Cup.

 

[Chippy_boy]

It all comes down to Anfield away IMO. Win there and it's ours, lose there and I suspect it probably isn't.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

It all comes down to Anfield away IMO. Win there and it's ours, lose there and I suspect it probably isn't.

Win at Anfield?

 

[jimharri]

It all comes down to Anfield away IMO. Win there and it's ours, lose there and I suspect it probably isn't.

It's still in our hands, entering the home straight. Given the ropey autumn we had, I'm not sure we could ask for much more right now. Trips to the cultists, Spursy and the Amex will be tough; no argument from me on that score. But you know what; we're not a bad side. And they won't be looking forward to facing us either.

 

[Blueknows]

Win at Anfield?

Still not forgiven mahrez for that last.min pen miss

 

[jimharri]

Win at Anfield?

Yep. We have the team capable of doing it. Do we have the mentality, or are we beaten before we cross the white line?

 

[bluemoon32]

Yep. We have the team capable of doing it. Do we have the mentality, or are we beaten before we cross the white line?

We've shit our pants there a few times but i think we'll do the business this season

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

People talking about how teams like Brentford play so poorly against Liverpool and not us. I don't think that's the case at all.

We ALLOW teams to come to us and just sit back and play narrow. We play right into their game plan, we try to build slowly from the back, right through midfield (sometimes back again!), and then through to the forwards for the most perfect tap in option we can find.

We allow them to get back in position after every counter attack they do, or after every time our keeper has the ball. This just enables them to sit deep, time waste and try to hit us on the counter.

liverpool on the other hand will try and counter them and play on the front foot.

Now I'm not for one minute saying that the scousers play better than us, or I'd want us to be like them. What I am saying though is that teams who do sit back and look to counter often can't handle the 'counter counter' attack i.e. a quick and direct ball out from our keeper or through midfield, right to the feet of two of the world's best attacking players in Haaland and Foden, before the opposition has had time to regroup.

Most of the time we find a way through, hence why we've won so much consistently! So I don't expect us to do this every time, but on occasion it would make us so much more dangerous, it would give us another dimension as a team. It's criminal that we have Haaland who is lethal in one on one scenarios and yet rarely even look to get him in that position. Almost every one on one he is involved in he scores, look at the goal yesterday. On pure maths alone it's a no brainer.

It amazes me how the best manager in the world can't seem to see the logic in getting Haaland in those positions more often.

 

[jimharri]

We've shit our pants there a few times but i think we'll do the business this season

I like you. You can stay.

 

[nellyonthewing]

With 3 of our 4 Summer signings sitting on the bench against Brentford , that says a lot about our transfer window last year notwithstanding Kovacic returning from injury.

 

[Dunne's own goal]

There’s some incredibly optimistic folks here. Some are even thinking we could win at anfield, some think we can win the league. Madhouse!!