The Title Race - 2024/25

[gordondaviesmoustache]

"not playing well but still top"
"not playing well but still unbeaten"
"not playing well but still second"

We are fucking 5th now and don't even deserve to be that high. Any happy clappers still defending this?

Noteworthy that your first instinct after our fourth consecutive defeat is to call out other blues who are of a more positive disposition than you.

Is it because you think they are responsible for that run of results or because it makes you feel like a big man?

 

[Roachy]

I think top 4 and a good run in the cups will do, the pressure is off now and we need to get back to playing football and get some results to build some confidence.

Our goal difference is exactly the same as Forest, 2 behind Brighton and we're miles off the top 3.

This isn't a title winning season.

I'm not sure confidence is an issue. We're just not playing well enough to win games.

 

[Axel Freed]

"not playing well but still top"
"not playing well but still unbeaten"
"not playing well but still second"

We are fucking 5th now and don't even deserve to be that high. Any happy clappers still defending this?

They play 38 games for a reason

The reason being that it doesn't matter what attention seeking, kneejerk reaction spanners think is wrong at any given point of the season that suits their poorly thought out narrative, it only matters where we are after 38 games.

This squad have more than enough credit in the bank for us to postpone judgement on this currently faltering campaign until much much later in the season

 

[paulchapo]

..... We're out of it.....that sounds bizarre just into December but we are.

 

[Norbert D]

The title race? We ain’t in it.

 

[citytill1die84]

And back then we didn't have Nunes running around like a headless chicken, or Gundogan strolling around like an OAP, and Kyle Walker wearing lead lined boots or a kid trying to boss midfield!!

Yet we still went 10 behind.

 

[its a Barm]

I'm as big a blue as anyone on here but I have to say I'm cool with the situation I know that we can't win every competition every year, I just hope this is the start of a regeneration of the squad and team and I look forward to seeing what's coming in the next 2 transfer windows.

 

[BlueMonkey79]

Yet we still went 10 behind.

But those players still had it in them.

Most of these players are finished now, and should be being used sporadically.

Plus Liverpool were prone to slipping up in a few games in the season you mention. This season is the best I have seen them. They look "complete". They don't concede many and have a lethal front line with a midfield that has energy and doesn't mind sticking their foot in when required.

No way we pull 11 points back with this set of players. The dream is over. Back to the real world for this season unfortunately.

 

[Damanino]

December will tell us all we need to know. Palace and Villa away. can see a draw and a loss in these if our form does not change.
home games vs Forest, Everton, rags, Leicester. ideally 12 points, but in this form no way we do 4/4 of these. Feyenoord would maybe lose too these and we couldnt beat them either.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Easier said than done, but with a few players returning we need some decent performances over the next few weeks.

Hopefully that will provide confidence and ultimately goals

No use worrying about Liverpool or Arsenal as their results are out of our hands
However we might be a lot stronger by the time of the return matches

 

[simon23]

Hate to say this but we have the rags coming up...another team full of pace who can play on the break and with a higher pressing midfield.....

Play like we are and even that lot will beat us

 

[Mr. Shush]

They play 38 games for a reason

The reason being that it doesn't matter what attention seeking, kneejerk reaction spanners think is wrong at any given point of the season that suits their poorly thought out narrative, it only matters where we are after 38 games.

This squad have more than enough credit in the bank for us to postpone judgement on this currently faltering campaign until much much later in the season

Yes. Technically its not over. And yes, this squad has earned our patience. But there are some system problems on our team exacerbated by our lack of healthy personnel. I don't really see this getting better until January when the PL will likely be more out of reach than now. Yes, they play 38 for a reason. But I think most of us here know footy and we/they know that the current iteration of our team isn't displaying the quality we have grown accustomed to seeing. Let's still support our boys and coach and stay in the top 5.

 

[WesthoughtonJohn]

But those players still had it in them.

Most of these players are finished now, and should be being used sporadically.

Plus Liverpool were prone to slipping up in a few games in the season you mention. This season is the best I have seen them. They look "complete". They don't concede many and have a lethal front line with a midfield that has energy and doesn't mind sticking their foot in when required.

No way we pull 11 points back with this set of players. The dream is over. Back to the real world for this season unfortunately.

Reminds me of us in 6 of the last 7 seasons.
Sadly that isn't us this year, we can all list reasons why.
I'll be interested to see if Pep is really the fraud everyone outside City thinks he is - I don't believe he is btw.
The recruitment in Jan, and the summer, has to be top notch now

 

[citytill1die84]

But those players still had it in them.

Most of these players are finished now, and should be being used sporadically.

Plus Liverpool were prone to slipping up in a few games in the season you mention. This season is the best I have seen them. They look "complete". They don't concede many and have a lethal front line with a midfield that has energy and doesn't mind sticking their foot in when required.

No way we pull 11 points back with this set of players. The dream is over. Back to the real world for this season unfortunately.

I'll say it again! We still went 10pts behind.

 

[Roachy]

Reminds me of us in 6 of the last 7 seasons.
Sadly that isn't us this year, we can all list reasons why.
I'll be interested to see if Pep is really the fraud everyone outside City thinks he is - I don't believe he is btw.
The recruitment in Jan, and the summer, has to be top notch now

The picture is becoming clearer now on what is required. I said 5 or 6 a few weeks back and copped flak off a few. With summer departures I think it may well be that. The "1 or 2 and we'll be good to go" posters have gone very quiet.

 

[Silva2021]

Let’s change this to top 4.

At least we keep our record of never losing a proper title race.

 

[bluemcr]

 

[bluemoon32]

The picture is becoming clearer now on what is required. I said 5 or 6 a few weeks back and copped flak off a few. With summer departures I think it may well be that. The "1 or 2 and we'll be good to go" posters have gone very quiet.

We need a a lot more than 1 or 2 & they also have to be starters and not just squad filler.
Fuck the net spend trophy

 

[BlueMonkey79]

I'll say it again! We still went 10pts behind.

And I'll say it again.

Those players in that season were infinitely better to claw that 10 point gap back than this lot are!!

No way this team recovers from this. We've been poor all season but we have gotten away with it in games.

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

Let's see the state of play mid March. Nothing is won in December.