The Top Five Race 2024-25 (poll added)

[xgorton]

Good job we got that late goal v Villa,would be 4pts behind them now.

 

[marco]

I see two draws coming up but hope I’m wrong!

thats fine mate, we draw bournmouth and draw palace and win in extra time then pull the win off at the cottage

 

[cleavers]

And don’t forget to take your swimmers.

Also don't park too near the river in case the tide comes in, seen many blues find their car in the Thames after the game.

 

[Blue2202]

That result v Saints gets worse and worse. Absolutely disgraceful.

I’m just as infuriated now as I was immediately after that game.
The late winners against Villa and Everton undone by such a pathetic performance.

Seems to be a lot on here defending it for some reason as if it’s a point gained. Ridiculous.

 

[wattle]

All is fine. We only need a point v Bournemouth to keep it in our hands. We haven’t lost in months. Super confident of a win v Bournemouth

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Good job we got that late goal v Villa,would be 4pts behind them now.

Pity Newcastle didn't turn up against them.
We'd all be a bit more relaxed now.

 

[Cobwebcat]

I wish posters would stop whining on about Southampton. The last minute win over Villa was more important. Our form is ok.

We played badly in one of our last 5 matches better than all of our rivals and strip the luck out we should still have won 2-0 with the same performance.

We can’t expect to win all our matches and our rivals to all cock up theirs.

Recency bias.

 

[come-on-barney]

I wish posters would stop whining on about Southampton. The last minute win over Villa was more important. Our form is ok.

We played badly in one of our last 5 matches better than most of our rivals and strip the luck out we should still have won 2-0 with the same performance.

We can’t expect to win all our matches and our rivals to all cock up theirs.

Recency bias.

The last two games will conclude whether the Soton point was enough.

 

[Cobwebcat]

The last two games will conclude whether the Soton point was enough.

It won’t prove anything. What about the other 35 games?

Literal definition of recency bias.

 

[Gray]

It won’t prove anything. What about the other 35 games?

Literal definition of recency bias.

You could bring up loads of matches that will have had an influence on our final position without putting it all on the last Saints game.

RAGS anybody?

 

[Claytop]

It’s a good job Forest have run out of steam as Villa’s & Chelsea’s form has been annoyingly good over the past 6 or 7 matches. Thankfully we’ve gone on a bit of a run too which I actually expected would have been enough already to have us qualified.

 

[Indaparkside]

Makes me laugh posters worrying about top 5 then next season they will be booing the anthem saying I’m not going corrupt fuckers etc etc, top 5 it’s laughable really

 

[Cobwebcat]

You could bring up loads of matches that will have had an influence on our final position without putting it all on the last Saints game.

RAGS anybody?

Exactly. If we lose to Bournemouth at home is that game meaningless while Southampton is all important? It’s trash. We have 38 games to qualify. The Southampton game is responsible for 2.6% of that not 100%.

 

[Axel Freed]

Tuesday is a must win and depending on other results could secure CL

Bang wrong, look up "must win" in the dictionary

 

[BolinCell]

Exactly. If we lose to Bournemouth at home is that game meaningless while Southampton is all important? It’s trash. We have 38 games to qualify. The Southampton game is responsible for 2.6% of that not 100%.

Yeah but come on Southampton are absolute garbage. Say's all you need to know about the fragility of our team this season that we can't put shit like Southampton to bed when its needed. Well below what's required.

 

[johnny crossan]

I retire with thoughts of chicken lickin dancing in my aged brain - the blue sky is falling down. Southampton could be the game where we witnessed the end of an era - no CL might presage the early departure of Pep and our star players with our vital summer rebuild sabotaged. That one failure to win could usher in a similar decade of decline to that seen by the rags and dippers after their periods of domination. A lot is riding on our final two fixtures and tonight I fear we won't make the cut.

 

[BolinCell]

Bang wrong, look up "must win" in the dictionary

There's an open top bus parade through Manchester Monday night followed by Champagne with Andy at the town hall. Pep will need to be making sure the players are not sneaking off to nightclubs after the reception.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Yeah but come on Southampton are absolute garbage. Say's all you need to know about the fragility of our team this season that we can't put shit like Southampton to bed when its needed. Well below what's required.

I give up

 

[Axel Freed]

If we don’t qualify for CL that Southampton lineup was to blame. Why change a winning side ffs. More tomorrow I expect.

Pep's time with City has of course contained hundreds of instances of him changing a team that won the previous game. And of course more often than not we won the next game with the changed team because we're the most successful side ever in English football history thanks to our genius manager

You weren't bitching and crying about him changing the team in those instances were you

 

[Axel Freed]

I’m just as infuriated now as I was immediately after that game.
The late winners against Villa and Everton undone by such a pathetic performance.

Seems to be a lot on here defending it for some reason as if it’s a point gained. Ridiculous.

Bang wrong, simple maths.

The late winners against Everton and Villa earned us 4 extra points

Failing to beat Soton cost us 2 points

Can you see where you went wrong ?