Will we win the league this season?

No. Arsenal and Liverpool have way more complete squads than us and we have a fragility in our psyche

also our keepers are bang average. would swap them all day long for Alison or Raya
 
As the squad stands currently i think it's a top 4 challenge. Personally don't see the current squad being able to achieve c.90 points. Still no RB and our wingers (Savio/Doku) would need a huge uplift in numbers for us to compete.
 
One thing we'll never get credit for is forcing the redshirts to improve their squads to get to the levels we've reached over the years.

I'm starting to feel it's leveling out now.

We won't piss the league like we used to but noone else will either.

Could be a three way title race going into the final round of fixtures which will be good for the 'brand'.

We'll be up there but i'm not sure where.
 
blue ranger said:
As the squad stands currently i think it's a top 4 challenge. Personally don't see the current squad being able to achieve c.90 points. Still no RB and our wingers (Savio/Doku) would need a huge uplift in numbers for us to compete.
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Do you not think the additions Rodri back and signs Foden is getting better make us 10/15 points better than last season.I do even playing like we did after Christmas rather that before Christmas would give us 10,and if we reach the upper part of that, and a right back might give us more, it gives us 87 points which will be there or there abouts.
I doubt Savio and Doku are our starting wide men either, Marmoush and Foden /Cherki more likely.
 
blueparrot said:
Do you not think the additions Rodri back and signs Foden is getting better make us 10/15 points better than last season.I do even playing like we did after Christmas rather that before Christmas would give us 10,and if we reach the upper part of that, and a right back might give us more, it gives us 87 points which will be there or there abouts.
I doubt Savio and Doku are our starting wide men either, Marmoush and Foden /Cherki more likely.
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I think Rodri playing 40+ games after the injury is a big ask. I thought Gonazales would cover the rest but i don't think Pep rates him and that worries me. The lack of a quality RB is huge. We do have time to address it though. And a fully fit Foden will be huge for us. I would like a world class right sided player too but don't think we will get one.
 
blue ranger said:
6 position in the same way they had to take Rodri out and teach himI think Rodri playing 40+ games after the injury is a big ask. I thought Gonazales would cover the rest but i don't think Pep rates him and that worries me. The lack of a quality RB is huge. We do have time to address it though. And a fully fit Foden will be huge for us. I would like a world class right sided player too but don't think we will get one.
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I think Gonzalez will play, plenty on here think Pep doesn’t rate Gonzalez, I think more likely they are doing a lot of work with him teaching him that lone 6 position. Same as when Pep was getting frustrated with Rodri not getting it Rodri was taken out and worked with alone by Lilo to teach him. Maybe Pep has learnt from the Rodri experience and they are working with him without the game pressures. It took Rodri a year or 2 to get it, 6 months is far too early to jump to any conclusions with Gonzalez.
 
Arsenal are reportedly closing in on Gyokeres. Hard to know what effect that will have.

M Gaudino said:
No. Arsenal and Liverpool have way more complete squads than us and we have a fragility in our psyche
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The CWC did show a defensive fragility in our squad but we were missing Stones, Kovacic and a fit Rodri. If they get fit then I think that addresses our defensive fragility.
 
To win it we have to take 12 points off the combined forces of Liverpool and Arsenal. Tall order especially as we are dog shit at Anfield. Let’s get behind the lads though and see what happens. COME ON CITY!
 
If will go one of two ways as we will either gel and go on a big run and potentially get away in front or we will struggle from day one and crumble and by November we will be miles away .
 
We will be amongst it. If Rodri refinds his bearings reasonably quickly, Phil returns to form and Cherkhi plays to just half his potential we’ll win it.
The rest of the squad will do what they do but those three will need to be the added edge if we are to be successful imo
 
blue ranger said:
As the squad stands currently i think it's a top 4 challenge. Personally don't see the current squad being able to achieve c.90 points. Still no RB and our wingers (Savio/Doku) would need a huge uplift in numbers for us to compete.
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Disagree. If Phil finds his feet, and I fully expect Marmoush to put up serious numbers and of course Haaland will, goes without saying. So either Sav or Doku having a substantial uplift would put us on serious output and would be a bonus.

Cherki though could very well be the difference.

I’m optimistic.
 
If we press with intent and stop that lateral me to you to me shite we will score plenty of goals. Sadly with our defence we will concede too many and for that reason I cannot see us winning the league.
 
Liverpool are so overrated. Their luck will run out this season.
Bridesmaids will also struggle.

I expect a bigger push from a few other clubs as well.

If pep trusts youth we will win otherwise we will finish runners up or even third.
 
Damocles said:
Disagreed, the only think that might carry us to a title is the difference in mentality with us and others
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A significant number of our supporters simply don’t deserve what we’ve been blessed with these last eight years. Even last season we showed mental fortitude to secure third when all looked lost in the winter. And then there are all those incredible runs we went in to win numerous titles in previous seasons, which will have been down to Pep as much as anything, our manager next season, and yet fanny wipes are happy to discount that common denominator because we lost a fucking game in the CWC.

The fragility in psyche on display here isn’t with the players.
 
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