Will we win the league this season?

jrb said:
This team and squad will always have a chance, especially if Haaland stays fit all season and keeps on scoring. It’s just a shame Rodri can’t stay fit, as we miss him enormously in midfield. We have to improve our away form if we have any chance of clawing Arsenal back. We also need Arsenal to start losing games as well.
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We still have to come to the Etihad btw. That is the most intimidating away day for Arsenal bar none.
 
Columbia said:
Have you actually watched city this season? Doku has been one of the standout performers. Maybe you should be a tarquin.
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Of course I have ffs. He’s improved massively! Gone from mid table level to Europa league level. Now we still need improvement on that. Otherwise you get…what we’re getting. 1 PL goal all season.
 
bridgeno1 said:
We still have to come to the Etihad btw. That is the most intimidating away day for Arsenal bar none.
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Yep, that’s a fair point.

That’s on the 18th of April.

We’ll know by then which team is going to win the title, or which teams are still in with a chance of winning the title.
 
jrb said:
This team and squad will always have a chance, especially if Haaland stays fit all season and keeps on scoring. It’s just a shame Rodri can’t stay fit, as we miss him enormously in midfield. We have to improve our away form if we have any chance of clawing Arsenal back. We also need Arsenal to start losing games as well.
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the thing is, is that the rodri affect was entirely predictable and was talked about a lot over the summer.

There were numerous people saing we needed more physicality in midfield and while I like the purchases of Cherki and Reijnders, we needed something else as well and that is legs and physicality.

We also talked about the need for a right back and despite Nunes significant improvement teams are still targeting him and he does struggle still at times....the same can be said for NOR on the opposite side who has been great but still not ideal. RAN im on the fence about but he needs time.

lastly we talked about the lack of quality outwide in forward positions...this is still a problem and its either Doku or nothing
 
SaintColin said:
Of course I have ffs. He’s improved massively! Gone from mid table level to Europa league level. Now we still need improvement on that. Otherwise you get…what we’re getting. 1 PL goal all season.
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If you think Doku is the problem then I think you need to look elsewhere. Calling Doku europa league level is beyond embarrassing.
 
Columbia said:
If you think Doku is the problem then I think you need to look elsewhere. Calling Doku europa league level is beyond embarrassing.
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Never said Doku is the problem. Our main problem is the collective wingers we have. Bobb and Savinho are non entity’s so it’s pointless me debating about them. I have faith in Doku so that’s why I’ve only mentioned him.

Okay so he’s just gone from mid table level to elite level now? He has scored 1 league goal! We’re a third of the way through the season ffs!

You can’t complain about how when Haaland doesn’t score we drop points then give massive credit to wingers who don’t score.
 
Our team is simply not the team of 2 years ago. I won't be surprised if Chelsea finish second in the league, they have a better midfield than us, and better wingers than us (Estevao could be the next Neymar). Our CBs are so poor compared to other teams,
 
simon23 said:
the thing is, is that the rodri affect was entirely predictable and was talked about a lot over the summer.

There were numerous people saing we needed more physicality in midfield and while I like the purchases of Cherki and Reijnders, we needed something else as well and that is legs and physicality.

We also talked about the need for a right back and despite Nunes significant improvement teams are still targeting him and he does struggle still at times....the same can be said for NOR on the opposite side who has been great but still not ideal. RAN im on the fence about but he needs time.

lastly we talked about the lack of quality outwide in forward positions...this is still a problem and its either Doku or nothing
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There was a time when all we talked about was a lack of left back.

Now we have problems all over the pitch.

The positive is we have been much better at home. Entertaining to watch and look like it is becoming a a bit of a fortress again.

Away - not great. Lots of work to do.
 
Apparently it was game on after we beat Liverpool and now we have no chance again. If we are within touching distance come February Arsenal will collapse.
 
Goater101 said:
Apparently it was game on after we beat Liverpool and now we have no chance again. If we are within touching distance come February Arsenal will collapse.
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Yep, game on again next week when we stroll past Leeds and Arsenal drop points at Chelsea.

The kneejerk reaction thread.
 
Blue-Ghana said:
Our team is simply not the team of 2 years ago. I won't be surprised if Chelsea finish second in the league, they have a better midfield than us, and better wingers than us (Estevao could be the next Neymar). Our CBs are so poor compared to other teams,
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Why have Chelsea, Arsenal etc got better midfield players, Even the Barcodes (Bruno & Tonali) have players who would walk into our team. Is it bad luck (Rodri, Kovatic injured & De bruyne Gundogan gone) ?
 
Blue-Ghana said:
Our team is simply not the team of 2 years ago. I won't be surprised if Chelsea finish second in the league, they have a better midfield than us, and better wingers than us (Estevao could be the next Neymar). Our CBs are so poor compared to other teams,
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And yet despite playing a high line that can leave our lads very exposed at times we have the third best defensive record in the division. Odd that.

Just for curiosity’s sake, which other teams’ centre backs make ours look poor by comparison ?
 
Goater101 said:
Apparently it was game on after we beat Liverpool and now we have no chance again. If we are within touching distance come February Arsenal will collapse.
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Doubt that unfortunately. They've definitely gone about their business with less flapping this season. At the moment I can only see them pulling away gradually while the rest of us struggle with consistency. If they do have a blip they seem to get it sorted and bounce back quckly They've been very goo so far. Perfect in CL conceding 0 goals and only 10 in the PL.
 
Even if we're 100% perfect from now on, winning every game, Arsenal will have to drop 8 points (taking GD into account) for us to win it. Now, I have no doubt that Arsenal will drop points; they'll have a daft defeat or two, and a few draws. But there's no way I can see us not dropping more points. We're just too inconsistent this season. Brilliant against Liverpool (though looking at the way they're playing at the moment, that win may not be all that special), back to frustrating at Newcastle.


And all the above isn't taking Chelsea into account.
 
citymad said:
Doubt that unfortunately. They've definitely gone about their business with less flapping this season. At the moment I can only see them pulling away gradually while the rest of us struggle with consistency. If they do have a blip they seem to get it sorted and bounce back quckly They've been very goo so far. Perfect in CL conceding 0 goals and only 10 in the PL.
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The pressure they will be under to get this title win will be absolutely immense. They have shown nothing to prove that they will cope with a tight run in if we are there to put the pressure on them.
 
jimharri said:
Even if we're 100% perfect from now on, winning every game, Arsenal will have to drop 8 points (taking GD into account) for us to win it. Now, I have no doubt that Arsenal will drop points; they'll have a daft defeat or two, and a few draws. But there's no way I can see us not dropping more points. We're just too inconsistent this season. Brilliant against Liverpool (though looking at the way they're playing at the moment, that win may not be all that special), back to frustrating at Newcastle.


And all the above isn't taking Chelsea into account.
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5 points after we defeat them at the Etihad
 
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