Will we win the league this season? No

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Dodge said:
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Didn't even get past No1 on your list me old China. Funny old game this winning titles business.

I reckon your shithouses have got another few defeats in them as well, in addition to the City game. I'm going for the barcodes, West Ham and Palace to all dick you...and we'll have it wrapped up with a game to spare.

Hugs.
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He made the mistake of thinking football is won on paper..

We know more than anyone in recent years that the most unexpected results happen in title races, especially against teams with something to play for.

Not winning a league in decades and thinking you've got it sewn up when you still have to play the likes of Bournemouth, who are still looking at a European spot. Very foolish.
 
Shazza458 said:
I was of the opinion that Arsenal had to lose today to give us any hope, i didn’t think them dropping points with a draw is what would let us back in.

I’m still not saying we’re going to do it, ultimately we have no insurance policy and we have to be pretty much flawless now. It’s going to be scrappy, we’re past the point of a draw equalling a loss now for Arsenal, every point matter for them now - there are simply too few games left. I think they need to lose once more not including a potential loss against us next Sunday - goal difference isn’t great for us

they’ve shit the bed no doubt, we’re going to need a massive push from Pep and the lads now. Even if we don’t do it, I want to really push them and make them earn it. They might stumble over the line but equally we might win the league - all or nothing now
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24 hours is a long time in football. 24 hours ago, I thought that we needed to be perfect, but with their home defeat to Bournemouth, they have lost 3 of their last 4 games in all comps. Our victory in the League Cup seems to have rattled them. If they can lose 3 in 4, it follows that they will likely drop more points.

If we can beat them at home next weekend, then likely we will have a small margin of error. After the Arsenal v Bournemouth game, I predicted City and Arsenal's games and I had City down to draw today at Chelsea, and Everton, and to win the other 6 league games. My prediction resulted in us both finishing on 81 points. That is not worth much, but it showed me that we can win the title with imperfect form.
 
I don't understand these comments about us having to be perfect or must win every game. We are 9 points behind with 2 games in hand. And Arsenal still have to come to our place, which I fully expect they will bottle.

Were it not for some of our appalling performances this season, I'd actually say we were nailed on favourites! Take care of the 3 points today and it's definitely within our grasp.
 
domalino said:
This is such a ridiculous way to look at things.

How many games have we been up a goal or 2 with 15+ minutes left and not chased another?

And you’re going to reduce things to a correctly disallowed goal?

8 games left to make up 3 goals.
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Ridiculous yes….remotely possible yes.

Can you imagine the outcry though?!
 
Today is a day to show we still have that elite mentality.

With the background context (playing Arsenal next week, one trophy in the bag, another semi final etc)…

A big team with a big mentality goes to London today and makes a statement. If we drop points we’re letting Arsenal off and I worry we’ll run out of room, allowing them to limp to becoming the worst champions in recent times.
 
Do I think we'll win every game left this season? Yes, I do.

Do I think we'll need to win every game this season? Probably not, if we keep the pressure on these next 3 games the throbbers will collapse and drop points in other games. Even a draw today won't be a disaster as they'll drop more points apart from playing against us.
 
Manchester33 said:
Today is a day to show we still have that elite mentality.

With the background context (playing Arsenal next week, one trophy in the bag, another semi final etc)…

A big team with a big mentality goes to London today and makes a statement. If we drop points we’re letting Arsenal off and I worry we’ll run out of room, allowing them to limp to becoming the worst champions in recent times.
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This is it - even if we don't win every game, we have to continue to go into each one thinking that we must. And that we will.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Thing is whenever any Pep team has had the title in its sights going into the second half of the season it has pressed the accelerator at the right time.
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I sort of agree. But that said, about a month or so ago it was in our hands and we let that chance slip. Ok that was maybe too early to count as the home straight, but the point im making is we still aren’t as robust as previous iterations of City.
 
Ken92 said:
Yes, but only if we win today and next sunday.
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Arsenal are weaker than you think. If we beat them next weekend, we can draw today, and win the title. Previously, I thought there was no room for error but they have lost 3 in 4. We broke them at Wembley, and we can do more damage to them next weekend.

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