Do you really believe the league is over...?

[BlueAnorak]

Best odds are now 1000-1 on. That's very generous I have to say. 7 games to get 3 points. Easy money if you have lots of money in the first place.

 

[NorCalBlue]

Best odds are now 1000-1 on. That's very generous I have to say. 7 games to get 3 points. Easy money if you have lots of money in the first place.

So we're 5 times more likely to blow it than Leicester were to win the League two years ago...

 

[BlueAnorak]

So we're 5 times more likely to blow it than Leicester were to win the League two years ago...

Quite. Astonishing really.
The odds should be about 8000-1 on at the moment. To be fair though, there are a few less generous bookies now at 5,000 to 1 on.

 

[Elbow beards]

So we're 5 times more likely to blow it than Leicester were to win the League two years ago...

No Leicester were 5000-1, not 5000-1 on

 

[BlueAnorak]

7 games to get 3 points with a points per game average of 2.7 pts a game.is just astonishing.

 

[jimharri]

It's looking fairly promising now. Mind you, I'm sure the trainer and owners of Devon Loch were thinking the same thing back in 1956!

;-)

(younger BMers, ask your grandparents!)

 

[PragueBlue]

7 games to get 3 points with a points per game average of 2.7 pts a game.is just astonishing.

Don't we need 6 points (although we only need 3 if we beat the rags)?

 

[jimharri]

Don't we need 6 points (although we only need 3 if we beat the rags)?

Yep; the rags game is, in effect, the archetypal 6 pointer. The three points we hopefully will get is three points less for our quiet neighbours to win.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Don't we need 6 points (although we only need 3 if we beat the rags)?

We dont need any if we beat the Rags!
But yes it is the classic 6 pointer (in terms of position swing)
We are 16 points clear with 21 remaining
Beat the rags and it's 19 points clear with 18 points to go. Draw and it's 16 points clear with 18 to go (1 win).
Lose and it's 13 points clear with 18 to go (2 wins).

 

[BlueAnorak]

Pep said the Liverpool games will be prioritised. So I expect full rotation of Damilo, Stones, Bernardo, Gundogan and Jesus/Aguero to start the derby - maybe Foden and Brahim as well. It all depends on the Liverpool result on Wednesday and if Aguero is fit to start v Liverpool (as to whether Jesus/Aguero starts the derby)..
A win at Liverpool and the confidence just rolls into the derby.