Field our strongest team and we will win. Ederson, walker, otamendi, stones, delphinio, Fern, De Bruyne, Silva, Raz, Sane, Kun. If for whatever reason we need to change 2 or 3 in that team, we probably won’t win.
I jumped in and wasn't sure exactly what the discussion was about. Pyschologically, and technically I don't think this Chelsea team is in a place to put a long run together, but things might change. You start with small steps, and teams grow as Chelsea did last season and we did this season. We have to be very very confident at the moment.Technically and factually correct and we are talking about a different team in a different season. What they did last year matters not, but even when they weren’t playing three games a week (whilst their opponents were), they still didn’t manage it.
16 wins in a row is not a simple task hence only one club ever doing it in 130 odd years.
The pleasure this season will be seeing how it unfolds with a 15 point lead.
It's got to the point now where I would seriously consider resting players in the league games and putting more into the Cups. I am not saying I would do it. But we should consider our objectives for this season. Do we want 4 trophies? can we do it? What is more important? Getting 100 points and 100 goals, or going for a treble or quadruple?
Maybe we carry on as we are putting everything into every league game, but the possibility is there if we want of re-jigging resources and priorities. Obviously it's not up to us as fans, but it would be interesting to know what fans thought about what you would like City to focus on. When you have a mad fixture program you have to prioritise and you can rest players in one competition to give you a better chance in the other competition. teams do it on a small scale all the time.
Records are only remembered when somebody is close to breaking them. Trophies are remembered for ever.The pleasure this season will be seeing how it unfolds with a 15 point lead.
It's got to the point now where I would seriously consider resting players in the league games and putting more into the Cups. I am not saying I would do it. But we should consider our objectives for this season. Do we want 4 trophies? can we do it? What is more important? Getting 100 points and 100 goals, or going for a treble or quadruple?
Maybe we carry on as we are putting everything into every league game, but the possibility is there if we want of re-jigging resources and priorities. Obviously it's not up to us as fans, but it would be interesting to know what fans thought about what you would like City to focus on. When you have a mad fixture program you have to prioritise and you can rest players in one competition to give you a better chance in the other competition. teams do it on a small scale all the time.
Very profound - but correct all the same.Records are only remembered when somebody is close to breaking them. Trophies are remembered for ever.
This next week is crucial. Pep will have to decide what his priority is because beating Burnley and Bristol City will not be easy if we significantly weaken the team. It's not an easy decision to make.If we can rest key players and still beat Burnley and Bristol City then our season is in excellent shape as we will have fresh legs ready to tackle Anfield and leading into Feb with CL knockout games and hopefully then a league cup final.
Very true, I wasn't really aware of the records we could potentially break until this season.Records are only remembered when somebody is close to breaking them. Trophies are remembered for ever.
Arsenal's invincible team/season will be remembered forever. I would like to do that, but it would be rendered meaningless if we lost one game. In fact Arsenal's invincibles drew a lot of games and did not score a great number of goals, but it would be fantastic to go through a league season undefeated. We have to decide what we want from this season. I don't really think we can have everything.Records are only remembered when somebody is close to breaking them. Trophies are remembered for ever.
Records are only remembered when somebody is close to breaking them. Trophies are remembered for ever.
It's what we are all praying for ;-)Arsenal's invincible team/season will be remembered forever. I would like to do that, but it would be rendered meaningless if we lost one game. In fact Arsenal's invincibles drew a lot of games and did not score a great number of goals, but it would be fantastic to go through a league season undefeated. We have to decide what we want from this season. I don't really think we can have everything.
Well you say that but didn't Preston do it some years ago and nobody remembers that.True except mention "The Invincibles" in a footballing sense and everyone knows who you are talking about
We have to decide what we want from this season. I don't really think we can have everything.
That would be nice.Getting a point at Anfield towards the total would be great. They play Fri and then nothing until us which is over a weeks prep for them.In the meantime we will have played twice. Not ideal.If we can rest key players and still beat Burnley and Bristol City then our season is in excellent shape as we will have fresh legs ready to tackle Anfield and leading into Feb with CL knockout games and hopefully then a league cup final.
This next week is crucial. Pep will have to decide what his priority is because beating Burnley and Bristol City will not be easy if we significantly weaken the team. It's not an easy decision to make.
It's what we are all praying for ;-)
Me too. That invincible team gets to much credit.I’d actually prefer to get 100 points than go unbeaten. Never been done in a 38 game season, it would be a remarkable feat.
That is why our position in the league gives us such a strong hand. We can rotate in the league more now. We shouldn't see a drop in performances. Bernardo, Gundogan, Danilo, Kompany, Mangala are all more than capable of performing to a level where we win games.
We should not be bothered about going the season unbeaten. It means very little. Arsenal are remembered for it but since our run most have seen that actually they drew far too many and Chelsea's league win last season was more impressive because they won more games. A league title is a league title you do not get another one for going unbeaten.
We should do all we can to win multiple trophies this season. If we play well in the first leg against Bristol City, and Basel in Feb then we can have the tie won after the first game meaning we can make changes.
I’d actually prefer to get 100 points than go unbeaten. Never been done in a 38 game season, it would be a remarkable feat.
There is a difference between speculating and arriving at reasonable conclusions based on evidence and logic. Stating will will win the league falls into the latter.Like I said we are all just speculating and whatever you say, you don't 100% know any of the things you state, hence speculation. I have recently 'speculated' to the tune of £50 that we will do what no other team has ever done this season. Nobody knows whether we will do it or not but that is why I got 40/1 for it.