How many points to win the league?

MillionMilesAway said:
I look at it that there are 16 matches to go, and City need to lose 5 to restore parity as of now, and that requires the next team to win all 5.
After that, you'd assume that every team will drop 4 points at least in those 15-16 matches, meaning City need to lose another 2 (at least).

So 7 defeats in 16 matches to even open the door.
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If we win 8 of our remaining 16 games I can assure you we will be champions.
 
mancity1 said:
If we win 8 of our remaining 16 games I can assure you we will be champions.
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I agree with that now. Chelsea drawing yesterday was big.

We have 8 very winnable home fixtures.

I want this tied up asap so winning 4 of our next 5. Will mean we can play stronger teams in the cup competitions.
 
our hardest games now are

Burnley away
Arsenal Away
Chelsea at home
Everton away (another ground where we struggle)
Utd (Home)
Spurs (away)

If the unthinkable happened and we lost all those games...that would be 18 pts down....we are 15 ahead at present (probably 12 by tomorrow night as no way stoke will take points off utd at Old Toilet)

Of course we could win quite a few of those and the bigger picture is that Chelsea, Utd Spurs Liverpool will all take points off of each other at some point as well.

The league is far from over and we cannot be complacent....the media have trying to drive this narrative for weeks now that the league is done but thats only so they can set up a title race/city collapse if teams do start to crawl back points on us.....

The thing that worries me is the injuries.....they are coming in abundance and combine this with the situation of David Silva then our squad is starting to look very thin....no left back now for a while (except Danilo) which means no cover for Walker either......Sergio looking only 3/4's fit and Jesus out for a other 2-3 weeks.....

No rest for Dihno as well is really worrying.

We do need a couple of players in this transfer window.....Sanchez would slot straight in as he knows Peps system but any other players would have to take time to adapt and time for Pep to work with them
 
as it stand the maximum we can get is 107 points...for us to reach 100 pts we either need to lose 2 game or draw 2 and lose 1 from now on...i think it s a big challenge if we take account that will have to play rags and chelsea home and spurs / arsenal away because this four ar the hardest remaining games from now on

Home games remaining Away games remaining

Newcastle Stoke
WBA Arsenal
Huddersfield Everton
Brighton Spurs
Chelsea WHU
Rags Saints
Swansea Burnley
Leicester

I don t think it s beyond fantasy that we may take 38 or even pts from this 15 games ...that will mean to go either 12-2-1 or 13-0-2 or 14-0-1
it s important to see how the team responds vs newcastle but i m confident we can do it
 
simon23 said:
our hardest games now are

Burnley away
Arsenal Away
Chelsea at home
Everton away (another ground where we struggle)
Utd (Home)
Spurs (away)

If the unthinkable happened and we lost all those games...that would be 18 pts down....we are 15 ahead at present (probably 12 by tomorrow night as no way stoke will take points off utd at Old Toilet)

Of course we could win quite a few of those and the bigger picture is that Chelsea, Utd Spurs Liverpool will all take points off of each other at some point as well.

The league is far from over and we cannot be complacent....the media have trying to drive this narrative for weeks now that the league is done but thats only so they can set up a title race/city collapse if teams do start to crawl back points on us.....

The thing that worries me is the injuries.....they are coming in abundance and combine this with the situation of David Silva then our squad is starting to look very thin....no left back now for a while (except Danilo) which means no cover for Walker either......Sergio looking only 3/4's fit and Jesus out for a other 2-3 weeks.....

No rest for Dihno as well is really worrying.

We do need a couple of players in this transfer window.....Sanchez would slot straight in as he knows Peps system but any other players would have to take time to adapt and time for Pep to work with them
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Also worryingly is we haven't played that we'l for a few weeks and stumbled across the line in a lot of league games.
 
We have just lost to the team who will finish above United and Chelsea this season. Which is good because it means we will win the league.
 
Hopefully no more than 9 wins. Everton away would be nice then Sanchez and co can give the team a guard of honour :-)
 
I’m still saying none of the chasing pack will break 80pts.
We’ll win more but 6 wins will be enough.
Losing to Liverpool was a good thing as it’s takes away the chase to stay invincible for the whole season that would’ve cost us dearly in the 3 cup competitions imo
 
No game for a week for the first time in ages!

Raining all week, proper Manchester weather, after our first league defeat should bring the lads back down to Earth. I think they’ve needed a defeat (not in that manner, mind) because I think we’ve got away with a few poor performances of late and bad habits can creep in (making the wrong choices in the last third too much, not making the right pass or not making the pass at all, movement not what it was, pressing not what it was, taking too many touches, playing backwards when they forward pass is on, defenders creeping back into old ways diving in and panicking have all happened in the last month).

Hopefully it will focus everyone back on playing well and doing the right things.

Let’s go on another good run!
 
TravisBickle said:
I’m still saying none of the chasing pack will break 80pts.
We’ll win more but 6 wins will be enough.
Losing to Liverpool was a good thing as it’s takes away the chase to stay invincible for the whole season that would’ve cost us dearly in the 3 cup competitions imo
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Good point, I’d rather win more than one trophy than go unbeaten in the league.
 
TravisBickle said:
I’m still saying none of the chasing pack will break 80pts.
We’ll win more but 6 wins will be enough.
Losing to Liverpool was a good thing as it’s takes away the chase to stay invincible for the whole season that would’ve cost us dearly in the 3 cup competitions imo
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Wouldn't go as far as saying losing was good yesterday but it was definitely getting on my tits that many seemed to think that chasing the invincibles 2 tag was worth sacrificing the FA cup over. At least it will put a stop to that.

But anyway, I think we just need to chalk of another 8 wins, maybe 9 to be safe. I trust the manager and the players to bounce back from yesterday. They're tough and have a great spirit. Two entirely winnable games coming up next. If we can take six points it's start feeling close. Also, if united only draw tonight, it's actually been one of the better possible outcomes this weekend as far as points go (better than us drawing and united winning)
 
geoff clipp said:
Wouldn't go as far as saying losing was good yesterday but it was definitely getting on my tits that many seemed to think that chasing the invincibles 2 tag was worth sacrificing the FA cup over. At least it will put a stop to that.

But anyway, I think we just need to chalk of another 8 wins, maybe 9 to be safe. I trust the manager and the players to bounce back from yesterday. They're tough and have a great spirit. Two entirely winnable games coming up next. If we can take six points it's start feeling close. Also, if united only draw tonight, it's actually been one of the better possible outcomes this weekend as far as points go (better than us drawing and united winning)
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Another 8/9 wins and it’s nailed on for certain.
We should be able to cruise in from here losing a few along the way.
 
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