How many points will be needed to win the league? (74 GD)

[Xhavenjoe]

Don't worry about draws. I'm pretty confident we could draw every game between now and the end of the season and still win the league.

Hope you're right but draw our next two and United or Leicester win theirs its only a 7 and 8 point margin.
Getting a bit too close for my liking.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

The only game that matters now is Southampton.


Incidentally, our last winning run

I hope that Che Adams doesn't try his tricks from the half way line like last year.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

I cant believe people are getting nervous because of a single defeat. The gap was huge before yesterdays game, it is still huge after it. Do people really think because we lost a single game against United, this City side cant win the 3 or 4 games that is likely required?

United have dropped more points in the past 3 games than we have. 8 days ago, we were 10 points in front with 13 games to go and the title race was over then. We have now strengthened our position to 11 points in front with just 10 games to go. The title race is even more in our favour.

I know its ingrained in us blues to be somewhat pessimistic, but come on, there is no way on Gods earth we don't win the title.

 

[Saddleworth2]

but come on, there is way on Gods earth we don't win the title.

So we aren't going to win it?

 

[Blue Maverick]

I cant believe people are getting nervous because of a single defeat. The gap was huge before yesterdays game, it is still huge after it. Do people really think because we lost a single game against United, this City side cant win the 3 or 4 games that is likely required?

United have dropped more points in the past 3 games than we have. 8 days ago, we were 10 points in front with 13 games to go and the title race was over then. We have now strengthened our position to 11 points in front with just 10 games to go. The title race is even more in our favour.

I know its ingrained in us blues to be somewhat pessimistic, but come on, there is way on Gods earth we don't win the title.

Said United fans in 2012 and Newcastle fans in 96. This is a strange season and hopefully Pep will get them going again and play to our strengths I.e. Bernardo and Foden. Win the next two and I think it’s pretty much done and the sooner we can do it the better for the other competitions, you certainly don’t want to be looking over your should in May with hopefully CL semi final coming up and fa cup final. Get it win before the league cup final and we can then really go for it, don’t care if we win it by 1 or 100 then.

 

[cleavers]

Home & away literally means fuck all in this climate

Correct, only 1 home win from 8 games so far this weekend, and 4 away wins.

 

[TravisBickle]

Hope you're right but draw our next two and United or Leicester win theirs its only a 7 and 8 point margin.
Getting a bit too close for my liking.

Close! How did you survive seasons..2012/2014 and 2019 lol
If buts and maybe’s mean jack shit

 

[Sir Joe Aguero]

We could be 17 clear by Sunday. Winning yesterday would have removed all doubt but we’re still the most in form team in the world.

 

[Manchester33]

Hope you're right but draw our next two and United or Leicester win theirs its only a 7 and 8 point margin.
Getting a bit too close for my liking.

A 7 point margin is huge because of the standard of the other teams this year.

United's ppg this season is around 1.93. Ours is 2.43. If they topped ours and got 2.5 ppg from now until the end of the season, they would finish on 79 points, meaning we would need 1.5 ppg to win the league. There's no chance our standards will drop that low and there's no chance they'll raise their game to that level.

The most likely outcome is that the second-placed team will finish in low seventies, whereas we'll finish with mid eighties.

 

[jimharri]

its an omen