I still think we will win the league

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BillyShears said:
The big flaw in that logic is that progress is expected to be linear, when in football it never is. We buy two 50 million pound players and yes they will improve our side but to expect them to make a 100 million pound impact within the first three months of joining is naive in the extreme. There's a litany of examples of players moving clubs and needing an entire season before truly settling in.

Also can't help but laugh at the idea that we're "hugely under performing and are nowhere near the level we and should be". That's a totally subjective characterisation of something which can't really be measured. Under performing compared to who? And if we're nowhere near the level we should be what is the level we should be? Can it be measured in possession, in shots, touches in the opposition box, goals scored, goals conceded? What is the correct metric. And if the correct metric is simply the league table then how far ahead should be if we're currently nowhere near the level we should be.
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Surely the correct metric is whatever you say it is. That is self evident.
 
blueyorkie said:
For what it's worth here's my two penny worth. We currently sit 3 points behind Arsenal & Leicester, in my view the only realistic rivals for the title would be those two, Tottenham & possibly Liverpool & at a stretch the rags.
This Arsenal have no experience of closing out the league title, they may benefit from an early exit from Europe but I can't help but think they are currently playing to their maximum but to maintain this till May is unlikely.
Leicester have punched way above their weight but teams will work them out in the second half of the season, if they lose key players I would doubt their ability to graft out results.
Spurs are sneaky outsiders but they may struggle with the Europa league schedule & should Kane miss many games it could impede their progress.

Half a season gone & after the first 5 games we have played poorly with a slow tempo, the biggest problem we have imho. The side has been ravaged by injuries thus far. Of course we can win it, it really depends on us, forget the others, if we perform anywhere near our norm we should go on a strong run, I understand that we have played the sides in the top part of the table away from home with all our main rivals to come to the Etihad. For these reasons I firmly think that we SHOULD win the league.
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sounds about right. A lot of flappers because of points/form so far, but its looking like it won't take as many points to win as most years. Even with a marginal improvement we should claw back the three point lead from Leicester and arse, and I don't see either of them getting better or even staying consistent till may.
 
BillyShears said:
Also can't help but laugh at the idea that we're "hugely under performing and are nowhere near the level we and should be". That's a totally subjective characterisation of something which can't really be measured. Under performing compared to who? And if we're nowhere near the level we should be what is the level we should be? Can it be measured in possession, in shots, touches in the opposition box, goals scored, goals conceded? What is the correct metric. And if the correct metric is simply the league table then how far ahead should be if we're currently nowhere near the level we should be.
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That's an odd comment.
 
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