I still think we will win the league

[IWasHere]

We might win at Swansea, and we should beat West Brom and Stoke.
That's about as much enthusiasm as I can muster.

We should've beat Norwich yesterday ;-)

 

[deano ou812]

At the start of the season if you had said that both us and Chelsea could finish outside the top 4 never mind winning the league,you would be looking at being sectioned has been a very strange season so far ...

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

For the first time I feel we won't win the league

I do however think we will get top 3

 

[taleofbluehalves]

If we win the league from this point, in the form we've been in, with the injuries we have......I'll never doubt again.

 

[IWasHere]

You'd have said the same in 2012 and 2014 if I'd have posted similar then right! Pathetic how people give up when it's still possible. Of all the squads that could...it's ours

How about 2013 and last season?

 

[blueparrot]

For the first time I feel we won't win the league

I do however think we will get top 3

Me too, I think 75 points will win it and a win yesterday would have given us 6 points to play with, I can't see us only dropping 4 in the last 9 games. I expect top 4 to be within 6 points of each other so finishing top 3 or 4th could come down to the Arsenal game. I cant see any body outside the top 4 putting a run together to get any more than 68 so not too worried about 4th. (yet).

 

[Shirley]

How about 2013 and last season?

Runners up.

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

is 4th good enough? Means a potentially tricky play-off at a time of the season where you are barely warmed up...hence need to get 3rd

 

[IWasHere]

Runners up.

Exactly. Just because we've done it twice doesn't mean we're gonna do it every time.

It's a shame that I can't see us finishing runners up this season though

 

[IWasHere]

I think a team could win it from here. Our 11/12 team and even 13/14 could win all those remaining fixtures, but I can't see this team being capable of doing what is now required.

I think a team could win it from here. Our 11/12 team and even 13/14 could win all those remaining fixtures, but I can't see this team being capable of doing what is now required.

Difference between the 11/12 and 13/14 season was we only had to rely on 1 team fucking up, this season we have to rely on 3.

 

[blueparrot]

Difference between the 11/12 and 13/14 season was we only had to rely on 1 team fucking up, this season we have to rely on 3.

Only 2 really we are only a point behind Arsenal and play them at home so that's in our hands.

 

[jimharri]

Runners up.

I'd gladly take the runners up spot now.

 

[Scully]

Top 3 would be a miracle unless something changes. I can't see us winning 4 of the following, let alone all nine.

H Manure
A Bournemouth
H West Brom
A Chelsea
H Stoke City
A Southampton
H Arsenal
A Newcastle
A Swansea City

 

[IWasHere]

Only 2 really we are only a point behind Arsenal and play them at home so that's in our hands.

Have you seen our record against the top 6?

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Only 2 really we are only a point behind Arsenal and play them at home so that's in our hands.

I can see us and Arsenal missing out on top four. Both of us are in really bad form and with Liverpool and West Ham coming on strong at just the right time. I can't believe anyone still thinks we are going to win the title this season. That's not optimism it's utter delusion.

 

[WorsleyBlue]

In 2012, we needed United to drop 5 points, and then it was back in our hands.

In 2014, we only needed Chelsea to beat Liverpool.


Any comparisons with those seasons are ridiculous.

City have just drawn 0-0 at Carrow Road. We also drew at Villa Park, and were lucky to win at Sunderland.

This isn’t a blip. This is what happens when people ignore the warning signs, (from as far back as Loftus Road and Turf Moor last season) and cling to the misguided belief that everything will suddenly come good.

2012 - 6 to play 8 points behind. Currently 9 to play 9 behind. Against teams that have zero track record of winning the league under pressure. Jesus Christ perspective...! Any other team that does (Apart from ourselves) are not in with a shout. De Bruyne to return too!

 

[blueparrot]

Have you seen our record against the top 6?

I know, not saying we'll beat them but finishing above Arsenal is in our hands we 're not relying on them at the moment. To win the league we would only need Leicester and Spurs to bottle it which may well be unlikely but it's probably more likely than 2014 when it needed Chelsea and Liverpool to bottle it.

 

[WorsleyBlue]

Top 3 would be a miracle unless something changes. I can't see us winning 4 of the following, let alone all nine.

H Manure
A Bournemouth
H West Brom
A Chelsea
H Stoke City
A Southampton
H Arsenal
A Newcastle
A Swansea City

Leicester:

West Ham
Rags
Everton
Chelsea

All under pressure....I can't see them taking anything but a few draws out of that lot

Spurs:

Rags
Liverpool
Stoke (away)

All under pressure...Won't win any of these games

Arse. We play them at home, in out hands...

 

[PaulC1979]

If we were in 2nd and playing well I can fathom people still thinking we will win the league. But Leicester don't look like loosing. We'll be going into the last game of the season at this rate with people still going "oh well, Leciester have to start loosing at some point". They'd have to loose probably half their remaining games and we'd have to not drop a further point (not even taking into account Spurs and Arsenal). They've lost 3 all season ...

I do think we can finish 3rd though. Arsenal are falling apart and are as inconsistent as us and have a bottler record. Thankfully I think the Rags, Dippers and Southampton are too inconsistent still. West Ham are the big worry for me. The next set of games are massive, if we beat them lot we are 7 clear of them and I can't see them catching that many points up. Arsenal are away at Everton and West Ham at Chelsea. Things *could* be looking a lot rosier at the end of next weekend for 3rd/4th. Though the not beaten anyone in top 6 doesn't bode well for next weekend.

I'm going next 3 league games, 7 points. 2 wins and a draw, hopefully win v rags, draw at Bournemouth (as we can't win two on the trot!) and w v WBA. If we do get 7 I think we'll deffo finish in top 4.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

2012 - 6 to play 8 points behind. Currently 9 to play 9 behind. Against teams that have zero track record of winning the league under pressure. Jesus Christ perspective...! Any other team that does (Apart from ourselves) are not in with a shout. De Bruyne to return too!

Yes, but in 2012, we still had United to play, and our home record was excellent.
I thought we had a chance until yesterday, but yet again, we were pathetic.