The importance of the next 7 fixtures (how many points will we be behind)

This thread is gloomier than Stuart Pearce being our manager.

I really doubt we will play as bland as yesterday again this season.
Beat Brighton at HOME then do the Rags and everyone will be expecting us to go on and win the league again
 
I respect the fact you've gone to the effort of producing that, but City lost at Wolves, Arsenal drew at home to Fulham, Liverpool lost at Spurs, Spurs drew away at Brentford. If it was predictable it certainly wouldn't be City stuck that far down the table!

We've got home games against Brighton and Bournemouth. We're going to have to lift the team and get the 6pts in those. We're away at a rag team that's frankly abysmal and if we play well and avoid giving the refs any chance to screw us we should win there. Similarly, Chelsea aren't the side they once were and winning there is certainly achievable.

So we could be 12pts from those 4 games and be top by 5pts. Who knows!

If we're within 3-5pts of top when we head off to Saudi then we're in the race still.
 
citizen_maine said:
It's not 6 from 12 though, is it?
It's 6 from 15.
You believe that?
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No I said 6 from 12, I suppose it would be 6 from 18 though if you included Wolves and Arsenal. My point was, which seems to have been lost, is that our next fixtures are much tougher than our direct contenders and looks like we’ll be playing catch-up. We could be in a situation where we need to beat Liverpool or we’re starting to look like we are out (or certainly chasing multiple teams by 6-9 points) of the title race.
 
Rodri makes the game for the rest of them easier. Makes the defenders game easier, gives the other midfielders more space, transitions the ball better for the wingers to get more 1 on 1. Rodri is comfortably the best CDM in the game and his influence is that of a busquets level
 
Going off our recent general performances (including our wins) we are not hitting anywhere near the heights of last season.

That's quite a brutal fixture list. Arsenal, Brighton, United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs is probably as tough as it gets.

That computer that randomly generates the fixture list must not have been plugged in when it came to generating MCFC fixtures.

We'll be lucky to get 10 points out of that lot of fixtures if we play anywhere near the likes of what we have seen last few weeks.
 
How many points will City be behind. Please!

Got as far as the title and this one and only post.
 
Let us see how the new boys perform up to the new year before we go into panic mode.

When Kevin returns it will be like getting a brand new world class player.

Get the CL qualification done and then push on in the league. Remember we do not have a divine right to win anything.
 
Gray said:
Let us see how the new boys perform up to the new year before we go into panic mode.

When Kevin returns it will be like getting a brand new world class player.

Get the CL qualification done and then push on in the league. Remember we do not have a divine right to win anything.
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Too late.
 
TinFoilHat said:
Be like Pep.

Last game is done we move onto the next one etc.

Some people shitting the bed over losing to a freak goal.

This thread might be one to bump at the end of the season.
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People aren't shitting the bed over one lucky goal for Arsenal. People are rightly asking questions about losing 3 of the last 4 games and the huge drop off in quality in midfield with Rodri and Kev missing.
 
willipp said:
People aren't shitting the bed over one lucky goal for Arsenal. People are rightly asking questions about losing 3 of the last 4 games and the huge drop off in quality in midfield with Rodri and Kev missing.
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It's the same every season.

First couple of months were still in pre season mode.

Lose to a so called lower opposition and the world falls in.

After international break we go smashing every **** out of sight before losing to Luton. Then turn the after burners on post Christmas.
 
BlueMonkey79 said:
Going off our recent general performances (including our wins) we are not hitting anywhere near the heights of last season.

That's quite a brutal fixture list. Arsenal, Brighton, United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs is probably as tough as it gets.

That computer that randomly generates the fixture list must not have been plugged in when it came to generating MCFC fixtures.

We'll be lucky to get 10 points out of that lot of fixtures if we play anywhere near the likes of what we have seen last few weeks.
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Yes you are correct and see what I am getting at
 
People on this thread should be forced to preface any predictions about point totals with their predictions in earlier seasons.

Cos I'm not gonna lie, I'm seeing a lot of names here prediction 6 points or fewer who spent an awful lot of last season predicting we'd struggle to quality for Europe....
 
MadchesterCity said:
There’s a very high likelihood we will be in 5th position before Liverpool home game.
Brace ourselves for a media barrage and one hell of a fight this season.
We need to sort this slump out fast before we’re out of the title race.

City (18) next 5 fixtures are:
suspect we’ll have 24 points before dippers match
Brighton Home
United away
Bournemouth home
Chelsea away
Liverpool home

Liverpool (17) 29 points before our match
Everton home - Win
Forest home - Win
Luton away - Win
Brentford home - Win
City away

Spurs (20) 33 points
Fulham home - Win
Palace away - Win
Chelsea home - draw
Wolves away - Win
Villa home - Win

Arsenal (20) 30 points
Chelsea away - draw
Sheffield Utd - win
Newcastle away - loss
Burnley home - win
Brentford away - win

Aston Villa (16) 28 points
West Ham home - win
Luton home - win
Forest away - win
Fulham home - win
Spurs away - loss

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You've got to much time on your hands fella if you can post that early on a Monday morning :-) relax the boys will come good.
 
lets beat Brighton first. will be a big tactical test again vs De Zerbi. last thing we need after back to back losses is a home draw or loss.
 
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