The Title Race - 2021/22

[Del_Bosque]

Time we really started motoring tbh

No league cup, no FA cup replays, no CL till Feb.

Get the league done and dusted

 

[PhdWave]

41 points out of 19 games is quite low for teams like Liverpool and chelsea.. I expect them to get to 85,86,87 range.
If we replicate the first half of the season exactly, then we have the title. We need around 92,93 I would say.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

If we beat Brentford & Goons we will have broken any opposition and it will become another procession , maximum we can get is 104pts , so doubt we will surpass our centurions season , but if we achieve mid nineties i can't see any other team getting within ten points of us.

 

[himalayan_blues]

The kick-off scheduling of the Brentford and Arsenal games was supposed to be the fix.

If we can win both, then we have a couple of weeks to recharge and keep our foot on the pedal.

Let's not forget it was a 12 point gap to Liverpool in January when we went on to win it.

A draw between Chelsea and Liverpool, and us beating Chelsea, and we can start to breathe a little easier.

i am afraid of liverpool more than chelsea

 

[himalayan_blues]

86 to 90 points will do it. I think. it was the same last year and most of the years so it will not be that different this year. 97,98,99,100 points season doesnt happen that often.

 

[Jack74]

If we win are next 3 league games we will win it by more than 10 points

 

[BerkshireBlue]

41 points out of 19 games is quite low for teams like Liverpool and chelsea.. I expect them to get to 85,86,87 range.
If we replicate the first half of the season exactly, then we have the title. We need around 92,93 I would say.

our second half of the season is a hell of a lot easier so I'd expect an increase in points. Conversely Liverpool's second half is a hell of a lot harder so they'll be worse, I expect them to finish on around 80 points. Chelsea have are somewhere inbetween us and Liverpool for the second half of the season games and will be our competitor to the title this year. They could end up on 90+ points so I think you're right in your 92/93 estimate

 

[MCFC1993]

Lets say we win 15 out of our last 19 and lose the other 4. That puts us on 92 points.

If we did that, Liverpool & Chelsea would have to go 17 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss to be guaranteed the title. We've given ourselves a cushion, that must be demoralising for those 2.

Think I said a few weeks back, somewhere around 86.

I think we'll get 90+. That's 14 wins, 1 draw & 4 losses.

 

[BerkshireBlue]

we currently have to mess up 3 games to be knocked off top spot and that's if Chelsea/Liverpool go on and win every game which isn't going to happen they'll also mess up at least two games so that's 5 games we'd have to mess up out of 19. so 14 more wins and a couple of draws and 3 losses will probably do it. This is a pessimistic view as well

 

[Alfie Budd]

Still confident that 80-84 will be sufficient. Exactly how many points we end up on will depend on if we‘re in later stages of CL and can afford to take our foot off the gas a bit like happened last season against Leeds and Brighton.
If Chelsea fail to beat the dippers on Sunday, I’d say that anything other than a win at our place a fortnight later means they’re as good as out of the title race, especially with that World Club Cup nonsense to deal with in February. And Liverpool may yet decide to throw all their eggs into the CL basket if they drop many more points.