The Title Race - 2021/22

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Probably a better thread for this...but a lot can change in a month...

Dec 2:

Jan 2:

In a month:

City P7 W7 D0 L0 GS: 24, GC: 5, GD: +19, Pts: 21/21.
Chelsea P7 W2 D4 L1 GS: 12, GC: 10, GD: +2, Pts: 10/21.
Dippers P6 W3 D2 L1 GS: 9, GC: 6, GD: +3, Pts: 11/18.

Big move, hopefully we build on it.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Taking us out of the equation and the dip in form required to give either the scousers or Chelsea a sniff of a chance, there's no evidence that either team has what it takes to go on a run of victories that would net them the relevant point's haul required.

Chelsea's biggest run is 4 wins in a row, back in October. They've won 4 of their subsequent 11 league games.

Dippers did 6 in a row end of November to mid December, before their recent blip. The last 3 of that run (Wolves, Villa and Newcastle) they had match-altering decisions go their way.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Probably a better thread for this...but a lot can change in a month...

Dec 2:

Jan 2:

In a month:

City P7 W7 D0 L0 GS: 24, GC: 5, GD: +19, Pts: 21/21.
Chelsea P7 W2 D4 L1 GS: 12, GC: 10, GD: +2, Pts: 10/21.
Dippers P6 W3 D2 L1 GS: 9, GC: 6, GD: +3, Pts: 11/18.

Big move, hopefully we build on it.

Love stuff like this thanks

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Taking us out of the equation and the dip in form required to give either the scousers or Chelsea a sniff of a chance, there's no evidence that either team has what it takes to go on a run of victories that would net them the relevant point's haul required.

This is the important thing as it stands. No other team in the league is currently able to put the run of wins together that we are currently on. Liverpool have done it in the recent past, but haven't done so for 20 months now, and while still a good side they aren't nearly as great as they were 19-20. And without looking I suspect you'd have to go back to peak Mourinho's Chelsea side to see anything resembling that sort of Chelsea form. Of course that isn't to say they can't suddenly do it, but going off the last 12/6/3 months is also sensible and I just can't see where and how that form comes from for either.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Points	Team (games played)
53	Man City (21)
52
51
50
49
48
47
46
45
44
43	Chelsea (21)
42	Liverpool (20)
41
40
39
38
37
36
35	Arsenal (20)
34	West Ham (20)
33	Tottenham (18)
32
31	Man Utd (18)
30
29
28
27	Brighton (19)
26
25	Wolves (18) Leicester (18)
24
23	Crystal Palace (20) Brentford FC (19)
22	Aston Villa FC (19)
21	Southampton (19)
20
19	Everton (18) Leeds United FC (19)
18
17
16
15
14
13	Watford (18)
12
11	Burnley (17) Newcastle (19)
10	Norwich City FC (19)

Cann table is named posthumously after Jenny Cann who published the style on her website 'Clock End' in 1998​

 

[KS55]

The way I'm looking at is: Liverpool win their game in hand then it's an 8 point lead. We still need 44 points so, lets see where we are in March. Long, long way to go yet before we count our chickens!

Yup. Never forget, this is still City even if the capacity for self destruction is a lot less. I'm not counting chickens yet, but I am hopefully optimistic

 

[Brodymcfc]

Still allot to play for this season. We are in a very very good position but stranger things do happen in football it’s why we love and hate it!

lets not get carried away till that trophy is in our hands. Enjoy the journey of it. We don’t want to win it too early anyway, we need to keep the players sharp for champions league and if we win the league too early, they will switch off and drop off in form.

 

[Agueroooo9320]

I wonder what that does to your CL aspirations. Being on the beach so early in the season is quite an interesting situation to navigate.

I still maintain this is the exact reason we lost the CL match last season against you. by the time we played in the final against you we have not played a competitive meaningful game in about two months and I think that had a huge drop in our mental preparations I think.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Journos going after City . . .

 

[johnnytapia]

Nothing done yet. More hard. Just hope Pep doesn't play key players in next week FA Cup game. Would rather see kids playing.

Full strength; pep style