The Title Race - 2021/22

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Doable but unlikely, I think Peps biggest challenge this year is to try and sustain the form going into May, momentum got us to the CL final but our performances weren’t great in the league from March on…

Context needs to be highlighted also, to replicate, almost like a mirror image of last year, is insane levels of consistency, if we manage to go all the way in CL, this will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest club sides of all time, that should sink in for some people!

I think the League is nearly done, but without trying to sound greedy I want us to win the CL this year. However, like yourself I have some concerns about maintaining form/momentum going into late April/May in the later stages of the CL. This team and coach deserve to be crowned Champions of Europe.

 

[Manchester33]

League is done. No way anyone is catching us. Favourable draws in the FA cup and champions league means we could end up with good cup runs too.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

87 should be enough.

Looking at our reminding fixtures we only play 5 teams currently in the top half of the table

Spurs(H)
Rags(H)
Liverpool (H)
Wolves(A)
West Ham (A)

The rest (11 games) are all sides mid table or lower. Us getting though that period of playing top 5 sides between September and December unscathed has been key.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Anything less than 100 points and I’m going back to supporting Chelsea.

 

[blue ranger]

United only managed a draw at Villa. That is two challengers knocked out today ;)

The rags were never a contender.

 

[alexmcity]

Fortunately, there's an important difference between last and this season's fixture schedule.

Last season there was no winter break, plus we reached the final of the league cup. The team peaked in February and by April there were signs some players were losing form, most notably Rodri and Cancelo, but also Gundogan, Bernardo...

This season we are many points clear already in January, will have a winter break and are out of the league cup. Pep and the players will be better positioned to be in top form in April and May.

85 pts are likely to be enough for the league title. IF we secure the title early, Pep will rotate a lot in the final months and we are likely to drop points, so we'll probably manage to win around 92 pts.

One reason we may drop points is that we don't have many midfielders. Imagine Pep decides to rest the likes of Rodri, Bernardo, KDB, Foden... before crucial cup games. We'll field significantly weakened teams in midfield in the final weeks of the PL, IF we are still in the CL and the FA Cup. So, we are quite unlikely to win 95+ pts, imo.

 

[domalino]

Assuming there are no postponed fixtures, if we keep winning (big if) we will have the chance to equal the premier league record for consecutive wins (18 currently) in the derby.

We are currently at 12 wins

Southampton, Brentford, Norwich, Spurs and Everton are in the way.

 

[Cotton Weave Blue]

I think we only need 9 wins from here the other 2 can’t put runs together at the ruthless pace we can

 

[Inter Me Nan]

I think we only need 9 wins from here the other 2 can’t put runs together at the ruthless pace we can

9/10 will definitely win it so that's what we should aim for.

 

[whipper]

Assuming there are no postponed fixtures, if we keep winning (big if) we will have the chance to equal the premier league record for consecutive wins (18 currently) in the derby.

We are currently at 12 wins

Southampton, Brentford, Norwich, Spurs and Everton are in the way.

Palace away to get 19.