The Title Race 2022/23

[SkyBlueFlux]

Can you add rags to this aswell please

United have arguably the toughest run of away games with Newcastle, Spurs, Brighton and Liverpool. They also have a lot more of their home games against midtable teams who are capable of giving them a game. I'd say they have the benefit of not having to play us or Arsenal, but the downside is more games where you can see potential for dropping points.

One word of caution is that when you look at the last 8 games:



United have by far the nicest closing run. You can see them dropping points at Spurs and maybe Chelsea. We'll still have Arsenal, Chelsea and that tricky block of away games to navigate.

I think in short this means we really need to push on in our next 8 games and give ourselves a decent buffer.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I would have said that United not having any game against either ourselves or Arsenal puts them in a weak position, if anything. They can't directly claw back points against their two rivals for the league (I personally don't think they've got a chance of the league, so I don't see them as rivals, but I suppose many see now see it as a three-horse race). They rightly lost one against Arsenal, and should have lost the other. And they oh-so-rightly lost one against us, and… should have lost the other (seethes inwardly).

Just noticed this evening that the year we were relegated from the Premiership, and they won it, they won it with 80 points, and there was clear daylight between them and Arsenal, with 70. 70 points wouldn't get you jack shit these days, and 80 would, I suppose, get you top four, but no more. It is quite amazing how ourselves and the dippers have raised the bar.

 

[MadchesterCity]

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United have arguably the toughest run of away games with Newcastle, Spurs, Brighton and Liverpool. They also have a lot more of their home games against midtable teams who are capable of giving them a game. I'd say they have the benefit of not having to play us or Arsenal, but the downside is more games where you can see potential for dropping points.

One word of caution is that when you look at the last 8 games:

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United have by far the nicest closing run. You can see them dropping points at Spurs and maybe Chelsea. We'll still have Arsenal, Chelsea and that tricky block of away games to navigate.

I think in short this means we really need to push on in our next 8 games and give ourselves a decent buffer.

Thanks

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

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United have arguably the toughest run of away games with Newcastle, Spurs, Brighton and Liverpool. They also have a lot more of their home games against midtable teams who are capable of giving them a game. I'd say they have the benefit of not having to play us or Arsenal, but the downside is more games where you can see potential for dropping points.

One word of caution is that when you look at the last 8 games:

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United have by far the nicest closing run. You can see them dropping points at Spurs and maybe Chelsea. We'll still have Arsenal, Chelsea and that tricky block of away games to navigate.

I think in short this means we really need to push on in our next 8 games and give ourselves a decent buffer.

If you're Ten Hag you'd absolutely be saying to United's players if they're five points within first place after we play Arsenal then they've got every chance.

The flip side to having played both us and Arsenal is they don't have any six pointers to do a job themselves.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Having seen Arsenal off twice in the last few games I’m more worried about the rags.

Only 5 points adrift.

They’ll get every ounce of “help” going the snide little fucks.

After Game 16 when we drew to Everton, United were only 4 points behind us. After Game 23 it’s 5. Keep that going and by Game 38 it'll be around 8 points.

Saying that, we’ve only just started playing well. I can see us going on a decent run now.

 

[Silva Citizen]

Having seen Arsenal off twice in the last few games I’m more worried about the rags.

Only 5 points adrift.

They’ll get every ounce of “help” going the snide little fucks.

I have a sneaky feeling that the offside goal will be the difference.

 

[MadchesterCity]

I have a sneaky feeling that the offside goal will be the difference.

It better bloody not be, I don’t think it will be

 

[Bluemoonadam]

I have a sneaky feeling that the offside goal will be the difference.

It wouldnt help drawing to Everton at home either.

 

[Manchester33]

Villa doing a job so far. If they can hold on and prevent Arsenal from winning they'll enter a full-blown meltdown. 45 minutes for Arsenal to either stay in the title race, or seemingly let it slip through their fingers.

 

[Axel Freed]

We have to be so careful we don’t let those horrible rag fuckers in by the back door. The more points we drop the more likely it is that a pretty average team can win the title with a very achievable points total. 78 or 80 might do it