The Title Race 2022/23

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Really hope so, I'm having nightmares thinking we have to go to Brentford for the final game needing 3 points to win the PL.

That's all we can ask.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Brentford will be on the beach by then

And Toney in the bookies!

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

Surely you, me and everyone on the forum would snap your arm off for that scenario right now?!

That scenario would be amazing.. I and 99 percent of everyone else would take that right now

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

That scenario would be amazing.. I and 99 percent of everyone else would take that right now

I'd take "win your last game to win the league" at the start of every single season, let alone with 8 games to go when you're three behind the league leaders.

 

[youngbob]

When they’ve had a set back when they lost to City they have responded. I don’t think either side will go perfect till the end of the season, City need to ensure they take full advantage and we dont encounter a situation like the Forest away game.

Not quite true. Lost to Everton, then dropped points against Brentford, and then lost to us after that. Anything like that happens to them from this point and it's over.

 

[PistonBlue]

And Toney in the bookies!

Hopefully he's backed us to win it!

 

[Coatigan]

I'd take "win your last game to win the league" at the start of every single season, let alone with 8 games to go when you're three behind the league leaders.

6 behind.

 

[Ashleymcduff]

Not quite true. Lost to Everton, then dropped points against Brentford, and then lost to us after that. Anything like that happens to them from this point and it's over.

Yup and then had a easy run of 4 home games against a load of Shit to get them back in the groove

 

[Andy TheCatalyst Morrison]

They certainly did and I think subjectively they deserved it. However, objectively they were the 4th best team because there is a lot of luck in football. I don’t think many people thought Forest were as good as us at their place but it ended in a draw.

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But that's entirely the point. Over a single game, or even quite a few games, the best team doesn't always win. But over the course of a season, the best team (over that season) wins the league.

 

[MCFC1993]

Be interesting to see how they react this weekend. West Ham away is a potential banana skin.

Most statisticians have us more likely to beat Arsenal at home than Arsenal to win away at West Ham.