The Title Race 2022/23

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Fitness and fatigue is going to come into this one this weekend. The lads looked knackered coming off the pitch last night.

Hopefully it'll be a pretty easy game tactically and with it being on Sunday Pep might give them a couple of days off.
 
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As I’ve posted before I just think it’s nigh on impossible to win the league and compete for the champions league this season under these circumstances, something will have to give and I fear it will be the league.

Credit to Arsenal they will most probably get 90 points and I think we will just fall short due to fatigue.
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We managed it last season, but for a 5minute spell at the end of the 2nd leg of the semi final. We had to win 6 of our last 7 games and we managed 6 wins and 1 draw. The season before we managed it to, winning the league and making the CL final. Competing in the CL is now winning one game. It was very hot in Madrid. Both teams struggled, but Everton played the day before us and we've got plenty of rest until Sunday's game.

Sometimes we're a lot better when we're in a rhythm of playing regularly and Pep has already rotated against Sheffield United and again against Leeds whilst De Bruyne missed the Fulham and West Ham games. We're in good shape. It's mental fatigue not physical that will cost us. If Pep was worried about us physically he wouldn't have kept the same team out there for 90mins.
 
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We managed it last season, but for a 5minute spell at the end of the 2nd leg of the semi final. We had to win 6 of our last 7 games and we managed 6 wins and 1 draw. The season before we managed it to, winning the league and making the CL final. Competing in the CL is now winning one game. It was very hot in Madrid. Both teams struggled, but Everton played the day before us and we've got plenty of rest until Sunday's game.

Sometimes we're a lot better when we're in a rhythm of playing regularly and Pep has already rotated against Sheffield United and again against Leeds whilst De Bruyne missed the Fulham and West Ham games. We're in good shape. It's mental fatigue not physical that will cost us. If Pep was worried about us physically he wouldn't have kept the same team out there for 90mins.
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Although he's always tended to rotate by game rather than subs.

So a few players are more tired than they would be had they come off early, but he's also got players who've had a full week's rest between games. I'd expect them to come in, and give others a total rest before the Madrid home game.
 
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