The Title Race 2022/23

[lasereyes]

Don't worry, pal, it could be worse:

draw everton
draw chelsea
win brighton
win brentford
draw madrid win pens
draw united win pens
draw ac/inter milan win on pens

draw everton
draw chelsea
win brighton
lose brentford but wolves score an injury time winner off a penalty awarded after the final whistle blows
draw madrid win pens
draw united win pens
draw ac/inter milan win on pens

 

[Axel Freed]

Everton’s win at Brighton makes us more likely to beat them I think. They’re at the bottom for a reason and poor teams don’t suddenly start stringing together wins against top of the table teams.

Even the fatigue factor might not be that relevant - we’ve only had one fewer day of rest than them and anyhow we’re used to grinding out results every few days.

If we beat this lot as expected, Arsenal might very well implode against Brighton under extreme pressure

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

Everton’s win at Brighton makes us more likely to beat them I think. They’re at the bottom for a reason
If we beat this lot as expected, Arsenal might very well implode against Brighton under extreme pressure

That's the plan

 

[Legal Alien]

So i'm going for us to win tomorrow and then Brighton to respond and get a result at the arse! The Forest game next week isn't a given for them either, Forest need the points still, so i think they'll drop points there too.

So a huge week coming up for us now, 3 wins please blues!

COME ON CITY!!!

 

[abu13]

Everton’s win at Brighton makes us more likely to beat them I think. They’re at the bottom for a reason and poor teams don’t suddenly start stringing together wins against top of the table teams.

Even the fatigue factor might not be that relevant - we’ve only had one fewer day of rest than them and anyhow we’re used to grinding out results every few days.

If we beat this lot as expected, Arsenal might very well implode against Brighton under extreme pressure

I agree, if they had lost to Brighton thry would be in a world of shit and have to come at us for a win, now I think they will be more cautious and hope to get a draw,

 

[abu13]

8 Points from 4 games, thats all that matters now.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Good point about Dyche’s mindset regarding team selection. Everton’s games after playing us are Wolves (away) and Bournemouth (home) - two teams that will very possibly be on the beach by then. That’s where he’ll be looking to pick up whatever points they may need.

I think Wolves illustrated that they are today with that pathetic performance. The gamble for Dyche is Calvert Lewin with him being so injury prone.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

By any objective measure this group of players is the greatest domestic force in English football history. The stats are unparalleled. Points accumulated, trophies won, records broken. Trying to win every trophy they enter. Battling every season on multiple-fronts. The squad’s manifest mental strength. There is simply no cogent argument against this statement.

Nothing is ever guaranteed, but this team deserves, at the very least, some cautious optimism from every City fan.

Anything less is wholly illogical.

 

[west didsblue]

The fact that we got knocked out of the League Cup by the worst team in the Premier League shouldn’t be forgotten and is proof that nothing is guaranteed. We can certainly be optimistic though.

 

[Stephen230]

By any objective measure this group of players is the greatest domestic force in English football history. The stats are unparalleled. Points accumulated, trophies won, records broken. Trying to win every trophy they enter. Battling every season on multiple-fronts. The squad’s manifest mental strength. There is simply no cogent argument against this statement.

Nothing is ever guaranteed, but this team deserves, at the very least, some cautious optimism from every City fan.

Anything less is wholly illogical.

Being wholly illogical is the default starting point for many City fans.

Many can’t move on from always expecting the very worst and anything else is a bonus.

Give it another 20 or 30 league titles and people might slowly begin to come round.