The Title Race 2022/23

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MCFC ISRAEL said:
We can and should beat Arsenal, at home and away so a 5 point gap is something that can definitely be reversed, there are still 24 games ahead of us.
I don't think Arsenal will win the title, but if they do? they well deserve it.
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If we play the way we have been the last few weeks Arsenal will definitely do us away and possibly at home as well.
 
waspish said:
Be surprised if we get to 90 points or above
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We are on track for 86 so need to improve to get that.
IrishBlueSince92 said:
It’s usually around this time in a season we are at the start of a 12-14 game winning run that wins us the title.
Anything could happen this season with the World Cup thrown into the middle of it.

Maybe a slightly unpopular opinion here, but in a few of our games this season we haven’t played very well and been quite boring actually.
Don’t get me wrong we should win the league, but I think we’ve been over rated a bit at times as to how good we are this season.
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Few? I think we have only played well in a few. We haven’t been good for weeks now both in the league and CL. Too reliant on KDB to play well. No one else stepping up when he doesn’t.
 
Arsenal will have difficult moments. Think they will drop 10 points over 7-8 games at some point of the season (that's 2 losses and 2 draws). The question is whether we'll be good enough to capitalise on their mistakes. Given our form under Pep since 2017, we are likely to go above 86 pts. Arsenal have a very good young team, but injuries and inexperience will stop them from going above 85 pts, imo, even if they are on course to 100 pts now. Things may go south quickly. As good as they are, they are not Liverpool good. Our games with them will be interesting. Maybe we'll be on form by then.

Jesus doesn't score many goals but makes Arsenal stronger. Would be a bitter lesson for his critics if he scores only 12 goals but Arsenal win the title. There's so much more to football than individual stats. Jesus is a proper team player and makes the other around him better.
 
I fear a level of complacency creeping in. Having Liverpool as our main rivals in recent seasons has been horrible at times, but at least we knew where we stood, and I think the players felt the same. Effectively, win every week or we are fucked. It was nervy, but the need to win was clear and it gave us the motivation.

Liverpool falling away, and seemingly leaving us as runaway champions has led to some City fans thinking that it’s a formality. It’s a strange and dangerous position to be in, especially if that sense of invincibility creeps into the team. If this team thinks they have no competition for the title, it’s easy to take the foot off the gas and all of a sudden we have pissed it up the wall.

IMO this season is currently feeling a hell of a lot like the Leicester season. There are clearly better sides than Arsenal, I’m sure even Arsenal and their fans know it. It means nothing though if you don’t perform on the pitch. Leicester won a title because all of the better sides self-imploded. At the moment it’s happening again. Liverpool have been turd. Chelsea have lost the plot and City have arguably got more points than our form deserves.

Arsenal might be good enough to only get 85 points. If the teams around them keep fucking up…it might be enough to get the job done.
 
alexmcity said:
Jesus doesn't score many goals but makes Arsenal stronger. Would be a bitter lesson for his critics if he scores only 12 goals but Arsenal win the title. There's so much more to football than individual stats. Jesus is a proper team player and makes the other around him better.
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Say it louder for the people in the back.
 
They’ve got momentum but we’re only just over 1/3 the way through the season

Do they really believe they can win the league from here?

However, can we be consistent enough to put the pressure on to make them wobble , if we get back to our normal selves they will crack under the intensity of a real title race - we need a big up tick in performance after Christmas to make this happen
 
Arseals fixture list includes west ham, brighton, newcastle, spurs, united and everton is there next 6 id put

Citys is leeds everton chelsea united wolves tottenham. simular teams


there momentum has now stopped because of break. also are people forgetting this is a team who bottled top 4 with 4 games to go. once the pressure starts, plus the squad issue theyve not really had a injury blip yet neither
 
I dare say plenty of points will be dropped between now and the end of the season, we are going to see what our lads are made of that's for sure.

Can't wait for what is sure to be the shittest WC ever to fuck off so we can get back to proper footy and this lot can pull their tripe out.
 
Our game stats are almost identical for this and the previous season, but I can see four things that might shape our season ad the title race
  • we are shipping almost twice as many goals per game compared to the last season
  • we've played only two of the so called 'big six', compared to playing all of them in the first 14 games last season
  • Arsenal is doing what we did 2017-2019
  • the World Cup effect, as I cannot see any of our players coming stronger both mentally and physically
 
OrigamiNinja said:
IMO this season is currently feeling a hell of a lot like the Leicester season. There are clearly better sides than Arsenal, I’m sure even Arsenal and their fans know it. It means nothing though if you don’t perform on the pitch. Leicester won a title because all of the better sides self-imploded. At the moment it’s happening again. Liverpool have been turd. Chelsea have lost the plot and City have arguably got more points than our form deserves.

Arsenal might be good enough to only get 85 points. If the teams around them keep fucking up…it might be enough to get the job done.
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Can you compare Arsenal and Leicester? I doubt many people predicted them to win it, but they won an FA cup 2 seasons ago, were semi-finalists in the Europa League last season, have a good young manager who has been building a good young team, and have spent a load of money since. It's not exactly Leicester escaping relegation to win it completely out of the blue the next season.

Still A LOT of football to be played, though. Everyone should be taking them seriously, but we've chased down bigger leads by better teams.
 
I’ve no idea who’ll win the league. It looks like a 2 horse race but I wouldn’t rule out a challenge from someone else (especially given the World Cup break) - I still see City as most likely for reasons well known and stated elsewhere

It’ll likely come down to injuries at the wrong time

Anyway, I’m signing off now until after Christmas

Have a good one

Best wIshes
 
We need players to get back from the world cup fit says it all England picked Walker and Phillips after injuries doesn't make sense the Phillips selection.
Also the defence is missing the balance Walker would bring since his injury playing Stones out there is our best centre back to play that role.

I feel Rodri was needing a rest but with Phillips injured he has been heavily used at times. Seems to be a bit away from his best currently.

I think we have the know how to win the title again. The squad to do it how will Arsenal be when they get a injury to a important player or the pressure from there supporters come when they need a late goal for a point or win.

If Arsenal do it I wouldn't begrudge them but they need maybe 1 or 2 signings in January to add to there squad. Xhaka is a liability over the seasons gone also a bit hot headed he will get a red card or 2. We just need to remain calm and be close with 10 games to go.
 
We've played 14 games. No league has ever been won in November. Yesterday's result is a sickener because of the performance and the fact we have to wait more than 6 weeks to get it out of our system.
Do you think the players will care? Of course they will. They'll come back from the World Cup and want to put things right. Pep will want to put things right.
This might be the tightest Premier league in a long time. Arsenal haven't slipped up yet, they will and then it's how they respond. Plus, they play us twice. Loads of points still to be won and lost.
This team, give or take, has won 4 of the last 5 Premier leagues. We will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season. So, enjoy the break, whether you watch the World Cup or not, and get yourselves ready for a fantastic last 24, yes 24, premier league games, Champions league, league cup and FA Cup. It's all to play for. CTID
 
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