The Title Race 2022/23

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I'm kind of glad we don't have to worry about the title for a few weeks now.

If we come back from the international break less than 8 points behind I'll be happy.
 
I’m seeing a lot of terrible takes on Twitter (blues) that we won’t win the league because of the way we’re playing.

I’ve been critical this season when it’s been tepid but recently we’ve been dominating games and creating chances - last night could’ve been 3/4-0 with the chances we missed. They didn’t have a shot on target.

We’ve got Dias bossing it at the back, Rodri being imperious in midfield and (one of) the best finisher in world football up front. The spine is solid as a rock and all 3 have elite mentalities to push us over the line, regardless of how we play.

I’m assuming it’s because we’re not scoring 4 goals a game that people think we’d be limping over the line. Arsenal are playing brilliantly and would be miles ahead of every other team in the league (rags in 3rd lost 7-0 last week!) because of their inconsistencies.

I can guarantee Arsenal will lose their bottle and we’ll be champions. We’ve got a team full of players used to this scenario and they’ve got 2 - Jesus and Zinchenko. You can see from their manager it’s all too emotional whereas for us it’s business as usual. As soon as things don’t go their way that’s it and that will only elevate the nearer to the end we get.
 
Worsleyweb said:
I think today is key. They need to drop points today for me for us to win it.
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Not too sure about that..

They still have to play Chelsea at home and us, Liverpool and Newcastle away.

The above 3 away games all against decent teams who will have something to play for.

They also have a tricky home game against Brighton to play too.

Whereas we have to play Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea at home and have tricky away games at Fulham, Brentford and Brighton to navigate.

It's a bit of a free hit for us today, they should win but they have been creaking a bit lately, relying on yet another last gasp winner to keep their noses in front.

The longer the game goes today without them being ahead, it will crank up the pressure on them.

Even if they're 1 up and dominating it's still not over as we've seen from our result at Forest.

If they don't get a result today I can see them start to slowly unravel.



I fkin hope so anyway..!
 
MCFC1993 said:
Posted last week, 1 orange game out of the way, Arsenal's to come tomorrow:
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I do think away games at Everton and Southampton won't be easy but I'm just relatively comparing. In fact a lot of the games marked in green will be a lot harder given the time of the season they're being played.

I do think we need Arsenal to win on Thursday to keep them playing Thursday, Sunday and keep them distracted:
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They play twice before we play Liverpool, it would be nice if we weren't 8 behind (with a game in hand) going into that game. FiveThirtyEight have them between a 6/10 and 7/10 to win in their next 2 games.
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Have us slightly less to beat the scousers:
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Results directly versus Arsenal and both teams against Liverpool, Chelsea and Brighton will decide the title.
Bookies have it at 1/1, asked the wife this morning if we could put £500 on Arsenal but she ain’t keen, I was thinking if we lose out at least we will be financially compensated.
 
MadchesterCity said:
Results directly versus Arsenal and both teams against Liverpool, Chelsea and Brighton will decide the title.
Bookies have it at 1/1, asked the wife this morning if we could put £500 on Arsenal but she ain’t keen, I was thinking if we lose out at least we will be financially compensated.
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If you're going to do that I'd at least hang on until Arsenal draw another game, as the bookies are itching to make us favourites.

The fact they've got us as joint favourites whilst 5 points behind says it all
 
It’s over for the gunners, they just don’t realise it yet. The result against palace will have put the fear into them.

March now and still within touching distance. Pep and the players have done a fantastic job to get us into this position once again. The run is on, we look focused and strong. An early Arsenal wobble would be great but if not I have full faith that the players will be able to keep going now until the end of the season.

I didn’t think we had enough left in the tank but we have raised our game over the last month. It’s only a matter of time now.
 
They have Brighton at home, Chelsea at home, Newcastle away, Liverpool away, Us away and Fulham away. 5 tough fixtures.
 
Worsleyweb said:
They have Brighton at home, Chelsea at home, Newcastle away, Liverpool away, Us away and Fulham away. 5 tough fixtures.
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From memory we’ve got dippers chavs and arse at home, Brentford and brighton away, Everton away who will raise their game. Think we will do it but it’ll be tight
 
Worsleyweb said:
I think today is key. They need to drop points today for me for us to win it.
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Every game is important but I don’t think any is truly pivotal in the race just yet.
I suspect the calendar and the extended nature of this season may be playing tricks on some people. On this date in 2019 during the epic run-in with the scousers, we had eight league games left to play. As of now we still have 11 to go this season. Plenty of twists, turns and dramas still to surprise everyone I suspect.
 
Free shot today

I’m fine with the 5 points gap, confident we will beat them at home and confident they have a fuck up in them somewhere down the line

Likewise with utd, they need 2 wins from the game in hand to be 6 points away from us without thinking about goal differences.
 
Worsleyweb said:
I think today is key. They need to drop points today for me for us to win it.
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The gap is only five points with 11 to go, it’s far from over if they win today. I’m already saying we’ll beat them at home so we’re two points behind. We’ve both got some tough games left, but we seem to be cranking up the pressure and they are showing signs of nerves imo.
 
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