The Title Race 2022/23

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Mancity1980 said:
It feels like the whole season is on a knife edge and it rests with this game at Anfield today. The bookies currently have Arsenal 10/11 on and us 1/1 but at the final whistle today there is going to be a big swing one way or the other. Come on Liverpool!!

Any thoughts on whether the dippers “should be brave” as Klopp puts it or approach the game more conservatively?
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Doesn’t rest with this game at all, if we do our job we need them to drop points in one game, might be this, might be Newcastle. Like every other title race it may well happen in a game we don’t expect, just like united with Wigan and Everton, or liverpool with palace.
 
MaskedAguero10 said:
Btw about the stones role. Yesterday he seemed to struggle a bit? I don't know if it was due to the high pressing + them committing a lot of bodies in the centre or perhaps mental fatigue since this new position requires you to take into consideration so many things even pep said as much that it's not easy for him. I guess it's one of those things where with time you get more and more comfortable with it.
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The whole team was a bit slow and complacent in the 1st half, the tempo wasn't right, which made it easier for their forwards to press us and force mistakes here and there. Guess Pep subbed Stones off to keep him fresh for Bayern.
 
blueparrot said:
Doesn’t rest with this game at all, if we do our job we need them to drop points in one game, might be this, might be Newcastle. Like every other title race it may well happen in a game we don’t expect, just like united with Wigan and Everton, or liverpool with palace.
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Or Liverpool against Leicester in 2019.
 
Mancity1980 said:
It feels like the whole season is on a knife edge and it rests with this game at Anfield today. The bookies currently have Arsenal 10/11 on and us 1/1 but at the final whistle today there is going to be a big swing one way or the other. Come on Liverpool!!

Any thoughts on whether the dippers “should be brave” as Klopp puts it or approach the game more conservatively?
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They just need to employ their usual shithouse tactics and they should get the points….that and the ‘famous’ anfield fans…
 
blueparrot said:
Doesn’t rest with this game at all, if we do our job we need them to drop points in one game, might be this, might be Newcastle. Like every other title race it may well happen in a game we don’t expect, just like united with Wigan and Everton, or liverpool with palace.
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As a City supporter, I can sincerely say that if you asked me which team, above all others, I would not want to be playing in this run-in, it would be Newcastle at St James's Park. I'd take Arsenal away over them if given a choice. If they beat us and the Toons, or even get two draws, you've got to take your hat off to them and say, fair fucks. I don't see either of those happening.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
As a City supporter, I can sincerely say that if you asked me which team, above all others, I would not want to be playing in this run-in, it would be Newcastle at St James's Park. I'd take Arsenal away over them if given a choice. If they beat us and the Toons, or even get two draws, you've got to take your hat off to them and say, fair fucks. I don't see either of those happening.
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Brighton is no gimme either. They are a very good side and we both have to play them albeit we are away.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
As a City supporter, I can sincerely say that if you asked me which team, above all others, I would not want to be playing in this run-in, it would be Newcastle at St James's Park. I'd take Arsenal away over them if given a choice. If they beat us and the Toons, or even get two draws, you've got to take your hat off to them and say, fair fucks. I don't see either of those happening.
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Arsenal will not like coming to Newcastle where the atmosphere will be hostile towards them, they’ll be remembering what happened to them last season for the full week before the game. We will almost certainly need the points and we’ll give them one hell of a game for 90+ minutes. Arsenal have two very tough games after today and they’ll not relish either.

Keep winning your games and I think the rest will look after itself. You have two tough games, Arsenal and Brighton and you’ll beat Brighton. Arsenal have two tough games and I think they’ll lose both.
 
By the end of April, we will have 2 games in hand.

Today, dippers v le Arse

15th City v Leicester

16th West Ham v le Arse

21st le Arse v Southampton

26th City v le Arse

29th le Arse v Chelsea
30th Fulham v City

Would be nice if we can get the full 9 points and le Arse pick up only 6 at maximum.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
How would that work exactly? Are they all in on it? Does Klopp tell them to throw the game as part of his team talk before the game, or does he tell each player individually? Or does he not know about it, and the players do it behind his back?
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How dare you bring logic and critical thinking on here.
 
blueparrot said:
Doesn’t rest with this game at all, if we do our job we need them to drop points in one game, might be this, might be Newcastle. Like every other title race it may well happen in a game we don’t expect, just like united with Wigan and Everton, or liverpool with palace.
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True, I only said it feels like that. When I used the knife edge analogy I was only really referring to the delicate balance of the bookie odds. If Arsenal get the three points today the betting will fall heavily in their favour, otherwise they will fall heavily in ours.
 
the only game other than the head to head with Arsenal that worries me is the last game of the season away at Brentford.

The have already beaten us, they will be able to play with freedom and no pressure and they are the exact tyoe fo team and supporters that would love to have a say in something.

as others have said for arsenal that game against Newcastle is probably harder than the one today against the scousers.....St James park will be bouncing. Normally you would also look at the chelsea game as possible dropped points but Chelsea are truly shit at present so that will be 3 pts to arsenal.

Other than that Arsenal have:
West ham (Away)
Southamton (home)
Brighton (home)
Forest (away)
Wolves (home)

I cant see them dropping any points in any of those (wolves in previous seasons might have been difficult but not now)....you woud have to think they will smash most of those...

Scousers and the Toon are where we need them to drop points.....and then we have to absolutely destroy them when we meet them...that happens they could lose their heads and drop further points if they do slip behind.
 
simon23 said:
the only game other than the head to head with Arsenal that worries me is the last game of the season away at Brentford.

The have already beaten us, they will be able to play with freedom and no pressure and they are the exact tyoe fo team and supporters that would love to have a say in something.

as others have said for arsenal that game against Newcastle is probably harder than the one today against the scousers.....St James park will be bouncing. Normally you would also look at the chelsea game as possible dropped points but Chelsea are truly shit at present so that will be 3 pts to arsenal.

Other than that Arsenal have:
West ham (Away)
Southamton (home)
Brighton (home)
Forest (away)
Wolves (home)

I cant see them dropping any points in any of those (wolves in previous seasons might have been difficult but not now)....you woud have to think they will smash most of those...

Scousers and the Toon are where we need them to drop points.....and then we have to absolutely destroy them when we meet them...that happens they could lose their heads and drop further points if they do slip behind.
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Brighton away could be tricky.
 
I think if arsenal drop points today, they will have a mini crumble and also drop next week away at West ham.
Thye have Southampton at home after that so will win that then they have to come to us.
If the above does come trues and they drop at Liverpool and West ham, a draw would be ok against arsenal.
 
For those who believe the dippers would throw this: anybody remember how Everton weren't trying in that game towards the end of the 2014 run-in? Yeah, right… I was bricking it for the entire ninety minutes. One of the most unpleasant games I've had to watch.
In the days prior to that, we were treated to the unique spectacle of LFC fans going on Grand Old Team to literally beg Everton to beat us — and rags coming on here to beg us to beat Everton!! I remember it well, and had a very good chortle (at the time, the rags still hated Liverpool more than us… that may have changed in the intervening years).
 
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