The Title Race 2022/23

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ancoats said:
what I meant to say is sometimes the team that plays the best football does not win the title, results win the title and an ugly win gets you the same as a fantastic win
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Over 38 games, the best team always wins the league. Leicester were the best team in 2016. Their system was more effective than anyone else's.

I don't mean style. But scoring more goals than other teams most often and/or losing the fewest games.
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Zinchenkos face at the full time whistle said it all. He looked absolutely gutted.
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if the reaction of my arsenal mate, seasonticket holder, is anything to go by, then the fans are feeling the same way.

we agreed a few weeks ago that some run-in banter was okay.
after their game i sent him a gif of yoda dancing with a beer in his hand.
he just replied, "Thats it the titles yours again."

you shouldn't kick a man when he's down so i didn't pick him up on his grammar, but his mood suggests that today wounded them heavily.
 
OB1 said:
Not true, the best team does not always win the league. We are the best team in the league but we not win it. Sometimes teams have good runs that are long ones. That’s what Leicester did. They were Champions, they deserved It, but they were not the league’s best team.
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Indeed. It’s far more nuanced than simply ‘the best team always wins the league’.

There are times when the best team have injuries and suspensions at key times that another team have at less key times and fewer key players, or not at all. In even finer detail to that there are times where certain players are injured or suspended and you face a certain team in the fixture list without them that those players would have done well against.

Some seasons, you can have a run of fixtures where the teams you face are bang in form and have all their players fit yet when your rival plays them they’re in their worst form of the season, have a load of players out and the points gained each are a bit skewed. Or one team facing a team who’ve had an easy fixture seven days before and they’re bang at it against you, but when your rivals play them they’ve just come off a tough CL away game or an FA Cup replay that went to extra time and they’re knackered.

Sometimes things like a stupid Winter World Cup that nobody wanted can have a big effect, more players involved in international games, players coming back injured or too fat from internationals, while another team doesn’t have as many involved so their season is affected less.

Even things like the weather make a difference. One team could play Everton in storm when there’s a mud bath of a pitch and it’s a total leveller, whereas your rivals play them in nice spring sunshine.

That’s why one season is never a good barometer to judge a team.

The team who wins the league deserves to win it but it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re the best team.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
One plus for City is that we could have two games a week now until the end of the season. It gets the rhythm and momentum going for the run-in. No time to ponder and worry about the next game too much because the next game comes so quickly, you are forced to be ‘on it’ all the time.

Whereas Arsenal do have time to worry about each game. They only have one midweek game left.
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Yip that’s my take on it,you can see the benefits of both but i would lean more on ( injuries aside ) playing 2 games a week as you say keeps rhythm and momentum going,we seen what happened when we wrapped the league up and rested players in games before the champions league final we lost momentum although pep didn’t help with his tinkering unfortunately..
 
I detected Arsenal‘s vulnerability today, yep I know Anfield is a cauldron but if we can beat Arsenal and equal their results, the title is ours, it is back in our hands
 
They fucking bottled it today, their arses were going more and more until Teeth scored.

Calling it now. We will win it by at least 5 points. We've been here before, and not just once. You have to be perfect to beat City to a title and they aren't capable of it.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
Think being out of everything else can go a couple of ways as well. A week off is good for fitness, but it's a very long week for morale.
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Interesting to see how City respond to the Bayern result. It could galvanise us or be demoralising and slip to a league defeat.

We seem to be riding a wave now but a week is a long time in football. Arsenal having 1 game will help but city seem to need the pressure to really hit the heights. Glad we have another shot to take the crown either way.

Champions league success would mean an awful lot but another league after being behind and the premier coming after us would be sweet.
 
Twice now I have heard the goons singing we’re gonna win the league. Once at Fulham and today at Anfield. They should know better
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
We have been in far worse positions in a title run in and against better football teams than the Goons , i think we win this by six points and the Goons who paid £30k for a seat for their last game against Wolves, have done their money in LOL.
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I think arsenal a better team than alot of people think and that first half today was a great performance but toon away is now a massive game for them but if we repeat that first from yesterday then we will struggle . Gus us going to the wire but it is now an n our hands .
 
SWPISHOME said:
Definitely. I'd fancy Arsenal to turn West Ham over but their is simply no guarantees in football.

West Ham battling for points at the bottom whilst Arsenal are basically playing a game they HAVE to win.

It's not going to be easy for Arsenal.
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Also got to say, living in London, all the locals hate Arsenal fans. London rivalry will add spice.
 
dronefromsector7G said:
They celebrate many of their goals as if the title is done. Well it fucking isn’t is it
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I think this aptly demonstrates the difference between teams who have been there and teams who haven't.

We go 3-1 up v Liverpool and we're all thinking "we need another here, maybe two".
They go 2-0 up v Liverpool and they're celebrating like they've already won.

That's something you learn from being stung in high pressure run-in games like this and an important part of game management that comes from experience.
 
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