The Title Race 2022/23

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Brightwell Bros. said:
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
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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
 
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
 
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!!!
 
Axel Freed said:
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
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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,
 
Alfie Budd said:
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.
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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.
 
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.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
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.
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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.
 
Stephen230 said:
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.
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I think it’s more the default starting point for their personality types, rather than their support of City.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I think it’s more the default starting point for their personality types, rather than their support of City.
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Nah, just perennial loser mentality; a generation of offspring are gonna look at family lineage and say ‘pussyclarts’ lol

Winning should be celebrated by our kin, which is still in our infancy in terms of evolution; give it another decade and it will eradicate worthless grains in sands of time; pinch yourself, we are living it!
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
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.
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Yes and no pal. Down to the individual, at the end of the day, hence we have the flapper v clapper 'culture wars'.

I agree with you, fwiw, and am pretty damn optimistic.
 
Brighton needs to stand up today. they have to show the world they are good enough to influence the title race. :)

cant believe that before today's fixture of Everton-City and Arse-Brighton there was a match on Monday between Brighton-Everton 1-5. you could not make it up making Everton so much more confident and buzzing on staying alive and probably making Brighton become deflated a bit.

anyway lets do our job, get the 3 points by any means, 1-0 lucky with with a deflected own goal from Everton will do it, and put pressure on Arteta once again.
otherwise if we drop points Arsenal wont need any pep talk before the match.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
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.
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One day we are going to lose a tightly fought run-in (hopefully not this season) because if you're in enough of them it's inevitable. And I'm already dreading what that's going to do to the doom merchants on here.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
One day we are going to lose a tightly fought run-in (hopefully not this season) because if you're in enough of them it's inevitable. And I'm already dreading what that's going to do to the doom merchants on here.
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They’ll be pontificating about their prescience and crowing ‘I told you so’ whilst conveniently forgetting the numerous previous occasions their tedious flapping has been wholly misplaced.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
One day we are going to lose a tightly fought run-in (hopefully not this season) because if you're in enough of them it's inevitable. And I'm already dreading what that's going to do to the doom merchants on here.
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Very true - it will be apocalyptic on here!
To add a little context, nine title races in the PL era have gone to the last day of the season. We’ve been involved in four and (as we know) have a 100% success rate. The rags have played the most with five involving three wins plus two unhappy endings. And the ones we all enjoy are the scousers - no victories and three doses of last day heartbreak, all at our expense.
 
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