The Title Race - 2023/24

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

Four in a row would be sensational. And as a former colleague of mine said before a game a few weeks ago "if you win four titles in a row, you're guaranteed to hold the record for at least five years".

Hopefully we only hold the record of 4 in a row for 1 year

 

[MadchesterCity]

I see the majority (62%) predicted 90-94 points were needed to win the league, and they're right.

Sorry to be pedantic but no their not, 85 to 89 was needed to win on GD

 

[Eds]

Sorry to be pedantic but no their not, 85 to 89 was needed to win on GD

Sorry to be pedantic but it’s they’re not their

 

[Ducado]

I will be there on Sunday even if we are 3-0 up at half time very few people will be singing champions, our competitors thought they had won it already, that’s the difference in mindset we know the slings and arrows of misfortune, we wait until the fat lady sings. If Arsenal win it fair play to them, if Liverpool had won it fair play to them

 

[East Level 2]

There are only a few set's of fans that don't like us since we got took over! (for some reason, Millwall, Stoke and Middlesborough have an unhealthy hatred of us)!

But the majority of Premier League teams like us! United, Liverpool and Arsenal hate us, Spurs would love us to be bothered that they hate us!

But the like of Villa, Everton, Newcastle, Sunderland and especially West Ham can relate to us!

Honest fans, who have been starved of success, just like we was!

*plus they hate them gobby rag twats!

Not sure about Villa. They wanted us to win last night but in general they hate everybody.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I will be there on Sunday even if we are 3-0 up at half time very few people will be singing champions, our competitors thought they had won it already, that’s the difference in mindset we know the slings and arrows of misfortune, we wait until the fat lady sings. If Arsenal win it fair play to them, if Liverpool had won it fair play to them

If Arsenal lose they can blame themselves for their cowardly diving and timewasting performance at the Etihad when most of our key players, especially the defence, were injured.

 

[East Level 2]

If Arsenal lose they can blame themselves for their cowardly diving and timewasting performance at the Etihad when most of our key players, especially the defence, were injured.

They won't blame diving. It's one of their prime tactics.

 

[inbetween]

There are only a few set's of fans that don't like us since we got took over! (for some reason, Millwall, Stoke and Middlesborough have an unhealthy hatred of us)!

But the majority of Premier League teams like us! United, Liverpool and Arsenal hate us, Spurs would love us to be bothered that they hate us!

But the like of Villa, Everton, Newcastle, Sunderland and especially West Ham can relate to us!

Honest fans, who have been starved of success, just like we was!

*plus they hate them gobby rag twats!

You only have to look at who was winning the league 15 years ago. It was United, United and United because they had a monopoly on the fans and money and they rode the wave of Sky TV and the explosion of the league's popularity globally. It would still be United had we not come along and had they not had arsehole owners who have bled them dry and made bad decision after bad decision.

They can all call us cheats but we've done nothing wrong and we definitely haven't done anything criminally wrong. We've had an investor come in and spend his own money, that's it but apparently that's cheating nowadays. I have no doubt the club has probably been 'clever' with the money and accounting but so what? The principle is that it's being done for the right reasons, it's the rules that are the problem and nobody can argue with that.

Look at Wrexham, what an incredible story and these twats think that's cheating and it should be banned from happening. It's all about the control of money. Nothing sums it up more than how the Premier League treats clubs who take financial risks to better themselves. They punish them financially and potentially relegate them, how does that make sense?! Imagine if you built a new business with your own money and some moron comes along and tells you that you didn't quite make a profit in year one so we're going to punish you to make business more difficult.

Even the Champions League has followed suit and will have wildcards next year which will ensure that the biggest clubs get in by default even though they probably won't have earnt it. Nobody can argue that city have ruined the Champions League because we've only played in two finals however guess what the club who comes closest every year is the club that has always spent the most and that's Real Madrid.

If fans want football to be better than an environment is needed where risk taking is encouraged. The Premier League should be about stories and not trying to sanitise it down to money. Look at the Aguero moments and the Villa comeback 2 years ago, this shit doesn't happen if you prevent it from happening. Nobody but United fans want the league to be reduced to the money winning because then it would just be United every year.

What they're saying is that we should be stopped from being allowed to invest and instead aspire to fight relegation every year. This means a shit stadium and a shit experience for fans because at the end of the day that's where every club ends up when it is starved of investment.

 

[East Level 2]

So 91 points is a possibility and that will be more than Arsenal in 2004. - Being undefeated is a bit overrated.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

You only have to look at who was winning the league 15 years ago. It was United, United and United because they had a monopoly on the fans and money. It would still be United had we not come along and had they not had arsehole owners who have bled them dry and made bad decision after bad decision.

They can all call us cheats but we've done nothing wrong and we definitely haven't done anything criminally wrong. We've had an investor come in and spend his own money, that's it but apparently that's cheating nowadays. It's only cheating if a poorer club should not be allowed to take a risk and rise up to challenge clubs like United.

Look at Wrexham, what an incredible story and these twats think that's cheating and it should be banned from happening. It's all about the control of money. Nothing sums it up more than how the Premier League treats clubs who take financial risks. If a club breaks their rules and 'risks' itself then what does the Premier League do? They punish them financially and potentially relegate them, it's completely bizarre!

Even the Champions League has followed suit and will have wildcards next year which will ensure that the biggest clubs get in by default even though they probably won't have earnt it. Nobody can argue that city have ruined the Champions League, we've played in two finals but every year guess what it's the club who has always spent the most who comes closest and that's almost always Real Madrid.

If fans want football to be better than an environment is needed where risk taking is encouraged. The Premier League should be about stories and not trying to sanitise it down to money. Look at the Aguero moments and the Villa comeback 2 years ago, this shit doesn't happen if you prevent it from happening.

What they're saying is that we should instead aspire to fight relegation every year, have a shit stadium and a shit experience for fans because at the end of the day that's where every club ends up when it is starved of investment.

It’s no coincidence that the three teams promoted this season are all going straight back down. It doesn’t make sense for their owners to invest and it’s better for them to bank the money and regroup in the championship. Kudos to Forest though, they took the risk got fucked with a points deduction and have the income of being a Premier League club for what will be three seasons next year.

It’s better to break the rules and progress as a football club than it is to conform and end up back where you were last year.