The Title Race - 2023/24

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Aren't we 2 pts better off after 13 games compared to last season? Given that we are fighting for a 4th title in a row, we are doing brilliantly. The most difficult thing is consistency over many seasons. Has Klopp won back to back trophies with Liverpool so far?

No we had 32 points after 13 games last season.

Only 16/17 and 19/20 have we had less than our current 29 points after 13 games

 

[lasereyes]

No we had 32 points after 13 games last season.

Only 16/17 and 19/20 have we had less than our current 29 points after 13 games

Yeah but we then had a bad period around and after the World Cup and took only 16 pts from next 9 games. If we get (say) 4pts from Spurs/Villa, we are likely to move ahead of last year's pace with the subsequent easier fixtures

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Spurs aren't a threat. They may have been our bogus team in previous seasons, but we are likely to beat them comfortably next weekend and maybe even at their ground.

All the top teams are a threat and it is too early to discount any of them
Spurs win today and they go level on points with us and ahead of Liverpool.
You can see from our last 2 games we are not at our peak.
I genuinely thought we would beat Chelsea and look how that turned out.

 

[lasereyes]

His all round game is definitely better.

Not early in the season, but last few games have shown he is working hard to evolve. Was much more involved yesterday and I expect him to push on from here. In turn, I think that will help his shot conversion ratio as he wont feel the pressure of everything being on his goals tally

 

[Harvster]

Spurs aren't a threat. They may have been our bogus team in previous seasons, but we are likely to beat them comfortably next weekend and maybe even at their ground.

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[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Yeah but we then had a bad period around and after the World Cup and took only 16 pts from next 9 games. If we get (say) 4pts from Spurs/Villa, we are likely to move ahead of last year's pace with the subsequent easier fixtures

Absolutely, I was just highlighting for Alex.

Yes, it was 16 points from the next 9 but we won the 9th of that sequence. So the bad spell was actually 13 points from 8 games culminating with the loss away at Spurs. I'd put alot of money on us getting more than 13 from the next 8!

 

[alexmcity]

All the top teams are a threat and it is too early to discount any of them
Spurs win today and they go level on points with us and ahead of Liverpool.
You can see from our last 2 games we are not at our peak.
I genuinely thought we would beat Chelsea and look how that turned out.

I didn't expect a win at Chelsea, wasn't sure about Liverpool either. I don't expect a winning run later in the season either. This season many teams are taking points off each other. No team is likely to win 8-10 games in a row. Spurs have many problems with injuries, they'll do well to make the top 4.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

We're not as good as we were last season and numerous teams are better. 85+ may well win the league this season.

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

His all round game is definitely better.

Agree with that.
On the goals front, its just 10 from his last 7 club games after his blank spell and some belters in there as well.

 

[waspish]

Think Arteta has been reading George Graham book of tactics