The Title Race - 2023/24

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

With Fulham, West Ham, Forest and Wolves next up, we have to fill our boots before it gets harder. The West Ham game will be tricky but I’d fancy us to win fairly easily in the others. If we can be 19/21 then that would be a great start and set us up nicely. 21/21 even better!

Absolutely this get the new players bedded in and the injured recovered and we will be ok
The momentum will build

 

[bluenova]

I think Opta have a table predictor, can't confirm whether it's better than 538, probably not, we were 90.2% to win the league before the season, we're now at 93.3%.

Football Predictions | Opta Analyst

Opta football predictions for the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga and UEFA Europa League.

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Thanks for this - looks similar. 538 I think had more future games shown, but the table looks to be based on similar data.

Unbelievable that, with the money there is at the top of the PL, we're given such a high chance of winning. Pep really does make that difference.

 

[levets]

City will win it comfortably…. The end ;-)

 

[bridgeno1]

Nothing I've seen so far makes me think City won't win at a canter. Liverpool showed character today but they'll concede too many goals and teams like Brentford will have a field day against them

 

[bridgeno1]

Serious question from a clearly ignorant Londoner. What's the reason for City's animosity towards Liverpool? I remember seeing a client in Manchester a few years ago during City's centurion season, he was a United fan and was adamant City had to win the league ahead of Liverpool. Fair enough I thought, historical rivalry between United and the victims and all that. Cab driver back to the station was a City fan, he was saying that he had some sympathy for United (Mourinho was manager then) and that he'd support United 100% over Liverpool.

So genuine question, is it just a Manchester vs Liverpool thing? I'd just assume United would be THE rivalry.

In London obviously teams are local rivals but basically every London team seems to hate Spurs, West Ham and Arsenal don't mind each other that much, West Ham hate Millwall, Chelsea have appalling fans but I'd cheer them in Europe against a European team but not against another PL side, I do like Brentford and Fulham and so on. But absolutely many fans in London would express a dislike for Liverpool, but that's based on their fanbase. There's no animosity towards Everton so it isn't a City of Liverpool thing.

 

[TrentGrisham]

Nothing I've seen so far makes me think City won't win at a canter. Liverpool showed character today but they'll concede too many goals and teams like Brentford will have a field day against them

I agree. They do have arguably the deepest attack in the league but their midfield is slow and their defense is currently all over the place.

 

[waspish]

3 games gone and some people think it's done....... Let's see how it all looks in early January.

Nah march but if we are top after ten games with a 3/4 point lead the media angle will be it's done.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Can't remember the last game that we were outplayed in.

I thought Brighton were the better team at the Etihad last season, yet we still won 3-1.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

3 games gone and some people think it's done....... Let's see how it all looks in early January.

People always comment about how Europe will test the squads of other teams.

We will be the squad tested most this season!

Last few games we’ve looked like a team from the early 90s when teams only had two players on the bench because despite having nine on the bench, we simply aren’t bringing any more than the odd one of them on.

And it’s not like we’ve got a huge injury list. Only three were absent yesterday (Akanji, de Bruyne and Stones), so even adding them in would still see us with the smallest squad of players that will be used regularly for many years.

 

[cheekybids]

Serious question from a clearly ignorant Londoner. What's the reason for City's animosity towards Liverpool? I remember seeing a client in Manchester a few years ago during City's centurion season, he was a United fan and was adamant City had to win the league ahead of Liverpool. Fair enough I thought, historical rivalry between United and the victims and all that. Cab driver back to the station was a City fan, he was saying that he had some sympathy for United (Mourinho was manager then) and that he'd support United 100% over Liverpool.

So genuine question, is it just a Manchester vs Liverpool thing? I'd just assume United would be THE rivalry.

In London obviously teams are local rivals but basically every London team seems to hate Spurs, West Ham and Arsenal don't mind each other that much, West Ham hate Millwall, Chelsea have appalling fans but I'd cheer them in Europe against a European team but not against another PL side, I do like Brentford and Fulham and so on. But absolutely many fans in London would express a dislike for Liverpool, but that's based on their fanbase. There's no animosity towards Everton so it isn't a City of Liverpool thing.

Joe Corrigan bottled.
Getting all clubs banned from Europe.
Stanley knife park.
Coaches with women & children attacked after City unveiled a banner supporting LFC fight for justice.
Scouting database hacked.
Club organised attack on players coach.
Booing Ederson as he’s stretchered off with oxygen.
Campaigning for City to banned from Europe & having Parry on UEFA board leaking to press.
Interviewing new Prem chief & making City being charged part of his brief.
Always the victim never their fault.
Crying about song’s & deliberately misinterpreting the meaning.
Throwing a pint pot of coins on a young girl & noone pointing the culprit out.

For starters……