The Title Race - 2023/24

[69FACUPfinal]

Very little room for error now, we need to beat Arsenal and hope the Dippers drop points at the Swamp. Personally, I think we will just come up short as those draws against Palace, Spurs and Chelsea (both home and away) will come back to haunt us.

I agree. Dips are dropping zero points, they won't be allowed to - PL want the fairy tale ending for the greatest ever German manager. Said at the time those draws would cost us the title. I hate Arse but much prefer them to win over the Dips.

I so want to be wrong but we really aren't at it, a credit to the team though to be where they are, Dips were no where near followiing seadon after their SINGLE covid title win.

Fwiw I don't think they will be next year either, new manager and many players will be cured of their * asthma ( I think they have been all 'poorly' again since just after 2022 World Cup, I saw massive 'improvement' in their results then.

 

[richards30]

not for us this season unfortunately

 

[HelloCity]

We did brilliantly last season, trouble is, our current side isn't as good as last seasons

This time last season people we saying we’d had a shit season.

We’d struggled at left back and Pep was trying to bed in a new system which a lot of fans hated.

Some fans on here said this should be Pep’s last season after we lost the derby at the swamp.

 

[Roachy]

Very little room for error now, we need to beat Arsenal and hope the Dippers drop points at the Swamp. Personally, I think we will just come up short as those draws against Palace, Spurs and Chelsea (both home and away) will come back to haunt us.

Said something similar a few weeks back. Those draws that could have been wins used up so much wiggle room for the other occasional duff result. As you say, very little margin for error now.

 

[balotellishaircut]

I genuinely think at any other team, with any other manager, we'd have been out of this season by now and sitting on the laurels of the treble win last year.

You're not supposed to win a treble and be back in the mix 12 months later.

You're not supposed to win the CL and be in the mix 12 months later.

No one has ever won 4 english titles in a row for a reason.

The only one I disagree with is the 3rd one down, a few clubs have won back to back Champions Leagues, so we are supposed to be in the mix for this one.

 

[Fordyboy46]

Also considering the squad is probably slightly weaker as well.

Although some renewal was essential, I'm not sure it's improved us for this season.

Looking like that, none of Kovacic, Nunes, Doku, and Gvardiol looks to have improved us a great deal at all. 2nd season where it falls into place hopefully

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

Still right in the mix and it will go to the wire, with many twists and turns . yesterday was the minimum result we needed !
All teams will drop points .
We will beat Arsenal ,just like last season.
They’ve only beaten our injury hit side with a deflection.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

Chelsea, Spurs, Liverpool and Palace at home will be the games that cost us the title if we don't win it

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

I wouldn't be so confident that we'll beat Villa and Arsenal at home also, given our record against the top 6 this season, and our home form in general

 

[jimharri]

Yeah I think it's noticeable that in the biggest matches we don't have that extra edge that's winning the tight games, and then against the others we always look slightly vulnerable rather than just swatting teams aside. We've just been waiting for the team to really click and despite the results, it's not really happening performance wise like you say.

But yeah, looking at the league fixtures if we get to the last 4 games in a good position, I think we've got a great chance of the league.

Be very surprised if we retain the CL, you need the combination of luck and that wee edge.

I'd have actually gone the other way (as the actress said etc etc), and said I'd be more confident of retaining the CL.