The Title Race - 2023/24

[LesBleuMiserable]

We be 4 points behind with 9 games to go still anything can happen with that many points to play for and we should know this with how we come from behind!

I think we will batter the south Londoners at our digs

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

The only games we actually played badly were Villa, part of Wolves, and a lot of Arsenal, although we were a bit unlucky with the late goal.

Have to demur slightly on the Arsenal verdict. Watch the game back. I'm not saying we dominated them. But they sure as hell didn't dominate us. They played like the away team. Deflected goal at the end. (Just like the Community Shield, incidentally).

 

[melrose40yarder]

It’s grim. I don’t think some will cope if we don’t deliver another treble. That’s how mental the standards some set are. Any little blip or perceived poor showings sees an angry barrage of sulking twats slagging off every player and the manager.
They lose faith at the drop of a hat completely oblivious it seems to what this group are capable of.
It hurts my head.

God knows how they would have fared un the 90s with the shit we served up.

 

[lasereyes]

Have to demur slightly on the Arsenal verdict. Watch the game back. I'm not saying we dominated them. But they sure as hell didn't dominate us. They played like the away team. Deflected goal at the end. (Just like the Community Shield, incidentally).

It was very cagey and neither side created much. In truth our best chance was Ake from point blank in the first minute. After that, I only remember a 10-15 minute period in the 2H where we looked on top. Otherwise very scrappy. And Kovacic could easily have been red carded.

 

[waspish]

Have to demur slightly on the Arsenal verdict. Watch the game back. I'm not saying we dominated them. But they sure as hell didn't dominate us. They played like the away team. Deflected goal at the end. (Just like the Community Shield, incidentally).

When we played arsenal in the league we didn't have Rodri Kdb and stones don't think we had Grealish either

 

[bridgeno1]

When we played arsenal in the league we didn't have Rodri Kdb and stones don't think we had Grealish either

TBF Arsenal didn't have Saka and only had a half fit Martinelli for 30 minutes.

Totally different game at the Etihad anyway, we can't read much if anything from the game at the Emirates.

 

[waspish]

TBF Arsenal didn't have Saka and only had a half fit Martinelli for 30 minutes.

Totally different game at the Etihad anyway, we can't read much if anything from the game at the Emirates.

The Saka Ake had in his back pocket last season?

Rodri stones and Kdb starting against Arsenal wouldn't of ended 1-0

 

[bridgeno1]

The Saka Ake had in his back pocket last season?

Rodri stones and Kdb starting against Arsenal wouldn't of ended 1-0

We'll never know of course.

 

[waspish]

We'll never know of course.

Find out at ours when we both have full squads

 

[Axel Freed]

my feeling is we get Arsenal in QFs of CL which will throw a grenade into this title race. I hate it that under Pep we faced English club 3x in CL and always got eliminated (dippers QFs, Spurs QFs, vs Chelsea lost the final) and in each time the opponent was something like 10-20 points behind us in the league so we were way superior to them.

And that’s why winning the CL is nowhere near as important or as big an achievement as winning the league.