The Title Race - 2023/24

[dan136]

Its official , Dippers fighting with Villa for turd place , we have lost three league games all season , so we would have to lose two of our last six to give the Dippers a sniff , and there will still be deluded Dippers thinking like Jim Carey in Dumber & Dumber "so i've got a chance" :)

That would be great if they managed to come 4th in a 3 horse race, its probably unlikely but can only hope.

 

[Coatigan]

They have two games in hand on Villa. That’s why I said they could be going for CL football. There is no way they roll over.

Wouldn't expect them to roll over even if they had 4th secured and untouchable by then. Nobody wants to get beat, at home, in the penultimate game of the season. If we win there, it will be because we outplayed them. If they take points of us because they are fighting for a top 4 spot, as someone has already pointed out they will have already taken points off Arsenal too.

Ultimately, it is too far ahead. At 4 points behind, we have two must win games coming up to get back to the top of the table. After that is after that.

 

[supercity88]

It's not about Klopp checking out, it's about them running like mad earlier in the season and being fatigued.

Which is what could happen with Arsenal still. Said the same yesterday but got "they've only got 4 games to play" responses. They've had a few who have played so much football and at 5-0 up on Tuesday they were still chasing everything and chest bumping like it was 1-0 in the CL final. All unnecessary when you have to go again.

I am convinced Arsenal drop at least 2pts in their remaining games. I think we need 5 wins from our 6.

Go to Fulham and win and I think we will be in a position to win it at Spurs. We probably won't and will have to wait for the final day to have another chance though!

 

[Coatigan]

People have been saying for weeks arsenal had the hardest fixtures and they couldn't see liverpool dropping anymore points.Liverpool have dropped 6 points, arsenal have already dropped 3 points, predicting anyone to win all their games at this time of the season is a fools game. There is every chance all 3 teams will still drop points.

Arsenal are performing better than I expected. Liverpool have performed worse than I have expected. We have performed pretty much as I expected us to. It is indeeed a fool's game though, agree there.

 

[supercity88]

Wouldn't expect them to roll over even if they had 4th secured and untouchable by then. Nobody wants to get beat, at home, in the penultimate game of the season. If we win there, it will be because we outplayed them. If they take points of us because they are fighting for a top 4 spot, as someone has already pointed out they will have already taken points off Arsenal too.

Ultimately, it is too far ahead. At 4 poibts behind, we have two must win games coming up to get back to the top of the table. After that is after that.

It would be so fucking Spursy for them to beat us and hand Arsenal the title. I'm hoping that game is a freebie for us, or I'll be shitting it. So many sub plots at this time of the year, all just noise generally, but that's something you could trust Spurs to go and do!

 

[Didsbury Dave]

It would be so fucking Spursy for them to beat us and hand Arsenal the title. I'm hoping that game is a freebie for us, or I'll be shitting it. So many sub plots at this time of the year, all just noise generally, but that's something you could trust Spurs to go and do!

Their crowd would be genuinely wanting us to win if that's where we were at.

 

[Dr Jacoby]

I can see us getting done on GD. I know we always seemingly turn invincible during this stage of the season but I’d be amazed if we win all of our remaining games. Tottenham are going to have a huge say on things.

 

[supercity88]

People have been saying for weeks arsenal had the hardest fixtures and they couldn't see liverpool dropping anymore points.Liverpool have dropped 6 points, arsenal have already dropped 3 points, predicting anyone to win all their games at this time of the season is a fools game. There is every chance all 3 teams will still drop points.

Spot on. Think in Peps time we have won all 6 once. Caveat being we had to win all 6 that time!

 

[supercity88]

Spurs last six games:

28th April - Arsenal (h)
2nd May - Chelsea (a)
5th May - Liverpool (a)
11th May - Burnley (h)
14th May - City (h)
19th May - Sheff Utd (a)

Villa last four games:

27th April - Chelsea (h)
5th May - Brighton (a)
13th May - Liverpool (h)
19th May - Palace (a)

With the conference league as well I can see that battle staying alive until we play them. It wouldnt necessarily be a bad thing them having to win the game. Could do their usual snatch and grab back to them!

 

[Eds]

It would be so fucking Spursy for them to beat us and hand Arsenal the title. I'm hoping that game is a freebie for us, or I'll be shitting it. So many sub plots at this time of the year, all just noise generally, but that's something you could trust Spurs to go and do!

I know a few Spurs fans and the overwhelming consensus is that they would rather finish 5th and we win the league than they finish 4th and Arse win it.