The Title Race - 2023/24

How many points will be needed to win the league?

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6 points behind with a game in hand and another 20 games to play is a decent position to be in and I actually think our performances have been a lot better than our current points total suggests.

The only game where we've been outplayed is Villa and I think that had a lot to do with them being on the crest of a wave and us having a midfield comprised of three defenders and a striker.

We weren't great against Wolves or Arsenal but the absence of Rodri played a huge part in that and we were very unlucky with the goal we conceded against Arsenal.

Aside from that, we have been the far better team in every other game we've played in my opinion.

If we can maintain or even improve our level of performance but start seeing out games better we will be there or thereabouts. Get KDB and Haaland back in the team and hopefully we'll start to move through the gears.

The only caveat I would add is I think our title challenge does largely rest on keeping Rodri fit. If he was to pick up an injury I just think we'd drop too many points as he's so important and the drop off is too big. I think we should be going in to the market in January and signing an understudy that Pep can trust.

If we can keep Rodri fit and De Bruyne gets back to something approaching his best then we can still win this.
 
BringBackSwales said:
Win our game in hand and we are 3 behind arse, 2 behind dippers
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I mean, given how many points we've blasted away in the last few weeks, you'd take that.

In fact, it's a bit laughable that we're still in a position where winning our game in hand, and then beating Arsenal at our place puts it back into our hands.

Obviously that's discounting the dippers, but I just don't think they're good enough to see it through, especially when they lose Salah.

I'm not convinced Arsenal have any more gears than they've shown; we've been in neutral all season.
 
Hopefully now the Club Championship is done the focus will shift back to the League. None of the pack of 5 are better than us but we can lose it ourselves if the focus is maybe on the Champions League rather than Premier League.
 
There’s only three possible teams winning this us Arsenal or Liverpool
Quit the talk about Villa and Spurs on this thread ffs
I still don’t think Villa finish top 4
 
chris85mcfc said:
I mean, given how many points we've blasted away in the last few weeks, you'd take that.

In fact, it's a bit laughable that we're still in a position where winning our game in hand, and then beating Arsenal at our place puts it back into our hands.

Obviously that's discounting the dippers, but I just don't think they're good enough to see it through, especially when they lose Salah.

I'm not convinced Arsenal have any more gears than they've shown; we've been in neutral all season.
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I think it just shows that we are at a completely different level from the rest. Most City fans will say that we have been poor this season. Look at how fans of the others view their season and yet there we are, right on their arses. If I was a Liverpool or Arsenal fan, I wouldn’t be celebrating (like many seem to be), I’d be thinking ‘oh fuck, City have been absolute shite and yet they’re still there’.

We decide to turn it on, and it’s 4 in a row, and there’s not a fucking single thing any of them can do about it.
 
jimharri said:
I was at that West Brom game. Never felt as "meh" about a City win (4-0,IIRC), even after word got through about Moloney's winner for Wigan. But it does show you; keep the faith. Does that make me a happy clapper? Possibly. So be it.
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That day I stuck £10 on us to the title.

14/1 true storeh.
 
Might just be me, but I feel like winning the World Club Cup has almost ‘closed the chapter’ on last season, and from now on in it’s all about looking forwards. Coupled with the timely return of KDB, and with Haaland and Doku back in the fold, I really think we’ll kick on now
 
I think whether the 1-1 at Anfield is a good result for City depends on how City do at Anfield. That's actually a game that many people thought Arsenal could lose and getting a draw is maybe a 'par' result so if City go there and win it is a good result in the fight against Arsenal, if City don't win there it's 'as you were'. It's not like Arsenal drew 1-1 at Forest or Palace.

Realistically of Arsenal's 'losable' away games we have City away (will lose there in all likelihood) and Spurs away (who knows but if there's a sniff of a chance they can stop Arsenal winning the league they'll release the Kraken on us).

We've played Dippers, Barcodes, Villa, Chelsea away already, can't see us losing at Old Trafford, so really I don't think the 1-1 is that great a result for City unless, like I said before, you win at Anfield.

Still think City will win the league as basically all you need to do is beat us at the Etihad and then not fuck up the other matches and goal difference will be in your favour
 
Christmas 2022 Arsenal top, City 5 points behind, same games played

Christmas 2023 Arsenal top, City 6 points behind with one game in hand

You would’ve thought that being in a better situation than this time last year and having proved our mettle (not that it needed proving) by winning 5 major trophies in the interim most people would have the utmost faith in our ability to stay the course again.
 
bridgeno1 said:
I think whether the 1-1 at Anfield is a good result for City depends on how City do at Anfield. That's actually a game that many people thought Arsenal could lose and getting a draw is maybe a 'par' result so if City go there and win it is a good result in the fight against Arsenal, if City don't win there it's 'as you were'. It's not like Arsenal drew 1-1 at Forest or Palace.

Realistically of Arsenal's 'losable' away games we have City away (will lose there in all likelihood) and Spurs away (who knows but if there's a sniff of a chance they can stop Arsenal winning the league they'll release the Kraken on us).

We've played Dippers, Barcodes, Villa, Chelsea away already, can't see us losing at Old Trafford, so really I don't think the 1-1 is that great a result for City unless, like I said before, you win at Anfield.

Still think City will win the league as basically all you need to do is beat us at the Etihad and then not fuck up the other matches and goal difference will be in your favour
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Yep arsenal got a decent point but if that was city last night the referee Var would have gave the penalty and we would be down to ten men for the last 15 mins with that Saka slip foul! Arsenal got lucky with refereeing decisions
 
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