The Title Race - 2023/24

How many points will be needed to win the league?

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jrb said:
Forest made it look easy at Newcastle.

Newcastle are away at Liverpool on the 1st of January, 8pm. Then at home to Sunderland in the FA Cup on the 6th of January. 6000 Mackems in St James Park. And the Sunderland team giving their all, hopefully. Then City.

I watched Newcastle play Forest. Newcastle are burnt out. They were running on empty for large parts of the match. They were all over the place tactically. City would have had a field day. Play like that against City and they will get battered.
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Definitely works in our favour that we play Newcastle after what are (on paper) a couple of relatively gentle games for us. And also before both teams get their winter break. I’m sure they’d much rather play us after having a fortnight off than before that.
 
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gordondaviesmoustache said:
It‘s still in our hands, and as long as that remains the case, I, for one, won’t be throwing the fucking towel in.
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I find it quite incredible, that after dropping 11 points in 5 games in our last 6, it is still (technically/GD) in our hands. Most seasons, most other teams even, that would be curtains.
 
Alfie Budd said:
Definitely works in our favour that we play Newcastle after what are (on paper) a couple of relatively gentle games for us. And also before both teams get their winter break. I’m sure they’d much rather play us after having a fortnight off than before that.
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Tonight will be a harder game. If we can win the next 3 games we will be in a terrific position. Wrap KDB up in cotton woool, let him train and get 100% match fit, and ease him back into matches after the 2 week break. That gives KDB another 5 weeks to get match fit and sharp, and then it’s Burnley at home in the PL.
 
The top 5 teams might be separated by 4 pts if we win the next two games.

Hope we go on a run starting with today's game but expect that we'll improve after Everton or after the winter break. Tonight may be too early for Haaland and Doku to feature.
 
blueparrot said:
2 are tough ish not very tough, Newcastle especiaally decsimated by injuries, confidence shot is winnable, 7 should be doable, I’m expecting 9.
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We know when Man City turn up away at any ground the crowd and players are way up for it and put in more effort than any other time they play
 
jrb said:
Forest made it look easy at Newcastle.

Newcastle are away at Liverpool on the 1st of January, 8pm. Then at home to Sunderland in the FA Cup on the 6th of January. 6000 Mackems in St James Park. And the Sunderland team giving their all, hopefully. Then City.

I watched Newcastle play Forest. Newcastle are burnt out. They were running on empty for large parts of the match. They were all over the place tactically. City would have had a field day. Play like that against City and they will get battered.
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Forest soaked up Newcastle attacking Possession football and were lethal on the break we come to town and it be Newcastle being the underdog trying to hit us on the break with crowd more up for it unlike Forest where crowd expected to win..
 
blueparrot said:
2 are tough ish not very tough, Newcastle especiaally decsimated by injuries, confidence shot is winnable, 7 should be doable, I’m expecting 9.
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Newcastle's first XI is almost available. Won’t be an easy game, unless they have been run in the ground...
 
jrb said:
Forest made it look easy at Newcastle.

Newcastle are away at Liverpool on the 1st of January, 8pm. Then at home to Sunderland in the FA Cup on the 6th of January. 6000 Mackems in St James Park. And the Sunderland team giving their all, hopefully. Then City.

I watched Newcastle play Forest. Newcastle are burnt out. They were running on empty for large parts of the match. They were all over the place tactically. City would have had a field day. Play like that against City and they will get battered.
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Sorry to disappoint you pal, but the FA Cup tie is being played at The Stadium of Light.
And Newcastle fans are being ferried from SJP to the SOL on a fleet of buses ,and match tickets will only be issued to each Geordie fan once they are safely ensconced on the bus.
 
manclad said:
Sorry to disappoint you pal, but the FA Cup tie is being played at The Stadium of Light.
And Newcastle fans are being ferried from SJP to the SOL on a fleet of buses ,and match tickets will only be issued to each Geordie fan once they are safely ensconced on the bus.
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Even better. :-) Thanks for letting me know.
 
We can win the title even if we fail to win at Everton and Newcastle. And we may fail to win the title even if we win the next 8 games. Relax and enjoy the chance to watch this City team. Chances are we will do well, especially after the winter break.
 
BlueMoonday said:
Just a note for the next time Klopp or Arteta start cry arsing about fixtures.

Arsenal have had a break since Saturday and don't play until tomorrow night.

Liverpool now don't play until Monday..

We play tonight and again on Saturday..
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I noticed that and remarked to hub about it. Also another thing that pfisses me off every Christmas. Most of the 'big 3' London clubs away games at this crucial time of year are against other London ( or at most Brighton or Leicester) so not a lot of travel involved. That can make a difference. I know we have Everton tonight but in recent years we have had Saints, Leicester, Palace, Chelsea. All orchestrated this year for the benefit of Arse and Dips - yes they played last night but Burnley isn't like a massive away trip... they would have been in their own ( or someone else's missus) bed by 1am.
 
alexmcity said:
Newcastle's first XI is almost available. Won’t be an easy game, unless they have been run in the ground...
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They have.I see a Newcastle S/C holders most weeks he says for an hour they are okay then they run out of steam and can’t make changes. Olus Pope is a more recent big miss. We may not win but we are playing a team way off their best.
 
alexmcity said:
We can win the title even if we fail to win at Everton and Newcastle. And we may fail to win the title even if we win the next 8 games. Relax and enjoy the chance to watch this City team. Chances are we will do well, especially after the winter break.
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Technically we can win the title by winning just 3 of our remaining 21 games. Or miss out (on GD) winning all 21.

The next game still matters greatly though as does momentum, so it is important we start winning in runs.
 
69FACUPfinal said:
I noticed that and remarked to hub about it. Also another thing that pfisses me off every Christmas. Most of the 'big 3' London clubs away games at this crucial time of year are against other London ( or at most Brighton or Leicester) so not a lot of travel involved. That can make a difference. I know we have Everton tonight but in recent years we have had Saints, Leicester, Palace, Chelsea. All orchestrated this year for the benefit of Arse and Dips - yes they played last night but Burnley isn't like a massive away trip... they would have been in their own ( or someone else's missus) bed by 1am.
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Arsenal played away at Anfield on the 23rd which is a fair old trek (both geographically as well as going back in time to the 1950s) , plus the risk of catching infectious diseases is high.
 
BlueMoonday said:
Just a note for the next time Klopp or Arteta start cry arsing about fixtures.

Arsenal have had a break since Saturday and don't play until tomorrow night.

Liverpool now don't play until Monday..

We play tonight and again on Saturday..
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If Klopp walked into his house and his pool was filled with solid gold coins, he would complain the gold wasn't shiny enough.
 
A win that's kept us in the title race in my opinion, can't afford any slips at the moment, just keep winning until the big guns are back.

Still in our hands.
 
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