The Title Race - 2023/24

How many points will be needed to win the league?

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bridgeno1 said:
If you watched the Villa game Arsenal missed a hatful of chances early on and then the pressure built. Arsenal are a team that needs to score early at home to calm them down. Away is different but Arsenal have shown a few times this season that they run out of attacking ideas when needing to chase a game and just peter out.
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A mate of mine who supports Spurs said he's only going to start watching after 30minutes. If you're not winning by then he'll stick with it!
 
Didsbury Dave said:
It's why his comments (which he's nicked from moron teenage armchair fans in the main) irritated me.

A Liverpool fan has no comprehension of what it felt like to be the laughing stock of football for years whilt your arrogant neighbours won everything. They have never experienced relegation. Never known the genuine fear that your club was finished. They could never experince joy like the Aguero moment or Istanbul where you've seen your club rise from the dead, beyond your wildest dreams.

Liverpool are a club with plenty of fans and some great past teams. But that's it. They aren't fucking "special" in any way apart from in the minds of some of their modern day glory hunters.

This doesn't mean "more" to most of them. They don't even go to games. It means less.
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Spot on, except Liverpool are a laughing stock.

Only their fans could go from a quadruple send off for Klopp to "we were hopeful not expecting to win the league" and claiming they never felt they would really win it. They've been top longer than anyone this season. Arsenal got absolute pelters last season for failing to win it, yet they manage to find a way to explain their failures in a positive light.
 
supercity88 said:
Spot on, except Liverpool are a laughing stock.

Only their fans could go from a quadruple send off for Klopp to "we were hopeful not expecting to win the league" and claiming they never felt they would really win it. They've been top longer than anyone this season. Arsenal got absolute pelters last season for failing to win it, yet they manage to find a way to explain their failures in a positive light.
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I think the difference with us vs Liverpool is we genuinely respect City and recognise they are an awesome team and if we finish above them it is an incredible achievement but we aren't entitled to do it. Dippers absolutely fail to acknowledge City's quality, feel entitled to win stuff because of their 'heritage' and as soon as they are out of a competition they slag it off as 'second rate', blame referees, and absolutely fail to acknowledge that the opposition just might be better than them. Such a toxic fanbase.
 
mancboy said:
the first half against chelsea was actually quite even against arsenal except chelsea couldnt hit a cows arse with a banjo, wolves had their chances also, i think both teams are absolutely capable of winning that game and it will depend on which one is the most clinical tbf.
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Arsenal go 2-0 up the team is that full of quality they relax and just bide there time to score! Arsenal could do what they did to Chelsea if Spurs defend poorly and don't take there chances! I really think we need to win five games can't see Arsenal not dropping any points
 
waspish said:
Arsenal go 2-0 up the team is that full of quality they relax and just bide there time to score! Arsenal could do what they did to Chelsea if Spurs defend poorly and don't take there chances! I really think we need to win five games can't see Arsenal not dropping any points
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Arsenal play with a lot of intensity from the 1st second to the last. They don't tend to slow down and pass games out the way we did last night for example. Pressure is on them. The longer it's 0-0 the more that builds. Spurs just need to stay in it, they've had 12 days off. The longer it goes on the more that plays into their hands.

Overall my gut feel is Arsenal draw one of their remaining 4 and win the rest.
 
supercity88 said:
Arsenal play with a lot of intensity from the 1st second to the last. They don't tend to slow down and pass games out the way we did last night for example. Pressure is on them. The longer it's 0-0 the more that builds. Spurs just need to stay in it, they've had 12 days off. The longer it goes on the more that plays into their hands.

Overall my gut feel is Arsenal draw one of their remaining 4 and win the rest.
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Think they different this season? Chelsea had more possession than Arsenal because they do get everyone behind the ball for a time and defend for a while.
 
bridgeno1 said:
I think the difference with us vs Liverpool is we genuinely respect City and recognise they are an awesome team and if we finish above them it is an incredible achievement but we aren't entitled to do it. Dippers absolutely fail to acknowledge City's quality, feel entitled to win stuff because of their 'heritage' and as soon as they are out of a competition they slag it off as 'second rate', blame referees, and absolutely fail to acknowledge that the opposition just might be better than them. Such a toxic fanbase.
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What's the feeling amongst Arsenal fans about Liverpool? They're utterly despised by our fans and have been since 2014, or certainly 2018. Are you quite as venomous towards them?
 
waspish said:
Arsenal go 2-0 up the team is that full of quality they relax and just bide there time to score! Arsenal could do what they did to Chelsea if Spurs defend poorly and don't take there chances! I really think we need to win five games can't see Arsenal not dropping any points
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we shall see, you would have said the same about arsenal before they played villa, arsenal are a cracking team but like us can be got at, its hard to call
 
mancboy said:
the first half against chelsea was actually quite even against arsenal except chelsea couldnt hit a cows arse with a banjo, wolves had their chances also, i think both teams are absolutely capable of winning that game and it will depend on which one is the most clinical tbf.
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I thought Arsenal were really open, and Chelsea looked really good. They've got some talented players, and I wouldn't be surprised if Pochettino can gradually mould them into a much better team.

I think we forget at times just how young this Chelsea side are - their starting 11 is more than 2 years younger than last season, and is a lot younger than the Arsenal side who caved towards the end of last season. It's not a major surprise that they absolutely folded once Arsenal got that second goal.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I sometimes feel sad that other City fans can’t appreciate this team (and time) as they should.

This is the best team (a City team) to ever play football from these Isles.

This is empirically, objectively and unquestionably correct.

And their mental resolve is incredible.

What an amazing thing to be able to witness first hand.
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I was thinking this about Pep earlier. The best manager in the history of the sport has chosen to spend the bulk of his career at Manchester City.
 
Invisible Man's Bandage said:
If Arsenal can beat Spurs in Sunday according to quite a few posters (definitely a good possibility) then there is absolutely no reason why we shouldn't beat them.

Forget our record against them on their patch as we will be putting everything into retaining our title with no distractions whatsoever. With a fully fit squad (hopefully) we know what we have to do.
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We've never been at our best at the debt ridden shite hawk lane but even so have missed 3 penalties at key moments whilst they've tended to score with every chance.

We certainly have enough to beat them if we play our 'A' game and they'll be thinking the same.

So, an open game which suits us.
 
Gone for a Burton said:
We've never been at our best at the debt ridden shite hawk lane but even so have missed 3 penalties at key moments whilst they've tended to score with every chance.

We certainly have enough to beat them if we play our 'A' game and they'll be thinking the same.

So, an open game which suits us.
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If it comes to it, i reckon there would be a pretty subdued atmosphere if arsenal are still in with a chance of winning the title.
 
mancityscot said:
If it comes to it, i reckon there would be a pretty subdued atmosphere if arsenal are still in with a chance of winning the title.
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Very true, rather like Everton fans these past few years when we visit Goodison, they have to see the big picture and take one for team as well as thinking of their mental health and the general good of humanity
 
Didsbury Dave said:
A Liverpool fan has no comprehension of what it felt like to be the laughing stock of football for years whilt your arrogant neighbours won everything. They have never experienced relegation. Never known the genuine fear that your club was finished. They could never experince joy like the Aguero moment or Istanbul where you've seen your club rise from the dead, beyond your wildest dreams.
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A bit like this?

 
domalino said:
I was thinking this about Pep earlier. The best manager in the history of the sport has chosen to spend the bulk of his career at Manchester City.
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For the sugar daddy sheikh-money, no doubt.
 
Realistically, I don't think goal difference is a factor for City now. Arsenal are that bit ahead and also would need to have better results in the final games for it to come down to goal difference. So the chances of catching them that way are slim at best. Huge winning margins are usually pretty rare at the end of a season when all the games are must-win. Too much tension unless you score a couple really early.

It's going to be tight but you have to back this team to get the job done. If Arsenal lose to Spurs it's in the bag.
 
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