The Title Race - 2023/24

[mancityscot]

We haven't beaten a top team all season, right?

if by that, you only mean arsenal, liverpool, chelsea and spurs, then yes.

 

[Corky]

Really? How did the kite flying work for the Cottagers last weekend?

It was paint balling and the star striker fell out with the manager and was dropped as he wouldn't do it. Won 2-0 though.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Two wins to win another title , bring it on.

 

[Blue Maverick]

I’ve noticed in recent games we start of quite slow almost feeling out how the opposition are set up, Pep makes a few adjustments an it opens the game up, the Fulham game Foden started out wide, he put him more central and that opened up the left for Josko, second half he tweaks it slightly more and we usually dominate. I expect the same tonight as long as we can keep them at bay for the first 15 mins then Pep works his magic. Anyway I’m off for my first nervous crap of the day, it’s going to be a long 12 hours until kick off.

 

[John Wayne]

Two wins to win another title , bring it on.

Not just any title either. IF we win this league title then it completes the greatest feat in English football history - four league titles in a row beats any Invincible season, any Treble season, any Centurion season, or any back-to-back European Cups. We are 180 minutes away from being the greatest of them all.

 

[alexmcity]

Ange's Spurs always play how they play.

They tried to be smart in the FA Cup game and didn't play with a high line.

Guess they'll try the same as playing with a high line against Haaland, KDB and Foden is not likely to help them to win, and they need a win tonight.

 

[alexmcity]

Not just any title either. IF we win this league title then it completes the greatest feat in English football history - four league titles in a row beats any Invincible season, any Treble season, any Centurion season, or any back-to-back European Cups. We are 180 minutes away from being the greatest of them all.

4 domestic titles in a row wouldn't beat the Treble hadn't we already won it, especially had we failed to win the CL in that period.

It's the combination of both feats that would make it so special.

 

[Coatigan]

4 domestic titles in a row wouldn't beat the Treble hadn't we already won it, especially had we failed to win the CL in that period.

It's the combination of both feats that would make it so special.

Particularly if it was also part of a double.

 

[Heath Park]

The media have absolutely no idea how much their imbecilic behaviour provides even more motivation to Pep and our players to succeed.
They will never learn.
Just seen Pep’s response to the ‘it’s boring’ label being levelled at us.
They have just lit the blue touch paper. Pep is controlled but he’s also angry. He’s defending our club, his club, with every word that leaves his mouth.
Red top media, Premier league. Be afraid, be very afraid.
You’ve created a monster, a winning machine just at the worst possible time for you, but at the best possible time for us.
Our boys are in the zone and when we’re in the zone, nobody can touch us.
CTID

Fancy doing the team talk tonight?! :-)

 

[Damanino]

I liked Pep comments in the presser. he is fired up and want to shove down the 4th title in a row on rivals and media's throat.

hope players can get the win tonight despite the hoodoo Spurs turning into lucky fuckers against us.

But vs Arsenal recently they were 3-0 down first half with Hojbjerg making a fucking clean own goal header from a corner.

same tonight please.

 

[Dewey6]

I liked Pep comments in the presser. he is fired up and want to shove down the 4th title in a row on rivals and media's throat.

hope players can get the win tonight despite the hoodoo Spurs turning into lucky fuckers against us.

But vs Arsenal recently they were 3-0 down first half with Hojbjerg making a fucking clean own goal header from a corner.

same tonight please.

Hopefully one of theirs scores a header for us off a corner, we can't seem to.

Seriously though going to be an odd atmosphere. Players will be playing for a champions league spot so they won't be buying into worrying about Arsenal. Crowd atmosphere might be weird though, it's not just handing their enemy the title, it's giving them their first in 20 years. I imagine that would be unbearable.

 

[John Wayne]

4 domestic titles in a row wouldn't beat the Treble hadn't we already won it, especially had we failed to win the CL in that period.

It's the combination of both feats that would make it so special.

I know what you're saying and agree with most of it, but I wasn't meaning City's Treble specifically. If we remove context about European Cups previously won, etc and just view the achievement in isolation then ANY club that wins four league titles in a row has topped the lot.

Four league titles in a row is greater than winning the league, the FA Cup and Champions League in the same season. It is greater than going a league season unbeaten or getting 100 points in a league season. To sustain it over four years, with having to replace players and backroom staff, is nothing short of miraculous in a league like we have in England. Make no mistake, all of the aforementioned achievements are superb in their own right. But this would be the one to top them all.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Hopefully one of theirs scores a header for us off a corner, we can't seem to.

Seriously though going to be an odd atmosphere. Players will be playing for a champions league spot so they won't be buying into worrying about Arsenal. Crowd atmosphere might be weird though, it's not just handing their enemy the title, it's giving them their first in 20 years. I imagine that would be unbearable.

Let’s hope we never find out

 

[supercity88]

Some great banter from Spurs fans on TS this morning going full City fan for tonight.

It's going to be such an odd atmosphere in there.

Arsenal have given them so much shit, it's much like how we'd have felt if we were in the same situation in the mid-late noughties with a chance to derail the rags.

It's a great story for the media to spin.

Ultimately we're the better team and should be winning anyway. I think some Spurs fans would go as far as celebrating a loss at the final whistle, they're that desperate for Arsenal not to win it. They don't give a shit about CL football.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

On a big game nerves scale this one’s up there but doesn’t make the top five

1. United at home 2012
2. Champions league final 2023
3. United semi final 2011
4. Newcastle away 2012
5. champions league final 2021
6. Spurs away 2024

They haven’t been in good form for over 1/2 the season, they’ve taken 37 points from the last 26 games

if we turn up with our big game mentality then we win comfortably, if we start off nervy then it’s a 50/50 game

im going for a professional 2-0 to city

 

[John Wayne]

Some great banter from Spurs fans on TS this morning going full City fan for tonight.

It's going to be such an odd atmosphere in there.

Arsenal have given them so much shit, it's much like how we'd have felt if we were in the same situation in the mid-late noughties with a chance to derail the rags.

It's a great story for the media to spin.

Ultimately we're the better team and should be winning anyway. I think some Spurs fans would go as far as celebrating a loss at the final whistle, they're that desperate for Arsenal not to win it. They don't give a shit about CL football.

Imagine the mid-late noughties with United about to break their title drought after 20 years. Anyone saying Spurs fans should want their team to win tonight clearly doesn't get it.

 

[dawlishdave]

On a big game nerves scale this one’s up there but doesn’t make the top five

1. United at home 2012
2. Champions league final 2023
3. United semi final 2011
4. Newcastle away 2012
5. champions league final 2021
6. Spurs away 2024

They haven’t been in good form for over 1/2 the season, they’ve taken 37 points from the last 26 games

if we turn up with our big game mentality then we win comfortably, if we start off nervy then it’s a 50/50 game

im going for a professional 2-0 to city

Agree 100% with your number one choice, been a blue since first match in 1949 and tell anyone who asks me "what's the most tension you've felt at a game" it's that one it still gives me the shakes.

 

[Father Paul]

I know what you're saying and agree with most of it, but I wasn't meaning City's Treble specifically. If we remove context about European Cups previously won, etc and just view the achievement in isolation then ANY club that wins four league titles in a row has topped the lot.

Four league titles in a row is greater than winning the league, the FA Cup and Champions League in the same season. It is greater than going a league season unbeaten or getting 100 points in a league season. To sustain it over four years, with having to replace players and backroom staff, is nothing short of miraculous in a league like we have in England. Make no mistake, all of the aforementioned achievements are superb in their own right. But this would be the one to top them all.

Matter of opinion really. My own best would be the Real Quadruple. Four in a row would be a big milestone in the history of top flight English football though and will be mighty hard for any team to emulate.

 

[John Wayne]

Matter of opinion really. My own best would be the Real Quadruple. Four in a row would be a big milestone in the history of top flight English football though and will be mighty hard for any team to emulate.

Fair point about the Quadruple. I suppose I was thinking more along the lines of what has already been achieved by different English clubs, but to win it all in the same season would take some beating. It might never be done, not just because it's so difficult but because it feels like the League Cup is on borrowed time. With FA Cup replays having gone, I can certainly see the League Cup being next in line for the chop.

 

[kunaguero10]

Hopefully one of theirs scores a header for us off a corner, we can't seem to.

Seriously though going to be an odd atmosphere. Players will be playing for a champions league spot so they won't be buying into worrying about Arsenal. Crowd atmosphere might be weird though, it's not just handing their enemy the title, it's giving them their first in 20 years. I imagine that would be unbearable.

A spurs win would officially crown Arsenal’s resurgence to the top table after years in the PL wilderness and could kickstart a period of donination

That isn’t in the Spurs’ players best interest for the coming seasons, even if as you say they are not emotionally attached as the fans. Like you said, this isn’t just another title for Arsenal, so the whole club should this morning agree to throw the game.