The Title Race - 2023/24

[cibaman]

Weren’t we top for about 14 days last season? Arsenal was 250ish.
We’ve been top for much longer this year.

We were also top for 14 days in 13/14. Basically the first and last weeks and a few days in January

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

As befitting a competitive league, it is one with hardly any margin for error. I'm also increasingly of the opinion that your domestic mettle is seriously tested by what could be described as external factors: your response after international breaks and how you cope with European setbacks. A sending off now is also potentially far more consequential than once it was.

Indeed. It's surely no coincidence that Pep's timing for the run-in is like a winning Olympic middle distance runner: coming round the bend with more energy than the pack. The detail for squad size, fitness, medical staff, psychology, discipline on the pitch, tactics etc etc is crazy.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Wow. Fair play to the guy. An Arsenal fan too.

 

[Colin Bell (genuine name)]

Indeed. It's surely no coincidence that Pep's timing for the run-in is like a winning Olympic middle distance runner: coming round the bend with more energy than the pack. The detail for squad size, fitness, medical staff, psychology, discipline on the pitch, tactics etc etc is crazy.

Arsenal can have the PL Xmas trophy every year if they want

 

[Alfie Budd]

Does someone know how many days exactly we have been top of the league this season compared to other teams. Must be a record for lowest number of days when we eventually become Champions.

This season: Liverpool 87, Arsenal 79, City 73.
Last season: Arsenal 248 (comfortably the record for a team that failed to be champions), City 42.
Last season’s numbers were skewed by the break for the World Cup. It was the longest PL season ever by a decent margin in terms of start date to finish date.

 

[awest]

Everything is totally irrelevant apart from the league cup this season.

 

[Ducado]

Rather than counting days, Liverpool were top of the table for 9 consecutive games, Arsenal only for 4 consecutive games, and ourselves for 5 consecutive games, all in the opening period. For all the media despondency, it has been a competitive and bruising campaign with the lead often changing hands.

As befitting a competitive league, it is one with hardly any margin for error. I'm also increasingly of the opinion that your domestic mettle is seriously tested by what could be described as external factors: your response after international breaks and how you cope with European setbacks. A sending off now is also potentially far more consequential than once it was.

Great post, it exposes the lie that the league is not competitive, the margins are so slender a point dropped here and there

 

[PhdWave]

If we don't have a potential "This means four" post drafted up, I want the social media team sacked

Hahahaha

 

[Manchester1894]

Wow. Fair play to the guy. An Arsenal fan too.

Good unbiased viewpoint

 

[inchy14]

Apologies mate and @Ducado - you are correct. When I checked on the BBC app the order the games appear in each month starts with the most recent and works their way back so I miscalculated.

So reevaluating (and using the stat the best supports my argument!) we won 9 of the first 11 games which extrapolated over a season amounts to 93 points, better than our average for the season, irrespective of Sunday’s result.

My point remains! :-)

Haha, this explains what you do for a living….