The Title Race - 2024/25

[manimanc]

Isn't it crazy that we have, an injury crisis, ageing midfield, small squad, 150m net profit with only one new signing, uncertainty around a manager, changes to the structure higher up, distractions around the ATP case, unknowns over the 115 and the circus with that, fatigue from multiple games and 7 trophies in two years, a jinx in Oasis reuniting, competition in an excellent and hungry Liverpool and Arsenal...

And yet.. you still wouldn't rule us out to win it and other trophies this season.

Isn't that just amazing? What a time to be a blue.

Ha ha nicely put.

 

[BTH]

Martin O'Neil, remember him? putting his view out there about Pep's contact situation and surprise surprise BBC think its worthy of the top item in their sport headlines on FiveLive not like them to jump on something negative about City and it rolls on to the positive news from the rags and their 6th manager since Pep arrived

I remember the six anonymous months he spend at Maine Road in the early '80s.

 

[IronsideKozuch]

Isn't it crazy that we have, an injury crisis, ageing midfield, small squad, 150m net profit with only one new signing, uncertainty around a manager, changes to the structure higher up, distractions around the ATP case, unknowns over the 115 and the circus with that, fatigue from multiple games and 7 trophies in two years, a jinx in Oasis reuniting, competition in an excellent and hungry Liverpool and Arsenal...

And yet.. you still wouldn't rule us out to win it and other trophies this season.

Isn't that just amazing? What a time to be a blue.

Great line of thinking. Some perspective and almost a proof for a positive approach in world of judgments.

 

[blue44]

Isn't it crazy that we have, an injury crisis, ageing midfield, small squad, 150m net profit with only one new signing, uncertainty around a manager, changes to the structure higher up, distractions around the ATP case, unknowns over the 115 and the circus with that, fatigue from multiple games and 7 trophies in two years, a jinx in Oasis reuniting, competition in an excellent and hungry Liverpool and Arsenal...

And yet.. you still wouldn't rule us out to win it and other trophies this season.

Isn't that just amazing? What a time to be a blue.

Doesn't change the fact
chips and pies and asahi are too dear in the ground though does it...

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

Them

Isn't it crazy that we have, an injury crisis, ageing midfield, small squad, 150m net profit with only one new signing, uncertainty around a manager, changes to the structure higher up, distractions around the ATP case, unknowns over the 115 and the circus with that, fatigue from multiple games and 7 trophies in two years, a jinx in Oasis reuniting, competition in an excellent and hungry Liverpool and Arsenal...

And yet.. you still wouldn't rule us out to win it and other trophies this season.

Isn't that just amazing? What a time to be a blue.

Yeah, and there are probably people in the media or fans of other clubs who will argue that we should be winning the title this year, even with all that taken into account.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

The dippers have quite a tough run of games over December and Christmas

 

[Gary James]

Literally the only time we've cantered through a season and won the title with room to spare was ’17-’18. That goes back to ’11-’12 and ’13-’14. In fact, it goes back to the 1967-68 season, while we're about it (can't speak for 1936-37, calling @Gary James). We're good at negotiating tight situations in the second half of the season. That's why no definitive judging of anyone's prospects can be done at this point. Arsenal are not out of it. Six, seven points at this stage of the season is nothing very much. Liverpool are obviously a threat.
To be even in the mix when we've not played at all well, by and large, is an extraordinary testament to the sheer bloody cussedness of this lot. I think we'll play better as the season goes on, but there's no guarantee. By the way, I was astonished at how bad we were at Bournemouth. Long time since I've seen us as gormless as that. Let's just enjoy the ride.

1936-37 - last home game; one to spare.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

1936-37 - last home game; one to spare.

Cheers, Gary. So basically it means we always just squeak it, needing to win either the last or the penultimate game, whether home or away, the one exception ’17-’18. It's what we do. Makes life exciting. Or shortens it, maybe.