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The Title Race - 2024/25
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StillBluessinceHydeRoad
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I said, at the start of the season, that if City played consistently anywhere near our best, we would win the title again. At no stage so far have City reached that level. Even in our unbeaten run we were letting sides run through us, not regularly, but often enough to be worrying. Recently it has cost us matches and yesterday we were nothing like the City of last season. The result is an 8 point deficit and our games before Christmas look potentially much more worrying than they did a month ago.
Injuries have much to do with our problems. Dias, Rodri, and KdB have been the spine of the team for several seasons now and none of them are available now. There are other injuries, other players are in poor form and maybe some have gone on a season too long. But it doesn't matter - there are no second chances in the PL. City have to solve the problems, begin winning matches again and eat away at Liverpool's lead.
Our advantage is that we have the man most capable of doing all this, as Pep has already shown, but things have to change quickly.
Injuries have much to do with our problems. Dias, Rodri, and KdB have been the spine of the team for several seasons now and none of them are available now. There are other injuries, other players are in poor form and maybe some have gone on a season too long. But it doesn't matter - there are no second chances in the PL. City have to solve the problems, begin winning matches again and eat away at Liverpool's lead.
Our advantage is that we have the man most capable of doing all this, as Pep has already shown, but things have to change quickly.
Mr Blue Moon
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Nope we are the current Champions, so it’s ours to loseAt the minute it's the dips to lose.
Are you trying to convince everyone else or yourself this?Clearly not, which is why I think Liverpool are statistically likely to have a bad run. Remember when they were a shoo-in for the title after the City-Arsenal 0-0 last season and then shat the bed?
ali benarbia's studs
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The league over the last few seasons has proved to be unpredictable.....
Even our own fans have written us off again and again and we then became triumphant.
Think of the seasons where Liverpool were challenging and celebrating early only to lose and jinx themselves. Arsenal did the same.
Week in week out the league produces shock results that nobody see s coming.
It's not over but our slump has to end...we won last year in 1st gear.... just about getting it.
Even our own fans have written us off again and again and we then became triumphant.
Think of the seasons where Liverpool were challenging and celebrating early only to lose and jinx themselves. Arsenal did the same.
Week in week out the league produces shock results that nobody see s coming.
It's not over but our slump has to end...we won last year in 1st gear.... just about getting it.
The only thing that stops me from being optimistic is the state of our CM.
Liverpool will have problems. They imploded last season, even though they played in the EL and could rotate. Now they are in the CL and the star players are a year older.
Contrary to opta models and bookies, I think Arsenal have a good chance. IMO, the winner will win fewer than 90 points, in the region of 85 pts. This leave us with an outside chance, if we somehow manage to fix our midfield problems and Foden steps up.
Liverpool will have problems. They imploded last season, even though they played in the EL and could rotate. Now they are in the CL and the star players are a year older.
Contrary to opta models and bookies, I think Arsenal have a good chance. IMO, the winner will win fewer than 90 points, in the region of 85 pts. This leave us with an outside chance, if we somehow manage to fix our midfield problems and Foden steps up.
We have won the title the last 4 seasons and bh last season we got lucky and you could see the players were drained and probably sone of them wouldn’t be able to go again but due to probably the worst transfer window ever we didn’t recruit fresh hungry players and just hoped that they could go again but alas it’s not to be and j would imagine by next Sunday night we will be out of sight of Liverpool and if we don’t improve we could even be struggling in the champions league but the rebuikd will start in jan and then we will build a new team of legends who will go on to dominate. .
jimharri
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Are we totally out of it? No
Will it be difficult? Yes.
I still (just about) believe. But they're making it hard to keep the faith. I swear the Chelsea shirt in the back of my wardrobe is calling out to me.
Will it be difficult? Yes.
I still (just about) believe. But they're making it hard to keep the faith. I swear the Chelsea shirt in the back of my wardrobe is calling out to me.
Liverpool supporter here who is coming in peace. History shows the only way to beat prime Peps Manchester City to a title is to blow out to a huge lead and break their spirit in the first half of the season. If it comes down to the run in then forget about it.
It looks like Slot is trying to adopt that same approach that Klopps team did to win the title and if we do win at Anfield then I think even you guys would agree we will be well on our way.
Despite bridgeno1 constant ramblings I think Arsenal are pretenders. They don’t have the bravery in big matches to fire themselves to a league title.
It looks like Slot is trying to adopt that same approach that Klopps team did to win the title and if we do win at Anfield then I think even you guys would agree we will be well on our way.
Despite bridgeno1 constant ramblings I think Arsenal are pretenders. They don’t have the bravery in big matches to fire themselves to a league title.