The Title Race - 2024/25

How many points to win the league?

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youngbob said:
(Caveated by a potentially serious Rodri injury).

I've never been more convinced that we're at least going to finish above Arsenal. Whether it's enough to finish above Slot's Liverpool is another matter. But all Arsenal do is complain and complain and complain. It's like they prefer feeling aggrieved over just getting the fucking job done. We lost our best player on 17 mins yesterday and had to put up with their "dark arts" while trailing 2-1. Our lads got their heads down and plugged away until we got the goal we needed, Arsenal just rolled around and wasted time. And they've done nothing but cry and moan and whine ever since full-time. They have such a defeatist mentality it's unreal. We potentially lose Rodri for the season and we know our lads will try their hardest to fill the gap while he's not there; Arsenal lose Odegaard for a few weeks and get a couple of red cards and it's immediately panic stations, "How can we compete?", corrupt FA, Arteta's veins exploding etc. There's a major gap in mentality. Rodri was right to call it out.
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Slot's Liverpool?
What about Rooney's Plymouth??
 
alexmcity said:
KDB missed about 18 league games but Bernardo replaced him successfully and was absolutely fantastic. We don't have now a player who can be close to Rodri's quality at DM. Maybe Bernardo is the closest thing in terms of press resistance, running, passing etc, with the obvious deficits in physicality, though. Stones and Akanji have the physical attributes but lack other things. We need to buy a DM in January.
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Necessity is the mother of invention. Kovacic looked pretty darned good in the first few games. He is no Rodri but who is? Titles are generally won by 3-4 players stepping up to elite level + no major weaknesses elsewhere. Haaland looks at that level. Foden we know is capable despite an iffy start to this season. Maybe Bernardo will grab things again. Or Grealish? We have a lot of players who could take this as an opportunity to make this season their's.
 
lasereyes said:
Necessity is the mother of invention. Kovacic looked pretty darned good in the first few games. He is no Rodri but who is? Titles are generally won by 3-4 players stepping up to elite level + no major weaknesses elsewhere. Haaland looks at that level. Foden we know is capable despite an iffy start to this season. Maybe Bernardo will grab things again. Or Grealish? We have a lot of players who could take this as an opportunity to make this season their's.
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I really hope Haaland stays fit. If we lose him we are fucked.

Kovacic is ok but nowhere near Rodri’s level. We will be fine without him in most games but not in the very big ones and also in CL. He will be a big miss in that if out for season. Hopefully he won’t be.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
I really hope Haaland stays fit. If we lose him we are fucked.

Kovacic is ok but nowhere near Rodri’s level. We will be fine without him in most games but not in the very big ones and also in CL. He will be a big miss in that if out for season. Hopefully he won’t be.
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Have to agree with Haaland staying fit because not signing cover is a monumental fuck up and it will cost us as will Rodri being injured aswell because you cannot sugar coat losing the best defensive mid by a country mile for a season and it not have an effect but what annoys me more is we already knew Rodri was carrying an injury as he went off in the euro final and yet we still didn’t act .
 
Squad looks very light with injuries to key players, Ake, Bobb, KDB, Rodri all out for long time/ possibly all season, Foden with some weird virus and several players not good enough in the squad Carson, Nunes etc. and jury possibly out on a few others. We are an injury to Haaland away from missing out on top 4

I can only forsee many more injuries with such a threadbare squad and so many games, sorry to be so doom and gloom, we may need to recall some loanees and need 3 world class players in January Sales. DM, CM & Striker
 
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lasereyes said:
Necessity is the mother of invention. Kovacic looked pretty darned good in the first few games. He is no Rodri but who is? Titles are generally won by 3-4 players stepping up to elite level + no major weaknesses elsewhere. Haaland looks at that level. Foden we know is capable despite an iffy start to this season. Maybe Bernardo will grab things again. Or Grealish? We have a lot of players who could take this as an opportunity to make this season their's.
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Please say Nunes will step it up!
 
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