The Title Race - 2024/25

How many points to win the league?

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Damanino said:
so strange two completely new managers in PL in their debut season look so far the strongest.

new managers need time to bed in, eh? not always as it seems.

fucking hell if Maresca delivers a title with a squad that finished 6th or 7th last time, or Slot with a squad that did no transfers this summer apart from sicknote Chiesa on loan (did anyone see Chiesa play for them like 45+ mins?)
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Worth mentioning that Manuel Pellegrini and Antonio Conte won the title in their first seasons and neither were employed by City or Chelsea two years afterwards. Not always a great sign.
 
The Stockport Iniesta said:
Loving the optimism mate. A really good post.

Personally I think we will be left with too much to do this season in the league but if we can get a couple of quality players in January then we could still have a good season. Maybe even get a trophy.

Kick on in the summer, with Pep overseeing the rebuild and we'll be right up there next season, no doubt in my mind.
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Not saying we shouldn't sign new players in January, but usually new players will need at least one year to be able to fit in Pep's system and play well, unless we can hit a jackpot like Akanji or Dias in the transfer market.
 
alexmcity said:
No, we haven't been, for none of the key players has missed the entire season due to a bad injury. Amazingly, many still fail to get how important Rodri has been.

We had several defenders out injured in the final 3-4 games of the 21/22 season, but we were top for the entire 2nd half of the season, and not many points off the leader.

Spurious comparisons.

Mathematically, we have a chance. In reality we have a chance to win only if several players get even better than they were last season, e.g., Foden and Haaland, and someone like Doku stays fit the whole season and plays like one of the best wingers in the world. And also if Ake and Stones come soon and stay fit. Too many iffs, though.
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We had most of our centre backs out and we had use Fernandinho as an emergency CB a couple of seasons back. And on top of that Laporte had to play despite needing surgery. Still had a a few clangers especially with West Ham away and Mahrez's penalty miss.
 
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Roachy said:
We have but that doesn't mean history will repeat itself. It's quite a tough ask looking at the situation, but not impossible. We are now reliant on the other teams, L'pool in particular dropping a fair few points along the way. At the same time we need our injured players back, provide a solution to the absent Rodri conundrum and overcome the mental and physical fatigue we keep hearing about, A few players need to regain some collective form and we really need to stop conceding so easily, which probably ties in with some of the other stuff. Realistically this has to start with, and continue on from, the derby this weekend.
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History always repeats itself when we play Spurs or face Liverpool at Anfield.
 
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