The Top Five Race 2024-25 (poll added)

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Honestly? Villa losing out was my wish. Hate the cunts with a passion.

Them missing out on CL might actually push Rashford back onto the Rags!

LOL

And Morgan Rogers.. gettable??

 

[skillman]

Them missing out on CL might actually push Rashford back onto the Rags!

LOL

And Morgan Rogers.. gettable??

Good runner with the ball where there’s space. The opposite of what we need.

 

[bluenova]

Will it be Top 5 qualify again next season?

You would think having an extra team in CL would help earn even more co efficient points but Spurs won't be able to farm wins in the CL like they did against Europa League fodder so maybe not.

I don't think it's cumulative, otherwise it would be much more difficult for anyone to catch the teams with five. As far as I'm aware, the coefficients are averaged out across the teams.

 

[skillman]

Just been on VillaTalk for a laugh and the first comment I see is about them ‘needing to take this to court’. Hahahahahahahaha. Because of a shit refereeing decision!

Also, I’m sure Sheffield United said the same.

 

[skillman]

Daft bastards. Beautiful viewing. They loved it when technology didn’t work!

 

[DTKOAG]

Not a happy waiter..

 

[city9320]

Reckon Morgan Rogers could play in the KDB role?

 

[Ajm1985]

Must be me but I didn't think the ref in the Villa game had a shocker with that decision - it looked from his angle & the initial angle that he kicked it out of the keeper's hands. So it was understandable he blew the whistle. He was wrong but it wasn't exactly clear and I'm sure PGMOL want refs to make those decisions. They need to change the protocol so that VAR can overrule in those situations (although we have benefited in the past from it!)

 

[Damanino]

so when Hojlund touched the ball past Martinez ball was moving towards the corner flag aka away from the goal.
how this is not the decision of VAR if they fabricated the lie in FA final in Hederson hand ball decision.

wonder if Martinez somehow jumps in like a keeper and instead of blocking the run of the striker he just touches it with his hand for a throw in so uch outsie the box:D. would it be completely within rules then?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Newcastle very lucky.

 

[Blue Since 76]

Posted elsewhere but will on here as well:

City recover from the awful, awful November and December in the league to be the top performing team over the 2nd half of the season.:



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Probably 10 points off what we've got recently and dippers lost interest once it was won, but shows how damaging that second quarter of the season was. Just three more wins then and suspect we'd have been able to turn up the heat in the second half of the season.

 

[CΛL]

Reckon Morgan Rogers could play in the KDB role?

Not in a million years but id take Kamara off them

 

[ysmsa]

Ignoring the disastrous Autumn, the points we have tossed away since Christmas are fucking annoying.

We could have caught the under whelming Champions!

 

[jimharri]

Ignoring the disastrous Autumn, the points we have tossed away since Christmas are fucking annoying.

We could have caught the under whelming Champions!

Not sure we would have, to be honest. They've been on the beach since clinching the league. No win in their last four games gives a false impression when you look at the table. "only 13 pts behind them". If the title was still in the balance, do you think they'd have finished the season the way they did? Not a chance, in my opinion*.



*other opinions are available!

 

[wolviedinho]

Villa complaining to the league that the ref was inexperienced lol.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Not sure we would have, to be honest. They've been on the beach since clinching the league. No win in their last four games gives a false impression when you look at the table. "only 13 pts behind them". If the title was still in the balance, do you think they'd have finished the season the way they did? Not a chance, in my opinion*.



*other opinions are available!

Of course they wouldn’t. They were the best team this season by far. Pep knows what the real gap is.

I don’t think we have played particularly well in this unbeaten run either. We really need to change a few things next season.

 

[Tbilisi]

I didnt think we would do it but relieved we have.

Had a lot of luck in the last few league games with teams hitting the woodwork at vital moments so we need to make sure we strengthen in both full back positions and get Gvardiol in the middle.

 

[jimharri]

I didnt think we would do it but relieved we have.

Had a lot of luck in the last few league games with teams hitting the woodwork at vital moments so we need to make sure we strengthen in both full back positions and get Gvardiol in the middle.

Didn't some successful manager (can't remember who) say a good few years ago, that he'd rather be remembered as a lucky manager, rather than a good one?

 

[Tbilisi]

Didn't some successful manager (can't remember who) say a good few years ago, that he'd rather be remembered as a lucky manager, rather than a good one?

There's a reason the sky is light blue and the clouds are white. :)

 

[cleavers]

Not sure we would have, to be honest. They've been on the beach since clinching the league. No win in their last four games gives a false impression when you look at the table.

A bit like when were runners up to them in 1977, we got close (a point) in the end, but it wasn't ever close, they just gave up, only win 1 in the last 6 games.