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Top 4 finish?
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bluethrunthru
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Not worried at all - there are what -39 points up for grabs FFS - anything and I mean anything could happen but I have confidence we have enough about us to make top 4 if not top 2. Would prefer us to win it and as I say there's a long way to go. We lost today. Not the end of the world as most posters seem to think
I keep reading this about these so called amazing teams below the top sides because of the money in the Prem now but are any of the sides anywhere from 4th to mid table anywhere near the quality of us and Spurs from 2010 and 2011 when we were battling out to just get into the top four? Kompany, de Jong, Bellamy, Robinho, Tevez; Dawson, van der Vaart, Modric, Bale, Crouch, Defoe...?
Fucking no chance!
Quality and performance / result are not always aligned as they should at least not in the premiership.
We played a side today that not many of them would be regular starters for City nor would be that interested in bringing them to the club but were played off the park on our own patch in an embarrassing fashion , ditto , Stoke , ditto , Liverpool , ditto the youngest side in the premiership etc etc.
Each year with clubs able to bring in a better class of player like Leicester will be able to do in the summer it should in theory at least make them more competitive more often against more sides.
Its not that they are amazing its just the gap reducing and the top four sides being less amazing etc.
We are not amazing , we are a side filled with internationals that don't have the drive or will or work ethic to take the premiership by the scruff unlike Bayern or PSG do in their respective leagues.
citymad
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Depends if we can some of our injuries back. Today has shown we have a serious battle on our hands, not to win it because we are clearly not good enough but 3rd 4th should be achievable providing like I say we get some of our injured players back.
stablemcfc
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Don't think we'll miss out on top 4, however I do think if United go on a run & someone were to miss out then we'd be the most likely candidate. Leicester just can't do no wrong, Spurs are looking the team to watch out for IMO & Arsenal will have a resurgence with Sanchez back I expect; unless Kompany provides a much needed boost to confidence & form then currently we look the weakest of those 4 in my opinion.
Think we need to remember only 2 teams look good this season (Leicester/Spurs), so unless 2 more teams really turn it around (i.e. Arsenal/United) then even going the way we are we should do enough to keep top 4 - and really you'd hope we could improve rather than continue the way we are.
Think we need to remember only 2 teams look good this season (Leicester/Spurs), so unless 2 more teams really turn it around (i.e. Arsenal/United) then even going the way we are we should do enough to keep top 4 - and really you'd hope we could improve rather than continue the way we are.
Not worried at all - there are what -39 points up for grabs FFS - anything and I mean anything could happen but I have confidence we have enough about us to make top 4 if not top 2. Would prefer us to win it and as I say there's a long way to go. We lost today. Not the end of the world as most posters seem to think
Two sides have 10 more points than us over the past twenty games , one side 3 more having played one less game and three sides have one less point than us over the past twenty games.
Its going to be a grind to make top four given the injuries , the manager , the performances / results ( 9-5-6 woeful ) and the schedule we have.
bluethrunthru
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Two sides have 10 more points than us over the past twenty games , one side 3 more having played one less game and three sides have one less point than us over the past twenty games.
Its going to be a grind to make top four given the injuries , the manager , the performances / results ( 9-5-6 woeful ) and the schedule we have.
Ok shall we just pack it in and "declare" claiming 5th or 6th spot as ours?
citymad
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Like your confidence but What makes think that by the way we are playing ? Spurs, Arsenal and Leicester have all the right qualities in terms of the balance of the team and work ethic of which we have none. This next set of fixtures will a stern test thats for sure. Personally I think we'll be 5th or 6th this year, were all waiting for this team to click but theres no sign of it, just flashes of individual brilliance and slices of luck that is somehow getting us by.we are more likely to win the title then finish outside top 4
Don't think we'll miss out on top 4, however I do think if United go on a run & someone were to miss out then we'd be the most likely candidate. Leicester just can't do no wrong, Spurs are looking the team to watch out for IMO & Arsenal will have a resurgence with Sanchez back I expect; unless Kompany provides a much needed boost to confidence & form then currently we look the weakest of those 4 in my opinion.
Think we need to remember only 2 teams look good this season (Leicester/Spurs), so unless 2 more teams really turn it around (i.e. Arsenal/United) then even going the way we are we should do enough to keep top 4 - and really you'd hope we could improve rather than continue the way we are.
Are the players committed to improvement though?
We haven't won two games on the spin since October, its well below what is required and if we stay as is we are heading for a 68 point haul ( using our last 20 results as the benchmark ).
Don't think that will make top four this year.