We can still win the league

If Chelsea beat Arsenal then we'll need them to drop some silly unexpected points, because after this weekend, they won't have many difficult fixtures remaining (City H, United A Everton A)

Assuming that City won at Stamford Bridge (possible), we would still have to negotiate Squad Rotation for the Champions League, plus beating Arsenal at the Emirates, and overcoming United and Liverpool at the ETIHAD.
Alternatively, the FA Cup could complicate matters, especially if City lost at Huddersfield, and Chelsea beat Wolves after a Replay, and then played Tottenham or United in a bruising Quarter Final. Highly improbable, but dafter things have happened.
 
Edwin Edwin said:
Problem is,we're running out of games to close the gap..Wish it was around December.Bar the United & Everton games,Chelsea have looked avearge in every game.Confident we'll be in the top 4,we have momentum and with Spurs,L'pool
& Arsenal playing against each other in the coming weeks,we should be targeting at least 3rd.Would be content with a top 3 finish & a cup win.
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Regarding running out of matches, can I remind people that City were 8 points behind United in 2012 with six matches left?

A 10 point deficit with fifteen matches left is a doddle by comparison.

Chelsea are a well organised but mediocre team. It they have a two to three match sticky spell, it could open up once more. Who would have predicted that United would lose at Wigan and draw at home to Everton (from 4-1 up?) ?
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
If Chelsea beat Arsenal then we'll need them to drop some silly unexpected points, because after this weekend, they won't have many difficult fixtures remaining (City H, United A Everton A)

Assuming that City won at Stamford Bridge (possible), we would still have to negotiate Squad Rotation for the Champions League, plus beating Arsenal at the Emirates, and overcoming United and Liverpool at the ETIHAD.
Alternatively, the FA Cup could complicate matters, especially if City lost at Huddersfield, and Chelsea beat Wolves after a Replay, and then played Tottenham or United in a bruising Quarter Final. Highly improbable, but dafter things have happened.
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I bet Mourinho gets a result against them at Old Trafford.

The rags are shit, but have players capable of winning a game from nothing, Mourinho vs. the club that sacked him, against the players who abandoned him blah blah blah. He'll stick 12 men behind the ball, win off a set piece. If Dele Alli can expose Azpilicueta and Chelsea not defending crosses, then imagine Mkhitaryan and Valencia putting crosses in for Pogba and the nose.

Doesn't matter how badly they do before that game, he'll not let Chelsea win at the swamp.

Other than that, us beating them is obviously necessary, and I think that's 5/6 points dropped in Manchester.

Everton have come alive again, Koeman seems to have more of the squad he wants now and I expect them to push the rags for 6th now. Avisit to Goodison could mean dropped points.

And then even those easy games look hard when there's some pressure and the relegation candidates always cause a few upsets in the run in when fighting for survival.


Long odds, definitely, but it if Arsenal get a result on the weekend, the rest of the top 5 will suddenly discover a bit of belief, pressure builds etc.
 
Chelsea could draw tomorrow, if we beat Swansea it's 8 points. It's in our own hands to beat them at Stamford bridge, would be 5 points. That's 5 points in 13 games. As someone said we had 8 points to make up in the scum in 6 games. Unlikely but very possible. Europe could be a big issue for us though
 
JGL07 said:
Regarding running out of matches, can I remind people that City were 8 points behind United in 2012 with six matches left?

A 10 point deficit with fifteen matches left is a doddle by comparison.

Chelsea are a well organised but mediocre team. It they have a two to three match sticky spell, it could open up once more. Who would have predicted that United would lose at Wigan and draw at home to Everton (from 4-1 up?) ?
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But we were only chasing one team back then. There's always the possibility of a single side blowing up on the run in. But 3 or 4 of them?
 
There is no reason not to believe we can claw back the difference, a long way to go yet.
 
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