Will we win the league this season? No

The PL won't allow us to win it, and the decisions we have seen so far this season from the referees are pretty much proof in the pudding to this.

As a brand they need Arsenal to win it, and next year they will want a Chelsea or United to win it.

They can't have us dominating again.

I am expecting a few dodgy decisions going against us in the next few weeks because we are getting way too good for everybody's liking at the moment.
 
Two players short, IMHO. One of those is Rodri; he changes everything, and would likely see us win it. I think we need another option, because Reijnders isn't doing it. Tidy finish today, sure, but he's not enough, by a long way. I wouldn't be averse to another wide option. Savinho is desperate.
 
Dodge said:
Trips to Clanfield, Spuds, Chavski and the rag vermin will define our season.

7 points from them tops - will mean we HAVE to beat the Tarquins at our gaff. Having said that, they ain't all that.

I'm going for a straight shoot out between us and Villa last match of the season.
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Those games won't define our season any more than four other randomly chosen games will

No chance Villa win the title, they'll struggle for top 4
 
Bald fraud said:
If you’ve got the best striker in the world the best keeper in the world and the best midfielder in the world hopefully returning soon you’ve got every chance!
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Coached by the best, two strong full backs getting better each game, foden and Cherki behind Haaland, an improved Doku causing mayhem and 4 back to back clean sheets. Yes I’d say we’re going to be up there fighting for it!
 
Manchester33 said:
That was definitely a penalty for Everton. Arsenal got lucky.

You could see the coaches celebrating like they’d just won a cup final at the end. They will have to overcome their shit mentality to win the league.
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Arsenal never learn. They get too giddy, too early and come Easter will be crocked. You can set your watch by it.
 
Dodge said:
Trips to Clanfield, Spuds, Chavski and the rag vermin will define our season.

7 points from them tops - will mean we HAVE to beat the Tarquins at our gaff. Having said that, they ain't all that.

I'm going for a straight shoot out between us and Villa last match of the season.
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Honestly can’t see us losing any of those. Maybe draws at Anfield & Stamford Bridge but I think we’ll win at Spurs & the swamp. That return will be more than enough to set us up to get over the line this season.
 
It’s a difficult one with Arsenal. They could be spluttering, or this could be a poor period of form where they grind results out before returning to their earlier season form.

And yes, they have form for choking but there is no immutable law that will continue forever. There was an assumption from various quarters about how the title would play out in 2012: united’s know how against City inevitably choking. And they were nearly right. But things shifted that season, for lots of reasons that weren’t apparent at the time. Nobody knew it but that united squad were at the start of an arc of serious decline.

So no City fan should assume that Arsenal will definitely choke. If you keep knocking things will fall for you eventually Like they did for Liverpool last season with Rodri getting injured. Unpredictable things happen in football. That’s one of the reasons we love it.

Think we’re absolutely in with a shout, and will almost certainly get top two, but we might just fall short. Think we’ve still got the odd bad performance in an important away game in us which might cost us.

Finishing top two and running Arsenal close will still be a positive season though, especially as I think we’ll do well in the cup competitions.
 
doobyedoobye said:
The fact we are very much in contention whilst missing Rodri and clearly still finding our feet is a joy
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Agree with this. The obvious one is Nico G has started to blossom. But Phil paying in the middle has helped knit things together along with Bernardo. They always show for the ball and cover so much ground, I'd love to see individual running stats.

I think this has allowed Rodri to be held back and when he does return we will see a close to top speed version of him. Rather than a shadow who won't be functioning properly until next season.

We are still in all the cups and within spitting distance of the Arse. I reckon we could be in for some second half of the season, buckle up.
 
Dodge said:
Every pundit bangs on about City are an injury to Haaland away from disaster. Take Rice out of that tarquin team and they are fucked. As big to them as losing Rodders was for us. Delicious karma if it happens against us.

Two own goals and a pen to beat Wolves and Everton. If that was us we'd be getting slaughtered.

Very confident we'll beat Villa to the title.
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I'm afraid that's more wishful thinking (re: Villa being our main rival for the title).

I think Villa won't finish within 8 pts off Arsenal.

Arsenal are more dependent on Gabriel (defence and set pieces) than on Rice. Rice is very good but he isn't a (deeplying) playmaker. They competed for the title before they signed him and they didn't improve that much with him...

Villa - I'm not even sure they'll make the top 3...
 
I think City fans should be confident at the moment. We know City are not the finished article but we are young side that is improving. Cherki has added to City's game. Then there is Khusanov held back in reserve. Anyone who went to the Brentford game will have seen his potential in the 2nd half when he used his power and pace to eliminate any Brentford attack. It was hugely impressive. His time will come soon.

I have thought from the beginning of the season that we had a chance if we could fulfil our potential. Foden is back. Cherki is all we hoped he would be. Khusanov is coming good. The final piece in the jigsaw is Rodri. Let's hope that piece is still fully functional. Some day soon I hope Rodri will return, and this young City side will be ready to challenge for all the trophies.

We are in a privileged position to watch another of Pep's creations come into life. Citystein is beginning to walk, it needs one missing part to be complete.
 
alexmcity said:
I'm afraid that's more wishful thinking (re: Villa being our main rival for the title).

I think Villa won't finish within 8 pts off Arsenal.

Arsenal are more dependent on Gabriel (defence and set pieces) than on Rice. Rice is very good but he isn't a (deeplying) playmaker. They competed for the title before they signed him and they didn't improve that much with him...

Villa - I'm not even sure they'll make the top 3...
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I also think Villa will fall away, hopefully after they stuff the rags later. I'm also not sure Arse will maintain their form over a season. May sound obvious but I feel it may come down to us.
 
Roachy said:
I also think Villa will fall away, hopefully after they stuff the rags later. I'm also not sure Arse will maintain their form over a season. May sound obvious but I feel it may come down to us.
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Arsenal are already creaking. They are trying to inject Gyokeres with confidence by giving him pens. to take but he doesn't look very good. Havertz and Jesus are arguably more dangerous but neither is a proper striker. The Gyokeres experiment looks close to failure. If the VAR had done its job, Arsenal would have dropped points at Everton yesterday. If Rodri reaches his full potential, we are going to surpass them, but this is an unknown quantity.
 
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