12 games to go with 2 points separating the top 3. Who do you think will win the league this year ? On Paper City has the hardest run in but pretty sure they are the Favorite one for fourth title in a row.
Arsenal have three difficult games left in their remaining 12 games, Spurs, City and United all away so we should still manage to get around 85 points, but then again you never know with Arsenal, they can always lose some silly points.
Did my calculations which can obv be wrong but thats how it might end
The way we are playing at the moment, ruthlessly taking our chances and giving almost nothing away at the back…fuck what the pundits and other fans think. We can do this.
Doesn’t feel like last season where you could almost sense it slipping away when the Saliba and Tomiyasu injuries happened. Rob Holding in defence ffs. We very obviously looked nervous and vulnerable. City hit 6th gear and then the Etihad result happened. We didn’t use our squad well, we didn’t peak at the right time. Fatigue and fear crippled us.
But this season we are the ones kicking into top gear right when it matters. Immense in the big games. We’ve taken 7 points from 9 out of City and Liverpool. We are the ones who knock.
Yeah well only 2 points separates the top 3, so I agree, no one has much margin for error and all are probably thinking we need to be close to flawless from here to win…
Man City are still favourites because they’re done it before with the best squad and although Liverpool are on a good run and have just won a trophy, their injuries and fixtures are piling up.
The big difference from last season is that we have learned from our mistakes so we have more strength in depth and more experience.
On MOTD, when Wright was asked if we could win the title, he said “of course, otherwise what’s the point,” which is the same winning mentality that Arteta has.
This attitude is what we’ve lacked for too long, preferring to settle for the top four trophy.
We’re third favourites which is good because the pressure is on Man City and Liverpool but what ever happens, we’re a lot better equipped than last season so it will be a lot closer than some of the pundits are saying.
It remains to be seen whether we have learned from our mistakes or if we can solve new problems. This run of form came after we were pretty much ruled out of the title race.
It’s a different kind of pressure compared to when you’re in the last leg of the season and can almost taste a title but your fatigued and carrying injuries and have to win.
I’m ruling us out purely because we bottled 4th two seasons ago, and then bottled the title last season.
We still have that bottle in us, as witnessed by the Fulham and West Ham losses which would have us top of the table by a few points if we actually had some mettle.
Don’t get me started on the first UCL knockout round in like 7 years where we couldn’t even get a shot on target lol This run of form recently has been insane but when the chips are down in a few weeks I unfortunately can imagine a scenario where we shit the bed with a couple of losses in quick succession to lesser teams.
Couple that with City always going on 10-12 game win streaks at this time in the season and Liverpool’s experience + the hoodoo/story surrounding Klopp’s last season etc and I do think it’ll be very very difficult for us to overcome those two.
I think it’ll be city in the end, as that injury list for Liverpool is a doozy.
I think we might see something unreal from all three teams. Such competition for a title could well spur them all to perform to an even higher level knowing that any mistake is getting punished by one or both of the rivals.
For me, aside from the head-to-heads, I think the fixtures on April 6th and May 11th (for all 3 sides) are going to prove to be pivotal, especially when you consider how TV scheduling may reareange those particular games.
I think the next two fixtures are massive.
We win both and Liverpool and City draw with each other then we’re top of the table and that puts pressure on them in their next fixture which is a tricky away trip to Everton for Liverpool and Brighton away for City.
