TheMelvillan Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 10 hours ago, GingerCollins29 said: Don't think we will, but if you were Emery, would you sacrifice a potential FA Cup run by playing the youth team against boro to focus on the ECL and title/top 4? Absolutely. Obviously love the FA Cup but I genuinely believe we are a year - maybe 2 - ahead of schedule in the plan the owners had for us and this don't quite have the squad for all these competitions. Yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 (edited) I've been looking at the upcoming fixtures for us and the other title rivals (is it still completely ridiculous to write that?) and it's interesting that Arsenal and Liverpool play each other twice in the next 6 games. So we potentially could establish a bit of a cushion over at least one of them by early Feb. Also, Liverpool could be missing Salah for up to 4 games (Bournemouth, Chelsea, Arsenal, Burnley) depending on how well Egypt do at AFCON. Man City have the easier fixtures on paper (and may use the club world cup as a bit of a break for some players). I expect them to close the gap, especially if De Bruyne's back fit soon. Those fixtures: Arsenal: Liverpool (A) West Ham (H) Fulham (A) Palace (H) Forest (A) Liverpool (H) Liverpool: Arsenal (H) Burnley (A) Newcastle (H) Bournemouth (A) Chelsea (H) Arsenal (A) Villa: Sheff Utd (H) Man Utd (A) Burnley (H) Everton (A) Newcastle (H) Sheff Utd (A) Man City: Brentford (H) - postponed Everton (A) Sheff Utd (H) Newcastle (A) Burnley (H) Brentford (A) Edited December 19, 2023 by oishiiniku_uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 31 minutes ago, oishiiniku_uk said: I've been looking at the upcoming fixtures for us and the other title rivals (is it still completely ridiculous to write that?) and it's interesting that Arsenal and Liverpool play each other twice in the next 6 games. So we potentially could establish a bit of a cushion over at least one of them by early Feb. Also, Liverpool could be missing Salah for up to 4 games (Bournemouth, Chelsea, Arsenal, Burnley) depending on how well Egypt do at AFCON. Man City have the easier fixtures on paper (and may use the club world cup as a bit of a break for some players). I expect them to close the gap, especially if De Bruyne's back fit soon. Those fixtures: Arsenal: Liverpool (A) West Ham (H) Fulham (A) Palace (H) Forest (A) Liverpool (H) Liverpool: Arsenal (H) Burnley (A) Newcastle (H) Bournemouth (A) Chelsea (H) Arsenal (A) Villa: Sheff Utd (H) Man Utd (A) Burnley (H) Everton (A) Newcastle (H) Sheff Utd (A) Man City: Brentford (H) - postponed Everton (A) Sheff Utd (H) Newcastle (A) Burnley (H) Brentford (A) Would be great if both Liverpool v Arsenal games were a draw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adman Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Salah, bissouma, papa sat out at afcon soon and man city distracted by world club cup means we'll be 8 points clear by end of Jan IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted December 19, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2023 We are one match closer to doing it. UTV 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Knew I should have put on that Aston Villa and Girona top of their respective league at Christmas bet on at the start of the season 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 28 minutes ago, Adman said: Salah, bissouma, papa sat out at afcon soon and man city distracted by world club cup means we'll be 8 points clear by end of Jan IMO At least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFish Posted December 19, 2023 Visiting Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2023 What's your confidence levels? Top at Christmas if Liverpool and Arsenal draw. Less demanding European campaign than either of those. No League Cup distraction. Best home record in the league, best GF at home too. Only Newcastle have conceded fewer goals at home. Second overall for goals scored behind Man City. 7th for Goals conceded overall. Have you got much room in the budget to strengthen come January? If so, what do you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Anyone know why we play 7 league games in December and 2 in January? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Anybody still upset we went out of the Carabao Cup? Those fixtures would be piling up if we were still in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 5 minutes ago, turvontour said: Anyone know why we play 7 league games in December and 2 in January? Stupid international break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 10 hours ago, turvontour said: Would be great if both Liverpool v Arsenal games were a draw. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Just now, DaveAV1 said: Yes 0-0 with lots of red cards too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 22 hours ago, wilko154 said: Absolutely not. If the game was midweek maybe, but it's a Saturday kick off with a week off coming up two weeks later. We should be competing on all fronts. I agree and given that Unai often talks about respecting competitions and opponents I can’t see him throwing the towel in for any match or competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 11 hours ago, oishiiniku_uk said: I've been looking at the upcoming fixtures for us and the other title rivals (is it still completely ridiculous to write that?) and it's interesting that Arsenal and Liverpool play each other twice in the next 6 games. So we potentially could establish a bit of a cushion over at least one of them by early Feb. Also, Liverpool could be missing Salah for up to 4 games (Bournemouth, Chelsea, Arsenal, Burnley) depending on how well Egypt do at AFCON. Man City have the easier fixtures on paper (and may use the club world cup as a bit of a break for some players). I expect them to close the gap, especially if De Bruyne's back fit soon. Those fixtures: Arsenal: Liverpool (A) West Ham (H) Fulham (A) Palace (H) Forest (A) Liverpool (H) Liverpool: Arsenal (H) Burnley (A) Newcastle (H) Bournemouth (A) Chelsea (H) Arsenal (A) Villa: Sheff Utd (H) Man Utd (A) Burnley (H) Everton (A) Newcastle (H) Sheff Utd (A) Man City: Brentford (H) - postponed Everton (A) Sheff Utd (H) Newcastle (A) Burnley (H) Brentford (A) Why is the Man City v Brentford game postponed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 15 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: I agree and given that Unai often talks about respecting competitions and opponents I can’t see him throwing the towel in for any match or competition Boro might be more likely to throw it than us, they'll have first leg of league cup semi a few days later now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 46 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: Why is the Man City v Brentford game postponed? World club Cup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oishiiniku_uk Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Talldarkandransome said: Stupid international break Isn't it a mid season break (of sorts)? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, oishiiniku_uk said: Isn't it a mid season break (of sorts)? Winter break, yes that's it. It's not an international break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Talldarkandransome Posted December 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2023 51 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: Why is the Man City v Brentford game postponed? Brentford still crying? 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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