ejs1111 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, DakotaVilla said: We all know that city, Liverpool and Arsenal will be there or thereabouts. Spurs have had easy fixtures and have a thin squad and will be impacted by African nations cup as well for 4/5 games as will have a few players that will go away for that. Not to mention the inevitable Maddison injury that will sideline him for 2-3 weeks. Edited November 1, 2023 by ejs1111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Bissouma, Sarr and Son out for tournaments in January will hurt for sure. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa82 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Keyblade said: Bissouma, Sarr and Son out for tournaments in January will hurt for sure. Only 2 pl games in january 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, villa82 said: Only 2 pl games in january That's 6 points up for grabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 As improbable as a title win is, the fact that this is still a credible thread in November is absolutely incredible. What a year we have had. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 39 minutes ago, Keyblade said: That's 6 points up for grabs You get 3 points for a win so you're absolutely right that's 6 points up for grabs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 46 minutes ago, villa82 said: Only 2 pl games in january Is 4 league games during the African Nations and the Asian Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa82 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 23 minutes ago, Zatman said: Is 4 league games during the African Nations and the Asian Cup 1 hour ago, villa82 said: Only 2 pl games in january Yes and yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 We're 3 points better off after 10 games than Leicester were when they won the league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Personally I think Arsenal will lose some momentum eventually. Same for Spurs. I don't know if we can keep the great results, but I'd be willing to bet Emery's Villa will be more consistent than those two. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adman Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 I don't think city are as good as last year either. Gundogun and Mahrez really helped win a lot of games last season and de bruyne might take a while to get back to his best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 If Spurs are in it we are as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 I look at the title race similarly to how I looked at the race for Europe in the second half of last season. I am enjoying the ride, taking it each game as it comes. I notice that things have opened up and we have given ourselves a chance. We just have to enjoy this and see where it takes us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 20 hours ago, jayEm said: Assuming they continue at their current form, I think staying competitive in the table all season with the top four of City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs would be a mighty achievement. Do that and stay clear of Newcastle and Brighton and we can be very, very happy. What I really love about this is Man United and Chelsea don't even get mentioned... can they really both stay this bad all season? I'm sure they can, but something nags at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) 56 minutes ago, MrBlack said: What I really love about this is Man United and Chelsea don't even get mentioned... can they really both stay this bad all season? I'm sure they can, but something nags at me. I feel eventually it will click at Chelsea and they'll become a very good at least attacking team who score a lot. Hopefully by then though it will be too late for them to really push on for Europe. Man U are terrible now but will get a truck load of iffy decisions and Vs teams in the bottom half it will only take Rashford and Bruno to be bothered for a half a game to be the difference so I wouldn't be surprised to see them win say 6 in a row at some point while not looking especially decent. We just have to try and get a point or two at least vs city, arsenal and pool home and away, beat the bottom 6 home and away, and Vs teams 5th-14th win at home and draw away with the odd win. We won't go undefeated but balance on points average, do that and we'll be on for high 70's/low 80's points and that should be enough for top 3 or 4th if arsenal don't fade.. To win the league will require probably both of city and pool having catastrophic injuries or points deductions etc which is next to impossible to happen Edited November 2, 2023 by VillaJ100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 1 hour ago, MrBlack said: What I really love about this is Man United and Chelsea don't even get mentioned... can they really both stay this bad all season? I'm sure they can, but something nags at me. 1/3 of the season is gone and they are 7 and 10 points behind us already. As we saw when we were 'stuck' in 11th last season it takes a lot of work to catch up that many points. It would need the top 5 gang (and most importantly, us) to have a run of bad form as well as them completely turning things around to catch up. Certainly not impossible at this stage, but getting harder by the week. I can see Utd getting worse as it gets more toxic there and no real signs of improvement at Chelsea yet, though I think they are more likely to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 17 hours ago, M_Afro said: What a year we have had. Considering we've played without Mings, Buendia, Moreno and Ramsey and lost badly in the opener, it's been superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 1 hour ago, VillaJ100 said: I feel eventually it will click at Chelsea I'm not sure about this. I think Poch is better suited to manage older players who already know how to win, like Ancelotti. These Chelsea players are mostly young and unaccustomed to the pressure and demands of playing for a club like Chelsea in the media glare of West London, in a league as competitive as the Prem. They'll collect points against the lower table riff raff, but struggle badly against the top 7. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 2 hours ago, MrBlack said: What I really love about this is Man United and Chelsea don't even get mentioned... can they really both stay this bad all season? I'm sure they can, but something nags at me. The thing is. Man u and Chelsea are mid table clubs this season, after a quarter of the season. We have been a top 4 team, points wise this season, and most of last season. So which part of it would change for them to be a threat to us? We suddenly start playing like a mid table team, and they both start playing like a top 4 team? Because you need both of those things to happen for either of them to overtake us. We are 3 wins above them already and have scored twice as many goals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 1 hour ago, VillaJ100 said: I feel eventually it will click at Chelsea and they'll become a very good at least attacking team who score a lot. Hopefully by then though it will be too late for them to really push on for Europe. Man U are terrible now but will get a truck load of iffy decisions and Vs teams in the bottom half it will only take Rashford and Bruno to be bothered for a half a game to be the difference so I wouldn't be surprised to see them win say 6 in a row at some point while not looking especially decent. We just have to try and get a point or two at least vs city, arsenal and pool home and away, beat the bottom 6 home and away, and Vs teams 5th-14th win at home and draw away with the odd win. We won't go undefeated but balance on points average, do that and we'll be on for high 70's/low 80's points and that should be enough for top 3 or 4th if arsenal don't fade.. To win the league will require probably both of city and pool having catastrophic injuries or points deductions etc which is next to impossible to happen Leicester absolutely smashed both Liverpool and Man City over the whole season. Its closer to unlikeky than impossible that we do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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