When do we start to believe ?

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Originally Posted by the non-flying dutchman

Even after the stumble we took at the saints, I still believe the title is ours this year. Chelsea dropped points yesterday and City still have'ta come to ours (and regardless of how good they look they will drop points elsewhere).
But then again as long as it's a mathematical possibility I always believe we can win it!

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Anything is possible but in all fairness we are going to really need to up our game and get bodies back if we want to finish above City.

Say what you like about City with their financial doping but at the moment they are several levels above anybody else in the League, it's actually ridiculous the way they take teams apart. It's not a fluke either, they have pretty much torn apart all their rivals.

City are overwhelming favourites for me, they have sorted out their away form now which was always going to happen.

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Originally Posted by selassie

City are overwhelming favourites for me, they have sorted out their away form now which was always going to happen.

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Pretty much.
It's a shame, Wenger's finally built another squad which looks like it can seriously challenge but we're probably going to come up short because of one (possibly two) clubs with the infinite money cheat on who have blundered their way to the top through sheer weight of spending.

Their form looks ominous; there's not much you can do when they get 34 points out of 36. But I'm still more interested in what we do. We almost certainly won't but if we get, say, 88 points or more and we don't win the league that would still represent a top effort for me - if another team gets 90+, they had to be incredibly good (read: irresponsibly rich) to beat us. If we get mid 80s and an FA cup run (semi-finals or more) that would be a good improvement for the season, certainly something to build on.

The worrying tiing for me is that teams are beaten by City before the game has kicked off. Sherwodd's interview before the game yesterday was embarrassing, the way he talked them saying his team will play against the Champions elect etc. and even afterwards he was bum licking them no end.

City are the best team in the league no doubt but teams are now basically giving up against them and trying not to concede 4 or 5.

Dont agree with people saying City have sorted out their away form, they have been lucky at the right times and have had ref in their favor at critical times, im sure they will drop more points. Especially when you see that they still have Us, United, Everton and Liverpool away.

City will have another bad spell. We just have to be about when they do.

More importantly, we need to concentrate on our own form and game, as we've been a little under par for a while now, and we are actually due a hot streak.

I would be over the moon if we could win the league. It would be the best feeling ever. But if you put everything into perspective, you have to just tip your hat to us if we can stay within touching distance going into the final mix.

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Originally Posted by JonasTC

Dont agree with people saying City have sorted out their away form, they have been lucky at the right times and have had ref in their favor at critical times, im sure they will drop more points. Especially when you see that they still have Us, United, Everton and Liverpool away.

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I'm sure they'll drop points, the issue is will they drop more points than us. I've had a look at the fixtures and put a '*' by the ones I regard as 'difficult'.
We have 6, they have 4. It's going to be very tricky.


City:
24 03.02.2014 Chelsea home*
25 08.02.2014 Norwich City away
26 12.02.2014 Sunderland home
27 22.02.2014 Stoke City home
28 08.03.2014 Aston Villa home
29 15.03.2014 Hull City away
30 22.03.2014 Fulham home
31 25.03.2014 Manchester United away*
32 29.03.2014 Arsenal away*
33 05.04.2014 Southampton home
34 12.04.2014 Liverpool away*
35 19.04.2014 West Bromwich Albion home
36 26.04.2014 Crystal Palace away
37 03.05.2014 Everton away
38 11.05.2014 West Ham United home


Arsenal
24 02.02.2014 Crystal Palace home
25 08.02.2014 Liverpool away*
26 12.02.2014 Manchester United home*
27 22.02.2014 Sunderland home
28 01.03.2014 Stoke City away
29 08.03.2014 Swansea City home
30 16.03.2014 Tottenham Hotspur away*
31 22.03.2014 Chelsea away*
32 29.03.2014 Manchester City home*
33 05.04.2014 Everton away*
34 12.04.2014 West Ham United home
35 19.04.2014 Hull City away
36 26.04.2014 Newcastle United home
37 03.05.2014 West Bromwich Albion home
38 11.05.2014 Norwich City away

How come you think Everton away is going to be hard for us, but not for City? Just curious :)

Anyway i think our most important results will be winning over both Manchester clubs at home, even tho' utd is not a rival this season, it will still be a mental boost to beat an opponent that have been our kryptonite for years.

:lol: Fair enough. OK. 5 to 6 then.

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Originally Posted by JonasTC

Dont agree with people saying City have sorted out their away form, they have been lucky at the right times and have had ref in their favor at critical times, im sure they will drop more points. Especially when you see that they still have Us, United, Everton and Liverpool away.

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Jonas you dont have to agree with it but it is a fact. City have been winning pretty much every game and alarmingly they have torn apart a lot of teams. Look this is no slight on us, we have had a great season so far and have made big improvements but we're in a real scrap with City and Chelsea for the title and we have no room for error IMHO.

I do agree City have been lucky at times, against us and Liverpool especially.