When do we start to believe ?

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Originally Posted by Letters

We were good against Everton too.

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I 'spose.

I'm not trying to do us down, as we have put in an immense amount of effort, and defended really well.

We just don't seem to be playing very well since, well, before Christmas really. We've laboured through quite a few games. Our passing has been poor, and we can't seem to put even the most rubbish of sides to the sword in full on beast mode.

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Originally Posted by Letters

Agree we won't win on Saturday, if we get a draw then we're still in the race. I do feel we need to beat City though if we're going to have a chance.

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Maybe, but I think it's more important not to lose at the Bridge than it is to beat City. Would still love it if we beat them, love it, obviously.

I'm sticking to quietly optimistic...

If we are still in the running after the Everton game, then I quite fancy our chances.

Win our next three games and i think that will make us favourites. Chelsea have a pretty straight forward run in with the exception of away at Liverpool end of April. City have a tough run of games but have the best squad. Liverpool are the most on form team but still have a few tough games and could lose to someone sloppy.

Win and draw, draw and win or win and win in the next 2 games! That'll make me believe that we are there to challenge for the title.

9 wins takes us up to 89 points.

That was Utd's tally last season and City's the year before.

If City win all their games they'll get to 93 but they'll undoubtedly drop points + we can take points off them when they visit the Emirates.

To put it in simple terms, we've got to win all our games to win the title. 89 will do it. But can we do it?

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Originally Posted by She Wore A Red Ribbon

9 wins takes us up to 89 points.

That was Utd's tally last season and City's the year before.

If City win all their games they'll get to 93 but they'll undoubtedly drop points + we can take points off them when they visit the Emirates.

To put it in simple terms, we've got to win all our games to win the title. 89 will do it. But can we do it?

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I personally don't think we'll do it, but I'm still pretty pleased with what I've seen from us this year - there's a very real chance of a trophy in the FA Cup, we've kept up with our rivals in the title race, leading the way for longer than any other team in the league along the way, and we've managed to do it without a decent striker and with a comparatively thin squad (when you look at the likes of Chelsea and City, that is)?! That's pretty incredible, even if you blame the club and the manager for why we currently lack that striker and have a thin squad. If we end the season within 3-5 points of the eventual winners, win the FA Cup, and if players like Ramsey and Oxlade-Chamberlain continue to surprise us, then I think we can call that good progress, and look forward to the summer / next season...

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Originally Posted by She Wore A Red Ribbon

9 wins takes us up to 89 points.

That was Utd's tally last season and City's the year before.

If City win all their games they'll get to 93 but they'll undoubtedly drop points + we can take points off them when they visit the Emirates.

To put it in simple terms, we've got to win all our games to win the title. 89 will do it. But can we do it?

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Spot on.

Our bottling against the mancs and Stoke simply means there is no room for a point to be dropped if we're to win this thing.

Bottling :lol:

Sheesh! Sometimes you just don't win. Not every game where we fail to win is us bottling it.

It's a really tall order to expect us to win our remaining 9 matches IMO, given that Mourinho has never lost at Stamford Bridge and Wenger's record against him almost an impossibility.