We wouldnt ordinarily win at Old Trafford, possibly not Burnley either and to expect us to win all our home games is a little unrealistic. Arsenal have lost 3 on the trot!
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The Fight to Qualify for the European Conference League 2020/21
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We wouldnt ordinarily win at Old Trafford, possibly not Burnley either and to expect us to win all our home games is a little unrealistic. Arsenal have lost 3 on the trot!
ricky2tricky4city
Steffen Freund
There is always one fixture a season that you play home and away in a relatively short window. This year it happens to be Liverpool. Just 6 weeks between our league fixtures. Also we'll be done with them, Emirates Marketing Project, and Chelsea (whom I consider our main rivals) by mid Feb.
This does feel like a good thing ALTHOUGH if we had a crunch game against a main competitor late in the season Mourinho is the man to have on your side.
This does feel like a good thing ALTHOUGH if we had a crunch game against a main competitor late in the season Mourinho is the man to have on your side.
Whenever we don't beat Burnley it's 2-3 points dropped. Obviously over the course of the season you drop points here and there where you shouldn't but that doesn't change the fact they are dropped points in games you should be winning (or drawing depending on wjo we're talking about)
Personally if i was being harsh I'd say a top 4 team should be looking to beat anyone they play at home, so any game where you don't win is dropped points (regarding City win)
Fair point regarding OT so between that and City we are up 4 points vs the dropped points earlier in the season. If i was being kind I'd say Southampton are doing really well and should be considered a top 6 team atm so a point away from home is good and so that win puts us a further 2 points up.
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Kandi1977
Garth Crooks
Well, to win the league, I think you will need around 2,4 points per game, and even that will only give you 91 points, which has not been enough to win it in any of the last 4 seasons, but it seems everyone beats everyone this season, so I don't think the points total will be that high. Might even be enough to get around 85 points, which would be around 2.24 points per game average.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
I suppose what I'm objecting to is the idea that when in a good run any result that doesn't live up to the expectations at by that run is somehow unacceptable when we know with both form fluctuations and luck/variance results will be inconsistent to some extent.
Both Liverpool and Chelsea failed to go top this weekend by drawing. Had either of those been us it would have been "sexy" or a sign of a weak mentality. To me the test will be how you respond to the disappointment when it comes. And avoiding piling up the pressure by making every game "must win" before it has to be.
Must perform, must do our utmost, results will vary.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Jose is thinking 5 games ahead
And the players are too
It’s what great managers do
And the players are too
It’s what great managers do
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Quite scary to see city and United sat there considering the season their having...
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
I was shocked to find out that if United win their game in hand, they’ll only be 2 points behind us. I thought that they were meant to be having an awful season?!
Likewise. Sometimes though I think that goal difference can be as good a barometer of how teams are playing - if a team is playing well and winning games comfortably, then GD is much higher. There are anomoloes, like the Villa-Liverpool result skewing things, but if Utd won their game in hand 1-0 then they'd be 3rd with just a +1 GD. I'd be surprised if Utd are top 4 at the end of the season
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Couldn’t their 6-1 loss against us be seen to have skewed things? I mean, their goal difference still wouldn’t be great if they had lost only by 2 goals, but...
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Not really
It was a reflection of the game and how they played
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
Scary? Maybe. It's scary being on top and we're not used to it.
This is after just a bit more than a quarter of the season played though. Takes time for real gaps to show up between good teams.
So many seasons we've been in the opposite position at this point. If we won our game in hand, if we go on a run of wins, we could close that gap. No doubt many fans of United and City will be thinking just that, and they might very well do just that.
Better to be in our position and be scared.
Awful is an overstatement for sure, not quite sure who has claimed that.
A single result can change how the table looks by so much at this point with it still being very close. No team has run away as we've seen in recent years so the gap to the top is smaller too.
Just so early to be looking at the table. Makes for good viewing for us though.
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
If the two Manchester teams win their game in hand, there are 3 points separating the top 6. Too early to get carried away.
90291Spur
Paul Walsh
Until it is mathematically settled it's too early.
Helpful that they play each other next weekend. Would prefer to see City winning it
ShipOfTheseus
Clint Dempsey
It's much too early to want anything but a draw, in any game involving anyone but the relegation candidates.