Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
We still can but I don’t think we will. Villa have a better manager. Think Chelsea will finish above us too.
Agree, but every club could say 'If only we had won this game we would be in this position' that's the point of the league table of course. So, like you say - we have to find solutions, and yes fine margins because up until this weekend we were top scorers and had one of the better defensive records so you would think it wouldn't require too much tweaking to get things going more in our favour.....Can we find (more) consistency? If yes for sure we can.
Somewhat disappointing thing is that just a couple of the games that definitely have been winnable going our way would have changed our standing in the table massively. Fine margins.
Even just taking that early chance against Ipswich quite easily could have seen us currently in third.
Again, consistency and fine margins. Ange, the coaches and the players have to find solutions for that.
We’re fortunate the table is so tight so anything can happenAgree, but every club could say 'If only we had won this game we would be in this position' that's the point of the league table of course. So, like you say - we have to find solutions, and yes fine margins because up until this weekend we were top scorers and had one of the better defensive records so you would think it wouldn't require too much tweaking to get things going more in our favour.....
Thsi is mad but looking at the table now and 3rd placed Chelsea have only won once in their last 5 games. Same with Arsenal in 4th. This is a deeply weird season so far, no one is creating a gap except for Liverpool.
Thsi is mad but looking at the table now and 3rd placed Chelsea have only won once in their last 5 games. Same with Arsenal in 4th. This is a deeply weird season so far, no one is creating a gap except for Liverpool.
Is it playing out like the leicester season, very competitive, one of the top teams slightly better than the rest, they falter mid season and some team unexpectedly puts together a run and gets over the line?
So put our money on forest to win the league.I think the new European fixture formats are taking it's toll, plus the number of international tournaments we've had over the last 4 years and also the fact that City's empire is crumbling slightly (inside and outside)...
So put our money on forest to win the league.
Nah our fixtures are actually very similarI bet if we look at the fixtures that the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal have had we'll see that many have had much tougher fixture schedules than us up to this point....
The league is indeed wide open apart from Liverpool, which makes our lack of ability to regularly keep clean sheets all the more maddening. We're also not very far from 14th place...
Really??Nah our fixtures are actually very similar
Well worth looking at the fixtures to see
Really??
Arsenal alone have faced us, Brighton, Liverpool, Emirates Marketing Project, Villa, Chelsea. Saudi Sportswashing Machine.
Chelsea have faced Liverpool, Emirates Marketing Project, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, Arsenal, Brighton.
We are still to face Liverpool, Emirates Marketing Project and Chelsea....
Yep
But that’s not where they have dropped points
Chelsea drew with united who everyone says are brick, best Saudi Sportswashing Machine, lost to pool and drew with Forrest. The only top half team they played before that run was city
Arsenal lost to Bournemouth (bottom half) and Saudi Sportswashing Machine away
At the relevant periods of time of facing teams our starts have been comparable
We have just had an easier period in the last 3 games or so but didn’t before that
So we’re 3 points off them having lost 5 gamesWe have also lost 5 times compared to both their 2 losses.
Chelsea's losses have both been to the current top 2 clubs (and clubs who were top 4 last season). We've not played either yet.
Arsenal's losses have been to Bournemouth (mid-table/upper lower table) and Saudi Sportswashing Machine (top half).
Ours have been to all manor: Saudi Sportswashing Machine (top half), Arsenal (top 4), Brighton (top 6), Palace (bottom 3/4 - winless beforehand) and Ipswich (bottom 3/4 - winless beforehand).
There might only be 3 points between us, but they both look far better from both the eye test and the numbers/context test...
So we’re 3 points off them having lost 5 games
That’s a positive right.
Or we have lost 5 and we are awful
I think it’s a combination myself
We’re inconsistent and clearly have an issue playing teams post Europe when they have had a week to prep for us
Define a long time?Trouble is this has been the patter for a long time; i'd say it's not inconsistency any more and the gap is likely to widen. Our only hope imo is for more injuries, negativity to break out in those above us because we don't seem like we are changing much anytime soon...