...All the talk was of City hitting the 100 goal mark in a domestic season.
A feat that at the moment looks more likely to go to Liverpool.
Seriously, full credit has to be given to Liverpool this season. Currently in great form. Well within a shout of the title, and (in my opinion) pretty much certainties for the top four.
I've said all along that Chelsea will win the league this season. Just my opinion, and of course I'd love to be wrong (as a City fan, secretly hoping, but not expecting, that City can win it).
But I'd be a liar if I thought, at the start of the season, that Liverpool would be one of the teams to stand in our way. I don't mean that to belittle Liverpool in any way, just simply that I didn't expect them to have the kind of season that they are having.
But it is what it is what it is. Liverpool are deservedly up there, and at this moment I would no longer be surprised if Liverpool ended up winning the league. They are the form team, and at the moment just look like a team that can outscore any other. Like I say - all the talk earlier in the season was about City's power up front. Liverpool's power up front though is just as, if not more, impressive than City's has ever been this season.
Earlier in the season...
posted on 22/3/14
Anyway, in regards to your article, what I find very interesting, in not just a statement you've made but also throughout these boards, is that both Chelsea and City fans seem to be of the belief that they won't win the league and seem to point to each other winning it.
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That's a really interesting and valid observation TOOR. I think at this moment, both City and Chelsea fans, in the attempt to direct attention away from their own team winning the league, now has to look towards Liverpool.
3 teams left in the title race for me. Anyone from Chelsea, City, and Liverpool, can win it. Chelsea have the advantage. City have the games in hand. But Liverpool have the form. For me, that makes the title race simply fascinating.
posted on 22/3/14
Of little, if any,importance, Wayne has put United ahead at uptown Park. For any stranger to our planet, United, that's Manchester United in case you don't know, what we refer to as a lesser team in the PremierLeague, too far below us to do any damage to our position, have scored. A goal. But no matter how many other goals they score, they have undoubtedly lost their sitting position. On a perch. No, that's definitely gone. For some time too.
JimmyTheRed
posted on 22/3/14
King of the Bridge (U1319)
posted 11 minutes ago
what's the point in scoring 100 if you let in 40.
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Sweet baby Jaysus... thicker than a whale omelette.
Good post OP. I still fancy City and Chelsea to finish ahead of us, but at the moment after every game I feel more and more like a member of the GB club.
I'm just enjoying the ride to be honest. We have played some fantastic football this season and have been a joy to watch.
Lastly if we don't win it, I hope City do.
posted on 22/3/14
Couldn't agree more PPD, with one exception: I can't see or predict either city or Chelsea making the no. 1 slot it's too alive!! But this is the best condition our team, our squad have been, preparation-wise, since we last picked up the trophy. Bring on Sunderland, whose Adam Johnson I would snap up tomorrow for our club.
JimmyTheRed
posted on 22/3/14
I had Chelsea to win the league at the start, even though I knew City had the best squad. I felt the players City bought in and I include the manager in this in regards to the tactics he was gonna use, weren't suited to the rest of the squad.
What I mean is that not all the players are suited to play to the managers' system. A City fan made a good point on another thread a while back that he too believes this has been the case and sometimes it looks like there are two halves of two different sides playing together on the pitch. He felt it was half Mancini's side and half Pelligrini's. It does indeed sometimes look that way.
For me that's a scary thought for next season as this will change, with it looking more like a full Pelligrini side all playing to his system.
posted on 22/3/14
If a team is as committed to attacking play as Liverpool it stands to reason that they will leak goals at the other end from time to time so 100/40 ratio wouldn't be a surprise but Liverpool play to their strengths as a team by attacking as much as Chelsea do with their much more defensively minded set up
The Chelsea and City games at Anfield will go a long way to deciding a fascinating season
posted on 22/3/14
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posted on 22/3/14
How is it obvious? And why is that funny?
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posted on 22/3/14
I'm asking why. Go on give your opinion, open yourself up. You might like it.