I am confident United will finish top but nervous because its City that wins if we fail.....just don't want the aggravation of emails and phone calls from the father-in-law.
The Manchester Title Race
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It's City's title to lose. We can only hope they slip up and we capitalise.
That is not necessarily true. They have an average away record and more away games remaining. They have to play four of the top six, while United only have to play one. Then you factor in United experience during the run in.
Its as much United to lose at this stage IMO.
Again I'll ask you, what guarantee do you have that City won't do what Utd have just done the past 7 games? There is none and thus, any football manager worth his salt will always tell that having points in the bag is better than possibly getting points since anything is possible in football. That's my point. I still think we'll take it, doesn't mean we're CURRENTLY in a better position than City since they've got the points and the lead. Then again, all of this could change by Sunday this week. I'm certainly holding thumbs for it. If for example City lose or draw and we win this weekend...well...
They're currently top. And if they keep getting better results than us all the way till the end of the season, well then they win don't they?
Meh, I'm not getting too carried away just yet. I want us to have our noses ahead. I'd much rather prefer that.
Your still not talking about the same thing. Both team's fate's are in their own hands.
All these people saying we have easier games remember this: City have beaten both their nearest challengers (so basically the two strongest teams they could possibly play) away from home, scoring 11 goals in the process. And we've lost at home to one of the poorest teams in the league. It's going to come down to how each club approaches each individual match on the day.
Errr...maybe you should jump back a few posts to see where all this started and maybe you'd get what I'm saying.
And going with your statement, which is true, that still puts City in a better position AT THIS VERY MOMENT than us since they're 2 ahead and play us at their home where they've a 100% record in the league.
Anyhoo, my last post in this thread. I've made my thoughts known.
United have won at city once this year, no reason we can't repeat.
No it isn't. Not only have they not won anything yet for them to lose, but we are not reliant on anybody other than ourselves.
Winning the league is still 100% in our own hands.
No it's not and it's that mentality that's going to feck me off big style if we do win the league. Away to Swansea, Norwich, Stoke & Arsenal and at home to us and Chelsea are not guaranteed wins for any side in the league. City are where they are at the moment because of the fixtures they've played thus far, they've got 6 massively tough games in their run in
No idea who this, how old it is, whether or not it's been posted before, or where to post it, but here:
I wouldn't agree with that to be honest. They're favourites at the moment, but only by a very slight margin. I'm sure they'll be gutted if they don't win it, but unless they build up a much bigger lead, they won't be gutted in a way of thinking that they threw it away.
Code:
Team Stadium MU Opp City Opp
West Brom A 2 v 1 0 v 0
Spurs H 3 v 0 3 v 2
Arsenal H 8 v 2 1 v 0
Bolton A 5 v 0 3 v 2
Norwich H 2 v 0 5 v 1
Liverpool A 1 v 1 1 v 1
Everton A 1 v 0 1 v 0
Sunderland H 1 v 0 1 v 0
Newcastle H 1 v 1 3 v 1
Aston Villa A 1 v 0 1 v 0
Wolves H 4 v 1 3 v 1
QPR A 2 v 0 2 v 3
Fulham A 5 v 0 2 v 2
Wigan H 5 v 0 3 v 0
Blackburn H 2 v 3 3 v 0
Bolton H 3 v 0 2 v 0
Stoke H 2 v 0 3 v 0
Chelsea A 3 v 3 2 v 1
Liverpool H 2 v 1 3 v 0
Spurs A 3 v 1 5 v 1Let me know if you spot any mistakes, I did it by hand (well you know what I mean), but by my reckoning that is all the games both us and City have played. As it stands we both have 51 points from the 20 games (2.55 points a game), however our goal difference is 42 while theres is 32, this can be explained by the fact our thumping of Arsenal is here but their thumping of us isn't.
I know most of you wont care, but chances are there is someone on this forum who is as sad as me and finds it interesting.
Kompany ruled out for a fortnight apparently, which must slightly heighten the chances of them dropping points over that period. Unfortunately they have Kolo Toure back now, so they won't have to resort to using Savic.
Welcome back to the rear view mirror, City!
Swansea away, tough place to win.
United 67
City 66
Swansea away, tough place to win.
United 67
City 66
Squeaky bum time. Which gameweek do City play Chelsea btw?
Back where we belong. Now lets keep the momentum going and who knows, maybe City's starting to shit it
Next five league fixtures:
Manchester City:
Chelsea (H)
Stoke (A)
Sunderland (H)
Arsenal (A)
West Brom (H)
Manchester United:
Wolves (A)
Fulham (H)
Blackburn (A)
QPR (H)
Wigan (A)
Manchester City:
Chelsea (H)
Stoke (A)
Sunderland (H)
Arsenal (A)
West Brom (H)
Manchester United:
Wolves (A)
Fulham (H)
Blackburn (A)
QPR (H)
Wigan (A)
YES! YES! I'm so fecking happy right now
Would really pile on the pressure on City if we win away at Wolves.
I said it after the Spurs match, we should be favourites after coming through that run. We are favourites now and I can only see the gap widening between now and the derby.
They'll be dropping more points in those games Damo, if we can put together a few wins on the bounce then the Eastlands game could end up being meaningless.
Thought they'd have more bottle than that frankly, first pressure game of the run in and they feck it up.
Thought they'd have more bottle than that frankly, first pressure game of the run in and they feck it up.
Cheers for that. The ones in bold will be interesting.
Captain obvious here. Big big weekend in the run in.
Swansea was never going to be easy but didnt expect them to win either. Brilliant result for us..
Swansea was never going to be easy but didnt expect them to win either. Brilliant result for us..
Holy feck. Is Kompany out for next week?
Seriously, if we don't feck it up we could be 7 points clear in the next 5 matches. Chelsea, Stoke, Arsenal and Sunderland are all hard matches for City.
Hopefully by the time they play Chelsea next Wednesday we'll be 4 points clear and the pressure is on them big time.
Hopefully by the time they play Chelsea next Wednesday we'll be 4 points clear and the pressure is on them big time.
Massive massive day for the title race. I thought Swansea would cause them problems but I didn't see them winning today.
Yep. Our games aren't exactly easy even though they're against the sides towards the bottom of the table. We can't underestimate them but compared to City's coming games it's a great run and I think we play some of them before City play their fixtures too.
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Great week as far as I'm concerned.
Great week as far as I'm concerned.
Their game against Chelsea is on the 21st and Kompany's estimated return date is the 19th so I think he'll be back for that.
City fans must be concerned, they've been suffering bad form and it's not looking like it's getting any better. While we're coping magnificently with losing our best player, Vidic, I doubt they will cope as well without Kompany.
The Bluemoon Meltdown thread will be interesting reading tonight.
I wonder is that a Kaka or Rooney tattoo on his right arm!!