Sister of fu wrote:The only team that can beat us is us...
We sort the away form out and back line we will win it. There is no better forward line or midfield IMO plus we have a good depth to the squad.
ross.mcfc wrote:Chelsea will win the league this season.
Loving this season so far but we look like dropping a lot of silly points this season. A close 2nd and at least the quarter final of the CL and I will be very confident that we will be ready to shift gears next season.
Nigels Tackle wrote:.
Clowncrete wrote:If we get all 57 points at home, which actually seems possible, we only need 25 or 30 points away to win the league in a season where every team is dropping points. In the 2010-11 season, Rags had 80 points. They only won 4 or 5 games away, while had a almost perfect home record. I don't see Arsenal or Chelsea grinding out 85+ points this season, so it's up for grabs.
Bridge'srightfoot wrote:Clowncrete wrote:If we get all 57 points at home, which actually seems possible, we only need 25 or 30 points away to win the league in a season where every team is dropping points. In the 2010-11 season, Rags had 80 points. They only won 4 or 5 games away, while had a almost perfect home record. I don't see Arsenal or Chelsea grinding out 85+ points this season, so it's up for grabs.
I think it's important not to get too bogged down in the mathematics.
Same goes to all those who were saying things like 'we can only afford to lose 5 matches' to win the league' etc etc, or that we'll need 'x' amount of points.
It doesn't matter so much about the points total, as long as we're within touching distance of the top going into the end of the season, (something we failed to do last season) then we'll give ourselves an excellent chance.
We've certainly been the best at home, but sides like Arsenal and Liverpool have been far better at grinding out results away from home than we have.
Blue Since 76 wrote:I think (hope) that Sunderland was a wake up call and the team, and especially Pellegrini, realise that you can't just go away to poor sides and beat them without trying. We also don't have the CL distracting Pellegrini and causing him to pick strange sides in the league for another few months (assuming we play a second string tonight and Bayern win making that game a non-event).
Our next couple of away games are potential banana skins, but play properly and they're winnable. Two easy wins at home as well and we could be almost top and on a run and if that happens I don't think we'll be caught. These away games are therefore crucial in proving if we're the real deal or not up to it
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