With only 10 games left (12 for City) every game becomes huge! I've had a look at each of the top 4's run-ins and my best guesstimate is that the table will finish as follows: Man City 87 points (Drawing 3 and winning 9) Chelsea 86 points (losing 1, drawing 2 and winning 7) Liverpool 85 points (Drawing 2 and winning 8) Arsenal 82 points (drawing 2, losing 1 and winning 7) I think we'll draw against Palace & Swansea and lose against Liverpool. Man City to draw against Liverpool, United and Arsenal. Arsenal to lose against us and draw with United/city Liverpool to draw against United/City. What's your thoughts? Beating spurs on Saturday would be massive, as some of you have already said; points in the bag etc... Isn't it great to be involved at this stage of the season again!!??
Personally think Us, Man City and Everton will all take something from Arsenal. Spurs might do aswell. I'm more worried about us against the "lesser" sides than i am when we play Liverpool and Arsenal.
Not trying to be over-positive but I feel we can win 9 of our games and take a defeat at Anfield. I can see City losing to one of United, Arsenal or Liverpool and picking up a draw too. They do not travel well. Liverpool should pick up a lot of wins, they will be fresher than most and the only game I see them dropping points is surprisingly at Old Trafford My predictions 1. Chelsea 90pts 2. Man City 86pts 3. Liverpool 83pts 4. Arsenal 77pts 5. Spurs 76pts 6. Everton 71pts 7. Man United 66pts
Chelsea Tottenham (H) - W Villa (A) - W Arsenal (H) - W Palace (A) - D Stoke (H) - W Swansea (A) - D Sunderland (H) - D Liverpool (A) - D Norwich (H) - W Cardiff (A) - W Total = 83 points Manchester City Hull (A) - D Fulham (H) - W Man Utd (A) - W Arsenal (A) - W Southampton (H) - W Villa (H) - W Sunderland (H) - W Liverpool (A) - D West Brom (H) - W Palace (A) - D Everton (A) - D West Ham (H) - W Total = 85 points Liverpool Man Utd (A) - D Cardiff (A) - W Sunderland (H) - W Tottenham (H) - D West Ham (A) - W Man City (H) - D Norwich (A) - W Chelsea (H) - D Palace (A) - W Newcastle (H) - W Total = 81 points Arsenal are out of it after Saturday I feel, they don't at all resemble a title winning side and seem to have run out of steam, they haven't been the same team since City put 6 past them at the Etihad and Ramsey/Walcott got injured. I feel they'll finish somewhere on around 74-76 points.
With Fergie there City dropping points would have been almost guaranteed. No team has ever won at Old Trafford (in my lifetime) three seasons on the spin but with Moyes there I can't see it and Arsenal are useless at home to any remotely half decent team bar Liverpool and Spurs who seem to bottle it at the Emirates every time.
The best hope of City dropping points is at Hull, Everton and Liverpool. I've no real expectation of Arsenal and United doing anything against City, especially the former.
Why are we assuming that points will be dropped against 'big' clubs. Ps district, I think you have us getting 85 points losing title on GD Why aren't Arsenal included in matchday 29 onwards
If we set up as we did against City in the cup, we should not lose at Liverpool. But it's the "easy" games that seem to be our undoing. City have their own problems away. The bloody Dippers are worrying, they look better and stronger as the season goes on, and have no other distractions. Arsenal are hanging in and may even improve a little. Not a vintage season for the PL, no team has the consistency to be called great, but closest run for years. Figure that out.
If we drop points against Palace and Swansea, then I'm going to lock myself in a dark room and live on water and radishes for 6 months!
Think you are both being far too kind to us (Liverpool) here. Can't see us going unbeaten for the rest of the season, however I, and I think 90% of other Liverpool fans, would take that and 3rd place in a heartbeat. Actually feel more confident against you, City & Spurs at home compared to games like West Ham and Palace away where we're probably more likely to slip up. We are a completely different team at home and I think the players believe they can win every game and that confidence has made us very dangerous. Away from home though we've been pretty lucky in recent weeks, away to Fulham & even Southampton yesterday where the scoreline flattered us.
almost impossible to do these predictions as any game, especially away, slip ups happen almost weekly. Who'd have said we'd drop points to WH at home but beat City away? Just good to be part of the title race and in a good position with 10 games to go. My head still says City will nick it in the last 1 or 2 games but we have a real shot. Hopefully their fixture pile up will help us.
They are on a great run and fair play to them. Clearly they are benefitting massively from no other distractions. However there are still a lot of games to go and I actually don't see them getting that many points out of the games v City, us and United plus they still have ground to make up.
Liverpool are too prone to dropping points away. They are just as likely to concede an equaliser as they are to score 4. Its City and us that are in it. I reckon we can do it, but I won't feel confident until I see City drop some points.
I agree with this. Liverpool leak too many goals away from home and I think that will be enough to keep them behind us (though god help us if they sign a couple decent defenders in the summer). City won the league cup but like Liverpool, have suspect away form and I can see that possibly letting us sneak it. My heart says Chelsea, my head says City. And all of me hates Liverpool
