1/3 of all games played and it seems Arsenal, Man. City and Liverpool are very close not only on where they are at the table, but also regarding performances throughout the 13 games.
Do you think this will be a tight race all the way to May?
If not which team do you expect to fall out of the title race and why?
(fair to say Villa and Spurs are also up there but IMO both lack squad depth and cannot see them as title challengers come May)
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Liverpool most likely. City with their pending huge point deduction will likely find it difficult to overcome that given gunners and Liverpool are competitive Klopp has the experience and the squad is more experienced for a title run
It might depend on saliba and van dijk being injury free for the remainder of the season. One injury and we could see some wheels coming off
I still think it is too early to predict who are genuinely title contenders and who are pretenders. Yes, it’s 1/3rd of the season but Pep has created a machine and keeps reinventing it in such a way that, unless you are on pace for 90+ points by end of March, you’re just a pretender.
Look, City is obviously the favourite and by a decent margine. Its amazing what they are doing without KDB and when he comes back i think they will be even stronger and much better. He creates so much that you just cant miss that much chances for one to not go into the net. Only thing that can set them back and i mean ONLY circumstance to not win the league is a Rodri injury. Saw it vs Wolves and Arsenal.
Arsenal have problems beating defenses and they dont get into positions as much as last year. They are lacking a striker, i mean when your best striker says scoring is not the best part of his game you have to question yourself. That could be solved easily with for example Osimhen. When they struggle to create chances you could just stick it into the box and he will deliver. In my opinion Taiwo Awoniyi would do an amazing job at Arsenal.
Liverpool on the other hand is quite well balanced team but its still a work in progress as you cant 3 bad transfer windows in one. Lack of squad depth at fullbacks, centrebacks and defensive midfielder mixed with Salah going to AFCON is a bomb waiting to be detonated. I think they will be good throughout the year but will have one period of 4-5 games where they will struggle and be set back 10 points, enough for 3rd but still far away from first. Next season could be a different story depends on Salah staying or getting adequate replacement + improving the squad depth which could be easy with Morton playing well and Quansah getting into the first squad.
Allison is out at least a couple weeks. He’s pretty big for Liverpool so unless they start figuring g out their organization a little better I can see Liverpool dropping some points.
1.City 2.Arsenal 3.Liverpool 4.Newcastle
this year will be an 82/84/85 final with a serious upset in the 3rd to 8th places
the gap has been closing at the top
Kdb comes back and city doesn’t drop a point for the rest of the season let’s be realistic
It sucks but city only ever gets somehow twice as good after Christmas
Sounds like 2007/08 all over again.
City aren’t winning shit with Doku. Biggest downgrade ever.
Downgrade from who? He rotates with Grealish who played that position heavily last season. Foden has been covering KDB’s position while he’s been out on injury so he wouldn’t play that position anyways.
He’s got 2 goals and 5 assists having played in 10 matches (not even a full 90’ in all 10 either). That seems pretty solid to me.
Bruh, what are you talking about? Doku’s been solid! And young! Gonna be a stud.
I think the quality of the majority of teams has improved this year for sure. We’ve got the big 6 who are all getting the required points so far (maybe not Chelsea but I do think they’ll get better). Then Brighton, Newcastle and Villa to throw in the mix too.
I also think West Hams start has gone a bit under the radar as well.
The bad teams are BAD this season (Burnley, Luton and sheffield) but the teams above them seem to have improved massively.
Also shoutout to Gary O’Neil at Wolves, I think he’s doing a superb job at Wolves.
At this point villa has clearly shown they at the moment have completely replaced chelsea in big 6
Remember the memes about Leicester replacing us in the big 6? Let’s give it more than a few months before we make this claim.
For the moment based on last year and this years form, in the context of this season and next villa should be expected to place higher. Their manager is incredible and they have fully backed him and it has fully worked. Long term sure chelsea will return but in the context of now
Too soon to say that
Fuck off. Villa are a better side on all fronts than man utd, Chelsea and spurs.
Genuinely interested in how villa are a better side than tottenham on ‘all fronts’.
Ùp the Villa!
God I hate Arsenal but I hate Man city winning even more. They have the best chance to take them down so 🔴🔴
Another Chelsea fan told me that , I’d rather anyone else win at this point … Except spurs obviously
Thanks bro, I feel the same about you guys and yet, I sat at a pub and cheered for you to beat City in the champions League a couple years back so I feel the pain. As long as City loses
And they call it a rivalry 🤣
Chelsea-Arsenal love in shocker. Didn’t see that coming.
What the fuck
And this sums everything up about the “Chelsea-arsenal rivalry”!
This fuckwit doesn’t speak for any actual Chelsea fans though.
There’s no such thing as the Arsenal Chelsea rivalry
Asinine. Arsenal winning means more. Man City winning means nothing to anyone but Man City fans.
nah, it’ll be Liverpool and City up until April and then City will win it, as per usual
Its gonna be Arsenal and City until the very end again. But, as usual I would say Manchester City. Liverpool will also stay close.
When has been it Arsenal and City until “the very end” before?
This is how it’s supposed to be. Tight race till the end.
However, I don’t think we will have to wait till May.
As we learnt from Arsenal last season, things could change in April.
It depends on injuries. Everything has to go right for Arsenal or Liverpool, whereas City can cope with an injury to just about anyone besides Rodri, so they’re best equipped for the marathon that the season is. KDB is still to come back, Salah and Partey (currently injured) will be going to AFCON, Tomiyasu and Endo will be going to Asia Cup. All signs point to City winning their 4th in a row but it’ll be close. Arsenal took points off City, Liverpool drew with them away, if both can make sure they aren’t just tripping each other up but also presenting a challenge to City then we could have a new champion.
Tripping each other up is the worry. At the start of the season I figured City would beat all the contenders and they would take points off each other giving City a big advantage in the title chase. But City has dropped points against Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea (not that they’re challenging) so I have sliver of hope. I fear for high line Spurs next week though…
It all depends on Rodri staying fit/not getting the cards he deserves to get. Without him City is a lot worse.
Glad someone sees it. At this level, with these incredibly regimented and meticulously planned systems, being used with the most elite, world class, one-of-a-kind players, injuries define everything. The margins are so fine and everything is so controlled, but injuries (and, increasingly, VAR) are the big thing you can’t control. It’s out of your hands and can ruin everything in an instant
When a team performs below expectations these days it can nearly always be attributed to injuries. They’re an absolute blight on the sport
Håland out would not be ideal either.
I think both Arsenal and Liverpool will drop out around Christmas time and then City will win it without breaking a sweat, not dropping any points from January to May.
There’s no basis to think arsenal will be out of the race by Christmas what a silly take
I don’t mean they’ll be out of the race but they will have fallen behind (apologies, I realise that I worded that wrongly). It may only be by two or three points by the new year, but they will drop points in the second half of the season, whereas I don’t think City will.
If the news that allison will be out for 2 months is true then I don’t see Liverpool challenging for the tittle anymore this season and I’m saying this as a Liverpool fan ;)
Kelleher is no slouch. A good run of games could see him blossom.
I love Kelleher but he has been dreadful in his last few opportunities for Ireland and Liverpool.
Can’t we get Ramsdale on loan. Anyone but Kelleher!
The year we won the league we literally had Adrian in goal for 3 months….
Also some teams is hampered more by Afcon than others (Salah for you guys, Onana for United etc (not implying United will be challenging for the title)).
Again we’ve survived that before in seasons where we’ve lost the title by a point, during Afcon at our best we’ve won every game with people like origi and minamino while losing Mane and salah. Now we’ve got Jota, Nunez, Gakpo and Diaz holding down the fort while only losing salah.
Yeah, I am not saying it’s over, just that with a tight season it is kind of unlucky to both lose your GK and best player over the hectic Xmas period.