Topic: Chasing the Title

[Barneylfc∗]

Top lad Ian, he's been backing us since the summer. Hopefully he's right

Does he still write for The S*n?

[latortuga]

Sure but to say there's zero chance of them dropping points is just wrong. City have had their players go across the world on internationals, while most Fulham players stayed at home and have probably been preparing all week for this.

You're right it isn't 0%, but it might as well be. 

I think Fulham defend in a way that plays right into City's hands, like it did us really, but even more so.  Their left side is going to get absolutely roasted for 90 mins and City are probably the best team in World football at finding your weakness and relentlessly exposing it.  I'm thinking it will be 4-0, 5-1 or something. 

Back up the truck.

[deFacto please, you bastards]

Does he still write for The S*n?

I am  not sure, was never aware that he did

[rob1966]

Anyone else enjoyed the mental break?

My head isnt ready for this weekend

No, missing the football and want us to get back into it.

[Stevie2810]

We just need to keep on winning and hope we're still ahead by the time they hit the mad period of Palace, Spurs 3 times and Man Utd.

Fulham have about a 1% chance of getting something tomorrow, they are dreadful. 5-0 City.

[Kelvinlfc]

Ryan Babel hat trick to sink Manchester City tomorrow heard it here first   

[Perham]

You're right it isn't 0%, but it might as well be. 

I think Fulham defend in a way that plays right into City's hands, like it did us really, but even more so.  Their left side is going to get absolutely roasted for 90 mins and City are probably the best team in World football at finding your weakness and relentlessly exposing it.  I'm thinking it will be 4-0, 5-1 or something. 

Back up the truck.

You're right that it fell right in to our hands the way they played but we didn't take advantage of it. I know we won but I doubt you were saying there was next to no chance of a draw after watching it so why can't Fulham get something against city? I know it's unlikely but I definitely don't think it's inconceivable.

[Lotus Eater]

I see the Man U game as their game in hand.

They won't win that.

That puts us ahead in my books.

[Linudden]

Player by player I'd say Fulham would have a chance on a good day at home, but their collective is a mess. Still, if City fuck about during the second half 1-0 up like we did... things have happened to them before this season.

[Floydy]

I had a dream last night Fulham won 1-0 

keep off the skunk before bed

[bornandbRED]

Win the next 3 and I think it's ours.

[Red_Irishman]

The break was no harm. The head needed it. It feels like since Christmas, this season has been dragging. A title challenge is a slow and agonising process when there's little in it. I'm happy enough hay we've games coming fairly regularly now.

I think City will win easy tomorrow, not too hard to predict, but I'll be interested to see if anyone's head goes on here when they do. There's no need for it. We still have to best Spurs either way, regardless if City win lose or draw, we have to win.

I think we will win, but I'm very very wary of the MBE up front for them. He could legitimately pull a result out for them, or equally he could be awarded a dodgy penalty due to his services to football. Atkinson will have a massive, massive part to play in this weekends proceedings, that's not a good thing. He owes us one though.

[Oddbod]

I've had a feeling for a few months that Klopp has been riding the lads like a clever jockey, holding them back until the final couple of furlongs. From things I have read this week back up what I felt, I think we will see heavy metal footy from now one, blowing teams away.

couldn't agree more mate, I think that's exactly what he's doin

[thejbs]

Sure but to say there's zero chance of them dropping points is just wrong. City have had their players go across the world on internationals, while most Fulham players stayed at home and have probably been preparing all week for this.

The city team could be sleep and food deprived for a week and still win this by 4 or more.

[rocco]

Does he still write for The S*n?

Think so

[reddebs]

Yay proper football's back!!

Come on Fulham [emoji123][emoji123][emoji460]️[emoji460]️

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[JC the Messiah]

We just need to keep on winning and hope we're still ahead by the time they hit the mad period of Palace, Spurs 3 times and Man Utd.

Fulham have about a 1% chance of getting something tomorrow, they are dreadful. 5-0 City.

City are likely to win, we know that.

The bookies give Fulham more than 1% chance of getting something though. They're 20/1 for the win, 10/1 the draw. So that's 15% chance of getting something.

So, roughly speaking, if this game was played 8 times, City would win 7 of them. Points being dropped is a lot more likely than 1 in a hundred.

Of course, there are other good things that can happen too. Players could pick up injuries (serious, but not life-threatening), players could be carded, Fulham could at least make them work hard for the points.

There's that very slim chance that City drop points too...

[phonic]

Not expecting anything but a Fulham defeat/loss/hammering/humiliation today; anything other than that will be a bonus.

As for us tomorrow, think it's really important we get going from the start, it's always worrying when you come back from an international break but I'd probably be more worried if we were playing a team that didn't have many international players themselves and had a couple of weeks off.

Just get another win ticked off and we'll see where it takes us.

[Eternalsungod]

Not expecting anything but a Fulham win today

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[phonic]

Sigmund Freud likes this.

Haha! Fuck's sake!

You know what I mean!

[Robotforaday]

Top lad Ian, he's been backing us since the summer. Hopefully he's right

He's always seemed to have a soft spot for us, anyone know if there's any particular reason for that?

[nellpatel]

Guardian writers' end of season predictions. Only 1 out of 10 predict us to win the premier league, with some saying 'Manchester City won't slip up now' even though the chances of them continuing this winning run reduce each game.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/mar/30/football-final-furlong-our-writers-predict-how-season-will-conclude-premier-champions-league-fa-cup?

Klopp should stick this on the dressing room wall.

[Red-Soldier]

Guardian writers' end of season predictions. Only 1 out of 10 predict us to win the premier league, with some saying 'Manchester City won't slip up now' even though the chances of them continuing this winning run reduce each game.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/mar/30/football-final-furlong-our-writers-predict-how-season-will-conclude-premier-champions-league-fa-cup?

Klopp should stick this on the dressing room wall.

They could win 8 from 8, just like we could win all our remaining games (7/7).  Both teams are capable.  It's a bastard though when you're behind, as you have to hope the other team slips up, while you don't.

[deano2727]

Guardian writers' end of season predictions. Only 1 out of 10 predict us to win the premier league, with some saying 'Manchester City won't slip up now' even though the chances of them continuing this winning run reduce each game.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/mar/30/football-final-furlong-our-writers-predict-how-season-will-conclude-premier-champions-league-fa-cup?

Klopp should stick this on the dressing room wall.

At the moment, I think they probably will too. In saying that, if we win our next 3, I think we will win it - regardless of their results in the next 3. Keep saying it, but its a big ask to win these 3 games. All of them difficult in their own way.

I think as a neutral and given the current circumstances, you would have to back City. Its theirs to lose. We just need to keep the pressure on them until they play Palace, Spurs, United, Burnley. They will drop points somewhere in those games. With that said though, we need to match or better Citys results in the next 3. Do that, then I suspect predictions will swing to 50:50. Perhaps even 60:40 in our favour.

[MD1990]

next 3 games are crucial.

Win next 3 huge chance.

Drop points in 2 games it is basically over. Drop points in 1 game very little chance.

[harleydanger]

If we win the next three, the next three after that will be crucial

[Red-Soldier]

If we win the next three, the next three after that will be crucial

As crucial as the remaining seven you might say 

[deano2727]

If we win the next three, the next three after that will be crucial

Indeed. But youd fancy us to win all 4 remaining after. There would be no doubt in your mind when looking at the final 4 fixtures that it should be 3 points. Same can't be said about the next 3.

Doesn't always work like that though, but you get the point. These 3 games won't decide it (unless City drop points too), but if we drop points in one, or even two games while City win all three (they probably will) then its over.

[MD1990]

If we win the next three, the next three after that will be crucial

Common sense will tell you that playing better teams makes those games more crucial.

Our last 4 we should not be dropping any points.

Certain stages in the season are more important than others.

Next 3 is the biggest in the PL season.

City then have their tough run after Cardiff.

[harleydanger]

It's just mental gymnastics. There's one important game at this point, and it's the next one, always the next one.

(btw, you beat a better team you don't get more points, so therefor by definition all games are as crucial as the others)

[deano2727]

It's just mental gymnastics. There's one important game at this point, and it's the next one, always the next one.

(btw, you beat a better team you don't get more points, so therefor by definition all games are as crucial as the others)

Welcome to a title race.   

One game at a time, every game worth 3 points - all correct , however, first to blink probably concedes the title, in my opinion. Our next 3 are by far and away the most difficult on paper. If we blink first, it'll be one of these 3 I think, given the relative difficulty of each of the three. If we get past these 3 with 9/9 points, we will have the confidence and ability to go on and beat the remaining four who are of lesser quality/less to play for.

Who knows though, maybe we will win these 3 and fuck it against Cardiff. Lets hope not. First things first, lets beat Spurs or all the title race mental gymnastics will come to an abrupt halt.

[Tony19:6]

It's just mental gymnastics. There's one important game at this point, and it's the next one, always the next one.

(btw, you beat a better team you don't get more points, so therefor by definition all games are as crucial as the others)

Spot on that. Any one of the remaining games is a potential banana skin - same goes for City.

Jurgen will have them focused on the next game ticking them off one by one. We cannot afford to look over our shoulder, 100% guarantee he won't let our players do that.

We are where we are, still in a fantastic position - if City win their remaining games then theres nowt we can do.

Just need to do our own thing.

[Perham]

The city team could be sleep and food deprived for a week and still win this by 4 or more.

I'm not saying that a draw is likely, all I'm saying is it's ridiculous to say that it can't happen.

[Jack The Lad]

Love the optimism for Fulham getting a draw on here but there’s more chance of me signing for us next season and scoring 40 goals then Fulham getting anything from today’s game.

[Anfield Kopite]

Love the optimism for Fulham getting a draw on here but there’s more chance of me signing for us next season and scoring 40 goals then Fulham getting anything from today’s game.

Are you any good like ?

[Jack The Lad]

Are you any good like ?

Well maybe scoring 40 is a bit much, but could get around the 30 mark 😂😂

[deano2727]

Love the optimism for Fulham getting a draw on here but there’s more chance of me signing for us next season and scoring 40 goals then Fulham getting anything from today’s game.

Loving all the hyperbole statements like this too.

I'm pulling these figures out my arse, but as an example, probably 9 times out of 10, City beat Fulham. Whats to say today isn't the 1 in 10? Forgetting the dodgy statistics, you get the point. They are shite, but they are in the Premier league for a reason.

An away game, after an international break, desperately in need of points - as far as playing dross goes, its the worst time for City to have to play them. Will likely still win, mind.

[1892tillforever]

I believe City will drop points, just not today. Fulham are dire and have minimal attacking threat. The only way to get something from City is to be brave and have a go at some point. Newcastle kept themselves in it and then went for it, and got a result. The likes of Bournemouth didn't even bother. Fulham are likely to follow suit. The cheats will win 3-0 or 4-0 but we have to win tomorrow regardless.

They have Burnley, United and Palace away, and three games with Spurs to come. Their next two league matches are gimmes; we need to win our next 3, then it gets very interesting.

[Perham]

Indeed. But youd fancy us to win all 4 remaining after. There would be no doubt in your mind when looking at the final 4 fixtures that it should be 3 points. Same can't be said about the next 3.

Doesn't always work like that though, but you get the point. These 3 games won't decide it (unless City drop points too), but if we drop points in one, or even two games while City win all three (they probably will) then its over.

I mean, I'd expect 12 points from those games really

[jillcwhomever]

Well maybe scoring 40 is a bit much, but could get around the 30 mark 😂😂

Out of interest where you also expecting City to beat Palace? Yet somehow they didn't. I don't think Fulham will win today but neither I can understand why people come out and dismiss any result out of hand, in football people who take results for granted can always be beaten. I happen to think this City team has arrogance in abundance for all the talent of their players even City can pay a high price if their attitude is not right. If they go to Fulham with their professional hat on I would expect them to win but anything less even they can be punished.