Wait a second, hadn't we won at Man City during a game with Firmino , Coutinho and Mane scoring?Our away record vs. the traditional Big 6 has never been good. 1 positive is, of such fixtures, there's only Man Utd (a) left this season.
W3 D4 L5 GF16 GA21 GD-5
in 12 games, average 0.9 pts per game.
Just to keep the title race alive on SCM:
Looking at that fixture list, can we say that we have 3 on paper difficult games (ManCity, ManUtd, Spurs) and City actually have 5 (Chelsea, Liverpool, ManUtd, Arsenal, Spurs). When I say difficult, I mean on a given day any result may come out. We just need to keep winning the winnable games to be in the race till the end.
I know - many a good player has been lost to that game, they are proper cunts, I remember Origi was never the same after he got assaulted, and obviously VVD, and Thiago assaults were really bad in THAT game. I refer to the season that VVD was out as the Pickford Assault Year.
To me all the home games we HAVE to win and I am not worried about them - even the one against City - think we will absolutely crush them in that game, plus the crowd will push the team over the line in those games. But I am worried about EVERY away game, NONE of them are actually easy. For starters we have not even beaten Bretford away since they came to the PL, Aston Villa, Fulham, Forest, Everton, United - actually ALL of them - we have struggled against those teams, and nearly in every away game this season.Just to keep the title race alive on SCM:
Looking at that fixture list, can we say that we have 3 on paper difficult games (ManCity, ManUtd, Spurs) and City actually have 5 (Chelsea, Liverpool, ManUtd, Arsenal, Spurs). When I say difficult, I mean on a given day any result may come out. We just need to keep winning the winnable games to be in the race till the end.
I agree on this, to the point I actually believe they (city) could potentially draw their next 3 PL games.
Where's the 'pray' smilie?
And Szobo and Macca.
Too late, he's gone. Finito. Out until 2028 probably.
It comes down to all 38 games Frogster, you don't get anywhere by doing a Chelsea and just turning up against the big boys. We could well win the title this season with the worst record against the big boys out of the 3 challengers.
Well I never - I didn't realise that it was the total accumulated points in the PL that decided the title !
Of course you realise but you do well to play Mr smart arse sometimes and convincing others to believe you don't.
definitely. Unless Brentford parks the bus.
Every game is NOT as important as every other. You think losing to City or Arsenal, instead of winning, is the same as any other? You know it isn't.
In the league of course it is. No one cares we lost to City or Arsenal the season we won the league do they? The games we won ended up bring of equal importance. To fans it matters more to win the bigger games sure, there’s more satisfaction from that. But in terms of importance all that matters is you win enough games.
