Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 We did well to even challenge for the title to be fair as our squad , as I have been saying all along, was no where near good enough and massively overrated. The quality of our football,lack of youth transition into the first team and Jose's antics were my main issue with the season. while we weren't good enough to finish above city, I thought we should have done much better in terms of transitioning.at the current pace of development, next season will be yet another transitional season as I expect to see plenty of deadwood shifting, player acquisition and hopefully youth integration and implementation of a new philosophy.So 2016/17 season is when the manager will have absolutely no excuse to not win the league.Looks like we're ahead of schedule! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I'd rather have a full rest ahead of PSG Leicester midweek won't be too much of a worry besides, with any luck the league could be outta reach come the end of April. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Looking at the fixtures ahead, I'd be happy to take 7 points from Man U, Arsenal and Liverpool. Will be content with 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Looking at the fixtures ahead, I'd be happy to take 7 points from Man U, Arsenal and Liverpool. Will be content with 6.Yeah same but I think we can easily take all 9. All of those games are home games aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Looking at the fixtures ahead, I'd be happy to take 7 points from Man U, Arsenal and Liverpool. Will be content with 6.Let's see what happens with the next four games first. The results will affect our mindset heading into those matches.Yeah same but I think we can easily take all 9. All of those games are home games aren't they? Nope. The Arsenal game is at the Emirates. The other two are at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Let's see what happens with the next four games first. The results will affect our mindset heading into those matches.Nope. The Arsenal game is at the Emirates. The other two are at home.I thought we played them at the Emirates? Anyway we need to get 9 points I feel from those 3 games, any dropped points gives City a potential chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I thought we played them at the Emirates? Anyway we need to get 9 points I feel from those 3 games, any dropped points gives City a potential chance. Errr, no. We played them at the Bridge back in October (IIRC). We won 2-0, with Hazard and Costa scoring. Remember???Whether we need 9 points from those 3 games will depend on what happen in the four games before that. We have Southampton (H), Hull (A), Stoke (H) and QPR (A). City have Burnley (A), West Brom (H), Palace (A) and United (A). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Yeah same but I think we can easily take all 9. All of those games are home games aren't they? Arsenal is away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Errr, no. We played them at the Bridge back in October (IIRC). We won 2-0, with Hazard and Costa scoring. Remember???Whether we need 9 points from those 3 games will depend on what happen in the four games before that.We have Southampton (H), Hull (A), Stoke (H) and QPR (A). City have Burnley (A), West Brom (H), Palace (A) and United (A).Aye I ken who scored just thought it was at Emirates lol. Anyway regarding City, we shouldn't worry about them and just win every game we can, City are chasing and like they did last year when we were second, we should just focus on beating whats put out in front of us week in week out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAB 1,030 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 City's next 4 games are definitely tougher than ours. We can get all 12 points and build momentum for the final more difficult act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 City's next 4 games are definitely tougher than ours. We can get all 12 points and build momentum for the final more difficult act.Uh?we have Saints, Hull, Stoke and QPR - apart from Hull none of the others are 'gimmes'Whereas City haveBurnley, WBA, Palace and United - I'd say easier fixtures except UTD Southampton was a tough game this season, Stoke will be a bruiser too and QPR is always more ridiculous as a Derby match..If we can get 10 points out of those fixtures - I will be happy, I just hope UTD have the performance of their lives and beat City - so they only take 9 points... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Uh?we have Saints, Hull, Stoke and QPR - apart from Hull none of the others are 'gimmes'Whereas City haveBurnley, WBA, Palace and United - I'd say easier fixtures except UTDSouthampton was a tough game this season, Stoke will be a bruiser too and QPR is always more ridiculous as a Derby match..If we can get 10 points out of those fixtures - I will be happy, I just hope UTD have the performance of their lives and beat City - so they only take 9 points...Burnley will be tougher for City than United will be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Worh noting that in the next 2 matchweeks, City will play their game first before us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAB 1,030 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Uh?we have Saints, Hull, Stoke and QPR - apart from Hull none of the others are 'gimmes'Whereas City haveBurnley, WBA, Palace and United - I'd say easier fixtures except UTDSouthampton was a tough game this season, Stoke will be a bruiser too and QPR is always more ridiculous as a Derby match..If we can get 10 points out of those fixtures - I will be happy, I just hope UTD have the performance of their lives and beat City - so they only take 9 points...We have Saints at home which is tough indeed. Hull away is relatively easy and last time we beat Stoke 3-0 at home I'm not worried about them that much. QPR are abysmal lately, but whatever, you can count that as a tough one because it's a derby and they are fighting for points although in current form I wouldn't be worried about them too.Now City: Burnley away IS a tough one for them imo. Burnley can cause them problems (more than Hull to us), they even got a draw after losing 2-0 away at the Etihad. WBA of Tony Pulis is not a team you want to face when you need points (on par with Stoke at home). Palace away is always difficult to play more than QPR are normally. United away obviously tougher than Saints at home. Let me remind you that United haven't done badly vs top sides this season in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 LAB, on 11 Mar 2015 - 6:41 PM, said:We have Saints at home which is tough indeed. Hull away is relatively easy and last time we beat Stoke 3-0 at home I'm not worried about them that much. QPR are abysmal lately, but whatever, you can count that as a tough one because it's a derby and they are fighting for points although in current form I wouldn't be worried about them too.Now City: Burnley away IS a tough one for them imo. Burnley can cause them problems (more than Hull to us), they even got a draw after losing 2-0 away at the Etihad. WBA of Tony Pulis is not a team you want to face when you need points (on par with Stoke at home). Palace away is always difficult to play more than QPR are normally. United away obviously tougher than Saints at home. Let me remind you that United haven't done badly vs top sides this season in the league.Not really. If you are away at a Pulis' team, then yes, it'll be difficult. But when they are on the road? It'll be easier. People seem to have forgotten that while his Stoke team was tough at the Britannia, they were almost non-existent away from home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I don't know why everyone is so focussed on what City have to do and how hard/easy their schedule is. Its all about us! If we take care of our shit it doesn't matter what City do! We have a decent cushion and a game in hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Exactly!!our results n performance effect us can't rely on them to drop points if we can't win our games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boshman 1,073 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 GET IN THERE BURNLEY!!!! A win tomorrow and it HAS to be ours!! 8 points and a game in hand surely we can't slip up from that!! FUCKING COME ON!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 We win tomorrow and its but a formality. Too bad we're out of the Champions League, the rest of the season might be pretty boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 City on 58 with 9 games to go. We are on 63 with 11 games to go.The most point's City can get now is 85, if they win 8 and draw one we need 7 wins out of 11 or 6 wins and 3 draws and we have done it. They need to win all 9 to even have the remotest sniff unless we have a complete meltdown. Basically we can be above average from now on and still do it, it will take form mirroring the last 2/3 months of AVB to blow it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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