6 points off the top? It's realistically do-able.

[Raider]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Here is a stat for you Swish:

Man United/Chelsea vs. Arsenal in 2009/2010 0/12 points taken, 1 scored, 10 conceded.

Champions? I think not.

That's not so, we have scored 2 goals.

That said: there's no way we'll win the league this year.

Exactly, you can't not beat the teams you're competing with. Like you said, no way we will win the league.

Even if, by some miraculous miracle we pull it off - I'd feel so cheap at winning it the way we did/will.

 

[Captain]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Even if, by some miraculous miracle we pull it off - I'd feel so cheap at winning it the way we did/will.

by getting more points over 38 games then anyone else?

The same way that every league has been won...

 

[Goonereagle]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Even if, by some miraculous miracle we pull it off - I'd feel so cheap at winning it the way we did/will.

by getting more points over 38 games then anyone else?

The same way that every league has been won...

Royal Flush!

 

[Pepe LeFrits]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

It'd take a pretty incredible run of form to win the league at this point so I don't think it'd feel cheap at all.

 

[Armor for Sleep]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

I'm highly pessimistic but bloody hell whats with this attitude that winning it would be someway tainted. If anything it would be one of the sweetest ever. I'll piss myself laughing at all of those who talked down to us like we were a team of pyrennial losers punching above our weight. If we win this, I won't give a flying fu** that we lost twice to both United and Chelsea.

 

[MAK 14]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Even if, by some miraculous miracle we pull it off - I'd feel so cheap at winning it the way we did/will.

You can't fluke your way to winning the league. Usually the team who wins the title fully deserved to win it. If we have more points than anyone else in the league, we'll be deserved winners.

 

[alboots101]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

you know what is do-able......?

 

[Armor for Sleep]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Your new avatar by any chance boots?

 

[alboots101]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

tooooooooooooooooooooooo right.

i saw that and thought...

whale oil beef hooked.

 

[Swish]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Exactly, you can't not beat the teams you're competing with. Like you said, no way we will win the league.

Even if, by some miraculous miracle we pull it off - I'd feel so cheap at winning it the way we did/will.

Was United's league win last year cheap?

 

[Floating]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

How is this thread any different than the "Premiership 09-10: Our Race" thread? Both are essentially discussing the same exact thing - the remainder of the season.

 

[Raider]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Exactly, you can't not beat the teams you're competing with. Like you said, no way we will win the league.

Even if, by some miraculous miracle we pull it off - I'd feel so cheap at winning it the way we did/will.

Was United's league win last year cheap?

No. They at least beat other contenders.

Yeah sure a win is a win, is a win. I'd be over the moon, but there would always been a downside to this title if we were to go on and win it. Apart from the Everton win I can't get too many positives out of any wins w've had this season.

Its either flukey or we snatch a win. I really want to be in a powerful position where we dominate a team tactically, positionally, stats wise and then round off a great display with a crushing scorline.

 

[Timleaf]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Any person that says a league win without beating your nearest rivals is devalued is, quite frankly, a muppet. Cant imagine any long time supporter, or anyone who's played competitive, organised football themselves would ever say something so ridiculous.

 

[Raider]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

I'm highly pessimistic but bloody hell whats with this attitude that winning it would be someway tainted. If anything it would be one of the sweetest ever..

Either way, like I said before - I'd be happy.

I'd still feel like the others hand to crumble and then we leap frog them. Instead of being rampant and crushing our way to the top.

It's probably me preferably wanting to win it that way, but a league win is a league win, right..

 

[Swish]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Exactly, you can't not beat the teams you're competing with. Like you said, no way we will win the league.

Even if, by some miraculous miracle we pull it off - I'd feel so cheap at winning it the way we did/will.

Was United's league win last year cheap?

No. They at least beat other contenders.

They got turned over in both games by the team that finished runners-up, so no, not really.

 

[Raider]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Yeah, not denying that, but they took 4 points from Chelsea.

 

[Swish]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

So? Chelsea finished 3rd.

If you wanna move the goalposts just to bash this team on such a trivial matter as a premier league win leaving a bitter aftertaste, go ahead. Personally, I fail to see any difference between what United didn't do and what we didn't do if we completed such a feat. As has been said several times, this competition is won over 38 games, not 4.

 

[Feanor]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Chelsea has to drop 9 points (if we have GD in our favor) in the same span and we can't drop any more points...I'm all for optimism (not really) but what makes you guys think that will happen? Who exactly are they going to drop 3 games against? Oh, and in the meantime we need Manure to drop 7 points...

 

[Swish]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Chelsea has to drop 9 points (if we have GD in our favor) in the same span and we can't drop any more points...I'm all for optimism (not really) but what makes you guys think that will happen? Who exactly are they going to drop 3 games against? Oh, and in the meantime we need Manure to drop 7 points...

Looking at the results earlier in the season against the teams they have left to face this season, they dropped 13 points overall. United dropped about 9 or 11, forgotten which.

It's unlikely that they will drop those points again, but then, they were unlikely to drop that amount of points in the first place.

Nobody is saying it's easy pickings, we are just saying that it is indeed, possible. With the way that this season has gone, anything is possible.

 

[dutchMasta]

Re: 9 points off the top? It's do-able.

Either way, like I said before - I'd be happy.

I'd still feel like the others hand to crumble and then we leap frog them. Instead of being rampant and crushing our way to the top.

It's probably me preferably wanting to win it that way, but a league win is a league win, right..

I can understand, but trust me, if we win, you'll be over the moon and those losses won't mean ****. We did the double over Man U a couple of seasons ago and I never mention it, cos the fact they won the league that season means so much more. If Chelsea and Man U hand it to us, who cares? We'll gladly take it! Their loss. Our win.