Premier League 2022/23

[pigge]

Their form is getting a bit scary right now the way they are scoring goals. Can only hope that their fixtures have some negative impact, otherwise it's not impossible that they do it.

They should've drawed vs palace bar that stupid tackle. been scoring outside of the PL though. A 7-0 loss vs pool would be nice though

 

[Mudi]

So analysing the games till the big match at Etihad, we need to be 10 points clear before we play them (with 2 games more played).

Arsenal vs Leeds W
City vs Liverpool D

Liverpool - Arsenal L
Southampton - City W

West Ham - Arsenal W
City vs Leicester W

Arsenal vs Southampton W
Brighton - City postponed

City vs Arsenal

A draw at Etihad (and keeping 10 points clear) would make City focus more on the CL and less on the league. We just need to hope for a draw/win of Liverpool and we win our home games against Leeds/ Soton and away game at West ham.

9/12 for us with City 7/9 would put us in the driver seat!

 

[A_G]

How tf can they have that column for relegation still active for Newcastle on 47 pts.

Goes to show that @jones' buddy Nate, knows jack s***t

They’re not mathematically safe yet.

 

[dashsnow17]

Being frank about it an injury to Haaland or KdB would be quite helpful too

 

[1macca1]

Would take that

Imagine Man U and Sp**s not making top 4 whilst it doesn’t derail our title charge.

 

[albakos]

They’re not mathematically safe yet.

But Tottenham are !!?

 

[Iwobeast]

I think the title wouldn't be complete without beating Man City at least once this season. Hope we can do a madness at the Eithad

 

[Nunowoolmez]

Our last 10 league games have been W7 D1 L2 = 22 points.

If we replicate that we'd achieve 91 points. Some tough games coming up but crucially it's very much in our hands. Just cant lose at City.

 

[Riou]

This shows how imprtant a good squad is, not just the "main 11" ...



…hopefully Tomi and Mo are the only big injuries we get in the run in (need Saliba and Eddie back soon too) as we need everyone to maximise the best chance of getting the title

 

[balthazar]

Liverpool at 79 points, ffs.

 

[14Henry]

Our last 10 league games have been W7 D1 L2 = 22 points.

If we replicate that we'd achieve 91 points. Some tough games coming up but crucially it's very much in our hands. Just cant lose at City.

Our last 10 games have been fairly easy as a group. The last 4 plus Leeds at home were all must wins and realistic should wins.

City and Liverpool away are arguably the 2 most difficult fixtures in the PL. Through Newcastle into that and it's difficult. But to win the league you need to beat the best or at least, not lose

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

In my opinion most important thing is to go to Manchester knowing we won't actually need a result there. There was an immense pressure when we played against them at home and we crumbled. I know they are more experienced team but no team is immune of pressure and I'd like to see them in a position where they absolutely have to win.

We do have some luck in our favour though:

Leeds H - should be straightforward
Liverpool A - we may lose points but City can as well so basically we should maintain the 4 point cushion at least
West Ham A - difficult on paper but it's a game sandwiched between Europa Conference League semifinals so it's likely they won't perform 100%
Southampton H - should be straightforward

City A - ???

 

[pigge]

Biggest jinx I've ever seen. Reminds me of when we were at top in january and saw stats of leaders almost always winning, pretty sure we started collapsing just after that stat was posted

 

[Synical]

My mum is hating/loving this season as this is her first title race as an Arsenal fan, weirdly she got into Arsenal through me rather than the other way around (she's been a fan since the 2008/2009 year and all she wants is just to witness us winning one league championship)

So I bought her the 1989 book for Mothers Day, since that season is basically this one... hopefully reading about how Arsenal did break their title drought at one point, can make her believe we can do it again.

Do it for mama Riou this year boys!

That's so cute. My boy got me into Arsenal too. Went to my first Emirates match with him today on Mother's Day. Honestly one of the best days of my life

 

[avenellroad]

City will be an extremely tough game but we have to cross that bridge if we want to win this league.

They will be **** scared of our attacking prowess and will not go and all out attack. We have to choose our moments carefully and realise even a draw will suit us perfectly in that game

 

[Synical]

City will be an extremely tough game but we have to cross that bridge if we want to win this league.

They will be **** scared of our attacking prowess and will not go and all out attack. We have to choose our moments carefully and realise even a draw will suit us perfectly in that game

I think Pep is so clever that we shouldn't be too surprised/downhearted if they burst our bubble quite a bit

So we've really got to win every other game

 

[gkoat]

Presuming we at least match City's performance the next 3 games AND win our league game that takes place the same time as City's FA Cup tie, we will have an 11 point advantage over city when going to play them. City will still have 2 games in hand so it will only be 5, but it will look & feel different.

With the Brighton & Westham games being rescheduled for City, I anticipate these will take place midweeks in May. The league is, intentionally or not, setting it up so that city can win the title via games in hand in the final weeks if we let too many points slip.

Barring a possible matchup with Brighton during the CL semifinal slots, I can't see how these games do not slot into midweek 5 & midweek 8.

Weekend 1 - Arsenal v Leeds, City v Liverpool
Weekend 2 - Arsenal @ Liverpool, City @ Southampton
Midweek 2 - Arsenal OFF, City v Bayern(CL)
Weekend 3 - Arsenal @ Westham, City v Leicester
Midweek 3 - Arsenal OFF, City @ Bayern(CL)
Weekend 4 - Arsenal v Southampton, City v Sheffield(FA CUP) *Brighton v MUFC (FA CUP)
Midweek 4 - Arsenal @ City, City v Arsenal
Weekend 5 - Arsenal v Chelsea, City @ Fulham
Midweek 5 - (~May 2nd) Available for Westham, Brighton, City
Weekend 6 - Arsenal @ Newcastle, City v Leeds
Midweek 6 - Arsenal OFF, (possibly) City CL *Westham likely playing EC midweek too
Weekend 7 - Arsenal v Brighton, City @ Everton
Midweek 7 - Arsenal OFF, (possibly) City CL *Westham likely playing EC midweek too
Weekend 8 - Arsenal @ Forest, City v Chelsea
Midweek 8 - (~May 24th) Available for Westham, Brighton, City
Weekend 9 - Arsenal v Wolves, City @ Brentford

 

[CaseUteinberger]

We simply need City to drop points here and there. If they go on an unbelievable run from now on we will really struggle, but if they can pick up a couple of defats and draws we are in business. Come on football gods, be kind to us!!!

 

[Badger_Revenge]

We simply need City to drop points here and there. If they go on an unbelievable run from now on we will really struggle, but if they can pick up a couple of defats and draws we are in business. Come on football gods, be kind to us!!!

Honestly, I don't believe this is true. We don't need city to drop points. We just have to play like we've been playing, preferably better. City have to beat us, not the other way around.

 

[14Henry]

Presuming we at least match City's performance the next 3 games AND win our league game that takes place the same time as City's FA Cup tie, we will have an 11 point advantage over city when going to play them. City will still have 2 games in hand so it will only be 5, but it will look & feel different.

With the Brighton & Westham games being rescheduled for City, I anticipate these will take place midweeks in May. The league is, intentionally or not, setting it up so that city can win the title via games in hand in the final weeks if we let too many points slip.

Barring a possible matchup with Brighton during the CL semifinal slots, I can't see how these games do not slot into midweek 5 & midweek 8.

Weekend 1 - Arsenal v Leeds, City v Liverpool
Weekend 2 - Arsenal @ Liverpool, City @ Southampton
Midweek 2 - Arsenal OFF, City v Bayern(CL)
Weekend 3 - Arsenal @ Westham, City v Leicester
Midweek 3 - Arsenal OFF, City @ Bayern(CL)
Weekend 4 - Arsenal v Southampton, City v Sheffield(FA CUP) *Brighton v MUFC (FA CUP)
Midweek 4 - Arsenal @ City, City v Arsenal
Weekend 5 - Arsenal v Chelsea, City @ Fulham
Midweek 5 - (~May 2nd) Available for Westham, Brighton, City
Weekend 6 - Arsenal @ Newcastle, City v Leeds
Midweek 6 - Arsenal OFF, (possibly) City CL *Westham likely playing EC midweek too
Weekend 7 - Arsenal v Brighton, City @ Everton
Midweek 7 - Arsenal OFF, (possibly) City CL *Westham likely playing EC midweek too
Weekend 8 - Arsenal @ Forest, City v Chelsea
Midweek 8 - (~May 24th) Available for Westham, Brighton, City
Weekend 9 - Arsenal v Wolves, City @ Brentford

City couldn't have 3 better games around their CL match.

Soton, Leicester and Sheffield all at home. That's luck right there. Had that been 2 matches away and United in the cup you'd have said tough. City will breeze through those matches.

We need to hope they get through to the semis.