Its probably not going to be much of a race as City will probably runaway with it once De Bruyne and Stones are fit. But I’d still back us over you lot.
We’re not in the europa league. We’re already receiving the Man City treatment from other teams regularly, we won’t have to adjust to both of those things as the season progresses.
Brain:
My heart says Arsenal will win it though.
Arsenal and Liverpool will need January additions to remain in the title race all the way to Matchday 38. Liverpool need a CDM and we need someone to convert chances consistently.
I’d argue we have more problems creating chances consistently, we do need a centre forward but I think we need a roaming playmaker more.
For Liverpool I think it boils down to:
a) What happens when teams adjust and they start getting the Man City treatment regularly as we (Arsenal) are having to deal with now.
b) How important is the Europa league? At what point does it become disadvantageous?
It doesn’t currently look like every lost point could derail a title push in the spring, which will be a relief to City and Liverpool fans especially as those seasons where even an away draw against a tricky side might cost you were frankly brutal.
Those City and Liverpool teams were too complete and had no weaknesses in their system. The current top 3 all new 1-3 more signings before they’re at that level imo.
That said, it’s really, really rare for three teams to go right to the wire. One or two normally drop off come the run-in.
Completely agree and think Liverpool being in the Europa league will be tricky.
I don’t know, they look the most well rounded threat going forward. My worry for them is more about the Europa league.
They haven’t been lucky imo but teams aren’t sitting off against them as much as they do against Arsenal and City but that’ll come as the season progresses too.
Can’t really rule them out or call them lucky.
And that independent regulator is why I don’t buy this “City will get away with it” rhetoric.
Money talks, no matter the time and age. What’s more, who even is the independent regulator? Don’t the PGMOL have something similar?
Most of the systems we’ve created are brilliant, economic, technological whatever. Its man that’s fallible.
They have elite players on the bench but its not a deep bench.
Kovacic is a tier below Gundogan, Nunes and Rico Lewis are even further back. Kalvin Philips is on temporary retirement.