What if Liverpool won the title?

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No lad, just no!
Allow me to be categorical and explicit when I state that the mere notion of that lot winning the league is unfathomable and incomprehensible.

For the moment, Everton are the main focus of my attention...
But at least 2 times a day I have kopite gobshites going: ‘Have you looked at who’s on top of the log, lad?!’
 
City have 4 remarkably easy home games to come (West Ham, West Brom, Villa, Sunderland) - they need a point at Liverpool (or three) to practically put themselves in the box seat for the title, although they still have to go to Palace (ought to win) and Everton (might get a result) - from our point of view a draw at Goodison might be ok, that would depend on how we progress in the meantime. If we still badly need to beat City (to stay well ahead of Arsenal) then it's likely a real crunch game. (nb City will win the league with 5 wins and 2 draws on Merseyside).

Next, if City don't close out - let's say they lose at Anfield - then it could come down to the Liverpool-Chelsea game which might hand the title in any one of three directions (Chelsea if they win, Liverpool if they win and City if Liverpool lose and Chelsea don't close out).

It's hard to imagine Everton getting above 4th place. The most we can get is 81 points. Leaving aside the two games at Anfield this posits the following final table - assuming, for now, the top 3 don't fail to win any other game (goal difference only estimated based on a 1-0 win since any other score is purely a guess)

Man City 37 +61 88 (including a win at Everton)
Chelsea 37 +45 84
Liverpool 36 +53 83

Everton 38 +27 (or more) 81
Arsenal ??

Looking at the 2 key matches at Anfield - if Liverpool win both then clearly we all know who should win the league.

So you can deduct City's 3 points at Goodison from these outcomes to see if our game is critical to City's chances.

Liverpool WL - Chelsea 87, Liverpool 86, City 85
Liverpool LD - City 91, Chelsea 85, Liverpool 84
Liverpool LW - City 91, Liverpool 86, Chelsea 84
Liverpool DD - City 89, Liverpool, Chelsea 85

Liverpool DL - City 89, Chelsea 87, Liverpool 84

City lose at Everton - Chelsea are favoured
Liverpool DW - City 89, Liverpool 86, Chelsea 84


City lose at Everton - City's GD good enough to win title.

Liverpool WD - City 89, Liverpool 87, Chelsea 85

Only now is a City loss at Everton really critical
 
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I'm enjoying this season too much to care what they are doing.
Not having that. You only have to switch to a sports channel to be reminded. Not to mention the decomposing space cadets, who have suddenly appeared from their concrete tombs. Jacko's Thriller springs to mind for a comparison.
 
Not having that. You only have to switch to a sports channel to be reminded. Not to mention the decomposing space cadets, who have suddenly appeared from their concrete tombs. Jacko's Thriller springs to mind for a comparison.
articles this morning on bbc

toure giving a kid his boots, probably happens every single day with other players
joint player of the month, seriously!
winning the title for the 96
 
player of month ,manager of the month..everyone bangin on about them ,surely its all set up for city to batter htme on sunday?? glorious failure and all that..
 
City have 4 remarkably easy home games to come (West Ham, West Brom, Villa, Sunderland) - they need a point at Liverpool (or three) to practically put themselves in the box seat for the title, although they still have to go to Palace (ought to win) and Everton (might get a result) - from our point of view a draw at Goodison might be ok, that would depend on how we progress in the meantime. If we still badly need to beat City (to stay well ahead of Arsenal) then it's likely a real crunch game. (nb City will win the league with 5 wins and 2 draws on Merseyside).

Next, if City don't close out - let's say they lose at Anfield - then it could come down to the Liverpool-Chelsea game which might hand the title in any one of three directions (Chelsea if they win, Liverpool if they win and City if Liverpool lose and Chelsea don't close out).

It's hard to imagine Everton getting above 4th place. The most we can get is 81 points. Leaving aside the two games at Anfield this posits the following final table - assuming, for now, the top 3 don't fail to win any other game (goal difference only estimated based on a 1-0 win since any other score is purely a guess)

Man City 37 +61 88 (including a win at Everton)
Chelsea 37 +45 84
Liverpool 36 +53 83

Everton 38 +27 (or more) 81
Arsenal ??

Looking at the 2 key matches at Anfield - if Liverpool win both then clearly we all know who should win the league.

So you can deduct City's 3 points at Goodison from these outcomes to see if our game is critical to City's chances.

Liverpool WL - Chelsea 87, Liverpool 86, City 85
Liverpool LD - City 91, Chelsea 85, Liverpool 84
Liverpool LW - City 91, Liverpool 86, Chelsea 84
Liverpool DD - City 89, Liverpool, Chelsea 85
Liverpool DL - City 89, Chelsea 87, Liverpool 84

City lose at Everton - Chelsea are favoured
Liverpool DW - City 89, Liverpool 86, Chelsea 84

City lose at Everton - City's GD good enough to win title.

Liverpool WD - City 89, Liverpool 87, Chelsea 85

Only now is a City loss at Everton really critical

Go to work dan.
 
The PL are gifting the title to the RS this year - they have even given the ref's job this Saturday to one of their own.
 
No faith in City whatsoever to get a result on Sunday. They just aren't a team who can get the job done. I'd have more faith in Chelsea if Mourinho bothered to actually believe they could win the title.
 
City will bottle Sunday no doubt about it and we will all be left clung to the faint hope that Chelsea get a draw out of them and then we can all hope City out score them.

My message would be that in your local Coral you can still get 7/4 so lob £50 on and when they win it you have a ton 50 to treat your partner and if they don't win it then you can tell yourself that you jinxed them and are owed a LOT of credit.

To me it wont even be close in fact I reckon we will be on SP1 on the final day as that will be the last debating point, Who will get CL? Everton or Arsenal.

Just deal with it lads its happening
 
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