Cripps wrote:Zedie wrote:Cripps wrote:I don't live in the world of ifs tbh.
Chelsea might drop more points. So will we.
Thus we are out of the title race. Chelsea won't drop a possible 12 points more than us from this moment on
Yup, and every expert pundit in the sky sports studio would have told you that chelsea would win at a canter with a 1 man advantage for practically a whole match v PSG.
That they would steam roll Burnley.
that Cesc and costa would finish the season as they started but none of that has happened.
No one is saying it's a foregone conclusion and some people just cant entertain hope, but mourinho has been in commanding positions before and choked hard (last year).
There's still a lot of games left to play and their form is patchy at best, while our form seems to be steady in the prem at least.
It's a bit much comparing one off games to what might happen from now til the end of the season. In a one off game anything might happen. Over a period of a season, the best usually comes out on top and unfortunately chelsea are that. Jose is regarded as the best manager in the world for a reason whether he's liked or not.
It's the hope that kills you so best not to have any in the first place. The title is gone. Just being realistic. If they had no games in hand then by all means I'd be banging the we're in the title race louder than anyone but they do and they are both at home v a mid table southampton side who can't score and nothing to play for and a relegated leicester. We're out.
On a side note, I was the one on here who said Cesc would turn out shit even after his blistering start amidst much abuse and laughter. I'll just sit here smugly. Not the type to say I told you so.
Its a tall order, but things change and miracles happen.
There were people on here that swore blind we wouldn't win a trophy under AW.
We did.
People at the start of the season were talking about life without CL.
People were bigging up man u and LVG when they were 3rd.
People refused to believe city's early stutters weren't anything more than a blip.
people were cracking up when some of us mentioned 2nd place not too long ago.
Some refused to believe AW could beat a traditional top 4 side.
Mourinhos side were being talked about in the same breath as the Invincible's.
Mourinhos side was being talked about for the treble.
Mourinhos side was being lauded for their football. Now its park the bus time.
The more he refuses to rotate properly, the more his players tire, more mistakes, bigger chances of injury.
Its improbable, but I honestly don't think the gap between them and 2nd will be that big. The gap between them and 1st could be 1 point but that's just based on hope at the moment rather than calculated confidence.
Still, games like v PSG just show that even when they park the bus, they can be got at.
All to play for.