The Official Manchester City (World Club Champions)Thread

[Ntv]

tamore said:

couldn't really ask for a better final day opponent. 13th place, safe from relegation and hopefully mentally on the beach, so to speak. not sure the gerrard thing as much to do with it, and at the end of the day liverpool flogged coutinho so don't see that he owes them anything.

still it's city, so it's probably not going to be straight forward!

I think you'll smash them. I was hoping you'd wrap it up against the Hammers tbh, but anyway.

[Zoon]

Leicester Loyal said:

Class record that.

Excited to see how he gets on, think it'll take him time to adapt and he'll need 18 months or so until we see the best of him.

Nearly as good as Le Tissier - 47 from 48

[P. ONeill]

City were 14 points clear and 2 minutes away from a Champions League final. They couldn’t, could they?

[85Carrera]

P. ONeill said:

City were 14 points clear and 2 minutes away from a Champions League final. They couldn’t, could they?

City were never 14 points ahead.

The YAWN brigade seem to have a problem with understanding the concept of games in hand (rather hilariously in 2014 I seem to recall as they had what they thought was an unassailable lead ignoring games in hand)

[P. ONeill]

85Carrera said:

P. ONeill said:

City were 14 points clear and 2 minutes away from a Champions League final. They couldn’t, could they?

City were never 14 points ahead.

The YAWN brigade seem to have a problem with understanding the concept of games in hand (rather hilariously in 2014 I seem to recall as they had what they thought was an unassailable lead ignoring games in hand)

[Adam.]

So 8 points if the spare games are won

[JeffreyD]

Adam. said:

So 8 points if the spare games are won

Yes
Otherwise known as 14 points ahead.

[tamore]

pedantry live and well in here. a 14 point gap on same games played is very different to the same with 2 games in hand.

[originals]

Sound scared.

[Rosscow]

Adam. said:

So 8 points if the spare games are won

You know the old saying.... points in the bag are better than games in hand!

[stuartmmcfc]

Rosscow said:

You know the old saying.... points in the bag are better than games in hand!

Not where City and Liverpool are concerned, recent history shows they both loose rarely.

[stuartmmcfc]

The funny thing is the number of Liverpool fans on here had thrown the towel in previously who are now getting all excited whereas the City. fans are not surprised every thing is going right down to the wire!

[JeffreyD]

tamore said:

pedantry live and well in here. a 14 point gap on same games played is very different to the same with 2 games in hand.

Yes of course it is.

[Zoon]

JeffreyD said:

Yes
Otherwise known as 14 points ahead.

Not until you've won the points.

[JeffreyD]

Zoon said:

JeffreyD said:

Yes
Otherwise known as 14 points ahead.

Not until you've won the points.

Last comment on this

City had won the points and Liverpool hadn't

there is a caveat, but City were 14 points ahead at one point in time.

Is it important, no.

I'd say good luck in an effort to sign off in a good spirit, but it would be in bad faith.

[Zoon]

JeffreyD said:

Last comment on this

City had won the points and Liverpool hadn't

there is a caveat, but City were 14 points ahead at one point in time.

Is it important, no.

I'd say good luck in an effort to sign off in a good spirit, but it would be in bad faith.

It's all immaterial if Gerrard doesn't do his old employers a favour.

[Adam.]

stuartmmcfc said:

The funny thing is the number of Liverpool fans on here had thrown the towel in previously who are now getting all excited whereas the City. fans are not surprised every thing is going right down to the wire!

a gross misrepresenataion and you know it

there is some dreaming for a laugh going on but we are under no illusions, probability is set to about 10%

wew were happy with the B side put out last night, because recovery for the CL final is the priority

proud to have pushed you lot to the last game again though

[stuartmmcfc]

Adam. said:

stuartmmcfc said:

The funny thing is the number of Liverpool fans on here had thrown the towel in previously who are now getting all excited whereas the City. fans are not surprised every thing is going right down to the wire!

a gross misrepresenataion and you know it

What utter rubbish, there’s been loads of comments both on the Liverpool thread and even some here saying just that!
Oh, a b side against an “on the beach rubbish already” Southampton side?
You could have put the under 14s out and still won!

[NRS]

stuartmmcfc said:

Adam. said:

stuartmmcfc said:

The funny thing is the number of Liverpool fans on here had thrown the towel in previously who are now getting all excited whereas the City. fans are not surprised every thing is going right down to the wire!

a gross misrepresenataion and you know it

What utter rubbish, there’s been loads of comments both on the Liverpool thread and even some here saying just that!
Oh, a b side against an “on the beach rubbish already” Southampton side?
You could have put the under 14s out and still won!

Post quotes of them? There’s a few posts from one person saying we have a chance (I think the same poster mentioned 5% in one post), and a few jokes about if Gerrard/Ings etc helped out it would be crazy. I’m pretty sure it was not the same posters saying it was over, as I am one who said it was and still believe that - a few critised me for giving up, which is why I remember.

The last time the club at the top of the league lost out on the last day of the season was 1989 - it’s not going to happen.

(Not to mention for all the Coutinho comments you could counter it with Villa getting 15 million for Grealish winning the league so deliberately caving in).

[Adam.]

stuartmmcfc said:

What utter rubbish, there’s been loads of comments both on the Liverpool thread and even some here saying just that!

"throwing towel in" yes, I responded to that on here

where are we getting excited about the chances of winning? i was referring to that, which was clear on the bit of my post you edited out

Edited by Adam. on Wednesday 18th May 16:10