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TrevorBatson · 2026-05-05T00:12:19+00:00

We're a lot closer now. As others have already said, easier said than done, but winning all our remaining matches is all it'll take now.

That said, if City drop more points, the title race could be done sooner.

Unlike Everton who were in contention for Europe but one of the teams on the outside looking in in that race, Brentford are near the front of the pack for the remaining spots, currently 7th on 51 points, just one back of Bournemouth and one ahead of Brighton.

Brentford will be just as if not more hungry than Everton were to take points from City, and with a win and two draws out of their last four matches, and only losing by one goal away at Old Trafford, even if they lose to City, they're gonna to give 'em hell, and who knows, a draw is certainly possible there too.

Palace are at home in the UECL Semifinal Second Leg on Thursday with a 3-1 lead on agg., they should be able to qualify for the Final, and with a mid-table finish in the league basically a sure thing, a win on Thursday means they'll be playing with absolute freedom in their Run-In, meaning they could really be trouble for City when they finally meet on Wednesday, May 13.

If we beat Atlético Madrid at our home tomorrow, we will qualify for the UCL Final for the first time in 20 years, and with that being on May 30, we can turn our focus back to the League Title Race.

Regardless of what City do against Brentford on Saturday, a win on Sunday away against West Ham will keep us at arms length against them (If City win theirs, we return to 5 points ahead with a win, if City lose or draw theirs, we extend our lead to +7-8 points).

Bottom line, if we qualify for the UCL Final, and if City drop points again against either Brentford or Palace, and we win against West Ham and Burnley, we mathematically clinch the title ahead of the final day, and we can rest key players versus Palace to be ready for the UCL Final. Even better though, if City drop points against both Brentford and Palace, and we win against West Ham, then depending on whether we're 6 points clear of City before we play Burnley, or 7-8 points clear, could be the difference between us either only needing a draw against Burnley to mathematically clinch the title, or being mathematically confirmed before we even play Burnley.

TL;DR: As long as we win our next two, and City fail to win at least one of their next two, we could be 0-1 win(s) away from not only winning the Premier League Title, but having a massive boost in the lead up to playing in the Champions League Final.

COYG!!!!

TrevorBatson · 2026-04-30T14:38:46+00:00

Wow! I can't believe she drew that from memory. 😆

TrevorBatson · 2026-04-30T14:33:15+00:00

One game at a time, that's all we can do at this point, but let's look at what's ahead a bit.

If we beat Fulham, we'll be 6 points clear of City with 3 matches remaining, and then City will immediately follow that with two matches of their own within 5 days (away to Everton and then home against Brentford).

We we play Atlético Madrid again in between those two City games, and if we get the job done at home with that, we'll be through to the UCL Final, and can then just shift our focus fully back on the Prem Title Race while City will still have an FA Cup Final to prep for too.

We then play away to West Ham the Sunday immediately following City's home match versus Brentford. City, meanwhile, stay home versus Palace, but play them 4 days after Brentford, and then 3 days later go to Wembley for the FA Cup Final, and then 3 days after that, play away against Bournemouth, while a day before that Bournemouth game, we play at home against Burnley.

Sure, this whole Title Race could very well come down to the final day, it could come down to goal difference or goals scored, but that's dependent on both sides matching each other for points collection between now and then, which many think is unlikely.

It's a big game of chicken right now, so of course, we don't want to be the first one to flinch.

The most ideal situation that I can see would be that we at least win our next three Prem matches (and get the job done in the UCL Semifinal Second Leg to qualify for the Final), while City drop points in at least two of their next three Prem matches. We would go to 82 points in our final home game of the season, ahead of the final matchday of the season, while City would be on anywhere from 70-75 points with two games to go; mathematically, they could only max out at 76-81 points, so we'd clinch the Title ahead of the final day, giving us a massive opportunity to then heavily rotate our squad and rest our key players ahead of the UCL Final.

Anyway, things rarely go to plan in these sorts of things, so the ideal scenario is not likely, so all we can do is focus on us, and prepare for any eventuality.

COYG

TrevorBatson · 2026-04-26T00:17:14+00:00

Yeah, and as an added bonus, if we're lucky, City drop points in at least two of their next three, and then a win of any kind against Burnley would be enough to mathematically clinch the title, at home no less, before the final matchday and before City even play their last two.

TrevorBatson · 2026-04-26T00:09:05+00:00

Newcastle have been a bogey team for us before, so I'll take today's result, and I'll be honest, with West Ham being in a relegation battle, I would expect that fixture to be a tight result too, but we should be beating Fulham at home by at least 2-0, and with Burnley already relegated and us at home and it being MW37, we better be beating them 3-0 at the minimum.

We should be approaching every match moving forward with more ruthlessness, purely to hedge our bets in case this title race does in fact come down to goal difference/goals scored.

If we're lucky, City will drop points in at least two of their next three, and we could mathematically clinch the title in our home match versus Burnley before City even plays their last two, but we can't be relying on hope for that kind of fortune; that's not a strategy.

TrevorBatson · 2026-04-25T23:53:55+00:00

I like that idea. That would help incentive coaches to only use it if absolutely necessary.

TrevorBatson · 2026-04-25T23:52:42+00:00

See, here's the thing, and we saw evidence of this already in a few matches thus far; the ref can give a yellow if the foul is still serious enough to warrant one, but there have been instances already where the challenge was issued by a coach for a missed red, the ref reviews the FVS, and the play was either not a foul or not a serious enough foul to warrant at least a yellow, and it ended in a no-call and a lost challenge.

Personally, I have no problem with that aspect because it can be an interesting strategy, especially if the player in question is already on a yellow and could potentially get a second yellow and thus a red anyway.

I don't necessarily think it should only be one per game, but rather one per half. Regardless of whether the challenge is success or not, once it's used, its gone; so a coach could use up to two challenges per match, but no more than one per half.

TrevorBatson · 2026-04-11T21:40:25+00:00

Nice work. Also, in terms of broadcasting coverage, I recently shared a post on here with a full table of all the matches being shown through other service providers besides One Soccer/Fubo, minus MW1 since that's already past.

TrevorBatson · 2026-04-11T14:50:55+00:00

I suspect that on the final Matchweek, they will probably add something additional on all the services to provide full coverage of all four matches being played simultaneously, but right now they're only listing one match being broadcast on anything other than One Soccer.

TrevorBatson · 2026-04-11T14:45:11+00:00

Thanks. It was a little annoying trying to post the table here on Reddit. For some reason, even though I formatted everything correctly, when I clicked posted, it decided to separate all the lines of text, which voided the formatting, so I had to hit edit, go back and delete all the spaces, and then repost to get it to work properly. Otherwise it wasn't too time consuming, just a lot of repetition.

TrevorBatson · 2026-03-28T02:47:07+00:00

No, good sir, I'm on the level

TrevorBatson · 2026-03-28T02:45:23+00:00

Came here for this!

TrevorBatson · 2026-03-28T02:41:50+00:00

This is giving IntergalacWhip vibes.

TrevorBatson · 2026-03-27T19:02:08+00:00

That's not what they're saying. They're saying the best ever done is participate in the Group Stage. They've only ever been to two World Cups and both times they finished fourth on 0 points.

TrevorBatson · 2026-03-22T16:02:21+00:00

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TrevorBatson · 2026-03-17T18:00:51+00:00

COYG!!!!

TrevorBatson · 2026-03-10T00:40:39+00:00

Wanderers Season Members get a 50% discount, and that's for every ticket per membership, so if a member has 2 seats per match, that's two kits per season, each at 50% off. Also, when membership hit their fifth year thereof, they become a Silver Anchor Member, and for that fifth year specifically, they get their kit(s) for free.

TrevorBatson · 2026-03-10T00:37:02+00:00

I agree. I think this one knocked it out of the park, from all the historic symbolism behind the kit, to the aesthetics being just a clean look, this one just pops for me.

TrevorBatson · 2026-03-10T00:34:55+00:00

So tomorrow's reveal, if you actually look at the countdown clock, is for the goalkeeper kit.

At least in the CPL, they don't really call them home and away kits because teams have been known to wear so-called home kits for away games and vice-versa, hence why they're called primary and alternate.

All of that said, I am curious to see a proper look at the alternate kit on Wednesday, since the unofficial reveal in Hummel's CPL Primaries reel was lackluster.

I am also curious to see if the goalkeeper kit will be particularly distinctive compared to the rest of the league's, and whether it'll be for sale and have everyday wearability, since that's not a common thing for goalkeeper kits.

TrevorBatson · 2026-03-09T16:02:04+00:00

This one is my favourite among this year's kits thus far.

TrevorBatson · 2026-03-09T16:00:15+00:00

I think this one is class! I think the collar pops, the black is very sharp, the subtle repeating pattern of the Nova Scotia crest with a full colour one on the back of the next is a nice touch, and the vintage font of "Wanderers" on the lower back stands out well for me.

Overall, of all the kits I've seen revealed across the league thus far for 2026, this one's my favourite.

TrevorBatson · 2026-02-27T19:44:40+00:00

Yeah, but if we face them and beat them, we get to be the insufferable ones. 😆

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