Can Aberdeen win the league without beating Celtic?

[Booker-T]

[TheScarf]

Of course they can. They won't though.

[underboyleheating]

Whilst it is possible, when it comes to the crunch Aberdeen will bottle it.

[Booker-T]

I hope if it is really close at the split, then match 38 will be Aberdeen vs Celtic (assuming Celtic are still in the running).

[muttonhumper]

Can Aberdeen win the league without beating Celtic?

I don't think so.

Take the Dons v Celtic games out of the equation, and the points totals are.

Aberdeen 37

Celtic 33

If we had won even one of the games v Celtic, we'd be 4 points clear.

So no.

To have a chance we have to beat them next time, or the time after. Or both.

[williemillersmoustache]

Both please

[peeeel]

Celtic will win the league by more than 12 points imo. Therefore Aberdeen couldn't win the league even if they won all four ties.

[Carl Cort's Hamstring]

To do that we'd need a team that was capable of consistently steamrolling everyone other than Celtic, which we don't have. The defeat at Pittodrie to Celtic looks massive now though. We beat ourselves that day.

[muttonhumper]

Celtic will win the league by more than 12 points imo. Therefore Aberdeen couldn't win the league even if they won all four ties.

You think?

We'd be 10 points clear if we'd only won the 2 games played so far...

[Raidernation]

Problem is even if we do beat rasellik twice, too many other teams will take a points off of us whilst capitulating to the arsecheek.

Shame really, could you just imagine neither bigots winning their respective league, and the comedy relief replacement club failing to get promoted?

Arma-fucking-geddon indeed!

[Booker-T]

To do that we'd need a team that was capable of consistently steamrolling everyone other than Celtic, which we don't have. The defeat at Pittodrie to Celtic looks massive now though. We beat ourselves that day.

The two Celtic games are the real reason you are not already top of the league.

IMO, Aberdeen can win the league if they maintain a 75% win rate and beat Celtic at parkhead on 1st March.

That's the sunday after Celtic's trip to Milan.

[peeeel]

You think?

We'd be 10 points clear if we'd only won the 2 games played so far...

You reckon? Don't think you get how 6 pointers work.

[Booker-T]

No you wouldn't.

yeah they would

[aDONisSheep]

We "can" win the league, but we won't. Push comes to shove, we've no experience of dealing with the pressure of winning the league.

I also think, Whore FC have more quality than us.

I still have hope though.

Yours

aDONis

[Booker-T]

You reckon? Don't think you get how 6 pointers work.

there would have been a 12 point swing, so he's right about 10 points

[Casual Bystander]

Previous league winners have gone through the season with more than 4 losses, so the difficulty is not Aberdeen winning without beating Celtic, it's winning without losing to their other nearest rivals. While Celtic might drop points here and there they will tend to win the games that matter. So, for example beating Dundee United or Aberdeen, who in turn will then go on to take points off each other. It's why the duopoly of the so called "old firm" managed to survive for so long.

Edit; btw, I've voted that they will come a close second, but that is not mutually exclusive with option #2 of them being able to win the league by retaining form and not beating Celtic.

[peeeel]

My bad never realised you played and won today.

[Greenlantern]

We'd never hear the end of it if they won the league.

[Booker-T]

tainted championship if you don't have at least 85 points.

[craigkillie]

Celtic will win the league by more than 12 points imo. Therefore Aberdeen couldn't win the league even if they won all four ties.

They'd potentially have to win it by 24 points for that to be true.