Great goal by Sunderland. Tim Howard woulda saved it.
edit: but no goalie on earth saves that second one. Maybe it hits Courtois's forehead.
edit: but no goalie on earth saves that second one. Maybe it hits Courtois's forehead.
Survival was set in stone in OctoberSunderland spent a league-high 237 days in the relegation zone this season, but they are safe.
is 15-16 Aston Villa the worst EPL team ever?Here's a sign of how bad Aston Villa were this season:
If Norwich holds on, the 19th place team will have twice as many points as 20th place Villa.
according to Wiki Derby County scored 11 points in '07-'08.is 15-16 Aston Villa the worst EPL team ever?
But the league was also way better in 2007-2008, I think we'd all agree.according to Wiki Derby County scored 11 points in '07-'08.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League_records_and_statistics
I remember visiting my mom in the hospital and watching the Derby-Bolton match from that season on TV in her room while she slept. That may well have set football back 80 years. By far the worst game I've ever seen.Yeah, that Derby side were awful. They had clinched relegation in March.
No. I'm saying finishing second as opposed to third matters to me. Why wouldn't a fan want a team to finish as high as possible?So you're saying the finish relative to Arsenal matters to you?
So you're saying the finish relative to Arsenal matters to you?
As a Spurs fan, OF COURSE finishing above Arsenal matters. Seeing as this is a Red Sox board, wouldn't Sox fans badly want to finish above the Yankees if they hadn't done it in 21 years?One Arsenal poster here once said "Nothing is more important than finishing above Spurs."
Sadly, it's who Everton really is right now.If I didn't think they had simply given up, I'd want somebody investigating Everton for match fixing. That was a comically inept performance.
Abso-fucking-lutely. I just find it amusing (or weird) when people pretend otherwise, like the Spurs fans GF09 met the other day. If the Sox had finished behind the Yankees, in seasons good and bad, for 21 years running, and we flipped the script just once, I'd be prepared to take out an ad in the new york times and a big neon sign in times square just to rub it in their dirty entitled noses. Shit, Sox fans basically did that after 2004. People here still profess their hope every year that the Yankees go 0-162 and taunt the rotting corpse of George Steinbrenner.As a Spurs fan, OF COURSE finishing above Arsenal matters. Seeing as this is a Red Sox board, wouldn't Sox fans badly want to finish above the Yankees if they hadn't done it in 21 years?
Yeah...all that is true.As a Spurs fan, OF COURSE finishing above Arsenal matters. Seeing as this is a Red Sox board, wouldn't Sox fans badly want to finish above the Yankees if they hadn't done it in 21 years?
"Fuck the league, we just need to beat these [use your imagination]" was roughly what my next seat neighbor had to say to me at the NLD when I brought up Leicester. And we were seated in the family section. And that did seem to be the prevailing sentiment around WHL. I'm sure it was just derby day talk, but the hate was palpable. I genuinely believe if the choice were between taking the double against Arsenal with Arsenal finishing out of Europe, or winning the league but losing to Arsenal, some of those old timers would have to think about it.As a Spurs fan, OF COURSE finishing above Arsenal matters. Seeing as this is a Red Sox board, wouldn't Sox fans badly want to finish above the Yankees if they hadn't done it in 21 years?
West Ham would have to lose 1-0 at Stoke City AND Liverpool beat West Brom 2-1; or the Hammers lose 2-1 while it finished 3-2 to the away side at The Hawthorns, or so on. In addition, seventh-placed Southampton would have to be denied a win against visitors Crystal Palace.
Those scorelines would leave the London and Merseyside clubs level after 38 matches of a season lasting nine months.
If they were tied, the play-off would only be needed if their finishing spot is in a Europa League position, and Sevilla were to win next week's final in Basle.
A Premier League spokesperson confirmed an extra game could take place, although the likelihood is small.
League rules state: "If at the end of the season either the league champions or the clubs to be relegated or the question of qualification for other competitions cannot be determined because two or more clubs are equal on points, goal difference and goals scored, the clubs concerned shall play off one or more deciding league matches on neutral grounds, the format, venue and timing of which shall be determined by the board."
Glad we can finally see Arsenal be the best at those things!The best attack in the league this season is Whoever's Playing Villa. The best defense in the league this year is Whoever's Playing Villa.
I want this to happen.So, there is a small chance that West Ham and Liverpool might need a playoff to determine who qualifies for the Europa League. According to the BBC: