A little early, but I'm starting it now before I forget to mention a match with major European qualification ramifications this Saturday: West Ham and Everton top the Fair Play table. Because the EPL has one of the best disciplinary records in Europe, it gets an extra Europa League place for its Fair Play winner. The catch: it has to start with the first qualifying round on July 2.
Undoubtedly, neither club wants to mess up its preseason training and any overseas money-grabbing tours by having to play the Maltese or Andorran runners-up. So you'd half-expect the teams to kick the shit out of each other. At the same time, Big Sam won't be around on July 2, and qualifying West Ham for the EL out of spite might be the Big Sammiest thing ever.
Undoubtedly, neither club wants to mess up its preseason training and any overseas money-grabbing tours by having to play the Maltese or Andorran runners-up. So you'd half-expect the teams to kick the shit out of each other. At the same time, Big Sam won't be around on July 2, and qualifying West Ham for the EL out of spite might be the Big Sammiest thing ever.