May 8, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, maninblack said: Huddersfield is now firmly on the bubble. Normally I would disagree with 2 games needing to get 1 point, but @Chelsea and hosting Arsenal, not an easy final two.
May 8, 20187 yr 29 minutes ago, drt said: Indeed. Huddersfield at least have Arsenal, who have nothing to play for. Wenger’s last game.
May 9, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, Jograves said: Tremendous win for Soton. Wow. i haven't been that emotional over a sports win since January 4, 2006.
May 9, 20187 yr 9 hours ago, yoladu said: i haven't been that emotional over a sports win since January 4, 2006. The shot of the away fans singing to the players is the stuff sports is made of. goosebumps.
May 9, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, yoladu said: i haven't been that emotional over a sports win since January 4, 2006. Think you'll keep Hughes? He was a big reason Stoke went down this year.
May 9, 20187 yr 24 minutes ago, Jograves said: Think you'll keep Hughes? He was a big reason Stoke went down this year. I do. The players clearly responded to him and i think we need a bit of stability going into next season. The goal next year is to avoid this relegation drama and look to finish solidly mid-table (48 to 52 points). The ambition of being a club that can compete for a top 6 finish every year is clearly fraught with danger, as the margins are very fine. The club made a lot of risky (albeit ambitious) moves in the last year that obviously did not pan out. Sacking Puel Hiring Pellegrino playing hardball with VvD chasing European starlets like Lemina and Boufal winter transfer acquisition (record signing) on an Italian Striker - who in the end wasn't even on the bench during the final stretch. Put the club on the brink of Relegation, instead of on the brink of Top 6. Time for steady and solid. I would imagine Hughes will get a contract offer.
May 9, 20187 yr So I was looking at the table yesterday, and noticed only the top 6 have positive or even goal differential. It made me curious, so I looked up the last time so few teams shared that stat. You have to go back to the 98/99 season before 6 teams or less had even or positive GD at the end of the season. Every other season has had at least 7, and most had 8 or 9. Obviously if Burnley win their last game by 2 goals or more, this season would look less like an outlier.
May 9, 20187 yr 19 minutes ago, drt said: So I was looking at the table yesterday, and noticed only the top 6 have positive or even goal differential. It made me curious, so I looked up the last time so few teams shared that stat. You have to go back to the 98/99 season before 6 teams or less had even or positive GD at the end of the season. Every other season has had at least 7, and most had 8 or 9. Obviously if Burnley win their last game by 2 goals or more, this season would look less like an outlier. the top 6 have superior goalkeeping/defenders and superior offensive playmakers. It really is two leagues. The 6th place team has scored twice as many goals as the 7th place team. (72 goals vs. 35 goals)
May 9, 20187 yr Burnley and Leicester got whacked by 5 goals recently too. Both would've likely had positive goal differential otherwise. Never mind the fact neither have had anything to play for in a few weeks.
May 9, 20187 yr But even then, look how much further down the goal scoring charts they are. No team in the top 6 has scored fewer than 60 goals (Chelsea) and are combined averaging 75 goals. Even if you take out ManCity's ridiculous total, that only drops to 69.6. No team outside the top 6 has scored 50 goals and even if you take the next 6 scoring teams, the average is only 44.5 goals. It is a tale of two leagues. Edited May 9, 20187 yr by Captain Ron
May 9, 20187 yr On 5/7/2018 at 9:53 PM, yoladu said: Southampton's preparations for relegation showdown with Swansea disrupted after Marriott hotel cancels booking at short notice due to 'virus' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/05/07/southamptons-preparations-relegation-showdown-swansea-disrupted/ well played Swansea, well played. The follow ups to this were pretty good: After the game ...
May 9, 20187 yr Seems that if Messi or Ronaldo were brought in after 60 minutes of a must win game to make the champions league, there would be some blow back.
May 9, 20187 yr Holy shit. I can't believe none of that went in. There were 9 Huddlesfield players in the 6 yard box. Edited May 9, 20187 yr by Kringelbert Fishtybuns
May 9, 20187 yr All that time wasting is doing nothing but ensuring a full 5 minutes of stoppage if Chelsea don't score here.
May 9, 20187 yr Since the keeper already has a yellow, they should just cycle through players without a caution for any kicks/throws to waste every second. Oof...there are a bunch of ugly people in that section of the stands. Edited May 9, 20187 yr by Kringelbert Fishtybuns
May 9, 20187 yr This is such great drama. One side fighting to stay up. The other fighting to get a chance at CL.
May 9, 20187 yr This one is on Conte. You don't sit Hazard 60 minutes of a game you have to win. He's gone.
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