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Nice One Cyril wrote:Shaping up to be a good competition this season and I'm looking forward to seeing Spurs on top in January :wink:
Running out of days..... :D

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May 2017 table will be

Chelsea
(daylight)

Arsenal
Tottenham
Man Utd
Liverpool
Man City
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Old Redback wrote:
Nice One Cyril wrote:Shaping up to be a good competition this season and I'm looking forward to seeing Spurs on top in January :wink:
Running out of days..... :D
I'll just amend my prediction to February :lol:

Seriously though, unless Chelsea drop points against Arsenal and/or Liverpool, I think they'll be uncatchable.
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Chelsea should win it from here, 9pts clear

2-6 only 5 points separating them
Tottenham 50 pts
Man City 49
Arsenal 47
Liverpoo 46
Man Utd 45

On form Tottenham should finish 2nd
Man City - unpredictable
Arsenal and Liverpool dropping points
Man Utd - undefeated in 15 games


Should be a cracking feb/march ahead


Next round
Arsenal vs Hull (on fire at present draw with Man U and beating Liverpool)
Man U vs Watford
Bournmouth vs Man City
Liverpool vs Tottenham
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Wayne Kerr wrote:Chelsea should win it from here, 9pts clear

2-6 only 5 points separating them
Tottenham 50 pts
Man City 49
Arsenal 47
Liverpoo 46
Man Utd 45

On form Tottenham should finish 2nd
Man City - unpredictable
Arsenal and Liverpool dropping points
Man Utd - undefeated in 15 games


Should be a cracking feb/march ahead


Next round
Arsenal vs Hull (on fire at present draw with Man U and beating Liverpool)
Man U vs Watford
Bournmouth vs Man City
Liverpool vs Tottenham
Not sure who'll come second, it'll probably be decided by injuries and suspensions tbh, but at the other end, if Leicester lose to Swansea their next three games are Liverpool, Hull and Arsenal, they'll be deep in the proverbial.

For obvious reasons, I hope they discover their form and win all four games. :wink:
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Sh*thouse January (& Feb) one game every 3.4 days.
Rest of season is one per 7.2 days.

Plenty of runway left, should pick up points when fixtures pile up for others.
Expect all of City, Spurs and United to go to at least semis in their comps, zig zaging all over Europe in the meantime.
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Bomber wrote:
Stitch This wrote:
Nice One Cyril wrote:With Liverpool imploding and Man United and Spurs both lucky to grab a point, have to hope that Burnley and Hull can produce a miracle.

Not holding my breath though :lol:
I'm quietly optimistic.
If they reduced the size of EPL to say, 16 teams, Liverpool could win it easy. Top teams, no problems, bottom ones, there's the problem!
Not much has changed! Spurs this week? At last, someone in the top half of table and therefore beatable!
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I reckon this comp still has legs. 39 points on offer for the 6 sharp men eyeing those points off.

Conte, Gaurdiola, Pochettino, Wenger, Klopp and Mourinho all know there are still blockbuster games against each other to come, points to gather.

An aside - I note not one Britisher amongst those men running the top 6 clubs. Also, Not Nice Cyril & God Isn't An Englishman conspicuous by their silence on Pochettino's achievements after taking turns in disparaging him when he took up the Spurs reins. Surely nothing to do with him being an Argentinian?

But back to the table, Burnley stole points against Chelsea, more clubs have to as well against the wily Conte to open the race up. It can happen, just like the collapse of Newcastle who were leading by umpteen points back in yesteryear.

Longish shot, but I just hope Professor Wenger can throw together one last swansong effort to crown his reign with this EPL title. Another F.A. Cup is the minimum to go out with. And dare to dream of a Champions League, depending how Arsenal goes against a fading Bayern. The flowing entertaining football he has always believed in deserves something in this, possibly his last season.

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Con M wrote:I reckon this comp still has legs. 39 points on offer for the 6 sharp men eyeing those points off.

Conte, Gaurdiola, Pochettino, Wenger, Klopp and Mourinho all know there are still blockbuster games against each other to come, points to gather.

An aside - I note not one Britisher amongst those men running the top 6 clubs. Also, Not Nice Cyril & God Isn't An Englishman conspicuous by their silence on Pochettino's achievements after taking turns in disparaging him when he took up the Spurs reins. Surely nothing to do with him being an Argentinian?

But back to the table, Burnley stole points against Chelsea, more clubs have to as well against the wily Conte to open the race up. It can happen, just like the collapse of Newcastle who were leading by umpteen points back in yesteryear.

Longish shot, but I just hope Professor Wenger can throw together one last swansong effort to crown his reign with this EPL title. Another F.A. Cup is the minimum to go out with. And dare to dream of a Champions League, depending how Arsenal goes against a fading Bayern. The flowing entertaining football he has always believed in deserves something in this, possibly his last season.
Unlike you, I live in the real world and call things as I see them and, if I recall correctly, I said Spurs were hard to beat but hard to watch in the early MoPo days and that I wasn't sold on him yet. Hardly disparaging and I'm happy that they were, and still are, a work in progress.

Back to your dreamworld and Arsenal will win the treble :lol:
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Always nice to knock off Everton (again). And Go Palace! :shock:
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Bomber wrote:Always nice to knock off Everton (again). And Go Palace! :shock:
I don't suppose Stitch is quite so happy this morning, but I still think they'll win the title.
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Nice One Cyril wrote:
Bomber wrote:Always nice to knock off Everton (again). And Go Palace! :shock:
I don't suppose Stitch is quite so happy this morning, but I still think they'll win the title.
If Man City beat them it could get interesting, but they do have the best squad and I don't think they will collapse.

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Great result overnight, a good weekend's football :D
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EPL revenues soar but clubs still losing money.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39641423

No wonder how many businesses spend 63% of revenue in wages?

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ozzie owl wrote:EPL revenues soar but clubs still losing money.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39641423

No wonder how many businesses spend 63% of revenue in wages?
Hardly a fair comparison because those earning the wages are also one of the biggest financial assets. How many staff in a normal business have a resale value?
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Nice One Cyril wrote:
ozzie owl wrote:EPL revenues soar but clubs still losing money.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39641423

No wonder how many businesses spend 63% of revenue in wages?
Hardly a fair comparison because those earning the wages are also one of the biggest financial assets. How many staff in a normal business have a resale value?
Good point but still at 63% doesn't make economic sense, especially now when playerd can walk for free under Bosman rule.

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ozzie owl wrote:
Nice One Cyril wrote:
ozzie owl wrote:EPL revenues soar but clubs still losing money.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39641423

No wonder how many businesses spend 63% of revenue in wages?
Hardly a fair comparison because those earning the wages are also one of the biggest financial assets. How many staff in a normal business have a resale value?
Good point but still at 63% doesn't make economic sense, especially now when playerd can walk for free under Bosman rule.
Again, only if you let their contract run to the end.
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Congrats Chelsea 2016/2017 BPL Champions
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haywood djablowme wrote:Congrats Chelsea 2016/2017 BPL Champions
Very similar to last season, Spurs miles behind and managed to get closer, but ultimately couldn't sustain the challenge. To be fair, even if Spurs had won all their remaining games, I still think Chelsea would have won it, so not really surprised, but I just hope they make a better effort in the last few games than they did last year. A real test of the manager to see if he can get them up for the matches.

After the high of thumping Arsenal, they looked really flat tonight.
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In a strange twist of fate, it looks like Newcastle might be the only North Eastern representative in the EPL next season.

It'll be good to have the idiot Geordie supporters back in the top league, always good for a laugh.
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Watched Chelsea at 4.30am this morning get their crowning finale with a single goal @ some obscure Midlands place called West Bromwich. To be fair, Albion did make it hard for them.

Bet Chelsea supporters wish the 'grand' occasion could have been @ The Bridge though.

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Congratulations to Chelsea on winning the EPL, they were the best team all year, so no complaints.
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Con M wrote:Watched Chelsea at 4.30am this morning get their crowning finale with a single goal @ some obscure Midlands place called West Bromwich. To be fair, Albion did make it hard for them.
There are no easy games in the premier league :P
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One season of Optus gone, hopefully Foxtel gets it back ASAP.

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Moyes has pulled the plug at Sunderland after being relegated.

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Mr Red wrote:Moyes has pulled the plug at Sunderland after being relegated.
Thank God for that, the useless ginger biscuit gave up 2 games into this season. the personality of ear wax.
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Mackem Lad wrote:
Mr Red wrote:Moyes has pulled the plug at Sunderland after being relegated.
Thank God for that, the useless ginger biscuit gave up 2 games into this season. the personality of ear wax.
Least he's chosen to leave without compensation too. Good job - knew he didn't do the job, so not taking the cash.

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ozzie owl wrote:One season of Optus gone, hopefully Foxtel gets it back ASAP.
I've enjoyed the Optus coverage. Cheaper than Foxtel, all games available, go back and watch them whenever you like.
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ozzie owl wrote:One season of Optus gone, hopefully Foxtel gets it back ASAP.
I've enjoyed the Optus coverage. Cheaper than Foxtel, all games available, go back and watch them whenever you like.
Completely agree! Coverage was great, no issues with the fetch box at all.. just with the team i was predominantly viewing! Pre game shows excellent, straight out of the UK and weekly shows keep you up to date. Foxtels hosts ie Bozza, Slater and co are muppets, rather hear the ex premier league stars opinions and analysis as you get with Optus.
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