The English Premiership run in

[Tedx]

WOW
What has come over Everton, 4-0 up at Brighton with 10 minutes to go

Everything worked for them on the day.

Everton move 2 points above the rest

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/tables

[pje16]

Everton move 2 points above the rest

Not for long, Forest are 2-1 up, first half

[Leothebear]

Massive game for Everton today. Will their 5-1 win at Brighton last week propel them on to beat Man City? That would really add some spice to the battles at both ends of the table.

[Tedx]

Massive game for Everton today. Will their 5-1 win at Brighton last week propel them on to beat Man City? That would really add some spice to the battles at both ends of the table.

Leeds picked up an important point v Toon yesterday and seem to be on the up with big Sam in charge.

Agree re Everton. Huge game for them. Just cant see them taking MC.

Leicester v Liverpool should be interesting tomorrow night.

[Tedx]

Oh dear [expletive deleted].

[kiloran]

Oh dear [expletive deleted].

How sad! I am in tears (NOT)

--kiloran

[pje16]

Oh dear [expletive deleted].

How sad! I am in tears (NOT)

--kiloran

Me too .... love it

[Tedx]

How good were Brighton though? Especially playing out of defence.

Well done to them.

[Tedx]

Someone asked the question 'Was there a fire drill at the Emirates towards the end of the game?'

[Leothebear]

Massive game for Everton today. Will their 5-1 win at Brighton last week propel them on to beat Man City? That would really add some spice to the battles at both ends of the table.

Leeds picked up an important point v Toon yesterday and seem to be on the up with big Sam in charge.

Agree re Everton. Huge game for them. Just cant see them taking MC.

Leicester v Liverpool should be interesting tomorrow night.

Leicester, after a bright start, eventually were soundly beaten. The crowd turned on them, which doesn't help. I think Leicester fans should realise that their team is not one of the select few with, seemingly permanent, residence in the PL. The same could happen to Brighton, Fulham, Brentford, Palace and others next season. Most established fans are realistic about it.

[Tedx]

Leeds picked up an important point v Toon yesterday and seem to be on the up with big Sam in charge.

Agree re Everton. Huge game for them. Just cant see them taking MC.

Leicester v Liverpool should be interesting tomorrow night.

Leicester, after a bright start, eventually were soundly beaten. The crowd turned on them, which doesn't help. I think Leicester fans should realise that their team is not one of the select few with, seemingly permanent, residence in the PL. The same could happen to Brighton, Fulham, Brentford, Palace and others next season. Most established fans are realistic about it.

Yep. Man City used to be a non permanent resident too until the arab cash came in. But as Warden Norton said in The Shawshank Redemption that can up and disappear like a fart in the wind.

The English Premiership is hot to trot at the moment though. It's seems like the only one in Europe that seems to provide constant surprises of a regular basis.

Except for Man City. Who could end up Champions League Finalists and English Premiership Champions by the end of the week.

[Tedx]

3 minutes to go and Aresnal need 2 to save their title attempt.

Nottingham Forest appear to have saved themselves.....

[Leothebear]

Well done City. Probably the best team in the world. The combination of a great coach and a bottomless pit of money, seems to work wonders.

[simoan]

Well done City. Probably the best team in the world. The combination of a great coach and a bottomless pit of money, seems to work wonders.

Sorry but I can’t bring myself to congratulate them. Only a matter of time before every PL title is contested by Arab state sponsored teams each year. I still enjoy watching games but as a sport football is dead to me and I have completely lost interest. The Qatar World Cup was the final straw. Some of the games were great but you had to forget where they were being played and how the stadiums were built to enjoy them. It’s difficult to watch whilst holding your nose.

[Dod101]

I can't find it right now but according to an article I read yesterday, City have not spent enormous amounts on players this year, and in any case you still have to manage the players if you have spent all that money on them.

It was comparing City with United when they got their treble. United had a lot of young players who did not cost a lot of money so it was an entirely different approach. In any case of course, City have not yet got their treble.

Dod

[pje16]

I can't find it right now but according to an article I read yesterday, City have not spent enormous amounts on players this year,
Dod

not this year maybe, just Haaland, but in the previous few years an absolute shedload

[Leothebear]

Well done City. Probably the best team in the world. The combination of a great coach and a bottomless pit of money, seems to work wonders.

Sorry but I can’t bring myself to congratulate them. Only a matter of time before every PL title is contested by Arab state sponsored teams each year. I still enjoy watching games but as a sport football is dead to me and I have completely lost interest. The Qatar World Cup was the final straw. Some of the games were great but you had to forget where they were being played and how the stadiums were built to enjoy them. It’s difficult to watch whilst holding your nose.

Take your point entirely. However it was good to see Brentford, Fulham, Brighton and to a lesser degree Palace, hold their own in the PL. Without the benefits of Arab riches.

[simoan]

Sorry but I can’t bring myself to congratulate them. Only a matter of time before every PL title is contested by Arab state sponsored teams each year. I still enjoy watching games but as a sport football is dead to me and I have completely lost interest. The Qatar World Cup was the final straw. Some of the games were great but you had to forget where they were being played and how the stadiums were built to enjoy them. It’s difficult to watch whilst holding your nose.

Take your point entirely. However it was good to see Brentford, Fulham, Brighton and to a lesser degree Palace, hold their own in the PL. Without the benefits of Arab riches.

Yes, it’s great to see properly run clubs like Brentford and Brighton doing well whilst playing entertaining football. More power to them.

All the best, Si

[dubre]

unless you are not so picky about where the owners of these " smaller " clubs got their money from:

Brentford gambling/ hedge funds?

Brighton gambling?

Perhaps no need to hold the nose so tightly?

[simoan]

unless you are not so picky about where the owners of these " smaller " clubs got their money from:

Brentford gambling/ hedge funds?

Brighton gambling?

Perhaps no need to hold the nose so tightly?

It’s not where the money comes from. If you go down that road you can write off pretty much all professional sport. However, governments should not be owning football clubs. But it’s all about money now and the corruption that comes with it. The Premier League is weak and should not have allowed the Newcastle takeover. Financial Fair Play is a joke and City will get off purely because they can afford the most expensive lawyers. The last people that matter these days are the fans who are treated like absolute mugs. That’s why I don’t care any more.