Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

Spurs finished fourth when Chelsea won the Champions League and meant we ended up in the Europa League instead of the Champions League so I suppose that could happen.

[earlydoors]

Only 5 teams from one country can enter the champions league, so 4th place would miss out if City and Liverpool won their respective European trophies and neither qualified in top four of EPL.

And good news if you're a fan of the Premier league is that because of the poor performance of Italian teams in Europe this season, the co-efficient has meant that 4 English clubs will continue to qualify for the Champion's league for next 2 years.

[red devil]

I remember that Jah, same thing happened when Liverpool won the CL and Everton finished 4th, Everton didn't qualify for CL. ..

[titch juicy]

If anyone other than Borussia Dortmund wins the Europa League i'll eat my hat and the hats of all my friends.

[Otta]

red devil Wrote:

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> I remember that Jah, same thing happened when

> Liverpool won the CL and Everton finished 4th,

> Everton didn't qualify for CL. ..

Yes they did, they just failed to make it out of the qualifying round.

Hahahahahahahaha!

[red devil]

That's right, didn't they lose to a club called Mentalist or something :)

That doesn't explain why Spurs didn't qualify, that happened after Liverpool's win in the CL...

[????]

West Ham have just had the request to increase the capacity of the OS to 60,000 as they have enough demand from season tickets alone; add in the number of exec boxes in there....we are coming for you, we are coming for you

[red devil]

Does this mean you won't be slagging off the 'big clubs' anymore?...

[Otta]

red devil Wrote:

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> That's right, didn't they lose to a club called

> Mentalist or something :)

> That doesn't explain why Spurs didn't qualify,

> that happened after Liverpool's win in the CL...

The year Liverpool won it UEFA made a special exception to allow Liverpool to defend the title even though they'd finished 5th. I think it was a one off.

[Otta]

Liverpool get Dortmund. What a surprise.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35843632

Still may as well get it out the way, they either beat us and then we don't have to play more games, or we beat them and then believe we could win the cup.

[????]

red devil Wrote:

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> Does this mean you won't be slagging off the 'big

> clubs' anymore?...

I won't, I quite like Leicester. I'll be concentrating my venom on mid-table bores...you know who you are :)

[red devil]

Touche!.. :)

[earlydoors]

Some interesting fixtures this Saturday. Arsenal visit Everton who, though brittle at the back should be on a high after FA cup victory over Chelsea.

I don't think Arsenal can afford to drop any points in this one.

Leicester face a tricky tie at Palace, the only team in England who have not won a league match this year, so I believe. I think that could change as they are also on a high after FA cup victory.

Tottenham face an inform Bournemouth.

An interesting stat:

Leicester gained 20 points from the teams they play in their remaining fixtures.

Spurs gained 10 from the teams they have to play in the run in.

[Jah Lush]

I think Palace are due a win. Having said that the number of times I've predicted a Leicester loss this season hasn't helped my Predictor scores one iota but I've gone 2-1 Palace. Probably the kiss of death for them.

Spurs have by far the tougher run in and being five points behind Leicester is a very tough ask. Obviously I want Spurs to win the title but if Leicester do pull it off it will surely go down in history as one of the greatest achievements in football league history.

[red devil]

Palace can't score goals and Leicester are looking nervy, so I'm going for a low scoring draw.

In fact, I've predicted draws for all the top teams...

[Jah Lush]

Yeah, you're right. Wickham finally started scoring and then promptly got injured. I've tipped them for quite few wins this past few months and they keep losing. This is another reason I'm lurking at the depths of the Football Predictor League.

[????]

We are coming to get you...

[Otta]

And Leicester go marching on. I fully expect Spurs to win tomorrow, but if they slip up I think it would be a huge psychological boost for Leicester as it would leave them on 66 and their closest rival yet to make 60.

[????]

We wuz robbed....big time. Apparently there was a lot of trouble after our game today, I think it's sneaking back in a bit.

Leicester just got to hold their nerves - they have got us to play though :)

[Otta]

Can't believe Liverpool lost today, I checked the score on 83 minutes and it was still 2-1, so I thought to myself "hope we don't conceed and equaliser". Couldn't believe it when I looked 15 minutes later.

And none of the other results went how I'd have liked either.

[red devil]

Not often I'm disappointed that Liverpool lose, but had that game down as 2-2, so could've done without the Saints winner...

[????]

BFS continues the trend of pullingupthe drawbridge at 1-0 and then gets late goals against hi. Happened to us all last season and Sunderland's last 2 matches.

[Mick Mac]

Otta Wrote:

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> Can't believe Liverpool lost today, I checked the

> score on 83 minutes and it was still 2-1, so I

> thought to myself "hope we don't conceed and

> equaliser". Couldn't believe it when I looked 15

> minutes later.

>

> And none of the other results went how I'd have

> liked either.

That match was a tribute to the influence of Victor Wanyama who came on at half time. Apparently Liverpool were controlling the midfield first half.

[titch juicy]

I think it has a lot to do with the way Klopp wants them playing; high tempo gegenpress and them not being fit enough to do so for 90 mins.

With a full pre-season and his own playing staff, I imagine next season Liverpool will be better for 90 mins.

[Otta]

That's what I'm hoping for Titch. Very interested to see which players come and go this summer. Benteke will surely be one of the first out the door at a huge loss, which is basically how LFC seem to roll (see also Carrol).