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Sports The Football Discussion Thread!

Eden Hazard, take a bow.

Hull City should be proud.

If Man Utd win tomorrow there will be two points separating them from 3rd. Top 4 just got interesting.

Chelsea's league for the taking. If they let their 12 point lead slip, they don't deserve to win.
 
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Could see a Top 4 of Chelsea, Spurs, Man Utd and Man City. Chelsea have pretty much sealed the deal with only Tottenham really challenging them. Man Utd are rolling at the minute having been unbeaten since October and Man City have started to hit their stride. Liverpool's collapsed even with Mane added and Arsenal are looking close to dying. Hulls been good lately (draw against Man Utd and beating Liverpool) so wouldn't surprise me to see Hull get a result. Only game I see Arsenal comfortably winning is against Sutton and if they lose or force a replay, they'll be done.
 
Solid 3-0 win against Leicester earlier, I do feel sorry for them though, they're so far off the level of last season.
 
Luna said:
Solid 3-0 win against Leicester earlier, I do feel sorry for them though, they're so far off the level of last season.
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Goes to show how important Kante was to their success, especially when Chelsea are flying.
 
Frozocrone said:
Could see a Top 4 of Chelsea, Spurs, Man Utd and Man City. Chelsea have pretty much sealed the deal with only Tottenham really challenging them. Man Utd are rolling at the minute having been unbeaten since October and Man City have started to hit their stride. Liverpool's collapsed even with Mane added and Arsenal are looking close to dying. Hulls been good lately (draw against Man Utd and beating Liverpool) so wouldn't surprise me to see Hull get a result. Only game I see Arsenal comfortably winning is against Sutton and if they lose or force a replay, they'll be done.
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Chelsea are locked on for the title.

I'd agree with your list, although Arsenal always seems to sneak in to the top 4, even though they seem to have a tendency to melt down around this time of the year. Maybe Liverpool can sneak in but if smaller sides have already found a way to counter Klopp's pressing tactics, I don't see them doing too well in the future.
 
I know you're talking about Premier League but I'm going to get a little off-topic once more and to say one thing about PAOK, in Greece haha. I'm very happy of my team's performance, the last 2 months we lost only one game and we scored 34 goals, while we conceded only 4. I can't wait for round of 32 in EUL to start!
 
Lipstick Vogue said:
Just one of many factors. Biggest is probably the fact that teams are prepared for Vardy/Mahrez and are defending deeper. Massive game with Swansea for them next week.

Anyone watch the Superb Owl? Ridiculous.
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Champion's League also has an effect.

I hope they stay up because the minute they go down, their achievement last year is going to be tarnished because every time it's cited, it's going to be followed by 'yeah and they were relegated the season after'. But Leicester are so poor it's so sad to watch.

Didn't see the superbowl. I've heard of what went down though. Superb stuff.
 
I do wonder what the future holds for Arsenal, though.

It's clear by now that their ceiling is top 4 and nothing more, but I don't think the fans are happy with that. Yeah, they've won few FA cups in recent years but Wenger and co. haven't shown any resolve when things go tough for them for the past 10 years or so. Wenger's contract also runs out at the end of the year I believe, and even if he does renew it's not like he's getting any younger at 67 years of age.

Would be interesting to see how Arsenal handle the replacement of their long term manager.
 
If the board and fans had the same ambitions then there wouldn't be a divide. It's disgusting when one thinks about it because Arsenal fans pay the highest fees out of any club for tickets and yet the club mugs them off by signing one, maybe two players that they don't particularly need and only striving for top 4, a CL knock out round and maybe the FA cup. Sanchez and Ozil (latter is debatable) are the only bright sparks in Arsenal at the minute and Sanchez is getting increasingly frustrated. Does he hate Arsenal? No. But he hates losing and Arsenal is looking like the club that is settling. That's not a winning mentality. Wouldn't be surprised to see him run out his contract or leave for another club soon.

Arsenal always seem to kick into gear when it's clear that there is a danger of missing out on seeing Messi playing against them at the Emirates.
 
I watched the first half of the Superbowl and for the first time in six years decided to go to bed early instead of seeing it through, what a horrible mistake.

I would feel sorry for Leicester, but frankly I'm kind of relying on them to keep playing bad so someone actually finishes below us since all the 'doomed' teams have decided to start playing again.

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Got my ticket for Wembley guys :)
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Awesome, ignoring the match part, it's a really fun day out. It gets a lot less fun if you lose of course.
 
I watched Sunderland's surprise win over Palace at the weekend; it seems selling Patrick van Aanholt and buying someone who can actually defend made a difference, who'd have thunk it?

I still think Sunderland are in big trouble, but players returning from the ACON (Koné, N'Dong) and injury (Pickford) will at least give them a fighting chance of pulling off their annual escape act.
 
I can't decide if I want Sunderland to stay up yet again because it'll; irritate my Geordie friends, mean Adnan Januzaj is succeeding, and be a turnaround for David Moyes. Or if I'm just that fed up of them being this interminably crap for so long (since Roy Keane left pretty much) and would rather they go down. Hoping Crystal Palace do as well. I'll only be happy of Leicester's relegation if they also win the Champions League.

As a United fan I'm loving Pogba can finally play in a double-pivot, or at least seems to be able to. Much as I love Michael Carrick, it's getting almost farcical that we're so reliant on him for stability.
 
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