Congratulations to Hull City, soon to be holders of the Premiership's lowest ever points tally (sorry Derby, but you just weren't quite dreadful enough). Best wishes also to Stoke City fans on their one season only tour of Britain's most famous grounds (at least being crap means you get more three o'clock kick-offs). West Bromwich Albion might scrape fourth bottom, but only if Fulham's luck runs out or Roy Keane blows another forty million on Irish accented bric-a-brac - Damien Duff, sold to the gentleman with the dog and the plummeting reputation.
Things are less predictable at the other end of the table. Will Chelsea or Manchester United finish first? Will it be Arsenal in third and Liverpool in fourth or could it be the other way round? And which one of a whole cluster of teams - Portsmouth, Spurs, Villa, Everton and maybe, just maybe Newcastle United - will end up in fifth, twenty points back but with the consolation prize of some Thursday nights out on the continent to look forward to?
Who says the Premier League's boring?
5 comments:
Seeing as the Premier is money and business first, football second, let's be pragmatic, not to say cynical.
Chelsea are the plaything of a mega-rich numpty. God knows what he'll do next. We more than any team know the cost of frequent changes of manager.
Liverpool have their boardroom battles in spades.
Ferguson will retire soon, and who knows what will happen when he's gone.
Only Arsenal seem steady. And I have a feeling that Ashley's watching their methodology: getting success without astronomical spending. He's a very successful business man and knows all about turning failing enterprises around.
I reserve the right to refer to this comment again in three or four years when we're in contention for the big time.
And no, I haven't been drinking.
I hope you're right. If you are, I think we'll both be drinking soon enough.
Only this time it won't be to drown our sorrows.
Garry - likewise I so hope you are right, some Arsenal-like stability would be wonderful.
As for the Premier League... Let's just thank our lucky stars that we've ended up with Ashley and not the megalomaniac Thai that's tipped up at Man City...
well, the fantasy of me inheriting £30 billion and buying United is great, but ultimitely a fantasy.
That said, i'm sure the fans could do with £500mill a season on new players.
this is all in my head by the way.
We'll add your £30 billion to my £25 billion and streak the league by fifty points.
Ah, one day.
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