Is this the silliest Premier League season yet? Things were already strange enough before mid-table Chelsea put four past title-chasing Tottenham a month ago; since then, the Barclays-o-meter has been pushed close to breaking point. The last 30 days of top-flight fixtures have been packed with late winners, multi-goal thrillers, drama, betrayal and rage. Much like Football Daily’s noisy neighbours, the Premier League appears to have an inexhaustible supply of fireworks.
Egu–RROLA! At the Koning Willem II Stadion, as at Kenilworth Road, three goals have become four! Damaris’ Dutch delight, the Lionesses slain. Orange turned to Olympic gold …
I keep reading that teams are ‘two points (or even one point) clear’ at the top of the table’. In my mind, you have to be at least three points ahead to be clear, but four points would be definitively clear. I have no idea where I got this from, but know it to be true. Is there an unwritten rule of a three-point tolerance for being clear or have I imagined it? I have played in teams that have been clear, and I know nobody would have ever said in the pub after that ‘we’re two points clear’. It’s nonsense. If you’re clear, you can lose and not be caught. Similarly, I read yesterday that Liverpool were five points adrift of Arsenal with a game in hand. Adrift? In second place? With a game in hand? Please football pedants define ‘clear’ and ‘adrift’ before it goes too far” – Jimmy O’Brien.
Reading yesterday’s Football Daily about the amount of football to be available on television, I can’t be the only person to think of David Mitchell. I won’t attempt to humorously estimate the numbers and I don’t expect to win a book for mentioning it. Just click the link and watch the video” – Tim Scanlan.
Please can I be among the 1,057 readers to suggest that investigations into the break-in at Kurt Zouma’s home (yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs, full email edition) should focus on known cat burglars. I knew they would get their revenge one day” – Richard O’Hagan (and 1,056 others).
Continue reading…Is this the silliest Premier League season yet? Things were already strange enough before mid-table Chelsea put four past title-chasing Tottenham a month ago; since then, the Barclays-o-meter has been pushed close to breaking point. The last 30 days of top-flight fixtures have been packed with late winners, multi-goal thrillers, drama, betrayal and rage. Much like Football Daily’s noisy neighbours, the Premier League appears to have an inexhaustible supply of fireworks.Egu–RROLA! At the Koning Willem II Stadion, as at Kenilworth Road, three goals have become four! Damaris’ Dutch delight, the Lionesses slain. Orange turned to Olympic gold …I keep reading that teams are ‘two points (or even one point) clear’ at the top of the table’. In my mind, you have to be at least three points ahead to be clear, but four points would be definitively clear. I have no idea where I got this from, but know it to be true. Is there an unwritten rule of a three-point tolerance for being clear or have I imagined it? I have played in teams that have been clear, and I know nobody would have ever said in the pub after that ‘we’re two points clear’. It’s nonsense. If you’re clear, you can lose and not be caught. Similarly, I read yesterday that Liverpool were five points adrift of Arsenal with a game in hand. Adrift? In second place? With a game in hand? Please football pedants define ‘clear’ and ‘adrift’ before it goes too far” – Jimmy O’Brien.Reading yesterday’s Football Daily about the amount of football to be available on television, I can’t be the only person to think of David Mitchell. I won’t attempt to humorously estimate the numbers and I don’t expect to win a book for mentioning it. Just click the link and watch the video” – Tim Scanlan.Please can I be among the 1,057 readers to suggest that investigations into the break-in at Kurt Zouma’s home (yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs, full email edition) should focus on known cat burglars. I knew they would get their revenge one day” – Richard O’Hagan (and 1,056 others). Continue reading…
