Dark Munster

Including us, with that **** Osvaldo.

As long as Romeu doesn't get injured or suspended I'm not concerned.

I wouldn't bet on it.

What if they also had said Leicester would be 5 points clear at the top?

Bugger, Man Utd take the lead. A draw or loss for them would keep them within striking distance from us.

Coincidentally, the same odds as the ones at the beginning of season for Leicester winning the title.

Villa have been fairly consistent this season too.

Oh no, it looks like the natives are revolting.

Wish I had a time machine and could go back and put a few quid on Leicester at the beginning of the season. 5000-1 for the title. League table this time last year: http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/league-table.html?season=2014-2015&timelineView=played&matchNo=25&tableView=CURRENT_STANDINGS Leicester were rock bottom 5 points adrift. Now they are 6 points clear at the top.

That is indeed correct. For simplicity I assumed Man City would finish in the top 4 and neither Arsenal or Chelsea would win the CL (the most probable outcome).

Isn't this simpler: If we finish 7th, and both the League Cup and FA Cup are won by teams in the top 6 (doesn't matter who), we qualify for Europa. And if Liverpool win this year's Europa League and finish 5-7, along with the FA Cup and league Cup being won by teams in the top 7, wouldn't 8th qualify for Europa? The PL would get 5 CL spots and 3 Europa spots I think (unless the 3 Europa spots get reduced to 2).

Yes we will.

Yes indeed. And the win keeps them joint top. Just.

I'm officially worried about any Republican taking the White House. Their party has completely gone off the deep end, and has been taken over by lunatics and fascists. Trump is actually their saner candidate. Oh, and they are stealing elections too (gerrymandering, voter suppression, etc.). Exit polls indicate that they have been doing this systematically since Florida 2000 and Ohio 2004. Here's just a recent example: http://americablog.com/2015/08/mathematician-actual-voter-fraud-kansas-republicans.html

A veritable 6 pointer.

I wish Sanchez wasn't playing.

Leicester are really going for this once in a lifetime opportunity to win the league. Limply dropping out of the cup against Spurs, and looking to strengthen further even though their season so far has been brilliant. Given that we have no chance of catching them I'll be hoping they do well in all their remaining matches (bar one of course).

He's been on the bench because of his strop not being sold to Spurs, who offered £15m, not because he's crap. Since then WBA have rejected offers greatly in excess of that. If Spurs come in with an offer that matches Newcastle's then maybe they would sell him to them. But not to a relegation rival. That's WTF I'm talking about.

Still clinging on as joint leaders, but it's getting very crowded at the top there. I dread to think what's going to happen to them if they don't go up this year. Is this the promotion or bust season?

Can't blame them. They are not safe from the drop, so it would be madness to sell a key striker to a relegation rival.

(a) Only when we play them, or (b) if they threaten our position by overtaking us. (a) He can't play for them against us. (b) I very much doubt Swansea can overtake us. IMO

I'm not sure they are our rivals this season, surely we'll finish way above them. If he helps them take points off our upper mid-table rivals (and he can't play against us) I don't see any harm if he joins them.

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Not desperate, but sensible. If they are after another established striker it means they are not resting on their laurels, and realise that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to win the league (or at least qualify for the CL). Without a decent backup, an injury, suspension or loss of form to Vardy could undo all their good work. I wish we had had the same attitude a year ago, when we were a backup striker (and GK) short and otherwise could have had a decent shot for top 4. This.

Injured arms I think. Hopefully the legs will be better by next year.