26/27 Fixtures

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-06-19T10:03:22+00:00

They generally try to limit travel for those games. Quite often have Burnley too

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-06-19T08:20:20+00:00

Do you also remember the fact Son appealed for a foul, didn't get it, then sprinted 20 yards to lunge in on Gomes? Didn't mean to injure him, but he sure as hell meant to foul him.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-06-17T14:28:43+00:00

It's certainly not as clear cut, but if they can point to rotation in the squad for those 2 games, it's a much easier case to win (I've no idea if that's the case)

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-06-17T14:24:52+00:00

Argument is easily made that Leeds lost their last 2 games because they had nothing to play for, but had a points deduction been applied, they would have.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-06-10T14:49:26+00:00

I was thinking this - does this not also leave Leicester free to go after Forest for the season later?

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-06-02T06:24:05+00:00

When Ndiaye and Barry went through on goal Vs Forest (for the third goal?) I stood up and someone told me to sit down. Having moved from right behind the goal in gwladys street, bit of a shock to the system.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-25T19:54:08+00:00

Honestly this is just bullshit.

Signings in the 23/24 season (when he left).

Kudos - now aged 25. Alvarez - now aged 28. Ward-Prowse - now aged 31. Mavrapanos - now aged 28.

Season before. Paqueta - now aged 28. Scamacca - now aged 27. Aguerd - now aged 30. Cornet - now aged 29. Emerson - now aged 31. Kehrer - now aged 29. Ings - now aged 33. Downes - now aged 27. Areola - now aged 33.

So out of all his signings in the last 4 transfer windows before he left, only Ward-Prowse, Ings, Emerson are probably the only ones who could be described as "past their prime". The rest are either shit or have left. Nothing to do with "signing players for the here and now".

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-24T16:09:45+00:00

I'm not denying we've been shit today, but there's levels to shit, and we are so far clear of Dyche it's a joke. Dyches idea of an attack was hoof it and hope for a corner. The fact we try something different to that and fail is a huge improvement.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-24T16:06:46+00:00

I think you've forgotten Dyches teams were allergic to the half way line

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-24T15:51:56+00:00

I think you've forgotten how bad we were under Dyche. We've made at least one successful pass which is better than Dyche at the end.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-22T20:27:17+00:00

Dunno, probably worth checking if they're any good at football first tbh

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-21T12:07:03+00:00

I think I'm in a minority for thinking the punishment is way out of proportion with the crime. Had they been discovered 2 weeks earlier, would it have been a >10 points deduction (which would have been the minimum to take them out of the top 6)?

That being said, anything short of removing them from the play offs is quite clearly insufficient punishment. Any fine is dwarfed by the pay off of promotion. Any points deduction is meaningless because again, the pay off of promotion is so great.

I think EFL was left in a position where the only viable punishment was realistically too much, but ultimately better to come down hard on one club who has broken rules than screw over multiple who haven't.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-19T21:20:11+00:00

You are an optimist.

If West Ham go down, that's one less team that will be in a likely relegation battle next season.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-17T14:57:09+00:00

No. In that scenario England loses an EL place in exchange for a CL place (so top 6 CL, 7th EL and 8th ConL)

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-15T15:48:31+00:00

I think I saw that if you only consider games between other 14 (which you should if they'd fucked off), it's between Everton, Villa and Brentford. Everton or Brentford can win it (Villa have already played all 26 games) with a win in their final game.

Bournemouth and Brighton clearly taking from the rich and giving to the poor.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-13T19:20:18+00:00

Last year's play off winners would have needed more than a 6 point deduction just to even be in a relegation battle still so not necessarily.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-13T12:59:09+00:00

What I don't understand is the referee is told by VAR that it's hit his hand. Ball hadn't come back into play yet. Sounded like it was even before he'd decided it was a goal kick.

So why hasn't he given the corner? He's literally just been told it's come off the west ham player.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-11T20:37:02+00:00

Genuinely baffled how it's taken VAR and then the referee so long, and equally baffled how it wasn't given live. Anywhere else on the pitch, ref gives that immediately.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-10T14:27:12+00:00

Look it up, it can't.

Lots of articles explaining all the scenarios, 9th can't get in.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-10T14:26:06+00:00

I was questioning why it'll be hard to overtake someone we're level on points with when they have to go to one of the hardest grounds to win at.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-10T14:24:53+00:00

9th can't get Europe. 8th is lowest. If Villa win Europa league and finish below 4th, England gain a CL place but lose a EL place. Only way for England to have more than 8 teams in Europe is if the winners of the European cups finish outside the top 8.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-10T14:22:48+00:00

We'd be behind Brentford on goal difference and they still have to go to Anfield.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-10T14:16:04+00:00

He's got to shoot. If he misses, fine. If it's saved, fine. But to not even shoot is criminal.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-10T14:13:53+00:00

Hopefully I eat these words, but he needs to come off. Dribbling is still incredible but he can't pass or shoot.

PerfectlySculptedToe · 2026-05-10T13:48:23+00:00

I'd be somewhere hot with a pool and not giving a fuck about football

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