It is extremely tight between teams in the bottom half of the table compared to last season - potentially anyone from 10th to 20th could be relegated. For example, Stoke beat Man Utd today and are now in 11th place on 25 pts - if they had lost that game they would have been 18th on GD with 22 pts. -------------GP..GD..PTS 9 Southampton 24 7 35 10 Aston Villa 24 -7 27 11 Stoke 24 -14 25 12 Swansea 24 -6 24 13 Hull City 24 -7 24 14 Sunderland 24 -11 24 15 Norwich 24 -18 24 16 Crystal Palace 23 -16 23 17 West Brom 23 -6 22 18 West Ham 24 -9 22 19 Cardiff 24 -22 21 20 Fulham 24 -31 19
There is no midtable this season, from Saints upward are going for Europe, everyone below them are battling relegation. Sad to say I think Fulham are done for...
In previous years I would have been absolutely delighted that Stoke beat Manure. Not this year. Strange that.
Last season we were hoping to stay in the PL with a much bigger gap and our neighbour only lack 3 points (never mind the GD) - there is still some hope for them.
I'm in a bit of pain this morning, nothing serious, just a result of watching Fulham on MOTD. My sides still hurt.