EPL 2023-24

[DaveInSeattle]

One of the guys on the Guardian Football Weekly podcast today called Everton the "turd that won't flush"...

[Baloney]

The Tractor Boys will be a PL team next term

[sancarlos]

The Tractor Boys will be a PL team next term

I grew up in a rural agricultural area, and we had a little motel called The Ipswich Inn, so I’m thinking maybe i should be a supporter of The Tractor Boys.

[brian]

That’s 100 goals conceded for Sheffield United! Good job, lads.

[govmentchedda]

The Tractor Boys will be a PL team next term

I grew up in a rural agricultural area, and we had a little motel called The Ipswich Inn, so I’m thinking maybe i should be a supporter of The Tractor Boys.

How do you feel about Ed Sheeran?

[Giff]

The Tractor Boys will be a PL team next term

I grew up in a rural agricultural area, and we had a little motel called The Ipswich Inn, so I’m thinking maybe i should be a supporter of The Tractor Boys.

How do you feel about Ed Sheeran?

Well hopefully his legs aren’t like his eye.

[Shirley]

Kinda wish there were an additional 10 EPL games this year. It seems like the Chelsea kids are really starting to figure things out. What's kind of wild is that Poch recently made an interesting formation change where Cucarella moves inside when Chelsea has the ball. That seems to have really strengthened their central midfielder play. It probably also helps that Enzo is out getting surgery because he just hadn't been good enough for the last month or so.

Whatever the reasons, they sure looked good today against the Hammers.

[Shirley]

And now with Crystal Palace beating Man U (keep going, lads!), Chelsea might just earn some European football next season. Wild to think that after the topsy turvy season they've had, but it's there for the taking with 3 games to play.

[DaveInSeattle]

Does Ten Hag get fired in the dressing room, the parking lot, or do they wait until the end of the season?

[Baloney]

Does Ten Hag get fired in the dressing room, the parking lot, or do they wait until the end of the season?

[govmentchedda]

Does Ten Hag get fired in the dressing room, the parking lot, or do they wait until the end of the season?

The injuries are bad, and Palace have been better of late, but all of that said, EtH should have to find his own way back up the M6.

[sancarlos]

And, a clean sheet for Dean Henderson, MU’s former goalkeeper-in-waiting, who transferred to Palace after they signed Onana.

[DaveInSeattle]

Does Ten Hag get fired in the dressing room, the parking lot, or do they wait until the end of the season?

The injuries are bad, and Palace have been better of late, but all of that said, EtH should have to find his own way back up the M6.

Every team has injuries at this point in the season...and Casemiro runs like he's carrying a piano on his back...but this is ManU! Losing 4-0 at Crystal Palace has got to be embarrassing.

[govmentchedda]

Does Ten Hag get fired in the dressing room, the parking lot, or do they wait until the end of the season?

The injuries are bad, and Palace have been better of late, but all of that said, EtH should have to find his own way back up the M6.

Every team has injuries at this point in the season...and Casemiro runs like he's carrying a piano on his back...but this is ManU! Losing 4-0 at Crystal Palace has got to be embarrassing.

It is

[Brontoburglar]

United has been ravaged by injuries over the last few seasons -- something that makes the issues feel systemic more than being on the wrong side of the random chance injury coin

[cerranoredux]

United has been ravaged by injuries over the last few seasons -- something that makes the issues feel systemic more than being on the wrong side of the random chance injury coin

So keep ETH? There have been a lot of injuries, but the systemic issues seem to be their recruitment (especially under ETH) outside of Holland, and their failure to acquire solid players to cover for those missed games. Once they signed Jonny Evans, I was hoping for a Vidic and Ferdinand return! Plus, isn’t a McGuire absence from the team addition by subtraction?

[tennbengal]

And now with Crystal Palace beating Man U (keep going, lads!), Chelsea might just earn some European football next season. Wild to think that after the topsy turvy season they've had, but it's there for the taking with 3 games to play.

So its Man City v ManUnited in the FA Cup final, right? And if City wins then that opens up 6th place finish in EPL for the Europa league? Which would leave Chelsea just 2 points off 6th with 3 left to play?

[Shirley]

And now with Crystal Palace beating Man U (keep going, lads!), Chelsea might just earn some European football next season. Wild to think that after the topsy turvy season they've had, but it's there for the taking with 3 games to play.

So its Man City v ManUnited in the FA Cup final, right? And if City wins then that opens up 6th place finish in EPL for the Europa league? Which would leave Chelsea just 2 points off 6th with 3 left to play?

That's pretty much how I understand it. And Spurs are in freefall, so I'm hoping ...

[Rex]

I think Burnley would have survived this year if their keeper wasn’t such a disaster

[Rex]

I take it you can't just declare bankruptcy and take the 9 point deduction with one game left? Asking for a friend.

[Shirley]

It was so great to see Reece James get on the field again for Chelsea. And then within a couple of minutes, he made a gorgeous game-winning assist. Couldn't ask for more.

[L-Jam3]

Your move, City.

[brian]

Comes down to Arsenal’s rival needing a result again City basically. Sports never fail to be compelling.

[L-Jam3]

The fact that Spurs is sitting in 5th right now but close enough to 4th that they can still mathematically catch Aston Villa is welcome. They won’t lay down just to bone their rivals.

[cerranoredux]

The fact that Spurs is sitting in 5th right now but close enough to 4th that they can still mathematically catch Aston Villa is welcome. They won’t lay down just to bone their rivals.

They won’t lay down, but lads, it’s Tottenham.

[MaxWebster]

selfishly - and not for any pro-City stance - please lay down, Spurs.

(sorry Rush, nothing personal)

[Baloney]

[mister d]

Come on Villa.

[MaxWebster]

at 3-1 i wasthisclose to packing it in and going outside to read a book. three cheers for my prolonged laziness!

Come on Villa.

[Rex]

Arsenal saved the embarrassment of blowing it all against Everton on Sunday

[mister d]

Can you parlay a 1st half 0-0 with a City win? Because recent history says that's what's going to happen against The West Hammers.