Only idiots think Chelsea will finish below Spurs. The press seems to love concluding that Spurs season is finished by March. Any Spurs fan knows we'll always fit a nice bottle in there at some point. Teams like Chelsea and Arsenal know how to end seasons with a bit of form.
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I also think the Europa League should have a Champions league place for the winners. Have done for ages.
One other point regarding Bevab's comment about Bale. The whole English press anti falling over patrol is getting ridiculous. It's become this stupid buzzword that gets thrown out constantly as though it's the only thing that blights football. Leg breaking challenges and crude behaviour are fine, but if a player dares to fall over to avoid a challenge that could potentially do them serious harm out comes "simulation" and morons talking rubbish. Players get out the way of legs that are likely to hit them because getting taken out is just stupid. Only in England is it considered normal to have to take the actual hit to gain the freekick. The intent of the challenge is rarely considered. Slow it all right down, and of course it looks like deliberate attempts to gain an advantage, but the reality is they're avoiding the clumsy challenge.
Of course there are genuine dives, but they're so easy to spot it's embarrasing.
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The result of this at the moment, is that the entire middle area seems to have been lost as well. It is very possible for someone to go down but neither be fouled or dived, but invariably at the moment the player will be booked.
