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Adrian Newey leaving RB

Must admit I was one who was adamantly backing Nunez to come good by now but he just hasn't kicked on. It's 1-2 decent games and then 4-5 lacklustre & underwhelming ones. When you're chasing trophies on different fronts, you need more just as a minimum standard. Need that consistency. Similar to Jesus at Arsenal - injuries have hampered him but they've been fortunate to have Havertz hit form at the right time to contribute. There comes a time where you have to look at other options - perhaps not to sell Nunez but maybe there's too much reliance on him which is adding pressure which then affects his performance. Having different/better options to rotate with and perhaps his and Liverpool's season pans out differently. Jota being injured less maybe would have helped. Despite all of that, Liverpool could beat West Ham and it's not beyond the realms of possibility for Arsenal to lose and suddenly they're level at the top again. Obviously Man City have their games in hand, but it's interesting the difference in attitudes towards Arsenal and Liverpool in how one is totally out of the title race but one remains still in it, even though they could be level on points again after this weekend.

all kick-offs BST Friday 26th April, 2024 Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid, 20.00 Saturday 27th April, 2024 Las Palmas vs Girona, 13.00 Almeria vs Getafe, 15.15 Alaves vs Celta Vigo, 17.30 Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao, 20.00 Sunday 28th April, 2024 Cadiz vs Mallorca, 13.00 Granada vs Osasuna, 15.15 Villarreal vs Rayo Vallecano, 17.30 Real Betis vs Sevilla, 20.00 Monday 22nd April, 2024 Barcelona vs Valencia, 20.00

all kick-offs 14.30 (BST) unless stated Friday 26th April, 2024 Bochum vs Hoffenheim, 19.30 Saturday 27th April, 2024 Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt RB Leipzig vs Borussia Dortmund Freiburg vs Wolfsburg Augsburg vs Werder Bremen Bayer Leverkusen vs Stuttgart, 17.30 Sunday 28th April, 2024 Borussia Monchengladbach vs Union Berlin Mainz vs Koln, 16.30 Darmstadt vs Heidenheim, 18.30 - Darmstadt will be relegated before they play if both Bochum & Mainz win, and Union Berlin at least draw. They will also be down if they lose, even if Union, Mainz and Bochum all lose too.

Vital win for Everton in the Merseyside derby, whilst Sheff Utd are resigned further to relegation despite scoring twice at Man Utd. Everton host Brentford next and a win for either side (or a draw for Brentford) coupled with a Luton loss will mean that survival is ensured and they can now leave this subject matter well alone!

Some more classic Championship mayhem ensues going into the final 2 rounds of the season. Leicester bagged 6 priceless points against far better opposition than their previous two games; whilst Leeds dragged themselves into 2nd place edging Middlesbrough in a 7-goal thriller. Both capitalised on Ipswich not playing. Southampton played themselves out of the title race although one could argue they never really got themselves back into it; and they still do have a shot at promotion, albeit extremely slim and verging on impossible. But it could all change once again this weekend! Leeds play first out of the top 3 on Friday vs QPR, and a loss for them means Leicester will be promoted before kicking another ball. A draw for Leeds means Leicester also just need a draw, whilst Ipswich have the benefit of a game in hand to try and wrestle back into the top 2 - albeit their opponents are also chasing play-offs. Southampton simply have to win their two remaining games, and hope there's a ridiculous swing in goal difference in the process. West Brom have somehow played themselves into still needing a point to secure a play-off place after only 1 win in 6. They will probably be fine given their goal-difference, though. Norwich just need a win and hope Hull and Coventry don't win 1 of their remaining games. Hull overcame Coventry in a very important play-off chasing game last night, but the latter still have an outside shot if they win all of their games however it is out of their hands given they need 2 of the sides above them to drop points too. Next Games QPR vs Leeds Blackburn vs Coventry Sheff Weds vs West Brom Norwich vs Swansea Southampton vs Stoke Hull vs Ipswich Preston vs Leicester

all kick-offs 15.00 (BST) unless stated Friday 26th April, 2024 QPR vs Leeds, 20.00 Saturday 27th April, 2024 Blackburn vs Coventry Bristol City vs Rotherham Cardiff vs Middlesbrough Huddersfield vs Birmingham Millwall vs Plymouth Norwich vs Swansea Sheff Weds vs West Brom Southampton vs Stoke Watford vs Sunderland Hull vs Ipswich, 20.00 Monday 29th April, 2024 Preston vs Leicester, 20.00 Tuesday 30th April, 2024 Coventry vs Ipswich , 20.00 Saturday 27th April, 2024 all kick-offs 12.30 Barnsley vs Northampton Derby vs Carlisle Exeter vs Oxford Fleetwood vs Burton Lincoln vs Portsmouth Peterborough vs Bolton Port Vale vs Cambridge Reading vs Blackpool Shrewsbury vs Leyton Orient Stevenage vs Cheltenham Wigan vs Bristol Rovers Wycombe vs Charlton Saturday 27th April, 2024 AFC Wimbledon vs Walsall Accrington Stanley vs Tranmere Barrow vs Mansfield Bradford vs Newport Colchester vs Crewe Crawley vs Grimsby Forest Green vs Notts County Gillingham vs Doncaster MK Dons vs Sutton Salford vs Harrogate Swindon vs Morecambe Wrexham vs Stockport

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Saturday Regensburg 2-1 Dresden Bayern 2-0 Frankfurt Edinburgh City 1-3 Stirling Fenerbahce 0-1 Besiktas Juventus 1-0 AC Milan Chelsea Women 2-1 Barcelona Women Amiens 1-1 Troyes Schalke 0-2 Dusseldorf Sunday Connah's Quay 1-3 TNS Real Betis 2-1 Sevilla

Saturday West Ham 2-3 Liverpool Fulham 1-2 Crystal Palace Man Utd 3-1 Burnley Newcastle 4-0 Sheff Utd Wolves 3-0 Luton Everton 1-0 Brentford Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea Sunday Bournemouth 2-1 Brighton Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal Nottm Forest 0-2 Man City Thursday Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham

Bochum 1-2 Hoffenheim Bayern 2-1 Frankfurt RB Leipzig 2-0 Dortmund Freiburg 2-1 Wolfsburg Augsburg 1-1 Bremen Leverkusen 2-1 Stuttgart Gladbach 3-1 Union Berlin Mainz 2-0 Koln Darmstadt 1-0 Heidenheim

Hertha Berlin 2-2 Hannover St Pauli 3-1 Rostock Paderborn 2-1 Elversberg Kiel 2-1 Kaiserslautern Braunschweig 2-3 Hamburg Schalke 2-3 Dusseldorf Magdeburg 2-0 Osnabruck Nurnberg 2-2 Karlsruhe Wehen 0-1 Furth

PSG.

Neville thinks Calvert-Lewin's first name is Daniel

Extremely unlikely now that Newcastle get even Europa League. Perhaps miss out on Europe altogether...