Jump to content
talkfootball365
  • Welcome to talkfootball365!

    The better place to talk football.

PL 2023/24 - Survival Battle


Recommended Posts

  • Subscriber

If it's true that Chelsea aren't going to be done because of selling hotels to themselves or whatnot then they need to abolish the rules and reinstate all the docked points immediately. But that's one of those things that's so stupid I wonder if I've just fallen for some bait on Twitter.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Subscriber
3 minutes ago, Dan said:

If it's true that Chelsea aren't going to be done because of selling hotels to themselves or whatnot then they need to abolish the rules and reinstate all the docked points immediately. But that's one of those things that's so stupid I wonder if I've just fallen for some bait on Twitter.

No it's true. One of Boehly's other companies bought a hotel off Chelsea for £70m. Apparently Chelsea can prove it's that valuable so it's fine and the whole conflict of interest/money laundering through a different company angle just isn't covered seemingly.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Subscriber
1 hour ago, RandoEFC said:

No it's true. One of Boehly's other companies bought a hotel off Chelsea for £70m. Apparently Chelsea can prove it's that valuable so it's fine and the whole conflict of interest/money laundering through a different company angle just isn't covered seemingly.

I'm not knocking Chelsea for doing this if that is the case, but again - just what is the point if you can bypass it with this sort of nonsense.

Boring that yet another topic has become about this but it's the inescapable bleak reality of this situation. I'm in a tough position on Leicester. I want to hold those responsible accountable for their utterly dreadful and irresponsible dealings, but I also think they're operating within utterly farcical parameters - particularly given the Chelsea case.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Administrator

Vital win for Everton in the Merseyside derby, whilst Sheff Utd are resigned further to relegation despite scoring twice at Man Utd.

image.png

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!

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Administrator

Two more survivors to add to the least, and the relegation battle is now whittled down to just 3 teams. Everton survive thanks to imperious home form, gaining 9pts and conceding 0. The latter of those 3 wins was beating Brentford, who also survived despite that defeat thanks to Luton losing at Wolves. 

Sheff Utd can say bye to the Premier League and hello once again to the Championship as their relegation was confirmed after a resounding defeat (again) at Newcastle. They're on course to break all kinds of unwanted records.

image.png

The points deduction looms large over Nottm Forest - everyone hopes the decision can be sorted out before the end of the season. Especially as it could all boil down to their last game at home to Burnley to decide the final spot. Luton have a great chance to grab a win and 3 more valuable points at home to Everton on Friday night. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I still hope Luton can stay up, but how funny would it be for Burnley to stay up above them all. Looked dead and buried at one point, completely out of ideas, how have they got back into this?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Subscriber

Burnley have drawn their way back into contention. Fair play. I'd rather see Luton stay up now. Mostly because that's probably the weakest rival at the bottom of the table for next year.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Administrator

No change in positions in the bottom 4 but Forest picked up 3 priceless points to create a bit of a gap between themselves and the drop zone. It could even be goal difference that saves them given the difference of 12 between them and Luton, and 18 to Burnley. Luton missed the chance to beat an already-safe Everton, whilst Burnley lost out to a strong Newcastle. Burnley now need to win both their games (one of which is against Forest) and hope that Forest lose vs Chelsea to take it to the final day. 

image.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Subscriber

No points back for Forest on appeal apparently. Even if Luton win both games now, Forest just have to beat Burnley on the last day to be safe. They might even get it done against Chelsea because you never know what you'll get from them. Burnley have ended the season stronger than Luton and looked more like they might be developing into a team that can compete at this level to an extent but it's too little, too late.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Administrator

It's pretty clear-cut after the last set of results that it's Luton to follow Burnley & Sheff Utd in returning back to the EFL. Luton losing to West Ham pretty much resigns them back to life in the Championship, despite Forest also losing.

image.png

- it's nigh on impossible but Luton have to beat Fulham and hope there's a 12-goal swing with a Forest loss to survive. Stranger things have happened xD

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • The topic was unpinned

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

football forum
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...