Paullow

I thought I was bad.

A draw is surely the best tomorrow in the BHA vs MU match, but if there has to be a winner who would you prefer? If Liverpool had dropped points tonight then I'd have defo wanted Man Utd to win, but not so sure now.

Wasn't expecting much from Fulham tonight, and while it's a shame they've kept on winning, if they did win their next 3 games by 1 goal or one of them by 2, and we improved our GD by 2 in getting 6 points from the next 4 (2W 2L, or W1 3D) then we may go into the last game with like a +8 GD advantage, and even if they are playing a relegated Southampton, even I'd be confident of seeing that job through. They've won 5 in a row and are keeping on winning, which is the most important thing from their perspective, but I thought they would have improved their GD by more than just 2 in their last 2 games, especially when 3-0 up after 15 mins on Spurs.

West Ham probably just need 1 more point, if any at all, given their goal difference. If they did get 1 point then Everton would need 7 from 4 games, Forest 6 and Leeds 6 from 4, and even Leicester 4 from 4, and while the latter could happen, it's hard to see 2 of the former 3 reaching those targets with the games they have left. If there's a surprise win or two in the next couple of games like Everton beating Brighton or Man City, Leeds beating Man City or us, or even Forest beating Chelsea then they may sweat a bit if they lost their next 2, but they are a model 33/1 for a reason, despite on paper not looking massively secure.

Going back to this, 7 days and 3 wins later, it's currently 1,597,880, so that's 33,800 additional IG followers in that period, which isn't far off 10% of Sunderland's total count.

Hexham born Brad Potts is a Newcastle fan as well so he should at least be motivated, but Sunderland are clear favourites at the bookies, as you would expect with them in better form and having something concrete to play for.

Everton - 8/13 Leeds - 8/15 Forest - 8/11 Leicester - 2/1

It does make me more relaxed about our game mind. We should be beating Leeds and them, and then any point from the harder two home games and we'll be there with at least a game to spare.

Save! That's 2-3 if Ward is still in nets.

Big chance.

Maddison trying to please his parent club. Shite. That won't go down well, ha.

They're going to be absolutely fuming with Iwobi on GOT again.

https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/leicester-city-v-everton-preview-match-report-and-motm-poll.117453/page-92

Probably help the game from a neutral perspective if this goes in.

Aye, Everton have surprisingly made the better start here, but no breakthrough yet.

Leicester taking inspiration from Arsenal here with a random new pre match song.

Coventry 69 points +12 Millwall 68 points +8 ---------------------------- Sunderland 66 points +10 (a lot more goals scored than Cov, so any Sland win would pip any Cov loss) WBA 66 points +7 Blackburn 66 points -3 Luton guaranteed 3rd, Middlesbrough 4th Final day fixtures: Middlesbrough vs Coventry Millwall vs Blackburn Preston vs Sunderland Swansea vs WBA A point guarantees Coventry a place, a win guarantees Millwall a place, Sunderland, WBA, and Blackburn have to win and then hope, but Sunderland have got 2 opportunities if Cov lose, or Millwall draw/lose. Blackburn just about keep their season alive with their draw today, but very unlikely that they will win and both Sunderland and WBA fail to win. They've had an awful end to the season. A Coventry draw and Millwall win would pip Sunderland, but if Sunderland won they would get there if Coventry lost, or Millwall failed to win.

1-1, 87 mins. Hopefully a winner either way.

Hopefully it stays like this and effectively rule Bburn out of the equation and make Millwall's job a bit easier. The results have defo gone for Sunderland in recent weeks, so expecting a 90+5 equaliser.

Hopefully Blackburn vs Luton doesn't end in a draw. That would mean Blackburn would still have a very outside chance of getting the playoffs, but a win or draw vs Millwall on the final day would mean that Sunderland would finish above both, and in the POs, if they beat Preston. A Blackburn loss would mean their season was 99.99% over as they would have to beat Millwall at least 7-0, possibly more, and then hope that Sunderland and WBA both dropped points, so they might ease off, and a Blackburn win would mean two fully motivated sides, and a 2 out of 3 chance to get a result that would cost Sunderland, but also perhaps quite likely it ends in a draw, as you have it, which may play into Sunderland's hands, so probably hoping Luton win, but a draw would be by far the worst.

Reading haven't won since Feb and only taken 6 points from 12 games so they have not helped themselves, but every other result has pretty much gone wrong for them these past couple of weeks. QPR putting back to back wins together from out of nowhere, especially Burnley away, to secure their safety Rotherham losing to Cardiff one game ago to make the latter safe, but then beating a Boro side with little to play for to secure their survival today Cardiff winning that aforementioned Rotherham match the other day to secure their survival, and then subsequently losing to Huddersfield yesterday when they had very little to play for. They didn't help themselves by only drawing to Wigan on Saturday and would have had a fighting chance had they won, but they are now relying on another side (Sheff U) who have nothing to play for either to keep their season alive heading into the final day.

Rotherham won 1-0 so that means they are safe. Huddersfield are at home to Sheff Utd on Thursday and if they get at least a point they are safe as well and Reading are down, but if they lost, then Reading vs Huddersfield is huge on the final day - Reading would have to win, but any win would see them safe. Results have been going wrong for Reading of late, and obviously not helped by their 6 points deduction either. At the other end, Boro are now guaranteed to finish exactly 4th, and Luton 3rd, which may affect how the latter approaches their match with Blackburn today at 5.30pm. It might play into Coventry's hands with Boro having nothing concrete to play for, although that said, Boro may want to set down a marker and go into the playoff in good form, especially with Coventry a potential play off opponent.

Very strange. I wasn't planning on watching it, but wouldn't be best pleased if I was, the difference in coverage is astounding (assuming it's just the one commentator, no replay, one camera angle). I guess the match time was changed for a specific reason like a local event on Saturday or fixture scheduling, so it's more of a 'bonus', but while decent enough if it's your team playing and a chance to see them, it's pretty shocking if watching as a neutral. There's nothing live on their main channels either.

Favourites for top 4, or favourites to win all their matches?

We've got to assume it's 7 points needed not 6. While the late winner today was annoying, at 3-0 after 15 mins it was looking like it could have been 5 or 6 like us, so to only win by 1 is a slight consolation, but that current 11 goal advantage could quite easily be overturned. We've accepted that they pretty much have to win every game now to be in contention, and we'd have to drop points for this to even be relevant, so if they were to win their next 4 matches heading into the final day, and we either win 2 and lose 2 or win 1 and draw 3, that 11 advantage will probably be more like 5 heading into the final day (unless we battered say Leeds), and I don't know about you guys, but if Chelsea has shown some signs of life by then, I wouldn't be fully confident if we were 3 points clear and had a 4 or 5 goal advantage, because if we lost 0-1, a 3/4-0 win at relegated Southampton would be enough, 2-0 Chelsea, would require 2/3-0 Liverpool etc. I would want that GD advantage to be at least 7 if they were within 3 points of us. If they are to beat Fulham and Brentford this week before we play, then hopefully they are just by 1 or 2 max.