Abacus

Well, surely wrecks the whole thing then if Chelsea go. They haven't even got their founding 15 agreed in the first place, and now they're down to 11 already? Yes, there should be punishment for every team that signed up, but the worst should be for those clubs who were most active in sorting it. I also wonder if contracts were signed, they might even all have some external financial penalties there as well. Oh, and hahahaha.

And on the plus side, if they are all thrown out of the league with immediate effect, that makes our run in look much more bearable.

Ironic that the owners of all 6 of these clubs are deemed 'fit and proper' despite trying to fundamentally destroy the league, and the integrity of the sport as a whole.

So, both us and Fulham have Burnley to play. Let's assume we get the same result as each other in that one. We have two games in hand, but I say write off Man City and Leicester in our run in. Funnily enough, I wouldn't rule out a point at Liverpool either given the form they've been in, and that other bottom teams have got something there. But anyway, let's assume not. That leaves Fulham eyeing 3 points against Southampton, and us 3 at Sheff U (which of course we've blown once already, but let's assume). Even assuming that, I still think that puts us in a likely last day shoot out with Fulham, where a win for them sends us down on GD. Funnily enough, I'd rather we were below them in the league going into that scenario, which I know sounds stupid. I just think it's much clearer knowing you've got to go for a win, rather than thinking a draw is enough and that putting doubt into your minds. The fear of losing your 'advantage' rather than going for it can do funny things. I think that's why you often get a team dropping into relegation contention late in the season, or a third placed team fluffing a play off game.

In his pre match press conference on Sky, Steve Bruce said that "the one thing these players are capable of is rolling up their sleeves". So, all this talk of him skipping training sessions is clearly wrong. I'm glad that's the one thing they're capable of, and they can now do it. Before you kick a football, you see, you must first roll up your sleeves. It's a lot like making love to a beautiful lady

I'd say it's 50-50, and Burnley is huge. Fine, we're 3 points ahead with that game in hand. GD isn't very different. On the other hand, lose that one, and GD means it's effectively 2 points, barring some freak results. I.e. if Fulham catch up points wise, they'll have also opened the goal difference gap. I also thought West Brom were gone, yet they're a bit of a wild card now, even if they've got too much to do realistically. But a couple more freak results and you never know. But momentum wise, us playing quite well, getting an unexpected point, and Fulham losing as they did feels like a big one. Should never have been this close, except for this manager and the total lack of care from the top which caused this manager, of course.

With profuse apologies to Charley, both the person and the drug, I meant Charnley

I quite enjoyed filling that in. My polite question to 'the hierarchy', presumably Charley, was just to ask what qualifies them to run a football club. They must realise they don't know what they're doing, surely.

Every sentence is a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. "If I thought I would do that, I would resign tomorrow." So, it's not if he actually did something, it's if he THOUGHT he might do something. But why would he think he might do something so terrible, that he wouldn't do it? Does his mind have no control over what he does, perhaps? That might explain an awful lot. It's also interesting to note that he wouldn't resign today. No, he'd wait until tomorrow.