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FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:12 am

12pm: Cardiff City v Leeds United
2pm: Newcastle United v Sheffield United (Pick)
4.15pm: Aston Villa v Chelsea
7pm: Everton v Liverpool (Pick)

None of them on BT Sport. What a good do.

matttheclaret · Post by **matttheclaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:18 am

Fancy four away wins

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:23 am

Leeds only need a couple of wins from their remaining 9 games to seal promotion, due to the rest being so poor, and think one of them will be today. It wouldn't surprise me if the remaining 3 games were all draws.

claretcrav · Post by **claretcrav** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:28 am

Liverpool win today and they could be crowned champions on Monday night.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:42 am

Be a good quiz question incoming years.
It wasn't today...

Answer.
.....when Burnley beat Manchester City....

matttheclaret · Post by **matttheclaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:22 pm

matttheclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:18 am
Fancy four away wins

Looking good so far

Should lump on Villa here

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:29 pm

I'll be surprised if Villa take owt from this game.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:32 pm

ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:29 pm
I'll be surprised if Villa take owt from this game.

I hope you're right. I want them down.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:38 pm

Yes 2 home wins so far, bucking the trend from earlier in the week, it's early doors yet, but home advantage does seem to be annulled with no crowds, we'll have to wait for a couple of completed rounds of matches to get a better idea, the data is too scarce to make an assessment yet, especially in the PL, both City on Wednesday, and Newcastle today played against 10 men for a large portion of the game, and i think they're 2 of only 3 home wins in the top flight thus far, and the Championship saw a stream of away successes yesterday.

Figures so far in the PL read as follows, 3 home wins, 3 draws, and 3 away wins, Championship's 2 home wins, 4 draws, and 6 away wins, so from those limited numbers it tends to suggest the home advantage is minimal if it's even an advantage at all.

Guller Bull · Post by **Guller Bull** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:38 pm

How far away is Heaton from playing again?

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:41 pm

Touch and go.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:51 pm

Is Drinkwater injured?

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:52 pm

Guller Bull wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:38 pm
How far away is Heaton from playing again?

Is he even eligible? this article suggests nothttps://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/ ... -18057158 that's a couple of months old, so things may have changed, but according to that, teams can't make changes to their January lists, even with these unique circumstances.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:54 pm

dermotdermot wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:51 pm
Is Drinkwater injured?

is "injured" code for "crap" ?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:55 pm

in all seriousness he wouldn't be able to play against his parent club today

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:56 pm

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 4:55 pm
in all seriousness he wouldn't be able to play against his parent club today

You'd think Chelsea would make this an exception.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:00 pm

not sure how but Villa are 1-0 up having been utterly battered

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:01 pm

Christ, Villa winning.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:01 pm

ElectroClaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:01 pm
Christ, Villa winning.

Not that surprising really. I fancied a draw.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:03 pm

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:00 pm
not sure how but Villa are 1-0 up having been utterly battered

Agreed.
Chelsea are good enough with 11.

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:04 pm

I'd written Villa off but after seeing how poor West Hsm and Bournemouth were yesterday they've still got a chance.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:08 pm

Would love Villa and West Ham to both go down - seems unlikely though, as Bournemouth and Norwich look nailed on.

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:11 pm

Whenever it happens.....it is always funny when West Ham go down

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:14 pm

Typical Chelsea display, dominate the play, miss chances ,and then concede a soft goal, they're so predictable.

Could be a big 3 points for Villa, but plenty of time left yet.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:14 pm

last day of the season is West Ham v Villa..........tbh, they have 4 very winnable games

nyclaret · Post by **nyclaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:18 pm

Top 4 is ours lads!

chekhov · Post by **chekhov** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:18 pm

I’m hoping Villa win this and manage to stay up, mainly for our Tom’s sake but also I have a bit of a soft spot for them. Something to do with the claret and blue kit, they’ve got a terrific traditional stadium and great support.
Right, wait while I get my tin hat.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:23 pm

Can't be many players that can boast of scoring in all 4 divisions in England, maybe one of the Bournemouth players at a guess.

Kortney Hause has now scored in each of the top four divisions in England. He scored for Wycombe Wanderers in League Two, for Gillingham in League One and for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Championship.

Could be a good quiz question in future years.

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:27 pm

tiger76 wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:23 pm
Can't be many players that can boast of scoring in all 4 divisions in England, maybe one of the Bournemouth players at a guess.

Kortney Hause has now scored in each of the top four divisions in England. He scored for Wycombe Wanderers in League Two, for Gillingham in League One and for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Championship.

Could be a good quiz question in future years.

Didn't Earnshaw do it for Cardiff?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:29 pm

wonder if Michael Duff did ?

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:35 pm

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:27 pm
Didn't Earnshaw do it for Cardiff?

Vardy and perhaps Charlie Austin were the 2 that spring to my mind, might be best to start another thread, if you want to continue this debate, don't want to divert from the main topic, but there is probably more than you imagine once you start digging.

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:36 pm

Be amazing if villa somehow get 4 points from the 2 games since the restart. It is going to get tighter and tighter at the bottom. As I type the yank equalizes

Goodclaret · Post by **Goodclaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:37 pm

Chelsea 2-1 up!

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:38 pm

some turn around that

FCBurnley · Post by **FCBurnley** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:38 pm

Good. Villa getting what they deserved

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:45 pm

If Burnley were to win on Monday, would denying Man City the 3 points mean Liverpool are champions?

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:47 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:45 pm
If Burnley were to win on Monday, would denying Man City the 3 points mean Liverpool are champions?

Yes. And although it is quite unlikely I haven’t heard any pundits point this out.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:47 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:45 pm
If Burnley were to win on Monday, would denying Man City the 3 points mean Liverpool are champions?

Yes if Liverpool win the Merseyside derby later.

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:50 pm

Watching Legia Warsaw v Slask Wroclaw (on Freesports HD) with supporters in the stadium, not many maybe 2-3000 but making lots of noise. Legia 2-0 up.

I won't be reactivating my Sky Sports subscription while so many free to air options around.

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:06 pm

FactualFrank wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 5:08 pm
Would love Villa and West Ham to both go down - seems unlikely though, as Bournemouth and Norwich look nailed on.

Ditto

Guller Bull · Post by **Guller Bull** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:11 pm

matttheclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:18 am
Fancy four away wins

You are a bloody nuisance - I lumped on Villa after reading this comment and for a while was grinning. Kept thinking "cash out cash out - no leave it another 3 minutes" Went for a **** and came back gutted!

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:20 pm

Yet another defeat for a team at the bottom, does anybody seriously think 3 teams are going to overhaul Burnley, even in the incredibly unlikely scenario of us not collecting another point this term, i hope we can knock any talk of relegation on the head now, and try and enjoy these last 9 games.

The big winners this weekend are Brighton, for the 1st time there's a slight gap opening up between them and the bottom 5, not enough to be comfortable, but i heck of a lot more secure then they were a couple of days ago.

And yet another away win.

matttheclaret · Post by **matttheclaret** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:47 pm

Guller Bull wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:11 pm
You are a bloody nuisance - I lumped on Villa after reading this comment and for a while was grinning. Kept thinking "cash out cash out - no leave it another 3 minutes" Went for a **** and came back gutted!

Apologies!

I thought it was looking good for a while, Chelsea dominated possession throughout but wasn't sure they'd actually score. Once they got that equalizer they were always going on to win it though.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:56 pm

With regards to tonight's game they are wrong when they say Liverpool hope to win the title at Anfield on Wednesday.

Have they no faith in us beating Man City because if we do they only need to beat Everton to win the league

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:07 pm

Spijed wrote: ↑
Sun Jun 21, 2020 6:56 pm
With regards to tonight's game they are wrong when they say Liverpool hope to win the title at Anfield on Wednesday.

Have they no faith in us beating Man City because if we do they only need to beat Everton to win the league

I think they also needed to win tonight...

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Jun 21, 2020 11:34 pm

To clear up any confusion, if City lose or draw tomorrow night, then a Liverpool win over Palace on Wednesday will give them the title.