On or off the pitch?

Both. religious freaks.

Put Sky on and listen to them failing epicly to give this a huge build up as if it means anything. "It's round 7!" Really?

Gunners season has imploded.....Todays result ia the nail in the coffin for their prem hopes. I listened to radio 5 live yesterday and there was a Gunner fan harping on about how great Wenger is and the fantastic football that gets played and that many Gunner fans would rather see attractive football than trophies etc. IMO Wenger has to go, the guy is to wrapped up in his own bubble and his own visions that end up not coming to fruition, no leaders on the pitch and a team short of 4 or 5 players.

I've never thought that there was much chance realistically of Celtic and Rangers getting into the Premier League, but after all that has happened in the past week in the west of Scotland, I think there is 0% chance of it happening now.

Next weekend's results are likely to determine the outcome.  If Arsenal beat Man Utd and Chelsea beat Tottenham then they will either have identical goal difference or Chelsea will be ahead, with a gap down to three points.  That just leaves Chelsea needing to win at Old Trafford and win their other two games.....  Possible but Everton away might be almost as tricky as Old Trafford.

Man Utd has an easier run in with Blackburn away and finishing with Blackpool at home.

In reality I expect Man Utd to win the title by 3 or 4 points.  Still, it's an end to the season that seemed very unlikely only a month ago.

Agreed - and in any event if the Premier League is to stay at 20 clubs it is hard to see any English club agreeing to a season with two up and four down to make room for Celtic and Rangers.

Unless of course the big four/five/six were to opt to join a European Super League.....

So Shiteh win 1-0 at Ewood Park, which probably assures them of the 4th CL spot. Given that situation, I hope the Bindippers overhaul us for fifth so we won't have to play in the dreaded (and meaningless) Europa League that could potentially involve an extra 17 games.

Better to concentrate on getting a CL place at the end of next season.

Has Wenger finally woken up...?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1380535/Arsene-Wenger-shifts-blame-leaky-defence-Arsenal-seek-commanding-presence.html

There seems to be a lot of sides thinking the same way, I wonder if it should become an opt in/out competition from now on where the 5th side has the choice of taking up the offer or giving it to 6th, then 7th etc?

Yes the Europa league is 2nd rate in comparism to the CL, however its still a European trophy and not one to be sniffed at.

I'm with Merc on this - I hope Spurs keep hold of 5th place.

Sir Bobby Charlton football icon is on BBC2 on thursday 9pm a must for any real footy fan. Just a shame some of the current Man U squad and other top prem players can not behave impeccably as Bobby conducted himself.

Well said FIO. The whole footballing world these days would be so mcuh better off if all players conducted themselves with the same grace and dignity on and off the field that Sir Bobby did in his day, instead of the childish behaviour we see from too many of today's players. Long live the old days!

Ryan Giggs has been a wholesome role model within Man U for years.

Oh...hang on...

Excellent piece from Samuel as to why La Liga is little more than the SPL in disguise and why eventually it will negatively impact Barca and Real.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1380844/Martin-Samuel-Spain-pain-Real-Madrid-Barcelona-turning-Scotland-.html

Oh pleasssssssssse.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-13206349

Given some of the scumbags given knighthoods....

It is days like this when I despise football for the lottery it is.

First Chelski goal didn't go over the line, the second was offside. Apart from that, the officals played a blinder.

It's time to play our second string XI for the rest of the season. I hope we lose every game.

Thankfully missed most of the game as was out rowing on the high seas.  Got back just in time to see a replay of Coco the Clown's latest mishap but, to be fair, he redeemed himself just in time but to no avail as the linesman took a punt on what he and most of Stamford Bridge thought they saw.  At the end of the day, you have to be certain in cases like this and, once again, the decision went against the way side.  If the lino couldn't have been certain all those year's back at Old Trafford, how on earth could he have been today?  And to top it all, between them the officials then couldn't give the simplist (if marginal) offside decision.  The first error clearly changed the game and Spurs will be left to rue the hatful of chances they had to beat Wham and WBA in earlier matches that were simply there for the taking.

Time to regroup for next season.  As for Harry, honest and fair in his assessment after the game but, once again, its Spurs that are diddled by the officials.  Would Asene and SAF been as humble.  Not likely - even if the officials had dared rule against them!   

I wonder if Abumovich gave them a  yacht each as compensation for keeping them in the title race

Couple of dodgy decicions for Chelsea yesterday but, whilst nothing really against Spurs, they happened for the greater good.

Just need Arsenal to do their job today (although I'm not confident... )

I hope you beat us at Anfield. And you have a better goal difference too.