If the England team were a dog, it’d have been put down by now as an act of mercy
Every dog has its day, and this time it really could be us 😉 – just get Mrs Binners to back us and they may as well send us the cup now.
Seventh down is a study in mediocrity in the prem – as bad a two tier situation as I’ve ever seen.
I’ve said this for years – not least when we were there last – but survival in the Prem comes down to there being really 4 leagues in the league.
There’s the top 4 (or 3, or even 2) – City, Liverpool, Spurs, Utd really…. who are the only ones with a hope of winning it (and yes, I know Leicester = exception that proves the rule)
Add to them another 3 or 4 who might potentially get into the top 4 and jostle for a European slot, but aren’t really contenders overall.
At the bottom there’s maybe 5 or 6 who are relegation fodder. And in the middle the rest, who aren’t really any good but are a bit better than the relegation teams.
And your goal really is to be the best in your little league, try to pick up points here and there against the next set (or if you’re in the higher set, don’t drop points against them) and try not to get humped for GD against the top teams. It’s a strategy for survival in the Premier League for the smaller teams but it’s not living for most people; we want to see good games where you try to win against whoever turns up, and after having seen 3 seasons of Reading in the PL I’d honestly swap season after season of play-offs or thereabouts in the Champs for just surviving in the PL.