Tuesday, February 06, 2007

They are on the pitch....they think it's all over


...lets hope not.

I am not a great fan of American take overs of our sporting teams but it does seem to be the only way of realising enough money to compete in the Premiership these days. If Liverpool go on to win the league at some point in the near future then all will fine. Chelsea have managed to buy the premiership title (twice) and now it looks like Man U may have done (although to a lesser extent than Chelsea) it is really only Liverpool and Arsenal who can compete with them. If you look at the current table (see below) can you really see any team other than the current top 4 winning the title in the next few years? They have done well but you have the likes of Bolton, Reading, & Portsmouth who will never win the title in a month of sundays. They may as well split the top 4 teams off into a super premiership all of their own!


Man Utd 26 11 1 1 33 8 9 2 2 28 10 43 63
Chelsea 26 9 4 0 27 8 8 2 3 18 11 26 57
Liverpool 26 10 3 0 25 3 5 2 6 14 14 22 50
Arsenal 25 7 5 0 30 9 6 2 5 16 12 25 46
Bolton 26 7 3 3 18 11 6 2 5 12 16 3 44
Reading 26 8 1 4 24 16 4 3 6 15 18 5 40
Portsmouth 26 7 4 2 20 9 3 4 6 14 16 9 38
Everton 25 6 4 2 19 9 3 5 5 12 14 8 36
Blackburn 26 6 2 5 16 16 4 2 7 14 21 -7 34
Newcastle 26 6 4 3 21 16 3 2 8 11 19 -3 33