Flutterama blog

May 7, 2010

English Premier League Gameweek 38 Preview

Let me first apologise if this week’s bulletin seems a little downbeat, but we are heading towards one of the most anti-climactic ends to a season that I can remember. So anti-climactic in fact that we have all been brainwashed in recent weeks into buying into the apparent excitement and drama of the contest to see who will finish fourth in the Premier League. Not first or last, but fourth. With the relegation places having been decided long ago, and any drama regarding the Premier League title having been dissipated by the fixture list that (somewhat conveniently for the managers of the top sides who would have had plenty to say otherwise) provided Man.U., Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs with notably straightforward closing matches, we’ve had to look towards the relegation battle in the Championship and the promotion race from League One for any real excitement at all. With the actions of a number of morons at Hillsborough and Kenilworth Road having put fans’ behaviour at potential tinderbox games back
Posted by Nick