Tottenham Hotspur are closer to the bottom of the table (16 points) than they are the top (18 points). Isn’t that interesting?
You know what else is interesting? Premier League Bingo. Here’s edition number 16 on the conveyor belt.
Sky Sports using their disproportionate map graphic to highlight the derby games
If Ed Chamberlain wasn’t the first man under 40 ever to have chosen horse racing over football, his name would also feature in this subheading. But instead it will be David Jones narrating over the top of a map of the UK, with disproportionately large stadiums, on Sky Sport’s coverage of Super Sunday.
The Saturday 3pm mini-league returning without a bang
One caveat of such a strong Super Sunday line-up is a Saturday 3pm menu which makes the man on the betting machine in front of you dawdle for an almost socially rude number of minutes. This weekend we have: Swansea v WBA, Spurs v Stoke, Palace v Bournemouth, Burnley v Watford and Huddersfield v Brighton. Eight out of the bottom 10 in action. Under 2.5s.
An Arsenal Capitulation™ against Southampton kicking-off Super Sunday
In these three-wedged, mythical Super Sundays, there’s usually one Cameron for every Ferris Bueller and Sloane. Southampton v Arsenal is that Cameron, but it does hold the potential for another Arsenal mini-crisis to embellish the catalogue. Wenger has only won one Premier League game at St. Mary’s in the last five attempts; Southampton are finding some form. The volcano is dormant.
Claude Puel continuing to get no credit for Leicester City’s resurrection
It could be argued that Craig Shakespeare was dismissed harshly, but since his departure – with Leicester in 18th, six points from eight games – Puel has trebled their points tally. The Frenchman’s admittedly banal demeanour in the press doesn’t help his public image, but he was also fired from Southampton after a League Cup final outing and eighth-place finish; the position Leicester could be in come Sunday evening.
Gylfi Sigurdsson pioneering cliché answers to fantasy football questions
In a BBC interview with Sigurdsson during the week, the question-poser took a leaf out of Chris Stark’s book and asked whether he should transfer in the Icelander. The whipping aficionado replied confidently in his softly-spoken southern twang, but in the cliché, PR-trained manner used when asked: “A point a fair result?”
Sitting down for United v City and getting emotional about football
First v second? Tick. Red v blue? Tick. Local derby? Tick. Sunday at 4pm Greenwich Mean Time so it’s getting dark when it starts, gets properly dark at halftime and the lights are illuminating the pitch? Full house. Sorry, but modern football just doesn’t get better than Manchester United v Manchester City this Sunday. Enjoy your weekend.
