stevegrant

Would expect the first three weeks to be behind closed doors. After that, it'll be reduced capacity with no away fans, and they'll gradually ramp up the % allowed in every few weeks, assuming the infection rate is under control.

He'll probably still get one. The champion club gets given a specific number of medals to distribute how they see fit, to players, coaching staff, other club staff, etc, with the only stipulation that any player who has made 5 PL appearances during the season must get one.

Better reactions than De Gea recently, too.

Depends on the timing of the verdicts for the FFP issues, I think. League AGM is some time in August, so as long as it gets done before then, they'd probably be applied immediately. They certainly should be, anyway - as I said above, they've dragged on for at least 18 months. Wigan's deduction will apply after tonight's games, subject to appeal, and I think it's an appeal they will likely win (or at least partially win).

Charged with various FFP breaches, largely relating to them selling their stadia to separate companies owned by the club owners for almost-certainly-inflated prices, which were basically the only reason those clubs managed to stay within the allowable loss figures. Derby seem to have a reasonable chance of avoiding punishment, they might get away with the valuation and they accounted for it properly. Wednesday should be in a whole heap of trouble - having sold Hillsborough, they accounted for that sale in their accounts at the end of one season when Land Registry records show the sale took place at the start of the following one, and the company they sold it to wasn't formed until the latter period. Basically if they did sell it during the previous period, then they're probably OK - if they didn't sell it until the latter period, then they're in breach of FFP maximum losses for the three years up until the change of financial period (think it's up until 30th June 2018, to give an idea as to how long this has dragged on for!). They'd be on the hook for a points deduction of up to 12 points depending on how far over the allowable loss figure they fall, and if they're found guilty then there's the potential for a further 9 points for an "aggravated breach" because of the way they've tried to cover it up.

It's definitely not gone unnoticed among the Arsenal fans I know. Bit weird of them, though, to pipe up about Deeney saying something that everyone else could see was clearly bang on the money at the time and to remind everyone about it when they put in a performance lacking any sort of stomach last night.

Could say the same for 10 clubs, though. A strong chance that Chris Wilder's "tough love" approach to man-management doesn't quite hold up in a second season when every other team should have worked out a way to play against them, Burnley seem to have a very weird financial dynamic which is causing tension to the extent that it's being seriously suggested that Sean Dyche might walk at the end of this season, West Ham will continue to be West Ham, whoever stays up out of the three down there will probably still be rubbish next year too, plus throw in Palace as you say, and us and Newcastle are always prone to the occasional shitshow. Then looking at the teams in the promotion shakeup, I'd expect Leeds to make a fast start but then fall away, Brentford would probably be similar with their setup. The rest would likely be favourites to go straight back down - West Brom look awful despite somehow sitting in second place, Fulham and Cardiff have pretty much the same squad that got relegated a year ago, while Forest and Swansea both look pretty weak. Best League In The World

But it's a bit of a "if my auntie had balls she'd be my uncle" argument, though, because we DO have Danny Ings and therefore have a potent goalscoring weapon.

Bournemouth can get a draw at Everton. That'll be fine.

Didn't hear that, but it would certainly be true - we had a 7-7-7 record in 83/84, 28 points.

The carnage in the last few minutes was hilarious, but Jesus, we should have been 4-0 up by that point. So many great chances squandered in the second half. Still, job done. 31 away points is some going

An amazing 15-minute demonstration of self-destruction

If you'll be watching it through Sky/Virgin/BT TV, I think someone else could watch using your BT login through the app or website.

Only if us and Arsenal do the business at the weekend, though. If we lose to Bournemouth or Villa beat Arsenal, all of a sudden there's only a point between them heading into the final day. Watford play Man City and Arsenal in their last two. West Ham v Villa would be a proper winner-stays-up clash, and you could easily see Bournemouth winning at Everton the way Everton have been playing lately.

No, they're unique to each season ticket holder.

For a couple of months last year, Bournemouth fans thought this game would be the one where they'd get to relegate us. How the tide has turned...

I guess it depends on whether you deem their improved performances directly as a result of them improving or whether it's because the opposition allowed those performances. Leicester collapsed in a horrible heap on Sunday having dominated the first 55 minutes, and City made a load of changes to their team and never really got out of first gear. How much of that was down to Bournemouth's performance, and how much of it was down to individual mistakes by Leicester or a complacent attitude from Manchester City?

The code they have sent is a voucher code, I think. So you'd have to create an account on the BT website first, and then I assume there's somewhere on the site to enter the code to get BT Sport unlocked for use either on the app (mobile or TV) or to watch through the website.

I'm reliably informed that the players and staff well remember the way they celebrated the win at St Mary's in September with the subsequent "looking forward to the game in May when we can send you down" stuff. Motivation on Sunday shouldn't be a problem.

Afraid so. I'll aim to get it back up and running ASAP, but developing extensions for this software is a much bigger task than it was on the old place.

Correct. The Sky passes are only valid until the final day of the season, so even though we've got - at most - one remaining game that's going to be behind their paywall (Sheffield United, and that's not set in stone yet as they've not announced who's showing which games on the final day), you'll need to use at least one of them on days when we're not playing. The second test match starts tomorrow, for what it's worth...

You might find that you've unwittingly unsubscribed yourself. I had that a year or so ago - I filled in some sort of form on the website, might have been a competition, might have been a vote of some description, but because I didn't tick the "Keep me updated" box, the system took that as an implicit unsubscribe.

Charlie Austin against Fulham away last season: 16 touches in 65 minutes, contributing the square root of f**k all; Charlie Austin against Fulham this evening: 16 touches in 65 minutes, contributing the square root of f**k all. At least he's consistent, I suppose. Best finisher at the club, my arse...

Judging by the replies, this seems to be a bit of a blow. Oops.

Duplicate of the match reaction thread