The race for the Champions League places hots up as everything else cools off...
Part 1
Last Tuesday saw the end finally come for Alan Pardew’s eight year contract, signed as Newcastle manager way back in 2012. Pardew left the club in 2014, and in that time led Crystal Palace to an FA Cup final, brought his West Brom players on holiday to Spain where they would steal a taxi during a drunken night out while getting relegated in the process and fled to the Netherlands, where he survived relegation with ADO Den Haag due to the cancellation of the Dutch league because of the pandemic sweeping the planet.
Hello and welcome to the Total Football podcast, I am your host Declan Harte, and joining me is Andrew Conway.
Andrew, is it fair to say this eight year contract… didn’t work out for Newcastle?
Part 2
Man City had a mixed week, winning 4-0 against Liverpool, salvaging some pride in the lost title race. But they followed this up with their ninth league defeat of the season, away at Southampton. In between this they also announced the departure of Leroy Sane to Bayern Munich for 50 million euros.
Chelsea lost to West Ham, a dismal performance against David Moyes’ side who had yet to score since the restart.
Tottenham began the week with their 3-1 loss to Sheffield United. What did you make of their performance?
Arsenal continued their winning ways, with two good performances against Norwich and Wolves.
Part 3
The race for the Champions League positions has seen many ups and downs this season. Right when the picture appears clearer than ever, a stray stroke muddies the painting. Our canvas currently looks messy, but with only three weeks of Premier League action remaining, soon the frame will be centre stage of the Lake Geneva Museum.
While Man City aren’t allowed past the entrance, for now, who will join Liverpool in reveling in their Swiss ball swirling around some former legendary player’s hand come next year’s group stage draw?
Part 4
Three weeks and five games to go before the season closes, the final league table has really taken shape. But there are still a few things left to decide. Most notably that top 5 race we just discussed. Coming up this week there’s Chelsea’s visit to Crystal Palace, Leicester’s trip to the Emirates, Wolves’ match against Sheffield United and Man United’s away day at Aston Villa. Weird that they’re all away from home this week, really ran out of ways to say one team goes to another team’s stadium there…
Closing
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