What the fuck. The title is won, league is almost over. The bottom teams, most notably Hull, Sunderland and Newcastle have had 37 games to decide their fate. We have larger things to focus on than Premiership relegation battle.

Full speed ahead Rome!

I agree that the league is almost over. I agree that the bottom teams have had 37 games to sort out there position in the league. Playing devils advocate then……what if on the last day of the season, Man U had to rely on everton beating liverpool away in order that you could win the league, yet everton had an FA cup final to attend, and then rested their best players because the nearest team to everton was 4 points behind…………..do you think Fergie would put up with that????……………. I am a Newcastle fan and I will be honest and say that we have been the joke of the premier league this year……..Still although you have the league wrapped up, and a champions league final to atttend amongst other titals this year………this is to be the bottom teams Cup Finals. How dare you make a mockery of the league.

the problem with that statement is that Everton would not play a weakened side against Liverpool, give Everton the chance to stop Liverpool winning the title & they would take it. Nobody is bemoaning the fact that SUnderland may play a weakened CHelsea side…

and who is to say what a “full strength” team is…
i might take united against newcastle if they fielded a team with De Laet, Welbeck, Marcheda, Gibson, and i would even be willing to put ben amos in goal…

i guess its all relative…

and just for the record i dont really think that, but come on people…its not a conspiracy against the bottom feeders, its just that they do have a bigger game coming up…that wouldnt be the case if they hadnt wrapped up the league already, but they have…

what happens if they put CR7 out there and he blows a knee just so this years minnows dont have a shout? lets be honest…

Right, because no club has ever fielded a weakened team before.
Liverpool have never rested their star players – Rafa picks the same line-up week in, week out. Absolutely ridiculous to threaten legal action over a club not fielding a “full strength team”. What’s the point in having a squad if you’re expected to field your 11 best players every week? How would a youngster ever get a chance?
And anyway, who decides whether a team is “full-strength”?
Ridiculous.

Hello Sheff Utd debacle mkII.

When the relegation battle comes down to the last day it should just be accepted that if you go down it’s because you weren’t good enough.

At least you can have some consolation that after 3 years of legal battles at every level availible you may get an out of court settlement.

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