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Originally Posted by Matty81

The relegation fights lately are getting more and more predictable. Maybe 1 or 2 clubs in crisis dip down into the conversation but the clubs coming up are up against it more than ever against any team that's had more than a few years of premier league tv money and spent it reasonably well. United have been absolutely abysmal yet still almost no chance of losing out to the yo yo clubs coming up and down lately.

The championship clubs just have too much ground to make up as far as bringing in attacking talent with the finances they have - anybody half skilled isn't staying in the championship for long and you need 5 or 6 top players on the ball to pick up points in the prem. Forest and a few others occasionally buck the trend at great risk, they were probably going to be wound up if they got relegated with how much they overextended themselves financially.

Burnley, Sheffield and Leeds are playing great in the championship again but there is a real lack of high end scoring in the champ this year even compared to last year and its hard not to see them going straight down again - they'll have lots of work in the summer window to try and build squads, you're not staying up with Joel Piroe or Josh Brownhill as your talisman.


Sidebar - anyone hear anything on the new tv deal for Canada next year yet? Fubo's 3 year deal is done and we have usually heard by now who has won the rights, almost every other country has been awarded.

Yeah, what the hell? I'm getting sick of changing streaming services for EPL all the time. Once the season is over and if FUBO doesnt get it back, they're gone.