Yesterday’s football matches were just brilliant. For several reasons.

1. None of them involved Spurs.
2. I had no ‘skin in the game’.
3. Spurs weren’t playing.
4. All the teams were doomed anyway.
5. Was interesting on a deeply philosophical and scientific level.
6. Couldn’t have given a toss who won, lost or drew.

The three matches played were of massive importance in the relegation struggle. Shame Chelsea weren’t involved but that’s something else to look forward to next season. And unusual for bottom of the table teams, two of them actually won.

Everton’s was the most unlikely. Made way more so by the actual scoreline. You generally don’t get to wallow 2nd from bottom by scoring 5 goals. Away from home. Against one of the ‘wonder’ teams of the season. But they did against Brighton. More goals than they’ve managed in their last 18 games (possibly slight exaggeration but not much). May have saved Everton from the drop.

Fulham weren’t in danger of relegation, having pre-emptively put up their season ticket prices for next year by about 120%. But they thrashed Leicester. Not quite as comfortably as it initially looked like they would but 5-3 was fair. WAG-husband Jamie Vardy missed a penalty. That was worth next years inflated ticket price on its own.

And then the battle of the no-hopers against the little-bit-of-hopers went in favour of the latter who now have even more hope as they top the pile-of-the-precarious. Forest only have 33 points after their win but that may probably be enough as points are generally hard to come by at that end of the table. Other than yesterday, when there were points and goals everywhere. Southampton are gone.

Leeds didn’t play yesterday so did their customary losing on Saturday against Manchester City. I mean; how hard would it have been to beat City and moved up??

Tonight City play Real Madrid. Its a battle of which team can defend best against the two best players in the world at the moment; Vinicius and Haaland. Ooooh, that’s a lovely prospect indeed.

Football’s just so much more fun when you don’t really give a shit.

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx