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Post by mangekyoalleluia on May 8, 2017 18:11:12 GMT
Chelsea trot on to the title and could seal it by the weeekend with a win tonight and in their next game, which is.... pretty likely. 3 - 0 to Chelsea.
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Post by staggerstag on May 8, 2017 18:29:45 GMT
It's simple, innit. Chelsea win tonight and they need just three more points from an available 9 to secure for sure the title. By the same outcome, Boro are down. That's it.
Chelsea: Courtois; Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Fabregas, Matic, Alonso; Pedro, Diego Costa, Hazard. Subs: Begovic, Terry, Zouma, Ake, Chalobah, Loftus-Cheek, Willian.
Middlesbrough: Guzan; Fabio, Chambers, Gibson, Friend; De Roon, Clayton, Forshaw; Traore, Negredo, Downing. Subs: Konstantopoulos, Barragan, Bernardo, Leadbitter, Guedioura, Gestede, Bamford.
Referee: Craig Pawson - 92 Yellows and 4 Reds in 22 PL outings, that's an average of 4.3 cards per game, and whilst he temporarily calmed down following his bombardment of 11 Yellows in the Burnley/Boro game on Boxing Day he returned to his pockets in fine form dishing out 2 Reds and 8 Yellows in two games in the space of a week in February. It does come to something when the ref gets more space than the game itself, but that's a foregone conclusion. Yes?
CFC 1/7
Boro 20
Draw 17/2
Preamble by Jacob Steinberg :
"Well that wasn’t much of a title race, was it? Chelsea were under pressure for all of two seconds - or perhaps three - but all semblance of dramatic tension vanished into the East London air when Tottenham finally ran out of steam and into a brick wall on Friday night, going down 1-0 to West Ham. A win would have taken Spurs to within a point of the leaders, leaving Chelsea to stew all weekend about potentially blowing the title, but it turns out that Manuel Lanzini had other ideas. West Ham have done their chums from the opposite end of the District Line a huge favour and if Antonio Conte’s side can take advantage at Stamford Bridge this evening, they’ll be one more win away from wrapping up what, barring a few wobbly moments here and there, has felt inevitable for quite some time.
It would be a surprise to see Chelsea falter now. Perhaps the mood would have been different if Tottenham had won at the London Stadium, but they didn’t and Chelsea have breathing space. Beat Middlesbrough, as they surely will, and the gap will be too wide. Seven points clear, Chelsea would only need to win at West Brom on Friday night to get the party started. Failing that, they can get the job done against Watford at home on Monday. Failing that, Sunderland visit Stamford Bridge on the final day of the season. Let’s face it, it’s time to get the blue and white ribbons on the trophy.
But is there to be one more twist? Middlesbrough would certainly like to think so given that they’ll be relegated if they lose here. It’s still all to play for as far as they’re concerned, even though they’ve seven points off 17-th placed Swansea with three games to go. There’s still hope for Steve Agnew’s side after last week’s draw with Manchester City. Not much, mind you. The division’s lowest scorers - a paltry 26 goals in 35 matches - have won one league match in 2017, against condemned Sunderland the other week, and their slight improvement since Agnew replaced Aitor Karanka has surely come too late to save them. Like Chelsea winning the league, Middlesbrough’s relegation has been in the offing for a while. They aren’t a disastrous team - they aren’t Sunderland - but they lack quality. Chelsea, so driven and focused under Conte, aren’t likely to show them any mercy whatsoever."
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2017 18:50:13 GMT
5 - 0
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Post by MrFurious on May 8, 2017 19:04:01 GMT
Yeah a big home win but I was reading earlier about Boro keeping it close away against the big teams.
4-0
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Post by staggerstag on May 8, 2017 19:40:38 GMT
Well, those 3, 4 and 5-nothing predictions aren't looking too bad at the moment, with Costa slotting home before Alonso made it two on '34 with a bit of help from the Boro stopper maybe. 3-0 goes off at 11/4, 4-0 at 3 and 5-0 at 5. 11/1 pays for the six-nil hammering.
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Post by MrFurious on May 8, 2017 20:03:18 GMT
Alonso credited with the goal. Delighted for the punters that backed him, thought the bookies would get away with it.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2017 20:32:32 GMT
3 - 0
Two more please.
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Post by mangekyoalleluia on May 8, 2017 20:33:33 GMT
No 3 is fine, 3 is good.
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Post by mangekyoalleluia on May 8, 2017 20:52:11 GMT
Another flawless prediction from myself, great stuff. Chelsea in touching distance of yet another title.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2017 21:28:53 GMT
Surely the only thing ever in doubt was how many Chelsea would score. Fitting that Boro are relegated by a game where they fail to score, been the story all season.
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 8, 2017 23:24:03 GMT
Brad Guzan will never open his legs again.
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