Quote from: junder on Today at 12:01:11 PM

Quote from: Lida93 on Today at 11:03:36 AM

And why is everyone just leaving Nottingham Forest out of the picture in the contest for the top four and only putting Chelsea and Manchester city to the contest. I think Nottingham Forest has so much to do if they are to secure their 3rd place they currently sit, they are just with 1 point above Chelsea and 3 points on City which makes their position in the top four not certain because with about 11 matches still to be played before the end of the season a lot can happen.

Not only Man City, Chelsea and Nottingham are competing to get UCL tickets next season, we also can't ignore Newcastle, Brighton and Bournemouth in this fight because these 3 teams can still reach the top 4 considering the points difference is not far.
This season the fight for the top 4 positions is the tightest compared to the fight for the championship title, this is because most of the top teams have experienced a decline in performance, only one team is really stable, namely Liverpool, making the Premier League less competitive in my opinion.

Well I had my reasons why I had to omit the likes of Bournemouth Newcastle and Brighton off the top four competition and it's obvious that these clubs has no business with going to the UCL next season considering their recent form which is nothing better than that of Chelsea and Manchester city. All they can fight for now is a place for Europa and conference league because the top 4 would be too hot for them to settle in by the time we get near ending of the season when we usually see the small teams bowing to pressure at last.