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Correspondent Ed offers some insight into the final weekend's action:
The fight for first place in the League ended this weekend with Manchester United getting the tie at Blackburn. Yawn. Congratulations to United. Who knew you could pull this off? I mean, you’ve only done it about 18 times before.
Fortunately, there is a better battle going on right now, and that’s the fight for 17th place. Why is 17th so much better than 18th? Well, because when you come in 18th place (or 19th place or 20th place) you no longer can play in the EPL next year but are relegated to the lower and poorly named Championship Division. As in: “Sorry, please give us your ball and your arm patch, and be sure to return your ID to the man at the front desk.”
FOF favorite Blackpool, the team that brought the fun back into the EPL, is unfortunately on the brink. Two weeks ago they gave it their all and were snake bit by Spurs in the last ten minutes or so and had to settle for one point instead of three. This week they played the game of the week against Bolton. They went down 1 to 0 at the very beginning of the game, only to rally back and go up 2 to 1, and then 2 to 2, 3 to 2, 3 to 3 and finally, 4 to 3 on a Charlie Adam exclamation point to win the game and keep their hopes alive.
