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There’s a lot to be said for scrappy 1-0 wins on days where you don’t really have it. It’s satisfying to me, especially when our goal comes via a set-piece. I think that goes back to all of those years when it would be us on the receiving end of those scorelines. We’d play someone shit, not really do enough to win and end up getting nothing because of a shitty set-piece. It happened so many times over the years, especially to teams like Burnley and their ilk. For us to be able to go there on a wet, windy, miserable day, when our forward line doesn’t really show up, and still be able to win the game relatively comfortably (it never felt in any doubt to me) is great. Of course I’d rather we went there and turned on the style to win by four or five, but that doesn’t happen every week and being able to win regardless of forum is a great asset to have. I mean, we still dominated the game and deserved the points, but we were way off where we’d normally be and this is the kind of game that caused us to come unstuck in all those decades when we weren’t challenging for the title. The conditions played a part but I don’t think that’s why we didn’t have it up front. The wind and rain made it difficult for the defenders and for players looking to switch the play with long passes, but I don’t think we can use the conditions to explain away why the front three weren’t on it. I don’t think there is any explanation, it’s just one of those days that happen from time to time. It’s also worth mentioning that although Burnley are shit and may well go down this year, they’re not THAT shit. By that I mean that they lose a lot of games but they’re competitive and rarely get battered. It’s not easy playing them because their heads never go down and they continue to play their game no matter what. They don’t change how they play regardless of the score and what they lack in quality they make up for in work rate and organisation. They hardly ever win games these days (just one all season) because they can’t score, but it’s not like they lose loads either. They’ve drawn 11 of 21 games and their goal difference is only -12. There’s a reason for that and I suppose that reason is a big part of why we weren’t at our best. It’s easy to focus on us and what we didn’t do, but maybe Burnley need some credit here? Klopp’s team selection was interesting. Some would say surprising, but it’s going to take a lot to surprise me as this is the kind of thing we’re going to have to get used to if we avoid injuries. The squad is massive and Klopp is spoiled for choice. The games are coming every three or four days so he’s going to make changes. Get used to it because there are going to be games when he’ll pick Naby over Thiago or Bobby over Jota. As much as I wanted to see Diaz and Jota playing that’s just not going to happen every game. Sadio coming back in made sense to me. He’s on a massive high so get him back in straight away. Bobby starting was more of an issue for me but I understood it. He’s got a good record against Burnley and if Sadio and Mo were back in the side, I can see why Klopp wanted Bobby in there with them for the familiarity aspect of it. I also thought there was an element of him just wanting to send a message to the ‘original’ front three that despite the other great options he has at his disposal, they’re still ‘his guys’. By the end of the game I was thinking that this might actually be the last time we see them start together as a three. It probably isn’t, but it wouldn’t surprise me. Mainly because of Bobby. Well, entirely because of Bobby. Sadio and Mo playing together is something we’ll see a lot of, for the rest of this season anyway. It remains to be seen what happens in the summer, but right now you’d have no issue whatsoever with Sadio and Mo being in a front three. Bobby being in there with them ahead of Jota and Diaz though? Nah. In fact, and I hate that I’m even thinking this let alone voicing it in a match report, I’d be starting Taki and Div ahead of Bobby now I think. Look, Bobby at his best is one thing. You’d have no qualms about picking THAT Bobby as he’s fucking awesome. Bobby when he’s not at his best though, which has been the case for much of the last two years, I don’t really know what he brings to the table that can cancel out the lack of goals and the continual squandering of possession. But I don’t want to get into a Bobby bashing session so I’ll say no more on it here, other than to make the point that he gave the ball away a lot and even when he didn’t give it away, all I was thinking when the ball came to him was “please don’t give it away”. It’s actually a relief when he doesn’t. That’s not a good thing to be thinking about a player. I think it stood out all the more because the team as a whole wasn’t playing well. We started brilliantly and in the first ten minutes we looked so sharp and purposeful I was expecting us to run away with it. Sadio looked sensational early on and Hendo was really good too. And then it just fizzled out. Our attacking play just wasn’t up to scratch but defensively it was excellent. The frustrating thing is that we completely restricted Burnley to absolutely nothing, yet Alisson had to make a load of saves and their crowd were bang up for it because of the amount of ‘chances’ it appeared that they had. They weren’t chances because they were all offside. But the flag doesn’t go up straight away, play goes on, they have a shot at goal and the crowd and their players are lifted by it thinking they’re causing us problems. They weren’t. Not at all. The broadcasters really need to get a grip of this shit because I’m so sick of watching MOTD and seeing a load of ‘chances’ against us that would not have counted because they were offside. It happens every week. This time Fabinho was even grilled about it afterwards. “Burnley created a lot of chances against you”. Fabinho looks baffled and says “did they?” No, they didn’t. I’m not even sure they created one chance. Virtually every moment of ‘danger’ was the result of them running offside but being allowed to play on because of this daft new policy. It’s a farce and it’s distorting the perception of our games. Burnley thought they were in a game in which they didn’t actually lay a glove on us all day. The funny thing is that the one ‘legitimate’ chanced they had came after they fouled Mo in the box and then countered on us. If Weghorst had put that one away it would have put the ref and VAR in a real pickle. It’s easy to not give the penalty when Burnley fucked up the counter attack, but denying us that pen and also allowing a goal that came as a direct result of it? I’m not sure they’d have done that, I reckon they’d have taken it back and awarded the pen. Because that’s what they should have done anyway. I’m not prepared to even enter any debate on this. Usually with pens I can see a case for giving the decision either way. The case is usually stronger for one side than the other but you can at least understand why the decision was made. This one is just a stonewall pen. I don’t care whether Mo could have stayed up or whether he decided he was going to go over. It’s irrelevant because there’s no way of knowing. Sometimes when there’s absolutely minimal contact you can make that call, but this was a proper kick. Plenty of contact, and even if it was not enough for Mo to go down (which again is impossible to know) it was definitely enough to impede him and stop him from making the action he was trying to make. Mo’s problem is he doesn’t sell these things well at all and when he goes down it always looked forced or theatrical. Even when it isn’t and it’s a completely genuine fall, it still has that iffy look about it. They didn’t give this because they clearly thought he had ridden the initial foul and then made a decision to fall over. It’s entirely possible that was the case, but there’s no way they can know that so in these situations it’s a simple decision. Is there significant contact? Yes. Then it’s a pen. No ifs ands or buts, it’s just a fucking pen. It didn’t cost us in the end because we won the game, but that’s two in a week that Mo should have had now. By this point the game had become more of an even contest. We weren’t creating much and neither were they, not legitimately anyway. Then we got a corner and just like that, 1-0. Sadio’s movement makes it, as he steals in to get a stooping flick on into a danger area. Fabinho arrives right on cue and although his first effort hits Pope in the chest, he reacts quickly to poke in the rebound. I fucking love being set-piece specialists you know. It’s such a huge weapon to have in close games. You won so many cheap points if you can score regularly from corners and we’ve taken three points here solely because we’re boss at set-pieces. We’d almost scored earlier when Sadio got on the end of a Trent free-kick only for his snapshot to go straight at Pope. When they weren’t being caught offside Burnley were having some occasional joy with balls over the top. They were playing into the wind so it was tricky for Alisson to know whether to stick or twist. If he comes out and the ball holds up, that’s going to be a problem and he was faced with that dilemma when a ball was knocked in behind to Weghorst. Normally Alisson would be out and clearing it, but he retreated this time (probably wisely) and was grateful to see Weghorst make a mess of the finish. That was probably the last time Burnley seriously threatened. We took the lead soon after and that was that. Very little happened in the second half. We looked much better when Thiago and Jota replaced Hendo and Mané and we should have killed the game off on the break late on when Salah finally broke free of the shackles Pieters had put on him, but he badly undercut the pass to Jota who had to wait for out and was challenged as he tried to get the shot away. Poor from Mo and he knew, as he beat the turf in frustration with himself. It was just one of those days for the forwards but thankfully it didn’t matter because we won the game. I wouldn’t be the least bit shocked if the frontline went mad in midweek against Inter and tore them to pieces, because we know they’ve got that in them and its rare they misfire two games running. It probably won’t be the same front three as Jota will surely come back in. Diaz might too, although I feel like Norwich next Saturday is the more likely start for him. I thought Keita had a pretty good game. He wasn’t anything special but there was absolutely nothing to criticise. He did everything well I thought. That third midfield spot is up for grabs at the moment due to Hendo not being himself. He’s just a little bit off recently and this wasn’t good from him. As I said, he started really well but it got away from him. He picked up a knock in the first half and it looked like he might have to go off. Whether that was the reason for his struggles or not I don’t know, but it was no shock when he was replaced by Thiago. Hendo had only 50% pass completion, which is dreadful really. He’s always going to have a lower percentage than a Fabinho or Keita, or Thiago even, simply because he plays more adventurous passes and also whips in several crosses a game. He put in one first time half volley cross in the first half that was fucking ridiculous. Sadio should have attacked it better but I don’t think he was expecting it and was caught on his heels a bit. That was sublime by Hendo though so I think talk of his ‘struggles’ has been exaggerated, but he’s definitely not at his best currently. With Fabinho and Thiago now looking like absolute shoe ins for two of those three spots, Hendo needs to regain his top form if he’s going to play as often as he expects. I have no doubt he will because nobody proves their doubters wrong more than Hendo. In the meantime though, it’s good that we have so many other options we can call on. I think Hendo will play in Milan but then next weekend we’ll surely see Harvey starting again, like he was earlier in the season. It’s mad just how many options Klopp has now that everyone is available. Jones, Gomez, Minamino and Origi couldn’t even make a nine man bench for this one. Staggering depth that is. Star man isn’t easy but I think it has to be a defensive choice. Alisson was boss even though most of his good work was not really needed. Both centre backs stood up to the challenge well but I’m going with Fabinho who did a lot of great work on second balls and aerial challenges, while also popping up in the box to win us the game. So on we go. Another win to prevent City from getting further ahead. That’s all we can do. Just keep winning and hoping. City’s next three games are Spurs at home, Everton away and United at home. They should win all three but my gut feeling is they’ll drop points somewhere. Maybe not a loss, but even a draw will do at this point. Let’s try and chip away at them and see what happens. Team: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Fabinho, Henderson (Thiago), Keita; Salah, Firmino, Mané (Jota):

An interesting week, especially down at the bottom where things are tightening up nicely. The battle for fourth is interesting too, but it’s like a bunch of blind squirrels grasping at each others nuts. Or something. Prior to this week’s loss at home to Southampton, I thought Spurs looked like the favourites for that fourth spot. It wasn’t a vote of confidence for them, more a damning indictment of how fucking hopeless all the others are. Actually that’s not fair on West Ham who are probably performing at, or even above what could be expected of them. United, Arsenal and Spurs on the other hand are all fucking garbage, but I thought Spurs were probably the least garbage. Incredibly, it looks like that ‘honour’ might belong to Arsenal. Spurs losing at home to the Saints wasn’t that surprising as Southampton are a weird team who can beat anybody and then go and concede nine the next week. They’ve drawn twice with City though so why shouldn’t they beat Spurs? That’s not really the surprising thing, what was surprising was that Spurs led 2-1 late in the game and then went on to lose it. Bednarek put through his own net while trying to prevent Son getting on the end of a cross. The Saints almost hit back within seconds when Broja skinned Romero and hit the post. Ward-Prowse went close too and then the pressure finally told when Broja equalised. Spurs were all over the place and their goal was under siege for the remainder of the first half. Spurs rallied and started the second half much brighter. Kane headed over from about a yard out when he headed into the ground and it bounced up and over. Son then put Spurs back in front but that should never have stood as Broja was completely wiped out by Royal in the build up. Southampton were furious and then Conte started going fucking mad trying to pick a fight with someone. Keep your fake hair on mate. It was a travesty that Southampton found themselves behind but they stuck at it and the excellent Ward-Prowse whipped in a ball that Elyounoussi headed past Lloris. And then two minutes later they had the lead. Once again, the ball was rolled back to Ward-Prowse and he whipped in a dangerous ball. Royal should have just headed it away but I don’t know what he was doing. He got underneath it and Che Adams nodded it past Lloris. I love Ward-Prowse though, he’s boss. There are very few players in the Premier League who I look at and think “he could play for us” but he’s one. I reckon he’d be class in the Hendo position. I’m not saying we should buy him as we don’t have any need for him, but if we did have a need I wouldn’t think twice about bringing him in. There was still time for Spurs to level in stoppage time through Bergwijn, and for VAR to say “oh no you don’t” and rule it out for offside. I mean, he is offside, but that’s one you really feel morally screwed over by because he’s a fraction off but actually comes back into an onside position to get the ball, so he gained no advantage at all by being off. Still funny as shit though. Spurs have gone from having a really good defence with Vertonghen and Alderweireld, to having a collection of complete bums in there. Sanchez is worse now than he was when he first arrived there as a promising teenager. That Romero looks crap and Emerson Royal is as bad a right back as I’ve seen since…. well, since his predecessor Serge Aurier. Jonathon Pearce is an awful commentator. Just spouting bollocks all the time. Spurs had a goal disallowed early when Romero ran offside at a free-kick and headed in. They show the replay and Pearce goes, “good decision, bad defending”. How is it bad defending? They held a perfect line on the 18 yard line and caught about four Spurs players offside. What is he wanting them to do, run back in and play everyone onside? He’s paid to come out with this guff. That was a cracking game though, as was Villa v Leeds. Brilliant stuff. Dan James is playing centre forward in the absence of Bamford and he’s doing alright. He gave Leeds an early advantage and then struck the bar with a great effort. He’s nothing special, but it’s funny seeing him outperforming Sancho isn’t it? ‘El Magico’ equalised with a lovely finish and then he produced a brilliant turn and pass to set Ramsay clear to make it 2-1. Then he set up Ramsay again to make it 3-1. Vintage Coutinho and you know what, call me a big old softy but I’m glad to see him playing well, even if it’s for Villa. I hold no hate in my heart for Li’l Phil. James then somehow made it 3-2 when he won a header against the keeper, Mings and another defender. How the hell he managed to be the one to get his head on that I have no idea, but it doesn’t reflect well on Mings especially. He was trending on Twitter after this game. I clicked on it and it wasn’t complimentary. Loads of Villa fans hammering him for being shit. The third goal was partly on him too, as his attempted clearance fell perfectly for Llorente to score from close range. Some will say it was completely on Mings but I disagree as that wasn’t an easy ball to get clear. He’s falling back as it comes to him and all he could do is stick out a leg. Besides, he’d made two brilliant clearances just before that, so that felt harsh to me. He’s not exactly Mr Popular with Villa fans right now though. Konsa was sent off for a second booking when he tried to stop the keeper starting a counter attack and ended up elbowing him in the face. Could have been given a straight red really as that was both clumsy and stupid. Initially I thought the keeper was being a fanny, the way most keepers do when someone comes within farting distance of them. He did get clumped with the point of the elbow though Final note on this, any time the commentator says the name Robin Koch I laugh like a school kid. I don’t think that will ever not be funny. You know what else will never not be funny? Everton. The beauty of Everton is that they just never learn. It’s the same shit over and over. You’d think they’d check themselves once in a while and say “ok, we’re Everton and nothing good ever happens to us, so let’s slow our roll here a bit” but they don’t. They constantly fool themselves and they’re doing it again now. Lampard was appointed and they somehow talked themselves into thinking he was this great manager, despite zero evidence to back it up. In fact, they just sacked a fella with a CV that Lampard won’t be able to match if he manages until he’s 100. That’s not today they should have kept Rafa, I’m just making a point that they’ve undoubtedly downgraded. There is absolutely nothing in Lampard’s managerial career to date to suggest he’s any good. Nothing at all. Yet they beat Brentford in the cup and got way ahead of themselves yet again. Look at those scenes at full time at the weekend, with Lampard thinking he’s the man and the fans all cock a hoop. Search “Everton are back” on twitter and it’s comedy gold. I saw that and honestly, my first reaction was to laugh and say “ok let’s wait and see what happens at Newcastle”. And we did see. Everton were shit. The sheer fucking hubris out of them after that cup game was mental. It’s like they forgot that they’re Everton. And Lampard was worse than anyone. You win one cup game and you’re giving it the big ‘un. Fuck off. Newcastle battered them and were good value for the win. My boy Saint-Maximin ran them ragged all night. He fucking tormented them and they had no answer to him. The thing with him is he always goes past the first defender. He usually goes past the second one too then either the third gets him or he gets a shot or cross away. He’s erratic but when he’s on he’s fucking dynamite. I love watching him, he’s the only thing about Newcastle I’ve got any time for. Everton actually took the lead in this game. Against the run of play and it was spawny as fuck. Holgate’s effort was saved by the keeper but hit Lascelles and went in. Holgate ran off taunting the home fans behind the goal. Not smart. You play for Everton lad, you don’t get to gloat about anything because it will ALWAYS come back to bite you on the arse. Always. And it did, instantly. It’s funny as fuck because Newcastle went up the other end, won a set-piece and Lascelles had a header that hit the bar and then went in off…. yep, you guessed it, Holgate. As Everton as it gets that. After that it was all Newcastle. New South Korean midfielder Joe Lin Ton had a great chance to score, but slipped over. He still managed to get a shot away, but he blocked it with his own face. Had it been anyone else that would have been unusual. With him? Standard. Everton offered nothing, they were fucking shite. My former boy Ryan Fraser made it 2-1 after great play by Saint-Maximin and then Trippier wrapped up the win with a free-kick from 25 yards. I’d expect my keeper to save that, but then my keeper doesn’t have arms like a toddler so there is that. Tip of the cap to the Newcastle fan who was stood behind Pickford’s goal wearing a T-Rex costume. Initially when I saw that I thought it was an inflatable someone had smuggled in but on closer inspection I saw it was actually a fella in a dinosaur suit. That’s some serious commitment to a gag there. They’ve stolen our ‘he’s only got little arms’ chant but because it’s him I don’t mind so much. Let everyone sing it to him, the prick. You all know how I feel about Newcastle and how much I want them relegated. That hasn’t changed but my priorities have. As soon as the Blues got dragged into it they became the focus. First and foremost I want them down. If Newcastle go as well, great, but if it comes down to a straight choice then it just has to be Everton. Newcastle going down would be a temporary measure that sets back their project two or three years. Everton going down would turn them into a bigger mess than Sunderland were. They’d be completely fucked because the Football League doesn’t mess around with FFP. You fall foul of it then you’re getting points deducted. So yeah, Everton to go down is on my mind constantly at the moment. I’m looking at the team news and fixtures for everyone else down there and pondering the possible permutations. I’d already decided that the Blues next few games were going to be pivotal and if they didn’t win any of them they were fucked and right in the thick of the relegation dogfight. They’ve lost the first of them, and next up is Leeds at Goodison. If they don’t win that, fucking hell they’re going to start panicking. Saint Maximin though, what a guy. After the game he replied to a tweet sent to him by an Everton fan calling him an “average player who belongs in the Championship”. He quote tweeted it and said “average was good enough tonight” and posted that Thierry Henry sniggering gif. Fucking brilliant. What made it even better was the original tweet by the blue was a month ago, in reply to Saint Maximin commenting on the disappointment of conceding a stoppage time equaliser to Watford. What the fuck has that got to do with Everton? I’m angry just thinking about that. Sad little fucking virgin getting his kicks by tweeting snark to random footballers. If it had been a Watford fan it would have at least been understandable as they’d just played them, but why the fuck is a Blue getting involved here? Bust little twat. Saint-Maximin made him famous for 5 minutes though. I’m completely blown away by the pettiness and the dedication to the ‘revenge is a dish best served cold’ cause though. I can only applaud Saint-Maximin for that, but it does throw up all manner of questions for me. I’ve been thinking about this a lot. I’m assuming he saw the tweet weeks ago and made a note of it, knowing he was playing against Everton soon. But how often did he think about it? Did he tell the other players? Were they discussing it in the build up to the game? Was he thinking about it before kick off? How about during the game? Every time he skinned three Everton defenders and created a chance was he thinking “I’ll show you ‘average’ you cheeky cunt”. I reckon he was you know, and I fucking love it. He might be my favourite non-LFC player now. I really liked him anyway but this has catapulted him right up there. Elsewhere in midweek, Brentford did alright against City but gave away a daft penalty and eventually lost 2-0. City are dull as fuck. Boring as shit to watch and the whole thing is completely joyless. No wonder I normally never watch them on MOTD. It’s so fucking dull. Everton’s loss at Newcastle gave Norwich a chance to draw level with them if they could beat Palace. Just stop and think about that for a second. If Norwich had beaten Palace they’d have been on the same points as the Blues. It doesn’t feel like that long ago when Norwich were adrift at the bottom and were certainties to go down. Now they’re right up Everton’s arse putting pressure on them. It’s amazing really. They didn’t beat Palace but they didn’t lose either so they went from three points back of Everton to two points. Burnley made up a point on Everton as well, while obviously Newcastle made up three on them and went above them. Just a shame Roy hasn’t got anything out of Watford yet. They aren’t leaking goals now though so maybe there’s hope. Norwich were lucky not to lose to Palace though and it needed a hilarious missed penalty by Zaha to preserve a point for them. It started so well for them too as Pukki scored inside a minute. He missed two more good chances too before Palace settled and got a foothold in the game. Zaha equalised with a thumping curler from the corner of the box and then played Mitchell in to win a penalty after Aarons brought him down. The penalty was pathetic. His standing foot slipped a little as he planted it, and the end result was the ball dribbling slowly wide much to the amusement of the home crowd. Palace don’t seem to be any better than usual based on results, but the eye test tells a difference story. They’re good to watch and play some nice football. Vieira is doing a good job there but he could do with a few more wins just to prove that beyond doubt. Big fan of that Olise kid, he looks really promising. West Ham beat Watford thanks to a deflected speculative Bowen shot that wrong footed the keeper. Other than that there wasn’t much in the game, but all most people were arsed about was the decision by Moyes to start Zouma. Bad shithouse move by Moyes that. Just suspend him until the heat dies down a bit. You don’t send him out there on the day the story broke as that’s just tone deaf. On a list of ’stand up guys who I would back to do the right thing’ though, Moyes would not be in a high ranking spot, so I’m not exactly shocked by this. At Turf Moor Burnley come from a goal down to get a point against United. Pogba started his first game since we spanked them 5-0 and he scored as United completely dominated the first half. Varane had earlier seen a goal ruled out because an offside Maguire blocked off Jay Rodriguez. That might be the first successful block he’s made all season and he got punished for it. Seems a bit harsh. On a serious note, I’m not sure if that was the right call or not. I don’t think Rodriguez is going to impact the play, but then does that even matter? Maguire is offside and he takes Rodriguez out, so I guess he should be punished for that. They also had another goal ruled out for a foul by Pogba on Pieters. Probably is a foul but I’m just not used to seeing United having subjective decisions go against them so it takes some getting used to. As I say though, they battered Burnley in the first half and probably couldn’t believe they only had one goal to show for it. And then the second half started and Wout Weghorst took over. He set up the equaliser for Rodriguez and then forced De Gea into a full stretch save as Burnley finally got some traction going. It ended 1-1 and United are back in 6th spot again. There’s talk now from inside the camp that the players don’t like Rangnick’s methods and they want Pochettino. There’s also reports that they’ve been taking the piss out of Rangnick’s American assistant manager and calling him Ted Lasso. Seriously, who the fuck do those cunts think they are? They’ve been shit for various different managers, their effort has been called into question on numerous occasions, yet they think they’re in a position to decide who the manager should be and to mock the coaching staff? They might be right for all I know but it doesn’t matter does it? They haven’t earned the right to an opinion, the fucking losers. Concentrate on your own fucking jobs, maybe then the managers won’t all look like bums. Finally, Arsenal. They won 1-0 at Wolves despite yet again having to play with 10 men for a stretch of the game. Gabriel’s scrappy goal from a set-piece settled the game because Wolves can’t score. The sending off was controversial because it was such an unusual situation. I don’t remember ever seeing that before, but if Michael Oliver is allowed to do that within the laws of the game then he’s right to do it and I would have done the same. If you haven’t seen it, basically what happened was that Wolves had a throw and tried to take it quickly to counter attack. Martinelli tried to stop them taking it by shoving over the lad taking the throw. The ball was in play so Oliver played the advantage, and Martinelli then chased down the lad in possession and shoved him over too. Both blatant yellow cards, but the grey area I suppose is that if Martinelli had been given the first yellow then he wouldn’t have committed the foul for the second one. So I understand why Arteta was pissed off about it as you rarely see anything like this happen. It was a brave decision by Oliver though as the easy thing there is to just give a yellow, but for me Martinelli deserved two yellows and justice was served. If Arsenal back door their way into the top four this season though I say that Spurs and United should be relegated along with the bottom three, as some form of heavy punishment is definitely required for allowing that to happen. In an ordinary season this Arsenal team would be finishing somewhere between 8th and 10th spot. So many teams should be fucking ashamed of themselves right now.