Coventry return to Premier League and relegation looms for Leicester – Football Weekly podcast
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What is the significance of Coventry's return to the Premier League?
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Hello and welcome to the Guardian Football Weekly. So many fans up and down the leagues just staring at remaining fixtures. Podcasters saying permutations a lot and just general anxiety at the top and the bottom. We'll begin at Selhurst Park. Palace nil, West Ham nil. Is that a good point for the Hammers or an opportunity missed? Palace weren't as hungover as Spurs fans feared. Both had chances, but it means it's still very tight at the bottom. And then to the EFL. Cover up. Ipswich, Millwall and Saint all with a chance to join them. Playoffs for the other along with Middlesbrough and one of Derby, Wrexham or Hull.
How did the recent Crystal Palace vs. West Ham match impact the relegation battle?
League one pretty much sorted barring a final playoff place. and a big old bunt fight to avoid the final relegation spot. Exeter's keeper with a last-minute equaliser to keep them in touch. In League Two, I'm too nervous to talk about it. Bromley are up. MK Dont should join them. It's in Cambridge's hands too. While at the bottom, a 99th-minute winner for Harrogate means five teams fighting it out. There's the wild final winner-takes-all game between York and Rochdale in the National League, just the 212 points between them going into the final game. There's some exciting Timo Werner news, a staggering Barney Ronne error to correct from yesterday, and some excited New Yorkers. All that plus your questions, and that's today's Guardian Football Weekly.
on the panel today barry glendinning welcome what did you call me i think i called you what your talk sport jingle is barry glendinning but i'll start again if you want that's all right i've been called a lot worse max yeah whoever you are whatever you i don't know what you're doing here today but welcome i'm just hopeful that this barry glendinning you speak of knows more about the efl than his new namesake barry glendinning from not the top 20 george ellick hello hello max and welcome sani rudra vagila hello max let's begin then at the bottom of the premier league crystal palace nil west ham nil that point means the wolves are relegated but in the final relegation spot tottenham have 31 from 33 west ham 33 from 33 forest 36 from 33 and leeds should be saved 39 from 33 um
It wasn't a classic, Barry. Do you think West Ham will be happy with a point or not?
I think they'll be happier with a point than they would be without any points. Good insight to that. Players seemed quite upset after the game that they hadn't taken all three. I thought a draw was probably fair enough Agent Brennan Johnson did his bit for Nottingham Forest.
What are the playoff scenarios in the EFL?
He had a couple of good chances that he didn't put away. Spurs will look at him and go, well, it could have been worse. It's one of very few things that went well for them over the course of the weekend's fixtures. It wasn't a great game, but the result is... what everyone's going to be talking about and what everyone's going to be talking about is what it means for Spurs. So it means Spurs are not in as awful a position as they could be, but they are still very much in a bad position.
I've never been so invested as when Jefferson Lerma slipped over. I've never thought about whether Jefferson Lerma could slip over or not. I think Tati was running through. I was like, oh, no, please don't do that. And I suppose, George, like... what's the moment for West Ham? Like that, that Mavropanos header, that, that's the moment. I think if it was a West Ham fan, I'd be like, oh, just like half a foot either side.
It was like the Havertz header the day before for Arsenal, you know? Yeah.
Yeah.
How does the relegation situation affect Leicester City?
Yeah, I mean, for sure. If you're a West Ham fan, it's one of those weird ones where the point is obviously decent. But you look at the way that the game went, there's obviously the disallowed goal as well. Correctly disallowed, but it could have been a pretty damaging defeat. So you come away with a point, but wondering if it could have been more than that. But a two-point gap after 33 games, you know, I think for West Ham, they're in a decent position now and it's up to Spurs to serve it up to them.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of Coventry's return to the Premier League?
0:00–0:40
2
How did the recent Crystal Palace vs. West Ham match impact the relegation battle?
0:40–2:37
3
What are the playoff scenarios in the EFL?
2:37–3:34
4
How does the relegation situation affect Leicester City?
3:34–6:03
5
What challenges are teams facing in League One this season?
6:03–8:00
6
What is the story behind Coventry City's rise back to the Premier League?
8:00–11:45
7
What are the implications of managerial decisions in the EFL?
11:45–15:29
8
How do recent performances affect the promotion and relegation landscape?
15:29–51:44
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