Recent content by Alfie Budd

Dortmund going through has implications for the PL getting the fifth spot in next season’s CL. Looking a bit less likely now - Arsenal going out to Bayern would really swing things in Germany’s favour.

The mainstream media + social media barrage that's relentlessly spewed out about Real is embarrassingly cringeworthy. Hundreds of people that get paid to do it plus thousands that don't all looking for an angle for new content and 99% of it is laughable bollocks.

Arsenal definitely play twice before we're next in PL action and if the Brighton game stays on the Thursday, Liverpool will too. Both could be four points clear of us before we next kick a ball. Having must win games in hand isn't something that seems to phase us - we've proved it more than...

This will be fourth season out of last five when we’ve been at home on the final day. That includes three times consecutively - 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Well that won’t be happening now!

If we get to 91 points and Arsenal finish above us, they’ll deserve to be champions.

We could play on either date should we go through. The schedule for the semi finals isn't confirmed until after the quarter finals are completed - last year details were announced late on the Wednesday night an hour or so after the second legs were over so if same happens this year, we'll know...

The big flaw with the MNF points system for me is equating the old European Cup from before the Champions League era with the modern CL. Winning the old European Cup could be a stroll if the draw was kind to you and other leading contenders were drawn against each other in the early rounds...

Sounds like a logical solution if it comes to that. My own hunch is that by the final day there will only be two possible winners but I've been wrong too many times to wager anything on that definitely happening!

No. There are two PL trophies - one that the champions keep and an identical one for promotional use (that’s the trophy you sometimes see in TV studios during big games). When there are two possible winners on the last day, there’s a trophy at each venue where the contenders are playing. It...

People tend to forget that Europa and Conference results are very significant in determining the country coefficients. Really need to wait until after the Thursday games before you get a true picture of how the land lies, especially as Liverpool and West Ham respectively face Italian and German...

I expect that the uncertainty over exactly when the game will be played with that not being finally confirmed for another week has led to a slowish uptake for this one.

875 available a couple of minutes ago.

Say what you like about TNT but the clubs ultimately have to agree to all the criteria behind the scheduling. What's needed is more flexibility so the PL can decide which of the two Saturday TV games is at 12:30pm and which is at 5:30pm dependent on various factors with Sky and TNT having to go...

That could definitely work. My reasons for how and why the scheduling is how it is were based purely on the CL in its current format - to the best of my knowledge, knockout games have only been played at 8pm UK time* and I suspect there may be broadcasting contractual reasons why that’s not...