Title Battle Begins In Earnest – Lesser Footy Saturday

You get the contenders 1-2-3 (in increasing order of likelihood to succeed, in Hippo’s view), all on USA/NBC.

The filthy Redshite play Praise Beesus early (7:30, USA), with the unsettled Ivan Toney hopefully doing humanity in the good.  He’s in the shop window for the summer, no doubt.  Surely he’d prefer the biggest/richest sides to come a-courting.  So SCORE, damn you.

Gooners/White Lives Matter is the USA pick of the 10:00 window, hopefully the ClubhoUse FavoUrite won’t be drunk on last week’s hiding away to the hapless Hammers.  Burnley is dangerous if/when one doesn’t take them seriously.  Plus, they are fighting for survival (given the points deduction likely coming to both Everton and the Robins Hood – they have an outside chance to make it).

Fulham/Villa and Cherries/Bonesaws likely the pick of the streaming options, but I am also curious to see what kind of response Moyes gets out of West Ham (away to Robins Hood).  If he does NOT get one, then I fear he has lost the dressing room.  He’s hard to fire, being in the top half and reigning kinda-sorta-champions of Europe.  But shit happens.  And I certainly wouldn’t expect him back next season.

City of Men get the recently-MOAR-crumulent-ish Chelski in the Spotlight Dance (12:30, NBC).  I’m still expecting blood here.  Arse blood.

Knifey/Trashbirds (9:00, USA) and Lutes/Men Untied (11:30, USA) are your Sunday Funday, followed by whoever-follows-Uncle Woy at Palace taking on Everton on MNF (3:00, USA).  None of these are appealing options, but fuck it.  Gotta watch something.