Tom Hagen
Footballguy
If I were looking for a team outside the top 4 but not in danger of relegation I think I'd pick Everton. They have a long history, a great rivalry with Liverpool, and some good young players with Lukaku, Barkley and Deulofeu plus good veterans like Baines and Coleman. Of course they also have Tom Cleverley.I'm wondering if I shouldn't just find an underdog that seems to be beating the odds and root for them each season. I picked Swansea last year and quickly learned the pain of rooting for a small-time club that will be forever selling stars. Watching them completely fall apart this year is just too reminiscent of watching the Raiders for the better part of the last 20 years. If they're gonna crap out and get relegated I'm not sticking around, and if that makes me a bad person then so be it. Life's too short to be miserable watching sports.
All that said, I'm enjoying Crystal Palace's run this year. In a lot of ways their story is very Swansea-esque, but hopefully their new American money will enable them to not fall apart as easily as the Swans have.
storm he's about to be caught in. Losses to Bournemouth and Norwich City in consecutive weeks, pathetic.