Matchday 36: Is this where it all gets sorted out?

Alright. Hands up if you thought this was going to happen a few weeks back. Did any of us see City clawing their way back, or conversely, Man Utd leaving the door ajar even a crack? What we have, in essence, is a playoff for the league title. Very exciting - although I'd still hope for a Richter 10 earthquake to hit, epicentred around the centre spot. For what it's worth, I wouldn't like to see any unnecessary loss of life - just both Manchester clubs retire from the league programme due to "acts of God".

That'd hand the league title to the 3rd placed team - conveniently currently Arsenal. We have our trickiest (on paper) remaining game at Stoke, and I think 6 out of 9 points should see us secure, regardless of what happens elsewhere. Spurs & Newcastle both play resurgent relegation battlers whilst Chelsea meet with QPR, who apparently won't shake John Terry's hand.

Can't say I blame them, and I'm distraught by the news that the Yank-abusing, disabled-parking-space-thieving, shoplifter-mothered, drug-dealer-fathered, teammate-s-missus-shagging, teammate-missus-shagging-brothered, slow-motion-diving-to-head-a-ball-at-ankle-height, penalty-slipping, dead-eyed, squeaky-voiced, allegedly-racist, topless-except-for-the-fucking-captain's-armband bloke will still get to lift the trophy in Munich should they prevail. It's taken all the fun out of them potentially doing Spurs and Terry crying (again) like a little girl.

Liverpool look to build some momentum with a tough trip to Norwich, some football is happening in the Midlands, Wales and at Everton and Bolton face a tricky task to stay with the pack at Sunderland.

All in all, quite exciting and I'm not expecting massive scores this week.

My predictions:

Everton vs Fulham - EVERTON
Stoke vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Sunderland vs Bolton - DRAW
Swansea vs Wolves - SWANSEA
WBA vs Aston Villa - DRAW
Wigan vs Newcastle - NEWCASTLE
Norwich vs Liverpool - NORWICH
Chelsea vs QPR - CHELSEA
Spurs vs Blackburn - SPURS
Man City vs Man Utd - CITY (and I reckon Tevez will score too.....)

Total Odds: 2449/1 with Paddypower

Whoever posted last week, and hasn't got a score in the graph, let me know - I think you were down as "Anonymous".

Predications in the comments as usual - Good luck