Congrats, guys! That was well-deserved and long overdue

by HCE, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 07:37 (5 days ago) @ MTIrish

so I hope you all are enjoying it. As I texted my long-suffering Gooner buddy yesterday, I don't see you guys beating PSG, but who knows? "One-nil to the Arsenal" seems to be back in fashion...

Commiserations, meanwhile, to our Spurs contingent, who are a few bad breaks away from the worst of all possible seasons. I still think they'll survive, but I'm less sure than I was a day ago.

As for Liverpool and their UCL hopes, check this possible, if implausible, scenario:

How We Get a Fifth Place/CL Playoff

With Bournemouth drawing City today they're three back of us but we have a significant +6GD advantage. Still, it's not impossible we could lose by two and they could beat a disinterested Forest by four. Very, very unlikely. But not impossible.

At that point, the next tiebreaker would be goals scored, where we have an even bigger edge of +5 (and that's bigger because it means Bournemouth need +5 on their own so, eg., a 5-0 win for them and a 1-0 loss for us but if we lose 2-1 they then need 6-0 to equal our goals scored).

If we were to somehow go level on GD and GS it'd go to head-to-head points and then head-to-head away goals. We're even on both. After that: playoff!

So. If we lose 1-0 and they win 5-0 (or if we lose 2-1 and they win 6-1) we would get a playoff for who gets the final CL slot. Which almost certainly won't happen but would definitely be the most hideously stupid way to end this hideously stupid season.

https://liverpooloffside.sbnation.com/post/B7Ldc2ox8rkR