The Dreaded Death March

Finally, another weekend of Premier League Football.

Predictably, another nail in the coffin for #FireMartinez.

I was disinterested in the game to begin with. That was furthered by the finding of how this lack of interest was shared by many other fans on ToffeeWeb. Not that I was surprised. I WAS surprised by the number of comments actually. Why would anyone bother with the predictable lack of indecision by #EFC? It was predictable, understandable, even feared to be the rot that had been allowed by BK all these years. Still, we will only know of the direction after the season ends.

My prediction was that we would lose ALL our remaining games. Arsenal and now Manchester United. 6 more to go. The only reason there should be a stay of execution will be because we're still in the FA Cup. As much as I want us to win the FA Cup, let's not ignore the disastrous league performance over the past 2 years and give the moron another game after our final FA Cup game.

While I'm unmoved by anything Everton right now, I am still watching the EPL for the below storylines:

• Leicester to win the league. Pretty much a certainty now barring a complete collapse unseen ever. If that happens, I would be more suspicious of corruption by the English FA more than anything else, perhaps bribery of match officials and club personnel.
• Norwich to survive despite veterans and name power in Sunderland and Newcastle. I picked them for the drop because of Big Sam being in Sunderland. 2 consecutive wins and a 4 point gap is a big deal. 1 more win and they are pretty much safe IMO.
• City to fall outside Top 4. This is more of a punt, but as many jokes are flying around that Pellegrini will sabotage Pep's arrival, I offer a bigger "middle finger goodbye" by Pellegrini. Win UCL and end up 5th. Sure, it might not screw Pep over (Oh, and what has he done since taking over Bayern's perfect season?) but it sure makes Pep's UCL magic less attractive. Also, it screws the English FA because they have to choose between 2 favorite sons. Man Utd will lose out most likely, but if City loses out, it would be the English FA that screwed Pep.
• How low can Palace drop? I picked them over West Ham to be 4th but clearly that jinxed their season. Pardew may not be sacked but something gotta give. They might even get relegated IF 2 of Sunderland/Newcastle/Norwich go on a winning spree. Unlikely but mathematically possible. This is way worse than what Everton is going through and only acceptable because of the lower benchmark set by Palace. Now, will the fans be happy with that?
• How much more embarrassment can #FireMartinez make out of our "Top 5 Team" #EFC? He's dead to me but apparently, many fans think BK wants to keep his "What A Manager" appointee. Mosh needs to act, but I can see the reason why not to act before our final FA Cup game, but the silence is killing fans. A word from Mosh to whip up the team before the end of the season would be good, ideally to spur them onto a cup win. THEN #FireMartinez.