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Some interesting fixtures this Saturday. Arsenal visit Everton who, though brittle at the back should be on a high after FA cup victory over Chelsea. I don't think Arsenal can afford to drop any points in this one. Leicester face a tricky tie at Palace, the only team in England who have not won a league match this year, so I believe. I think that could change as they are also on a high after FA cup victory. Tottenham face an inform Bournemouth. An interesting stat: Leicester gained 20 points from the teams they play in their remaining fixtures. Spurs gained 10 from the teams they have to play in the run in.

Only 5 teams from one country can enter the champions league, so 4th place would miss out if City and Liverpool won their respective European trophies and neither qualified in top four of EPL. And good news if you're a fan of the Premier league is that because of the poor performance of Italian teams in Europe this season, the co-efficient has meant that 4 English clubs will continue to qualify for the Champion's league for next 2 years.

No but both represented reasonably good value when you compare to someone like Eric Lamela who cost ?30 million or even Di Maria at ?57 million. When Wenger did splash the cash he did it astutely. I agree about Leicester's success being freakish, though I think they may have won the championship by a record total of points with essentially the same team. Though perhaps not the template for success in EPL it resoundingly proves that it's not just about money. Forest did the same thing all those years ago to even greater success and in relative terms they were still paupers compared to Liverpool and Man Utd at the time. Having said that I think they may have bought the first million pound player in Trevor Francis, but only after the success they achieved on a shoestring enabled them to do that.

Piers Morgan has been on Wenger's back for a few years now. He's gone quiet in last couple because Arsenal have won the cup. Wenger's a class act and should be treated with more respect by these plonkers. In some ways the Leicester story strengthens his own stance on transfer policy and overspending on players. He has always been uncomfortable splashing too much cash if it didn't represent good value. And he is right to think that. It hasn't helped City or United this season. Leicester have built a potentially Premier league winning squad on a shoestring. The current wisdom seems to be that he should go if they don't win the league, but I think that would be folly. All the big clubs will likely have new managers so if anything Arsenal should stick with him and his Premier league experience.

I think most football pundits are useless, with a few exceptions, but I can't blame any of them for not picking Leicester or Spurs as their tips for the title at the start of the season. Who could possibly have predicted that? I don't think the slump of the usual title challengers could have been predicted either. Let's see if pundits will think twice before trotting out their usual lazy tips next season. I'm not so sure the other 'big' teams will be back next season. All may have new managers and could be in a state of flux for a season or two so an unlikely candidate for title may emerge again.

Vincent Kompany looks like he could be out for the rest of the season. I think that may rule City out of title race if they weren't out already. Arsenal still in it but a heavy defeat tonight could shatter their morale even further.

This time last season Leicester were bottom of the table and about to commence their great run of wins that helped them avoid relegation. I wonder what odds then of them being premier league champions in 2016 ? If they were an athlete or cyclist with that kind of improvement they would likely be accused of being drugs cheats. I'm sure they're not, as team sports don't work that way, but I wonder what elements have all come together st once in such a short period of time to achieve these kind of gains?

There's a possibility of a Leicester City v Watford community shield at the start of next season. I wonder what the odds on that would have been at beginning of this season?