One imagines that had Masterchef’s Gregg Wallace replaced Gary Lineker as Match of the Day host if the BBC row played out differently in this alternate reality, he’d know just how to introduce the key relegation battles: ‘Survival, Wrighty, does not get tighter than this.’
Four points separate the bottom nine Premier League clubs, from Crystal Palace in 12th to Southampton at the foot of the table. It’s never been this close. No one cut adrift, no one pulling away.
Six have changed manager along the way. Fans of Leicester City and West Ham wish theirs would.