Quote Originally Posted by World's End Stella View Post
This is untrue, I'm afraid.

With 4 games to go Team A is 12 points behind the league leaders and have been for some time and they finish 12 points behind the champions. Did they challenge for the league? Absolutely not.

Team B is top of the league with 4 games to go but lose their last 4 games and finish third behind Team A on goal difference. Is being top with 4 games to go challenging for the league? Absolutely, yes.

An exaggerated version of what actually happened. Or to borrow a phrase from Monty, a 'difference of degrees only'