10 Things that Could Still Happen In the Premier League this Season - Updated

A little bit earlier in the season, I highlighted 10 things that could still happen in the Premier League this season. With most teams only having 11 more games to play, let’s take a quick look back and see how many of those 10 things have happened or could happen.

1. Romelu Lukaku could end up as Premier League top scorer – Barring a major miracle, this one isn’t going to happen. After a very bright start and steady stream of goals, the Midas touch seemed to desert the Belgian international. The dry spell was followed by an injury and even if he returns for the final 10 games of the season, he is miles behind the likes of Suarez, Sturridge and Aguero.
2. Someone other than Man City, Man United and Chelsea could win the Premier League this season – This one is still alive and well. Although many will have Chelsea and Man City as favourites to battle it out, at the time of writing both Arsenal and Liverpool have a genuine chance of winning it.
3. Paulo Di Canio might not be the only manager to lose his job this season – Martin Jol, Rene Meulensteen (both Fulham), Ian Holloway (resigned not sacked), Andre Villas Boas, Michael Laudrup, Steve Clarke and Malky Mackay all followed in a domino rally meaning that with just over a quarter of the season still to play, we have lost more Premier League managers (eight) this season than we did in the whole of last season (seven).
4. This could be the closet title race for years – Still on! 11 games to play and only 4 points separate the top 4!
5. Leighton Baines could finish the season at a different club – Not going to happen. The transfer window slammed shut with Baines still very much an Everton player and seemingly happier than he was in the summer when both Manchester United and Chelsea showed an interest. Everton’s steady improvement under Roberto Martinez and the struggles at old Trafford, may have made it easier to convince him to stay at Goodison Park.
6. Romelu Lukaku might score more Premier League goals than the Chelsea frontline combined – Lukaku has 9 league goals, Eto’o has 6, Torres has 4 and Demba Ba has 1. That puts Lukaku behind by 2 and up against it. It could still happen if he gets back from injury and the Chelsea strikers continue at their current pace!
7. A Welsh player could win player of the season for the second time running – The chances of this are fading fast. If the season had ended at Christmas, Aaron Ramsey would surely have won but an injury has interrupted his season and a host of other players have come into contention – Suarez, Aguero, Yaya Toure, Hazard to name but a few.
8. Man United could finish outside the top 4 – This is now probably a likelihood rather than a possibility.
9. Tom Huddlestone could cut his hair – Done and dusted! In fact after scoring against Cardiff recently, he could have cut it twice!
10. Stoke City could become the next Arsenal (in style of football) – Okay, so this was going a little bit far but it is fair to say that Mark Hughes and Stoke are not as predictable as they have been for the past few seasons. They are in a relegation battle (just 3 points from bottom 3) but they are also in the battle to finish where they usually finish in mid table (just 4 points off 10^th). So, that one could go either way.

So, out of those 10 items written about earlier in the season, only 1 of them definitely won’t happen, 2 or 3 of them are unlikely to happen, a couple of then happened already while some still remain in the balance. Watch this space!