Besides Newcastle, this season has been thoroughly entertaining. The difference between like 9th place and 19th place is only 7 points right now and was even tighter 2 weeks ago. Its one of the unique aspects of non-American sports that I?ve really come to appreciate: that the teams that aren?t competing for the title have just as much, if not more, to play for as the teams at the top of the table. If the EPL was set up like any American sports league, there would only be 6 teams playing for anything at all right now, and there would probably be 2-3 teams at the bottom of the table tanking on purpose.