It was always going to be a strange Premier League season, straddled either side of the World Cup, and it is proving to be exactly that. Nobody saw Arsenal‘s title charge coming. Who would have believed that as things stand, Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford have more combined points than Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Liverpool?
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At around the midway point in the campaign, Ian Darke provides half-term report cards complete with grades for all 20 clubs.
Arsenal D-
Seemed to be recovering from an awful start until the World Cup came along. Since then, playing without the injured James Maddison, the Foxes have lost all four league games, scoring only once. Money is tight and so additions will be modest. This is a Leicester side featuring an ageing Jamie Vardy unable to provide the goals he did so magnificently for years. They look too good to go down, but we have heard that before.
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