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Relegation in the Premier League must be one of the scariest outcomes of the competition for each soccer club. Not only does it prove that your team did not perform well enough in the top division but being relegated to the championship (division one) can cost you players and sponsorship. With just over 7 months of the Premier League already gone, many are questioning whether or not Everton will yield the best soccer odds? We are keeping a close eye, but in the meantime, let’s unpack just how the soccer team is doing in the league.

League tiers and how they work

The Premier League is the league every English soccer team wants to play in and the one every fan loves – interestingly enough, countless US-based fans adore the Premier League. And all you need to do to join is play your heart out and win games. Founded in February 1992, the current Premier League (as we know it today) season has seen 20 teams battle it out since August last year to snatch the title from 2020/2021 season winners Manchester City. City is currently in first place as we head into match week 26 of the competition. At this point, Everton sits 16th on the log with 22 points. Did you know? Manchester United has won the Premier League 13 times, with Manchester City and Chelsea in second place with five trophies. After a whirlwind season in 2019/2020, Liverpool lifted their first cup; it was a memorable occasion since the club has been the butt of all jokes by Manchester United fans, also their biggest rivals. None of the above clubs has ever been relegated, including Everton.

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Let’s look at relegation and promotion. Teams are transferred across different divisions according to their performance for a completed season. Usually, the bottom three teams in the Premier League at the end of the season will be relegated to the EFL Championship. And conversely, the top three teams from the EFL Championship will be promoted to the Premier League. Only the bottom two teams in the Premier League will be relegated in some instances, while the third team must battle for their spot against the third team from the EFL Championship. Whoever wins is then added to the Premier League roster for the new season. Everton is in 16th place as the log stands, so there is no need for concern, but as with any sport, things can change overnight.

Gameplay

Everton has not been doing too badly since the kickoff of the Premier League. In their first match against Southampton, Everton beat the team 3 – 1 in Liverpool. And for the first three months, things were looking good. Everton won four, drew two, and lost three out of the first nine games of the 2021/2022 season. But by mid-November, things had taken a turn for the worse. By December, Everton had suffered a massive defeat by their fiercest rivals, Liverpool. To be exact, Everton lost 4 – 1 in this epic derby match but managed to beat Arsenal 2 – 1 just a week later – which has so far proved to be the last game Everton has won since. But with Frank Lampard at the helm, what is going wrong? Frank has gone as far as saying the team needs a mentality shift, so we hope for the best. For most of his career, Frank played for Chelsea as a midfielder. He also played for Manchester City and West Ham United as a midfielder, so he is more than capable of coaching this team. 

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Everton faces a tough battle for their next 15 matches. Will they be relegated? As it stands now, Everton is in a good enough space to form part of the 2022/2023 Premier League season. And it will be interesting to see if the team can score some more goals this season and win some games. However, their work is far from complete. The club last won a major trophy back in 1995; the FA Cup. What the club needs to do now is re-evaluate their gameplay, their players, and their management. If they do carry on with business as usual, we might see them relegated to the EFL Championship, but it’s too early to tell. We can only hope that Everton makes a full comeback next season to show why they are a talented team and then completely change their gameplay after their dismal results this season.

Surrey’s plans for a 170-bedroom hotel at The Oval have suffered a major blow after planning permission was turned down.The four-star property, in conjunction with Arora International Hotels, was to be part of a £35million upgrade of the ground – including the addition of 1,600 extra seats – ahead of the 2009 Ashes series.But, following opposition to the work from a small group of local residents, Lambeth Council has rejected the hotel plan after the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) warned that there would be a risk of a major incident because the planned area for development is close to the famous Kennington gas holder. Surrey are planning to appeal against the decision.

Andrew Symonds will make his return to Test cricket © Getty Images

Andrew Symonds has been named in Australia’s starting 11 for the third Test beginning at Perth on Thursday. Adam Voges, who was in the original 13-man squad, has been left out and Mitchell Johnson will be 12th man.Symonds, who will play his 11th Test match, has been listed to bat at No.6, with Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke each moving up one spot in the order. Ricky Ponting said there was no reason Symonds could not permanently hold down a place in the team. “I am pretty confident in him actually,” Ponting told . “I have watched him pretty closely over the last few days.”He might have thought his Test career has passed him on, but he is really excited about being back in the team again and right now he feels better about his game than he probably ever has before. We all know what a great talent he is and he hasn’t shown it at Test level yet, hopefully over the next few days we will see some of that.”Ponting said Symonds’ ability to bowl both medium pace and offspin – which he did with success for Queensland in a Pura Cup match at the WACA last month – would be vital. “He was the pick of the bowlers on a wicket that might have been pretty similar,” Ponting said.”It will give Shane [Warne] a chance to have a bit more of a rest, and probably Glenn [McGrath] at different times. We are going to need some guys to bowl a number of overs up into the wind and Symo will probably give us that.”Australia 1 Justin Langer, 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Andrew Symonds, 7 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 8 Shane Warne, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Stuart Clark, 11 Glenn McGrath.

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How they were out

Kamran Akmal led the Pakistan charge with his second hundred in two matches © Getty Images

All the world may be a stage, but Pakistan proved they aren’t merely players in a shining performance which glistened from start to finish and comprehensively wiped out England. Kamran Akmal struck his second successive century and the middle order chipped in to blast Pakistan to a heady 353 for 6, before the bowlers cleaned up the visitors for 188 to win by a whopping 165 runs. It was a thoroughly polished non-contest.Akmal smeared the bowlers to all parts, Mohammad Yousuf battered his way to fifty and Abdul Razzaq clattered an unbeaten 51 from 22 balls to set England a daunting run-chase. It was one that they had to make without their big-hitting superstar Kevin Pietersen, and his absence told – although he would have had to have pulled something quite special out of the bag to rescue England after Pakistan mauled their bowlers.Akmal and Yousuf shared a stand of 104 for the third wicket, then Razzaq and Inzamam-ul-Haq added 78 in just 40 balls. More good news for Pakistan: they may just have resolved their opening duo conundrum finally, too, with Akmal and Butt putting on another decent stand – this time, 74. In this series they now average more than 50 per innings for the first wicket. That will do.What won’t do is England’s bowling performance. Again they were under par, again they were punished accordingly. James Anderson’s ten overs went for 72, and he was wicketless just like Steve Harmison who was hit for 62 from his eight.A woeful display it may have been, replete with wide after wide, but credit must be given to Pakistan’s batsmen. England tried the short ball, and the fuller ball; they tried the wider ball, and the straighter ball. All had little effect as Pakistan’s batsmen exploded out of the blocks … and then kept on exploding with a joyous display of powerful clean hitting.Akmal was in particularly fine touch, batting out of his crease as early as the eighth over, and dispatching all that came near him with a series of strong shots off both the front and the back foot. As Akmal charged on in his own merry way to another century – which included a let-off from Paul Collingwood with a caught-and-bowled chance on 69 – Yousuf joined in the fun, twice hitting Plunkett for two fours behind the wicket early doors.In fact, the whole team rolled up their sleeves to take England to the cleaners. Shahid Afridi, on his return from suspension, chipped in with a cameo of 31, including some typically booming sixes. But he was cut off in his prime after a mix-up with his partner, Yousuf, who ran him out, and then was responsible for his own downfall when, on 68, he fell in similar style.Razzaq applied further salt and firmly rubbed it in during a painful Plunkett over which read: one, dot, four, four, four, six. At the other end Inzamam eased his way to 45 from just 35 deliveries. England were sharp in the field all the while but Trescothick was left to regret his decision to field, and then some.The target was always going to be a tall order and England’s reply got off to a poor start and they were wobbling at 47 for 3. The required run-rate of seven an over crept up from the very beginning as Trescothick played out a maiden from the first over. And things didn’t get much better from there as the rate rocketed with England failing to put together a partnership of any note.Shoaib Akhtar may not have a wicket to his name, but his run-out of Matt Prior kicked off proceedings. Rana Naved took the next two to set England in trouble. Then Mohammad Sami’s wicket maiden sent Andrew Strauss to join his chastened team-mates in the shed. Andrew Flintoff followed for 36, bowled by Yasir Arafat and Paul Collingwood holed out for 19 as Shoaib Malik joined in the party, striking in his first over.At 122 for 6, England were flailing and needing a wildly unlikely nine-and-a-half an over for victory. Ian Bell, the Supersub, made an unbeaten 37 at the death, but Malik struck twice more to end with 3 for 29, while Afridi took two wickets of his own to sink England without a second thought to give Pakistan a 2-1 series lead.Defeat for England equals their heaviest-ever loss, which was against West Indies in 1994. Doubtless Duncan Fletcher will have a few icy words to add to England’s chill as they headed for early icebaths to reflect on a job badly done. Pakistan now have a hand on the one-day trophy after coming up brightly today.

PakistanSalman Butt c Flintoff b Plunkett 29 (74 for 1)
Younis Khan c Jones b Plunkett 0 (84 for 2)
Kamran Akmal c b 109 (188 for 3)

Shahid Afridi run out (Collingwood/Jones) 31 (234 for 4)
Mohammad Yousuf run out (Collingwood) 68 (272 for 5)
Inzamam-ul-Haq b Flintoff 45 (350 for 6)
EnglandMatt Prior run out (Ahktar) 2 (22 for 1)
Marcus Trescothick c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Naved (40 for 2)
Vikram Solanki c Khan b Naved (40 for 3)
Andrew Strauss lbw b Sami 23 (79 for 4)
Andrew Flintoff b Yasir Arafat 36 (101 for 5)
Paul Collingwood c Butt b Malik 19 (122 for 6)
Geraint Jones c Yasir Arafat b Afridi 14 (140 for 7)
Ian Blackwell c Sami b Afridi 14 (145 for 8)
Liam Plunkett b Malik 7 (186 for 9)
Steve Harmison c Afridi b Malik 1 (188 all out)

Hamish Marshall hit an unbeaten half-century and with Brendon McCullum took 22 off Michael Kasprowicz’s ninth over© Getty Images

Michael Kasprowicz will be rested from the second Chappell-Hadlee Series match at Sydney on Wednesday, but the move is not related to his awful 22-run over against New Zealand last night.Kasprowicz had taken 1 for 31 off eight before his 48th-over thrashing, which spilled four boundaries and four wides, as the Kiwis closed on an exciting four-wicket victory. Trevor Hohns, the chairman of selectors, said Kasprowicz was always going to be rested and would return to the squad at Brisbane.”The plan was to give him a blow at this stage come what may,” Hohns said. “There’s nothing to be read into him missing Sydney. Kasprowicz has been an outstanding performer over the last 12 months. He went for a few runs in one over in a one-day game and that can happen to anybody at anytime.”Both Glenn McGrath, who rejoins the squad in Sydney, and Jason Gillespie were rested from the opening match, allowing Brett Lee to play his first international of the summer. Lee looked fit and fast and picked up the wickets of Stephen Fleming and Chris Cairns to finish with 2 for 40 from eight overs.

New Zealand will be represented at the Hong Kong Sixes this year, and a strong team has been named. For those players on the fringe of selection for the tour of India and Pakistan, it gives them an early taste of the international scene, albeit in a restricted form of the game.Andre Adams, one of the surprise omissions from the one-day team for the tour, is included while Matthew Horne, the discarded opening batsman, will open the innings. Another player included is Aaron Barnes, who at the end of last season said he was severing his ties with New Zealand cricket to live in England. However, he decided to return after a successful season of league cricket. He has experience in the shorter versions of the game for New Zealand having earlier been a member of the New Zealand Super Max international side.Chris Nevin, who was dropped from the opening batting position for the tour, has also been included. Well-performed domestic players Matthew Walker, from Wellington, and Joseph Yovich from Northern Districts have also been included. The team leaves New Zealand on October 30 and returns on November 4.The team is: Matthew Horne (captain-Auckland), Tama Canning (Auckland). Andre Adams (Auckland), Aaron Barnes (Auckland), Chris Nevin (Wellington), Matthew Walker (Wellington), Joseph Yovich (Northern Districts).

Victorian Cricket earlier this week lost a fine player and administrator with the passing of former Victorian and St Kilda batsman Gordon Tamblyn.Gordon, the father of current VCA Chairman and ACB Director Geoff Tamblyn (also a former Victorian and St Kilda representative) played 21 matches for Victoria, scoring 1324 runs at an average of 40.12 with 4 centuries (highest score 136 v QLD in 1940/41). For St Kilda, Gordon who was a fine opening batsman, scored 5504 runs @ 47.80 with 19 centuries.Gordon was also a former long serving Secretary of the St Kilda Cricket Club.

Gloucestershire Gladiators moved up to third in National League DivisionOne on Saturday, with a 51 run victory over the Yorkshire Phoenix. Ian Harveyturned in a marvellous all-round performance, whilst Mike Smith sent downthe match winning spell of the day, as Yorkshire chased after 211.The left-arm quick removed Gary Fellows with the first ball of the innings,trapped leg before. Michael Vaughan struggled 21 balls for his six,. beforehe was brilliantly stumped by Russell, standing up to Smith. Smith’s thirdwicket came from the first ball of his eighth over, Richard Blakey wellcaught by Jack Russell. The damage had been done.Earlier in the day, Ian Harvey had set up the Gloucestershire innings.During his 45 ball 52, he cracked eight boundaries, most of them well timedthrough the leg side. Harvey was well supported by a gutsy Jack Russell, whoscampered for 37. Rob Cunliffe, with 34, set up the innings, crashing theball through the off side. Michael Vaughan picked up four wickets as theGladiators closed on 211.After Smith’s onslaught, there was no way back for Yorkshire. Skipper DavidByas made a solid 38, and Lehman threatened briefly, before he skied onefrom the bowling of Cawdron. Harvey continued his great day, picking up twowickets in two balls, Byas and Middlebrook with slower yorkers. James Averisand Mike Cawdron did their bit, with three and two cheap wickets respectively. It was a marvellous day for the Gladiators.

Celtic correspondent Kieran Devlin has provided an update on striker Giorgos Giakoumakis following his absence against Hibernian on Sunday.

The Lowdown: Easter Road blank

The Hoops made a number of changes against Bodo/Glimt last week, seemingly prioritising the league fixture at Easter Road on Sunday.

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Giakoumakis started in Norway but was missing from the squad against Hibs, with Daizen Maeda leading the line.

Unfortunately, Celtic couldn’t find a breakthrough against Shaun Maloney’s side and had to settle for a 0-0 draw. There was good news, though, with Rangers failing to take advantage of the Hoops’ slip up, drawing with Motherwell just hours later to ensure the gap at the top of the Premiership stayed at three points.

The Latest: Devlin’s update

Devlin ran a Q&A on The Athletic on Sunday and answered a question regarding Giakoumakis.

He relayed comments from Ange Postecoglou who said the striker was ‘ill’ and hopes to have the 27-year-old back against St Mirren on Wednesday.

“He’s ill, Postecoglou hopes he’s back for Wednesday.”

The Verdict: Fingers crossed

Giakoumakis was the hero in Celtic’s last league win against Dundee, scoring a hat-trick at Parkhead.

He was labelled as ‘hugely important’ by Postecoglou following that display, so it would be good news if he can return to the squad tomorrow evening.

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Postecoglou is already without Kyogo Furuhashi and Albian Ajeti due to injury, leaving Maeda and youngster Johnny Kenny as the only options without Giakoumakis. Fingers crossed he will shake off his illness and pick up from where he left off at Celtic Park.

In other news: Devlin now reveals Celtic ‘definitely want’ to sign ‘incredible’ £22k-p/w international. 

The Cobras earned their first victory of the season after defending 163 against the Warriors. The franchise have lost three out of five first-class matches and their first two T20 matches as they continue to battle player concerns over the capability of coach Paul Adams. But Adam could smile for a change after Wayne Parnell, Kieron Pollard and George Linde took the team to victory.Parnell was coming back from a rib injury sustained during South Africa’s ODI series against Australia. He opened the batting with Richard Levi, who departed early, and scored 61 off 51 balls. He lacked support until joined by Pollard, whose 50 off 27 balls earned him the batsman of the match award. The pair scored 78 off 50 balls at a rate of almost 10 an over to ensure the Cobras compiled a competitive total.In reply, the Warriors were in early trouble at 58 for 5. Left-arm spinners Linde and Rory Kleinveldt did the damage but Colin Ackermann resisted. His 60 off 41 balls was one of only four scores in double figures in the innings and the only one of more than 22. The Warriors sit mid-table with one loss and one win so far.David Miller’s career-best T20 score was not enough for the Knights to beat the Titans in a last-ball thriller that was decided by a no-ball. The Titans’ victory keep them at the top of the table, eight points clear of their nearest challenger.At 10 for 2, the Knights ceded the early control as veteran allrounder Albie Morkel struck. Miller and Pite van Biljon shared 91 for the third wicket, with van Biljon only a minor contributor. His 28 off 31 balls offered only companionship for Miller, who stood man alone in building the total. Miller’s century came off 56 balls and his eventual strike rate was a shave under 200. He was particularly harsh on Junior Dala, whose four overs cost 57 runs.The Titans stayed on course in the chase, with all their batsmen chipping in. Heinrich Klaasen’s 50 off 27 balls started them off well before Farhaan Behardien and David Wiese kept them in the hunt.They were dismissed off successive balls – Wiese off the last of the penultimate over and Behardien the first of the final over – to leave the Knights needing five runs off the last five balls. Shadley van Schalkwyk was bowling and he gave away only two runs off the next three balls before a bye was conceded, leaving the Titans with two to get off the final ball. That’s when van Schalkwyk overstepped and the Titans took a single to win the game.