HALF-TERM REPORTS

9Tottenham have scored nine goals in their last 4 PL games, as many as in their previous 11 in the competition.

HALF-TERM REPORT TOTTENHAM GRADE: B

YOU know it’s tough when Antonio Conte warns, three weeks into the job, that he’s ‘not a magician’. He’s slowly pulling things out of his hat.

C PALACE GRADE: B

THERE’S much more to come but after the predictable pragmatism of Roy Hodgson, Patrick Vieira has made Palace watchable again.

LIVERPOOL GRADE: A

AFTER relinquishing their title, they have come back in relentless fashion. Mo Salah is the world’s best player and leads the divison’s most free-scoring team. Still three points behind City though.

LEEDS UNITED GRADE: D

WHO are we to question the genius of Marcelo Bielsa. Yet the refusal to adapt your ultra-high-risk philosophy when all of your best players are injured was always likely to end one way: badly.

WOLVES GRADE: C

ARE Wolves the most boring team in the Premier League? They don’t score any goals but don’t let many in either. There’s been just one goal in each of their last seven games. Mrs Brown’s Boys, anyone?

WATFORD GRADE: C

SINCE his victory over Manchester United spelled the end for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Claudio Ranieri has lost the last four on the spin. £1 says he’s not there at the end of the season.

BURNLEY GRADE: D

IS THIS going to be the season that Burnley actually go down? They have four games in hand but, when they have played, they haven’t score enough goals. Maxwell Cornet has been a rare bright light.

EVERTON GRADE: D

OH DEAR, Rafa. One win in 11. No wonder he asked for the game to be postponed. Injuries to key players have hurt them and a draw at Chelsea was a positive but it’s been nowhere near good enough.