Firstly, blame my English teacher who drilled into us about not using the same phrase over and over. 'The bottom 17' was just me using different language to say 'teams outside the top 7' because I didn't want to use it three times in such close proximity to each other.
Secondly, it's not about...
I'm not suggesting it's a bad loss rate.
It is entirely relevant in the context of this thread, though. The OP is suggesting we'll have it easy because we're only playing one more team in the top 7 after Newcastle, I'd say it was entirely relevant that while we have only a few losses, half of...