If Watford beats champion Chelsea on Saturday and other results go in its favor, the Hornets, who were promoted in May, could be in fourth place in the Premier League. For the record, they are words I never thought I would write.
Leicester City, which battled to avoid the drop last season, went into the Christmas period top of the Premier League (see previous paragraph — ditto) and for two such clubs to be in Champions League positions at the halfway mark defies every bit of football logic there is. It just does not happen, but it has.
Watford and Leicester were supposed to be battling against relegation, not rubbing shoulders with the big boys. Even Bournemouth, which also came up last season, is looking like it could enjoy a second year among English football's elite.