This is the present and league points are the necessity.
Reading have dropped the most league points from winning positions this season – 20.
Even that total of victories will not be needed if Celtic continue dropping league points.
Only seven managers have procured more Premier League points this season than Garry Monk.
Another, bookending the summer with further disappointment, deprived them of two Premier League points.
Harry Redknapp has made it clear that league points and the Carling Cup are his priorities for the season.
There are no league points at stake and I'm sure the fans will enjoy going over there".
Detroit remained atop the Western Conference and just 2 points behind Ottawa for the league points lead.
Monk has taken Swansea to 40 Premier League points in a season quicker than Brendan Rodgers or Michael Laudrup.
"Premier League points are like gold dust," said Mark Hughes, after collecting his first as Stoke manager.
The prison population has doubled in 20 years with no corresponding effect on crime rates, the Howard League points out, and new prisons are among the most overcrowded.
