I genuinely didnāt realise 2011/12 was like that. I just couldnāt recall off the top of my head 2nd being so far clear of 3rd at this stage of a season. I know City won the league by 19 last season but there wasnāt even a title challenge, it was a cakewalk.
We arenāt a great side but we are still decent enough. Had 10 first team players missing and still went to PSG and got the job done.
If all our squad is fit we can take it up to anyone in the EPL. Solskjaer is doing well with what he has at his disposal. Iād give him the job and let him mould his own side and move some of the deadweight on.
Barring an Arsenal implosion itās more than likely we will miss CL which will hurt big time and Iāll think we will turn all our attention into this years edition and see what happens
Seen the incident in the Villa v Birmingham game. Absolutely appalling, we see enough one-punch attacks in society and itās just not on. Last thing you want is for barriers to be put up as per several leagues in Europe to stop pitch invaders or people throwing projectiles at players but if this continues to occur those measures may have to be takenā¦
The two main clubs of Birmingham once upon a time had a gentlemans agreement to keep their original names and leave the name of the city off the table, just as London clubs have. That was until 110 odd years ago when Small Heath Alliance reneged and decided to represent the city and theyāve done an awful job of it ever since.
Iām biased but seriously, Birmingham City can ā ā ā ā themselves. Zulus and the clubās wannabe plastic gangster fringes are the biggest band of knuckle dragging ā ā ā ā ā on the planet. Iāve met a couple of Bluenoses who were good blokes but the clubās entire existence revolves around a preoccupation of hating Villa first, wanting success for their club as secondary. Thatās absolutely not what Iād say about West Brom or Wolves in relation to Villa, thereās needle but the level of spite just isnāt quite there.
Theyāre a nasty little club that for the past 45 years havenāt stood for anything much football related since Trevor Francis buggered off to Forest. Their relevance to football is on a par with Millwall. Many clubs have some nasty factions but also something to crow about and something about them.
Iāve always found Jack Grealish to look a bit poncey with the hitler youth haircut and boy band looks, goes down a bit like Lloydy used to but cops a loads more attention from lower league hacker types, is the close to biggest talent in the Championship and a very down to earth community minded sort of individual. He also copped abuse about losing a younger brother as a toddler yesterday. Majority of clubs pull those sorts of chants, Villa included but on the same day, youāve got to hand it to the young man, heās got a fair temperament.
As for the pot shot merchant, enjoy being locked up while your son cops ā ā ā ā at school cos Dadās in the clink and you struggle for employment on the other side oh and thanks for the 6 points you ā ā ā ā ā ā ā great unwashed band of basic nuffies I bet BCFC players were well ā ā ā ā ā ā off with their own fans.
Anyway, this is supposed to be an EPL thread and Villa are still Championship bottlers for now.