Love these sorts of derbies. The quality might not be high, but the tackles usually fly in and the fans legit despise each other so it makes a great atmosphere.
Wow had no idea Thomas Kuscak played for Birmingham, always wondered what happened to him when he left Manu.
Graham Taylor once said something along the lines of, getting a big club out of the second division is easier than a smaller club but when theyāre going down they spiral out of control and itās one of the toughest jobs in football. In other words, the bigger they are the harder they fall. Last season Iād be lying if I didnāt think Villa could potentially go down again and that was before the season started, let alone during Di Matteoās 15 odd games in charge.
Leeds a decade ago and Wolves in the 80ās prime examples. Pulling the trigger early often isnāt the answer but Iād say this is about right.
A 1/3 of the way through. My tips for promotion at the start of the year were Villa, Boro and Derby.
Sheffield and Cardiff have been impressive to date, but I think quality will win out and Villa and Boro will still go up with too much depth and Iām installing Wolves to go up over Derby with a lot of talk about further investment by our Chinese owners in Jan to push for PL glory.
The table does look strange with the Brum and Sunderland simply woefulā¦ Birmingham with only 8 goals for the year so far LOL.