Part two of our look at the teams that are teetering on the edge of the precipice…

BIRMINGHAM CITY

Blues fans barely shrugged when Steve Bruce headed off to glamorous Wigan – they obviously thought the board had lined up someone better to come in and take the club forward. Instead they opted for Alex McLeish – a man who doesn’t even speak English!

VERDICT: Relegated!

SUNDERLAND

Roy Keane is floundering. A man so used to success, he finds himself at the wrong end of the league with no idea about how he got there. His policy of bringing in ex-Man U flops has failed miserably – he might as well have signed up Andrei Kanchelskis and Jordi Cruyff. The idiot.

VERDICT: Relegated!

NEWCASTLE UNITED

Kevin Clueless should have stayed in the comfortable confines of his so-called Soccer Circus, whatever the hell that is. The Geordies have got no chance of picking up another point this season and they might even have some especially deducted as punishment for their sheer ineptitude

VERDICT: Relegated!

MIDDLESBROUGH

What is there left to say about the Boro that won’t invoke gales of laughter from those with even the flimsiest knowledge of The Beautiful Game? Gareth Southgate looks like a man who’s been given a job he never even wanted in the first place. From where we’re standing, he looks as though he’s trying to get himself the sack so that he can go back to his first love – being a clown.

VERDICT: Relegated!

MANCHESTER CITY

Every Premier League campaign sees one side unexpectedly plunge into the drop zone and our money’s on Sven’s boys. Every side below them will take maximum points between now and May and the creepy Swede’s tally of 45 just won’t be enough.

VERDICT: Relegated!

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