Championship

EDGY ENCOUNTER SPELLS TROUBLE FOR BOTH

by
The LeaguePaper Team
24 September 2017

Match Verdict

STAR MAN MICHAEL MORRISON Birmingham
IF this nervy match is anything to go by then two big Championship clubs have a long, hard season ahead of them.
Both have suffered poor starts to the campaign and that was evident throughout as they struggled to stamp any authority whatsoever on a poor match.
There was little quality, little guile and at times, little tenacity from both sets of players.
Even when the game threatened to take off with two goals in five minutes, both seemed to retreat into their shells rather than push forward for the winner.
But make no mistake, this was ...

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