Tigers have the fight for relegation battle
IT'S a massive Saturday in the Premier League relegation battle and we've reached that stage of the season when all the cliches start to come out.
Who wants it more? Who has the most fight?
God forbid anyone should say that it might actually come down to whichever team is most tactically settled. Or maybe even just a bit of luck.
No, the bravest teams will stay up and any side who don't are disgraceful cowards.
For some reason Sunderland v Aston Villa was the first match on the coupon which caught my eye but, Sherwood or no Sherwood, just seeing those team names on the fixture list almost sends me to sleep.
This could be one of those matches that police force criminals to watch on repeat until they crack and spill the beans. For that reason, I won't be tuning in but I will have a small punt on under 2.5 goals.
Crystal Palace v QPR deserves the TV cameras a bit more but I can't justify taking odds-on about Palace, despite QPR's horrible away record.
This could be the match where we see that fabled scrappiness that the pressure of the drop zone is supposed to bring out in teams.
And with that in mind, I'm backing a red card. The only negative is that Joey Barton is still banned for his low blow on Tom Huddlestone.
Burnley boss Sean Dyche has described Manchester City's dressing room bust-up between Vincent Kompany and Fernandinho as a "natural occurrence", which is a phrase I wish I'd known when I had to explain why I got into scuffles in my younger days.
The Clarets have shown plenty of fight already but you get the feeling they'll need to get angrier than Diego Costa in a traffic jam if they want to stay up.
I can't see them getting the points off City to raise their hopes but Hull look capable of easing their relegation concerns.
Steve Bruce's side haven't done much on the road this season but they tend to pick up points against their fellow strugglers and look a juicy price to get something against Leicester.
And who do you fancy in a fight, the Tigers or the Foxes?
