will birmingham city stay in the premiership this season?
366506
Yes of course they will
788684
If you guys are still second in the table come January I'll think he'll stay - you'd probably be able to do enough to convince him to hang on until the end of the season.\n\nIf he does stay and you aren't promoted I think he'll be off in the summer.  The lure of the Premiership will be too great...\n\nSo let's hope he keeps the faith in January and come May you're still in the top two.
660910
I'm not a Birmingham fan but I seem to remember them issuing a not for sale statement recently. I guess he's going to get more opportunities next season.
360938
They will because they have no one else to do the job.Hoddle is not a bad manager but I dont hink he is the right manager for a club like Wolves who actually need an inspirational manager to transform them into a club capable of not only getting into the premiership but staying there.If you look at the championship it is full of mediocre managers who must be quite worried today as two of the clubs coming down (Birmingham and West Brom) have very good managers and in Birminghams case a good board and will be looking to go back up again straight away.This leaves clubs like Wolves as well as Cardiff,luton,Norwich,Ipswich,and any of the clubs who fail in the play offs looking at a hard slog next year.
256036
Portsmouth are garbage, as are Birmingham City, despite all the individual talent they've accumulated.  Let's look at the run-up, though:\n\nPortsmouth:\nFulham (A)\nBlackburn (H)\nMiddlesbrough (H)\nCharlton (A)\nSunderland (H)\nWigan (A)\nLiverpool (H)\n\nNot great, but doable.\n\nBirmingham:\nChelsea (H)\nBolton (H)\nWigan (A)\nAston Villa (A)\nBlackburn (H)\nEverton (A)\nNewcastle (H)\nBolton (A)\n\nMuch worse.\n\nWBA:\nLiverpool (H)\nAston Villa (A)\nArsenal (A)\nBolton (H)\nNewcastle (A)\nWest Ham (H)\nEverton (A)\n\nUgh.  And the others have a game in hand.\n\nSo despite the lead for WBA now and their experience in survival, I think Birmingham and WBA are going down.  The South Coast gets to keep its premiership status for another year.\n\nBy the way, how great is it that Wigan and West Ham have done so well in their promotion season?  Terrific!  That's good for the sport.
208811
YES!!!\nhands down.\nthey've been having a below average season in my opinion.\nbut for the last  few weeks[especially since that victory over charlton-3-o man!!]\nthe arsenal magic is definitely back!!!!!\nGO GUNNERS!!!ALL THE WAY!!!!
472630
Yes, just as long as Birmingham go down
571341
Unfortunately NO...   they lost to West Ham at Upton Park earlier today...\n\nMy bad, I am a dumbass...
458977
after there brief spell in the prem they will have to preform better next season to stay in the championship.\ni will be making the trip up to sunderland next season to see the mighty superhoops kick there butts.
477776
At the outset, let's make it clear that I do not support either of these teams...\n\nThe answer is no though, whichever criteria you use to measure the difference between the two sides. Villa have won the European Cup, several English league titles as well as the FA cup on numerous occasions. Blues have won the League Cup once and nothing else of note throughout their entire history.\n\nAs far as current positions go, Villa aren't really in any danger of relegation whereas Blues certainly are and Villa beat their bitter local rivals twice this season. So whether you're talking historically or currently, there is no argument to be made that Birmingham City are 'better' than Aston Villa. Sorry Blues fans, but it's the truth...
949124
stay in the play off position and push for automatic promotion, i reckon the Premiership beckons via the play offs.\nPlay up Stoke
910958
I think we will do well against the other top teams, but I agree that we may come unstuck against the lesser teams.\n\nI think (hope) that we may do well again in the Champions League.\n\nMaybe next year for the Premiership.
885277
Still think they won't win the league this year,just too inconsistent,even after the 2  4-0 victories since their glorious defeat at the hand of Spurs!\n\ni think United will win it this year!\n\njust a shame spurs went to sleep after such a great start against Reading!!\n\ni've added some comments to part one you might like to check!!
974257
Not a hope.\n\nAnd they shouldn't be in the English Leagues anyway.
800361
Ive been a Preston supporter for nearly 20yrs now. I was devastated when Billy Davies left us for Derby last season as it was us that gave him the chance in the first place, then we sold Claude Davis, our Player of the Year and i really thought we were going to struggle this season. Credit to Paul Simpson who has done an excellent job and i hope we go up automatically this time around. The gulf between the Premiership and the Championship seems too great to stay up as we don't have too much transfer funds but i would like the oppurtunity to be proven wrong. C'mon you Lilywhites, lets keep hold of Nuge and Simon Whaley.
1104193
HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!\noh my god, my sides are splitting with that question...\nare you still drunk from last night!!\nThey will win naff all this year unless you count RELEGATION as winning something.\nNeil Warnock will be spending most year up in the stands cos he cant keep his big mouth shut..\n\nOh by the way who have you drawn for your first game of the season....thats it LIVERPOOL!!!...now that should be fun..\n\nThanks for the points anyway....you made me smile
946645
I'm sorry, but I think Charlton are going to The Championship.  They just don't look that good and I don't think that anything they do is going to get them out of the bottom three.  I'm pretty sure that Newcastle will find their form eventually and get up to mid-table.  West Ham and Blackburn are looking bad but they should be able to pull it out without worrying about relegation.  To me that leaves Charlton, Sheffield and Watford.