According to the Chronicle, Steve Bruce has tried to shed some light on Villa’s struggles in the Championship by claiming that his side are the “big scalp in the division.”
It was quite a unique situation to have two clubs of Villa and Newcastle’s stature playing in the second division this season, and while Newcastle have thrived off the pressure and are all but certain of automatic promotion, Villa have struggled at stages.
Having spent more money than any other side in the division, Villa find themselves sitting in 11th place – 11 points behind the 6th and final play-off position, with just 5 games remaining.
Bruce believes that the reason that they have struggled to get close to promotion this season is because Championship sides “want to perform on the big stage at Villa Park. He went on to say:
“I am always confident that I can put a team together that can get out of this division. I have done it before and it would be terrific to do it here. It’s never going to be easy because of who we are. Aston Villa are the big scalp in this division. Everyone wants to turn us over. All the teams that come to Villa Park want to perform on the big stage and in the big arena. So all the bits and pieces make it difficult but I am quietly confident that we will be able to mount a challenge and hopefully we will be good enough.”
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