The pyjamaship: Eight sides to put you to sleep

Even television paymasters Sky are struggling to talk up the two horse “title race” this season. The relentless hype masks the listless encounters between sides whose only priority is to avoid defeat. Jason Mellor and Mark Ogden name and shame the guilty parties.

MANCHESTER CITY

A lack of finance to compete in the transfer market has left Stuart Pearce reliant on the ageing legs of Paul Dickov, Dietmar Hamann, Bennado Corradi and Trevor Sinclair. Their experiences masks an inability to play a high-energy game, however, and City’s recent 0-0 draw at home to Watford summed up the lack of flair within the City squad.