The other sides jostling for the automatic places are Hull and Watford. All one would need to dismiss the former's candidature for the entertainers' job is look at their manager. They say teams are often built in their manager's image, so it's perhaps hardly surprising that Steve Bruce's are the football equivalent of having a nose plastered halfway across a face. A good example was when Hull travelled to Huddersfield a few weeks ago, they played five at the back, and Alex Bruce was one of their midfielders. They set up for a draw, against a team two points above the bottom three, and bagged a 1-0 win thanks to a goal on the break. Oh, and they have the same number of goals as bottom side Bristol City. Negative doesn't cover it.
Watford on the other hand are a joy to watch. Their form in recent weeks is patchy, but in the likes of Matej Vydra, Nathaniel Chalobah and Troy Deeney they are a quick, young and attacking side who are comfortably the division's top scorers. With 76 goals, they have 19 more than Hull. This is perhaps not surprising given the identity of their manager, everyone's favourite miniature Italian Gianfranco Zola, who only the coldest of heart could not love.
