Joe Newell on his Hibs 'battering' as John McGinn survival heroics leave striker with no defence
Hibs this week for Birmingham City fan Joe Newell, with Paul McGinn slaughtering him after brother John helped Aston Villa to Premier League safety.The Villains kept their place in the top flight thanks to a final day draw against West Ham, meaning McGinn and his teammates live to fight another year in the game’s richest league.With Newell’s beloved Blues a lowly 20th in the Championship, watching the top two tiers in England play out their season didn’t do much for his mood, with the game north of the border shut down until this weekend when they start afresh.So the former Rotherham man was probably looking forward to getting back to East Mains and building up to Hibs’ season opener against Kilmarnock at Easter Road this afternoon.But the