To be fair to John, I don't think he means having a separate competition - instead having a mini league table for the Midlands based clubs on what the results are in their respective Premier League games. For example, the current table would be - Stoke - P6 W3 D1 L2 F10 A7 Pts 10Villa - P5 W2 D2 L1 F6 A5 Pts 8Boggies - P6 W2 D2 L2 F9 A9 Pts 8Wolves P4 W2 D1 L1 F5 A4 Pts 7Blues - P7 W1 D2 L4 F6 A11 Pts 5