Super Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Ok we were poor tonight but i was impressed by them, the two up front were a handful all night and they played some good stuff especially first half. They could be more of a threat than Derby and Forest. Fans were loud as well at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I thought they did a job on us. Condensed the play into one half thus limiting the space to play in and broke well. They are a niggley dogged team with a sly push here and a slight trip there. As soon as they realised the ref was weak and useless they did it even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Swede said: I thought they did a job on us. Condensed the play into one half thus limiting the space to play in and broke well. They are a niggley dogged team with a sly push here and a slight trip there. As soon as they realised the ref was weak and useless they did it even more. They were too strong for us. Always struggle against these type of teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyredredrobin Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Maybe, but I'm beginning to think that Forest might be the biggest threat now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 We were so weak tonight. I wasn't over impressed with Birmingham. Think they had a pretty easy night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 First half they looked very good. They are likely to get points deduction which will kill them off play-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT The Optimist Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 The two up front, Adams and Jutkiewic (pardon spelling) what a handful all night. No disrespect to FD but it is players like that which make a difference. That is championship quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 7 minutes ago, Swede said: I thought they did a job on us. Condensed the play into one half thus limiting the space to play in and broke well. They are a niggley dogged team with a sly push here and a slight trip there. As soon as they realised the ref was weak and useless they did it even more. It didn't help when we tried giving some back that the ref decided to give fouls and yellow cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, Spoons said: We were so weak tonight. I wasn't over impressed with Birmingham. Think they had a pretty easy night. I think they are one of the best teams i have seen down here this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, hodge said: It didn't help when we tried giving some back that the ref decided to give fouls and yellow cards Quite; he was terribly inconsistent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, DT The Optimist said: The two up front, Adams and Jutkiewic (pardon spelling) what a handful all night. No disrespect to FD but it is players like that which make a difference. That is championship quality Adams is prem quality imo. Jutiewicz(I can’t spell it either) is like the 10 years younger Wilbraham. They are why Birmingham are where they are. 31 goals and 13 assists combined is a fantastic return for your strikers. Adams 3rd in scoring with 21 league goals. LJ 10 goals and 10!! assists. They have figured out most champ defenses tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, hodge said: It didn't help when we tried giving some back that the ref decided to give fouls and yellow cards I am sure someone will start a thread about him. The worst i have seen this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I said this in the match day thread. Birmingham were nothing special at all. They Parked the bus like almost every team that comes here and they wanted the win more than us. They fought for every ball and every second ball and we didn't and by our standards that was poor. We played right into their hands by keep on putting crosses in and they would just header it away every single time. I'm disappointed because the desire just wasn't there and that is unusual for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, Super said: I think they are one of the best teams i have seen down here this season. Good at what they do. They are organised and physical. Have the option of hitting channels with Adams or a target with LJ. Adams is lethal and can do everything and keeping him from scoring was good(though you can’t get closer to a brace than he did!). Think us growing as a club has affected how teams approach us at AG. Meaning I think more teams are now content with trying to keep us out and stealing something on the counter. So not often will you see great football. Don’t think Birmingham were a great footballing side but again very good at what they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, Up The City! said: I said this in the match day thread. Birmingham were nothing special at all. They Parked the bus like almost every team that comes here and they wanted the win more than us. They fought for every ball and every second ball and we didn't and by our standards that was poor. We played right into their hands by keep on putting crosses in and they would just header it away every single time. I'm disappointed because the desire just wasn't there and that is unusual for us. They didnt park the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, Super said: I am sure someone will start a thread about him. The worst i have seen this season. Was awful but we were so bad for 60 min it just didn’t matter too much. Though someone will have to explain to me how he whistled a foul on Fam for chasing a ball down the channel and getting blocked off and held on the halfway line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, JoeAman08 said: Good at what they do. They are organised and physical. Have the option of hitting channels with Adams or a target with LJ. Adams is lethal and can do everything and keeping him from scoring was good(though you can’t get closer to a brace than he did!). Think us growing as a club has affected how teams approach us at AG. Meaning I think more teams are now content with trying to keep us out and stealing something on the counter. So not often will you see great football. Don’t think Birmingham were a great footballing side but again very good at what they do Not often you see Webster and Kalas getting bullied but thats what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrongagain Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Take no notice of mind the gap, beware the dip, play the blame game and kill the will of the team - awful effort until the last quarter, the ref was an absolute joke, his Linesmen giving him no help at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 14 minutes ago, Swede said: I thought they did a job on us. Condensed the play into one half thus limiting the space to play in and broke well. They are a niggley dogged team with a sly push here and a slight trip there. As soon as they realised the ref was weak and useless they did it even more. Indeed. City always struggle against teams like Brum. Very physical, feigning injury and playing on the break. A tough style of play to counter. Two league defeats isn’t a disaster and we’re still in the pray off zone. It’ll be all change again on Saturday with the next round of Championship fixtures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, Super said: They didnt park the bus. I disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 9 minutes ago, Super said: I am sure someone will start a thread about him. The worst i have seen this season. Same ref that sent Flint off at Preston away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 18 minutes ago, Super said: They were too strong for us. Always struggle against these type of teams. Probably would’ve been a better game for Watkins to come on over Eliasson. Likewise on Saturday would’ve been better to bring Eliasson on over Watkins. Ah well nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Up The City! said: I disagree. They had more shots and more on target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakoe Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 20 minutes ago, hodge said: It didn't help when we tried giving some back that the ref decided to give fouls and yellow cards Spot on. Famara had arms all over him during the first half, nothing given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Super said: They had more shots and more on target. And you can't do that if you park the bus? They Parked the bus, many times I counted like 7 or 8 players in their back line. They were very organised and executed their game plan brilliantly. They were so good defensively that we couldn't even attempt to build our play. They would then hit us on the counter once they won the ball back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 They were better than us tonight, and did a job on us just like we did to them at their place. Swings and roundabouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Agreed. Thought Brum were outstanding 1st half. Strength , pace and movement. Their fitness was incredible which helped them to continually shut us down in the 2nd half. Not sure we should be too damning of our lads, it’s the Championship and almost any team is capable of occasionally chucking in a performance like Birmingham did tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, Up The City! said: And you can't do that if you park the bus? They Parked the bus, many times I counted like 7 or 8 players in their back line. They were very organised and executed their game plan brilliantly. They were so good defensively that we couldn't even attempt to build our play. They would then hit us on the counter once they won the ball back. Didn’t help that we lined 6 or 7 up against the same line of 7 or 8. Personally, I wouldn’t call their tactic “PTB”, I thought they just had a good defensive shape and a way of breaking. The certainly wanted to attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 20 minutes ago, Up The City! said: They Parked the bus What ? I know everyone has different views on games etc but what game did you watch tonight ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laner Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, Gakoe said: Spot on. Famara had arms all over him during the first half, no protection at all. Doesn't help that he always trys to draw the foul rather than playing the ball. Famara could learn a lot from watching what Birmingham's front man did tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said: What ? I know everyone has different views on games etc but what game did you watch tonight ? Bristol City V Birmingham City, what game did you watch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 minute ago, Up The City! said: Bristol City V Birmingham City, what game did you watch? The same one, and Brum didn’t park the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 They did not park the bus. The really went at us first half and even in 2nd half could have gone 3 up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesM Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I thought they bullied us for an hour. No space or movement between the lines and no width. It’s easy to play against a side that passes across the back four with no purpose under the guise of creating space. They let us have it and punished us when we tried to play through them. Hats off to them, they did a proper job on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakoe Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, Laner said: Doesn't help that he always trys to draw the foul rather than playing the ball. Famara could learn a lot from watching what Birmingham's front man did tonight. Point taken. Guess he still has a lot to learn but I thought the ref was pretty hard on him tonight, in that he pretty much gave everything in favour of the defence. ( I missed his yellow card foul btw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 If what Birmingham did tonight is classed as 'parking the bus', then so is what we've done in nearly every away game that we've ended up winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 40 minutes ago, JoeAman08 said: Adams is prem quality imo. Jutiewicz(I can’t spell it either) is like the 10 years younger Wilbraham. They are why Birmingham are where they are. 31 goals and 13 assists combined is a fantastic return for your strikers. Adams 3rd in scoring with 21 league goals. LJ 10 goals and 10!! assists. They have figured out most champ defenses tbf. If I was feeling churlish, also one of the reasons they are facing a points deduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowie Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 29 minutes ago, Baldyman said: Agreed. Thought Brum were outstanding 1st half. Strength , pace and movement. Their fitness was incredible which helped them to continually shut us down in the 2nd half. Not sure we should be too damning of our lads, it’s the Championship and almost any team is capable of occasionally chucking in a performance like Birmingham did tonight. Agree, I was expecting them to tire in the 2nd half but they kept on. Very good away performance from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Swede said: I thought they did a job on us. Condensed the play into one half thus limiting the space to play in and broke well. They are a niggley dogged team with a sly push here and a slight trip there. As soon as they realised the ref was weak and useless they did it even more. The person who sits in front of me said almost exactly the same thing tonight, you don't sit in the south stand do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Super said: Ok we were poor tonight but i was impressed by them, the two up front were a handful all night and they played some good stuff especially first half. They could be more of a threat than Derby and Forest. Fans were loud as well at times. They have a tough run of games coming up. Next 5 should determine if they are contenders. First half tonight they were excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 No complaints about the result. If we had got a late equaliser, we'd have robbed them. They were the better team and played the better football this evening, with their front two looking double-strong. The ref might well have been poor this evening, but his decisions didn't impact the final score. Brum (unfortunately) were well worthy of the 3 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Bristol Rob said: No complaints about the result. If we had got a late equaliser, we'd have robbed them. They were the better team and played the better football this evening, with their front two looking double-strong. The ref might well have been poor this evening, but his decisions didn't impact the final score. Brum (unfortunately) were well worthy of the 3 points. His decision did impact the final score for given a foul that led to their second goal, in saying that they were the better team on the night and deserved the win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamski Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Very impressed with Brum tonight, Monk out thought Jnr, set up his team to press and break, which they did very effectively. Could have been 2-4. We were 2 yards too slow on the night and were far too predictable in our attacking build up. Marlon had a bad game and the general standard of crossing tonight was poor One more loss and our usual run will be at an end, so defeat at Deepdale and a win vs Leeds then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 8 hours ago, cityexile said: If I was feeling churlish, also one of the reasons they are facing a points deduction. I’d say they are probably on the lower wage spectrum for them! They won’t be the highest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 9 hours ago, Up The City! said: I disagree. Didn't park the bus- conceded possession yes but countered as and when they could- which was quite often! Created whether through skill or more likely quick breaks, a number of dangerous opportunities. Millwall at home in December first half- that was parking the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 They'll have a points deduction before the end of the season so won't figure in the top 6. However good they looked we've got a better away record than them and we won at their place so they don't play like that every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 On 27/02/2019 at 09:04, ashton_fan said: They'll have a points deduction before the end of the season so won't figure in the top 6. However good they looked we've got a better away record than them and we won at their place so they don't play like that every week. Thank God for that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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