Birmingham City away match thread

[italian dave]

2 minutes ago, AirlieBeachRed said:

Scott and HNM will never work together. 

Am I the only one who thinks HNM could play for us for a decade and not score a goal?

Well that’s not true….Preston last season. But I agree they’re not working today. 

[Bazooka Joe]

3 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

Looks at moment as tho we shall have 1 point out of 15

let’s hope for 100% improvement in second half 

Unfortunately 100% improvement on nothing = nothing.

[bexhill reds]

Just now, AppyDAZE said:

Owerts and Twentyman not fans of zonal. Count me in.

Yep, don’t think that’s the answer

[Jacki]

Hard to over emphasise just how poor that was. Second to everything, no threat, sloppy in possession. Not a single shot, let alone one on target.

It seems the confidence in this group is as fragile as it has ever been in recent seasons. As soon as we lose a couple of games, the whole thing collapses and nobody wants the ball. Really depressing stuff. 

[Alessandro]

Well the trend of poor performances is continuing. 

Interestingly without Naismith (who has come under way too much flak IMO) that is probably our worst half of football all season.

Awful defending for 2 set piece goals.

Not only can we barely string 3 or 4 passes together, i'm not sure we've had 1 shot all half.

King at CB highlighting our complete lack of depth - Massengo energetic but not productive in CM. Sykes stuck in a rut. 

Weimann, Wells and Conway have become shadows of what they were a few games ago.

Not quite sure what has happened for such a drop in performance levels beyond losing Naismith and James - clearly our two most important level headed "game management controllers".

Edited October 8, 2022 by Alessandro

[AirlieBeachRed]

1 minute ago, italian dave said:

Well that’s not true….Preston last season. But I agree they’re not working today. 

One swallow etc

[The Gasbuster]

14 minutes ago, Wanderingred said:

Why are we always shite in this particular fixture ?

It's like Brum have taken on the Leeds mantle; i.e. we save our worst performances for games against them.

I work with a Blues season ticket holder; and he thanked me for the six points before the ******* season even started !

[Numero Uno]

Just now, italian dave said:

Well that’s not true….Preston last season. But I agree they’re not working today. 

One game where he ran the show in over a hundred? That's not bad. If he turned up four or five in ten I could understand some of the fuss around him.

[Topper 123]

Boys against men , lacklustre, no effort easy pushover , something has to change , couldn’t defend and our football is sooo slow 

[Red Cloud]

Just now, AirlieBeachRed said:

One swallow etc

makes some gag apparently

[Sheltons Army]

2 minutes ago, Top Robin said:

If it's anything like his interviews it will be talking b*llocks and boring the arse out of the players.....he may have been good once but he is is utterly clueless now and we are suffering because if it.

Good to see you posting your anti Pearson diatribe

It must have been a very frustrating few weeks not being able to post it

Your b*****s about ‘waiting a few more games before being convinced’ now shown up to be ...... complete b*******s

 

Who do you want to replace him

[Sleepy1968]

1 minute ago, BasSavage88 said:

Niges plan b is usually Chris martin

We'll get him on and then insist on playing through balls to use Martin's blistering pace, rather than playing high balls for the giant Wells to win.

[italian dave]

Semenyo coming on by the look of it

[ashton_fan]

We're always rubbish in Birmingham for some reason whether it's Brum, WBA, Villa etc. As things stand 18th and getting sucked into the relegation scrap

[Numero Uno]

1 minute ago, Alessandro said:

Well the trend of poor performances is continuing. 

Interestingly without Naismith (who has come under way too much flak IMO) that is probably our worst half of football all season.

Awful defending for 2 set piece goals.

Not only can we barely string 3 or 4 passes together, i'm not sure we've had 1 shot all half.

King at CB highlighting our complete lack of depth - Massengo energetic but not productive in CM. Sykes stuck in a rut. 

Weimann, Wells and Conway have become shadows of what they were a few games ago.

Not quite sure what has happened for such a drop in performance levels beyond losing Naismith and James - clearly our two most important level headed "game management controllers".

James is unspectacular but he would be a massive improvement on what we've got in there on today's showing. At least he turns up most weeks doing what he does whether that is to your liking or not.

[Davefevs]

10 minutes ago, petehinton said:

Fan of Nige but this one is firmly on him. King at CB for **** sake. If you don’t have the players to play the system, don’t play the system. 

Why?  Is the whole poor team performance (and several individuals too) down to Nige picking King at CB?  We've just been inept all over the pitch, that's not down to one selection is it?

Who is warming up?

[old_eastender]

They need a major shake-up; take off HNM, Sykes & Weimann and bring on Klose, Tanner & Semenyo with King moving to m/f.

[bexhill reds]

Just now, Tafkarmlf said:

Eeh, this isn't a good read, nor do we seem to be doing anything 

Not good, Blackpool away style from last year, where quite frankly we were shit. 

It’s not a particularly good watch either..

[Dan Robin]

Worst game of the season so far, against an average side: no pace, awful passing, no attacking threats, and the defending for the second goal was really weak.

In the two previous games I thought the main problem was a lack of quality in attacking play and a form drop by the strikers...but today almost all the team seems lost. Some players are not available, but I expected more 

 

Getting something from this match will be hard, but I'd try some changes at HT to shake up things: Sykes in the Weimann role, Tanner as RB, King back in midfield with the inclusion of a defender, maybe Martin too to be more physical.

 

[maxjak]

2 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

We’ve all deserved better for decades !

Too much empty rhetoric..........and not enough action?   Our ticket prices keep going up.......while our performances plummet downwards.  What a very sad state of affairs.........Ha!!

[TooSpooky]

Apologies if mentioned already, is Naismith just out for this match or multiple? 

[Redrascal2]

All that early season optimism and good football. Typical City hope rises and then when you think we are getting somewhere it all falls to pieces. Falling like a stone. So disappointing but oh so predictable.

[stephenkibby.]

One thing that we are getting better at is working the ball back to Bentley from our own corners. 

[RedM]

Semenyo warming up with his shirt on, no bib. Sure sign he is on straight after HT. Oh and same for Tanner

[bexhill reds]

Just now, TooSpooky said:

Apologies if mentioned already, is Naismith just out for this match or multiple? 

2-3 games I read

[italian dave]

3 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

One game where he ran the show in over a hundred? That's not bad. If he turned up four or five in ten I could understand some of the fuss around him.

Who, Scott? 

[Davefevs]

Just now, TooSpooky said:

Apologies if mentioned already, is Naismith just out for this match or multiple? 

Nige said "10 days" I think.

[bexhill reds]

Just now, stephenkibby. said:

One thing that we are getting better at is working the ball back to Bentley from our own corners. 

Sign of no confidence at all

[Lordofthebling]

Stop all this talk about playoffs.

[Sleepy1968]

2 minutes ago, Alessandro said:

Well the trend of poor performances is continuing. 

Interestingly without Naismith (who has come under way too much flak IMO) that is probably our worst half of football all season.

Awful defending for 2 set piece goals.

Not only can we barely string 3 or 4 passes together, i'm not sure we've had 1 shot all half.

King at CB highlighting our complete lack of depth - Massengo energetic but not productive in CM. Sykes stuck in a rut. 

Weimann, Wells and Conway have become shadows of what they were a few games ago.

Not quite sure what has happened for such a drop in performance levels beyond losing Naismith and James - clearly our two most important level headed "game management controllers".

The saddest thing is that Birmingham aren't a great side. A competitive performance brings back a point. Probably too late for that now, even if I could see us playing better in the second half. Which I can't.