Birmingham City at home match thread

[mozo]

Pring had been playing alright, but Sykes was an obvious change.

I'd really like Knight to play where Williams is and a new creative meister to be signed for the 10 position.

Or two up front.

[old_eastender]

Vyner seems to miss an open goal from a good Mehmeti corner

[pillred]

12 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

I don’t think the half has been quite as bad as some have made out. Final ball lacking but hardly a one sided half. 

This isn’t the Birmingham of old. This is a decent team with very good players. They’ll be there or there about come April. 

Another team that could be passing us by then, why does this keep happening?

[Tim Monaghan]

4 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

Sykes and Roberts on, Cornick & Pring off.

Should have been on from the start IMO. 

[collier]

Vyner...at first I thought wtf but seems the keeper just touched it.

[DaveF]

Just now, old_eastender said:

Vyner seems to miss an open goal from a good Mehmeti corner

Keeper touched it.

[Lordofthebling]

Spent half time googling dembele and this Japanese fella...

[pillred]

Could be worse we could be a Wolves fan today.

[old_eastender]

Williams!, get him off for Naismith

[redsince1994]

Sykes making a real difference already

[stevep38]

They seem a lot sharper than us. 

[mozo]

I predicted 1-1 and and would be delighted with that now.

Feels more like a 0-2 incoming.

I don't care how we score. Any scruffy draw would be amazing.

[collier]

They look so much more dangerous. We have had the ball in their final third for about 5 mins straight without threatening, they make 1 break and get off a shot and nearly score.

[Andy082005]

The sad thing is here - are we under performing? Or are we simply not good enough 

[Engvall’s Splinter]

Would love Mehmeti to go outside his man and give him a run. Too cautious. 

[stevep38]

This is very poor

[The Nest Egg]

Mehmeti never came out of his shell. More deserving replacements, second half so far giving me bad flashbacks of the 'busy bee' era 

[BigTone]

Just getting sloppy now 

[old_eastender]

Just now, Andy082005 said:

The sad thing is here - are we under performing? Or are we simply not good enough 

Birmingham are a good side and NP make a mistake (that he made twice last season) putting Bell CF.

[luke_bristol]

1 minute ago, Andy082005 said:

The sad thing is here - are we under performing? Or are we simply not good enough 

Doing the simple things badly 

[ProfitInMyPocket]

Nowhere near enough quality or drive in the midfield, said it weeks and weeks ago, without Scott or Naismith to link up this team will struggle to create.

Sunjic and Bielik just in there and disrupting everything and anything. Not glamorous but letting their forward players go and do the business.

[collier]

Just now, Andy082005 said:

The sad thing is here - are we under performing? Or are we simply not good enough 

IMO were the better team, just that we don't look like we have any threat. Teams are comfortable with us having it because they know they won't be conceding much from it and they can be much more penetrating when they go forward themselves.

[Banjo Red]

Definitely need a creative midfielder.

[stevep38]

Outperformed and outsung at home how embarrassing. 

[RobArnold10]

Williams looked poor vs Oxford, not looking much better today, don’t think he should be starting. Also concerned about Bell being the main/lone striker. Ultimately poor choices from NP.

[PHILINFRANCE]

1 hour ago, Jerseybean said:

Ephraim Yeboah is on the bench today, he was was born and raised in Italy, but moved to Bristol with his family as a child.

In August 2021, Yeboah, along with teammate Elijah Morrison, were recruited by Bristol City from the Bristol Inner City Football Academy in Easton.

In June 2023, Yeboah began training with the first team squad and finished second behind Ayman Benarous in the Bristol City pre-season fitness SDS test.

In July, he was included in the first-team squad on the pre-season training camp to Austria and signed a three-year professional contract with the club. He made his professional debut for us in the EFL Cup at home against Oxford United in a 5-1 win earlier this month.

Surprisingly, on his Wiki page.

Hmmm....

Personal life[edit]

Yeboah is of Ghanaian descent.^[2] His father is ex Leeds legend Tony Yeboah.

[Robin101]

Snap your hand off for 1-1 here 

[pillred]

Whilst it's still 0-1 we can still get something 0-2 and we're stuffed by the sound of it.

[BigTone]

3 minutes till Tim

[petehinton]

Roberts positioning has totally changed us. Class