Birmingham City at home match thread

[chinapig]

9 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

If Wells is not injured and it's a tactical decision to leave him out and play Bell CF, that's nuts!

Mehmeti may be in to pin their right back who plays high up. Lopsided as Nigel called it.

[BCFC-Tom]

I for one enjoy reading  all this negativity after TWO bloody games…. 

[Leveller]

2 minutes ago, MC RISK77 said:

Yes but I just unhid it and it is now back in with all the others in my wallet 

Thanks! Went into settings where you can stop it hiding “expired” passes. So presumably it disappeared after the Preston game and doesn’t automatically stay visible!

[Jerseybean]

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.

[tin]

Seen the starting XI and I think we might be in for a tough afternoon. I rate Brum’s FBs - Laird and Buchanan - Beilik and Sunjic are decent at this level, I like Dembele and Hogan had a great record against us. 

Their Achilles heel is at CB, IMO, and I guess that’s why Bell and Mehmeti start as they have pace to get in behind. But if Mehmeti’s on the left and Cornick’s on the right, I don’t think Bell’s all-round game is suitable to play through the middle. That said, go get them, boys. First big test for us today IMO. 

Edited August 19, 2023 by tin

[Andy082005]

3 minutes ago, tin said:

Seen the starting XI and I think we might be in for a tough afternoon. I rate Brum’s FBs - Laird and Buchanan - Beilik and Sunjic are decent at this level, I like Dembele and Hogan had a great record against us. 

Their Achilles heel is at CB, IMO, and I guess that’s why Bell and Mehmeti start as they have pace to get in behind. But if Mehmeti’s on the left and Cornick’s on the right, I don’t think Bell’s all-round game is suitable to play through the middle. That said, go get them, boys. First big test for us today IMO. 

Agree. Think they will have a decent season this year. Point wouldn’t be a disaster 

[Spike]

7 minutes ago, BCFC-Tom said:

I for one enjoy reading  all this negativity after TWO bloody games…. 

People keep assuming my posts are negative, they aren't, they just focus on what we're doing wrong because why would you critique getting things right?
We've deffo got positives but the negatives are what people focus on as it's the next thing to "fix"/ address.

[Tim Monaghan]

1 minute ago, Andy082005 said:

Agree. Think they will have a decent season this year. Point wouldn’t be a disaster 

Shut. The. Front. Door! 
 

Andy, are you feeling okay? This is a positive post!!! You go girlfriend….

[tin]

1 minute ago, Andy082005 said:

Agree. Think they will have a decent season this year. Point wouldn’t be a disaster 

It might sound negative, but I always try to be a realist and I agree - I’d settle for a point right now. Anything else is a bonus IMO.

[brad blit]

12 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

I posed that question on our WhatsApp group. Suspect it is Bell central though. 

Could be Mehmeti right too. See above though. 

Iv heard about this infamous WhatsApp group, what do I need to do to get in

[Andy082005]

2 minutes ago, Ghost Rider said:

Shut. The. Front. Door! 
 

Andy, are you feeling okay? This is a positive post!!! You go girlfriend….

Don’t get me wrong - I’ll stop moan like **** if we don’t win 3-0

[RedorDead BCFC]

Nige just said Bell plays in the middle 

[italian dave]

2 minutes ago, brad blit said:

Iv heard about this infamous WhatsApp group, what do I need to do to get in

I heard there’s a test involving spreadsheets. 

[Mihai]

Come onnn, Bell !!

[slartibartfast]

27 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

If Wells is not injured and it's a tactical decision to leave him out and play Bell CF, that's nuts!

Rather trust NP than you .

[Midred]

I'm pleased that no one has has said what a good selection it is, last time that happened we lost to Birmingham!

[ashton_fan]

Wells is on the pitch warming up

[Son of Fred]

2 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Rather trust NP than you .

In fairness that eleven looks rather lightweight & unbalanced 

[robin_unreliant]

2 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Rather trust NP than you .

I'm not seeing what NP obviously is in Cornick. I'm gonna trust he knows better than me on that one too, for a while longer at least.

[Spike]

9 minutes ago, brad blit said:

Iv heard about this infamous WhatsApp group, what do I need to do to get in

I'm 41, whats a whatssapp?  

[italian dave]

1 minute ago, ashton_fan said:

Wells is on the pitch warming up

And on the bench according to the City Twitter page

[BCFC Rich]

Just now, Spike said:

I'm 41, whats a whatssapp?  

I think its from that Bud beer commercial. 

[italian dave]

4 minutes ago, Midred said:

I'm pleased that no one has has said what a good selection it is, last time that happened we lost to Birmingham!

Always my yardstick pre-match to Midred. The more criticism of the team selection the more confident I am! 

[Midred]

Not heard this referee, what form has he got?

[Fordy62]

Don’t suppose anyone has a link for a bloke trapped in a hotel room on a rainy day in Barbados?  

[ExiledAjax]

OTC on RTV

[Malago]

In Nige we trust

COYR

[Jose]

14 minutes ago, tin said:

It might sound negative, but I always try to be a realist and I agree - I’d settle for a point right now. Anything else is a bonus IMO.

A bonus? We are playing Birmingham not Leicester. 
 

Two even teams that I fully expect us to try and win. To see it as a bonus is very pessimistic. We should be looking to be winning our home games.  

[downendcity]

1 hour ago, chinapig said:

I see Che Adams is playing despite his allegedly imminent move to Everton. I expected to hear that he was not playing because he had that most common of injuries, a knock.

Bound to score then! 

[ZiderEyed]

Confident today weirdly. Feels like one of those days. NP's Cider Shagging City 3-1 Brum.