Match Thread Birmingham City - Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 13th Apr (19 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Harry H]

There isn't much to unravel besides a lack of professionalism in the side and his own decision to keep fielding an injured player.

Should apply for the job when he leaves if it's that straightforward!

 

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[Deity]

Very weird interview wasn't it?

Not in the slightest.

I was at the match. …we were poor, we didn’t work hard enough, we didn’t track runners, we didn’t hold the ball up, we didn’t win first or second balls.

Robins said all of that …. Seemed a fair review of our performance to me

 

[covcity4life]

Terrible performance. Really really poor. Birmingham players just wanted it more. Pressed with more intent. Tackled harder etc

Thought lati mve and sheaf were sloppy. Palmer never in the game. Wright unlucky with shot hit bar but shite otherwise

Thomas and kithcing going through a poor run

I guess only saving grace is that alot of the players are young and still to improve.

But today it's disappointing

 

[Otis]

If we finish between 9th and 11th how would that be a fab season

It will be, because we had a great run after an awful start and we have made it to a cup semi final.

We were superb against Leicester, Leeds and Wolves. I am very proud of the team and it looks like we now have a great foundation to build upon for next year

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Should apply for the job when he leaves if it's that straightforward!

I don't mean it that way, but when essentially 9 of your starting 11 are that poor and can't use injury as an excuse, what do you gain from looking at the minutiae? He felt able to criticise the mentality on Tuesday, but not today.

 

[oscillatewildly]

Went down the Spires to watch it. A rather rotund lady came over to speak to a friend midway through the second half, blocking my view of the screen.
I briefly thought about moving to re-establish my initial good capture of the game.

 

[Grendel]

It will be, because we had a great run after an awful start and we have made it to a cup semi final.

We were superb against Leicester, Leeds and Wolves. I am very proud of the team and it looks like we now have a great foundation to build upon for next year

We only beat 1 superior team to Wembley

Every team will sign new players.

We spent well over £20 million and have gone backwards

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

I don't mean it that way, but when essentially 9 of your starting 11 are that poor and can't use injury as an excuse, what do you gain from looking at the minutiae? He felt able to criticise the mentality on Tuesday, but not today.

Fair enough - for clarity, is Wright carrying an injury, or is it conjecture?

 

[Otis]

We only beat 1 superior team to Wembley

Every team will sign new players.

We spent well over £20 million and have gone backwards

Well, I think we have created a very solid platform for next season and fully expect a playoff challenge.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Fair enough - for clarity, is Wright carrying an injury, or is it conjecture?

Didn't Robins make a reference to it on Tuesday?

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

We only beat 1 superior team to Wembley

Every team will sign new players.

We spent well over £20 million and have gone backwards

We have pretty much the same points as last season; maintained a cup run to the semi-finals. How is that going backwards?

 

[Matt smith]

Well, I think we have created a very solid platform for next season and fully expect a playoff challenge.

Especially if victor goes. Looking forward to seeing EMC

I’m excited for who we’re going to recruit

 

[pusbccfc]

We only beat 1 superior team to Wembley

Every team will sign new players.

We spent well over £20 million and have gone backwards

It's also only the second time in the clubs history that we've got this far in the cup. Forget who we have and haven't beaten.

Ultimately, we've spent money to help us compete in a far, far better division than last season. We also lost two players who completely carried the side last year.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Especially if victor goes. Looking forward to seeing EMC

I’m excited for who we’re going to recruit

Think we need two attacking midfielders now rather than just the one. Palmer is simply not what we need.

 

[bigfatronssba]

We only beat 1 superior team to Wembley

Every team will sign new players.

We spent well over £20 million and have gone backwards

Man Utd have also only beat 1 superior team to get there.

Not all new players are equal

We haven’t gone backwards

 

[shepardo01]

We have pretty much the same points as last season; maintained a cup run to the semi-finals. How is that going backwards?

We've lost more games than we did last season.
We got 71 points last season. We currently have 63. With games coming up against Ipswich and Hull, can you see us getting 8+ points?
The end point of the season will almost certainly indicate a backwards step.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Man Utd have also only beat 1 superior team to get there.

Not all new players are equal

We haven’t gone backwards

We will in terms of points total and league position. Unless you think 4 dead rubber games, two against teams who haven't bottled their respective challenges, are going to afford 8+ points.

 

[Matt smith]

Think we need two attacking midfielders now rather than just the one. Palmer is simply not what we need.

Palmer is definitely fine for the squad he can be v good and make us tick; even though goals and assists or lack of is a fair counter argument

we need a better first choice 10 though, I agree

 

[bigfatronssba]

We will in terms of points total and league position. Unless you think 4 dead rubber games, two against teams who haven't bottled their respective challenges, are going to afford 8+ points.

League position is in part dependent on the opposition. It’s a more difficult league this year.

We’re still better than this time last season in terms of points

 

[Matt smith]

We've lost more games than we did last season.
We got 71 points last season. We currently have 63. With games coming up against Ipswich and Hull, can you see us getting 8+ points?
The end point of the season will almost certainly indicate a backwards step.

A backwards step to go on a positive trend for the next 3/4 seasons though

even though today was fucking shite and jury is out on a couple

 

[bigfatronssba]

We've lost more games than we did last season.
We got 71 points last season. We currently have 63. With games coming up against Ipswich and Hull, can you see us getting 8+ points?
The end point of the season will almost certainly indicate a backwards step.

We got 70 points last season

Hulls recent form is worse than ours

 

[Grendel]

Palmer is definitely fine for the squad he can be v good and make us tick; even though goals and assists or lack of is a fair counter argument

we need a better first choice 10 though, I agree

Hes useless

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

League position is in part dependent on the opposition. It’s a more difficult league this year.

We’re still better than this time last season in terms of points

We won't end it better in all probability. Might win one more game of the remainder, that's it.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Palmer is definitely fine for the squad he can be v good and make us tick; even though goals and assists or lack of is a fair counter argument

we need a better first choice 10 though, I agree

He's traditionally been best against lesser sides. Today against a shit team in the drop zone he's again anonymous.

 

[oscillatewildly]

We've lost more games than we did last season.
We got 71 points last season. We currently have 63. With games coming up against Ipswich and Hull, can you see us getting 8+ points?
The end point of the season will almost certainly indicate a backwards step.

Reluctantly - A 'like'.

 

[Deity]

We've lost more games than we did last season.
We got 71 points last season. We currently have 63. With games coming up against Ipswich and Hull, can you see us getting 8+ points?
The end point of the season will almost certainly indicate a backwards step.

But we are building a team of young players with potential that we own …. In that regard it’s a season of progress

 

[Otis]

But we are building a team of young players with potential that we own …. In that regard it’s a season of progress

And I do think Torp will come good.

We have Sakamoto back and EMC to come in.

I think it's already looking promising.

 

[covcity4life]

But we are building a team of young players with potential that we own …. In that regard it’s a season of progress

Exactly. Sometimes you have to take a step back to go forwards

 

[Tommo1993]

And I do think Torp will come good.

We have Salami back and EMC to come in.

I think it's already looking promising.

Otis, this is no time for your personal life.

 

[pusbccfc]

We won't end it better in all probability. Might win one more game of the remainder, that's it.

Now the pressures off, we'll perform.

 

[shepardo01]

Reluctantly - A 'like'.

Add to that 20 clean sheets last season to this year's 11....

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Now the pressures off, we'll perform.

Doubt it. Ipswich will have their promotion party at the CBS and Hull unlike us haven't thrown away the challenge of making top 6. Probably get spanked in both games, let Szmodics fill his boots at Blackburn then a 0-0 against QPR in fancy dress.

 

[pusbccfc]

Blues fans were loud in spells today but those chants about the owner were cringe.

They are selling their soul aren't they? Spent years telling everyone they are a proper club etc.

 

[Grendel]

Exactly. Sometimes you have to take a step back to go forwards

Thats just a meaningless cliche

 

[fernandopartridge]

I don't think we would get a performance like that with either Kelly or McFadzean on the pitch. Why Kelly hasn't been used more is confusing.

We did get performances like that though. I agree on Kelly but McFadz just wasn't worth it anymore as the negatives were outweighing the positives by the end.

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