v Birmingham City (a) - 13/02/2024 19:45 KO

[Torgeir]

3 minutes ago, DuffsLeftPeg said:

Bring back JDT!

Callum Brittain is a sh*t house, bleating like a little lamb within days of JDT leaving and then putting an awful performance in like that and giving away a goal. Poor lad not being able to cross, pity he’s not able to defend either.

I don’t like many of this squad anymore. Szmodics & Tronstad are the only 2 that are solid week in week out, the rest are either sh*t, sh*thouses or permanently injured like JRC.

 

He's given away a handful of goals because he's over-committing. Can't cross for the life of him either. No footballing brain there unfortunately. Hard-working though, I'll give him that.

[SBlue]

1 minute ago, grinder said:

The worrying thing is - looking at the crap GB has landed us with - how on earth do you rearrange these deck chairs to stop the barge sinking - Gallagher to CB and Hyam up front or Telalovic to swap with team bus driver? The result will be the same.... 

“NO EXCUSE CULTURE”

(rapturous applause, Suhail smiling)

[Penwortham Blue]

8 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

fleck wasnt playing

My point is that he should have been on for JRC and not Garrett.

[GaryC]

Very poor performance tonight, Mcfadzean looked ok but rest of team just didnt look like they were at the races tonight, The least said about Telavics weak header that was straight at Ruddy the better, Ill be at Deepdale to cheer the boys on but a much better performance will be required

[alcd]

League 1 beckons. Just can't see where the points required are coming from. So many sub-standard players - Brittain, Chrisene, Garrett, Telalovic, Moran all useless. Can't carry so many passengers when even Brum are bringing on Dembele and Bacuna as substitutes. 

[davulsukur]

2 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

we won`t go down this year,though i`me seriously worried about next season,unless there is some serious money spent

Not sure I'd trust Gregg to spend it tbh.

[broadsword]

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

we won`t go down this year,though i`me seriously worried about next season,unless there is some serious money spent

I'm fairly sure there won't be. We should have enough of a cushion to stay up this season with only one place left to play for. But we're so bad, I'm not totally sure. 

I think it's odds-on we'll hardly spend this summer. If the investigation is still on, then we may even seek sammie. In such circumstances it's difficult to imagine the worse teams than us. I'd have to go off grid for the Burnley games

[GaryC]

Fleck mustnt be fully fit as you expect him to be playing in Cm

[philipl]

10 minutes ago, 47er said:

We keep signing players from the likes of Crewe and we end up like Crewe,

Just a matter of time.

Southampton playing Hollis-Bells,Armstrong and Rothwell and winning.

Not tonight..

[simongarnerisgod]

Just now, broadsword said:

I'm fairly sure there won't be. We should have enough of a cushion to stay up this season with only one place left to play for. But we're so bad, I'm not totally sure. 

I think it's odds-on we'll hardly spend this summer. If the investigation is still on, then we may even seek sammie. In such circumstances it's difficult to imagine the worse teams than us. I'd have to go off grid for the Burnley games

no money spent in the summer and we are as good as down

[NeilInBristol]

5 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

As do every single one of our loan signings. I refuse to believe we don’t have better in the under 23s.

Gilsenen looks like Salah compared to Moran. That kid is absolutely shite.

yeah i keep asking for Gilsenen  to get a run in with the 1st team

[Waggy76]

It is not going to be easy to avoid the drop...At least Sheffield Wednesday lost.. Rotherham have gone , 4 more wins 12 points should be enough ....

[TugaysMarlboro]

Everyone relax, we've got £18m to rebuild this squad in the summer...

[OldEwoodBlue]

JDT - right lads this is exactly how we are going to play.

 

Eusless - right lads, how do you want to play ?

Britain - I know, lets play to our strengths?

Gally - yeah I'm like a horse boss.

Hedges - I'm suddenly feeling better.

Eusless - OK lets do that then lads. One family. 

[Ghost7]

The summer of Venky's no spend really did cripple us. Tonight was appalling and all of the free loan signings don't have what it takes. The clubs renting them out know it too.

[NeilInBristol]

4 minutes ago, SBlue said:

“NO EXCUSE CULTURE”

(rapturous applause, Suhail smiling)

this is a great quote.

JE's no excuse army

[davulsukur]

It's quite an effort to have assembled a team of professional footballers who have such a poor first touch.

[DaveyB]

We’ve suddenly gone into the complete opposite of what we were under JDT - from a ‘keep possession at all costs’ team to one that just aimlessly boots the ball away as soon as we get it. 

And whilst there were plenty on here (and loads more sat around me at Ewood) rejoicing on Saturday that “finally we’ve got rid of that passing out from the back crap”, I was never convinced that just giving the opposition CBs the ball at every opportunity was a sustainable approach and so it transpired tonight as Birmingham attacked us at will and could (and probably should) have scored 5 or 6.

I’d love to see the stats from halftime up until the goal - I’d be amazed if we had more than about 10% possession - and most of that was just whilst waiting for Pears to take the goal kick!! However, it turns out that it’s actually pretty hard to score when you don’t have the ball!

Hopefully this isn’t actually how the new manager wants us to play and there will be an actual game plan going forward, because if not then we will go down with barely a whimper 

[rovers11]

1 minute ago, Waggy76 said:

It is not going to be easy to avoid the drop...At least Sheffield Wednesday lost.. Rotherham have gone , 4 more wins 12 points should be enough ....

Where are 4 wins coming from? That's the concern. We are so bad. 

[simongarnerisgod]

1 minute ago, TugaysMarlboro said:

Everyone relax, we've got £18m to rebuild this squad in the summer...

yes and donald trump is a kindly old man😁

[NeilInBristol]

so blooming generous

 

Birmingham City won at home in the Championship for the first time in almost three months as they ruined former Blues boss John Eustace's return with Blackburn Rovers. BBC

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Same old story - go behind and it’s over. What ever happened to scoring the last minute goals to steal a point or even a win ? A distant memory I’m afraid.

Edited February 13, 2024 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[alcd]

We don't have either the strikers or midfield players to benefit from the hoofball we saw tonight. 

[Exiled_Rover]

6 minutes ago, SBlue said:

“NO EXCUSE CULTURE”

(rapturous applause, Suhail smiling)

The king is dead, remember. 

This is why I didn't go on Saturday and why I went to the gym for the second half. I'm still incredibly angry at how they handled JDT. 

[NeilInBristol]

2 minutes ago, DaveyB said:

We’ve suddenly gone into the complete opposite of what we were under JDT - from a ‘keep possession at all costs’ team to one that just aimlessly boots the ball away as soon as we get it. 

And whilst there were plenty on here (and loads more sat around me at Ewood) rejoicing on Saturday that “finally we’ve got rid of that passing out from the back crap”, I was never convinced that just giving the opposition CBs the ball at every opportunity was a sustainable approach and so it transpired tonight as Birmingham attacked us at will and could (and probably should) have scored 5 or 6.

I’d love to see the stats from halftime up until the goal - I’d be amazed if we had more than about 10% possession - and most of that was just whilst waiting for Pears to take the goal kick!! However, it turns out that it’s actually pretty hard to score when you don’t have the ball!

Hopefully this isn’t actually how the new manager wants us to play and there will be an actual game plan going forward, because if not then we will go down with barely a whimper 

yep agreed.

 

he's had 1.5 (or 2) games already. 15 to go. he better get a shift on with his coaching style