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1 minute ago, Andy082005 said:

He will still keep getting a free hit from our fan base 

The bloke started Sam Bell at right back for **** sake. Previous managers would have been lynched for that 

Suggest another fit RB in the squad.

I agree he isn’t a RB but what else have we got?

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Just now, maxjak said:

What is the point of Bristol City FC?  .....Answers on a postcard please........best explanation gets a  looped DVD of NP stating "We are where we are"

Make up the numbers.

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We were very poor today and made them look decent. Back to bad habits of not winning 50/50 challenges, giving the ball away cheaply and rarely having good options when we had the ball. Alex Scott came out with some credit and I thought Pring and Atkinson looked OK when they came on. 

We are fortunate that the relegation slots are already booked as this level of performance would normally be aligned with relegation.

Despite today’s performance and last weeks showing I remain a huge supporter of NP and look forward to him continuing to turn us around.

Await the OTIB meltdown, which sadly will contain content directed at individuals. 
 

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2 minutes ago, INCRED said:

I just wonder if NP doesn’t get who he needs in to this squad in the summer that he may just shake hands with ST and walk 

I dare say he’s getting as fed up as we are now 

He is NOT the Messiah..................He's a very Naughty boy  ?

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3 minutes ago, maxjak said:

What is the point of Bristol City FC?  .....Answers on a postcard please........best explanation gets a  looped DVD of NP stating "We are where we are"

You could have asked that question at any time in the last 40 years, in fact any time since 1909. So what's your point? Come on, spit out. 

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1 minute ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said:

It's all about the players and never about preparation, or tactics or strategy- just shit players. Yawn.

I'm beginning to question Pearson, but let's look at it another way I assume you work if you are shit at your job you get a bollocking. You can coach and train players all you want if it doesn't go in there is clearly an issue with understanding the fundamentals of basic tactics.

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2 minutes ago, Super said:

Ffs play Kalas there! Moronic to play Bell feel for the lad.

Our 8m centre back? I know he’s played there a few years back but there’s presumably a reason he doesn’t anywhere. I don’t think he’d be mobile enough 

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Just now, MarcusX said:

Our 8m centre back? I know he’s played there a few years back but there’s presumably a reason he doesn’t anywhere. I don’t think he’d be mobile enough 

Hes definitely mobile enough, he's one of our quickest players for a start...

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5 minutes ago, INCRED said:

I just wonder if NP doesn’t get who he needs in to this squad in the summer that he may just shake hands with ST and walk 

I dare say he’s getting as fed up as we are now 

He still has deadwood to shift before we can even look at new players.

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1 minute ago, MarcusX said:

Our 8m centre back? I know he’s played there a few years back but there’s presumably a reason he doesn’t anywhere. I don’t think he’d be mobile enough 

He had options. He decided on the worst one.

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7 minutes ago, Super said:

Make up the numbers.

A lot of the time we didn't show the fight we needed when relegation was still a remote possibility. So now we are safe it is no surprise to me we are getting so many poor results. Really disappointing, the season is over and in spite of Pearson's eloquent interviews nothing seems to change. But then again at the moment losing a football match is really not high on the list of things to worry about.

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5 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Hes definitely mobile enough, he's one of our quickest players for a start...

Mobile doesn’t necessarily mean speed. It’s about more than speed over a straight line. A full back needs to be agile and turn / change direction quickly, comparatively I don’t think Kalas is that agile or quick in the turn.

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Playing an 18 year old striker with a handful of senior appearances under his belt at right back is ridiculous. Then watching that first half unfold the way it did and watch him have one of the worst halves of footy i have seen from a player is frankly shocking management every way you look at it. 

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29 minutes ago, Tafkarmlf said:

I don't think we are tbh we've huffed and puffed but not really lookee dominant 

Another Scott booking 

Nah. We had about the same number of shots, and shots on target, better shots as well. We were well worth a point today.

No panic.

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23 minutes ago, Super said:

He had options. He decided on the worst one.

I know what you're saying and, if you looked at today's game in isolation, you'd have no argument from me. But maybe the manager is looking at the big picture, trying to balance winning games now with taking the long view and find out which of our youngsters will be our future. We are safe from relegation, after all. And when else is he going to have the chance to play the likes of Bell in a meaningful fixture, anywhere in the team never mind in his preferred position up front? He's attempting an unenviable juggling act, trying to square the circle of results now and developing youngsters at the same time. And today's defeat wasn't just down to Bell surely?

But in isolation, I agree Bell at full back is madness. Was at the Cov game and saw enough in that to decide I'd personally never play him there again. But his selection is about more than winning any given game at the moment.  

Bloody rubbish result but there we are. Shit result shit season but we ain't going down. 

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15 minutes ago, Banjo Red said:

I'm beginning to question Pearson, but let's look at it another way I assume you work if you are shit at your job you get a bollocking. You can coach and train players all you want if it doesn't go in there is clearly an issue with understanding the fundamentals of basic tactics.

So; are NP's tactics and formations wrong, or are the players just not good enough, or worst case scenario, are the players simply not interested??

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15 minutes ago, Banjo Red said:

He still has deadwood to shift before we can even look at new players.

Exactly my point really, if he hasn’t got pretty much what he thinks he needs to make us a half decent side then he may get disillusioned 

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Just now, The Coach said:

Still not sure what people expect? We are where we are.

Still a lot of deadwood to shift out. Pearson will get it right given the time. 

It's only cos we have some dog awful teams below us or we would be going down this season. I have seen nothing to suggest NP will get it right.

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17 minutes ago, MarcusX said:

Suggest another fit RB in the squad.

I agree he isn’t a RB but what else have we got?

 Wrecking an 18 year old kids confidence is not high up in the the manual of man management?   I think the 3 year plan is beginning to look less of a plan, and  more like desperation?     

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2 minutes ago, 22A said:

So; are NP's tactics and formations wrong, or are the players just not good enough, or worst case scenario, are the players simply not interested??

 Can’t answer your question, but there is clearly something definitely wrong atAshton Gate, and has been since our promotion season

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People on here know I support Pearson but today was unacceptable. We lost to a pile of ******* shit and it’s on him and his game playing with the Lansdown’s at the moment. He needs to realise, and ******* quickly too, that people don’t pay £500 plus for a season ticket to watch kids playing out of their depth and getting totally humiliated,out of position, just so he can prove a point to John Lansdown. The club is a ******* circus at the moment. Needs new ownership.

If the club asked me to renew my season ticket tomorrow I would tell them to kiss my arse. I would suggest that Pearson stops playing childish ******* games to massage his ego and puts fans first………for a long awaited change at this complete embarrassment of a football club.

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I've been on the fence regarding Pearson for quite a while now and whilst he inherited a pretty poor squad, you only need to look at the likes of Luton, Millwall, Preston and even Huddersfield to see what can be achieved with an average bunch of players.

Our recruitment this summer needs to be spot on and he needs to start next season in a positive fashion, otherwise i fear this could end badly (again).

Our slight upturn in form this season coincided with Semenyo's return around Christmas and i still don't see a particular style or pattern of play that he is trying to implement?

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3 minutes ago, Tafkarmlf said:

Respectfully disagree that we were well worth a point 

Clearly weren't 'better' shots either or er, we'd have done better. 

Took some time to reflect and still don't know what we do to fix it It has to be on NP today setup was wrong, tactics wrong and we're a complete shambles that first half was worse than last week at Forest and that's saying something. 

I'm thinking maybe time to change the manager as though I got what he was trying to do Johnson Tombola bizarre team selections and an awful defence arent great, wonder if this what would've happened if Steve Coppell stayed all those years back ?

Time to change ownership tbh.

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10 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Nah. We had about the same number of shots, and shots on target, better shots as well. We were well worth a point today.

No panic.

No way.  Bentley had a fair few saves to make. Etheridge barely had any.  With defending like we defended in the first half we got what we deserved, nothing. 

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This season is finished so I don't know what people expect.Several players will be gone this summer unfortunately it's another rebuild, To much inconsistency in games unless we get rid of the dead wood in the squad it won't change.. Not just the playing squad the entire club needs to change in the way it is run after the shambles Ashton left it in. Blame Pearson after 3 years if things don't change but now's not the time,I have faith he will get this right.

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James and Williams don’t work together. Far too defensive and neither look to progress the ball up the pitch. Needed HNM to be that box to box midfielder and drive at the Birmingham defence. Hoped Scott would do it but he ended up letting the game pass by him unfortunately.

Dont understand how we’ve regressed so much in the space of three games. Look clueless going forward after we’d appeared to turn the corner. Just knock it round the back before hoofing it up the pitch. Very poor.

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Just now, Roger Red Hat said:

Anybody else tired, weary and fed up with being a BCFC supporter? Literally nothing to get enthused about season after season.

I’m done with this ownership. It’s gotta change. Today has seen us hit a new low. We lost to a team so bad you can’t even describe how ******* bad they are.

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5 minutes ago, RedInDevon said:

Have supported City for nearly 50 years but not sure how much more of this dross I can take! We are no further forward than when we got rid of Holden, probably worse in fact.

Agreed, Pearson has managed us for 51 games and won just 13 of them. That's an awful record.

 

If I was Nige I wouldn't be answering my phone tonight if Steve Lansdown's name popped up incoming !

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10 minutes ago, maxjak said:

 Wrecking an 18 year old kids confidence is not high up in the the manual of man management?   I think the 3 year plan is beginning to look less of a plan, and  more like desperation?     

He’s 19 but that’s splitting hairs in what was a complete nonsense from Pearson today. He gets a lot of slack from me but I’m ducked if I’m having that.

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4 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

I’m done with this ownership. It’s gotta change. Today has seen us hit a new low. We lost to a team so bad you can’t even describe how ******* bad they are.

You’ll catch pelters for it but I agree. Hundreds of millions of pounds put into the club to move from 3rd when Lansdown became chairmen to 17th, with a relegation and many forgettable seasons sprinkled in the middle. Had some great moments but there’s very little to show for it on the pitch. At least we’ve got an alright stadium and our own training ground. 

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6 minutes ago, CodeRed said:

Agreed, Pearson has managed us for 51 games and won just 13 of them. That's an awful record.

 

If I was Nige I wouldn't be answering my phone tonight if Steve Lansdown's name popped up incoming !

Steve Lansdown could do with a good look in the mirror. Loaded and clueless at the same time.

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11 minutes ago, BS3_RED said:

It's only cos we have some dog awful teams below us or we would be going down this season. I have seen nothing to suggest NP will get it right.

We would but most of the reasons for that would not be of Pearson's making but due to problems he inherited. Given enough time he'll sort those problems. 

We have a massive summer ahead of us. Get that wrong and we'll be staring down the barrel. 

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1 minute ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

We would but most of the reasons for that would not be of Pearson's making but due to problems he inherited. Given enough time he'll sort those problems. 

We have a massive summer ahead of us. Get that wrong and we'll be staring down the barrel. 

But can he sort them out whilst SL is still here?

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