Birmingham City away match thread

[Lordofthebling]

Keep it simple. Plenty of time ffs

[Curr Avon]

Bell and James on...

Williams and Sykes off 

 

[Andy082005]

Would take a point now. We are just lacking that quality in the final third we could be here all night and we won’t get a chance to score 

 

[fairweather]

1 minute ago, WECANDO said:

He must be under orders to pass back every time.

Is it his lack of left foot that means he can’t come inside as an option or to create an angle. So can only go down the line, which is too high risk if we are not playing with pace so always takes the safe pass backwards. It just takes us back to square one every time

[Ska Junkie]

We've lost our way a tad since ht.

[MelksRed]

Great strength from Pring.

[1team]

West Ham must be shitting themselves!

[bcfc01]

Williams off instead of TGH.

James on.

Understandable, but makes us a bit weaker imo.

We've lost all shape, very scrappy.

[redkev]

1 minute ago, Andy082005 said:

Would take a point now. We are just lacking that quality in the final third we could be here all night and we won’t get a chance to score 

 

Yes one of them games , old saying if you can’t win don’t fxxking lose , massive chance missed though if we don’t take 3 points , I honestly thought Brum wouldn’t be as bad as this ( though we’re not great tonight ) I thought Rooney would have read the riot act and they would be up and at us 

[pillred]

Just once could City surprise me and not do exactly what most of us expected tonight.

Edited December 29, 2023 by pillred

[Bas's perfect hattrick]

That was a really smart pass from Knight

[old_eastender]

Weimann just wide from inventive ball by Knight.

[ZiderEyed]

Who is this agonisingly boring Jock on Robins TV

[Ska Junkie]

Unlucky Andi, great ball from Knight.

[Leabrook]

Weimann misses the ball. Deary me 

[redkev]

Just now, 1team said:

West Ham must be shitting themselves!

Same as Liverpool we’re and Man Utd

[MelksRed]

Great ball skill by Bell to get passed the left back. Great cross...

Edited December 29, 2023 by MelksRed

[collier]

Did Weimann even touch that? Good chance that should have at least been a corner.

[Ska Junkie]

Hull and Cov winning now, down to 9th.

[Leabrook]

No away point is a bad point 

[Porto Red]

Pring's double tackle and Bell's nutmeg the highlights. The only ones, too.

[BCFC Rich]

4 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said:

Who is this agonisingly boring Jock on Robins TV

Are you asking for what's his story? 

[Ivorguy]

2 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Hull and Cov winning now, down to 9th.

As they say you an only influence the match you are playing. 
Let’s have a goal, City - please.  I promise to eat all the remaining sprouts if you do

Edited December 29, 2023 by Ivorguy

[The Original OTIB]

Just now, Leabrook said:

No away point is a bad point 

Not over yet

[Curr Avon]

Drameh hobbling off.

[Ska Junkie]

Just now, Ivorguy said:

As they say you an only influence the match you are playing. 
Let’s have a goal, City - please.  I promise to eat all the remaining sprouts if you do

A braver man than me Ivor.

[The Original OTIB]

Sloppy old game this.

[Leabrook]

1 minute ago, The Original OTIB said:

Not over yet

Yeah I know 

[Engvall’s Splinter]

Rooney won’t last long at Brum. They are diar. 

[ProfitInMyPocket]

They are there for the taking and we've turned up and barely laid a glove.

Not enough conviction when we've got into good areas, just letting the opportunities pass by.

[Ska Junkie]

Just now, Engvall’s Splinter said:

Rooney won’t last long at Brum. They are diar. 

So is your spelling!

[RollsRoyce]

An away point is never a bad thing, and after this awful game, neither side deserves more. 

[Ivorguy]

Nothing much Manning can do to liven things up.  Try Yeboah and tell him this his big chance

[ZiderEyed]

4 minutes ago, BCFC Rich said:

Are you asking for what's his story? 

Yes and what brain parasite sucked the love and joy out of him

[old_eastender]

In the first half most of our attacks were coming down the left, since Mehmeti taken off virtually nothing coming down the left, Weimann been poor.

[DaveInSA]

they are so bad. and they've dragged us down to their level. i've seen this so many times in my city career.

 

[luke_bristol]

no shots on target in the 88th minute is poor against a team in complete disarray, thought we had a chance of another decent win tonight

[1team]

1 minute ago, Ivorguy said:

Nothing much Manning can do to liven things up.  Try Yeboah and tell him this his big chance

Well surely as the Coach that is his job!

[Lanterne Rouge]

George Saville sent off for Millwall so will miss Monday.

[richyy66]

1 minute ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

George Saville sent off for Millwall so will miss Monday.

Ah good.

[Jose]

Disappointing not to win but not to lose when not playing well is a bonus. 
 

Win Monday and jobs a goodun. Not great for the people I went I’d imagine. 

[johnheadbcfc]

4 minutes ago, old_eastender said:

In the first half most of our attacks were coming down the left, since Mehmeti taken off virtually nothing coming down the left, Weimann been poor.

Digging your own grave mate

[UpTheReds]

Never going to score that Pring

[Bas's perfect hattrick]

1 minute ago, Jose said:

Disappointing not to win but not to lose when not playing well is a bonus. 
 

Win Monday and jobs a goodun. Not great for the people I went I’d imagine. 

Most boring match in a while

[Distortia]

How boring. Awful. Unbeaten in 4, I guess!

[petehinton]

Pros:

The game’s over 

We won’t need to watch that again

Didnt concede

Joe Williams

The game’s over 

[Peter1450]

Rather deflating after Watford

[Malago]

Tired performance.  4 games in 10 days is too much football imo.

[Colombo Robin]

Just now, Bas's perfect hattrick said:

Most boring match in a while

Thought it was pretty good myself

[Northern Red]

Meh. 10 from 4 will have to do.

[MelksRed]

95 mins and not a single shot on target.

All in all a good December period. A draw still give us 10 points from the last 4 games. 

[Super]

Draw is about right. We haven't done enough for the 3 points. Not worst result or performance.

[DaveInSA]

Just now, petehinton said:

Pros:

The game’s over 

We won’t need to watch that again

Didnt concede

Joe Williams

The game’s over 

any cons?

[Bris Red]

Can never turn your nose up at a point away from home in this league, win Monday and it will top off a very good festive period..

[johnheadbcfc]

End of the day it's an away draw in the championship! 4 unbeaten time to push on further 

[Andrew_V1]

Will take a point but that was absolutely abysmal. 
 

Hopefully we won’t be so slow on the ball again at home on Monday 

 

[2015]

That was a very hard watch.

[One Team]

Awful game of football which was there for the taking. Still, a draw away from home is never a bad result. 

[Robbored]

24 minutes ago, 1team said:

The whole team gave been negative.

And drew the game - I’m happy enough with a point away from home.

[Andy082005]

Just now, Colombo Robin said:

Thought it was pretty good myself

Agree - it wasn’t boring, just lacked quality in the final third. 
 

We could have carried on the game until midnight and neither team would have scored 

[robinforlife2]

Played okay. Point gained. Birmingham defended very solidly, didn't give us a route through. Nothing wrong with a point away from home. 

[BCFC Rich]

Pretty dull game, but a point away 4 unbeaten. Not too bad. Think we'll see a little more quality at home against Millwall.

[Alan Dicks]

That’s the worst team we’ve played this season, should have come away with all 3 points, but we lack quality in the final third, and our passing was absolute abysmal at times tonight.

 

[Red Army 75]

Beat Millwall the point will seem a lot better. Clean sheet, finished the year strong 

[westonred]

Very poor tonight to many games in a short space of time and havent got the quality with such a small squad to freshen thing up. However a point away is good 

[Jerseybean]

A poor game, nevertheless, a hard earned point away from home. In truth, neither team deserved to win that.

It was sloppy, scrappy and stuttering throughout. Just one moment of quality football was all it would’ve taken, but alas, neither side could manage that.

I don’t think there was a single offside in the game, which is quite unusual.

On the positive side, we extend our unbeaten run and take a point away at a ground that historically we struggle at.

City fans were magnificent.

[You Do The Dziekanowski]

Not a bad away performance. Defensively sound. Controlled the game. There’s one thing that’s bugged me for about 5 years… 

We can’t seem to trap a football. Weimann, would have been through if he could get the ball under control. Bell/Sykes, seemed to need an extra touch to get it under. 
 

Need more bite in the final third to challenge for the play offs, but not overly disappointed with that though 

[Rob k]

Just now, Andy082005 said:

Agree - it wasn’t boring, just lacked quality in the final third. 
 

We could have carried on the game until midnight and neither team would have scored 

Agree again - we were much the better side just lacking the final piece tonight.

[old_eastender]

Just now, Super said:

Draw is about right. We haven't done enough for the 3 points. Not worst result or performance.

Yes agreed, too many players not quite on it tonight including unusually Pring. Weimann back to being anonymous after good showing at Watford.

[Curr Avon]

An away point isn't bad, but Birmingham were there for the taking and our final pass was dire tonight, apart from the Knight ball to Weimann.