The Birmingham City Blues At Home

[ChrisC]

If they score first then 2-0 loss if we score first then 2-1 win.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

What time are the gutless shower of shite on?

Edited to add 'gutless'

3pm kick off.

Ta AG. 7pm here, so I might risk a depressing eve on here :gluttonforpunishment:

[truewhite15]

We're domed. Not even SKD can save us this time.

[Jugs]

Another defeat I think as we always seem to be crap over christmas

This is true. Even when we've had a fantastic run before we usually hit the buffers over Christmas or in early January.

aye.... BWFC - cheering the fans up for new year since as long as anyone can remember!!!

You made the same point about our Christmas form on Saturday.

and??

Apologies, I was being a bit vague. You said you weren't entirely sure if your memory was correct about our form always being poor at this time of the year. But people agree, so it must be!

In the cold light of day, I still can't see us getting anything today. But whenever I feel like this, we always get something. I'll put a few quid on 2-1 Bolton.

[thebish]

has Pratley appeared yet under dougie's reign?? anyone seen him???

[ChrisC]

has Pratley appeared yet under dougie's reign?? anyone seen him???

He played the first few games under Dougie if I remember rightly.

[bristolwanderer]

2-1 whites

[thebish]

“The lads are very disappointed with the way they performed on Boxing Day and I’ve seen a quiet determination around the group. That is great to see as a coach and over the last couple of days we’ve gone about our business very professionally.

“Against Sheffield Wednesday we let ourselves down, there’s no doubt about that. But we’ve addressed the issues from that game and we’ll move on. Sometimes you have to accept defeats to get better and I’m sure we’ll do that.”

phew!

[bobo the clown]

has Pratley appeared yet under dougie's reign?? anyone seen him???

He played the first few games under Dougie if I remember rightly.

... & clearly impressed him as much as he's impressed the fans over the past 18 months.

I wonder if he can play 'out of position' ?

[ChrisC]

has Pratley appeared yet under dougie's reign?? anyone seen him???

He played the first few games under Dougie if I remember rightly.

... & clearly impressed him as much as he's impressed the fans over the past 18 months.

I wonder if he can play 'out of position' ?

I wouldn't mind seeing him play left back (in the changing room)

[bettyrasta]

Ah well match day again. What excitement beckons from our intrepid heroes today?
Looking forward with eager anticipation to a veritable feast of sumptuous skills. Where to start..our young promising keeper who will in time establish himself as one of Hungary's finest. Is 25 that young though!!
Mears who once did a really good tackle in the game against Charlton and would probably rather be elsewhere if he can be bundled up in a package to be delivered to OC's next club. Knight and Ream - twin colossi, insurmountable and impregnable generally but a little bit scared of heading wet balls. Ricketts, ubiquitous in his utility and versatility.He can play anywhere but sadly frequently to little effect.
Midfield - who needs little triangles when we can trailblaze the new 5 yard horizontal lines.
Andrews (this week's deliverer of the "very soon we are going to thrash someone and go on a long winning run to glory" message), who had a glorious spurt of goalscoring last season but doesn't do that job for us. Spearing whose tackling is always 'tigerish', runs about and tries but doesn't succeed.
Eagles, not as often described as tigerish. He likes to shoot I've noticed. Some even go in but we all like to groan since most bobble through to the net custodian or we can jostle excitedly to catch the ball in he stands.
CYL - Sad but maybe he can be good again one day.
Our Bulgar Martin likes to stick to running in a straight line and whacking it indiscriminately into the box. It's so simple it could be effective if we had a striker who strikes.
Afobe the acrobat. He's a big lad but sadly not a footballer. N'gog - just when you despair he treats us to the occasional cameo before retreating into a slough of despond. Sordell - mercurial, enigmatic, a virtual being.
So it promises to be very exciting today. Half the crowd booing while the other half shrug in disdain, we all trudge off wishing we didn't have to come and thinking maybe next time it will be so different. By the middle of the week we're convinced it will be because Zat Knight has said so in the paper.
My prediction then is 0-0.

[TANGODANCER]

^

Not even a mention above for the one man who will save the day. Super Kev?

[Riviman]

Hope Joe Riley gets a game in place of Mears.

[Toni_DelijeSever]

Nikola, be gentle.

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[Harry Genshaw]

Cheers bettyrasta

I had just come in from walking the dog, was pi55ed wet through and asking myself if I seriously fancied getting wet again to watch another gutless performance. Your post at least gave me a laugh.

Optimism is up now. C'mon lads

[The Berlin Bear]

I cant contain my excitement today.....................

[thebish]

I cant contain my excitement today.....................

[Leyther_Matt]

I cant contain my excitement today.....................

Obviously the club must disagree with today being a Category A game! #scandal

[IggyTheDawgster]

Be happy with nowt other than a win today.

[Athers]

Feels like a chore going today, but go we must. Them's the rules.