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Matchday Thread Birmingham City v PNE - 21/01/33 - KO:15:00 - Championship

Only 3 points behind Blackburn, thought they were having an incredible season.
 
Good win, really could've gone the other way, just we took our chances well.

The club is still a shambles though ('Crises? What crises?' with props to Sepp Blatter) so let's hope this win doesn't gloss over it.
 
3 points are not, this has been an appalling performance footballing wise

How have we fallen this far? It’s as bad as under Frankie

We were positive and played well to get the two goal lead but, especially 2nd half, we just sat back to defend and lump aimless balls forward.

Inevitable we were going to concede but very luckily managed to just hold on for a much needed win.

Credit for the positive part but WTF was the coaching and instruction to revert from “effective” play to that second half nonsense?
 
It's three points but we declared after 15 minutes and boy did the game degenerate badly as soon as the subs started.

We went from hoofing it up to a couple of decent strikers to just hoofing it up. There was no other tactic on show.

That finale was just as poor to watch as the exact same thing under Frankie. But hey, three points...
 
We take the win and run. Brilliant first 20. The rest of the game may as well be forgotten about. To have a midfield with an ounce of composure would be a bonus. Every time it was the same long ball punt for no reason. Get the ball down and play. Should’ve killed the game off first 10 minutes of the second half but decided to sit in and continuously give the ball away. Good job Birmingham were awful.
 
3 points are not, this has been an appalling performance footballing wise

How have we fallen this far? It’s as bad as under Frankie
This sort of performance wouldn't bother me at all (we had plenty of similar away wins under the likes of Moyes and Grayson) if we were actually playing some attractive , winning football at home,

Still, given our home form is what it is, 3 more points towards safety aren't to be sniffed at.
 
3 points are not, this has been an appalling performance footballing wise

How have we fallen this far? It’s as bad as under Frankie
It’s worse than under Frankie because Frankie didn’t make promises. Frankie had never managed but Gods Gift to Football ( ‘there’s only been five bad games’ ) Lowe has said so much but regards entertainment given so little.
 
Another great 3 points on the Road with a continuation of our magnificent away form.
Somehow we need to find a formula that works at Home, but that's for another Day.
Well done.
COYW
 
Thought McCann had a big game, we’ve missed Brady! Shout out for the ref, she was excellent. If she can set the benchmark for female referees I hope we see more.

We need a player like Khadra, it would give us a lot more dimension. Enjoy the 3 points!
 
We didn't 'just hold on', they didn't make real chances. We effectively stifled them, as boring as it was. Whether we like it or not, it worked and we got 3 points.

If we'd pushed more forward and got done on the counter, we'd have crucified him, and deservedly, for being so naive.
 
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