Birmingham match day thread

Some overly negative comments here imo.

Thought we did quite well in the first half which was quite entertaining. Went into the break 1-1 feeling that was a fair reflection of the way both teams had played. There's no doubt the injury subs of Little and OC had an impact and also do did taking Leahy off at half time.

Second half brum pressed high and we were outplayed for sure but you have to remember that at that stage most of our team were youngsters playing against a champ side so what would you expect? Brum only made one sub I think so presumably that was their preferred line up.

Positives:
Bennett, Smith and Rodman all linked up really well in the first half.

Bennett's goal was good and he came close to bagging a second.

Liked the look of both Little and Leahy who both got forward well whilst they were on.

Meneyese I thought looked solid as a rock and so did Alfie for the little time he was on, both are not too far away from first team football imo, Alfie probably a bit closer.

Reilly was very lively when he came on.

Negatives:
Jaakola looks a bit dodgy to me, rarely came out for anything, distribution poor especially kicking. Really hope the other keeper is much better as I would fear of Jak is to be no.1.

Thought Davies had a mixed game, good and poor at times, took the armband when OC went off so I reckon he is definitely Tom's replacement.

Injuries are a concern when we're so close to the start of the season

Correct me if I'm wrong but we now have the following players carrying some kind of an injury: THD, JCH, Nichols, OC, Little, Davies & Leahy. I would imagine that all of these would be in our starting 11 if they were fit.

Fingers crossed most of them only have minor knocks then!

UTG!

Its a friendly no more than a run out for Brum . I don't think they will exert themselves too much unless we get our noses in front.
Still a good test against championship opposition and a chance to get an idea of how far we are away from that level.

I thought we did ok! Must be seeing different game to some others. UTG

O dear, O dear, we were unfortunately not very good, just back from the MEM and reflecting on a very poor performance, no pace or passion. Individual errors for both goals; Tom Davies did not compete for a centre from the right hand side into the back of the six yard box, the brum header resulted in a second attempt tap in crossing the line at the Blackthorn end. The second was totally the fault of Rollin Manayese he switched off from a left sided centre into the south tent end and a Brum forward strolled past him to head calmly into the far corner past a helpless Jaakkola. My over riding worry with both Ollie Clarke & Mark Little going off injured, is GC has not improved the team from last season, in fact imo BRFC are looking worse than they did last term. Although l am looking forward to our weekend away at Blackpool, l will be amazed if this squad come away from Bloomfield road with points. Only time will tell, although currently we look more like a bottom six side rather than a team likely to pushing for a play off place.