Birmingham City Post Match Thoughts

[Back of the net]

My last game before I move abroad. As a club we are just a mess on and off the pitch.
Sad and embarrassing.

[avondalemiller]

My last game before I move abroad. As a club we are just a mess on and off the pitch.
Sad and embarrassing.

Good luck BOTN in your new venture,............utm.

[Milesaway]

Paul Warne is 10 times the manager SE is.

I'd say 100 times better
In fact Taylor is 10 times better.
Brum are no way near as good as some of the teams we played at New York in the championship the last two seasons.
We only lost about four home games in those two seasons by losing to the same two goal margin.
Other than the Cardiff game I've seen nothing in Evans that matches the very limited success that Taylor achieved tactically at home in the Championship.
No way Evans tactics would have grabbed points from the likes of Burnley, West Brom, Sunderland, Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Sheffield U and Norwich

[Shark27]

Good win for the Titans.

[Derbymiller]

Evans or Raynor not doing the radio interview shows them for what they are, awful leaders. What a terrible thing to do, does this man have any redeeming features? Oh yes he does he says what TS wants to keep the focus away from the under investment this transfer window. Not talking about spending large somes, but we were told by his other lapdog we had a very very good budget for L1. This means we have wasted that, how many CBs do we have? Evans is a clown but the full blame for what we are seeing so far extends into the coaching, recruitment and leadership at the club.

[Brin]

Not on loan i mean out, do it the nice way with him or the hard way. We need him out of the club because his contribution is non-existent and he is getting paid the equivalent of 3 decent L1 players. I think we have enough quality to make mid-table but I don't think tactically tweedledee and tweedledum know what to do

ala, Tom Eaves ?

[Brin]

We had many issues last season but for me the main ones that absolutely killed us were a complete lack of width and pace. We still have this same problem in my opinion. Everyone knows I didn't want Evans for reasons that don't need repeating again, but I fully expected him to spot this issue, rectify it, and have us at least playing a more 'Rotherham' style of football. Today could've been a Matt Taylor team.

Evans has talked up his signings this summer but with the possible exception of Humphreys for Ihiekwe, which of this current squad would get in the last League One team we had?

He's got a very good promotion record but his only one at this level was with us ten years ago. They've all been from league two or non league otherwise and only one of them since he left us.

But one more and he equals Neil Warnock's?

[Brin]

Evans cost us two points against Burton with his appalling substitutions and tactics. Today he humiliated us with his tactics which presented an open door to an extremely talented outfit to stroll through.

Dawson has to play in goal. As someone in the pub said before the game 'Phillips goes down like a roll of lino'. Victor would have saved their first goal.

SE's set up from the off announced 'hoof ball' for all to see. Brum gave us no quarter and waltzed comfortably through our non-existent midfield.

JCH is a 60 minute max player. You cannot play Hugill and JCH together - one or the other.

At half time, we should have gone 4-4-2, with Powell and Hungbo coming on to give us more width and hopefully an added threat.

We were as bad as Brum were good and SE did nothing to give us any chance of threatening their goal. He appears to be tactically clueless.

To top it all, Sam Nombe was sent out to front the press (not sure if Evans or Raynor spoke later). As opposed to Evans' fist pumping in front of the North Stand when we beat Huddersfield, he chose to hide away and give the responsibility to Sam (who spoke very well).

Overall, disenchanted and worried that we're in for another struggle this season.

Glenn, on the button! Listening to Praise and Grumble and Nombe came on to talk about today and he said they were not giving their all, at least all the local clubs had post match interviews provided by their Managers.....now they're both hiding, says it all.

[Lolmorgan]

My last game before I move abroad. As a club we are just a mess on and off the pitch.
Sad and embarrassing.

Good luck mate can’t fault you for going.

[Lolmorgan]

But one more and he equals Neil Warnock's?

How many has S/E taken to the Prem Brin.