Quote from: Clampy on April 25, 2017, 07:58:31 AMThere were two blokes in the Upper Holte by us who refused to sit down despite being told by everybody else and the stewards to. One of them in particular was an absolute arsehole. Eventually, after a lot of arguing with the stewards and hurling abuse at everyone around him, they were thrown out. Makes me glad that I don't frequent the Upper Holte with you yobbos tbh.Much more civilised in the Lower Holte (although there were Villa fans fighting each other right by us).
There were two blokes in the Upper Holte by us who refused to sit down despite being told by everybody else and the stewards to. One of them in particular was an absolute arsehole. Eventually, after a lot of arguing with the stewards and hurling abuse at everyone around him, they were thrown out.
Quote from: Kingthing on April 24, 2017, 07:21:47 PMGreat atmosphere in the Upper North. It's a shame that that, usually, half empty stand isn't used more to generate an atmosphere by encouraging an upper ASBO corner.I agree. Make tickets up there £10-£20 and get some singers in there by the away fans. The lads in the Upper Holte are wasted as the away fans can't hear them when they're singing away on their own.
Great atmosphere in the Upper North. It's a shame that that, usually, half empty stand isn't used more to generate an atmosphere by encouraging an upper ASBO corner.
After sober reflection, some thoughts about Sunday:A rare excursion for me to the Trinity Upper. Hopeless catering. Lengthy queues, overcrowding on the concourse, and I had to do without my pre-match cup of tea.Birmingham City are a very poor team.Unfortunately, so are we. The back 6 (including Jedinak holding in midfield) look sound enough, but the front 5 look woefully limited. We won't get promoted with this team.We missed Kodjia horribly.Jedinak should trying playing 5 yds further forward. At times he's so deep he is virtually a central defender.I can't work out whether Hogan is any good or not. He had no service whatever, so it's hard to judge. Our midfield is non-existent. I thought shipping out Westwood and bringing Hourihane and Lansbury would make a difference. It hasn't. Our ball retention and creativity in this area is shocking. Lansbury looks half-arsed.If Hourihane really can't get in ahead of Bacuna then I'm worried. Bacuna is an abysmal player. The touch of a rapist. Adomah is lightweight and ineffective. We need an upgrade in this position.Jack looks like he's playing within himself. Not established in the team, low on confidence, playing to order. Where is the player who shone at Wembley in the SF?
Quote from: paul richard on April 25, 2017, 11:31:18 AMAfter sober reflection, some thoughts about Sunday:A rare excursion for me to the Trinity Upper. Hopeless catering. Lengthy queues, overcrowding on the concourse, and I had to do without my pre-match cup of tea.Birmingham City are a very poor team.Unfortunately, so are we. The back 6 (including Jedinak holding in midfield) look sound enough, but the front 5 look woefully limited. We won't get promoted with this team.We missed Kodjia horribly.Jedinak should trying playing 5 yds further forward. At times he's so deep he is virtually a central defender.I can't work out whether Hogan is any good or not. He had no service whatever, so it's hard to judge. Our midfield is non-existent. I thought shipping out Westwood and bringing Hourihane and Lansbury would make a difference. It hasn't. Our ball retention and creativity in this area is shocking. Lansbury looks half-arsed.If Hourihane really can't get in ahead of Bacuna then I'm worried. Bacuna is an abysmal player. The touch of a rapist. Adomah is lightweight and ineffective. We need an upgrade in this position.Jack looks like he's playing within himself. Not established in the team, low on confidence, playing to order. Where is the player who shone at Wembley in the SF?Pretty much what I thought. Lansbury does make the odd good run or the odd good pass. The problem is nobody looks up, or he doesn't get enough of the ball to do anything with it. There's a decent player there, we just need to play through the middle more and not out wide. Adomah has been shocking lately, not seen him do anything of note. Bacuna the same. How is he still in the side?