Their players were like their fans. They came to gawp at the stadium and take it all in. They didn't believe they could compete so they barely tried.We need to keep the winning going at home so that more sides at this level look at the fixture list, see us at Villa Park as their next and think "bugger, who've we got the week after that lot?".
It will be interesting to see how we bounce back after a defeat as well, that for me will be the next test. Good read as usual.
There's a lot to be said for trying to be the anti-Newcastle in all sorts of ways (though not in attendance, to be fair - 52,000 in the second tier is preposterous).
I thought we played better in the second half.
We could/should have scored 3 or 4 more in the 2nd half. The 3-0 score was obviously very pleasing after all that's gone before, but I think we have the basis of a team that could really destroy the opposition, and when did that last happen?
Quote from: Monty on August 14, 2016, 11:56:40 PMThere's a lot to be said for trying to be the anti-Newcastle in all sorts of ways (though not in attendance, to be fair - 52,000 in the second tier is preposterous).One team city we have small heath tesco-bags and dingles on our doorstep
Quote from: flybo on August 15, 2016, 09:37:09 AMQuote from: Monty on August 14, 2016, 11:56:40 PMThere's a lot to be said for trying to be the anti-Newcastle in all sorts of ways (though not in attendance, to be fair - 52,000 in the second tier is preposterous).One team city we have small heath tesco-bags and dingles on our doorstep I'm sorry flybo, this isn't a dig at you as such but it doesn't half wind me up when people try to make excuses to explain why Newcastle get more fans than us.They might be a one club city but that city has a population of less than 300k. Birmingham has a population of over 1.1m. Despite what Noses might say, the other 800k people aren't all Blues fans.The reality of it is that if you walk around Newcastle football is virtually a religion up there. Whereas with us, even when it looked like we were going to crack the top 4 under MON we still rarely sold out VP (I think our best effort was when we sold out 4 times in one season).My own personal view is that the cultural diversity of Birmingham means there are more people for whom football isn't that important, plus there is a more diverse entertainment offering, but credit where it's due, there aren't many clubs in the land who could pull in over 50k for a 2nd division match, no matter how many clubs there were in the city.
Quote from: Ad@m on August 15, 2016, 01:37:32 PMQuote from: flybo on August 15, 2016, 09:37:09 AMQuote from: Monty on August 14, 2016, 11:56:40 PMThere's a lot to be said for trying to be the anti-Newcastle in all sorts of ways (though not in attendance, to be fair - 52,000 in the second tier is preposterous).One team city we have small heath tesco-bags and dingles on our doorstep I'm sorry flybo, this isn't a dig at you as such but it doesn't half wind me up when people try to make excuses to explain why Newcastle get more fans than us.They might be a one club city but that city has a population of less than 300k. Birmingham has a population of over 1.1m. Despite what Noses might say, the other 800k people aren't all Blues fans.The reality of it is that if you walk around Newcastle football is virtually a religion up there. Whereas with us, even when it looked like we were going to crack the top 4 under MON we still rarely sold out VP (I think our best effort was when we sold out 4 times in one season).My own personal view is that the cultural diversity of Birmingham means there are more people for whom football isn't that important, plus there is a more diverse entertainment offering, but credit where it's due, there aren't many clubs in the land who could pull in over 50k for a 2nd division match, no matter how many clubs there were in the city.Newcastle have virtually no competition within a hundred miles.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on August 15, 2016, 04:19:25 PMQuote from: Ad@m on August 15, 2016, 01:37:32 PMQuote from: flybo on August 15, 2016, 09:37:09 AMQuote from: Monty on August 14, 2016, 11:56:40 PMThere's a lot to be said for trying to be the anti-Newcastle in all sorts of ways (though not in attendance, to be fair - 52,000 in the second tier is preposterous).One team city we have small heath tesco-bags and dingles on our doorstep I'm sorry flybo, this isn't a dig at you as such but it doesn't half wind me up when people try to make excuses to explain why Newcastle get more fans than us.They might be a one club city but that city has a population of less than 300k. Birmingham has a population of over 1.1m. Despite what Noses might say, the other 800k people aren't all Blues fans.The reality of it is that if you walk around Newcastle football is virtually a religion up there. Whereas with us, even when it looked like we were going to crack the top 4 under MON we still rarely sold out VP (I think our best effort was when we sold out 4 times in one season).My own personal view is that the cultural diversity of Birmingham means there are more people for whom football isn't that important, plus there is a more diverse entertainment offering, but credit where it's due, there aren't many clubs in the land who could pull in over 50k for a 2nd division match, no matter how many clubs there were in the city.Newcastle have virtually no competition within a hundred miles. Sunderland ?