Birmingham City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[SoccerHQ]

Let's imagine Kodjia scored and we didn't rattle the bar and Terry or Chester had turned Hourihane's free kick in.

Win would've been very sweet but it would've been a steal and no indicatio

I hate having Bruce as manager, you know. Even when we win it's hard to build up much optimism or to look forward to us playing again.

Even when we go on a decent winning run it's always at the back of your mind there's a cowardly away performance around the corner.

We were so poor today for an hour.

I just don't see how we can get top 2 approaching many away games like this.

You think that was cowardly today?

First hour was.

No it wasn’t it. I thought we bossed the first 20 minutes anyway.
Getting a 0-0 away from home in a local derby is never cowardly. What a daft statement.

The approach was exactly the same to Wolves. Luckily SHA don't have the quality they do throughout the team.

I'm sorry but I just don't see us winning enough away games to get top 2. Happy to be proved wrong but we don't seek to play on the front foot enough in away games.

I’m okay with this criticism, but it’s calling the team cowards that struck a nerve. They fought well and could have won it. This is a local derby and form goes out of the window and they always raise their game against Villa.
Yeah a win would have been brilliant and when we brought on Jedinak and then Davis we looked like we could win. Food for thought for Bruce.
Still we’re 6th and still in the mix.

It wasn't so much the team, more the manner and mentality they were set out with by the manager. Given that's the mindset we approach the majority of away games you can see who the problem is.

We approached this fixture the same way last year and our season amounted to nothing.

We're better this season but my target pre season is top 2 as I wouldn't fancy us in the play offs and we look short of automatic promotion even if we've strung good form.

We've won 5/7 yet are still 6 points off 2nd so that's a bit of a problem I think.

[dave.woodhall]

Let's pretend we went to a ground we never enjoy going to, to play a team who haven't got a bad home record, and we got a point.

[saunders_heroes]

We knew what Bruce’s style was like when we employed him. He’s pragmatic and rarely pretty to watch but he gets results. We’re 6th and still in the mix, and I’m okay with this considering the 7 years that went previous.

[Ads]

A fucking hour. Fuck off West Midlands Police you twats. They have and always will be the worst force in the country for dealing with football.

[Legion]

High/Lowlights

[SoccerHQ]

You guys have my sympathies, WMP handling of game is partly why I don't have any desire to ever go to this game at that venue. Poor for the fans who've come to Brum from up and down the country.

[QuintonVilla]

That was fucking shit.

Their fans were shit, our fans were shit. What's happened to our support there? Poor last season aswell.

Piss poor from Bruce.

[MONCABA]

Drop the negative comments guy's.  We've taken a point and we can move onto Preston knowing a win would be a good return on 2 difficult away games.

[Ads]

Over an hour on the hill to be moved to the fucking car park.

[ChicagoLion]

Sympathies to those stuck in that awful place, stay safe lads.

[Malandro]

Drop the negative comments guy's.  We've taken a point and we can move onto Preston knowing a win would be a good return on 2 difficult away games.

No divine right, it's a difficult division. I don't care.

With the money spent and the squad of players, we should be causing teams more problems. Football is not a mystical thing, if you have resources and underperform, it's usually down to the manager.

[garyfouroaks]

A draw at St Andrews? That's ok.

[aj2k77]

A poor performance but decent result. They didn't win their World Cup Final. Important to keep things ticking over now in November.

3 very winnable home games, Sheff Wed, Sunderland, Ipswich and away at QPR and Preston. Really looking at needing at least 10 points from those 5 games, any less is below par for those fixtures.

[in exile]

I hate this fixture, I really do

[LukeJames]

Over an hour on the hill to be moved to the fucking car park.

fuck me, I watched the game in Nottingham and have got back to Birmingham before you guys have even moved. That is ridiculous.