Birmingham City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[russon]

Tragic football today. What struck me was how stupid our players are. Folk talk about players with a footballing brain (eg.Cowans) yet our mob couldn't blow their hats off if their brains were made of dynamite. They're just thick.

[Legion]

On a separate note, whenever it went out for a throw or corner and it showed the first few rows of their fans, it looked the kind of scenes you would see in a cage at a rescue home for deranged chimps. 

Ha!

[Drummond]

Hit the bar twice, Terry header just past the post.

Almost did enough but not quite.

Didn't lose, away at our local rivals who have a new manager in post. It was bloody poor at times though, christ it was dull. However, we didn't lose ground at the top.

[QuintonVilla]

We're just dull and boring to watch. No pace or urgency when we attack. Bruce is killing our away support.

How the feck did Whelan get man of the match?!

Got to laugh at the noses saying their atmosphere was great but we were quiet. Our fans were poor, same as last season, but theirs were poor aswell. A few half hearted keep right ons and that's about it.

[Drummond]

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.

We're second in the form tale behind Sheffield United. So we're in top 2 form.

[Drummond]

Johnstone can consider himself lucky not to be added to the select group of GK clangers over the years.

Or consider himself unlucky to have hit their player and the ball gone back towards goal.

[Drummond]

We're just dull and boring to watch. No pace or urgency when we attack. Bruce is killing our away support.

How the feck did Whelan get man of the match?!

Got to laugh at the noses saying their atmosphere was great but we were quiet. Our fans were poor, same as last season, but theirs were poor aswell. A few half hearted keep right ons and that's about it.

Sky deadened the noise coming from the stands a few times.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Started and ended well. A better team would've beaten us though perhaps.

What on earth did Onomah do to warrant playing the whole match - he was awful.

Adomah wasn't given the ball enough. Kodjia still needs to learn there's 10 other players in the team and he's allowed to pass to them. Davis did well when he came on and hopefully now starts on Wednesday. Whelan did his job very well.

At no point did our players panic. We seem to have stopped this now. Potato has to be thanked for this at least.

Can't help but think if Potato had a bit more ambition we'd be 5/6/7 points better off.

Still confident of being promoted though.

[Nev]

Yeah, we should stroll into such a bear pit and take the piss. 'Cos it's happened so many times before hasn't it?

[Steve67]

Taking off Hourihane instead of Onomah was a mistake. Jedinak helped put us back into the match but we don't do enough if some of the players aren't firing. Snodgrass was crap, Onomah was worse. Defended well enough but no real spark about us today. Fair result but in a season where we are looking for automatic promotion, points dropped.

[Deano's Mullet]

Would have taken a point before but Bruce is definitely too negative away from home. Had we won 1-0 at the death though we'd be calling it a classic away performance. Beat Preston and it will be a very good point indeed.

[Walmley_Villa]

Pretty horrible game to watch and I would have taken a point beforehand. Massive difference when Jedi came and hopefully he can stay fit as we are so much better with him in the team. Whelan had some early dodgy moments but to be fair took to the task well in the second half. Much better having Albert on the right and we could have snatched it. Very subdued atmosphere from both sets of fans and the clappers were an obvious own goal with the Pikey Bleeders trying to live up to their reputation.

6 pts from the next two please...

[mr underhill]

let's hope Kodjia's injury is not too serious

[wittonwarrior]

Onomah awful just can’t see what all the fuss over him is all about, whelan or terry Man of the match, could have snatched it, if only bruce wasn’t so negative  will settle for the point as long as we win on Wednesday

What an own goal with the claret and blue clappers from every perspective. Atmosphere was dead and possibly the biggest losers on a he day were WMP Who proved beyond doubt they are incapable of overseeing a big game at St. Andrews

[SoccerHQ]

Onomah awful just can’t see what all the fuss over him is all about, whelan or terry Man of the match, could have snatched it, if only bruce wasn’t so negative  will settle for the point as long as we win on Wednesday

What an own goal with the claret and blue clappers from every perspective. Atmosphere was dead and possibly the biggest losers on a he day were WMP Who proved beyond doubt they are incapable of overseeing a big game at St. Andrews

Occasion was just a bit too much for him I think. It can happen to young players who are just used to under 23 football.

Would keep him in though as he has that touch of quality. Otherwise it will be Whelan-Jedinak-Hourihane.