Championship thread 25/26! (35 Viewers)

[AOM]

Some lovely details on the Sky highlights:

Lesta player shushing the home fans after the first goal

Half hearted chants of 'Come on Lesta' seconds before the first Saints goal

A solitary pathetic scream from the crowd as Begovic sets up the 2nd

The reaction of the Leicester fans behind the goal each time they concede is a highlight.
They were already booing at 3-3

 

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[Warwickhunt]

Thats why i never kick anyone whos down because bloody Karma and Sods Law will fuck anyone up.

 

[Shannerz]

Not like the Beeb to get something so wrong.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Thats why i never kick anyone whos down because bloody Karma and Sods Law will fuck anyone up.

A reminder for us all

 

[Hutch11]

Thats the way it can go. Scoring after 60 seconds isn’t always down to great play, sloppiness and luck can play a part.

Against us defending was the priority. Against lower placed teams they have to give it a go. They will be more open.

Comparing the two games is like comparing apples and pears.

Sense

 

[alexccfc99]

Birmingham owner has had a stroke, stepping away from the day to day running of the club for a while

 

[ajsccfc]

They seem positive about his recovery so that's good to hear.

 

[alexccfc99]

The argument of VAR in the Championship is rearing it's head again after the Brum WBA game last night

Really not sure how I feel, we would have had about 4 or 5 extra penalties with it this season but I still can't bring myself to say I want it

 

[Shannerz]

The argument of VAR in the Championship is rearing it's head again after the Brum WBA game last night

Really not sure how I feel, we would have had about 4 or 5 extra penalties with it this season but I still can't bring myself to say I want it

I think it lessens the game of football as a whole.

It just shifts the area of contention, and removes the spontaneity from the game. That spontaneity is a big part of what makes football by far the best sport on the planet.

 

[Ricketts]

Definitely not.

 

[ajsccfc]

I prefer human error to not being able to celebrate a goal until some dweebs in a shed have pored over each frame.

 

[sc1940]

Southampton's next 3 league games look a doddle. Can easily see them in the play offs.

They could make the playoffs obviously, but it won't be easy for them. They will probably need 72 this year for playoffs, that's 26 points from 14 games.
There are 3 teams below them having played a game less, who could push them into the bottom half of the table.

 

[edgy]

Wagners had a stroke.

Dear Blues fans,
We want to share a brief update with you.
Birmingham City Football Club Chairman Tom Wagner recently suffered a stroke. Thanks to rapid medical intervention, he received immediate treatment and is now receiving excellent care. We are pleased to share that he is making a good recovery. While he will be stepping back from day-to-day activity for a period of time to focus on his recovery, Tom remains closely connected to the club, and we all look forward to welcoming him back.
Birmingham City Football Club is incredibly important to Tom and to the entire Knighthead team. Their commitment to the club is unchanged, and our plans and operations continue as normal under strong leadership.
We appreciate your continued support and ask that you respect Tom’s privacy during his recovery.
Thank you, as always, for standing behind the Blues.

 

[Otis]

Thats the way it can go. Scoring after 60 seconds isn’t always down to great play, sloppiness and luck can play a part.

Against us defending was the priority. Against lower placed teams they have to give it a go. They will be more open.

Comparing the two games is like comparing apples and pears.

I just had a quick look at the report too. Seems that goal in the first minute all came from an Oxford mistake.

So annoying, because they made few mistakes against us. Also reading that Matt Bloomfield said he got the tactics wrong and they played as high and as attacking as they possibly could, so the exact opposite of against us.

You can't just look at the back to back results of two games of the same side.

This shows they set up completely differently to the way they they set up against us

We still didn't create enough though, or test the keeper enough on Saturday, for sure

 

[CCFC96]

Shows how shit our result was saturday , they are absolutely fucking crap

Can't play like Oxford did vs us on Saturday every week and get away with it. Unfortunately where we were unlucky (deflection off helik hitting the keeper, Wright miss), Norwich had the delight of Cummings turning into Brad Collins within the first minute of the game.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Southampton got another and lead

 

[viridisman]

Could really do with them finding some guts and form come end of Feb time

 

[Flying Fokker]

wouldn’t normally post this:

 

[fernandopartridge]

I prefer human error to not being able to celebrate a goal until some dweebs in a shed have pored over each frame.

Indeed, where human error can and will occur again anyway

 

[AOM]

I prefer human error to not being able to celebrate a goal until some dweebs in a shed have pored over each frame.

The disallowed Newcastle goal against Tottenham yesterday was ridiculous.



Up there with the Haji Wright toe decision.
The standard of refereeing in the Championship is terrible, but don't think I'm for VAR just yet

 

[AOM]

wouldn’t normally post this:

The Leicester players celebrating their third in front of the Southampton fans

 

[CovRes]

Can't play like Oxford did vs us on Saturday every week and get away with it. Unfortunately where we were unlucky (deflection off helik hitting the keeper, Wright miss), Norwich had the delight of Cummings turning into Brad Collins within the first minute of the game.

Cummings is either world class, or shit. There is no in-between.

 

[Shannerz]

The disallowed Newcastle goal against Tottenham yesterday was ridiculous.

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Up there with the Haji Wright toe decision.
The standard of refereeing in the Championship is terrible, but don't think I'm for VAR just yet

To disallow goals of this type is anti-football, and a fundamental lack of understanding of what the offside law is there for.

 

[CovRes]

BUT we were doing just that at the start of the season, so what's happened to change it????

I work with a few people that have, or have had, the latest flu virus. Now they're not athletes with access to a dedicated medical team, but they're all complaining of still feeling run down weeks later.

Like Napoleon and that Austrian madman, General Winter may have done for us.