keith margam
Vital Football Legend
Next up are the Blues of Birmingham. They sit in 8th place in the table on 7 points. Here are the four league games they’ve played this season:
3/8 Brentford 0 - Birmingham 1
Possession 76% - 24%
Brentford manager Thomas Frank:
"That was quite frustrating. We outplayed them and outbattled them, created four major chances and they did nothing. We had 13 shots, they had one and our keeper hardly touched the ball.
I hate losing home games, but for me that was one of the best first-half performances in a long time.
The second half was the disappointing part. We needed to play much quicker, get forward and behind them and we just didn't do that."
10/8 Birmingham 1 - B City 1
Possession 46% - 53%
Bristol City manager Lee Johnson:
"The quality of our chances was very, very good and better than theirs and on another day we could have scored two or three.
After being a goal down undeservedly it's a good point to take and it gives us something to build on with some strong performances from new players.
For their goal, we started defending the move poorly and then when the ball hangs up at the far post almost every defender in the division is going in the back of the net with it."
17/8 N Forest 3 - Birmingham 0
Possession 47% - 53%
Forest manager Sabri Lamouchi:
"This was our best performance yet. But I hope there is better to come in the future.
We have to find our killer instinct in the box, to score one or two more goals. But it was a good performance.
We had a good dynamic in attack and controlled the game.
Our keeper did not have to do a lot so, for me, it was the perfect game."
20/8 Birmingham 2 - Barnsley 0
Possession 36% - 64%
Barnsley manager Daniel Stendel:
"We are very disappointed, because we played a good away game. Birmingham had few chances, and although we didn't create many chances, we could have won the game.
Like the last two games, we have played OK, and it's hard for our young team to play here, it's a difficult game, and I'm very frustrated.
For 70 minutes we played well, and played better in the second half than Birmingham. The goal changed the match, and we need to learn so much from this, go on and try to win games.
We became nervous after the first goal, lost our structure, and it's difficult to turn that around."
3/8 Brentford 0 - Birmingham 1
Possession 76% - 24%
Brentford manager Thomas Frank:
"That was quite frustrating. We outplayed them and outbattled them, created four major chances and they did nothing. We had 13 shots, they had one and our keeper hardly touched the ball.
I hate losing home games, but for me that was one of the best first-half performances in a long time.
The second half was the disappointing part. We needed to play much quicker, get forward and behind them and we just didn't do that."
10/8 Birmingham 1 - B City 1
Possession 46% - 53%
Bristol City manager Lee Johnson:
"The quality of our chances was very, very good and better than theirs and on another day we could have scored two or three.
After being a goal down undeservedly it's a good point to take and it gives us something to build on with some strong performances from new players.
For their goal, we started defending the move poorly and then when the ball hangs up at the far post almost every defender in the division is going in the back of the net with it."
17/8 N Forest 3 - Birmingham 0
Possession 47% - 53%
Forest manager Sabri Lamouchi:
"This was our best performance yet. But I hope there is better to come in the future.
We have to find our killer instinct in the box, to score one or two more goals. But it was a good performance.
We had a good dynamic in attack and controlled the game.
Our keeper did not have to do a lot so, for me, it was the perfect game."
20/8 Birmingham 2 - Barnsley 0
Possession 36% - 64%
Barnsley manager Daniel Stendel:
"We are very disappointed, because we played a good away game. Birmingham had few chances, and although we didn't create many chances, we could have won the game.
Like the last two games, we have played OK, and it's hard for our young team to play here, it's a difficult game, and I'm very frustrated.
For 70 minutes we played well, and played better in the second half than Birmingham. The goal changed the match, and we need to learn so much from this, go on and try to win games.
We became nervous after the first goal, lost our structure, and it's difficult to turn that around."
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