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Anyone still claiming we have one of the best squads in the Championship?

Predictable. Now he'll bring on Leo who will be forced to try too hard to salvage something.

We've all seen this movie many times. 1-0 to Brum at full time.

It's called Russball.

Will this work if Birmingham go 3 up in the first 35-45 minites?

Exactly. There's far too much emphasise on sports science. We play at walking pace for large chunks of games. Players are not going flat out for 90 minutes. They get plenty of rest periods.

Do you think Birmingham are glad that Leo isn't starting? I bet they're fucking delighted.

He's always a second too late because his positional sense is zero.

How many teams leave out their best player when they play us?

Here's an idea - let's leave out our best player.

I'd say our chances of winning this are about the same as the likelihood of a snowball surviving in Hell.

Nonsense, this debacle is squarely on Semmens.

So we know that DellmcDellface is Tonda Eckert.

It's a close run thing but the vote for a back four seems to be edging it.

And those who don't believe formation changes make any difference are also very simple people.

One of the main reasons Eckert plays with 3 centre backs is to get some extra physicality on the pitch because without them we are mainly short and weak. It is about time SR sorted out the lack of physicality in our squad. Spors said he'd do it but he hasn't.

Yes, we're bucking the trend because hipster football is fast going out of fashion. Currently it's back to the swashbuckling up and at 'em type game with a big centre forward to play off and long throw-ins launched into the box. Meanwhile we play walking, tippy tappy, sideways, backwards and wonder why we're getting rolled over by supposedly inferior sides. Football is a simple game complicated by clever dicks trying to make themselves look smart and we have the biggest of them all in Ankersen. Can we get back to basics as that might just work.

The goals seemed to have dried up. I think it's 3 in the last 3 games.

You didn't read my post properly. Maybe read it again and you will see I did not say none of these players should start - that would be nonsense.

We'll see and you may well turn out to be right.

Is this you reading between the lines or do you have a contact with inside information?

You name six players none of who have much, if any, physicality. You won't win many games of football starting with those six players in what is a very physical league. There has to be a balance between physical players and those that are more clever on the ball - this allows your talented players to work their magic. We are too weak and just get rolled over. Also, you cannot name a goalkeeper or single defender in our 'good' players which reinforces the fact that we do not have a decent squad.

Then it's more madness from the idiots presiding over our club. Opponents know there are two easy ways to beat us. You play a low block as Oxford did to shut down the space near their goal and then rely on how inept our defence and goalkeeper are and wait for your chances - that worked beautifully for them yesterday and went exactly to plan. Make no mistake Oxford are a very poor side. Or you press us high and aggressively and force mistakes and long clearances to a small centre forward as we dither around trying to play out from the back. Our passing is generally pretty appalling and we continually give the ball away under little or no pressure. We need major surgery in the January window when we must add some much needed physicality to the squad.

Nailed on home win and another weak as piss performance from our scared pussies. We are back on a downward spiral unless Spors gets busy when the January window opens.