Birmingham 1-1 Saints - Match Thread

[bugenhagen]

4 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

At least Gavin would not obstruct your view if he sat in front of you, being a hologram and all. 

If he had the seat in front of me, I'd never expect him to be where he is supposed to anyways

[adrian lord]

I guess the idea is that Brum will go all out for 35-45 mins and in such circumstances,  a tired, and/or slightly crocked Leo will be wasted. Better for him to come on after the break and tear a tiring, increasingly fractious and frustrated Birmingham a new one?

[Mboto Gorge]

1 minute ago, adrian lord said:

I guess the idea is that Brum will go all out for 35-45 mins and in such circumstances,  a tired, and/or slightly crocked Leo will be wasted. Better for him to come on after the break and tear a tiring, increasingly fractious and frustrated Birmingham a new one?

Yeah sounds good, we are lethal in the second half , after all. Bound to work….

[Saint Fan CaM]

COYS - just to inject a morsel of positivity into proceedings.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Look at the team lining up in the tunnel. Stephens, Baz, Manning lead em out. Fuck me.

[Turkish]

What a light show!

[Holmes_and_Watson]

COYR!

[whelk]

Oh no an intimidating light show

[macca155]

1 minute ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Look at the team lining up in the tunnel. Stephens, Baz, Manning lead em out. Fuck me.

That didn't last long 😂

[whelk]

‘Kyogo looking for his first Championship goal’

[saintant]

7 minutes ago, adrian lord said:

I guess the idea is that Brum will go all out for 35-45 mins and in such circumstances,  a tired, and/or slightly crocked Leo will be wasted. Better for him to come on after the break and tear a tiring, increasingly fractious and frustrated Birmingham a new one?

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

Edited 29 December, 2025 by saintant

[bangkoksaint]

I’ve just re mortgaged the house and stuck it all on Kyogo 

[sandwichsaint]

10 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Let me make some predictions, albeit fairly easy ones…

1. Possession stats will be high, but most of it for us will be in our half. There will be at least two calamitous incidents as a result where we get out pissing around.

2. Robinson will run around a lot and pressure their defence, but ultimately not see a pass and/or give the ball away running into a blind alley.

3. Manning will at least once stand off his man allowing a cross to an unmarked player. He will also find himself caught upfield at least once and amble back.

4. By the time Tonda reacts to us conceding a goal - possibly two - to bring on Scienza the game will be lost already. Therefore his stunning plan to get subs to make the team better will be pointless.

5. Despite Brum being on a bad run, we will ensure we make them look like Barca, particularly in midfield where we will be found wanting. Downes and Manning will pass backwards more than they pass forwards.

6. Score? 2-0 Brum.

Lets see how many I get right or even close.

Ladbroke are already paying out on this.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 minute ago, whelk said:

‘Kyogo looking for his first Championship goal’

Just what I was thinking. That we will therefore be fine. 🙂

[obelisk]

Just now, bangkoksaint said:

I’ve just re mortgaged the house and stuck it all on Kyogo 

That's a pretty safe bet.

[Lighthouse]

Right, enough moaning. Let’s smash these crab paste for aftershave, Bovril-bathing Brummies!

COYS!

[bugenhagen]

1 minute ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Look at the team lining up in the tunnel. Stephens, Baz, Manning lead em out. Fuck me.

Was thinking the same.

Proud, so proud...

[Sheaf Saint]

1 minute ago, whelk said:

‘Kyogo looking for his first Championship goal’

Well we stopped him from scoring at SMS a few weeks ago.

Actually we didn't, we gift-wrapped him a golden chance to score by leaving him completely unmarked to tap in an easy rebound, but he somehow managed to put it over the bar.

[obelisk]

Shambles at the back already.

[Turkish]

Manning off to a great start 

[Suhari]

RussBall start.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Manning gives me one point already. Dick.

[Killers Knee]

Manning magic

[tdmickey3]

Manning is a fuckin joke 

[Sheaf Saint]

Minutes before Manning gave the ball away in a dangerous position: 1.

[Harry_SFC]

Manning 😂😂😂 absolute shite.

[Maggie May]

We look complete sh*te already. What has happened? 

[Saint Matty 76]

Almost brilliant from Robinson, unlucky.

[Saint NL]

Unlucky, that's some first touch by Robinson

[Suhari]

Wow.

Should score there.

[obelisk]

Shambles at the front too. Should score.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

First pass out from the back, and we don't beat a one man press disrupting it.

Azaz with an effort, but others looked a bit reluctant to have a go.

[Viking Saint]

Manning is a fucking liability

[OttawaSaint]

Shot shy. Just leather it!

[Saint Scott]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

Unlucky, that's some first touch by Robinson

Great touch, ironically that's normally his worst attribute 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Another loose pass from Manning.

[Sheaf Saint]

Just now, Holmes_and_Watson said:

First pass out from the back, and we don't beat a one man press disrupting it.

Azaz with an effort, but others looked a bit reluctant to have a go.

I don't think Arma was reluctant, he just right royally fucked it up and got lucky that it broke for Azaz.

[SW11_Saint]

26 minutes ago, sandwichsaint said:

Scienza to get an Ollie Watkins style double off the bench.

That’ll be Archer 😉

[saint michael]

Good to see manning on form 

[Turkish]

That’s why Baz is there 👏👏👏

[Turkish]

The little Japanese lad should have scored that 

[obelisk]

Kyogo through on goal. He misses. Again. 

Saints really want this bloke to open his account.

[Suhari]

Jesus.

They should bury that.

[Saint NL]

Ohhhhhh, we're lucky this is still 0-0

[die Mannyschaft]

Let off for Saints,  8 lives left.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Nice marking from our 3 CB’s there

[Saint NL]

Wood was so slow getting back then

[Sheaf Saint]

7 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Well we stopped him from scoring at SMS a few weeks ago.

Actually we didn't, we gift-wrapped him a golden chance to score by leaving him completely unmarked to tap in an easy rebound, but he somehow managed to put it over the bar.

Deja vu 🤨

[Lord Duckhunter]

Baz has to get that, he’s so fucking deep

[Holmes_and_Watson]

As Stanfield puts it wide and Kyogo puts it over, I notice that Tonda's SR regulation facial hair is coming along.