Birmingham 1-1 Saints - Match Thread

[CSA96]

HT: Birmingham 0-1 Saints

[Mr X]

That makes up for the fuck up! 

[Colinjb]

Dominant, imperious header.

Well in 'Der Kaiser!'

Edited 3 hours ago by Colinjb

[Saint Fan CaM]

Brum supporters booing their team at half-time! Twats!

Edited 3 hours ago by Saint Fan CaM

[macca155]

Killer time to score as well

[Saint_clark]

Just now, GDog07 said:

Harwood-who? 😜😜😜

Kevin Schlottwood-Beckis.

[benjii]

Bragg has been class.

[Patches O Houlihan]

That's a beauty from Shlotterbeck. Let's have 8 or 10 more like that this season!

Great time to score too

[AlexLaw76]

HT. 0-1

They have been dangerous at times, hit the post and missed a sitter. Larin missed a glorious chance.

They have defended us well, particularly in/around Larin's space as the ball is played up.

[trousers]

That's it.... I'm happy with Schlotterbeck as the THB replacement 🙂

[Jimmy_D]

What a header!

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, benjii said:

Bragg has been class.

Aye. Good forward passing too

[Saint86]

Taylor Harwood-Who?

[whelk]

Schlott looks such a good signing

[Disco Stu]

Mixed half. We've been moving the ball too slowly for my liking but cracking header from Schlotterbeck.

Bragg has been our best player so far. Looks composed.

[Hawkswood]

Just now, benjii said:

Bragg has been class.

Him and Downes 

[Saint_clark]

They were desperate to take that corner short as well, just get it in for fucks sake. 

[Swaythling Saint]

Great time to score and love that our new signing got the goal

[skintsaint]

Play poor and winning, would take that at the end. Need to start the 2nd half much better.

[bpsaint]

Madness. Should be be 3-0 down at half time but we’re 0-1 up!

[trousers]

Too soon...? 😁

[Saint Fan CaM]

Gotta laugh. Brum commentator saying Brum dominating when the stats show Saints were actually better in many areas. Idiot.

[Saint86]

43 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

It was worse in early 2012, it snowed and was freezing cold. 🥶 

Yeah, i remember. Always feels like a grotty touch ground for us to go to. Don't think i've got any fond memories of us at St Andrews.

[davefizzy14]

Schlotterbeck 😊 get in! 

[Lighthouse]

Bang on target.

[Hawkswood]

Just now, Saint_clark said:

They were desperate to take that corner short as well, just get it in for fucks sake. 

Totally agree. I hate short corners. Why take the risk of not getting the delivery in.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Saint Fan CaM said:

Brum supporters booing their team at half-time! Twats!

Despite winning L1 by miles (as they should with their budget), I know quite of number of their fans and they’re not that enamoured with Chris Davies. If they stay behind after 60-65 and the energy goes out of their game, the sideways and backwards songs will come out.

[whelk]

Just now, bpsaint said:

Madness. Should be be 3-0 down at half time but we’re 0-1 up!

What game you watching?

[Saint86]

Just now, trousers said:

Too soon...? 😁

Wanna bet that the better we do, the bigger Eckert's ban?

[Harry_SFC]

2 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Brum supporters booing their team at half-time! Twats!

Very odd. They've looked a big threat and are unbeaten so far this season. Tbh they should be 3-2 up. 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 minute ago, Saint86 said:

Yeah, i remember. Always feels like a grotty touch ground for us to go to. Don't think i've got any fond memories of us at St Andrews.

Like Ashton Gate but with a better record. 

[Turkish]

3 minutes ago, benjii said:

Bragg has been class.

Took a while to get going but been decent and used the ball well

Azaz is an absolute Rolls Royce

[saintant]

Not our best 45 minutes at a tough away ground but Schlotterbeck made up for it all with that thumping header from the corner. We've been a bit disjointed and not won enough second ball and will need to improve 2nd half if we want to take all 3 points. A bit wasteful in possession and maybe we'll see JWP on early in the 2nd half. Currently up to 9th in the table.

Edited 3 hours ago by saintant

[Jack]

Great header, huge goal just on HT. Need to be better than that 2nd half to win this. 

Was just typing we’ll be the happier with going in at 0-0, Birmingham should’ve scored at least 2 and we’ve been sloppy. Need to get someone closer to Larin as he’s winning loads but we’re not picking up any 2nd balls. Fellows needs to go on the outside more and stretch them, he just gets in the way. And FFS when we’ve got a break on can we shift it a bit quicker, still got the desire to get safe possession with our back 4 far too often. Give it to Leo quick as we can and target their RB after that yellow, he can’t handle his pace. 
 

 

[CSA96]

Proper EFL away performance so far, despite being unconvincing. Settled it down after the home team came flying out of the blocks. Then nabbed a goal just before HT

[whelk]

1 minute ago, Harry_SFC said:

Very odd. They've looked a big threat and are unbeaten so far this season. Tbh they should be 3-2 up. 

They weren’t booing their team FFS

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, whelk said:

What game you watching?

The same one where Fellows has been shite probably 

[Saint Fan CaM]

Need to come out with a high press and firing to get another. Sit back and we’ll concede.

[Hawkswood]

Just now, Turkish said:

Took a while to get going but been decent and used the ball well

Azaz is an absolute Rolls Royce

Yeah class. Looks very confident at the moment. 

[SNSUN]

1 minute ago, bpsaint said:

Madness. Should be be 3-0 down at half time but we’re 0-1 up!

They didn't take their chances. They'll get more and we need to be better. Possessionally we have been almost like the home team and they seem happier to play on the counter. Would love Peretz to get a clean sheet now.

[Dan Johnson]

Road our luck at times, they’re a good side but they just don’t have the quality that we do, if they did they’d have scored at least 2.

off the ball our intensity is better, we look fitter game by game and our midfield are imposing themselves better in games now.

absolutely smashing header, looks like we’ve got a good player there, not even been with us a week yet!! 

[Mr X]

4 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Brum supporters booing their team at half-time! Twats!

They've played well tbf just missed some absolute sitters they could easily be two or three up 

[whelk]

Just now, Turkish said:

The same one where Fellows has been shite probably 

The one where the opposition takes every chance and we take none. 
 

 

[Whitey Grandad]

6 minutes ago, GDog07 said:

Harwood-who? 😜😜😜

Harwood-Bellend

[saintant]

2 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Madness. Should be be 3-0 down at half time but we’re 0-1 up!

Not sure about 3-0 down 🙂 Maybe I'm watching a different game.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Good contest.

We're the better passing team, and have had lots of possession. But Birmingham have pressed and crowded in numbers to limit where that possession is.

The home side will be disappointed to go in a goal down, after having 3 excellent chances of their own. We really only had Larin's missed effort to show for it.

But just at the end Leo was getting fouls as they tired, and they had to deflect a decent strike from Bragg.

Hopefully,  if Ingham will tire out even more, and our bench will take it well beyond them.

Excellent Harwood-Bellis type header for our goal, which was nice to see. We did well with that under THB, so a ready replacement will be quite important.

[bpsaint]

2 minutes ago, whelk said:

What game you watching?

Did you miss their chances?

[trousers]

4 minutes ago, trousers said:

Too soon...? 😁

Preston equaliser Vs Bristol City... Now up to 8th...!

 

Edited 3 hours ago by trousers

[Jack]

3 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Gotta laugh. Brum commentator saying Brum dominating when the stats show Saints were actually better in many areas. Idiot.

I mean they’ve had all the best chances. Yes we’re winning the all important possession stats but they want us to have possession and then press and break on us, which has worked very well apart from their finishing. 3-1 Birmingham wouldn’t be an unfair HT score based on what I saw 

[Saint_clark]

3 minutes ago, whelk said:

What game you watching?

Yeah I think it's been pretty even so far. 

2 minutes ago, whelk said:

They weren’t booing their team FFS

Who were they booing then? The ref didn't make any huge decisions either way.