First of all, good to see you back and looking forward to the game Saturday. Interested to hear your view of Mr Bowyer, tactically and man management wise, liked him as a player for Blues and was quite surprised when he went into management. Have you still got the idiot owners ? remember throwing balls onto the pitch last time we played.
All the best.
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"Easiest three points of the season" | "We're going to annhilate Charlton" | "Do we even need to bother to show up" | "Absolutely nothing special about them" | "They'll soon be back down the table where they belong"
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Enjoy the game on Saturday. I have a lasting affection for Brum, ever since my three years at Aston University in the early 1980s - and pub crawls of Victorian back-streets...
Bowyer since becoming a manager has surprised us all, including himself to be honest. He never had any intentions of being a manager but has taken to it like a duck to water to be perfectly honest.
We do play an attacking, attractive brand of football when we have a chance, but he’s got us playing with the fight and spirit that you would expect from Bowyer to translate into his players. He’s probably the best man manager we have had for a number of years, but he doesn’t take any nonsense. If you’re not giving 100% in training and in games, you aren’t going to be involved in Bowyer’s plans, no matter how naturally talented you are.
Our start to the season has taken us all by surprise because it was only 5-6 weeks ago that we didn’t have a squad, let alone a team, capable of competing in this division. But as Bowyer proved when he first took over and again many times last season, he is capable of pulling things out the bag and we signed some very good players for this division. Our momentum from last season has helped us carry through the beginning of this season, but it would be foolish to think that we haven’t deserved the points we have picked up, because we genuinely do.
We have our weaknesses like every side in this division and we are yet to see how we deal with losing a game. But with being at home, I think we will continue to surprise teams because The Valley has become a little bit of a fortress for us.
Enjoy the game and travel down, but I hope you go back empty handed in terms of points.
Big Chris Slattery got of the bus to take the w*nkers on but got felled like Goliath and we managed to drag him back on board before making a speedy but draughty getaway with a few windows missing. Think we got tonked 4-0 that day, good job we never won! Millwall of the Midlands for sure 😡.
- Our tactical style is somewhat amorphous, for want of a better term. We don't seem to have a particular regimen that we stick to and ask other teams to counteract. Rather, we have the squad and players to ensure effective adaptation to the opposition's main characteristics in both attack and defence.
- We do have our own hallmarks though. In the likes of Gallagher, Williams, Oztumer, Leko, and Cullen, there is an abundance of imagination in the way we play the game. Our midfield is undoubtedly our strongest suit... though there's a definite lack of height across the team!
- Defence has question marks. I don't mean this as either a good or bad thing: currently, I'd class them as "busy but competent", and the fact they're busy makes them potentially more prone to mistakes (such is the nature of sustained pressure). This is because (and it's no secret) we play a very narrow shape, so the wings are easily focused on, and this allows pressure to build.
- Lyle Taylor baby.
- Bowyer is working miracles on a shoestring budget. (Though how shoestring it is, I do not know - I can't imagine Hemed and Kayal are cheap.) Steve Gallen has done a fantastic job in scouting out the right players, too, and we have build a real team. It's difficult to emphasise just how true that word is of us at the moment: there is an awful lot of goodwill from the fans to the players, and the players amongst themselves. And Bowyer is a huge part of it: he's one of the key reasons we've been able to attract the players we have.
- I think we have an unfairly harsh reputation for gamesmanship (no denying it happens though), and people remark we're built "in Bowyer's mould", which shows he hasn't quite shaken off the tags of his youth. And I doubt he ever will, but I am genuinely surprised at his redemption. He seems a hugely changed man since he's come back from his fishing lake in France.
Ultimately, we're riding a huge wave of momentum, but we have the footballing ability to back it up. We've also very much been taken for granted by various opposition management, fans and indeed players. So our flying start is a combination of genuine talent; momentum; a relatively kind first few fixtures; and being written off as "little old Charlton".
And we do still have Roland Duchatelet as our owner. Short may that continue.
Never met a "good" bluenose personally just violent and/or mouthy arseholes.
Firstly to the guys who have had crap at St Andrews, out of order, granted every club has a few idiots but we have had more than most to be honest and as for bricking coaches its lower than low.
I find the first reply interesting as most are expecting another hammering on the road and would be delighted with a draw, the organisation away from home has been dreadful apart from Brentford and they hit the bar 3 times
I'm genuinely happy for Bowyer and glad to hear he's found himself so to speak, if the team has his work ethic you wont go far wrong. I haven't seen you play this season but it sounds encouraging and momentum usually helps with the first few months of the season. I just can't see Blues winning as you will attack and we will just try and soak it up instead of having a go, if Blues don't start properly then you could be 2 nil up in the first 10 minutes.
The valley is one of my favorite grounds by the way, proper football ground surrounded by houses ect, I've lived in London for many years so have popped along on occasion, like I say good to see you back
Apart from Palarse, they all fall into the w*nker category.
Brilliant piece of improvised Performance Art, I thought.
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I never liked going up there for reasons mentioned as other posts on here.
I have two Birmingham mates who are good lads and we always have a cracking drink in Digbeth before and after the game. I'll be with them Saturday.
I'll have my stepladder with me.
Thats our job!!
I hate you.
Think he said he turned up to the training ground by helicopter once and they all had to line up in the positions they’d have on the pitch for him ( I was hammered so may have got this mixed up )
anyway Stern John in the last last minute play off semi will never be forgotten by this Millwall hater , so I forgive the blues wrongdoings for that great great moment in football ....
we’re due a loss , so you’ve got a chance
I’d take a point right here and now