MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Hound » 20 Feb 2025 16:40

Retrieved from the cess pit previously known as Twitter

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Mr Angry » 21 Feb 2025 11:01

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Mr Angry The irony is that the better we perform, the less likely Dai will be to sell us; he will think "if Reading get to the Play Offs, and then get promoted, I can ask £100M instead of £50M".


Yeah this is it; so incredibly frustrating. Wouldn’t have taken too much at the start of the year

Agent Hunt doing good work keeping us doing ok but out the Play offs. It's at least 7 months before promotion can be even a posibility again really.


Actually, I think we are getting caught between a rock and a hard place at the moment.

1. If we do well and threaten promotion, Dai keeps us for a potentially better pay day.
2. If we do badly and there is a threat of relegation, Dai stops any funding coming in and we go into administration or even liquidation.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by tidus_mi2 » 21 Feb 2025 11:11

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Yeah this is it; so incredibly frustrating. Wouldn’t have taken too much at the start of the year

Agent Hunt doing good work keeping us doing ok but out the Play offs. It's at least 7 months before promotion can be even a posibility again really.


Actually, I think we are getting caught between a rock and a hard place at the moment.

1. If we do well and threaten promotion, Dai keeps us for a potentially better pay day.
2. If we do badly and there is a threat of relegation, Dai stops any funding coming in and we go into administration or even liquidation.

Well, barring points deductions, point 2 is very unlikely, we might already have the points required for survival.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Sutekh » 22 Feb 2025 11:32

Wareham dropped for Camara?


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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Mid Sussex Royal » 22 Feb 2025 11:41

Sutekh Wareham dropped for Camara?


Kelvin E up front, most likely.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Mid Sussex Royal » 22 Feb 2025 11:48

Our mate Dykes starting for Birmingham rather than May.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Sutekh » 22 Feb 2025 11:55

Mid Sussex Royal Our mate Dykes starting for Birmingham rather than May.


May on bench.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Snowflake Royal » 22 Feb 2025 12:01

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Sutekh Wareham dropped for Camara?


Kelvin E up front, most likely.

Well that will certainly be interesting.

I still think it's bonkers having Abrefa on the bench and playing Craig and Garcia at fullback.


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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by stealthpapes » 22 Feb 2025 12:15

Big K up front flanked by Campbell and Camara, most likely.

Campbell has been ineffective since his return.
Big Kelv seems utterly devoid of form.
Camara I rather like but deep down I know he is limited.
On the bench: Bodin not yet sparked. Wareham tidy but still never feels like a goal threat.

Anything I missed?

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Sutekh » 22 Feb 2025 12:24

stealthpapes Big K up front flanked by Campbell and Camara, most likely.

Campbell has been ineffective since his return.
Big Kelv seems utterly devoid of form.
Camara I rather like but deep down I know he is limited.
On the bench: Bodin not yet sparked. Wareham tidy but still never feels like a goal threat.

Anything I missed?


No seems fair, Hunty did say earlier this week he does have 15 captains each week :lol:

Let’s hope the club aren’t cheated out of a win again.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Sutekh » 22 Feb 2025 13:01

Seems a decent performance so far though tending towards safety first

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by John Madejski's Wallet » 22 Feb 2025 13:02

Wifi doing well with the hold up play so far.

We've been pressing and moving well, but I do fear for the second half


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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Winston Biscuit » 22 Feb 2025 13:05

Not understanding what to do at a drop ball :lol:

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by bcubed » 22 Feb 2025 13:06

Decent chance for Campbell from the corner. Totally unmarked

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by stealthpapes » 22 Feb 2025 13:13

John Madejski's Wallet Wifi doing well with the hold up play so far.

We've been pressing and moving well, but I do fear for the second half


Really positive, really (well, quite) entertaining, again just frustrating that we're short in key areas.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by bcubed » 22 Feb 2025 13:18

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John Madejski's Wallet Wifi doing well with the hold up play so far.

We've been pressing and moving well, but I do fear for the second half


Really positive, really (well, quite) entertaining, again just frustrating that we're short in key areas.

Yeh good stuff
And entertaining
But only one shot on target in the half

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Sutekh » 22 Feb 2025 13:21

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John Madejski's Wallet Wifi doing well with the hold up play so far.

We've been pressing and moving well, but I do fear for the second half


Really positive, really (well, quite) entertaining, again just frustrating that we're short in key areas.

Yeh good stuff
And entertaining
But only one shot on target in the half


Still better than Brum though.

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by Brogue » 22 Feb 2025 13:21

Good first half. Played ok

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Re: MATCHWATCH : Birmingham City (h)

by bcubed » 22 Feb 2025 13:25

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Really positive, really (well, quite) entertaining, again just frustrating that we're short in key areas.

Yeh good stuff
And entertaining
But only one shot on target in the half


Still better than Brum though.


Yeh I meant in total

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