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Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-19 12:12
Birmingham City Player Ratings vs Maribor
Doyle               7          Held on to two shots and caught his crosses.   Spector            8          Good game defensively and helped Redmond attack the right.   Davies             8          Captain for the night and looked the part   Ibanez              8          Never broke sweat   Murphy           8          likes European football   Redmond         9*        Must improve his corners   [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-19 12:12
Blues and Watto bow out quietly
49 years ago this month this then 11 year old witnessed a cold December evening when Bertie Auld headed into a Railway End net to record a meaningless 1-0 win against Espanyol of Spain. Having lost the first leg 5-2, the icy conditions and freezing temperatures were not enough to bridge the gap. Adam Rooney’s [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-07 23:21
Blues make the ginger look adventuresome
The reason my reports are getting shorter and shorter is that Blues are giving me less and less to write about. After Wednesday’s neutered showing Blues managed this time to have no effective attempts on goal. The only attempt on target was a Zigic loopy header that my missus could have stopped with her hand [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-07 23:21
Watto’s Match Marks vs Cardiff City
Myhill        7     made one Save before being let down by the defence Carr        7    As always he’s our best player Davies        4    Sending off crucial but no blame on him for loss Caldwell    8    Never put a foot wrong Murphy        9*    we can sell Ridgewell now Burke        4    Old [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-02 13:21
Ziggy goes from hero to zero
Those who read this who enjoy on criticizing the content will be having a field day. Saturday I was lauding the delicate skills of Nicola Zigic and he goes and misses a penalty. A penalty that ends Blues realistic chances in making further Europa League progress. In my defence I was bemused as most in [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-02 13:21
Birmingham City Match Marks vs Braga
Myhill                    7              No chance with the goal and a fine save late on to keep us in it. Spector                  7              Good game but was surely holding an injury at the end. Davies                   7              Not as assured as usual but played well Caldwell               8              Captain for the night and played the part. Murphy                 7              Excels [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-01 19:03
PLAYER RATINGS: Birmingham City vs Leeds United
Myhill                    8              Two top class saves and good all round. Carr                        8              Excellent, just excellent. Davies                   9*           Obviously not fully fit, won every ball in the air and on the ground. Caldwell               8              Solid as a rock Ridgewell            6              Passed poorly and set up their best chances with weak clearances Burke                    8              This [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-01 19:03
Blues set new record – No shots on target in 90 mins
When Blues manage to go a whole 90 minutes without testing the visitor’s goalkeeper you can guess that this Blues fan ain’t happy. When the opposition is fresh out the third division and 9 games without a win the stats don’t suggest that Blues are the wonder team that the fans have been saying they [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-01 19:03
Blues face exit in spite of Euro comeback
Blues are looking at Euro disappointment as the final fixtures shape up. The similarity with Blues situation and their final day exit from the Premiership is uncanny. Blues must avoid defeat at Braga, an unenviable task and beat Maribor. Wins by the Portuguese side and by Bruges in their next games will leave them able [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-01 19:03
Birmingham City Match Marks vs Bruges
Doyle 7 One shaky moment but generally sound Spector 6 Solid enough but back unit was not at its best Ibanez 6 Lost that good form since his injury Caldwell 6 Unsure against quick continental forwards Murphy 9* Grainger like performance should keep his place Elliot 7 This guy is a good footballer. Should be [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-01 19:03
Bubble bursts as Blues run ends
Blues 9 match unbeaten run (TOM ROSS PLEASE NOTE –9 Match Run) ended at the scene of one of the clubs greatest triumphs when Alex McLeish dragged a bits and pieces team of loaners and players on their last legs over the finish line. Chris Hughton, and I am not trying to further the “who [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-01 19:03
Blues get the job done this time
Blues seemed destined to rewrite the script for Saturday’s draw with Peterborough. Having taken the lead against struggling Burnley even the equaliser followed another ludicrous foul by Beausejour. The Chilean simply blocked an opponent but at least Blues conceded a corner from the free kick this time. The clearance from the corner fell to Bartley [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-12-01 19:03
Birmingham City Match Marks vs Blackpool
Myhill        7     Twice beaten from two shots but solid show. Carr        7    Great attacking play, error led to second goal. Davies        8    Another immaculate display Caldwell    7    Little quick forwards unsettled him Murphy        7    Good show, pace missing on occasions Burke        9*    Lit up the gloomy Fylde coast with [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-11-27 17:48
Zigic is great from the neck down
My headline does not imply that Nikola Zigic is in anyway unintelligent. To speak more than one language takes intellect and to play football in a foreign language is even harder. Believe me I’ve tried it and it ain’t easy. It took six months for last year’s Blues team to work out that the ball [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-11-24 14:24
Birmingham City Match Marks vs Burnley
Myhill                    7              Had a solid show again and will take some shifting.   Carr                        9*           Great attacking play, and our best defender.   Davies                   8              Another immaculate display   Caldwell               8              Quietly gets on with the job   Murphy                                7              Goal creator again   Burke                    8              back to his impish best   Spector                                7              [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-10-30 15:24
PLAYER RATINGS: Birmingham City vs Brighton
Myhill 7 Nearly cost us the game in the last minute but otherwise was sound. Carr 7 Had a go but no support Davies 8* Should our central defender be our best player in a home match? Caldwell 7 Getting better all the time Ridgewell 5 Only 8 weeks to the transfer window, try and [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-10-17 15:12
Birmingham City Match Marks vs Leicester City
Myhill                    7              Only one save to make and a solid technical game. Carr                        7              Good performance after injury absence Ibonez                  8              Never broke sweat in subduing expensive Foxes forwards Caldwell               7              Solid at the back should have scored Ridgewell            7              Steady but must improve his passing. Burke                    7              Nice touches but out of the [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-09-23 13:12
Watto & Ziggy return but Blues bow out
Denied my Bluenose fix for three whole games I and a healthy number of Blues fans ventured to The City of Manchester Stadium with little hope but a feeling that we ought to be there. With no Carr or Ridgewell on show it was left to Keith Fahey and Beausejour to represent the cup winning [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-09-16 17:24
Birmingham City Match Marks vs Braga
Myhill                    7              At fault with first Goal? Carr                        6              Nowhere near his own high standards Ibonez                  7              Steady enough Ridgewell            7              Asleep for second goal Murphy              7              Looked classy at times Elliot                      7              Steady eddie , no spark Spector                  5              Now I remember why I keep forgetting this bloke. N’Daw                  4              New Patrick  Vieira? [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-08-22 12:54
Watto’s Report: Euro Blues leave their legs in Madeira
When I saw Liam Ridgewell limp though the Passport control on Thursday he did not look in good shape. It was no surprise therefore when the two stitches in his right leg kept him out of the line up at Middlesbrough. Keith Fahey took his place and Rooney replaced Wood in an otherwise unchanged line [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-08-20 15:24
Birmingham City Player Ratings vs Club Deportivo El Nacional
Myhill                    8  Growing in confidence and competence Carr                        8 Captain Fantastic Davies                   10* Sensational Caldwell               8 Solid at the back but should have scored Murphy                                7 Getting back to his best Burke                    7 Impressed with his runs Ridgewell            7 Did OK in strange position and two stiches in his shin. Beausejour         8 Ball winner [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2011-08-01 16:39
Hughton: There could be more sales at Birmingham
Birmingham manager Chris Hughton admits there may be further sales before the season starts. The Blues were relegated from the Premier League last season which has prompted a review of finances at the club. Key players like Roger Johnson, Lee Bowyer and Barry Ferguson have all left the club so far this summer, while Scott [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-11-07 18:12
Match Marks vs West Ham
Foster (9)* Two blinding saves kept Blues in it. Carr (8) Brightest outfielder. Johnson (6) Was he fully fit ?. Dann (6) Misplaced pass cost second goal Ridgewell (7) Badly at fault for first goal but equalised Larsson (6) Woke up after an hour. Fahey (5) Anonymous. Ferguson (7) To many passes astray. Hleb (6) Frustrated by the front two. Jerome (6) Another goal from six yards. Zigic (5) Had a good assist or he would have got [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-08-31 13:30
Watto’s Report: Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Birmingham City
Blues had this game taken away from them as Owen Coyle’s hoofer’s and chasers pillaged a point aided and abetted by Ref Friend (to whom?). Match of the day pundit Martin Keown tried to suggest that Bolton tried to play football and to illustrate his point showed them passing the ball 5 times after the [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-08-27 11:30
Lawro predicts Birmingham to lose to Bolton
BBC Football pundit Mark Lawrenson has predicted that Birmingham City will lose to Bolton Wanderers on Sunday. He told BBC Sport Online: “You can see that Owen Coyle is slowly trying to change the way Bolton play, injecting a little more guile into the team. That said, he has recognised that Kevin Davies and Johan Elmander [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-08-16 18:17
Blues salvage point from the wreckage of the Mackem nightmare
In spite of the fact that Blues had to come from two goals down this was a big opportunity missed. Boss Mcleish started off by picking a side which was never likely to create anything and was never going to achieve anything more than a 0-0 score line. Steed Malbranque should have opened the scoring [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-08-13 12:17
Lawro predicts Blues opening day defeat
BBC Football pundit Mark Lawrenson has predicted that Birmingham City will lose to Sunderland on Saturday. He told BBC Sport Online: “Sunderland are slowly improving under manager Steve Bruce. The Black Cats boss has obviously concluded that striker Kenwyne Jones does not produce often enough and sold him to Stoke, while bringing in Danny Welbeck on [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-05-24 15:22
McLeish hopeful of agreeing new Blues deal
Alex McLeish is hoping that he will sign a new deal at Birmingham City very soon. The Scot has twelve months to run on his exisiting deal and wants to remain in charge at St Andrews. “What is the situation with my contract? Peter Pannu has been a little bit busy and my guys (advisors) were a [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-05-23 15:38
Larsson talks reach deadlock over wage demands
Sebastien Larsson’s contract talks with Birmingham City have broken down over wage demands. The Swedish international has twelve months of his existing deal to run at St Andrews and is said to be demanding £30,000-a-week in his new contract. Alex McLeish said in the Daily Mirror: “Whether Seb is going to continue in this vein I don’t [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-05-21 01:58
Foster: Blues move isn’t a step back
Ben Foster believes his move to Birmingham can kickstart his international career. Foster told Blues TV: “People say I have left Manchester United but I definitely don’t see it as a step back. “I am really excited and think it is a big step forward for me to be playing first-team football in the Premier League. “I love [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-05-12 14:12
Hart backs Foster over Blues move
Joe Hart has backed Ben Foster to fill his gloves if he joins Birmingham next season. Hart, who has been named in England’s provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup has returned to Manchester City after a season-long loan at St Andrews. Foster, who is third choice at Manchester United has been linked with a £6million move [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-05-10 22:26
Watto’s Report: Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Birmingham City
My apologies for a late report but thanks to the arrangements of the Bolton Wanderers football club and Lancashire police I was stuck for 90 minutes in the car park and then the M6 traffic. That was swelled  4,200 Blues fans, 5000 Spurs, Stoke and Portsmouth fans and the 25,000 Man U fans going back [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-05-07 12:47
Lawro predicts Birmingham to lose at Bolton
BBC Football pundit Mark Lawrenson has predicted that Birmingham City will lose at Bolton Wanderers on Sunday. He told BBC Sport Online: “It should be a decent game at the Reebok because both teams can just go for it. Birmingham have had a super, super season and look like finishing in the top 10 but I’m [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-04-25 22:21
Birmingham City Player Ratings vs Aston Villa
Hart   (9)   Simply England’s best. Carr   (9)   Too good for Young in particular Johnson   (7)  Played well but should not upset bad refs Vignal  (8)   First game since August did well Ridgewell   (10) *  Superb on the ground and in the air. Gardner   (7)   Was as good as anything in the opposition Bowyer  (8)  The real Bowyer showed up today Ferguson  (9)   [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-04-12 01:43
Birmingham City Player Ratings vs Manchester City
Taylor   (6) One great save generally left high and dry. Carr   (5) Third goal his fault, Bellamy roasted him Johnson   (5) First goal error Dann   (5) Last goal error Ridgewell   (6) Little danger from his side Gardner   (6) Did better at right back Bowyer  (3) At fault for 2 goals now a liability Ferguson  (6) Needs [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-04-04 23:42
McLeish delighted with his players
Alex McLeish praised his Birmingham City players following the 1-1 draw against Liverpool. The result means that the Blues have managed to draw with all of the current top six in the Barclays Premier League at St Andrew’s this season. He said: “I’m delighted with the players’ performances at St Andrew’s this season, and that includes the [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-04-03 17:42
McLeish: Boyd would like to play for me again
Alex McLeish insists Rangers striker Kris Boyd wants to play under him again at Birmingham. The striker is out of contract at Rangers in the summer and has revealed he will wait until then before making a decision on his future. McLeish said: “We have spoken to Kris but that was a few weeks ago and it [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-03-31 15:57
McLeish delighted with Birmingham
Alex McLeish has expressed his pride for Birmingham City being on course for their highest top flight finish for 51 years. McLeish told Press Association Sport: “It has been fantastic, a great achievement to take points off all of the normal top four clubs. “We would have liked to have taken more. We’ve got Liverpool at home [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-03-27 23:27
Watto’s Report: Birmingham City 1-1 Arsenal
While this result has re-ignited the Blues Premiership campaign the Gunner’s championship aspirations have once more disappeared at St Andrews. There will be the plethora of indignities from the most disliked man in football who ironically is in charge of the nation’s most watchable team. There has been too much said about the history of this [...]
Birmingham City Bluesnet 2010-03-25 15:57
Birmingham City Player Ratings vs Blackburn Rovers
Hart   (6) Threw the first goal in Carr   (6) Second goal his fault Johnson   (6) Ok after error for goal 1. Dann   (6) Solid enough Ridgewell   (6) Solid defensively poor on the ball. Gardner   (7) Busy but ineffective Bowyer  (6) Worked hard achieved little Ferguson  (7) 80+ passes again? McFadden  (8) Lively and a good [...]
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