Birmingham vs Liverpool Match Thread

[Hansern]

So, how would the mood be if Kenny took over and we had witnessed the same results?

The fixture list has not been kind to Roy though, and that is putting it mildly.

Arsenal, City, Brum, Utd, Everton in our first 8 games. That is pretty tough.

 

[Judge Jules]

Well, I think there's a decent chance we'd have seen better results. I'd bet a sizeable sum we'd have won yesterday for example, because I reckon we'd have pressed our advantage when we got the upper hand late on. However, even if we did see similar results, most people would say - as they're largely saying now, whatever their doubts - that any new manager needs a reasonable time to bed in, not least with a tough fixture list as you rightly describe it.

 

[jexykrodic]

I was surprised when I saw the line-up. We set-up to contain and started slowly and we also looked sloppy. When Birmingham applied pressure we became disjointed and invited them on. It's to Reina's credit that he kept Birmingham at bay single-handedly. We were lucky to go in at the break 0-0.

We started the second half in much the same vein. Our right side in particular looked vulnerable, neither Johnson or Maxi could find a pass; over on the left Jova was copying them. The gap was too great between Lucas/Poulsen and Gerrard/Torres so we had few meaningful attacks.

All was transformed when Meireles appeared, we actually looked to attack, Gerrard got busy; even Torres had a dribble into the B'Ham box. I thought for one ecstatic moment we might even sneak an undeserved winner. Sadly it wasn't so.

This game won't live in the memory long.