Not a great half of football but we lead by a Grant Hall goal. The game has been a bit scrappy with neither team creating a lot. Birmingham have had the better chances but these are more to do with poor defending by QPR. Leistner has given the ball away on a couple of ocassions and a poor Manning challenge have all lead to good chances for Brum but luckily Lumley hasn't had to do a lot.
It wasn’t pretty to watch and we in truth hardly had anything to do Birmingham were toothless in attack and not much better at the back But we won and we won a scrappy game of football and also break the live on sky curse and another clean sheet too We have gone back to basics we’ve simplified our game and we are not leaving ourselves so wide open as we have done We can sit back if we got rocket pace like BOS and what a goal that was too A superb win at a tricky place to go
That one will be a contender for goal of the season
Without a doubt BOS's goal was a real piece of magic and, unless I am mistaken, he finished with his left foot?! They made him man of the match on Sky, which has to reflect his goal, rather than his overall effort surely? He is still at the stage that Eze was in not following players correctly to interrupt attacks and relaxing too much; but he has proved he will be a force in the future! Who else would I have had as MotM - certainly not Kane (too many crosses still unblocked); not Amos (as too many mistakes); not Cameron (again some poor distribution); and not Wells (who ran his socks off but had little chance to do anything). So perhaps Lumley (who made agood save and no mistakes); or Leistner (solid defence apart from a few duff passes); or Pugh (who interacted well with everyone and made great attacks); or Manning (who worked so hard on the left)?
We didn’t play that well and we won It’s a results business at the end of the day We take 3 points back home with us Warburton maybe proving some wrong now who had any doubts
Whilst Bright will rightly get the headlines for his stunning goal that was another good team performance. In particular the BFG and Grant Hall did well to only allow Birmingham 2 chances on goal.
Birmingham had done their homework on the Rs defence and in that first half they nearly took advantage. It seemed that they would allow Leistner to start bringing the ball out from the back and then pressure him into making a mistake and then exploiting the space he left. It was as much the other players fault as Leistners because he wasnt being helped by the midfeild. Luckily Birmingham didnt take advantage and werent clinical enough in exploiting the way we like to pass out from the back.
Warburton must have had a word at half time with the whole team because we seemed to offer Leistner more options in the 2nd half.
In the 2nd half Birmingham had the majority of the ball but rarely threatened and BOS's goal was a real stunner that completely demoralised the Birmingham players and fans.
After was was a good team performance in a scrappy game, not only have we overcome The Curse Of Sky, but we are now 12th on 31 points (and would be even higher without the dire goal difference as Cardiff, Blackburn & Swansea are all above us on 31 points too). Roll onto the weekend!
Post by northwesthoop on Dec 11, 2019 23:15:09 GMT
A really good win, it was a grind but we deserved the win and it is superb to get back to back clean sheets
I agree with stoatey that Hall and Leistner were the best players in the pitch, they didn't give Birmingham a sniff. Their fans were leaving after 80 minutes, they weren't going to score if they played all night and it is rare to feel that comfortable away from home.
The first half was dire and the timing of our goal was just ideal. Bright's goal showed everything he has the potential to be, pace, power, skill and then who knew he had that finishing ability.
Back to within 3 points of the play offs with a great run of fixtures on paper ahead! We should go into them with confidence again, great stuff.
Last Edit: Dec 11, 2019 23:15:44 GMT by northwesthoop
That was a superb night out in absolutely baltic conditions. Another away day for me and another win!
I don’t know how we went in at Half Time in front, but it’s about time we nicked a goal against the run of play and get undeserved leads as so many have gone against us. However the second half was superb. Brights goal was a thing of absolute beauty that pretty much killed Birmingham off. We even had other chances after that, so the score line could’ve been even greater.
All that superb entertainment for only £10, and a win on Sky. What more could you ask for!
Oh, and the Birmingham supporters are still an unusual breed of person. Some things will never change!
