| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : AFTERMATH 02:42 - Mar 31 with 17009 views | NotLoyal |
Friday 2nd April 2021
Once again the swans travel to a club inspired by a new manager in Lee Boyer, alol the signs are there for Steve Cooper as we return to the EFL Championship on Friday evening, LIVE on SKY TV.
I’m back ya baddas, thanks for the thanks.
Birmingham City v Swansea City
St Andrews
Kick off 8pm
EFL Championship
Match Officials
TONY HARRINGTON
Shaun Hudson and Jonathan Hunt
Fourth Official : Joshua Smith
Other games to be aware of on Good Friday
Huddersfield Town v Nosey Little Brentford (12:30)
Watford v Sheffield Wednesday (15:00)
Preston North End v Norwich City (15:00)
Barnsley v Reading (17:30)
Team News
Birmingham City have question marks over the availability of Scott Hogan and Ivan Sanchez for the Good Friday appointment with Swansea City. Head coach Lee Bowyer has revealed both have had injections to address issues they have been managing for several weeks. Sanchez has been labouring with a hernia and has missed time training, while Hogan has been playing with a back problem — but will train on Wednesday. Blues face third-placed Swansea at St Andrew’s on Friday evening in a televised encounter with a side looking to resuscitate their hopes of an automatic promotion place.
Andre Ayew and Conor Hourihane will continue to be assessed ahead of Swansea City's Championship clash with Birmingham City. Ayew suffered a knock late on while playing for Ghana during the international break after Hourihane was withdrawn in the early stages of Swansea's defeat to Cardiff City with a hamstring issue. Steve Cooper has confirmed the pair have not trained ahead of Friday's trip to the Midlands, although they will be given the chance to prove their fitness for the clash with Lee Bowyer's side. "Andre’s back and everyone knows he had a bit of a knock," said the head coach. "Conor Hourihane came off against Cardiff so those two players have got a chance of playing but they’re not training at the moment. "We’ll see how it goes by the time Friday comes.
Swansea Independent view
Ayew and Hourihane will be subs on Friday with Lowe and Whittaker up front, Lowe playing a wider role.
https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/swanseacity/news/54663/swansea-city-need-
https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/swanseacity/news/54622/this-is-it-no-more
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:40 - Apr 2 with 1345 views | max936 |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:35 - Apr 2 by builthjack |
No pro footballer should only be able to use one foot.
No decent amateur should only be able to use one foot.
Yet we have at least 5 that I can think of who can only kick with one foot.
It's pathetic. |
Spot on Builthy, feel free to crack open another bottle of Butty Bach, Bach  |  |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:41 - Apr 2 with 1345 views | Fireboy2 |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:35 - Apr 2 by builthjack |
No pro footballer should only be able to use one foot.
No decent amateur should only be able to use one foot.
Yet we have at least 5 that I can think of who can only kick with one foot.
It's pathetic. |
Yep bloody embarrassing and infuriating |  | | |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:42 - Apr 2 with 1335 views | raynor94 |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:35 - Apr 2 by builthjack |
No pro footballer should only be able to use one foot.
No decent amateur should only be able to use one foot.
Yet we have at least 5 that I can think of who can only kick with one foot.
It's pathetic. |
There's been loads over the years, Messi only uses his right to stand on, Roberto Carlos was another. |  |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:49 - Apr 2 with 1318 views | max936 |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:42 - Apr 2 by raynor94 |
There's been loads over the years, Messi only uses his right to stand on, Roberto Carlos was another. |
Lowe only needed a half decent shot with his left and it would have snuggled into the left corner, I reckon. He's scored some lovely goals for us, but he looks a shocking player at the moment, for whatever reason. | |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:58 - Apr 2 with 1297 views | raynor94 |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:49 - Apr 2 by max936 |
Lowe only needed a half decent shot with his left and it would have snuggled into the left corner, I reckon. He's scored some lovely goals for us, but he looks a shocking player at the moment, for whatever reason. |
Can't argue with that | |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 00:28 - Apr 3 with 1270 views | theloneranger |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 22:54 - Apr 2 by max936 |
He can say that, but it still took a debatable penalty to beat us, so he can't really base what he said on how they beat us, I've no complaints about either penalty either, we've been on the right end of those decisions more than we haven't recently so no complaints.
We were absolutely shocking though, throughout the 90+ minutes, like a bunch of strangers chucked together and told to get on the field and crack on, then again, we might have made a better fist of the job if we had just walked in from the street and took to the field.
We can blame Cooper and I do for the most part, but where the fuk were the leaders and the Captain on the field, Grimes is not a Captain for me, give it to Ayew or Bennett and let Grimes concentrate on his game. [Post edited 2 Apr 2021 22:59]
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The same ref who gave 2 pens against us 2 seasons ago up at Rotherham.
Ryan Manning scored both. |  |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 00:47 - Apr 3 with 1255 views | LittleEnglandJack |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:49 - Apr 2 by max936 |
Lowe only needed a half decent shot with his left and it would have snuggled into the left corner, I reckon. He's scored some lovely goals for us, but he looks a shocking player at the moment, for whatever reason. |
That's exactly what I thought. On my left in that position I can quite easily picture myself dragging it across the keeper and into the bottom corner, even if not by design at all.
To not even attempt a left footed shot smacks of a general lack of confidence. |  | | |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 07:42 - Apr 3 with 1135 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 00:28 - Apr 3 by theloneranger |
The same ref who gave 2 pens against us 2 seasons ago up at Rotherham.
Ryan Manning scored both. |
Ha! Not that it made any difference apart from gaining us a point .
Birmingham had much more desire than us from the off and even though their skill levels were appalling they still restricted us to one tame and one half decent attempts on goal during the entire 90 odd minutes!
Zero energy after two week off for most , our once half decent midfield three couldn’t find each other let alone anyone else and all this after falling nine points behind second place. It looked for all the world that they’d resigned themselves to the playoffs before walking out in the pitch!
Yes Whittaker should have been on , if I was Cooper I probably would have told Lowe that he had ten minutes to do something then offski. But in all honesty that’s not where the problem lies. It goes to having absolutely no idea what to do when the opposing manager nullifies your team with his team selection.
When your midfield fails to get any passing moves together you’ve got to change it. Dhanda coming on wasn’t the answer- we needed creativity alright but it was needed further back in the midfield where we needed to move the ball back to front more creatively to counter their press. They couldn’t figure out a way to do it. Grimes may be captain but nobody should be above subbing - it’s sends out a bad message to the other players if their captain isn’t going to be subbed even though he’s not performing. So no changes further back even though the problem was evident from the first 5 to ten minutes of the game.
Unfortunately that’s down to Copper who’s done well to get us where we are but he’s practically gift wrapped second place to Watford and handed it to them on a silver platter. The definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome someone once said. And that has been our downfall |  |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 08:04 - Apr 3 with 1114 views | angryjack |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:49 - Apr 2 by max936 |
Lowe only needed a half decent shot with his left and it would have snuggled into the left corner, I reckon. He's scored some lovely goals for us, but he looks a shocking player at the moment, for whatever reason. |
He looks a shocking player because he is a shocking player | | | |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 09:25 - Apr 3 with 1014 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 07:42 - Apr 3 by Brynmill_Jack |
Ha! Not that it made any difference apart from gaining us a point .
Birmingham had much more desire than us from the off and even though their skill levels were appalling they still restricted us to one tame and one half decent attempts on goal during the entire 90 odd minutes!
Zero energy after two week off for most , our once half decent midfield three couldn’t find each other let alone anyone else and all this after falling nine points behind second place. It looked for all the world that they’d resigned themselves to the playoffs before walking out in the pitch!
Yes Whittaker should have been on , if I was Cooper I probably would have told Lowe that he had ten minutes to do something then offski. But in all honesty that’s not where the problem lies. It goes to having absolutely no idea what to do when the opposing manager nullifies your team with his team selection.
When your midfield fails to get any passing moves together you’ve got to change it. Dhanda coming on wasn’t the answer- we needed creativity alright but it was needed further back in the midfield where we needed to move the ball back to front more creatively to counter their press. They couldn’t figure out a way to do it. Grimes may be captain but nobody should be above subbing - it’s sends out a bad message to the other players if their captain isn’t going to be subbed even though he’s not performing. So no changes further back even though the problem was evident from the first 5 to ten minutes of the game.
Unfortunately that’s down to Copper who’s done well to get us where we are but he’s practically gift wrapped second place to Watford and handed it to them on a silver platter. The definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome someone once said. And that has been our downfall |
Nice post bryn, I'm still too angry to rationalise how I feel on here, so you've summed it up for me nicely. I've been giving Cooper the benefit of the doubt up to now, but yesterday was one game too far. Never seen a manager either so clueless or stubborn, not sure which is most prevalent. |  | | |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:13 - Apr 3 with 974 views | controversial_jack |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 08:04 - Apr 3 by angryjack |
He looks a shocking player because he is a shocking player |
He's one of the worse i've seen in recent times. Lacks basic footballing ability.A hard worker though! | | | |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:35 - Apr 3 with 956 views | nantywatcher |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:13 - Apr 3 by controversial_jack |
He's one of the worse i've seen in recent times. Lacks basic footballing ability.A hard worker though! |
You two ought to take up watching netball because you're wasting your life away watching football. Utterly, utterly clueless. | | | |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:37 - Apr 3 with 952 views | monmouth |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:35 - Apr 3 by nantywatcher |
You two ought to take up watching netball because you're wasting your life away watching football. Utterly, utterly clueless. |
I think his confidence is shot to bits. There’s a player in there though. |  |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:41 - Apr 3 with 944 views | max936 |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:37 - Apr 3 by monmouth |
I think his confidence is shot to bits. There’s a player in there though. |
He's proved that in fairness, but somin is seriously wrong at the moment, he seems shot to pieces. | |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:44 - Apr 3 with 941 views | TenbySwan |
Lowe should have been taken off after 50m . He was clearly jet lagged or something.
That's not his fault that's the Management who someone said looked like they were waiting for a bus!
What the hell were they watching 👀😳
Has he lost the dressing room? [Post edited 3 Apr 2021 10:47]
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:45 - Apr 3 with 931 views | onehunglow |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:41 - Apr 3 by max936 |
He's proved that in fairness, but somin is seriously wrong at the moment, he seems shot to pieces. |
All the players are shadows of themselves.Grime a captain is silent and no inspiration at all,yet he's the main man.He is the root of it all.He represents Cooper on the pitch.
We have a goalkeeper that really is a liability and one brought in during the window NEVER played. Why? f no good,why bring him in.
Same with Freeman. Why?
We are being ripped asunder.
What is POSITIVE now is that we can all see it and it is horrendous to behold. Cooper is lucky there are no Liberty crowds | |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:54 - Apr 3 with 929 views | monmouth |
Hamer was an emergency as Benda was injured.
Cooper would never drop Woodman anyway. He’s an average championship goalkeeper. Our real problem is in creating and finishing chances, and that is down to selection and lack of intent. We are set up to steal dour 1-0 and so the average goalkeepers inevitable mistakes are magnified when we don’t get clean sheets.
Cooper has no idea of anything but ‘keep shape’. We accidentally happened on the 3 5 2 by accident last season. Now it’s failing, he hasn’t a clue what to do. Let’s hope we accidentally stumble on something that works....if he’s even willing to try it. [Post edited 3 Apr 2021 10:54]
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 11:03 - Apr 3 with 906 views | onehunglow |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:54 - Apr 3 by monmouth |
Hamer was an emergency as Benda was injured.
Cooper would never drop Woodman anyway. He’s an average championship goalkeeper. Our real problem is in creating and finishing chances, and that is down to selection and lack of intent. We are set up to steal dour 1-0 and so the average goalkeepers inevitable mistakes are magnified when we don’t get clean sheets.
Cooper has no idea of anything but ‘keep shape’. We accidentally happened on the 3 5 2 by accident last season. Now it’s failing, he hasn’t a clue what to do. Let’s hope we accidentally stumble on something that works....if he’s even willing to try it. [Post edited 3 Apr 2021 10:54]
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An emergency!.
Think we have a few of those Monny
Woodman IS an emergency.Even last night .amongst all that dross his comic attempts at a punch stood out.
There are better keepers on public parks | |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 11:42 - Apr 3 with 876 views | jack247 |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:37 - Apr 3 by monmouth |
I think his confidence is shot to bits. There’s a player in there though. |
Absolutely. He did exactly the same thing (though with more conviction) at Cardiff and we all thought it was a brilliant goal.
He’s not a bad player at all, but he needs a few games on the bench. | | | |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 11:59 - Apr 3 with 859 views | Catullus |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 23:29 - Apr 2 by max936 |
I don't disagree, but as a young buck I was taught to kick a ball against a wall and use alternative feet to return it to said wall, when I did eventually play I always felt confident using either foot, even though I felt more comfortable using my right foot. |
As a young buckI was right footed but couldn't get into a team because there were better right footers but hardly any left footed SO, I practised....and I practised. By the time I was 17 people thought I was left footed.
Over the following 23 years I played left and right back, left and right of midfield. I'm not saying I was a great player, I was distincty average in Swansea league terms but I would use either foot.
If a shitty local league player cn do that why can't a full time pro? | |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 12:02 - Apr 3 with 860 views | Nortbankboy |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 11:42 - Apr 3 by jack247 |
Absolutely. He did exactly the same thing (though with more conviction) at Cardiff and we all thought it was a brilliant goal.
He’s not a bad player at all, but he needs a few games on the bench. |
That game was there for the taking.
Why Cooper didn't bring a forward on and change to 4-3-3 i don't know.
Also the one midfielder who score goals was left on the bench.
So all in all bad team selection.
But we have to look at the bigger picture no one expected us to be third at this stage of the season.
We are too predictable he needs to switch to 4-3-3 at times | | | |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 12:21 - Apr 3 with 842 views | jack247 |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 12:02 - Apr 3 by Nortbankboy |
That game was there for the taking.
Why Cooper didn't bring a forward on and change to 4-3-3 i don't know.
Also the one midfielder who score goals was left on the bench.
So all in all bad team selection.
But we have to look at the bigger picture no one expected us to be third at this stage of the season.
We are too predictable he needs to switch to 4-3-3 at times |
Completely agree. Cooper let himself down last night, I don’t think anyone can dispute that. | | | |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 12:22 - Apr 3 with 840 views | Catullus |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 12:02 - Apr 3 by Nortbankboy |
That game was there for the taking.
Why Cooper didn't bring a forward on and change to 4-3-3 i don't know.
Also the one midfielder who score goals was left on the bench.
So all in all bad team selection.
But we have to look at the bigger picture no one expected us to be third at this stage of the season.
We are too predictable he needs to switch to 4-3-3 at times |
Those players who can't get a start must wonder what has to happen for them to be given a chance. If I was Whittaker I'd be at the amangers door this morning saying play me or sell me. In the face of such rubbish up front surely it'd be understandable? | |
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| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 12:35 - Apr 3 with 828 views | Badlands |
| Birmingham City v Swansea City : Matchday Thread : TEAMS on 10:37 - Apr 3 by monmouth |
I think his confidence is shot to bits. There’s a player in there though. |
Scored at international last week when played in position with a midfield behind him. |  |
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