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🇹🇳 HANNIBAL MEJBRI vs Hull City
⏲️ 86 minutes
🦶 49 touches
🎯 22/24 successful passes
🛡️ 11 ground duels won
💪🏼 6 tackles
🦵🏽 2 interceptions
👟 2 clearances
🏃 1 dribble
💨 every blade of grass covered
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Hannibal has lived and breathed every single second of that game. Subbed off after 54 minutes but on his feet the entire time on the bench. Supposedly told Ruddy which way to go for the penalty too. He's absolutely loving his time here. What a bloke
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Shout out to this man. 35 y/o, twilight of his career but absolutely smashing it
No keeper in the Championship has prevented more goals (5) than him. Top 10 for lowest goals conceded per 90 (1.0) and save percentage (72.4%)
Provides a real presence between the sticks
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🇵🇱 KRYSTIAN BIELIK
⏲️ 73 minutes
⚽️ 40 touches
🎯 25 successful passes
💪 9 recoveries
🛡️ 5 ground duels won
🦶 1 tackle
👣 1 dribble
Welcome back to
#bcfc
Krystian 👏
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Luton Town fans must see our results each week and wonder how on earth they lost to us 8-0 on aggregate this season 😂😂
@LutonAnalytics
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“Speechless”
@chris_skudder
Speechless, players promoting a hooligan element to bitter rivals is incitement, could not care what anyone says, this is sick and childish behaviour and it should be stamped out by the manager/club, very sad.
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Don Goldman: “I dare any referee to rule that one out”
How about for offside? Or if that doesn’t take your fancy, how about a high boot?
Absolute joke
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Jeremie Bela vs Hull
🔵 45 minutes
🔵 30 touches
🔵 13 accurate passes
🔵 6 crosses
🔵 2 shots
🔵 2 key passes
🔵 2 assists
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Tahith Chong is very good at football. That’s all.
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🚨CONTRACT NEWS🚨
Looks like Alen Halilovic is set to extend his stay at Birmingham past this summer
Family friend, Miroslav Bacanic told Croatia’s Supersports podcast that he has extended his deal at
#bcfc
(via
@timomouse
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Bit of personal news
Recently stopped dealing in expected babies & now dealing with actual babies, nappy changes per 90 & minutes of sleep
Thrilled to be a father for the first time & add to the Blues family
It’s a long, long road, son, filled with joys & sorrows 💙
#KRO
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🗣️ Let’s talk about John Ruddy
The veteran shot stopper has cemented himself as Birmingham’s number one since arriving on a free transfer in the summer
He’s proving he’s still one of the leading keepers in the league
🧵 A thread on Birmingham’s number (2)1
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Tbf, Rooney kept Plymouth in the Championship this season…
Excl - Wayne Rooney is in line for a return to management at Plymouth Argyle. Former England and Manchester United captain has held talks and is in serious contention. Pursuit of Rooney driven by former Everton academy boss Neil Dewsnip (Argyle DoF)
#pafc
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𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙬𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙢...
🔹 only Watford (3) have conceded less goals than BCFC (5)
🔹 only Bournemouth (3.0) and Watford (2.3) have a better points per game (PPG) total than Blues (2.0)
What an incredible turnaround!
#bcfc
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Gutted for Eustace. Took the role when the club was at a real low. Galvanised & stablised the club, connected with the fans & gave us the best finish in ages (yes, the bar was low)
Really classless statement from the club to be honest. At least he went out on a high
#bcfc
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🏴 JORDAN GRAHAM
⏲️90 minutes
👟50 touches
🎯11 accurate passes
❌7 crosses
💪4 recoveries
🛡️3 ground duels won
⚽️1 shot
🅰️1 assist
The 🥚
#bcfc
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🇨🇼 Juninho Bacuna currently ranks in the top 5 Championship CM’s for
1️⃣st - chance creating carries
2️⃣nd - shots
2️⃣nd - dribbles
2️⃣nd - successful attacking actions
3️⃣rd - key passes
4️⃣th - passes to penalty area
5️⃣th - xG
#bcfc
[data: Wyscout & Opta- all values per 90]
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The summer recruits
🏴 Tyler Roberts
🇯🇵 Koji Miyoshi
🇵🇱 Krystian Bielik
🇮🇪 Kevin Long
🏴 Ethan Laird
🇨🇮 Siriki Dembele
🏴 Dion Sanderson
🏴 Keshi Anderson
🏴 Lee Buchanan
9 permanent deals so far
#bcfc
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⏲️ EFL MINUTES FOR U20's
🧒Players aged 20 and under
❌ Loanees excluded
⚽️ EFL league minutes
#ColU
#BristolCity
#AFCW
#NCFC
#BCFC
#pufc
#Swans
#CreweAlex
#htafc
#ftfc
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A thread on how Karanka generally sets up his sides based on data, looking at Boro in 15/16 and Forest in 17/18 and 18/19. Run through each area on the pitch, style of player, best fit from Blues current squad and potential replacements, based purely on data from past two seasons
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Is the football exciting? Absolutely not! Is it better than watching us get beat 3-0 every week. Definitely. That’s an improvement in my eyes. Give him time to build the team HE wants & then judge him
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Birmingham have won more points when playing in green than in any other color this season (11)
#bcfc
#blues
#greenmachine
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Think you've got to give credit to Eustace & the players for reaching this stage of the season & being in a relatively comfortable position. Particularly given the position we were in during February
1 loss in 7. No goals conceded at home since Feb 25th. Big summer ahead
#bcfc
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If Juninho Bacuna can turn in these sorts of displays for at least two thirds of a season, then £400k is an absolute steal
Consistency the key
#bcfc
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So Lee Bowyer has today confirmed that;
1) Scott Hogan won't play again this season - opportunity for Miller, Cosgrove and Leko to step up
2) He'd like to keep Halilovic at the club - the news all
#bcfc
fans were hoping to hear I'm sure
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Imagine digging out an 18 year old, who has less than 2000 senior minutes, whose being asked to run the midfield after the club sold a player with over 30,000 senior minutes. Pathetic. Honestly pathetic.
#bcfc
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7 points from Reading, Watford, Swansea & Brentford is definitely more than even the most optimistic fan would have predicted
Given us a great platform for the run against Stoke, Rotherham, Forest & Derby
Are we Watford's favourite team right now?
@JordanWiemer
@louorns
#bcfc
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🗣️Lets talk about Scott Hogan
The top scorer for Blues last season is currently =2nd in the scoring charts this season across the league
However The Hawthorns hattrick hero is often a source of frustration for Blues fans
🧵A thread on the good & bad of our number 9
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Norwich being able to bring on a previous Championship top scorer, 2 players who've won promotion from the Championship, an Irish international & an £11m signing from the bench whilst we bring on 4 teenagers was the real difference tonight
That, and Marc Roberts
#bcfc
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Blues have equalled last seasons goals scored tally with 14 games of the season to go
#bcfc
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Interested to know what fans of other clubs have made of our summer business so far
➡️INS
🏴 Tyler Roberts
🇯🇵 Koji Miyoshi
🇮🇪 Kevin Long
🏴 Ethan Laird
🇵🇱 Krystian Bielik
🇨🇮 Siriki Dembele
🏴 Dion Sanderson
⬅️OUTS
🏴 Jobe Bellingham
🇳🇱 Tahith Chong
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🏴 EMMANUEL LONGELO vs Burnley
⏲️ 90 minutes
🦶 47 touches
🎯 10/19 successful passes
🛡️ 9 ground duels won
👟 7 recoveries
🏃 5 dribbles
🦵🏽 3 interceptions
💪🏼 2 tackles
❌ 1 cross
Taking to the
@SkyBetChamp
like a duck to water
#bcfc
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@mannylongelo
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Assume if Gardner pulls off Hannibal, Chong, a left back and possibly one more before Thursday he'll be back to being a God of the transfer market once again?
#bcfc
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Blues were the only side in Englands top 5 divisions not to concede a penalty this season
There’s some positivity! 😅
#bcfc
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🆕📊 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬/𝟮𝟭
Something different. A season summary infograhithingy. It’s colorful. It’s got numbers. It’s got pictures. Enjoy!
#bcfc
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And with that, the run is over. 45 games of not winning when conceding the first goal in a game
#bcfc
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🇨🇼TAHITH CHONG
⏲️ 82 minutes
🦶 41 touches
🎯 14 successful passes
💪 7 recoveries
👟 4 chances created
🅰️ 2 assists
🤕 1 aerial duel won
🛡️ 1 ground duel won
#bcfc
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Jobe Bellingham looking every bit as confident as Jude was when he first broke into the Birmingham side
Wouldn't be surprised to see him get some league minutes this season at some stage
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386 days later, Blues finally come from behind to win a game of football
122 days after our last home win also
Big 3 points that
#bcfc
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Just 18% of the game was played in Blues final third last night, despite playing the final 20 minutes with 10 men
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How’s Ivan Sunjic’s loan going I hear you ask?
Well he’s played 39 minutes since the end of January for a side rooted to the bottom of the Bundesliga
And now this from training this morning
#bcfc
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So with Rooney having now officially taken charge of Blues, let’s dive inside Wayne’s World and look at what we might expect from his team on the pitch
- formations
- build up
- attacking patterns
- pressing
- defensive shape
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Jude Bellingham
• 81 minutes
• 58 touches
• 34 passes
• 90% pass accuracy
• 100% dribble success rate (3)
• 8 ground duels won
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@UtdArena
His exuberance will get him into trouble at some point. A red card is not many games away but he’s a wonderful player. Absolutely everywhere. Seems to have a magnetic touch. Looks like he could play a couple of different roles too. Very much enjoying him in Royal Blue
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Championship Summer Signings
8⃣ - Birmingham, Blackpool, Luton, QPR
7⃣ - Huddersfield
5⃣ - Coventry, Hull, Boro, Millwall, Posh
4⃣ - Cardiff
3⃣ - Bristol City, Preston, Stoke, Swansea
2⃣ - Fulham, Forest, WBA
1⃣ - Barnsley, Bournemouth
0⃣ - Derby, Reading, Blackburn, Sheff Utd
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Another assist for Onel Hernandez yesterday. Here’s the impact the 3 January attackers have had since signing 🔥🔥🔥
🇨🇺 Hernandez - ⚽️⚽️⚽️ / 🅰️🅰️
🇨🇼 Bacuna - ⚽️ / 🅰️
🇲🇸 Taylor - ⚽️⚽️⚽️ / 🅰️
#bcfc
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@OnelHernandez23
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@lyletaylor90
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@JBacuna07
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Updated the old squad depth graphic following a number of summer arrivals at
#BCFC
Very interesting when you compare with the one produced at the end of the season 😳
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙬𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙏𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚
🔹 Still only Bournemouth and Watford with a higher points per game than Blues
🔹 BCFC with the 2nd(!) best home record since Bowyer took over
#bcfc
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Hats to off to 17 y/o
@JordanJaj66
today. First league start and lasted the full 90 minutes. Hopefully can build on today going forwards 👏🏼
#bcfc
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Why does the blame always have to be attributed to a single party when things go wrong? The board. The owners. The manager. The players.
If we're being realistic, it's a combination of them all. None of them are blameless
#bcfc
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Very promising statement here from Dong during the presser with Aitor
“Aitor will have time and authority to build and lead this football club! I said I’m not looking for someone to work for the club, but to be a partner and move forward”
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This is absolutely shameful. Utterly, utterly shameful. Genuinely at a loss as to what to say
The worst part about this however is how unsurprising it actually is
Another example of the Birmingham City owners and board outdoing themselves. AGAIN. Time after time.
#bcfc
The women’s game has come a long way... then you hear what’s happening within the
@BCFCwomen
camp. Hopefully the board can back their players so we can see them in
@BarclaysFAWSL
next season.
#Womensfootball
#FAWSL
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It’s been 1950 days since
#bcfc
signed a CB permanently
30th August 2017 - Harlee Dean
I wonder if a club has gone a longer time without signing an outfield position permanently
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I see oppo fans are already digging at our “style” not being good football
Lets not confuse high possession with good football. Blues have a way of playing that utilises our strengths
Nothing wrong with getting balls into the box for one of the best headers in the league
#bcfc
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Honestly, the future of our football club is on a trajectory that no one would have believed 6 months ago
It might take a couple of seasons on field for things to ramp up but Wagner & Knighthead are turning things around in a big way VERY quickly off field. Exciting times
#bcfc
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First time since December 1977 that Blues have scored 7 goals across 2 home league games in the same week
That’s your lot for tonight!
#bcfc
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There’s 11 blokes playing some decent football in Blues shirts. What on earth is going on?! Really good to watch
#bcfc
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Birmingham City have gone 45 games since last winning when going behind in a game
The last instance was on 24th April 2021 away at Derby
#bcfc
Here’s a challenge
What’s the most depressing stat in English Club Football?
Go
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Forgot for a time that I was watching England and not Blues under Karanka
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A 1 year deal for Toral with the option of a further year. Sensible bit of business on a free
#bcfc
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🇰🇷 PAIK SEUNG-HO
Watched a few full K-League games last week involving PSH & put together a video of clips from a game vs Suwon Bluewings
He played as a right sided 8 in a 4141, scoring twice. Was a link between defense & attack & was very tidy
More to come this week
#bcfc
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Blues after 30 games
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮/𝟮𝟯 - 1⃣7⃣th - 3⃣8⃣points
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭/𝟮𝟮 - 2⃣0⃣th - 3⃣3⃣points
𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬/𝟮𝟭 - 2⃣3⃣rd - 2⃣8⃣points
𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵/𝟮𝟬 - 1⃣7⃣th - 3⃣7⃣points
𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴/𝟭𝟵 - 1⃣8⃣th - 3⃣4⃣points
𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳/𝟭𝟴 - 1⃣9⃣th - 3⃣0⃣points
𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲/𝟭𝟳 - 1⃣3⃣th - 4⃣0⃣points
#bcfc
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Players were excellent tonight but let's not forget that John Eustace & coaching team have been at the club 44 days
You can already see the team is far more organised, understanding the roles both with & without the ball & they've instilled some grit into the squad
#bcfc
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As good a defensive midfielder as you'll find in the Championship. A wonderful addition who's crucial for how Eustace wants to play. Need to have him available for 75% of the season again mind. Whisper it quietly, but this is a good start to the window
#bcfc
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Anyone fancy a BB scout report for the latest
#bcfc
link?
It appears
@BCFC
are set to complete the signing of Elche left winger Ivan Sanchez on a free transfer. The 27-year old can also play as a 10. He’s helped his side into the 2nd Division play-offs which continue this week. Was linked with quite a few clubs this summer.
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🇹🇳 HANNIBAL MEJBRI
⏲️ 77 minutes
🦶 37 touches
🎯 15 successful passes
💪 6 recoveries
🛡️ 4 ground duels won
🤕 1 aerial duel won
👟 1 chance created
#bcfc
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Shithousing Reading in front of their own fans is what dreams are made of
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Following his goal yesterday, Scott Hogan has now notched 10 goals in two consecutive seasons and for a third time in four seasons (albeit the first season 3 of those goals came on loan at Stoke)
#bcfc
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Leaving a club that play 532 because he didn’t suit the system to join a club that plays, you guessed it, 532
Onel Hernandez has left
#Boro
and joined Birmingham City instead. Wilder full of praise for Onel for his commitment this morning, but appreciative of the fact his system didn't suit the Cuban
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£750k for Laird then. On the face of it another excellent piece of business for Blues
Not sure ANY Blues fans would have believe you if you’d said we’d have signed
🏴Roberts
🇯🇵Miyoshi
🇮🇪Long
🇵🇱Bielik
🏴Laird
All on permanent deals for less than £2m a month ago!
#bcfc
Ethan Laird moves to Birmingham on a permanent deal. Fee is £750k, plus a good sell-on.
#MUFC
wanted to assist move for a player with a year left on contract.
Some background here ⬇️
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The leadership and experience that Friend brings to this back 4 is 👌🏼
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🚨BOWYER ANNOUNCED🚨
#bcfc
LEE BOWYER! 🙌
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Lee Bowyer as our Head Coach.
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🏥BCFC INJURY UPDATE
❌Harlee Dean - no timeframe
⌛️Nico Gordon - 2 to 3 weeks
🤕Jordan Graham - 2 to 3 weeks
🤕Marc Roberts - 2 to 3 weeks
💪Gary Gardner - played 45 mins for U23's
⚽️Kristian Bielik - back training properly next week
[via
@briandick
]
#bcfc
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Lee Bowyer tactical masterclass playing 3 wingers on the left side but 0 on the right 😂😂😂
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🇫🇷Maxime Colin (3rd) and 🇺🇸Auston Trusty (4th) both rank in the Top 10 Championship players for total tackles made
Would they be your pairing for the outside CB's?
[data:
@WhoScored
]
#bcfc
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🚨🔎 SCOUT REPORT 🔍🚨
Defensive midfielder Mikel San José, most recently of Athletic Bilbao
A full Spanish international & one time Liverpool academy player
San José has genuine quality, certainly a coup for Blues. Expect him to rotate with Clayton in MF & act as cover at CB
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The Championship bids farewell to its longest serving club. We fucked around & found out. 10 years of circling the drain. Finally it swallowed us
Given out plenty of abuse,ridicule & banter over that time so only natural to get some back now. We’ll be back. Soon hopefully
#bcfc
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Been a pleasure having you
@sarkicmatija
👍🏼
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I really hope whoever is running the club understands how lucky we are to have John Eustace right now and give him whatever backing they can. He'll be starting to gain admiring glances from elsewhere & right now he's central to everything that is good about the club
#bcfc
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Final tweet for tonight (maybe) but it would be absolutely huge if we managed to bag Trusty & Longelo permanently
Absolutely fallen for
@austheboss3
Hope he gets that call up for the World Cup he deserves
Also put that new contract in front of John Ruddy!
#bcfc
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😢
Drop a picture of a player in a kit that they never actually wore in a competitive match.
I’ll start with RVP (Arsenal 2012/13) 😬
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Credit to Plymouth. Came away. Played decent football. Tried to win the game right til the end. But the script writers had the last laugh. Just written in the stars that Jay Stansfield would get the winner wasn’t it. Big shout out to Bacuna. Outstanding at RB against Mumba
#bcfc
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Twitter is dominated by hyperbole & I’ve always tried to be fairly level but how can you not be excited watching Blues under Davies
🔹Complete transformation
🔹Clear identity
🔹2 touch football
🔹Brave
🔹Intense
🔹Attacking
🔹Quality of signings
Going to be a fun season
#bcfc
League One Birmingham
For any Man Utd fans that were excited about the football they were witnessing at times on Sunday, dont get too ahead of yourselves...
The Press has actually been succesful on a couple of turnovers but the ease at times and the pressing the GK almost
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Imagine someone telling you at the start of the summer that we'd move Sunjic on and replace him with Bielik. You'd still be laughing now
If they manage to pull this off and he stays fit I'd go as far as saying it'd be a standout transfer in the Championship this summer
#bcfc
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To go to The Den with Millwall fighting to cement a playoff position whilst we have little to play for & pull that performance out is testament to what Eustace & the players are building
We saw the best of Blues at times; quick counters, stoic defending & battling hard
#bcfc
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