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| Tweet Topic Started: May 23 2011, 03:49 PM (162 Views) | |
| ricky_rodent | May 23 2011, 03:49 PM Post #1 |
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Right, Birmingham City have been relegated again. Lets face facts. This isn't unlucky, it's richly deserved due to the negative brand of football we play. We have finished as the lowest scorers in the division again. Like we usually do (near or near enough), year in, year out with monotonous regularity. So please, please can we have a major rethink from everyone involved going forward? Can Blues fans please stop focusing endlessly on passion, desire, work-rate and battling? The collective obsession with these attributes is the curse of the club. Yes, they have a place in football, but they are only the basics. Forget them, what we need going forward is more creativity, skill, flair, passing and good technical ability. These are not dirty words, they are the qualities Blues have consistently lacked for the last 25 years. They should apply to the whole team, not just one player who is usually given the impossible mission of improving Blues' quality, then castigated when he conveniently fails allowing Blues to revert to their monotonous type. Can the influential local media please encourage this shift of thinking, instead of pandering to the entrenched, stereotypical views of many Blues fans. Wouldn't it be nice if we heard Tom Ross celebrating ability over work-rate? Or pointing out that a lack of creativity in midfield is always Blues' major problem, not the unfortunate strikers who are always scapegoated for missing the very occasional chances that come their way. Can the Blues owners please be brave in their decision making. Either insist that McLeish changes his ultra-defensive approach, or if he can't, sack him and appoint someone who can. Blues cannot afford to appoint another cautious manager after the Francis, Bruce and McLeish years, we must move on. We don't need a big name manager either. There are a number of up and coming managers in the lower leagues who are totally committed to playing attacking football, and manage to do so on shoestring budgets. Have a look at Keith Hill at Rochdale for a start, the brand of football they play is vastly superior, as many Blues fans may recall from the Carling Cup clash at the start of the season. The opportunity is there for Blues to make a fresh start, lets take it. |
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| Prawnman | May 23 2011, 03:55 PM Post #2 |
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