Ricky

Another manager pissed off with a January window shocker!

Biggest mistake seems to have been letting Leonard go on the cheap. 8 goals and 3 assists this season already. I know a lot of us wanted him to stay, he would have ended up getting a decent amount of game time here this season.

Mates who are Birmingham fans think he’s awful. They too were super excited that they’d signed a £10m defender on loan and pointed to the fact that Brighton really don’t sign duds. He’s not been good enough to get into their fairly average back line. I’m hoping he just needs some game time but his previous stint in the championship was at the lower end of the league. He must have done something right to get a big money move but it’s a strange one. Personally I would have preferred a 6ft 4 bruiser to play in the middle of the three. A full on body on the line type of player. Maybe they think O’Riordan will be the physical presence in the back line.

He can’t play for another team can he? Played for Southampton and Derby this season already. Or is it different with loans?

But I’ve seen him be so much better, at times unplayable, at stages in his career Chaddy. I think that’s why he gets criticised a bit. We all know he is technically our best player but I personally dont feel we’ve seen the best of him.

I think part of the frustration for me is I’ve seen how good he can be and he still seems a shadow of that player.

At 2-0 down he tried to run through 5 of their players, lost the ball, sulked, and didn’t track back as Charlton broke. He does it regularly unfortunately

Cantwell doing his usual trick of running into people, losing the ball, and then throwing his arms up in the air while the opposition attack us.

A view from a Birmingham City fan

Connor O'Riordan not in the Doncaster squad today, haven’t heard he’s injured so assuming he’s on his way back for the weekend.

Only saving grace was having £15 on Miller to be booked as it was always going to happen.

I know Chaddy rates McLaughlin but let’s be honest that first goal was abysmal from him.

Cantwell is a very poor all round footballer. The moment he loses the ball the arms get thrown up in the air but he doesn’t get off his fucking arse and chase back!!

I know this might be a bit of a random idea to the shit show that run the club…… but…. Why don’t we buy a striker to play in the striker position???

I was thinking it would take a mistake by pears to get Toth back in. There it is. Near post is the one area where a keeper shouldn’t be beaten. Awful all round goal to concede though, one striker against two CBs.

You don’t help yourself Chaddy mate. All the evidence points to us being pretty abysmal when it comes to January windows, so much so that it’s basically led to our last two managers leaving. Yet because Nicko has said we’re getting a bid in for a winger (a position which we don’t actually use) you think it’s all roses. I do wonder if VI is using the media to push the board a bit. He’s aware that he is trying to compete with a bang average squad and knows he needs more quality. He’s playing a dangerous game trying to push this lot into actually signing someone decent. He’ll be out of the door by mid February.

Can you boys just get a room! The sexual tension is killing us!!

I’d be reluctant to bring in a CB as it would surely make more sense to bring O Riordan back from his loan. An older head wouldn’t be bad at the back but I feel the focus needs to be at the other end of the pitch.

It was such a poor lacklustre performance. Really bad from Cantwell I thought. He should have been able to take that game by the scruff of the neck and dominate it. Instead he made bad decisions and his shooting was way off. Really poor. We are so light up front. Surely Gueye would have done more than Henriksson managed.

One of the worst games I’ve ever watched. A lack of quality from both sides

Been well on top but could have easily been 1-0 down there. Probably the one player they wanted it to drop to as well.

Surely Wednesday can make some available on the day? They need the money and will be aware that they could sell another couple of hundred potentially.

I spotted someone had mentioned it but couldn’t remember who it was. Did they sign a new striker as he seemed to get regular minutes at the start of the season and scored a couple of goals, then he was restricted to 20 mins or less each game. He’s recently had a bit more game time again and scored a few more goals. Just made me wonder if they signed another forward who had gone to AFCON or got injured.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if we revisited previous deals. Sambou Soumano was linked last year but they wanted £5m and we were offering £2m. Maybe that deal becomes more attractive to them as he’s out of contract in the summer.

Agreed Mark. We clearly won’t spend the money on wages for experienced players for the league hence why I’ve thrown a few left field calls in the mix. I’ve based it on markets we’ve looked at previously. The only thing with the couple I’ve mentioned is that they aren’t out of contract in the summer. I think that’s probably something we’d be throwing in the mix as well ideally.