Blues fans at this encounter were steaming at half time as they were justifiably thinking the inadequacies of the referee was the reason that they were behind. In the second half however the visitors demonstrated a level of play that Blues can only dream of at the moment. Rodger Johnson had his worst game for Blues and was handicapped by a ludicrous caution when winning...

For those who suffered 16 days ago at the piccalilli palace as Blues limbo danced below any reasonable standard against bottom club Wolves, this was a welcome relief. It was though Blues had signed seven or eight players in the Christmas holidays. Blues dominated a first half that saw very little in goal mouth action. Ryan Giggs shanked a cross that was destined for the...

When one has to admit that the best side won and that side is Wolverhampton Wanderers it is easy to surmise just how bad Blues were. On a ground where Blues rarely lose, against a Manager, Mick McCarthy against whom we never lose, we were deservedly beaten. In 94 minutes Blues failed to have one shot on goal. The ones that they did have were free kicks taken by Larsson...

Blues kept their mini unbeaten run going and used their most endearing quality, that of resilience to deny Tottenham victory. Alex Mcleish rested the scoring heroes from The Derby win Larsson and Zigic and brought in Beausejour and Gardner. The 4-4-1-1 formation failed to inspire and Blues frankly spent the whole of the first 45 minutes chasing shadows. The formation...

Ben Foster  While Blues had a dozen heroes on show today as they defied the leaders and Premiership Champions, to record a famous victory, there is no doubt that the performance of Ben Foster gained Blues the points. Blues have denied the two most expensively assembled football teams on the planet in the last 7 days with two clean sheets. Chelsea managed 8 shots on target,...

Ben Foster Blues sadly dropped into the bottom three after this game. It was the poor displays in the last three home games that caused that rather than anything that occurred at Eastlands. Blues, more than matched the richest club on the planet in every department. That sadly, includes the inability to score regularly but it didn’t cost Blues £300,000,000. Another...

Blues conceded their first ever goal at the Britannia Stadium and suffered the first reverse against the Potters for 20 years. Blues were in no difficulty against the usual Dallas Cowboys type offence as ‘hail mary’s’ reigned in on the Blues defence. Stoke got sneaky and actually played some neat football occasionally and after 40 minutes a neat move gave Fuller...

Alex was kidding himself if he thought that the diamond formation would bamboozle the Hammers in the same way that it had Blackpool two weeks ago. Without anyone to hold up the ball in the front in the way Gary O’Connor did Blues found that every forward pass ended up with the opposition. By gifting West Ham possession the visitors gradually asserted an authority on...

Blues picked up a third away point of the season against opposition that falls in to the category of ‘nothing to write home about’. While winning positions were squandered at Bolton and Sunderland this was the Villa and another defeat was unthinkable. While Villa have been shipping out top class midfield players like Milner and Barry and replacing them with the inadequate...

After 92 minutes of pretty ineffective play and Blues embarrassingly a goal down to a side from the nether regions of League 1, Kevin Phillips latched on to a neat pass from Liam Ridgewell to equalise and take the game into extra time. Brentford were full of effort and determination and had taken the lead after 67 minutes. Another of Michel’s misplaced passes was miss-controlled...