Gary Rowett

What If?

Sunday, May 8th, 2016

Blues completed their league campaign with a 1-1 draw against Cardiff, giving them a 10th placed finish with 63 points – exactly the same as a season ago. David Cotterill’s fourth goal of the season was cancelled out by Anthony Pilkington as Blues couldn’t quite sign off with a victory.

Tags: Gary Rowett, Trillion Trophy Asia

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The Future

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

Birmingham City blew a two goal lead to draw with Preston North End at St Andrew’s last night. A brace from Clayton Donaldson had put Gary Rowett’s men into a good position but late goals from Alan Brown and Greg Cunningham ensured Simon Grayson’s team returned north with a share of the spoils.

Tags: Gary Rowett, Negativity, Paul Robinson

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Burnley Reflections

Saturday, April 16th, 2016

Birmingham City lost 2-1 at home for the third successive game, this time going down to goals from George Boyd and Andre Gray. Jacques Maghoma had got the Blues back on terms but it wasn’t enough to get a share of the points.

Tags: Burnley, Diego Fabbrini, Gary Rowett, Jacques Maghoma

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OP Video Podcast – Tetchiness

Monday, April 11th, 2016

Blues returned to winning ways at the weekend with a 2-0 victory over Reading. Goals from Clayton Donaldson and Ryan Shotton ensured that Blues faint hopes of playoff places weren’t completely extinguished while Adam Legzdins kept a clean sheet on his Birmingham City league debut.

Tags: Gary Rowett, Playoffs

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Fight or Flight

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

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The defeat to Brighton on Tuesday night has once again shown the split in the fanbase between those who think the club has done well to achieve what they have and those who wonder if we might not have achieved more. I think my post match piece showed which side of that divide I have come down on – and the comments show just how many people disagreed with me.

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Brighton Reflections

Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

Birmingham City lost 2-1 for the second game in succession in a poor performance at St Andrew’s. Kyle Lafferty celebrated his debut with a neat finish but headers from Connor Goldson and Lewis Dunk won the game for the Seagulls.

Tags: Brighton and Hove Albion, Gary Rowett, Kyle Lafferty

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Hoping for Better Things

Sunday, April 3rd, 2016

Birmingham City continued their patchy form of late, going down to an injury-time goal from Jorge Teixeira in a 2-1 defeat to Charlton. Jon Toral had opened the scoring for Blues in the first half but they were pegged back by a Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson equaliser within six minutes.

Tags: Gary Rowett, Positivity

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The Promotion Push

Wednesday, March 30th, 2016

The international break is over, and on Saturday begins a sequence of eight games in 27 days that could be the difference between being playoff contenders and also-rans. Can we still dare to dream?

Tags: Gary Rowett, Kyle Lafferty

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Fulham Reflections

Saturday, March 19th, 2016

Birmingham City were held to a frustrating draw at home to Fulham in a game that has rocked their chances of a late playoff push. Michael Morrison’s header cancelled out Rohan Ince’s first half opener but despite throwing everything that they could at the Cottagers’ back line, once again Blues were restricted to a single point.

Tags: Clayton Donaldson, Gary Rowett, Jon Toral

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